• Option A - $175 quarterly, payable first of each quarter, covers all RI fees and meal costs
• Option B - $100 payable July 1st and January 1st to cover cost of RI fees, meal tickets purchased 7 at a time for $100.

As the Clubrunner system will be used to generate member billings and track payments for the coming year, members are asked to advise which option they wish by June 1st, 2012.

At our April 2nd meeting we held a Club Assembly to generate ideas on where we could possibly install a Rotary clock in Tavistock.  Mayor Don McKay was on hand and actively participated in the discussion.    A couple of the preferred locations would be adjacent to the water fountain at the 5 corners or in the parkette next to the Post Office.

The club agreed to investigate further this idea and to use Festval City Rotarian John Shantz as a resource (John was responsible for the clock installed in the former Wades Flowers building in Stratford).  A Rotary International accredited supplier of clocks is The Verdin Company - please visit their website and check out their clocks Verdin Clocks

37 Rotarians and guests were on hand at our Monday February 27^th meeting to honour our charter member (from 1948) Jim Francis on the occasion of his 100^th birthday 3 days previous.   Division 7080 DGE Ian Ferguson was on hand, accompanied by his "royal" entourage of PDG Doug Vincent - RC Woodstock Oxford; PDG’s Paul Truex and Charlie Whittaker - RC Guelph; PDG Roy Cooper - RC Burlington Central; PDG Barry Howie - RC Oakville Trafalgar along with Linda Davies - RC Burlington Lakeshore.  Other visiting Rotarians were on hand from Stratford Rotary, Festival City Rotary, Woodstock Rotary, Woodstock Oxford Rotary, and Welland Rotary (Jim’s niece and nephew).  A number of ‘significant others’ were also in attendance, including Jim’s wife Ivy.

 DGE Ian presented Jim with a personal letter from RI President, Kalyan Banerjee, as well as a bound copy of RI’s 100^th Anniversary book.  Many memories of Jim were shared and a number of other recognitions were given Jim, including President Brian’s announcement that Tavistock Rotary is establishing a scholarship in Jim’s honour.

 All in all a great evening and thank you to Jim for his 64 years of dedicated Rotary service.

Click here for Tavistock Gazette feature Jim Francis

ThePolio Challenge has surpassed the US$200 million mark and has raised US$202.6 millionas of 17 January 2011.

In addition Jeff Raikes, Chief Executive Officerof The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announcedthat the Gates Foundation has awarded The Rotary Foundation an additional US$50million grant for polio eradication.  The new $50 million grant from theGates Foundation is nota challenge grant; it results from Rotary’s early achievementof the $200 million milestone and of the need for continued funding support forthe Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  

On Monday  September 26th, we were pleased to welcome Kayla Skubowius and Tessa Weidner, our 2 second place winners, both from Shakespeare, to our meeting. (The first place winner, Mackenzie Kalbfleisch, was unable to attend due to death of her grandfather and will join us at a future meeting).   

Kayla, pictured on the left, gave a brief overview of her "dance studio" submission and Tessa, pictured in the middle, and overview of her "eco athletic complex".  They each receive $500 for their efforts.

President Brian is pictured with Annie and Erich at this week's Rotary Medals dinner, held Wednesday June 8th, 2011 at the Quality Inn in Woodstock The dinner was hosted by the 5 Rotary clubs in Oxford where Rotary Medals were presented to 8 Oxford County high schools.

Our Medalists, Annie Rowland (Tavistock) and Erich Woolley (New Dundee), are graduating students from Waterloo Oxford District Secondary School, and very much epitomize the desirable qualities required of a Rotary Medalist - persons of excellent moral character, have participated in one or more school activities, be a reasonably good student and made some worthy contribution to the life of the school.  In essence Rotary Medalists have the characteristics, abilities and interest which would make them both worthy representatives of their school and personify the Rotary motto "Service Above Self".   (Check NEWS for Gazette article 062211)

At our May 30th meeting we welcomed Lynne Ross and 2 of her fellow teachers at Hickson Public School, Ruthann Strickler and Jacquie George, along with 11 of their students and their parents, to present an update on their Who is NOBODY? program.  Lynne expressed their gratitude to the Tavistock Rotary club for their support of this program which, based on the great success it has enjoyed in the first year, surely bears continuation in future years.

Lynne, Ruthann and Jacquie introduced each of the 11 students who each shared with us how they helped NOBODY into a SOMEBODY (be sure to check out the Photo Album for pictures of the activities)  (See also NEWS for Gazette article)

The presenting students (their project in brackets):

President Kevin presents Lisa Miettinen with Tavistock Rotary's donation of 2 new book display units, complete with book holders - value $5,000. These new units, in recognition of Rotary's 60 years in Tavistock.  

For full details please go to - Tavistock Gazette June 23, 2010.  Also check out Photo Albums  Tavistock Library Display Units