March Madness

Posted by Bill Lawrie on Mar 21, 2018
It's all about March Madness here......BUT in Port Moody it looks like we had a jam packed meeting.
 
We had a big crowd this morning.
Guests this week were:

President Mike’s wife, Christine, celebrating obtaining her Master’s Degree in Nursing.  Christine is an RN and has been teaching Licensed Practical Nursing at VCC.  Her Masters is from SFU in education focusing on Curriculum Design.  We are so proud of her. 

Guest Speaker Markus Fahrner from our Museum.

Port Moody Museum was founded by the Port Moody Historical Society in 1967 and established in the Station Museum in 1983. There are 3 full time staff and over 17,000 historical items. The mission is to preserve the history of Port Moody. 

Tunnel project was built in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1st WW. It has been a great way to teach school kids about the horrors of trench warfare.

This note is from our Guest Speaker Markus Fahrner

The Port Moody Heritage Society owns and operates the Port Moody Station Museum as part of their effort to promote increased awareness and knowledge of Port Moody’s heritage and history. 
 

The Port Moody Station was built in 1908, it was the second railway station in the area. In 1945, the Canadian Pacific Railway moved the station closer to town and it operated at this Queen St. location until it was officially closed on September 25th, 1976. The Port Moody Historical Society (now the Port Moody Heritage Society), who were operating a museum on Kyle St., bought the station. In 1978, it was moved to its present location on Murray St. and refurbished to serve as a museum facility. The Station Museum was officially opened on July 1st, 1983.

Also on the property are various railway pieces, including a 1921 CPR sleeper car, the Venosta. Restored in 1987 with assistance from the West Coast Railway Association, 

Behind the station building is the Great War trench display and to the sides are the meditation and the Heritage garden.

Maintaining the  sizeable collection is a big part of the the museum’s operation.  However the museum is very much aware of the importance of out-reach into the community. There are on average 30 events a year, which the museum organizes or participates in. The most popular one is our Ioco Ghost town days, Easter Egg hunt and Mother’s and Christmas day teas.  The museum holds teachers ProD day events focused around the Great War display.
 
Not a week goes by with a school or day care group booking a program at the museum. In the summer month the museum offers summer camps in partnership with various day care centres.
 
The museum frequently partners with local schools for various projects. The latest was the unpacking my suitcase project, which talked about immigration.
 
Currently on display are the works by Rudolf Koch. A famous German typographer who created sketches of every day life in the trenches of the Western front. However the Koch exhibit allows the museum to also look at typography and book design. The museum welcomes Andrew Hoyem from the Arion Press in San Francisco on April 21 totally about books and calligraphy, followed by David Spence’s talk about Christian signs. In May 24 the curator from the Klingpsor museum will talk about Koch and the Klingpsor brothers type foundry.
 
 

Denis Boyd from the Rotary Club of Coquitlam was visiting to remind us they will have their 2nd annual Sports Dinner fundraiser April 4th at Westwood Plateau Country Club. $95.00 for tickets. Visit www.coquitlamrotarysportsdinner.eventbrite.ca 

Let's get out and support their Sports Dinner Fundraiser
 
 
Proposed member Ryan Edgington  from Dominion Securities 
 
Girl Guides who helped us with Ribfest and will be there again this year.

Girl Guides—leaders Lisa Gard and Ginger Nasser plus 2 guides Teagan Gard and Alynah Nasser.  We presented them with cheque for $2,000.00 which will be used to help fund a trip to Switzerland in 2019 to the Girl Guide Leadership Centre.

 
There seems to be a lot of renovations going on in our Club as well.....
 

Announcements this week:

1) Gary and Hazel’s 52nd anniversary. Hazel must be a Saint.

2) April 28th will be the Maple Ridge Club’s Wine Fest.

3) April 10th Rotary World Help AGM at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. Cost $25.00 

4)  3 thank you letters from Y.A.I.L attendees.    

5)  June 14th our Installation Night at Saint Street Grill.  Planning meeting at Gayle's at  5pm Apr. 23rd

Bill’s ticket was drawn but the “Ace of Spades” remains elusive. TOO BAD