August 9, 2012 Rotary Meeting

Reminder! There is a board meeting next Thursday instead of our regular meeting. Instead Cheryle and Jim are having us over for a pool party at 5:00 with dinner to follow at 6:00pm. Everyone please bring a salad. Parking on the road is best.

Brian taught us how to say hello, good day in portuguese which is Ola, bom dia so that we understand some of the language for our incoming exchange student.

Today's speaker is Jack Newton who is a retired Marks and Spencer store manager. He has always had a passion for astronomy and built the Observatory Bed and Breakfast http://www.jacknewton.com/canada.htm which is deemed to be some of the best star gazing areas in the world. He has over 90 supernova discoveries, 6 books that have been published and has received numerous awards including having an asteroid named after him and his wife called JackAlice (3080). He shared some interesting facts with us around the Big Bang Theory which was 13.64 Billion years ago when the universe was created. Also that there is a likely possibilty that there are multiple universes and over 60 planets in our galaxy. He can see 300 stars even in the daytime with his high tech telescope.

Check out some more of Jack's pictures at http://www.jacknewton.com/image_gallery.htm