Reporter: Jenny Hildebrand
Visiting Rotarians
and Guests:
Helen Duff, a retiree, formerly of
the Ottawa Club
Creole Carmichael, guest of Renate
Gibbs
Bruce Carter, speaker
President
Heather: Attended the grand opening of the new Oak Bay high school and is pleased
to announce that our club was presented with an award in appreciation of the
$40K donation made to the development of the Oak Bay Learning Centre.
Health of the Club:
Mary Canty is recovering and has
appreciated our support and well wishes.
Jack Petrie encouraged the club members to continue to call her.
Announcements:
The next Rotary meeting will not be held at the Oak
Bay Beach Hotel. It is likely to be held
at the Rotary Room in the Windsor Park Pavilion. The location will be announced via email and
members are asked to rsvp in order to ensure the correct number of bag lunches
are prepared.
President Heather mentioned that there will be a Board
meeting October 19th, in the library, and all are welcome.
Creole Carmichael and Helen Duff will be inducted
next week.
Lynne Murray donated a few full Canon PG 40 black
ink cartridges.
Celebrations Master
(Jack Petrie):
President Heather was thanked for
making us all feel very Canadian by apologizing 3 times during the
announcements.
Did you eat Turkey on the weekend? $1
Which country does not eat turkey?
Turkey
Birthdays, Wedding
Anniversaries, and Club Anniversaries:
Mary Canty is celebrating a birthday
this week.
There are three rotary anniversaries:
Sandy Currie (2 years), Michelle LeSage (2 years), Pablo Diemecke (14 years).
Happy and Sad
Dollars:
Happy - Joan Firkins had a great
experience recently at club headquarters.
She also is looking forward to spending a month at Rotary headquarters
in Hawaii.
Happy - Heather is pleased to be
going to Las Vegas to see her brother and sister-in-law. She also shared that her family had run their
traditional 8 km on Thanksgiving weekend.
Happy - Tom Lidkea’s daughter who currently
works as an English teacher in Jakarta is visiting for a week.
Happy - Wolfe Schopper shared his son
had recently received 90% on a mid-term exam at UVic.
Happy/Sad - Jim Force shared a joke
about his hearing (and not his wife’s) declining.
50/50:
Heather Aked was the winner.
Guest Speaker:
Lorna Curtis announced the speaker.
Some notes from the presentation:
Bruce Carter gave an informative and
interesting talk about current local and global economic conditions. Bruce outlined the main driving sectors of
our local economy, how they contribute to the health of our region and the
possible impacts a change in municipal, provincial and federal governments could
have on them.
Jack Petrie thanked our speaker and
presented him with a mug.
The meeting was closed with the
national anthem of Guatemala.
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