Noon Club Once Again Indebted to Festival City

Rotarian Carolyn Dingman (the blonde) with another happy customer.

Hi President Jack,

It's a pleasure to send a note of appreciation from our club for your club's recent involvement and assistance at the subject event. This is another example of how our cooperation promotes the greater good. Early reports suggest this year's show was the best ever.

Thanks again, to Festival City Club.

Stan Malcolm. R. C. of Stratford

President Jack Builds Secret Government UFO Landing Pads

Editor's Note: A secret government project will take President Jack away from the Club until Christmas. Our crack team of investigative journalists have discovered that Jack will be helping to build UFO landing pads for the coming invasion (just in time for XMAS). His letter to the Club is below. Just replace "wind turbines" with "UFO landing pads". It will make more sense that way.


Dear Rotarians


McNeil Surveying Ltd. has been engaged in the quality assurance role of the construction of 20 concrete and steel foundations for wind turbines in Kent County. This is one of my areas of expertise as I was involved with 38 of them in Bruce County last year. The concrete pours where I have to be present are scheduled for tuesdays and fridays till Christmas. We have 3 completed now with the 4th scheduled for next tuesday.

I will keep in close contact with Kent and Etienne to fill in for me when required. I do expect some cancellations due to technical problems and weather which would make me available for some meetings. At some point it may be that I will not be required on the actual concrete pours on tuesdays and only do testing after the foundations are in place. This would again open the tuesday mornings for me. It is a 200 km drive to site so we leave at 5:30 am and depending on the progress of the job, we are home around 6 or 7 in the evening. There are 8 morning meetings till Christmas. My best guess is that I may be absent for absent for 4 - 6 of these meetings.

The foundations weigh 1,035 metric tonnes. They tend to compress the earth underneath as the 405 cubic metres of concrete is poured. The connection point which is a steel cylinder weighing 15.5 tonnes balanced on jacks is maintained to a tolerance of 1.5mm of being perfectly level for connection to the future 80 meter shaft of the turbine. We have specialized equipment capable of measuring to one/tenth of a millimetre. Each turbine will generate 2 megawatts of electricity.

This will not affect the other areas of my rotary involvement, ie; board meetings, working Bingos and food vending next weekend.

I am hoping that this will not be too much of a problem as I know that we have a good team. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or questions you may have.

kindest regards

Jack

New Member - Jean Aitcheson

Past President Etienne welcomes new member Jean Aitcheson to the Club. 

Playboy Tomas

Rotary Exchange Student Tomas "Magnum" Almeida gets one more ride in the Club's Ferrari. Remember to watch out for those white speed bumps some people call swans!

New Member Recruitment

Club President Jack asks a Hooters Girl to join the club.  How many people have you propositioned lately?

Photo credit: Donna West

People Are Excited About Music Man

Wherever I go, I am approached by excited people asking about our Rotary Brunch at the Queens Inn on Sunday, October 19. Brunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. but, of course, you must come half of an hour earlier to look at the items of the silent auction.

We will have an exciting speaker from the Theatre to give us an inside look at the comings and goings of the stage. Following the brunch and the auction, we will be going to the Avon Theatre for the play "Music Man".

Tickets are available at $115 for the brunch and the play till September 17 with proceeds going to Rotary Projects.

Please call President Jack West at 519-273-1005 or email me at west@cyg.net. If you would like tickets to this wonderful event.

A Note from Kelly and Sharon

I have received a very nice card from our District Governor.


Jack



Dear Rotary Club of Festival City

We thoroughly enjoyed our Governor visit to your City and Rotary Club. Your involvement in the El Salvador Literacy Program truly demonstrates the committment of your Club to the goals of Rotary. Thank you for your generous donation to Polio Plus. It is the finest show of support you can give us. Your warm hospitality made us feel very welcome.

Make Dreams Real

Kelly and Sharon

P.S. The coffee is delicious

Festival City Donates $1,000 to RI Polio Fight

Carolyn Dingman presents a cheque to District Governor Kelly Fotheringham on behalf of the Festival City Rotary Club in the amount of $1,000 to continue Rotary International's fight against polio.

Small but Mighty!

District Governor Visits Festival City Rotary Club (and Survives)

District Governor Kelly Fotheringham and Mrs District Governor Sharon Fotheringham visited the Festival City Rotary Club at its last meeting. Kelly is shown here holding the mighty club standard, as Sharon holds Mr. Rab-bit, Club mascot.

District Governor Kelly brought greetings and a message from the new RI President D.K. Lee. He reminded us that over 30,000 children die each day from preventable causes. President Lee wants to give special consideration to preventing these fatalities. Rotarians might consider funding smoke detectors in homes, purchasing car seats, and providing literacy programs.

Governor Kelly also reminded the Club about the Bill and Melinda Gates donation of $100 million to RI to fight Polio. RI must match this amount within three years. So far RI has raised over $20 million. $80 million of the Gates donation has been spent. Polio occurs in only four places now; India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.

Also RI President Lee wants Rotarians to recruit more members. Ask associates, friends and neighbours to join Rotary. Also consider making a donation to the permanent fund or to annual givings. After holding donations for three years 50% of the donation comes back to the district for projects. Donations are used to fund Ambassadorial Scholarships, Group Study Exchanges and World Peace Fellowships.

District Governor Kelly reminded the Club what it means to be a Rotarian, as we hold the line against the darkness, and push back.

Small but Mighty!

(Shamelessly plagiarized from Vince Hill's Club Newsletter - 22 July 2008)

Rotary Baby Isabel Catherine Shantz-Walsh

The Shantzs are proud to announce the arrival of Isabel Catherine Shantz-Walsh. She weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs 4 oz (3300 grams) and measured in at 50 cm long (19.75 inches) with a full head of brown hair.