President Karen Blewett welcomed everyone to the third meeting of the 2017-2018 Rotary year held in our own Rotary Park.
Rotary Park was created in 1932 and once was home to a swimming pool that was used by many in attendance. We did sponsor a pool previous to this one in 7 persons creek during the period 1922 to 1926. This raea was used for swimming, summer recreation and civic events. In it's first year it was called "Beaver Dam".
Membership Notice
Please watch this space in the future, several new membership proposals are coming through the system.
Rotary Information:
Next meeting is July 31 - Business meeting
No meeting on August 7th - a Civic holiday
Next Bingo is on Sat Aug 5th - afternoon
District Grant Qualification workshop, Medicine Hat will be Saturday Oct 28
District Governor Rick Istead will be visiting the club on Monday Nov 6.
In case you want to note it on your calendar, the 2018 District Conference will be May 4 - 6, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Calgary.
Rotary Presentations:
None this week.
Upcoming Events:
Next Monday's meeting will at the MH Lodge.
For more Club activities, to keep up with events and stay in touch, check the Club website at: www.medicinehatrotary.com
Future Programs:
If you have any future program ideas, please e-mail Heather at heather.bach@ahs.ca.
Karen B and Chris P had their daughters at this meeting
Birthdays:
None this week
Anniversaries:
Sandy MacKay - 40 yrs - Jul 1977
Glen Presley - 2 yrs - Jul 27 2015
Jenna Raimbault - 2 yrs -Jul 27 2015
Weekly Draw:
Ian McLaughlin was the lucky draw winner.
Brenda Bauman's name was drawn for a free lunch, unfortunately Brenda was not in attendance to win.
Club 500:
No draws today.
Make Ups:
Nothing to report..
Family of Rotary:
We were pleased to hear that Teresa Schile is recovering well from her recent hip replacement surgery.
Minute People:
Chris Perret is planning to order some new "Rotarians In Action" tee shirts. Chris had some sample shirts including lady's shirts for people to try on. He was looking for volunteers to work on the Rotary float on Wednesday 1-2 pm at the old IXL plant.
Dick Bide brought some samples of his apples that are ready to be picked along with cherries.
Pres Karen assisted in a fund raiser for the Library fund with a "cock-a-doodle pooh.
Adolf Seiler (on behalf of the Brian Robinson and the Saamis Rotary Club) is looking for an extra host family for a Rotary Youth Exchange student who will be in Medicine Hat for the 2017 - -2018 season. The student is Carla Ruegg, Schopfheim, Switzerland who is being sent by the Rotary Club of Entlebuch. Please contact Adolf or Brian if you are interested in hosting this student for a few months.
