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Meeting Information
On Monday September 26, 2022 members met at the Medicine Hat Lodge for our regular noon meeting.  Club President Melanie Harty was in charge, and she began the meeting by recognizing the passing of Rotarian Wayne Chesley over the weekend.  Wayne was a long standing member of our club, joining in 1998 and serving as President in 2008-2009.  Following that he was a member of the Rotary District 5360 Board, and a strong enthusiastic supporter of the club.  A moment of silence was held in his honor.
 
Wayne Chesley (1939-2022) RIP
 
Wayne's funeral will be Thursday October 6, at 1:30 pm at the Pattison Funeral Chapel.
 
Rotary Club "What-z New":
  • A few more meeting helpers are required to run cameras and sound during our hybrid meetings.  We are all learning to adapt to this new reality.  Anyone wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311
Rotary Club Membership Update:
  • Would you like to join the membership team? Check out a meeting of this team and see how exciting it is!  The committee meets on the second Thursday of each month at 5:00 pm. Contact Mike Christie to join in.
Rotary Club Information:
  • Housekeeping:
    • If you have a Meeting Minute, please phone or email the President and it will be included in the next Newsletter.
    • Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.
Upcoming Club Program, Activities and Meetings:
  • Monday Oct 3 - Business Meeting.
  • Friday    Oct 7 - Rotary Evening Bingo
  • Monday Oct 10 - NO MEETING, HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Upcoming Rotary District and International Events 
  • Next District Learning webinar is Wednesday October 19 at 7:00pm and is a presentation titled "Social Media in Plain Language".  Registration can be done on the District website by following this link https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k7HFq7AJSMmabFBCuujw3g
  • Next District Conference: Lethbridge: May 5th and 6th, 2023.
 Future Programs:
  • The Rotary Club's Program Committee members are: Jillian Koch (jkoch@jmhca.com), Dave Panabaker (d.panabaker@hotmail.com) and Margie Booyens (margiebooyens@gmail.com).
  • If you have ideas for future programs, please contact them.
Stories
Reclassification Talk - Doug Fleming
Club Secretary Doug Fleming provided the club with a thorough and entertaining "reclassification" talk.  As this club has a number of very experienced Rotarians, the club Board would like to re-introduce more junior members to our senior folks with these 'historical" talks.  Doug started his talk by advising that he goes by his middle name, his actual first name is John.
Doug has been married to Joan for 54 years, and they have two children, Wendy and Chris.  They also have three granddaughters; the middle one's name is "Charlie" after her grandfathers (who were both members of this club!!)
 
Doug has had a varied career in surveying, regional municipal planning and consulting.  He joined the Rotary Club in Nov 1983, at the encouragement of Sandy Mackay and spent 16 years in the club until he moved to Hanna for 6 years.  He rejoined the club when he retired in 2005.  He served as Club President in 2011-2012 and since then has had the role of Club Secretary, a position he said might be "for life".
 
He spoke passionately about Rotary Youth programs, specifically the RYPEN program that he participated in and how the Rotary Music Festival was an important project to him personally because of his family's involvement.  He also talked about the Rotary Foundation, how it has become one of his charities of choice, for their great work promoting the eradication of polio.
 
Doug answered a couple of questions and was then thanked by President Melanie.
 
Other Rotarians will be asked to do similar talks, throughout this Rotary year.
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Meeting News
Guests: 
  • It was great to see former club member Joe Chacko, back in town for a visit.
  • Also, wonderful to see Sieg Kappler, honorary member of the club at the meeting
  • A total of 26 took in the "in-person" meeting, with another person on ZOOM.
 
Club Draw:
  • The club draw this week was won by President Melanie Harty, who won a pot of natural honey.
MAKEUPS:
  • None reported 
Birthdays:
  • Gwen Dirk                  Oct  4.
  • Theresa Eisenbarth   Oct  7.
  • Peter Mueller            Oct 13.
  • Igor Grujic                 Oct 15.
  • Jack Snedden           Oct 26.
Rotary Anniversaries:
  • Reagan Weeks           1 year         Oct  4, 2021.
  • Anne Carrier               9 years       Oct  7, 2013.
  • Dale Stein                  15 years     Oct 22, 2007.
  • Terry Partis                22 years      Oct 25, 2000.
  • Edward Lipin               2 years      Oct 26, 2020.
Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for September:
  • Ian McLaughlin
Minutes 
 
Bingo team
Dave Panabaker advised that the Saturday evening bingo earned a profit of $1652.75, and Dave Stalwick was the lucky guess pot winner.  He also asked for volunteers for the next bingo on Friday evening, October 7, 2022.  He got a couple from those in attendance and a further email to the club went out on Tuesday.
 
