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Visitors
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Our guests today: Ruth
Howell, our Honorary Member,
Gord Campbell, a Friend,
Bill Diehleman, a guest of
Audrey’s, Dave Bakker, a
guest of Jim Nash, Andrew
Thiel, & Murray Melton,
visiting form the Dresden
Rotary Club.
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Happy
Bucks: |
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 Paul
is happy to have returned
from 3 weeks in Singapore &
Thailand. His granddaughter
celebrated her 11th
Birthday on our Club’s
Anniversary, March 10!
Happy Birthday, because we
know that you read our
Sunriser!
Jim
Steele’s son graduated last
week from Ryerson, as an
Electrical Engineer – Jim
presented the iron ring!
Jim
Nash is happy that PETS is
this weekend – the next
regime is in training!
Ruth’s
family has recently returned
from a trip to the Dominican
where they visited Puerto
Plata, a region that Max &
Ruth have done water work
projects. They are doing a
Matching Grant water project
in Max’s Memory there.
Below are some photos take
while in Dominican. (3
photos courtesy of Ruth
Howell)
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Dave is Happy to be here.
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50/50
Draw: |
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Gord was lucky for $9 today!
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Club Anniversaries: |
Happy Club Anniversary to
Jean Baker, Keith Hindmarsh,
Roger McRae, Paul Roy, Steve
Sadler, Ed Schiestel, Jim
Steele, Dave VK, & Blake
Vince. 11 years!
Congratulations! |
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Induction of Sunrise's
Newest Member - Roger
Kniffen: |
 It
was a pleasure to formally
induct Roger Kniffen as a
member today. Welcome to
Rotary, Roger! We’re well
on our way to 10 new members
by June!
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Banner Presentation: |
  Paul
presented a banner from a
makeup that he did in
Singapore. During Paul’s
visit it took 3 tries to
find a Club that was
meeting. The region was in
the midst of holding an
Honorary banquet where a
founder of Singapore
received recognition from
the RI President for his
work in Rotary. President
name is Juay Meng.... Koh
is family name.
Paul receives Banner in
Singapore to present to
Sunrise on his return.
(photo courtesy of Paul R)
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Thoughts and Prayers: |
To Ed & Betty Schiestel, as
they await London for Ed’s
chemo therapy appointments
to begin. We wish you
well, Ed. |
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Welcome to the March
Break Assembly: |
Elections – next
year’s Board is set to begin
July 1, 2009
No Mardi Gras report
as Doug is away.
Recruitment – we welcome
our visitors today. We’re
on our way to 10!
Website – thank you to
Steve and Brian S. for
keeping this up.
Classification & badges
are organized.
Publicity – Andrew’s on
board will assist with this
too.
GSE
– 4 applications for team
members have been received.
It is outbound to Japan in
the Fall. Bonny added that
in the in-bound SGE from
Australia will visit our
club & area clubs for
presentations in the week
after the May District
Conference. It’s great to
hear Katie on the radio,
talking about her current
Rotary GSE in Australia.
Interact – trying to
connect yet with the teacher
who’s assisting the Club
during Jen’s maternity
leave.
Babies & Books – Club
has received $2500 from the
Community Partnership fund.
Roses for Rotary
– orders are due
this Friday please – contact
Terra, Beth or Sheila. We
will be ordering extras &
please do continue to sell
after Friday. Need a
volunteer to work at the
Union Gas with Paul Gardiner
for the morning of April
1.
Ribfest
– need more
members to sign up & take on
a task please. For the
Volunteer Organizer we do
need a Rotarian to go with
on outside volunteer for
this task. Looking for a
Friday Afternoon activities
organizer (it’s Corporate
Day). King of the Cue is
moving along in the planning
stages. Sponsors need to
be approached yet. Matt’s
got a list – pls let him
know if you can help, just
so we don’t approach a
business more than once.
Kits’ available from Mark,
Matt, Blake & Andrew.
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Cleanup – waiting on the
weather, says Roger. Lots
of help & it only takes a
couple hours.
Past RI
President Wilf Wilkinson is
visiting the Dresden
Rotary Club’s banquet.
Tickets are $35, evening
begins at 5:30pm. Call the
Club if you wish to attend.
Treasurer’s statement was
circulated.
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Thought
for the Day: |
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I dream my painting –
and then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van
Gough.
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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 - Aaron, ______ and
______.
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 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,
England |
Website By: Brian Sadler
- Minutes By:
Sheila Bateman -
Photos By: Steve Sadler, Ruth Howell
& Paul Roy - Comp By: Steve Sadler
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