Chairperson: Rod McMahon
O'Canada: Bill Denyar
Guests: Kelly Fifield Guest of Carl Kent
Deborah Conner Corporate Member Valley Health Foundation
Grace: Rod McMahon
Happy Dollars: Heather Lohr - returned from her trip to Spain where she had been trekking across the country and joined the Canadian Company of Pilgrims. She departed for home from Barcelona where people were assembling for a referendum vote for separation from Spain.
Craig MacMullen - had an operation on his face which was healing very quickly. He spoke of his participation in the Targa car rally competition followed by a trip to Salt Springs to attend a wedding.
Brian Smith - Advised Pierre was absent as he had just moved into his new home. Brian also commented on the 20th Anniversary of the Middleton Sports Wall of Fame held in the MacDonald Museum and where Larry Stillwell as inducted with his companions for Volleyball and representation of Nova Scotia at the first Canada Winter Games.
Kate Seaman - Spoke of the Harvest Festival which was celebrating 15 years and thanked Bill Denyar for assisting with driving Waed Khatib to basketball.
Guest Speaker: Garth Gordon who provided us with a great deal of insight on his early career as a Helicopter Pilot in the Armed Forces.
Garth donned his favourite hat and provided us with a pictorial tour of some of his ventures into the Canadian North and remote areas of Canada. His second visual aid Garth used was a Mason Jar which he carried on all of his flights especially the long ones. He said it was used to gauge how much water was in the fuel when they refueled at remote locations, some member chuckled as they believed it was intended for a different purpose. The third visual aid was the Bun wrench which was used to open the 45 gallon fuel drums that they access when be stationed in remote locations. Garth photo collage detailed shots of many locations in Canada including the Codry Valley in NFLD., the Mill Village Forest Fire in August 1965, Western Brook Pond NFLD., now known as Gros Morne National Park. After leaving the Navy Garth flew for Fly By Night Services and continued the exploration of Canada including Naskepi River and Seal Lake Labrador where is participated in a Geophysical Survey. Other locations of interest included Penticton BC, in 1073 Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island and sable island in 1966. During his career as a pilot he flew many different helicopters including the Bell 47, Bell 206 Jet Ranger as well as the big navy units. There was one photo that caused a stir at my table and the photo showed Garth picking Apple-Berries which was a new term for us however Wally was next to me and he stated that another name for these berries was CloudBerries.Closing: 4 Way Test