WORLD POLIO DAY IN DURHAM REGION: October 24 – DETAILS TO FOLLOW - Tentative details - 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm - joint meeting of Durham Region Rotary Clubs at the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College where we will celebrate World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cost $25 per person (portion will be donated to The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradictaion Initative and will credited to your next Paul Harris Fellow.) Spouses, guests and prospective members are invited. We will see the live Rotary International livestream event and then we will brodacast our event live to Rotary Clubs and to Universities and colleges worldwide. Proclamations from City and Region to our clubs. Dr. Bob Scott , Our keynote speaker has already confirmed other speakers from around the world .
DISTRICT CONFERENCE – OCTOBER 25 – 27: REMINDER - VP Lennis Trotter – The cost for the District 7070 Conference on Oct 25-27 held in Muskoka on Lake Rosseau, is $299 until the extended date of March 17 which then jumped up to $349. Rates for the Marriot are $135/night. Did you register?
KIDS SAFETY VILLAGE HALLOWEEN HAUNT: OCTOBER 25 AND 26: SAVE THESE DATES: The next big VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES that we will have at the Kids Safety Village will be The Halloween Haunt on Oct 25 and 26 (and some preparation to spruce up the Village for Halloween, before these dates),
KIDS SAFETY VILLAGE : CHRISTMAS AT THE VILLAGE: and the Christmas at The Village on Nov 21,22 and 23 and also on Nov 28, 29 and 30 (plus some sprucing up The Village for Christmas before these dates).
SARGEANT AT ARMS: Tim Dwyre - conducted our Draw tonight. Thank you, Ted
ACE OF SPADES DRAW:
Winner: Ted Dionne Card Drawn: 2 of Hearts… the deck of Cards get smaller.
Thank you to Dr Larry Hurren for supplying our consolation prize of travel sized tooth paste.
DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL:
On The Front Door: Janice Coupland
Bulletin Editor: Bob Stewart
Greeter: Bob Stewart
HAPPY TOONIES
Robert K. – The big Annual Booksale at the Oshawa Library runs this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Prices very low with $ 2.00 being the highest price and many items much cheaper than that. I took my son a few years ago to this fine event and we had trouble carrying all of the books he bought ( with my money of course ).
Sandy The Oshawa Express excelled in the recent Awards garnering 2 First Places and a Second
Mike – learned at a Seminar that people who do volunteer work tend to live longer
Sue – Happy to see people volunteering for Bingo this week
Hilda – couldn’t hear
David A – Mike from our Club is writing an investment column for the Oshawa Express. That is Rotary Vocational Service in Action. Way to go Mike. It looks like even more Awards for this great Paper next year
Ted Dionne – had cataract eye surgery so glasses gone
Ted M. – Ted getting juicy Refund from CRA
GUEST SPEAKER:
Introduced by Past Pres Hilda Finnigan, we heard an excellent and very compelling presentation by Linda Lowry on Lyme Disease.
We learned enough about Ticks and Lyme Disease to justifiably terrify us. She caught it 10 years ago and it has a painful and expensive struggle. Black legged deer ticks are the main culprit. In 2008 the World Health Organization declared it a worldwide Epidemic. The bacteria are similar to Syphillis. Symptoms can be fatigue, rash, nausea, vertigo, mind fog etc. Initial tests in Canada often come back with false Negative. Some people who have been infected are believed to have ALS or Alzheimers or MS. Linda recommends all families purchase tick kits. Recommends staying out of long grass unless you have long pants and trouser legs tucked into socks, put away the bird feeders as Robins and Sparrows sometimes carry ticks, keep your dogs from_sleeping on your bed, keep grass mowed short.
She has no idea how she got infected.
It was an excellent talk and triggered many questions afterwards from our Members.
For more info, take a look at: https://canlyme.com/
President Linda thanks Linda Lowry.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP: Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting