(Nothing Exceeds the Opportunity of Knowing Each Other)
June 18, 2024
Guests at our Meeting
Antonella Pecora Ruiz (speaker & RYLA rep.)
Laura Ruiz (Mother of Antonella)
Sharon Fillion
Addison Wood (Guest of Karen)
Tod Wright
Celebrates 40 Years as
Sergeant at Arms
Showing 40 years of Professionalism
Surjit won the draw but drew the ten of clubs. The pot grows!
Anniversaries
None to report
Birthdays
Dan Higgins (June 21st)
Lise Sorensen (June 25th)
Dieter (finally able to pay the fine, well after his actual birthday. He has generously donated to the RCBL Foundation instead).
Rotary Anniversaries
Don Steele (1 year)
President Dave Loveland (5th year)
Quiz
Tod prepared a quiz about his 40 years at the club to celebrate. How many of these questions can you answer correctly?
In Tod’s 40 years, who was the highest profile guest that he ever fined?
Who routinely refused to pay any fine levied by Tod?
Over the years which two members has Tod fined more than anyone else?
What member was fined at least five times for no haircut?
Does Tod fine guests?
How about exchange students?
What was the career highlight of Tod’s 40 years as sgt@arms when he was likened to a world leader?
Who owned the famous golden putter they had picked up while visiting a Rotary club in Texas? Tod politely asked them at least five times to donate the putter to our club to be auctioned off.
What member was fined for supposedly having a handgun in her purse?
Who was fined for getting up and leaving a meeting early when they learned that a drug sniffing dog would be putting on a demonstration in our meeting room to ‘discover’ some planted drugs?
What guest did Tod fine more than any other? Hint, he was booed every time he was introduced!
Answers:
RI President Gary Huang from Taiwan 2015.
Retired police chief Ken Skerrett.
Ed Eves and Linda Davies.
John Thorpe.
Definitely
No, they never seem to have any money.
About 1988 when Tod was just about to start his weekly fining session, someone stood up, likened him to the Ayatollah Khomeini, said the club wouldn’t take this anymore and everyone stood up and left the room, leaving Tod the only one at the meeting. They soon returned to great gales of laughter. Tod had to fine them all!
Ed Eves.
Esther Clark
Serena Lee
Jim Parker
Happy Dollars
Rick will be traveling to Winnipeg and Regina to watch two CFL games.
Timea fell asleep in her backyard.
Mark is the Chairman at Canadian Hearing Services, which just held its 8th annual President’s Scholarship Golf Tournament to raise funds to make post-secondary education more accessible for Deaf and hard of hearing students. This year the event raised approximately $292,000, bringing the total raised to approximately $2 million since inception. For more information or to make a donation, see here.
Zelda just saw her daughter in Stockholm and also just bought a house.
Surjit’s daughter’s fourth book was nominated for a Global Literature Award.
Jacqui’s 31st wedding anniversary was last week.
Dianne went to downtown Toronto to see her daughter graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
Tod returned from PEI, having sampled every type of oyster on the island.
Steve and Karen celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary.
Dave returned from a diving trip, and his twin boys celebrated their 30th birthday.
40 Years of Service Recognized
Announcements
United Nations Sustainable Gastronomy Day
International Sushi Day
International Panic Day
District 7080 Changeover is next Wednesday evening.
International Community Service Motions
Motion PASSED: Donate $6,000 to the Rotary Foundation.
Motion PASSED: Donate $3,000 to Polio Plus.
Motion PASSED: Donate $2,850.82 to the Rotary Club of Villahermosa Meyaj for the purchase of 40 desk chairs for the students of Jose Morgas Garcia Primary School in Santo Domingo, Mexico.
Guest Speaker – Antonella Pecora Ruiz
RYLA Participant
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Antonella is a 2023 winner of an academic scholarship from the RCBL Charitable Foundation. She stopped by to present on her experience at the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy. Her speech can be seen here.
In addition, Antonella is involved with The Borgen Project, a non-profit that aims to make addressing poverty a part of foreign policy. Her fundraising page can be seen here.
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