Meeting of January 7, 2014
A small but enthusiastic group this morning as we welcomed back Phil Wood from his leave of absence. Also welcomed was Norm Reed from the Waterdown Rotary Club and Grant Armstrong, Bill's son, who is interested in becoming a member of the club.
Our guest speaker, Catherine Lensen, was unable to attend this morning for her classification talk; so, Sergeant-At-Arms, Bruce came up with the idea that each member tell of the best thing that happened during 2013. We learned something new about each person. Here's a bit of what each said:
Bruce - Birth of his grandson Thomas. Barbara - Second son engaged after 9 years of courtship. Mary-Lou - A new transmission on a two-year old Volvo. Carl - Now has 53 reps in his new company, Aligned Capital Partners. Norm Reed - bought a place in Florida. Derek - Second grandchild is 26 and Derek is happy to be still around. Wayne Massey - Helped his daughter find a new house and then renovated it for her. Ralph - House exchange for nine weeks to New Zealand. Dave Matchett - Turned 60 and glad to be alive and able to visit Ireland. Bob Morrow - Saw his 600 000 Tomatosphere seeds returned from the International Space Station after two years on board. Wayne McHale - After 11 grandsons he now has a granddaughter. Bill - Saskatchewan won the Grey Cup and he got a new car. Art - Celebrated 50th anniversary, cruised New Zealand and Australia and got a new hip. Phil - Retired from Student Affairs at McMaster and going back as an engineer. Grant Armstrong - Hosted a Grey Cup party with his large family. Paul - He and Barbara have persisted! Bob Neibert - His son Michael has been guest speaker at a number of cancer survivor functions and been asked to speak at more. Ken - attended a number of work related funerals and pleased to see living colleagues he has not seen for a number of years. Ask him about his stint on a coroner's court. Ross - His niece had a child. Glen - Great grandson number two was born and is taking his first steps. Harold - Back to work full time and helped Julienne during here recovery from a knee replacement operation. Jessica - Three sisters got together in Dundas with their families for the first time in four years. Shirley - Great trip to Texas to the Johnson Space Centre, hearing about Chris Hadfield and feeling great about being Canadian. Jan - Her daughter returned to university and a great nephew was born.
Happy Dollars: Phil was glad to be back after an extended leave of absence. Bob Morrow used Ken's hat when painting a ceiling, Glen's sticky thing when putting back baseboard; and has already broken his New Year's resolution by not walking to Rotary this morning (-8 F). Wayne Massey's grandson turned 16 and needs a job. Shirley was happy Phil is back and Bruce told a funny fishing story involving a fish scale and a new born baby that weighed in at 21.8 lbs.
Announcements: Norm promoted the Waterdown club's upcoming Robbie Burns Supper at the Carlisle Golf Course on January 25. Cost is $60 per person and Bob Morrow has 16 tickets. Eight are already spoken for. Paul promoted the 3rd Annual HARRRP Gala on February 21. Tickets are $100 each. Not to be left out, Art promoted the Routes Gala on February 28. Cost is $50. Carl is working on Winterfest at the park and will have more information at a later date.
President Jan reminded board members of the meeting on Wednesday January 8, 6:30 PM at Ken Beel's home. Also, Governor Kevin Crouse will be at the club next week to present Head Hands Heart Awards to some of our members. Oh, and by the way, semiannual dues of $100 are due now.