Rotary Club of Sackville Bulletin May 26, 2016
Posted by Wayne Harper
on May 27, 2016

There were no visiting Rotarians today and only one guest - Karen Bamford, our guest speaker. Make ups accrued from the Gold Mine and Club Admin committee meetings. Pin Pal stories are always interesting. This week, Bill and Edna were in a car when another pulled alongside and indicated they wanted to drag race. The other "racer" was none other than out own Dave.
Edna's ticket was drawn and she unfortunately drew the seven of
spades. She was looking for the nine of
and missed out on a lottery approaching amount of $13. If you missed it, George won the pot a couple of weeks ago.


Happiness abounded this week. Dave was happy to return following an operation to replace his knee. He was very appreciative of the support he received, especially to Sue who had her patience tested pre and post op..........This was the day of returns as Ove is also coming off of major surgery to his abdomen. He considers himself very lucky when he looks back at his issues. Others also agree............Gayle was happy to be back from her mini-vacation in Ontario and "la Belle Province". During it, she visited former club members Bruno and Joanne Ganasi. On a walk, Joanne suffered a heart attack. Now back to normal, the wake-up call is now front and center. Bruno will be retiring in the next few weeks. Wouldn't it be nice if they moved back to Sackville?...........Sue was happy that Dave is back home. Banned from driving a car for a while, he can at least drive the tractor and cut the grass.............Pam was happy that she participated in the Bluenose Race. She is also excited to visit Winnipeg shortly where she will visit the new Human Rights Museum, an idea fostered by the late Issy Asper (Global TV etc.). Pam shared a taxi with him years ago where he initially talked about this idea..........John thought he was happy that Wayne foisted the minutes from the last Club Admin meeting on him, claiming he had to do a lot of things at today's meeting..............Wynn was happy that he was in court yesterday when the deluge of rain hit Moncton (50 ml in 60 minutes)..........And finally, Edna was happy to have both Dave and Ove back in town after successful operations.
The Duty Roster for Next Week is:
Chairperson Trish Greeter Dave
Introducer Darrell Thanker Guylaine
Gold Mine Counters Pam, Dianne, Dale or Wayne
Committee reports were short this week. John reminded members of the Annual BBQ and Service Awards evening on June 23rd. The event is at Gayle's house (Station Road) at 5:30 pm. Cost is $10 each (Kids are free) and members are asked to bring a dessert or salad. Pork tenderloin will be the main dish. RSVP by June 9th. There is no morning meeting that day.
June 8th is the date of the next Board Meeting, moved from June 1st as it is Dianne's birthday.
November 5th in modern times is also the anniversary of the breakout on the Ebola Epidemic. Back in 1603, it also began an epidemic, known as the plague. It would go on for centuries with over 100,000 people killed during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. In the worst of times, the populace could gage how bad things were based on whether the theatres were open or not. It appears life was just a complicate 400 years ago as it is today. Today we have terrorism and massive flu's, the same as in Shakespeare's time.
Time closed the meeting with the 4-way-test.

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