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Good morning from President Jim!
Jim’s glad to be back, fresh from a Mexico vacation & he
hopes those on vacation this week are having a great
time! We’re thinking also of Kim & Linda as they
prepare for departure for their water sands trip Mar 11,
next week
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Visitors
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Roger Kniffen
to-be-inducted-soon, Ken
Gregory, our guest speaker,
Dave Baker, friend of Jim
Nash & Dan McLachlan, friend
of Matt Jenkins.
Ken
Dave
Dan
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Happy
Bucks: |
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 Kim
is happy as they’re
preparing for Mar 11
departure & the water sands
project.
Mark is happy to be back – 8
rounds of golf & 35’……for 3
days. Mark is also happy for
those who helped with the
Rib fest media
launch!
Audrey
leaves soon for an 8 day
east Caribbean cruise with a
large family group
Rick’s happy to be back – 6
wks in Florida & 12 rounds
of golf
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50/50
Draw: |
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the Pot’s at $13 & Jim S was
lucky for an Ace.
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Club Business: |
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- Ed
Schiestel is recovering,
feeling OK but no
results from surgery.
Wish you well & a speedy
recovery, Ed!
- No
report form Mardi Gras
yet as Doug is away
today. If you have
outstanding funds from
the Auction or from
Tickets, then pls settle
with Doug shortly.
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Rib fest
Committee list
circulated.
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Roses for Rotary
is underway. Last
Week’s auction was a
great kick-off. $300.
There are envelopes
waiting for pickup.
Listen for Terra on the
radio next Monday. Pls
bring in your sales
weekly.
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Bingo workers needed for
Mar 22, Sunday 6 & 7
pm.
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Guest Speaker:
Ken Gregory |
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 Jim
Nash introduced Ken today.
They are great friends (from
being in University
together) & from being great
friends of Rotary. Ken is
Principal in Tilbury at the
elementary school, &
previously at King George in
Chatham where his school
held the highest scores for
EQAO for a year.
Ken
spoke about literacy & how
it works in the current
schools. He offered
“Literacy ss the morale of
the story” & gave kudos to
us for our partnership with
the Early Years & the Books
for Babies program.
Catching them when they are
young is the key. He
played an amazing DVD of
some of the facts about
today’s world.
Watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmz5qYbKsvM
How it’s
different from when even we
were younger. That’s all
gone. Kids are being taught
to prepare for jobs that
don’t even exist now.
It is
no longer OK to quit school
& to take a good job, to
plan to raise a family on
that good job. That won’t
happen as our world
shifts. Those jobs are
changing.
There
are changes in legislation
making it very difficult for
kids to leave school without
graduating & without having
learned the basics. The
provincial Education Quality
Accounting Office provides
schools with measurement
tools to catch those
students who are failing.
Special education tools are
provided to support learning
modifications (i.e.
computers that talk to you.)
Several initiatives are in
place to provide high yield
learning strategies so
students may achieve their
graduation, regardless of
where they live.
It’s an
incredibly changing world
now, one where literacy (as
it’s so vaguely defined now)
& team work will be the
preparation for the
student’s life. 
A book
“How to Write Poems” was
offered to the Literary
Angels program in
recognition of Ken’s time
with us today.
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BINGO:
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As all members are aware, BINGO's are one of our best fund
raisers and we need members to help out. The fellowship is a
wonderful added bonus. Please do your part to help by
volunteering yourself during one or more of the following time
frames.
MARCH 22
- (Sunday) 6:00 and 7:00pm - Nicole P
APRIL 24
- (Friday) 9:30pm
MAY 25
- (Monday) 7:00pm
MAY 25
- (Monday) 9:30pm
JUNE 6
- (Saturday) 9:30pm
JUNE 6
- (Saturday) 12:00 midnight
You need to be there one hour and
fifteen minutes before the start time. Remember you are awarded
3 make-ups for a regular bingo and one midnight bingo equals 5
make-ups.
Contact Jackie Bray
at 354-0356
or email
jacalyn.bray@rbc.com
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Upcoming Speakers/Programs: |
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March 10 -
Outbound Exchange Student - Justine
March 17 -
Club Assembly
March 24 -
Children's Book Author - Mary Genge
March 31 -
ROSES - Terra (Regular Meeting is
cancelled)
April 1 -
ROSES WORK DAY
(at
Portuguese Hall on Grand Ave West)
April 7 -
YMCA - Project Manager
April 14 -
Chatham Minor Baseball - Jason Chickowski -
(Learning Center @ Rotary Park)
April 21 -
Classification - Kim Pierce
April 28 -
Capitol Theatre - Dan Donaldson |
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Dates to Remember:
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March 19, 20, 21, 2009 - PETS
(President Elect &Nominee Training)
March 2009 -
Outbound GSE Team – District 9630
Queensland, Australia (TBA)
Mid April 2009 -
Incoming SGE Team from District 9630
Queensland, Australia
May 1, 2 & 3, 2009 -
2009 District Conference, Frankenmuth,
Michigan,
Accommodations are at the
Family friendly
Splash Village & Food provided by Zenders
June 21-24, 2009 -
100th Rotary International Convention
Birmingham,
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