We are pleased to welcome Martin Quick into our club, our tallest member (sorry John!)

 Martin comes to us from The Sonora 49ers in California and will be a great asset to our great club.

He was pinned by  David Fowler.

It was at a very well attended lunch meeting that the club  thanked all those decorators, homeowners and helpers who made this years Holiday House Tour such a sucess.  Without them of course this popular Niagara on the Lake event could not take place.

We hope to see most of you again next year.

A Great Big Thank You.

 It was with the greatest of pleasure that President Ward Simpson received a cheque for almost $2000  from Laurie Richardson , Peller Estates .

This was collected from their Silent Auction on behalf of our Holiday House Tour. 

We thank  the Staff at Peller Estates and assure them that the money will be put to great use,

Terry Recieving his Paul Harris pin plus one.

Congratulations Terry.

 The 2011 Holiday House Tour Ticket Prizes were drawn on Tuesday by our two exchange students.

First Prize: "Tea for Two" at the Prince Of  Wales and 2 Tickets to the Shaw Theatre, was won by Jennifer Olsen  of Niagara-On the-Lake.

Second Prize: a $75 gift certificate from Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club and Green Fees for 4, was won by Donna Froese of  Niagara Falls.

Third Prize:  2, $50 Certificates from RIverbend Inn, Niagara on the Lake was won by Jen Raymond of Ancaster.

Fourth Prize:   2  tickets for the Whirlpool Jet Boat was won by Gail Campbell, of  Niagara -on-the-Lake.

 Arn  Westlake  gave the club an interesting and entertaining  Classification speech  at our last meeting. 

Arn has been a Rotarian since 1976, first in Thunder Bay then  moving to Niagara on the Lake.  He joined our Club  briefly in 2002 but for personal reasons had to take a leave of absence, returning last year.

 We most certainly will be tapping on Arn's wealth of experience and making good use of his many talents.

Thank you Arn

 Pictures speak louder than words.

Santa   (Does any one know this man?)

Prince Charming with his 2  beautiful princesses, 2 Grand Scottish Dames and 2 lively elves.

And last,  but not least a cold, cold judge.

A fabulous Day!

 It was almost "standing room only" at The irish Harp when the club welcomed District Governor John Heise for his official visit.

 He met with board members prior to the  lunch meeting, when they were able to update him of their committee's various projects and events of the past year.

Governor John had the pleasure of inducting our newest member Veterinarian Dr Stephanie Hall into the club and then gave a short  encouraging speech .

The Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the Lake invites you to join us for the 13th Annual Holiday House Tour on December 2nd and 3rd.

 We have 6 fabulous houses to tour with the additional venues at Riverbrink Fine Art Gallery, McFarlane House, The Pumphouse Visual Art Centre and the Niagara Historical Museum.

 A lunch break can be taken at St Mark's Church, Peller Estates Winery or Niagara on the Lake Golf Club.

 Tickets are $25 Cad, $25 US.  These can be used both Friday and Saturday.

 There is a direct link to the website: Click on "Ticket Sales" at the top of the home page and you will be directed to the site, which will enable you to purchase tickets.

 OR :

 Phone 905 351 3807.

Chamber of Commerce on line: www.niagaraonthelake.com

 George was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 124. He taught for many years at Princess Margaret School in Niagara Falls. During his career he served on the Niagara District School Board for 3 terms. George also served on Niagara-on- the-Lake Town Council for 2 terms, was a serving member of the Order of St. John and was a founding member of the Niagara- on-the-Lake Rotary Club.

 "All Rotarians will miss George. He was a founding member of our club, respected teacher respected veteran who will be fondly remembered on Remembrance Day.
George is now at peace..............."Quiet Please"

 Grace Bannerman being presented with a Polio Now certificate after giving a lovely talk on her experiences at Vimy Ridge last year.

H.er parents must be very proud.

 The Rotary Club Of Niagara-on-the-lake

Requests students age 15 - 18 to apply for Youth Exchange Cultural Programme for the academic year September 2012  to June 2013.

 Host Families are arranged.  Choose from 19 countries.

One page application (deadline Nov 6)

Send to rotarygloria@sympatico.ca

Youth Exchange Officer.

More info at www.rotaryye7090.org

 Franco and his team,  Joan and Vinay , informed us all on the workings of The Foundation,  what  goes where and to whom.  Please remember and give to the Foundation this year.

Thankyou ,

Franco, Joan and Vinay.

 Members of the Niagara on The Lake Rotary Club showing their agility running around the track at the community centre in aid of "End Polio Now '

At the last tally we had made over $2000 in pledges.   Patrick McNeill is the star with over $500 collected.  Way to go Patrick. .....Feel free to make an appointment for a 1 hour free consultation at Quartek!

In honor of World  Polio  Week, which starts on 24 October, the Rotary Club of Niagara-onthe-Lake is holding a “WALK TO  END POLIO NOW” campaign  at Niagara-on the-Lake’s new Community Centre,as part of Rotary’s 26-year mission to eradicate the crippling childhood disease polio.

Members ofthe public are invited to donate to the campaign at the Walking Track  or  the lobby throughout the week, and / or they can sponsor members of the Niagara-on-the-LakeRotary Club who will be walking the track at lunchtime on Tuesday, 25^thOctober.

For further information on Polio week do to downloads.

 It was with great pleasure that our club hosted the Brazilian Group Study Exchange at a social evening  with friends and spouses.

