Chair:   Rick Ramsay

 

 

O Canada:   Susan Ueffing

 

Guests/Visiting Rotarians:  Jennifer Barnard (new member this week), Andy Vermeulen (guest speaker).

 

Happy $$:

Shelley: Happy to have spent a week in the Dominican and that her son is going for his next step for Holland College, a polygraph test!

Susan:  Happy her twin grandsons were born on Saturday. Mom and babies are doing well.

Cyril: Happy to be back in a meeting, and to see everyone.

Rick R: Impressed with the hospital staff in Windsor and how hard and efficiently they are working.

Bill: Happy with the treatment he received recently at Valley Regional.

 

President Bill welcomed guests and members on Zoom. Bill thanked the many Rotarians who had attended Fred Falconer’s service on Saturday. He also mentioned that it was great to see the Clubrunner calendar being used and lots of events are coming up. In the Presidents Council meeting there was discussion of watch parties for the Friday evening of the Rotary Conference – Friday the 13^th, 6pm for 6:30pm start. Lastly, the district Diversity and Inclusion Committee needs more members, contact Bill if you’re interested!

 

Heather did a brief introduction of Jennie and her bio. Welcome to Rotary Jennie!!

 

 

Guest Speaker: Andy Vermeulen, Developments in Canning

 

 

Andy gave a brief history of Canning and explained that he is a Village commissioner for the Village of Canning on top of his work at the farm. Andy spoke about some of the work and developments happening in Canning including:

 

Lastly, Andy explained that the potential increase in population creates both possibilities and benefits as well as challenges (public transit?).

There were questions from the club about what was happening at the old Catholic Church (extension of Ross Creek at as performance venue), the re-construction of roads (hopefully Chapel Rd.), if there is consideration of becoming a town (not at this point), and worry about infrastructure with the increase in population.

Rick thanked Andy for his presentation.

 

Brian – Baking – tonight (Tuesday) at 5pm.

Pierre – Environment Day at Oakdene Park is on June 4^th. More information next week!

Phil –  Valley Faces – “Better Together” theme – support local business, and thank the first responders who have been helping the community this year. It will also highlight some of the activities of Rotary in the past year.

Golf- 13 people showed interest so far, a few ways to move forward – talking to Eagle Crest about joining their scramble on Wednesday s 57pm. Those who wanted to do 18 holes could start earlier, at 3pm. He is looking for feedback, get in touch with Phil!

 

 

RI Minute was shared by Phyllis

Teaching peace is no different than any other skill. It can be cultivated with the right practice, passion, and guidance.

The seven Peace Centers – located in Bangkok, Thailand, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, Bradford, England, Tokyo, Japan, Brisbane Australia, Kampala, Uganda, and Uppsala, Sweden – guide peace fellows to become catalysts of peace. Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities the Rotary Peace Fellowship leads to fulfilling careers that involve building peace in their everyday lives.

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Chase the Ace: Garry was the winner of the ticket draw, but oh no!! It was a roll over!!

 

Meeting closed with the 4-Way Test.

See you next week!