Welcome visiting member of the Barrie Rotary Club  John Gordon

 

 

  Happy Birthday on Oct 30th to  Jim Mercer, Garnet Morton and Anne Ziegler.  Also to Deb's spouse David and also congratulations on 6th club anniversary to Laura Downing.

 

 

 

   A reminder that Rusty Russell is officially retiring and  Doug Christie has arranged a party for him Nov 2nd at Hawke Ridge Golf Club.  2to 4 PM.

 

  Congratulations  to new city Councilors  Ralph Cipolla  and Rob Kloostra

 

 

 Tracey  informed us that our sponsored student for Adventures in Technology made his visit to Ottawa but unfortunately it was the day of the shooting on parliament hill   and he spent 5 hours in lockdown. He had a worthwhile visit still and he will come to a future lunch meeting to tell us what he learnt.

 

 Dave reported that as of yet he has not found any Rotarian in our club who is willing to host next years Exchange student. This means that we will have to drop out of next years program.

 

Oh Yea , the Cap,n says  Arrrrrr don't forget to play bingo

 

 

 

 Kevin started off with Happy Bucks for Rob and Ralph and also for a big win for the Waterloo Warriors 32 to 31 ( if it happened once perhaps it can happen again ) .

Ralph gave $1 in gratitude of those who supported him and another in appreciation of the

mentoring support from Don Whitfield.  Marilyns' poor little doggie went under the knife in doggie surgery and she he happy it was successful although it will be months before it fully recoups. Anne had a great family weekend and gave $4  Leanne gave $5 because she is happy to be back to Rotary because she missed us.   Also Angela added happy bucks for Ralph and Rob.

 

 

 

 

Today was committee meetings but first we got to welcome new members  Ray McGill  and Francis Yarbrough.

 

Ray,originally from Barrie Ontario is owner of R McGill Inspections offering fire and life safety solutions for small business , not for profits  and care facilities.  He has a degree in Electronic Engineering and is certified by Canadian Fire Alarm assoc. and has 25 years experience in the fire alarm industry.  Ray is an avid fisherman  as well as a photographer and boater as well as playing drums.  He is looking forward through Rotary to give back to his community.

 

 Francis is originally from Red Dear , Alberta  and grew up on a farm. She graduated University of Alberta with a B.Sc in Zoology and a B. in Education. She taught for a few years then moved to Brandon Manitoba where she worked for Canadian Red Cross Disaster Services. Then later to Prince George BC to work for a Hospice and where she joined Rotary in 2000.  In 2007 moved to Kitchener and at Waterloo completed a Masters in Social Work.  Francis Operates  Yarbrough Consulting and Training Services which provides help for non profits ,especially in fund raising and governance.  She is also presently an Executive Director at Simcoe Victim Crises Services