Vic Lockerbie was taken by ambulance from Birchmere to emerge. A later update from Julie Scott informed us that he was returned to Birchmere later that day. Vic, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Don had a fall over the weekend and was admitted to hospital. Angela reported that there were no broken bones but that he was bruised and sore. Get well soon, Don.
Dean Beers has called a special projects committee meeting for Tuesday, August 25th at 7:30 am at the Highwayman Inn (McCabes) to review the applications received and discuss next steps for our smoke/carbon monoxide alarm project as well as discussion about next year's project.
Megan informed everyone that she had just completed the quarterly billing (July 1 to September 30) and that you should have received either a statement or an invoice from her in your email. Please check to make sure you received it and, if not, please let her know.
Next week was supposed to be our second Picnic-In-The-Park event of the summer. However, President Tony has been able to arrange for a joint "All Candidates" meeting for next week which is to be jointly held with the Kiwanas Club. Due to the limited space and number of additional people who may wish to attend, please inform Nancy Welton by Friday of this week if you plan on bringing a guest(s). We need to let the Highwayman Inn know what our numbers will be so that they can properly plan and prepare.
Instead of cancelling Picnic-In-The-Park altogether, John Madden informed us that the Orillia Lawn Bowling Club has graciously offered to let us hold a meeting at their facility and try our hand at lawn bowling. As such, we will continue with our plans for a potluck meal and instead move it to Tuesday, September 1 at 5 pm at the Lawn Bowling Club. We will cancel the regular lunch meeting that day. So, whatever you were planning to bring for lunch next week, you can bring to dinner on September 1. Please be sure to indicate what you will bring on the sign up sheet that Julie Scott will be circulating at the meeting next week. (As a side note, OLBC has indicated that we can BYOB - I think I heard that right and I am sure John will correct me if I was hearing things). Plan on attending - it will be another fun social event. For those of you unsure of where the OLBC is located, it is behind 2nd Century Source for Sports.
There will be a GNO meeting on Wednesday, August 26th at 6 pm at the home of Gloria James for all those on the GNO committee to work on the planning of this years' event.
Nancy Welton circulated the member address list so that members could check their information and correct, if needed. Please check the list and initial beside your name so Nancy knows who has checked their information and who has not.
Nancy Welton announced that the Girl Guides of Canada camp that is located close by is celebrating their 75th year and are selling buttons to raise funds to help build a new kitchen.
Ken Boyd sent a nice letter tendering his resignation from the club. Ken has been a long standing member of our club and will be very sadly missed.
John Hammill announced that he has a $1300 travel voucher/ticket that expires on September 3, 2015. The ticket is fully transferrable and, if nobody uses it, the $1300 will be forfeited. If you are interested in this voucher/ticket, please contact John asap. He would be very happy if someone could use it.
Tony A. announced that we raised $490 for the foodbank from our Golf prize ticket sales last week. He thanked all who "contributed" prizes and helped organize the event. Past President Nancy thanked Tony for running such a fun and well organized event.
We still have openings for shifts on the train for this weekend. We need everyone to take a turn to lighten the load. Please contact Angela if you are able to help out and take a shift. The season is almost over.
