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After the ringing of the bell O Canada was sung with subtitles. It was an older version (" all thy sons command" instead of ''all of us command") Tom Smith substituted in to deliver the invocation, a Rotary service statement put into poetry Visiting Rotarian: Past District Governor Darcy Long Honourary Member Diane Forward Special Occasions Jill Moore Birthdays: President Laureen (Sept 5) Graham Mallett (Sept 6) Edwin Lee (Sept 9) Anniversary: Corinne and Benno Bucher (Sept 7) Sunshine Report Condolences to Jeff Peters whose dad passed away recently Poll Question Club members were polled as to their interest in being part of a book club that would meet virtually and then in person, eventually. The social committee will take the results of this poll to decide the next course of action Rotary Successes Tom Smith .After not experiencing a case of polio in the last four years the African continent has now been declared polio free by the World Health Organization .The 2020 District Conference collection of eyeglasses has been announced as over 5200 with +1200 from our club alone Guess Who's Coming to Wheelers Past President Gail Coming up this Friday- Deadline date to inform the social committee 2 PM Thursday Speakers Committee Paul Arcand - Speakers now lined up for Sept and Oct - Members encouraged to submit suggestions for future programmes - November Remembrance Day Commemoration will be different . open to club members who wish to share a family's military experience . can either be a short Remembrance or a full 20" presentation . please contact Paul if you wish to participate Picture of the Week A young Tom Smith in the high jump at a T&F meet in Transcona many years ago. A footwear problem caused him to slip on the high jump bar and connect with it in a sensitive part of his anatomy Coming up: Sept 10 Speaker Kirsten Bloomquist "Accessing our subconscious mind to make it work for us" |
