President: Roxanne EszesTreasurer: Trevor Lee

Secretary: Kerry Johnson519-821-3863

Upcoming meetings and events

Fri 11 Sep: How to Brag (just a little) — Anne MacKay NOTE VENUE CHANGE: Lakeside Church, Conserva-tion Road

Sat 12 Sept: Joint Budget-ing Meeting — See President Roxanne

Fri 18 Sep: District Governor — Will Pugh

18,19,20 Sep: District Confer-ence, Bronte Provincial Park — See President Roxanne

Fri 25 Sep: Rotary Rewind — Clay Switzer

Sat 26 Sept: LobsterFest — See Rosemary Clark

Mon 28 Sept: Easy Come Easy Go Club — See Joe Valeriote and ad next page

Fri9Oct:ClassificationTalk— Karen Hand

Thurs22Oct:GrateGroan-up Spelling Bee — See Presi-dent Roxanne

Sat 24 Oct: Rotary Leader-shipInstitute—See Presi-dent Roxanne

Fri20Nov:Classification

A Weekly Report on the Activities of the Rotary Club of Guelph – 4 Sept 2015

THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUELPH

District 7080 Club 4645

Charter Feb 23, 1920

The Rotary Club of GuelphBox 511, Guelph, ON N1H 6K9

www.rotaryclubofguelph.com

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introdUctory remarks

President Roxanne opened the meeting with several announcements:• OnSaturday,September12th,therewillbeaService Budget Meet-

ing to divide up the funds we have for service projects. All of the chairsofServiceorFundraisingCommitteeshavereceivedanemailwith further details. It is VERY important that all service and fund-raising chairs (or a delegate) attend.

• Ourannual family BBQ istakingplaceonWednesday,September9th,atBobIreland’splaceonWatsonRoad.Ticketsarestillavail-able,pleasecontactRuthThatcher.

• TheDistrict Conference istheweekendofSeptember19th–itrunsfromFridaynighttoSundaymorning,butit’sflexible–manyat-tendeesonlyattendfortheSaturday.Thethemeis“Fun,FamilyandFilanthropy.”It’sinBronteProvincialParkinBurlington,isveryfamilyfriendly,andifyouhavejoinedRotaryinthelasttwoyears,theClubwillcover$50ofyour$100registrationfee.Theprogramislargelyfocusedonfunfamilyactivities,insteadofthetypicalRotarytopicsoffundraising,membershipretention,etc.Formoredetailsortoregister,gothroughtheDistrict7080Website.

• LobsterfestisSaturdaySeptember26th,andpromisestobeanothersuccess.

• TheRotaryLeadershipInstituteisnowopenforregistrations,andittakesplaceonSaturday,October24thinKitchener.Itisafast-paced,interactiveprogramofferedtorefineaRotarian’sleadership

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2014-15Rotary International President

K.R.Ravindran Colombo, Sri Lanka

District 7080 DG: Will Pugh, Burlington Lakeshore

NOTE VENUE CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK’S MEETINGLakeside Church, Conservation Road

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gUests

JohnCameron–MurrayTaylorBarbGamsby–JoeValeriote

editor 4 septemBer

Diane Spratt

editor 11 septemBer

Diane Spratt

anniversaries

CarlJadeski(41) .......September6

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50/50: FredRamprashad

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Birthdays

K.C.Tam ...................September5Rick Jones ...............September10

rotary proposalsJohn Cameron

Class’n:Banking-CommercialProposer:MurrayTaylor

JohnisSeniorVicePresidentofScotiaBankat themainbranchindowntownGuelph.If no objections are filed in writing with the Club Secretary by Mon-day, 14 Sept, the above nominee will be considered eligible for introduction to members at a regu-lar Rotary meeting.

skillsandincreasehisorherbaseofknowledgeinRotary.Coursesarefun,topical,interactive,andgearedtowardbusybusiness,pro-fessionalandcommunityleaderswhowanttobeknowledgeableaboutRotaryandmoreeffectiveleadersinboththeirvocationandclub.Therearethreeparts,butsigningupforPart1doesn’tcommityoutoreturningforParts2and3(butwehopeyoudo).Theregis-trationfeeis$75,buttheClubwillreimburseyou.MoredetailsandregistrationlinkscanbefoundontheDistrict7080website.

news of memBers

Sadnews–PresidentRoxanneannouncedthatJimMacKenzie’swifeAnnhadsufferedamassivestrokeandtheprognosiswasnotgood.Sadly,Annpassedawayovertheweekend.OurthoughtsandprayersarewithJimandhisfamily.Thevisitation/funeralinformationisasfollows:FriendswillbereceivedattheGilbertMacIntyreandSonFuneralHome,HartChapel, 1099GordonSt.,Guelph (ThursdaySeptember 10, 2-4and7-9p.m.).Acelebrationoflifeservice,followedbyareception,willbeheldinthechapelonFriday,September11,2015at2PM.Inlieuofflowersandasexpressionsofsympathy,donationstoHospiceWellingtonwouldbeappreciatedbythefamily.Cardswillbeavailableatthefuneralhome519-821-5077;onlinecondolencescanbesenttowww.gilbertma-cintyreandson.com.

indUction of new memBer rick lefeUvre

PeterMcSherryin-troduced our new member Rick Le-Feuvre–thisactu-ally wasmore ofa “roast” than anintroduction. (Forexample:“Rickat-tends a sweat lodge once a month for thelast10years…it seems he is pre-paring himself to spendeternity in ahotplace…”) Rick is a Regis-

teredMassageTherapistandownerofForwardHealthmulti–disciplinaryCliniconGordonStreet.HeshareshishomewithhiswifeMaureenand

HAPPY BILLS

$ Joanne McAuleyJoanna stated that an item on her“BucketList”wastopaddlethe McKenzie River fromDawsonCitytotheArctic.Herhappybuckwasincelebrationofherbuckettripwithherson(who took twoweeks vacation andtimefromhisyoungfam-ily.)

