May 27, 2019 Bulletin

Opening/Chair: Christine Blair was Chair for the day.  She asked Alana to lead the group in the singing of O Canada which was followed by a moment of personal reflection.
 
Visitors/Guests: In addition to Hattie Dyck our speaker, there several other guests today:
  • Lyle Carter, guest of Kevin Quinlan
  • Lindsay Lamb
  • Laura Whitehead, Investment Advisor with HollisWealth
Speaker: Hattie Dyck was born in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, and raised in Lower Selma on the Fundy Shore. The mother of nine children, this former school teacher and reporter for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, both in Dartmouth and Truro, was a columnist for the Truro News.

Her journalism experience has taken her to numerous Nova Scotia villages where—although not part of her assignment—she meticulously copied down the yarns and fables that local people were eager to recount. Hattie was determined this local folklore should not go forgotten as generations passed and considers her book a part of her legacy to future generations.  "When a senior dies, the world loses a library."
 

In her presentation, Hattie related several interesting and amusing stories and sayings by and about local politicians, farmers and war heros.  Everyone has a story and depending on who you talk to, you'll get different views.  "No matter how flat you make a pancake, there are  still two sides"

Hattie complimented the club for its long history as a community asset and for our supporting local initiatives especially Rotary House as well as our commitment to mental health and inclusion.

The speaker was thanked by Rotarian Christine Blair (left) and Barbara Goit (right) in the picture.

Hattie's books are available direct from the author. They are also sold at MacQuarrie’s (Truro), Anthony’s Freshmart (Kennetcook), Glooscap Trading Post, Glooscap Heritage Centre (Truro), Alderberry Village (Inglis St., Truro) and Shoppers Drug Mart (Truro). Readers will also find them a several local libraries. 

Member Health: No report.
 
Announcements and Reports: 
  • Jane reported on planning for the Bollywood event.  Please hold Sept 28th in your calendar.
  • Matt Redmond updated the group on the Yearbook. He outlined changes to the on-line app and gave out sheets that can be used to help in solicitation. He encouraged everyone to get out to visit clients as soon as we can.  There have been 40 responses to the email that had gone out a week or so ago and they were already signed up.
  • Lydia reported on her experience with a 2 day Canada Food Grains Bank event this past weekend.  There were a lot of local activities going on.
  • Ed reported on the Highway cleanup for Mike Topley. A story with pictures follows.  
President's Report: President Ryan welcomed our guests and thanked our speaker for her interesting presentation.  He then proceeded to formally induct Suzette Cameron as our newest member.  Alana Hirtle is Suzette's sponsor.  Suzette has her own PR and event planning company, PRagmatic Communications.
 
Welcome to Rotary Suzette.
 
Happy Mug: There were a number of Happy Rotarians today:
  • Kevin who was happy to know one of our guests (Lyle Carter) from his days playing hockey in NL. He'd be really happy of his team (Boston) wins the series.
  • Barbara (and Jim) were happy and excited that they had just been informed that they were selected to go on the Rotary Friendship Exchange to Melbourne Australia next March.  The inbound team would be in our area this fall.
  • Joanna was happy that her ankle was at last healing so she could walk comfortably.
  • Ted was very happy his son would be able to drive again following a retest that showed his vision (which had been damaged in his accident) had corrected itself.
  • Jim Gould was happy because he and Brian were leaving for the RI convention in Germany later this week.
50/50: Rod Jones had the right ticket, but his luck ran out when he found the ace and not the joker. The pot builds for another week.
 
Closing: 1:22pm
 
New Member Notification:  Please note that the Board of Directors has approved the recommendation of the Membership committee for the (re)induction of Lindsay Lamb as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro.  Lindsay was a members of our club from 2007 to 2015 when she moved away from Truro. She has been a member of the Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside until recently.  The president will formally reinduct her as a member of our club at the next opportunity.
 
Stories
Roadside Cleanup 2019
 
Seven members of the Rotary Club of Truro, helped by several family and friends, spent a couple of hours doing the annual clean up of the Robie St./ Highway 102 interchange on Saturday morning May 25th.  For once it was a pleasant day with lots of sunshine.
 
Included in the pick-up party were; Ed MacDonald, Sue MacMillan, Rod Jones, Laurie Sandeson, Jim Goit, Ester Bejarano, Mike Topley, Maralyn Bowness, Richard Bowness and (not in the picture) Joel Hunter. 
 
We picked up 40 bags of garbage plus 14 bulky items (tires, signs, pylons, sheet plastic, etc).  A whole truck load! Some of the more interesting finds included major car parts, underwear, shoes, an unopened package of smoked salmon and a 5 dollar bill. 
 
All adjourned for a well earned coffee when the work was done.
 
Thank you to everyone involved.  The entry to town from the highway looks much better.
 
You would think someone would be missing these.
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