Chairperson:  Jeff Kelly
 
 
O'Canada led by Pierre  Prayer led by Ellen Stoddard
 
No Visiting Rotarians nor Guests today
 
Happy $$$
 
Gerry Davis shared a thank you letter from a recepient who received a Scooter through our PWD committee.  It has changed his life completely now there are no mobility issues - he was very very thankful!!
 
Roger for his one week visit with the Rotary Club in St.Pierre et Miquelon.
 
Doug shared some details on his recent visit to long time Rotarian Fred Walsh
 
 
for our newer members when we share Happy Dollars and they go the the Fred W account these funds go the Operation Eyesight - when Fred was an active member he was involved in a serious Eye injury and lost his sight in one eye.  Fred always remained very positive and  thankful and thus started the donations to this worthy organization which as a club we are grateful to continue.  On this visit when Doug showed Fred a card with a Rotary Sticker there was some recognition and Fred asked -  Where do you eat now!!   
 
Shelly Fleckenstein for upcoming trip with the girls to Ireland and leaving a bit early today as their son is going for his drivers test!
 
Kate was happy to give us an update on Gary, after seeing the doctors last week he is doing really well and positive news that none of the cancer has spread into the lymph nodes.  All our best wishes to Gary!!
 
Jeff for Santana who has now been back from her student exchange for about 2 months, she spent a lot of the summer at camp and  they are now receiving a debrief of her time away.  It was a life changing experience for her!!
 
Presidents Report:  Rod reported that Valley Faces sales have topped $123,000 and now moving into the production stage, Editorial content is needed now from our committees for this years edition!!   Reminder of the Landmark East Fund-raiser in November - only 25 tickets left - please contact Phil for tickets and we also need donations for silent auction items!!
 
Doug Morrison wants to attend some of our meetings so give Doug a call and make arrangement to pick him up - it would be greatly appreciated!!  (Home 902 679 4013)
 
There are some preliminary plans underway for a Christmas Sing Song event for our community - Ellen Stoddard is the lead on this - if you are interested in helping have a chat with Ellen!!
 
Secretary's Report:  Rick circulated correspondance received from NKEC, thank you card written by vice principal Ian Campbell and we received a Certificate of Appreciation from Shelter Box International!
 
Guest Speaker -  Jason Cyr - Department of Lands and Forrestry - Nova Scotia
 
  
 
Jason provided us with some updates on wild-life that frequent our Kentville area and most recently about the Black Bear sightings in some of our residential neighbourhoods.   Some facts about the Bears:   It's all about the STOMACH and their diet, their favourite food would be Wild Blue Berries!!  Hey - just like us!!
 
  
 
Bears will become a nuisance when they find Green Bins (keep them clean and freeze your food scraps until colleciton day), BBQ's and Bird Feeders.
 
Relocation of Bears has been tried - but it does not work!!  Fruit and Bee-hives are favourite attactions, growers and Bee keepers need to provide conditions that prevent access.  The province has no stats on the bear population.
 
 
Jason also shared a few facts about our Coyote population - Coyotes are larger here because they migrated through Ontario/Quebec and crossbred with wild wolves.  Litter size is usually 5 or 6 pups and although they eat meat they also consume a lot of vegetation and prefer Beech Nuts and Grasses.  It would be very rare for a Coyote to go after cats or a small dog, usually this means they are desperate for food.  Typical territory for Cyote is about 50 square km. and they loose their fear of humans very easily and posses a lot of the same instincts as domestic dogs.    
 
We had lots of interesting questions about our bears and other critters but ran out of time to carry on this very informative presentation.     Greg Trefry thanked Jason for sharing the facts!!
 
Chase the Ace - ticket drawn by Garth....................but It's a ROLL-OVER!!