President Roxanne Eszes welcomes new member Rick LeFeuvre (L); Rick was introduced by Peter McSherry (C)

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severalotherfamilymembersranginginagefrom3–92.RickhasdecidedtojointheNativeRelationscommitteeandtheRotaryForestproject.WelcomeRick!

program — a parking plan for gUelph

PresidentRoxanneintroducedCameronWalshfromtheCityofGuelphCAOoffice–headofSpecialProjects.Handoutswereavailableforthemembersonthetablesoutliningtheupcoming feedback sessions and a customer survey regarding ourParkingMasterPlan-alloftheseitemsareavailableontheCityofGuelphwebsite.CameronpresentedaninformativeslideshowandtalkdescribingtheMasterPlanwhichwasstartedasaninitiativein2013tocollectdata.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Grand River Raceway EveningBarbGamsbylettheclubmembersknowthatSept28thhadbeenreservedbyDoug(probablylastJanuary)

forourannualEloraGrandRiverRacewayevening.Theticketsare$25eachwhichincludesyourdinnerand$10voucherfortheslots.Doorsopenat5:30pmandtheracesstartat6:30pm.Thereare35ticketsavailablesopleasecontactJoeValerioteifyouareinterestedinattending.

Doug Gamsby Memorial Golf TournamentBarbalsoexpressedaspecialthankyoufortheeffortsofTerryandRenyand theDougGamsbyMemorialGolfTournament team for awonderful day held inDoug’shonour.Oneplayerwonthe$50,000carfortheholeinoneprizeonthe17thhole–Doughadaholeinoneatthesameholeseveralyearsago!

Shelter BoxSueRickettsaskedforavolunteertohelptransitiontheShelterBoxprojectassheisnolongerabletotaketheleadonthisworthwhilecause.SuealsomentionedthatthereisatreeplantingattheWallCustanceforestinmemoryofherhusbandonSundaySeptember20th.

LobsterfestRandyWilsonmadeanannouncementonbehalfofLobsterfest–heislookingforvolunteerstohelpwiththecookingsetup/takedownandthecookinginbetween!PleasecontactRandyandsignupforafunevening.EvenifyouareattendingLobsterfestasaparticipant–youcouldhelpwiththesetupfrom1–3pmSaturdayafternoonorthetakedownonSundaymorning.

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Barbara Gamsby, widow of Rotarian Doug Gamsby, announces her plan to continue the tradition started by Doug, the Annual Evening at the Elora Raceway, with

the help of Joe Valeriote

Speaker Cameron Walsh of the City of Guelph discusses parking in downtown

Guelph

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ThestudyreportwascompletedinSeptember2014.Thenworkbeganonthefinancialstrategies– therewillbeanimplementationplananditwillbeupdatedroutinelyoverthenext20years.DuringQ4of2015therewillbeapre-sentationmadetoCouncilwithrecommendations.Thereaseveraloptionsbutthegoalistocreate8,000morejobs inDowntownGuelph and four timesmorepeoplelivingandworkinginDowntownGuelphbytheyear2031.1,500moreparkingspotsareneededandthelackofparkingiscausingtheCitytoturnawaynewbusinesses.SeveralslidesanddetailswerepresentedandCameronencouragedthememberstobecomeengagedintheevents/sessionsforfeedbackandinput.ThedeadlinetocompletetheparkingsurveyisSeptember19th(itisavailableonthewebsite).

thank yoU

PresidentRoxannethankedCameronforhistalkandpre-sentedhimwithacertificaterepresenting100vaccinationsagainst polio donated in his name.

next week — change of location

Nextweek’smeetingwillbeheldattheLakesideChurchCaféastheICCisbusywiththePoorBoysLuncheon.

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President Roxanne Eszes thanks Cameron for his talk and presents him with a certificate showing that

100 kids were vaccinated in his name

Easy Come - Easy Go Investment Club

Come out for a fun night at the Elora Race track with Rotary

Monday, September 28Cost $25.00

Buffet dinner begins at 5:30

First race 7:00 pm

See Joe Valeriote for tickets

Golf - What a Frustration1. ThesegreensaresofastIhaveto

holdmyputterovertheballandhitit with the shadow.

~ Sam Snead2. Iwasthreeovertoday:Oneover

ahouse,oneoverapatioandoneover a swimming pool..

~ George Brett 3. Actually,theonlytimeIevertook

out a one-iron was to kill a taran-tula.AndItooka7todothat.

~ Jim Murray4. Theonlysureruleingolfis-he

who has the fastest cart never has to playthebadlie.

~ Mickey Mantle5. Sexandgolfarethetwothingsyou

canenjoyevenifyou’renotgoodatthem.

~ Kevin Costner6. Idon’tfeardeath,butIsuredon’t

like those three-footers for par.~ Chi Chi Rodriguez7. Afteralltheseyears,it’sstillem-

barrassingformetoplayontheAmericangolftour.LikethetimeIaskedmycaddieforasandwedgeandhecamebacktenminuteslaterwithahamonrye.

~ Chi Chi Rodriguez