No news is good news.  It was fabulous to see John Jonas out today, back from the cottage where he just could not let go of Oktoberfest

Jim J spoke for Murray.  Apparently Murray is in great demand in retirement.  He and Ida have just moved from Glenmorris to Paris.

Noah saw the Foo Fighters.

Matt thanked Erica for filling in on the bulletin last week while he was suffering with a bad tooth.  He got a root canal done by a lady in Guelph with tiny hands.  He asked me to do it, but totally by coincidence I was also getting a root canal done by the same endodontist last Thursday at noon.

Mark N has an easy job.  His 12 year old son was running his store while he attended today.  Maybe he'll form a union while dad is away?

Rena's 16 year old daughter is now working at the Home Hardware, for Mark's son.

Mike just recently met his two daughters' boyfriends, who were at the cottage over the long weekend.  They were both either good guys or good actors.

Paul, I know you appreciate honesty.  This one didn't work for me.  1.5/10

Paul TC - Best Bites is coming up fast - Please focus on selling tickets, corporate tables (10 tickets - $1000 best value). Buy online here.

Mike - Rotary Thanksgiving Roses are on sale, 10% off only until Aug.15 at yourroses.ca.  Tell your customers to use the coupon code earlyroses to get the deal.

 

Rebekah, our director of international service, spoke to us today about her portfolio.  Rotary International encourages clubs to dedicate about 1/3 of fundraising proceeds to projects outside of Canada and our community, and our club does that.  RI promotes six areas of focus...we work in five of those areas (all except Peace and Conflict Resolution).  In 2018/19 we have budgeted to support five international projects: