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Jim Steele was happy and wanted to congratulate Michele
Grezbien on the wonderful donor appreciation night
organized by the CKHA.
 Mike
Hunter was happy to have attended the Dresden Club wine
tasting event and was able to donate $150 to the Club
through his Stargazers restaurant.
Geoff Wright was happy to announce that the Mayor’s
Annual Golf tournament had raised $36,000 for the
Mayor’s Youth Committee.
Lance Babcock was happy to have attended a fund raising
dinner in Pain Court where money was raised to send
students to Viet Nam next March.
Sheila Bateman was happy to donate her 50/50 winnings to
the happy buck fund. (Good for you Sheila)
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Acting
President Michele announced that the Library had notified us
that several of our Literary Angel contribution books had been
taken out and were overdue.
If you have one of these books, please return it.
  Jean
Baker announced that November is Foundation month. She reminded
the Club of the programs supported by the Foundation. Audrey
Chevalier outlined her upcoming trip to India where the
Foundation continues its program to eradicate polio. She
mentioned that there still are places for those who would like
to attend. Jean reminded the group of the Foundation Gala, which
is taking place in Novi, Mich. in November.
Lance
Babcock talked about the Quiz Night at the Kent Club. The cost
is $10 per person and guests are invited. He passed around a
sign up sheet for those that were planning to come.
Lance
also talked about the Pot Luck supper that was tentatively
planned for Dec. They are looking for a place to hold the event.
Michele
Grezbien read a letter to the editor from Shirley Harwood that
was published in the CDN thanking the Club and in particular
Roger McRae for the recent Bloomfield/401 Interchange clean-up.
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Sheila
Bateman won $2. The pot now stands at $342.
Roger
McRae introduced Johanna Haan, who spoke about the Liberation of
Holland. The Liberation started with the D-Day Landing in 1944.
Holland was
not
immediately liberated as the terrain was difficult to cover. The
winter of 1944 saw many people die due to starvation and cold as
food and heating materials were severely rationed. Johanna was 2
years old when the Allied Forces finally moved into the
Netherlands. Johanna’s mother met a young Canadian soldier at
that time and he signed her identification card. His name was
Jim Millen and he was from Rockford ON. Sixty years later
Johanna’s family traced Jim’s whereabouts in Canada and met
him in 2005 at a
special ceremony in Guelph commemorating the 60th
Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland.
Johanna presented a video of
that ceremony .Of the 175,000 Canadians that helped to liberate
Holland, 7600 never returned home. The Dutch people are very
appreciative of that and hold a special place for Canadians in
their heart. As a result, Johanna’s parents immigrated to Canada
after the war.
Audrey
Chevalier thanked Johanna for her presentation and asked her to
sign a book that will be contributed in her name to the C-K
Public Library as part of the Club’s Literary Angels Program.