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We meet Fridays at 12:00 PM
Legion Hall at Madeira Park
12829 Lilies Lake Rd
Madeira Park, BC  V0N 2H0
Canada
Phone:
(604) 883-2843
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Mike brings a cake to celebrate a new year of Rotary
Mike Price presented the theme for the coming year "Making a Difference", talked a little of what to expect and then surprised everyone at the investiture by bringing in a cake to celebrate. It was a well attended event which included Mike's two sons and his daughter law there to witness his investiture. Jan Gisborne helped cut the cake and Mike presented her with a bottle of the Rotary Foundation wine as a thank you for coming down from Powell River for the event.
 
Glen Bonderud receives Paul Harris
Glen Bonderud was surprised with a Paul Harris Recognition Award for all he has done for the club. Glen is a past president but perhaps his strongest legacy is with his role as club secretary and organizer of our wine tasting fund raiser. Glen takes care of all the administrative details of registering new members, club and event insurance and getting minutes out often within minutes after our meetings. He is the first one to offer his truck to pick up the barbecue, bring tables to any event, load up the display boards for the art auction... Glen is also well connected in the community and solicits sponsorships for our various fundraisers. Glen and Rosemary will be moving to Vancouver Island and hopefully he will be as active in Rotary there as he has been here.
 
John King Recognized
Past President Patrick Munro presented John King with a certificate of recognition for all he has done for the club over his 9 years as a member.  He has been president twice, a very entertaining Sargent at Arms, and has acted as auctioneer at numerous fund raising events. John looked after our calendar sales and our criminal record checks. He also kept and published our accumulated donations list to show what we have contributed to the community. His wit and slightly different sense of humour have been much appreciated. John is stepping down from Rotary to attend to health issues and will be sorely missed.
New Board Investiture
Jan Gisborne, our acting ADG invested the new board, introducing each member with a little anecdote about them written by our incoming President Mike Price. Mike then gave each board member a gift appropriate to their responsibility area. Sarah, our now past president is taking on the role of secretary and hence needs to learn clubrunner and it's associated computer skills so Mike gave her a bottle of "Oops I Just Hit  Send"  Wine.
Herring Eggs
 
 
Another successful year with our herring curtains. This is a picture of live eggs taken one week ago. You can clearly see the eyes. Yesterday the eggs had all hatched and the curtains were pulled from the water and cleaned with the assistance of our exchange students, Danny and Helena before being put in storage ready for next year.
 
 
 
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