Pancake Breakfast team
Dave Panabaker also read out a nice thank-you note from the staff at Dr Ken Sauer school, for our work at their annual return to school pancake breakfast.
 
Golf Windup Social
Dale Stein thanked all of those who attended and participated in the golf windup social.  A good time was had by all.
 
Centennial Park and Trail Signs in Cypress County.
Dan Kammerer was able to show the proposed signage in "Rotary Centennial Park in Dunmore and the sign that will be on the Cypress County side of "Rotary Centennial Trail" in Desert Blume.  Dan was thanked for his hard work on getting this organized and everyone looks forward to seeing them in place, hopefully this fall.
 
Rental of Knowles Electric Building for Project Freewheel
Terry Cooper advised that it was week 2 of our rental space in the Knowles Electric building.  Team Freewheel is there most afternoons, drop by and check it out. It is great to have dedicated space.

Visiting former Rotary Exchange Student
Sandy Mackay and Ken Zollner advised that a former inbound exchange student to our club, Lauri from Finland was in Medicine Hat this weekend, enjoyed his visit and left us all some cinnamon tea.
 
Milan Vujovic mentioned that one of our more recent exchange students, Teddy from Thailand was also visiting this past week.
 
Saamis Rotary Harley raffle
The Saamis Rotary Club is holding their annual fundraising raffle this summer.  Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.winningticketlottery.ca
 
Canadian Humanitarian Gala
Milan Vujovic advised the club that the annual Canadian Humanitarian fundraising gala will take place on Friday evening, Nov 18 at Medalta Potteries.  It will feature "dueling pianos" which was a big hit last time.  Registration can be done on their website, https://trellis.org/beyond-belief-2022
 
2023 Club 1000 update
Glen Presley advised that our new Club 1000 tickets for the 2023 raffle have been packaged and are available for pickup at the meeting today.  Please work hard to sell these tickets in support of the Rotary Music Festival.  Our tickets can be purchased online at https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/63a3f617-fe73-44ad-9913-d0296da68041
 
Family of Rotary:
  • The entire Rotary Club sends its thoughts and prayers to the Chesley family, on the loss of Wayne over the weekend.  Wayne's funeral will take place on Thursday Oct 6, 2022 at 1:30 pm at the Pattison's Funeral Chapel.
  • On a happy note, the club noted the upcoming wedding of Rotarian Terry Partis, this coming Saturday to his fiance Pam in Iowa.  Best wishes to the happy couple and safe travels on their "Great Loop".
 
Please keep Adolf informed about members health changes so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.
 
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Medicine Hat
Mondays at 11:45 AM
Medicine Hat Lodge
1051 Ross Glen Dr SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1B 3T8
Canada
The Rotary Club of Medicine Hat has returned to meeting in person, face-to-face meetings as of Monday March 21. A ZOOM link will still be available for those who are cautious, ill or are away on vacation.
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Upcoming Events
Reclassification talk by Doug Fleming
Medicine Hat Lodge
Sep 26, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Rotary Club Board meeting
Murray Chev Boardroom
Sep 27, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Business meeting
Medicine Hat Lodge
Oct 03, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Rotary bingo - evening
Top Hat Bingo
Oct 07, 2022
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
STAT Holiday: No meeting
Oct 10, 2022
 
Rotary Music Festival Society presentation
Medicine Hat Lodge
Oct 17, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Remembrance Day presentation - Norman Leach
MH Lodge
Oct 24, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Rotary Bingo - evening
Top Hat Bingo
Oct 27, 2022
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
City Manager talk
Medicine Hat Lodge
Oct 31, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Business Meeting
Medicine Hat Lodge
Nov 07, 2022
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
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