E-Bulletin The Rotary Club of Chatham 35 Thames St., Chatham • 519-354-8300

OCTOBER 5, 2018______

This week, Rotarians in Chatham celebrated by Braylan Belanger led us in the National Anthems hosting their 79th Annual Banquet. and this was followed by a delicious meal.

President Jennifer Hill warmly welcomed our Rotarian Jeff Comiskey introduced our guest friends and neighbours, our speaker and our speaker with a delightful story of attending a special guests. Mayor Randy Hope and his wife game at Tiger Stadium with his father, Bernie, Diane were in attendance as well as District Gov- when he was a lad. He had his glove and hoped ernor Jane McManus from Brighton, Michigan. to catch a ball. That did not happen but he did return home with a souvenir baseball - thanks Also present were past district governors Keith to our guest speaker. He had the ball with him. Koke and Barry Fraser and upcoming district governor Don Leonard, all members of the Cha- The guest speaker was Dave Rozema, a tham Rotary Club. for the . Dave told many stories about his career, including the fact that he once A highlight of the evening was our rousing singing played for the . He and former of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” led by Rotar- teammate married sisters in a dou- ian Peter Cook with Julia Smith on the keyboard. ble ceremony in 1985. Peter explained that there are two types of Rotary Clubs - those that sing and those that wish they We wish to thank President Jennifer, the ban- could sing. quet committee led by Darlene Smith and Tania Sharpe, our many volunteers and supporters and all of our guests who helped contribute to another successful Rotary Banquet.

President Jennifer Hill, left and guest speaker Dave Rozema, right E-Bulletin The Rotary Club of Chatham 35 Thames St., Chatham • 519-354-8300

Barry Fraser, left and Gerry and Mary Jane Bellinger, above

Below, Rotarians Brett Smith, Rob Watson and guests E-Bulletin The Rotary Club of Chatham 35 Thames St., Chatham • 519-354-8300

Barb and Dave Dawson

Denise Spadotto

Derek Robertson, Darlene Smith and Kelly Robertson

District Governor Jane McManus, right Les Herman and Colleen Walsh

Jeff Comiskey

Linda Henderson and Bob Dye

Mayor Randy Hope

Mike Pestowka, Brett Smith and Darlene Smith

Left, Moira Kerr and Brett Smith Guest speaker Dave Rozema being interviewed by Peter Cobb and Sean Moynihan

Peter Cook leading our singsong

Peter Cook and Bernie Comiskey

Former presidents Tania Sharpe and Fannie Vavoulis

Keith and Joanne Dawson

Happy Birthdays Laurie Leonard October 1 Notices Mike Pestowka October 4 Peter Cook CLUB October 5 ANNIVERSARIES None

UPCOMING MEETINGS

OCTOBER 10 Dylan Turato New Beginnings

OCTOBER 17 Paul Allen Author

OCTOBER 24 Sons of Kent Don and Laurie Leonard with our new Social Night exchange student Nikola Blazowska from Poland who also attended our banquet. OCTOBER 31 Club Update

The Rotary Club of Chatham gratefully acknowledges the support of Riverview Gaming Centre

For suggestions or submissions, please email Keith Dawson: [email protected]