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February 6 2020 and a beautiful -9C, very pleasant weather, with no wind. Special guest Melissa Tilbury from Royal-Lepage Realty attended. Visiting Rotarian's present were Neil McLean from Sault Ste. Marie North Club and President of the Fort William Rotary Stephen Margarit. Welcome guests! Nineteen Lakehead Rotarian's were present and Al the Sherpa! President Clifford opened the meeting at 7:30am. Thank you to Paul for our reflection and prayer. Paul mentioned about the cut backs in the city with regards to our Public Libraries. This should be of interest to us all as Rotarian's because literacy is an important issue. Paul suggested some reading material in the last issue of The Rotarian. One was in regards to Rwanda and the article is called More Than A Library. The other article is with regards to genocide. Paul suggests "it might not be your cup of tea" but it's reality for some. Thank you Karl for your club service on the door. It's great to be greeted so warmly in the morning! Members, please consider a month on the door. See the schedule for available times. Announcements for Fort William President Stephen Margarit: The Fort William Rotary Club is hosting a social and extends invitations for a Valentines Dinner at the Fort William Country Club Wednesday February 12/20 cost of $ 32/person. contact Irene Sottile for tickets irenesottile@hotmail.com FW Rotary is hosting Rotary 115th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, February 22/20 at the DaVinci Center-Marco Polo Room. Symposium at 5:30pm. Ticket cost is $45/person and available from Clint. Shelter House Volunteer Appreciation Dinner- Thursday, March 12/20 at 5:30pm at the Columbus Centre. RSVP by March,4/20. Spirit of Thunder Bay Friday February,7/20- Taster tickets are sold out and only a few non-taster tickets left! April Club Social- Host Bill Bituk- Mini-Bonspeil Fort William Curling Club. Keep your calendars clear! FOUNDATION GOAL IS REACHED! We've reached our goal for President Clifford's year! We'll be starting to collect towards President-Elect Sandy's year. Fine Master Gail Brescia busted Shirley for no name tag! Ken, Audrey and Don McDonald were all fined for their tardiness this morning. Everyone got fined for never having sold realty like our guest Melissa Tilbury from Royal-Lepage! Paul was happy times two! He had a bad tooth extracted (he doesn't like the dentist) but he said going to the dentist was the best thing ever! Paul also thanked Georgina for the amazing job that she's doing with the Foundation! Thank you Georgina! Carol was happy to attend the Summit Conference in Duluth with Bill this past weekend and White Russian's in Grand Maris! Carol is also excited about the Spirit event! Lori is happy about both the Spirit event and the Passport event for MS. Audrey was very happy that the dentist didn't hurt! Winner of the 50/50 draw today was Don McDonald. Thank you Don for your contribution to the Foundation. |
