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New Rotarian Inducted

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Bathurst Rotary welcomes and inducts new member Josh Ouellette

New inductee Josh Ouellette shown with Rotarian Riba Riordon receiving his Rotary Pin

Winner of Speaking Contest

The winner of today’s speaking contest is Pierre Boudreau. The club will send Pierre to Ottawa in early May to participate to the “Adventure in Citizenship” program with 200 other students from across Canada.

For further info about the program please see following link: http://rotaryottawa.com/SitePage/adventure-in-citizenship-2016

Shown in photo: Robert Vautour, Zoelie Boudreau, Winner Pierre Boudreau, Rotary President Gilles Deveaux

Congratulations Pierre

Donation made to Snow Bear Winter Carnival

Nancy Hodnett, Coordinator Snow Bears Winter Carnival, Family Day, presented with a donation of $500.00 – shown with president Gilles Deveaux

Guestspeaker & Rotarian Frederic Lefrancois

Frederic Lefrancois, Associate VP. Commercial Banking NB

Spoke about the National Bank
Founded in 1859, in Quebec City, by entrepreneurs
Established in NB over 100 years
Unique expertise in: Commodity risk management Business transfer financing
Cash flow Management, factoring and reverse factoring

https://www.nbc.ca/en/about-us/our-organization/the-bank/portrait-of-the-bank/history.html

Donation Presented to Bathurst Area School Milk Fund

Rotary donates $1000 to Bathurst Area School Milk Fund

Shown in photo: Gilles Deveaux with James Squires

Guestspeaker Paolo Fongemie, Directeur CCNB Bathurst

Shown in Photo: Frederic Lefrancois, Paolo Fongemie, and Bernard Cormier

Paolo Fongemie, Directeur CCNB Bathurst was guestspeaker:

Spoke about the Crash Ice race on College Hill
Last year was the 1^st event, organized by College, strongly supported by the Community
Attendance approx. 3,000…excellent
Red Bull sponsored, has races in Quebec, Bathurst, Germany, Finland, Minnesota
Last years attendance so good in Bathurst that Red Bull is sponsoring here again
College supports through class participation (Plumbing Welding Business etc.), Community and local businesses provide support (a real Community event)
International competitors, US, Canada, Switzerland, Germany Finland, Belgium, Holland, Australia
Total of 136 registrants so far
If attendance can be increased (5000) a good chance Bathurst will be on the circuit next year
Come and cheer the competitors on!

World Travel Draw Winners February 2016

1^st Prize – St. Lucia – Monique Chiasson – Sold by: Carl Kenny

2^nd Prize – $500 – Charlotte & Jean Claude Doucet – Sold by: Bob Comeau

3^rd Prize – $244 –Bob Dunn – Sold by: Bob Comeau

4^th Prize – $125 Sedona Gift Certificate – Gerald & Janet Arseneau – Sold by: Bob Comeau

5^th Prize – $125 Fashion Deck Cert –Reg Soeberjugem – Sold by: Greg Ireland

6^th Prize – $100 Danny’s Gift Certificate – Pierre Morais – Sold by: Al Cotton

7^th Prize – $100 Atlantic Host Certificate –Sharon Jagoe – Sold by: Sharon Jagoe

8^th Prize – $100 Nectar Gift Certificate –Serge Lebreton – Sold by: Sue Stever

9^th Prize – $100 Tower’s Gift Certificate – Terry Martin – Sold by: Al Cotton

10^th Prize – $100 Nepisiguit River Company – Allain Ouellette – Sold by: Carl Kenny

11^th Prize – $50 Chicken King- Marjorie D’Entremont – Sold by: Bob Comeau

12^th Prize – $50 Catherine & Co. – Heather Nelson – Sold by: Al Cotton

Request for Donation

Guestspeaker – Allen Jagoe

Shown above: Allen Jagoe with Bernie Cormier and soapstone carvings & Narwhale tusk

Allen retired from the RCMP and then returned as a relief officer for the Nunavut territory. Because of the sparse population (30, 000) small communities (Iqaluit the largest at 6,700) most Nunavut communities are staffed with 2 RCMP Officers, who because of the remoteness, have 2 holiday periods of 30 days. Allen, being adventuresome has stepped up to doing these rotations as there is a shortage of Officers for replacements. He shared his experiences and adventures living in the north, (high food travel and accommodation costs), enduring 24 hrs of darkness (winter) or 243 hrs of sun (summer) the bitter cold -60, ice and snow 11 months of the year. He shared the challenge of policing, the beauty of the wild life and his many souvenirs (soap stone carvings, narwhale tusk, polar bear and seal skin hides and other adventures.

Above: Gilles Deveaux with Bernie Cormier where the City of Bathurst at the New Year’s Day celebration presented Bathurst Rotary for recognition of volunteer work.

World Travel Draw Winners January 2016

Happy New Year!

Rotary World Travel Draw Winners – January 2016

1^st Prize – Las Vegas – Bellagio Hotel – John Kowtaluc – Sold by: Al Cotton

2^nd Prize – $500 – Julie Daigle & Roger Melanson – Sold by: Al Cotton

3^rd Prize – $244 –André Deschenes – Sold by: Al Cotton

4^th Prize – $125 Sedona Gift Certificate – Christopher Baker – Sold by: Greg Ireland

5^th Prize – $125 Fashion Deck Cert –Irving Scott – Sold by: Cletus Doucet

6^th Prize – $100 Danny’s Gift Certificate – Sandra & Kevin Carey – Sold by: Al Cotton

7^th Prize – $100 Atlantic Host Certificate –Lorraine Knowles – Sold by: Al Cotton

8^th Prize – $100 Nectar Gift Certificate – Lise Savoie – Sold by: Al Cotton

9^th Prize – $100 Tower’s Gift Certificate – Linda Serge Paulin Randie – Sold by: Cletus Doucet

10^th Prize – $100 Nepisiguit River Company – Joey Wiseman – Sold by: Al Cotton

11^th Prize – $50 Chicken King- Ben St. Onge – Sold by: Cletus Doucet

12^th Prize – $50 Catherine & Co. – Dean Hickey & Chrystal Vienneau – Sold by: Fenton Hickey

Rotary Club of Bathurst

Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada