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Port Arthur Rotary Meeting Minutes
August 23 2011
Visiting Guests
¨ Claire Farrell – guest speaker
¨ Alex Armstrong – guest speaker
¨ Thomas Kraft – Mo Nelson’s guest
Door: Johnny DeBakker and Fred Baker
Scribe: Rima Cieslik
Photos: Alexandra Erickson
Announcements:
Kevin Holloway Briefly discussed the August 18th board meeting.
Summary of the meeting minutes distributed to members for review.
David Silliman Dew Drop In –Thursday Aug 25/11 – Serving hot dogs
Looking for volunteers – 10am setup and 1:30 serving time
Roly Turner Present David Silliman with an Inter Organization
Service Award for the District (Conference Award)
Dave Legge Re: Field of Greens:
Broken. Replacement fence is on order. Will be requiring
Help to erect replacement fence.
Cheryl Merlo RYLA (University of Minnesota)
Emily won the speech contest
Shannon is currently unable to attend meeting
Alex and Claire were todays presenters. They were very polished in their talk (accompanied by Power-Point) on their RYLA experience in Crookston, MN. The leadership camp was well run and Alex and Claire profited immensely. Details of many of the activities were provided. Alex Matiece (a prior faciltator with the Fort Frances club) had warm praise for their efforts
Exchange Student should be arriving shortly
Will send email to members to ensure a warm welcome at
The airport
Art will be Chair the meeting next week followed by David
Silliman
Terry Fox Run Sept 18 – welcome all participants
Thunder Bay in the finals for the Baseball competition
Go to Baseball.ca to vote for Thunder Bay (2 wks to vote)
MS support go to A&W on Thursday to purchase a burger
Jim McDonald awarded Manitoba Football Hall of Fame
