Newsletter August 28, 2017 (Aug 28, 2017)

President's Remarks

President Karen Blewett welcomed everyone to the last meeting of August.

Karen closed the meeting with another "Rotary Fun Fact", this time related to the history of the club. The club charter date was June 1, 1918, and when the official charter ceremony took place on August 19, 1918, the third premier of the Province of Alberta, Charles Stewart traveled to Medicine Hat to speak at the ceremony.

The club was also amused by the story of the Sgt-at-Arms collection bowl, which was given to the club by the RC of Brooks (whom we helped charter). Apparently the plaque on the side wasn't sticking on tightly, so it was refastened with four screws from a Volkswagen carburetor. Good job Uwe, it's still on there!!

Membership Notice

Mark Bolander, the retired pastor of Hillcrest Church has been proposed for membership by Ted Cowtan. This is the second week of this proclamation in the Newsletter . If you have any questions about Mark, please see Ted. Any concerns should be forwarded to Bruce.

Rotary Information:

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park weekend is Sept 22 - 24.
RYPEN camp is the weekend of Sept 21 -24.
RLI - 1, the initial module of the Rotary Leadership Institute series is available on Sept 30, in Calgary.
District Grant Qualification workshop, Medicine Hat will be Saturday Oct 28.

Rotary Presentations:

Past District Governor Sandy Mackay and President Karen Blewett were pleased to present Rotarian Ian McLaughlin with special recognition from the Rotary Foundation, to celebrate Ian (and Phyllis') achievement of major donor status within the Foundation. On behalf of the whole club Sandy presented the gifts and congratulations.

Upcoming Club Events:

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.
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.

Adventures in Citizenship presentation

Posted by Dave Panabaker on Aug 28, 2017

Rotarians were very pleased to welcome Mishaela Lanigan to our meeting today and listen to her excellent presentation about her experience at Adventures in Citizenship. She and another student from McCoy High School were selected for this years trip. Mishaela recently graduated from McCoy and will be beginning her study of nursing at the University of Lethbridge next week.

Mishaela was very happy to take part in the trip to Ottawa, she found it a life changing experience and greatly supported her belief's in the strength of diversity and inclusively. She was extremely grateful for the opportunity and wanted us to know it was an encouraging and remarkable experience. She now has dozens of new, life long friends and found it very interesting to learn about differences, and how strong that group became.

She left a "thank you" note for the club, which is photographed below.

Mishaela was asked a number of questions about her experience and her career goals by the audience. Clearly a worthy recipient of Rotary funding and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

Club Meeting News

Posted by Dave Panabaker on Aug 28, 2017

Introduction of Guests

Mishaela Lanigan - Adventures in Citizenship participant.
Randy Shepard - Investors Group and guest of Jenna Raimbault.

Birthdays:

Milan Vujovic - September 4
Dick Bide - September 5

Club Anniversaries:

Terry Cooper - September 1, 2012 - 5 years

Weekly Draw:

Terry Cooper was NOT in attendance to win a "free" lunch.
Dawn Barr won the door prize draw of beer mugs, donated by Brian Rothwell.

Club 500:

No draw this week.

Make Ups:

Ray Kemp did a makeup at the RC of Columbia Falls, Montana.

Family of Rotary:

The club noted and sends its heartfelt condolences to Teresa Schile and her family, on the recent loss of her mother. A sympathy card on behalf of the club has been sent.
Sandy Mackay took time to thank everyone for their expressions of concern about his son and family, who live in Houston Texas and are experiencing traumatic flooding. They are currently safe and well.

Minute People:

Dave Panabaker inquired about club interest in trying the new Virtual Reality gaming arcade downtown, as a Rotary social event. Enough members were interested that the idea will be pursued for late Sept or early Oct.
Dick Bide is looking for a new organizer for the Dinner Club. Dick and LInda will be away several times this year and won't be able to do it. If anyone is interested, please contact Dick in the next few weeks.
ON BEHALF OF KITT BRAND, A "POST MEETING" MINUTE. The Waterton Glacier Peace Park assembly still has room for additional participants, and is several dozen people short of breaking even, so extra folks are badly needed. Please consider participating in this worthwhile Rotary celebration, the weekend of Sept 22 - 24.
Al Garden, the golf social director, announced tee times at Connaught for the afternoon.