Opening: President John called on Sgt. at Arms Anna to introduce the day’s guests.
David Marquis the Liberal candidate and the first in our series of candidate guests, Rick Rickard (Lynda’s Husband), special family guests of Rohan, brother Prasan Wijesinghe here from Sri Lanka and Cecil Melder and Angus Melder, family friends from B.C.
Next Week’s Duties:
Sgt@Arms: Rohan and Adam
Thanker & Finemaster: Erin
Greeter & Prize: Jim (prize supplied by Derek)
Humourist: Dom
Humourist of the Day John Bennett had a series of jokes based in some way on religions. They covered everything from why go to church? to differences in religions to religious symbols. It was a very humorous collection.
Door prize winner: Rohan
Finemaster: John Hagarty collected a substantial number of Happy Bucks and my apologies for missing any.
Marlene: provided return bucks having enjoyed her daughter’s visit home from Calgary actually a weekend with both daughters to attend a wedding.
Rohan: happy to have his brother from Sri Lanka and 2 close friends from BC
Bernie: had return bucks for his time spent in Nova Scotia and then his drive to Boston with his son to watch the Jays game and then to NY for Friday Night’s game.
Erin: happy bucks to celebrate the success of Burger Day with missed rain and for the fact that her Aunt does not require anymore chemo treatments.
Derek: a number of Happy Bucks as he and Linda are leaving on a Mediterranean Cruise for 3 weeks.
Anna: celebrated her 20th Anniversary with $20.00
Jill: a happy sad buck as she saw a homeless person at the corner of Yonge and Dundas have her money stolen. She helped her out which was certainly the happy part.
Amy: had 2 happy bucks one for celebrating her godmother’s 97th birthday and an advertising buck to let everyone know that on September 17th South Pond Farm will be having an evening of Craft Beer tasting and appetizers at the Farm. Contact Amy or Danielle for more information.
Jason; had a happy buck to celebrate that he is half the age of Charlie!
Jim: had 3 happy bucks, something about 3 hours in the rain I expect at Waste day, his wife Jan is on holidays in the Canary Islands and that his mother-in-law ( Mrs. Owen, winner of our last car draw) who incidentally is 90 years old, is to undergo a hip and femur replacement.
Lynda: had 2 bucks, one for Pres. John embarrassing her hubbie Rick by asking him to lead O Canada and the other an ecstatic buck for the arrival of a new granddaughter weighing in at 6lbs10oz. Congrats to all!!
Bert: happy for the 3 out of 4 Jays wins
Ray Smith: had 2 happy bucks one for the lovely riverboat cruise he and his wife enjoyed in Europe and one for his daughter who has received a clean bill of health.
Pres. John: 2 happy bucks to celebrate 2 successful fundraising days, Burger Day and Shredding Day. Please take time to fill out your Burger Day survey which Carol has sent out to all of you.
John Hunter: had a welcoming buck for Rohan’s special guests who had come from such a distance and that he is celebrating now sleeping with and 85 year old partner. Belated birthday wishes Pauline!
50/50 Draw: Marlene won the chance to draw for the pot but drew the 8 of clubs. The pot lives on with only 7 cards left and a value of about $1400
Guest Speaker: Michelle introduced the day’s speaker, liberal candidate David Marquis. David provided literature to everyone re his background and goals for the future.
David is a 4th generation family member, farm raised in the Sunderland area and he and a partner began a maintenance supply, company Advantage Specialties. His wife is a nurse in Port Perry. David has been involved in various committee and political positions for a number of years including Brock Council for 16. He has also been active in the area of conservation both as Chair of the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority and member of the Lake Simcoe Source Water Protection Committee as well as founding Chair of the land stewardship program.
He expressed interest in the maintaining of the middle class good standard of living and economic security. Areas like public transit and the need for increased investment in infrastructure. Affordable housing and residences for seniors and child care spaces and flexible parental leave are also important. He feels it is time to invest in jobs in Canada and an increase in the interest of living in harmony with the environment. He sees and Justin Trudeau as part of a quality team.
David may be contacted at 705.357.2407 or www.davidmarquis.ca
John Hagarty thanked David and indicated he presented a well versed background.
Please make note: Rotanza is a go for May 6th. We are anxious to get the licence and the tickets printed for Christmas. We can’t do this until the prize board is finalized and our idea at the moment is to come up with a different top prize with a value of $22,000. This is what we have paid for the car, which has incidentally only been taken once in the last few years and maybe 3 times in the 28 that Rotanza has taken place.
On Monday Sept. 21st, prior to lunch there will be a Rotanza meeting at 11:00 at the Club. We have asked anyone interested in being on the committee to please come and we would like new ideas and a new name by Monday. Contact Lynda or myself if you have any ideas.
Scribe: Sharon
