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Announcements:
- PRESIDENT
BILL was in the chair.
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The Rotary Club of York will be celebrating Chinese New Year on
Friday, February 19 at the Diamond Banquet Hall, 3225 Highway
7 East (at Woodbine). Reception at 6 pm, dinner at 7 pm and Karaoke
somewhat later. Cost is $35.00. Our club already has 22 people
going. If you want to pay in advance you can give your money to
Bob Northey.
- Please
keep the date of May 13 open as it will be a club
fundraiser involving drinking and buying wine.
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April 18 is the WASRAG walk for clean water.
Hopefully we will have a goodly number of walkers since the chair
of WASRAG is our very own Ron Denham.
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April 24 is the Trump AIDS Walk. The club is
looking for at least three more team captains.
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JACKIE SCROGGIE talked about the Canadian Mathari
Education Foundation. This is the fourth year we have been funding
four students from the Mathari slums of Nairobi to attend residential
secondary school. All four will graduate this year and we might
be asked to do more as one or more of the students may well go
on to post-secondary schools.
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KATHRYN HOPE announced that the next Habitat
for Humanity Build (inside and outside) will take place on May
1. If interested, see Kathryn Hope.
- HAPPY
BUCKS: SHIRLEY FARLINGER for her books of poetry; KATHRYN
HOPE for a $10,000 cheque for Habitat for Humanity which
would have been received by Neil Heathrington if he wasn’t
ill; GEORGE JATCZAK for his third granddaughter
just being born; KEITH PATTERSON for …
(I can’t read my hand writing at this point); JEFF
NOEL for dessert as it may be his last one for a while
- he leaves for Haiti in the morning.
Speaker
of the week
EVELYN
MURPHY introduced the speaker, Susan Bellan. Susan is a
mediator for both civil and commercial disputes. She said that mediation
has been around for a long time although its more formal aspects
started with a U.S. Supreme Court Justice in the mid-1980’s.
Susan mentioned that mediation is much less adversarial than the
court system and that the two sides have far more control of the
outcome. Mediation is also cheaper (a two-day trial could cost $60,000
in total) and the outcome, unlike court proceedings, is private.
Mediation works well when both sides are willing to give a bit and
both sides want to retain some sort of a relationship (especially
important in divorce proceedings). Overall, an interesting talk
with many good examples.
WARREN
MORRIS thanked the speaker.
50/50
Draw: JACKIE
SCROGGIE won the weekly bottle of wine.
Quote
of the Week
"All
those who believe in telekinesis please raise my left hand."
- Anonymous
Program
Schedule: |
| Feb
17 |
Marnie
Maguire - "The Story of Black's Photography" |
| Feb
24 |
Joseph
Marquez - Working Lunch |
| Mar
3 |
David
Lockett - "Update on Pact and Rotary Urban Peace Initiative" |
| Mar
10 |
Club
Assembly - Bill Martin |
| Mar
17 |
Norita
Fleming - "The Irish Connection" |
| Mar
24 |
April
Begg Goodis, R.N. - "Alzheimer’s" |
| Mar
31 |
Tessa
Bell (Belleville R.C.) - "Rotary Experience in Africa" |
| Make-up
Locations: |
| Mon
6:30 pm |
Richmond
Hill: Sheraton Pkwy Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 E, w/Hwy 404 |
| Tues
6:30 pm |
Earlscourt
Columbus Ctr: Boccaccio Rest., 901 Lawrence Av. W |
| Wed
7:30 am |
North
York: Loblaws (upstairs), 5095 Yonge St., Empress Walk |
| Thu
12:30 pm |
Forest
Hill: Hazelton Place, 111 Avenue Road |
| Thu
12:30 pm |
Willowdale
Bayview Country Club: Steeles & Leslie |
| Fri
12:15 pm |
Toronto
Club: Royal York Hotel |
| Duty
Roster for February: |
| Banner
Editor |
Stephen
Stein |
Cashier |
Walter
Psotka |
| Sgt-at-Arms |
Joseph
Marquez |
Reception |
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| Attendance |
Warren
Morris
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Weekly
Draw |
John
MacLean |
| Regalia |
Walter
Psotka
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| Birthdays: |
| Feb
10 |
Riaz
Farooqui |
Feb
16 |
Rae
Cowan |
| Feb
21 |
Sandy
Lowden |
Feb
23 |
Victor
Sabadosh |
| Feb
28 |
Pat
Bartlett Richards |
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*
Many of our projects depend on Bingo money
(Volunteers: please be there at least two hours before the start)
All Bingos are on Sundays at 10 am and Tuesdays at
4 pm
Sunday,
February 21 @ 10 am
Tuesday, March 2 @ 4 pm
Sunday, March 21 @ 10 am
Sunday, April 25 @ 10 am
Tuesday,
May 4 @ 4 pm
Sunday, May 23 @ 10 am
Sunday, June 20 @ 10 am
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