President Gerald Menezes started the meeting of the Rotary Club of Cambridge North (RCN) on time. Once we started, Sean Carragher led us in a strong rendition of Oh Canada. Then, Paul Goetz shared a fine invocation.

We sat at a full table of Rotarians and that was refreshing to be sitting in a familiar manner. We then talked about Remembrance Day, Mike Jennings the recent reopening of the U.S. border this past Monday, the upcoming drive to Florida by Mike Jennings. We also talked about how last year, it snowed on 1 November while the weather today was warm with rain but the weekend had been quite nice with sun. Dean Fitzgerald mentioned he was scheduled to travel to Manitoulin Island next week, to inspect old oil wells again.

 

We had 10 Rotarians that were present today with no guests.

 

 

 

 

Dave Thomas said that bingo times are back on. If you have been contacted, then you have a time slot between now and Christmas. He is very pleased that RCN can participate again. So, now it is time to dust off those plumb RCN shirts!

 

Peter Ashenhurst said he quite enjoyed being the bingo greeter the previous evening. But he warned to turn on the printer, before you try to print your name tag. Apparently another volunteer named 'Rose' attempted to print her name tag 13 times. Peter knows that she had 13 attempts, because she was left with a dozen 'Rose' tags after her official name tag came out. Quite funny!

 

Mike will be off tomorrow to Florida for his long winter stay in sunny Orlando, near the house of the mouse.

 

Sean Carragher plans to mark another item off his bucket list later today, when he completes his first lesson to learn how to fly a helicopeter. He said that he is dreaming about a helicopter licence in the future and owning a Robinson 66 single turbine. The end of the dream includes such a purchase parked in front of his home, awaiting any desire to fly away. To help everyone experience this dream, I have included an image of an R66 below:

 

The Christmas Ham flier has been circulated by Sean and he said we have committed to sell 350 but could get more, if needed. Then President Jerry said that he has sold more than 30 hams and other folks have also been racking up the sales. Great Show! Sean also mentioned that he will be going out for dinner in the next week with retired Rotarian Paul Witmer, and will ask him about using his list for other ham sales.

 

Due to the extensive discussions concerning RCN activities, no speaker was in attendance.

 

Next week, our speak is scheduled to be April Terreau of Navigating Integrity Associates, with a tentative title of: "Dealing with harassment in the workplace".

 

Ecology Trivia:

Did you know that some Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) overwinter in southern Ontario while other Blue Jays migrate to southern habitats at this time of year? Those Blue Jays that stay overwinter are the mature birds with established territories while it is the younger birds that go to the warm, sunshine destinations. With climate change, mature American Robin (Turdus migratorius) have also started overwintering in southern Ontario while younger American Robin still migrate south. These birds that overwinter run the risk of severe winter weather but obviously think it is much better to stay in lovely southern Ontario compared with a long trip south. Perhaps our RCN members that travel south should re-think the benefits and risk of travel south, like our feathered friends?

 

Blue Jay

 

American Robin

Nov.17	Peter
Nov.24	Sean
Dec.1	Dean
Dec.8	Doug
Dec.15	Paul G
Dec.22	Mike J