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ROTARY CLUB OF WEST Chris Wanna, President

July 28, 2015 Editor: Cameron Ross

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Ryan Hreljac: Ryan’s Wells Intro: Mike Shaughnessy of Tribute Network System Thanks: Suren Gupta Lunch tickets: Mary Wattie/Len Baird Greeters: Jim Maxwell/Sucha Mann Grace: Inna Flyazhenkova Reception: Mark Sherboneau PP Draw: Joe Parkinson Editor: Gaye Moffett

The club met in the large conference room for - Ken Murray was also happy to have mission statement – to be champions both on the third meeting of our new Rotary Year, won prize money in the Cash the field and in the community. The team is refreshed by the air conditioner on the hot and Calendar draw. playing in the newly-named RCGT Field, which humid July afternoon. The large windows stands for Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, behind the head table lit up the entire banquet Inna Flyazhenkova then became even happier an accounting firm that focuses in audit, tax, room, a pleasant change from our old location, when she was awarded the President’s Rose by and advisory. The new management has except to Larry Chop who was trying to Chris Wanna for all of her hard work performed a number of facelifts to the photograph the meeting’s events. If you would photographing the club. Congratulations and ballpark, including a new video scoreboard. A like to see those pictures, you can find them thank you, Inna! new Coventry walking-bridge connects the on the RCWO main webpage or at this link: Andrew Young took a moment to tell us about stadium to Hurdman bus station. http://portal.clubrunner.ca/512/PhotoAlbu Caroline, the LiveWorkPlay client hired to help The new owner of the team, Miles Wolff, is ms/2015-07-28-ottawa-champions-- with electronic data entry on the Mums highly regarded in the baseball world. He club Campaign. He reminded the club that brings over 40 years of experience, including Allison Sochasky graciously covered for me electronic order forms are best when being owner of the Durham Bulls (and covering for Winfield Sifton, at the lunch submitting more than 5-6 orders, and they responsible for the associated movie). He was ticket table with Bill Rolph. Greeters for the now offer the capability to put colour photos voted one of the Top 10 sports team owners in day were Doreen Ide and Bea Osome; Cletus on the delivery slips accompanying the flowers. 2002. Total baseball ranked him the 79th most Peters registered our six guests, and Bob Ken Sparks then reminded the club that this important person in baseball history. Miles, Harrison sold Past Presidents’ Draw tickets. year’s annual golf tournament is themed together with GM Ben Hodge and team President Chris Wanna began the meeting “Introduce a Friend to RCWO.” If you know president David Gourlay are confident they with a thought from Pope John Paul II: someone who might fit in well with our warm can bring a well-run team to Ottawa, a “Don’t be afraid to take a chance on peace, to culture, the golf tournament is a perfect venue confidence they demonstrated with a 10-year teach peace, to live peace. Peace will be the last to host them. The event is on Thursday, lease commitment. word of history.” September 17th, but there is an early-bird The Ottawa Champions and Sussex County After being led through O Canada by Rod discount if you purchase tickets before August Miners join the now 8 team CanAm league this Holmes, Norm Thomas said grace with 15th! Remember, all of the proceeds from this year. So far they are 25-32 on the season, thanks for the fellowship of Rotary. Cletus tournament go towards youth campership ranking 5th. 55,000 people have attended then introduced our guests and we sang them initiatives. To reserve your tickets, please see home games in Ottawa, with 6,500 of those our happy welcome song: me, Cameron, at the beginning of upcoming being charitably donated. The 50-50 tickets - Club ‘First Lady’, Denise Wanna, was meetings or visit this website: sold at the game also go completely to local a guest at the head table. http://rotarygolf.liveworkplay.ca charities. If you are hoping to use the free - Taylor Bearss accompanied Jen Campbell Whillans announced that he is back tickets, it is best to go to through August as Bosworth. on the Rotary coffee rounds. Find the order the playoffs start early in September. - Our speaker, Ben Hodge, and guest forms on your tables at upcoming lunches. The team’s roster features two Latin Craig Richenbach were both Finally, President Chris Wanna reminded Americans, four Canadians, and the remainder Americans. The current reigning batting colleagues of an absent Tom Belton. everyone that annual dues are just that, due. Mary Wattie is collecting them at the champ, Sebastien Boucher, was born in - Tom Stollman accompanied Merv beginning of meetings. Gatineau and currently lives in Orleans. He Letts to the meeting President Chris then announced that our was relatively new to the league. Two of the - Richard Fisher was visiting from the RCWO club led the District 7040 clubs in pitchers on the team are former MLB players – Ottawa downtown Rotary Club. raising donations towards the eradication of Andrew Werner from the San Diego Padres and polio for the month of June - $4,638.86. For Wilmer Font from the Texas Rangers. Manager Norm Thomas’ grace must have blessed him the Rotary Year 2014-2015, our club, raising used to manage the with the luck needed to win the Past $7,410.62, was only behind Watertown and played in MLB for 10 years. He won the Presidents’ Draw – a gift card to Indigo Sunrise. Congratulations, and keep up the National League Manager of the Year Award in Chapters bookstore. great work everyone! 1986. Bill Morris then walked around to hear from a Rocco Disipio introduced our speaker for the Graeme Fraser thanked Ben for his few of our members who were particularly day – Ben Hodge, General Manager of the new informative talk and generous gifts. (Ken happy today: Ottawa Champions baseball club. Ben has Murray suggested that any of us not likely to - Inna Flyazhenkova was so happy to extensive experience in sports, playing use the tickets should give them to Bea win on her Cash Calendar that she , junior hockey, and previously Osome for use by Parkway House residents) donated $20 of her prize. working in college sports out in British President Chris then took the floor to ask for - Jen Bosworth was happy to Columbia. Ben began his presentation by a show of hands by those satisfied with the St. announce that both the Ottawa thanking the club graciously with multiple free Elias Conference Centre. There were none Champions baseball club, which tickets for all the members. As part of my dissenting. He then adjourned the meeting provided our speaker today, and our Spinoff due diligence, I attended a game this with the reminder that we “Be a Gift to the RCWO club are hiring LiveWorkPlay week using the tickets and can attest to their World.” members as employees. legitimacy and the entertaining atmosphere of Youth Initiatives (formerly Next Generations) committee met after the lunch. - Hadi Mortada was feeling happy and the newly renovated stadium. The Champions are in their first season of the cool in the summer heat, wearing Can-Am Professional Baseball League. Ben Cash Calendar draw winners for the two-week shorts and short sleeves to the says he is often asked about their new name. period, July 21 to August 3 will be published meeting. He answers that it is a testament to their in the next Spinoff

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Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Fred Sirotek: From Castle to Construction - 60+ years in Canada Intro: TBA Thanks: TBA Lunch tickets: Ali Sochasky/Carol Bell Thompson Greeters: Henry Akanko/Anup Subedi Grace: Virginia Spencer Reception: Ken Murray PP Draw: Keith Fraser Editor: Graeme Fraser