Luncheon Feb 19,2015
Posted by Cheryle King (Richardson)
on Feb 19, 2015
Rotary Meeting Feb. 19, 2015
President Elect Marieze conducted the meeting with 13 Rotarians in attendance and 2 guests including Councillor Mike Campol our guest speaker, Eva Duguid, as well as Keith Lacey from the Osoyoos Times.
Marieze introduced Councillor Campol and told us he hails from Ontario and has been in Osoyoos for almost 4 years.
Mike told us he came out on a 4 month contract in 2011 to help out at Spirit Ridge but after 2 months he fell in love with Osoyoos and told his wife Becky to put their house up for sale in Ontario and they were moving here. Mike became General Manager at Spirit Ridge for three years and left their employment the fall of 2014. He has since become the Manager for the Owner’s Association for all the Owners’ in the hotel pool at Spirit Ridge. In Nov. Mike got elected to Town Council.
Mike started Spirit of the Game which is a Not for Profit that helps young people who can’t afford to play organized sports with a hands up. They have $30,000 in the bank and have helped 19 kids to play sports.
Mike is Council’s representative on Destination Osoyoos (DO) and reports to the Council on their progress. He also gave us an update on Area 27, Jacque Villeneuve’s development for professional car racers. It is at the end of the Black Sage Rd. on OIB land. It is an initiative that started 2 yrs. ago and now has 150 members. It will have a retail component and eventually condos owned by race enthusiast. This project will be privately owned but have a few public events yearly.
Mike would like Osoyoos to have training for the Hospitality Industry locally which is our bread and butter as well as see the future of Osoyoos embrace sustainable businesses that will entice families to move here on a year round basis.
Marieze offered a deck of Osoyoos Coyotes playing cards and Councillor Mike Campol double the offer with an autographed deck. Let the bidding begin, Eva Duguid and Karen Hawitt had quite the rivalry going and Karen had the winning bid of $30. Eva ended winning the 50 -50.
Next week our guest speaker will be Mayor Sue McKortoff see you then.
Your‘s in Rotary,
Cheryle
President Elect Marieze conducted the meeting with 13 Rotarians in attendance and 2 guests including Councillor Mike Campol our guest speaker, Eva Duguid, as well as Keith Lacey from the Osoyoos Times.
Marieze introduced Councillor Campol and told us he hails from Ontario and has been in Osoyoos for almost 4 years.
Mike told us he came out on a 4 month contract in 2011 to help out at Spirit Ridge but after 2 months he fell in love with Osoyoos and told his wife Becky to put their house up for sale in Ontario and they were moving here. Mike became General Manager at Spirit Ridge for three years and left their employment the fall of 2014. He has since become the Manager for the Owner’s Association for all the Owners’ in the hotel pool at Spirit Ridge. In Nov. Mike got elected to Town Council.
Mike started Spirit of the Game which is a Not for Profit that helps young people who can’t afford to play organized sports with a hands up. They have $30,000 in the bank and have helped 19 kids to play sports.
Mike is Council’s representative on Destination Osoyoos (DO) and reports to the Council on their progress. He also gave us an update on Area 27, Jacque Villeneuve’s development for professional car racers. It is at the end of the Black Sage Rd. on OIB land. It is an initiative that started 2 yrs. ago and now has 150 members. It will have a retail component and eventually condos owned by race enthusiast. This project will be privately owned but have a few public events yearly.
Mike would like Osoyoos to have training for the Hospitality Industry locally which is our bread and butter as well as see the future of Osoyoos embrace sustainable businesses that will entice families to move here on a year round basis.
Marieze offered a deck of Osoyoos Coyotes playing cards and Councillor Mike Campol double the offer with an autographed deck. Let the bidding begin, Eva Duguid and Karen Hawitt had quite the rivalry going and Karen had the winning bid of $30. Eva ended winning the 50 -50.
Next week our guest speaker will be Mayor Sue McKortoff see you then.
Your‘s in Rotary,
Cheryle