Announcements
Please RSVP to darrenfisk@Hotmail.com for our annual potato planting and annual potato prepping. All are welcome, the more the merrier! The prepping will take place on Thursday, May 17 at 6:30 pm at Vanderwees. The planting will take place ...
read moreNew member proposed by David Legge - make sure go into the Members secure area for more info.
The event: The Rotary Clubs of Thunder Bay and Nipigon are hosting an awareness workshop on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) on June 20, 2012 at Confederation College. Event Features: This event will include a Blue Ribbon Panel discussion ...
read moreHistory Committee Needs Your Help! As you are aware the PA Rotary Club history committee is in the process of researching information for the publishing of a book to commemorate the wonderful history of our club (1924-2012). Two students from ...
read moreAdopt a Highway was Saturday, May 5. To see the photos from this clean up go to our facebook page.
Facebook Page – Port Arthur Rotary –Would you like to see more photos of events that the Port Arthur Rotary Club has been up to! Pictures and comments are being posted on the Port Arthur Rotary Facebook Page by various Rotarians. ...
read moreYouth Exchange Program: Inbound for 2011-2012 . Our club welcomes Nanda Boleeiro from Brazil. Already she has taken part in the Hike for Health (Nipigon Rotary Club), worked at the Food drive for the Rotary Shelter House and has addressed our ...
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At our Club May 8th, 2012
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Sergio Buoncore spoke to the club on Tuesday May 8th. He joined Fort William Historical Park (FWHP) as General Manager in 2003. During his tenure, he has successfully led the organization through overcoming three devastating floods in 2003, 2005 and 2006, while maintaining full operations throughout the tourism season in each of these years. Under Sergio’s tenure, FWHP has received several major awards, including the Best Event of the Year award respectively from the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and the Tourism Federation of Ontario (TFO) for Rock the Fort, a record-breaking three-day outdoor music festival, two provincial Discovery Awards for flood recovery and innovative risk taking, two Public Sector Quality Fair Awards, and three Ambassador Awards from the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. He was joined by retired Science Teacher Barney DeSousa. Sergio (at right in photo) and Barney (at left in photo) outlined the Fort's plans to open the David Thompson Astronomical Observatory http://www.tbrasc.org/observatory/ at the Fort. President Elect Art Warwick (at centre in photo) introduced the speakers. Laurie Tulloch thanked them.
At our Club May 1st, 2012
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The speaker at PA Rotary today was Lorne Vis from Sunnycreek Farm in Murillo, one of 28 farms in the Thunder Bay area. Lorne, a fourth generation local dairy farmer, gave a informative, passionate, and humourous account of life on his family farm. Go to our Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/PARotary) to view a video his daughter, Karly, produced to give you a sense of what it's all about. Thanks to Dave Silliman for suggesting this as a topic for a presentation. It was fascinating. Murray Becotte thanked the speaker. And remember, "life is too short to milk ugly cows".
At our Club April 24th, 2012
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Rima Cieslik did her Classification talk today. She was introduced by President Kevin Holloway and thanked by Assistant District Governor and Past President of PA Rotary Maria Hudolin. Maria proposed Rima as a new member. To see Rima's presentation, Click Here. Rima will taking over as Club Secretary July 1, 2012.
At our Club April 17th, 2012
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Thanks to Maria Hudolin, Jackie Dojack and Alexandra Erickson for a great presentation on the ShelterBox program for Disaster Relief that our Club continues to support. Click Here to see a PDF file of the presentation.
At our Club April 10th, 2012
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At our April 10th meeting, the Group Study Exchange team from Tasmania, Rotary District 9830, were the guest of the Club. Jill Zachary, a member of the Fort William Rotary Club and District 5580 GSE Committee member introduced the team. The team's colourful brochure: Click Here for your reading pleasure. Not as well known as the Youth Exchange Program, the GSE is one of Rotary's gems. Visit www.rotary.org for more information.
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Club Speakers
| May 1 | Lorne Vis Dairy Farming in TBay |
| May 8 | David Thompson Astronomical Observatory |
| May 15 | Roly Turner The Rotary Foundation |
| May 22 | Linda Adamson Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| May 29 | Nanda Boleeiro Farewell Presentation |
Recent VisitorsMay 15, 2012Visiting Rotarians: Paula Timmins from Nipigon Roy Lucas from Lakehead Guests: Carlos Pernia, Brittany Kavcar, Nanda Baleeiro, Kassy Kankkunen - Exchange Students Roly Turner, Guest Speaker Wally Droloin, Heather Minthorn, Tracey Stevens, Emma Stam, and Mark Selby - Prospective Member May 8, 2012Guests: Carlos Pernia & Brittany Kavcar, Exchange Students Sergio Bounocore and Barney DeSousa, Guest Speakers May 1, 2012Visiting Rotarians: Paula Timmins from Nipigon Guests: Nanda Baleeiro, Exchange Student Fraser Coull, Prospective Member Lorne Vis, Guest Speaker Mark Selby |
Reception Desk Roster
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May 22 |
Rob Grady |
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May 29 |
Fred Baker |
