Rusty is having issues with his pace maker, please keep him in your thoughts.
Nancy Amos Mother-in-law passed away this week. We are very sorry to hear this news.
Nancy Whelton - Several Blue Collared shirts with Rotary are available for purchase @ $30 each. These shirts are great for functions and charity functions. Please see Nancy if you would like a shirt.
Doug - Garbage pick up will be on April. 27th @ 5:30 p.m. and starts at Rotary Place.
Rotary Fest Tickets - Again Ralph mentioned that as of May. 1st if you do not return tickets then you own them.
Sarge Dean started off with Ralph for no name tag, Tony for this week for having Randy call him when he was working on a sale and lost it, Randy's table for talking while Angela was talking, Rick was late, birthday table, and Ralph again for alcohol and what looked like used socks?
Happy Bucks
Many happy bucks again today. $10 from Reid for meeting a really nice lady named Donna from Syracuse. He met her in Myrtle Beach and they have a lot of similarities, 1 child each, twin grand children ( differences in ages), etc. Congrats Reid.
Chuck Tempest for the pleasure of coming to the club and seeing fellow Rotarians and the potential of coming back to the club.
Andrew for his daughter Rosamund having her 1st Birthday.
Don - happy to be back at the club after spending a lot of time a Mount Sinai Hospital
Angela - $2 Her daughter Emma's basketball team beat Barrie and son Evan's basketball team winning and Even landing 4 - 3 point shots in a game.
John - For Angela being nominated Business Women of the year.
The Rotary Club of Orillia, give or take one or two, has met a total of 3,640 times. Our first regular meeting, held in the Champlain hotel, December 11, 1945. (presently named the Rodeway Inn, corner of Mississauga & Front. Built 1932).
Moving over the years …
1951 - Orillia Hotel, Peter & Colborne. Destroyed by fire, early 70s
1953 - Carter’s Restaurant (south side Mississauga, just east of Peter), also gutted by fire, June 1961
1961 - YMCA, Peter Street (across from post office). A temporary location, while
awaiting the completion of the Carter’s new Restaurant – Sundial Motor Inn, April 10, 1962. The Sundial became our home for next 49 years
2011 - Moving to several locations in an attempt to find a more permanent location. Eventually, settling here, at the Highwayman.
Today we had Doug Bunker who is the Chair and Organizer of the Orillia Perch Festival which starts from April. 16th - May.7th
Costs includes Adults = $20 and Children = $ 5.00 under age of 16.
The 36th annual event raises over $84,000 in prizes and a lund fishing boat and motor for the grand prize from many sponsors throughout the area.
This event is one of the largest in North America and International fishing tournaments. There is a lot of anglers who come back every year from the U.S. and other foreign countires to try their luck at catching a tagged perch which range in prize money from $500 up to $3,000. If the catch a tagged perch from the previous year, they pay out $50.00
They now tag fish with a 1-800# so the Angler can call in and it gives them a tracking system of where the fish are traveling, where they caught it, did they release it, etc?
The event promotes family which gets the kids out of the house and also conservation of the fisheries by catching and releasing the fish for sustainability to Lake Simcoe and Couchiching.
If you do not have a boat you can fish along Lankin Blvd., Marinas, Old train tracks at the edge of Marina, but we keep losing more access to the waters due to developement.
Finally the fish are released in secret locations and they can move quickly into different areas of the Bays, etc. So get your fishing rods out, purchase your ticket, and start fishing.
Monday... Gravenhurst: 12:15 - Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. South Wasaga Beach: 12:15 - RecPlex - Oakview Room, 1724 Mosley Street
Tuesday... Orillia Satellite Group: 5:30 - Mariposa Inn and Conference Centre (meet at Grape and Olive)
Barrie-Huronia: 12:15 - Lakeshore Community Centre Collingwood: 12:00 - Temple Bdlg, Hurontario St. Penetanguishene: 12:15 - La Cle d'la Baie (restaurant main street)
Wednesday...
Barrie Kempenfelt 7:15 a.m. - Barrie Country Club, 635 St. Vincent St. North Huntsville: 1st Wednesday of month 6:30 p.m. - balance of month 12:15 - Holiday Inn Express Midland: 12:15 - Best Western Highland Hotel
Thursday... Barrie: - 12:15 - Lakeshore Community Centre
