Rotary Club of BathurstTeamed up with Max 104.9, Rotarians will be on hand to take donations of non-perishable food items and monetary donations to benefit the Food Banks in our area. Please give generously.
District Governor, Wayne Wornes Presenting Annual Theme Crest
to Gilles Deveaux President Bathurst Rotary
Belgian and Brazilian exchange students present Gilles Deveaux
with Rotary Country flag
Gilles Deveaux Bathurst Rotary President signing District theme Crest
District Governor Wayne Wornes visits Bathurst Rotary Community
Garden, Gary Winsor Project Leader Community Garden, Silvan Bosca Area
Governor and Gilles Deveaux President
Rotary World Travel Draw Winners – October 2015
1st Prize – Punta Cana DR – Majestic Colonial – Linda Vienneau – Sold by: Frederic Lefrancois
2nd Prize – $500 Tim and Amy Riordon – Sold by: Carl Kenny
3rd Prize – $244 – Jeanne & Mike Dempsey – Sold by: Bob Comeau
4th Prize – $125 Sedona Gift Certificate – Tim Kyle – Sold by: Adam Chamberlain
5th Prize – $125 Fashion Deck Cert –Kim Goguen – Sold by: Carl Kenny
6th Prize – $100 Danny’s Gift Certificate – Rachelle Turgeon – Sold by: Irenée Robichaud
7th Prize – $100 Atlantic Host Certificate – Omer Fontaine – Sold by: Rita McGrath
8th Prize – $100 Nectar Gift Certificate – Ralph Duguay – Sold by: Al Cotton
9th Prize – $100 Tower’s Gift Certificate – Pauline Armstrong – Sold by: Bernie Cormier
10th Prize – $100 Nepisiguit River Company – Wendy Colton – Sold by: Wendy Colton
11th Prize – $50 Chicken King- Kevin Duguay – Sold by: Bob Comeau
12th Prize – $50 Catherine & Co. – Jackie Brideau – Sold by: Al Cotton
Just a quick update about the Rotary Community Garden. We had a great day yesterday with the best turnout yet working at the garden. Thanks to Cletus for arranging the delivery of crushed rock that was donated by St Isidore Asphalt. With the help of Brent Stever operating Bruce’s tractor, Bruce, Bruce’s son Gabo, Lloyd, Ron, Gerry, Paul, Irenee’s brother Gilles and of course our master gardener Irenee; we managed to get the job done. A big thank for the hard work of all of those who participated; and I know many of you would have been there if it wasn’t for work commitments.
Hats off to Lina Hebert, a local senior who came out and raked and shoveled just like a young kid. By the way, her mother is 106 years old, so we should be good for a while. The garden is looking fabulous and will be ready to double next year’s crop.
Another big thank you to Calvin Scott from Scotts Nursery who dropped by and told us he will be donating to the club all our tomato plants, cucumbers and various seeds for next year. He will also be ordering two flowering crab apple trees from which we can produce crab apple jelly. These trees will be planted this fall.
Kudos to Gerry Legere’s wife Diane who made 24 bottles of chow with our left over green tomatoes and onion, and dropped them off at the Foodbank, very thoughtful !
That’s it for now folks; and again thanks to everyone who helped make this very worth while project a reality !
Great thanks to contributions from St. Isidore Asphalt (fill) and Doucet Landscaping (trucking of fill).
Silvana Bosca gave a brief overview of the District 7810 Rotary Conference, held in Moncton from 11 to 13 September. The most significant item was that Nigeria has been declared free from endemic polio, as it had been 14 months since their last polio case. When Rotary International started their polio eradication campaign, there were 186 countries considered endemic. Now, there are only two countries that are still considered to be endemic, Afghanistan and Pakistan. She also noted that 24 October is World Polio Day.
GUEST SPEAKERS: Michel (Chico) Doucet and Emily Whalen, Nepisiquit Volunteer Travel Group
The Nepisiquit Volunteer Travel Group, under the umbrella of the Free the Children organization, is a group whose intent is to travel to underdeveloped countries to empower communities to lift themselves out of poverty through a holistic, sustainable international development model, Adopt a Village. The five pillars of education, clean water, health, food security and alternative income are applied as guidelines. Michel and Emily gave a brief presentation of their previous travels to Kenya, Ghana and Ecuador. Their next destination, in 2017, will be Tanzania. They hope to raise funds through the sale of lottery calendars to assist with travel expenses.
http://www.freethechildren.com/
In Photo: Rotarian Silvana Bosca with Emily Whalen and Michel Doucet
BUSINESS:
Silvana Bosca brought back a Shelter Box Hero award from the recent District Conference, which was awarded to the Bathurst Rotary Club for their donations, and presented it to club president, Gilles Deveaux.
CHAIRPERSON: Bernie Cormier
GUEST SPEAKERS: Political candidates for the 19 October 2015 Federal Election, riding of Acadie – Bathurst: Serge Cormier, Liberal Party; Jason Godin, New Democratic Party and Dominique Breau, Green Party.
All three candidates were each given five minutes to present their election platforms and five minutes to field questions.
Guests shown with Rotary President Gilles Deveaux, Bernie Cormier and Riba Riordon