Streetsville Rotary Club to Vic Johnston of the Arena Board
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SSttrreeeettssvviillllee RRoottaarryy THE GOOD FELLOOWWSSHHIIPP CLUB CHARTERED MAY 18, 1961 DISTRICT 7080 April 1st to April 30th, 2009 Meeting: Thursday - 12:15 P.M. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 450 Vic Johnston Community Centre Streetsville, Ontario L5M 2B9 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS International Pres. Doug Kurn Lee Secretary Larry Teixeira District Governor Norm Bindon Club Service Joe Chicoyne Past President Larry Teixeira Vocational Service Dan Millar Ass’t.Dist.Governor Raj Chopra Community Service Scott Brubacher President Ayoub Ali International Service Arvind Kochar President Elect Doug Gerrard Bulletin and Duncan Willock Treasurer Donnie Morris Communications www.rotary7080.org www.streetsvillerotary.com ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL TTHHEE PPRROOGGRRAAMM DUTY ROSTER Duty April 2 April 9 April 16 April 21 April 30 Greeter A. Stabins R. Thomson J. Land All Miss. J. Land Meeting Introducer L.Teixeira A. Kochar A. Stabins A. Kochar Braeben GC Thanker A. Kochar A. Ross R. Thomson L. Teixeira Draw J. Land A. Stabins P. Arch April 23 R. Thomson Cancelled Sergeant D. Willock R. Marr J.Chicoyne A. Ross Set-up/ Takedown: TEAM ROSS! ANDY ROSS , A NDY STABINS , L ARRY TEIXEIRA , ARVIND KOCHAR , B OB THOMSON , P HIL ARCH , J OHN LAND A Big thanks to Phil, Scott & Ayoub for putting in the floor in the storage locker! AGENDA April 2 Mark Egan Real Estate in Mississauga April 9 Bonnie Crombie Federal Government update April 16 Clint Cora The Life Champion in You April 21 All Mississauga Meeting 7:00pm - Braeben Golf Course April 23 Cancelled - Home meetings April 30 Mario Pascucci Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Brd 2 ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL Meadowvaleeadowvale B I N G O Arrival Times For 10:00 P.M. is 8:30 P.M. For 7:00 P.M. is 5:30 P.M. For 4:00 P.M. is 2:30 P.M. For 12:30 P.M. is 10:30 A.M. TEAM 1 TEAM 2 TEAM 3 TEAM 4 April 7th April 10th April 24th May 4th 7:00pm 10:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm May 7th May 21st May 31st June 3rd 10:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 10:00pm R. Nisbet L. Teixeira B. Gray D. Morris A. Kochar A. Ali A. Ross D. Willock D. Millar S. Brubacher P. Arch J. Morrison B. Daley F. Reid S. Kay A. Stabins R. Beehoo B. Marr B. Thompson D. Gerrard V. Barnes P. Westbrook J. Chicoyne H. Caminer A. Grice C. Jones J. Land L. Genitti If you are unable to attend, please find a replacement and notify Peter Westbrook at (905) 823 4180. Please ensure that you wear your Rotary hat or some other form of Rotary identification to the Bingo. Please Note that we MUST legally have a minimum of 3 Rotarians to stay right to the end of the night! ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL 3 MMEESSSSAAGGEE FFRROOMM TTHHEE PPRREESS !! March was highlighted by the induction of three new members into the Club, and a visit by the District Governor and Assistant District Governor. Welcome to John Land, Lynne Genitti and Cari Lee Jones! I look forward to your full integra - tion into the Club, and the contributions that you will undoubtedly make in the community and to the Club. March also saw the winding down of our focus on community service organi - zation in preparation for the 2009-2010 budget. The month will end with the last Assembly for this fiscal year, and then we'll start preparing for our busy Spring/Summer events period and the transition to Doug Gerrard's leadership. The Bread & Honey Pancake Breakfast and Camp Enterprise are next on the horizon. We've satisfied most of our major financial pledges for the year. This includes the final payment of $20,000 to the Credit Valley Hospital in fulfillment of our $100,000 pledge and, most recently, our $3,000 payment to the Rotary Founda - tion. The latter was presented to the District Governor during his visit. Our pledge to Camp Enterprise has been paid, and our finances appear to be on target to leave the incoming leadership team with cash on hand. I encourage you all to look forward enthusiastically to participating in our Spring/Summer schedule of events because the community service is our ultimate reason for being together and the events allow us to enjoy each other's company after a hard Winter of mainly meetings, heckling and fines. I find that our Club is at its best when doing something. We're action-oriented! It's also a time when our spouses, kids, grandkids, nephews, nieces, friends, etc. get a better chance to participate in Rotary with us. I, myself, am ready to do something tangible in Streetsville, and my wife and kids are already asking about our next event. Please roll up your sleeves, start encouraging our event organiz - ers (Doug, Bob M, Scott, Arvind) with your readiness to work, and start recruiting more volunteers in waiting. 4 ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL ““WW HHOO ’’SS WWHHOO ”” Douglas (Doug) J. Gerrard Born in Montreal Quebec, started school in Toronto, graduated Downsview Second - ary School in 1963 with Certificate of Merit. Joined the Sea Cadets in High School which led to joining the Royal Canadian Navy Venture Short Service Officer Training Plan for Naval Aviators. Naval College in Esquimalt BC, Flight Training in Centralia ON, Penhold AB, Gimli MB, Patricia Bay BC. After military service Doug married and started a civilian business career with Roth - man’s Tobacco in Nuclear Quality Control then progressed to Marketing Finance and Advertising. Moved to subsidiary company Carling O’Keefe Breweries to operate the worlds first four place civilian Aerobatic Team as a marketing tool. Left to join the Canadian National Exhibition to manage the Sports and Special Attractions Depart - ment. In addition to military college, Doug’s formal education also includes York University (Atkinson) Certificate in Business Communication, Canadian Institute of Management Studies, University of Guelph BA programme in Computers, University of Toronto BA Business and Computers. Started his own Marketing Promotion company in 1977 which evolved into a com - puter game company and finally into a Computer Hardware and Service company. This company was sold in 1998 and Doug retired. Doug joined Home Depot in 1998 as a part-timer and, as Operations Manager, in 2008 accepted a retirement package. Doug is serving a second term as President of the Rotary Club of Streetsville and his leisure time will be spent pursuing his interests in sailing his Hunter sailboat, flying, SCUBA diving, the Stock Market and attending his Clubs and Affiliations with Rotary, the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, Royal Canadian Legion and Aerobatics’ Canada. Doug and his wife Jan (also a Rotarian) have four daughters - Kim, Dana, Jennifer and Joanne, as well as four Grandchildren Brenna, Cassidy, Dillon, and Graydon. ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL 5 NNEEWWSS && NN OOTTEESS ...and he seems to be a Life-Long “Spinner”! WHO ’S WHO Upcoming Who’s Who : May - Arvind Kochar June - Andrew Ross July - Maurie Foster Aug. - Sandy Kay Who’s Who is an opportunity for one Rotarian each month to tell us all about his/her self, roots, family, education, business history-in other words, what makes you tick! For those chosen, please eamil your story and pictures too if you’d like to the bulletin editor no later than the 15th of the month prior to your Who’s Who. G R OU N D BR EA K IN G CE R EM O N Y Friday, April 17, 2009 4:00pm Vic Johnston Arena 6 ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL NNEEWWSS && NN OOTTEESS If you wish to go, please contact Doug Gerrard Don’t Forge t! May 7 - Michael Raynor - Lunch May 10 - Business Game! ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL 7 NNEEWWSS && NN OOTTEESS The Rotary Clubs of Kitchener & Kitchener-Conestoga invite you to A Rotary Celebration Paul Harris Award Honourees Jim and Heidi Balsillie For their international and community service Speaker: Wilf Wilkinson Immediate Past President, Rotary International CIGI International Advisory Board of Governors Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:00 to 9:30 pm Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Waterloo, Ontario Tickets: $100 Charitable tax receipt provided Net proceeds for: Rotary/CIGI’s work in sub-Sahara Africa On-line registration for credit cards: www.bingemans.com/rotary Registrations for cheques: Contact: Chris Hartleib-Brown at: (519) 884-4285 or [email protected] Limited seating Final registration deadline: April 23 8 ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL BBUULLLLEETTIINN BBOOAARRDD BIRTHDAYS April 04 Robert Genitti April 16 Anjali Kochar April 18 Jim Kay ANNIVERSARIES WEDDING April 04 Sharon & Larry Texeira April 07 Christina & Phil Arch April 11 Ruthanne & Ron Beehoo CLUB April 27 Scott Brubacher 3 Years ROTARY 2008/2009: MAKE DREAMS REAL 9 BBLLAASSTTSS FFRROOMM TTHHEE PPAASSTT !! WEDNESDAY, DEC.15, 1971 A Long ROTARY DONATES SEATS TO ARENA history of support for the V. J. ! Top Picture - Rotarians Cline McWatters (left) and Dr. John Rodway (centre) present a gift of $5,000 on behalf of Streetsville Rotary Club to Vic Johnston of the Arena board. The donation pays for the cost of the new seats in the Streetsville Arena, now proudly referred to as the “Streetsville Gardents” with its new seats, plexiglass and paint job. The presentation was made between periods of last week’s junior B hockey game. bottom - Enjoying the comfort of the arena seats that their own Club purchased, Streetsville Rotarians and their wives catch a tense moment in last week’s Junior B hockey game. The Der - bys gave the Rotarians something to cheer about when they overcame a four-goal deficit to tie Oakville.