A more charming group of young professionals would be  very hard to imagine; they included , 2 lawyers, 2 businessmen and a teacher from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.

Alex, Alessandra, Claudio, Gustavo and Larrissa enthralled us with a wonderful informative and entertaining  presentation of their beautiful country, with insights into culture, industry, agriculture and culinary delights, as well as introducing their family, friends and  even their pets to us.

My  tickets are now  bought for my trip to Brazil!

A huge thank you to the group and Good luck.

 

Steffanie Bjorgan unveiled the new Donor Tree at the RedRoof Retreat on a beautiful sunny afternoon Tuesday.  The event was attended by many of the RedRoof’s faithful and generous supporters who enjoyed finger foods and fine wineswhile listening to Frank Krahn on the keyboard. 

Of the many groups and individuals recognized for theircontributions, four students from Ridley College received special mention fromSteffanie.  They had selected the RedRoof Retreat as a school research project which they presented in their school,and later on, in a Toronto competition, took top honours, winning$5000.00.  The boys generously donatedtheir prize to the Red Roof Retreat. Well done!

Our club’s donations and on-going support were recognized onthe tree’s trunk and as an apple. Representing our Club were President Ward Simpson, Ruth deLaat, BarryKavanagh and Don MacDonald.

The October  11th luncheon meeting will be switched to a supper meeting in the Ward Simpson Meeting Room, the Community Centre  to welcome the Brazilians and listen to their presentation.

Spouses are invited to this meeting.

Tickets are $20 pp.  which includes wine.

We always give a warm welcome to Steffanie Bjorgan who this week gave us an  overview of Red RoofRetreat, the child, teen and now a young adult day care  facility forthose with  special needs.

Sheinformed us that most of the  fundraising  goes towards week-end respiteand the new adult Day Programme  that now  gobbles up cash and will probably only run for a limited period .

Stephanie also entertained us with herschool 'marm' interpretaion of  answering skill testing questions    and  gave out valuable prizes for correct  answers!

Weparticularly enjoyed the video presentation produced by Canadian Tirewhile they were involved in creating paths throughout the Red RoofProperty and I for one just loved the song "A Place Called Love" byJohhny Read which just  said everything that is Red Roof Retreat.

 Ruth gave Steffanie a great thank you and she will recieve a certificate towards the eradication of Polio.

Thanks Steffanie for all you do.

 

FYI

The club enjoyed a presentation from Lynn Ogryzlo food, wine and travel writer.

Lynn was instrumental in establishing the Niagara Culinary Trail and she also gave us an insight into the publishing of her 2 cookbooks Niagara Cooks and The Ontario Table both of which are bestsellers.

Remember the Motto, Buy local when possible.

Thanks Lynn.

 The Club gave a cheque of $500  to  "The Two Barb's'  from Buffalo Sunrise club for their Water and Sanitation Project in Tanzania.

We also received a plaque in recognition of our participation.

The first 2 phases of this programme, digging and installing the wells   have now been  completed and it  will move into the third phase, establishing education once  more funds are available.

 Travis Cairn's 4 year old daughter Katie was being taught the value of money after being given the huge sum of $10 by her great grandmother.
She was asked to put $1 in her piggy bank, $1 to do something "good" and she could spend the remainder on whatever.

Piggy bank - no problem. Spending $8 - no problem , but good works?   What does a 4 year old know.  Well it happens a lot!  She thought long and hard, then asked her dad about " that place he went to help out." 

Our "Happy dollars" this week has a very special loonie from Katie Cairns.......Thank you Katie.

TRIBUTE TO  Dr. KEN GOODWIN - ROTARY 7090 DISTRICT, GIFT OF LIFE

John Rydzic, a representative from Rotary Club International's  Gift of Life gave the members a wonderful presentation, sharing some of the highlights of Ken's many years of  involvement in the Gift Of Life .

 He told us that Ken  had the radical idea that he believed   children's surgery be performed   in their own country where they had family support and familiar surroundings. This  led to a medical team being formed and taken to Guatemala City where they now  have performed 30 successful heart surgeries over the years.

Ken was involved in many projects subsequently  but his most important legacy  was his personal "hands on" involvement with all the children and parents coming to Toronto for surgery.

John  Rydzic presented a  plaque to Ken's widow, Nicole.  Pictured on the plaque is  Vennia del Carmen the last child he helped through  The Gift of Life.

A cheque for $1600 was presented to John Rydzic which were  donations given  by individuals and friends of Niagara on the Lake Rotary Club in a tribute to  Dr Ken Goodwin's work and the 33 children he helped to save.

Look to The Niagara Advance this coming week for a story  on Dr Ken Goodwin  and the Gift of Life.

G'day Mate

Owen did his presentation  to the club in almost Auzzie attire with a wonderful acquired Auzzie accent.
His enthusiastic, informative, detailed presentation made one want to book a flight out right away.
He certainly was an ambassador for our club, speaking highly of Rotary and the benefits of our Students Exchange Program.  He is a fine young man and a fabulous storyteller, he will go far...and how farther can that be!

He also is an ambassador for Canada as his family is apparently having a few guests this Christmas and ongoing throughout the year.
 

Thanks Owen.

 The Club had a wonderful presentation from a very chic  returning exchange student Carly Cumpson. She was accompanied by a large contingent of family and Friends.

Carly was staying  near Lille , France for the past year and her great slideshow was full of her many European  trips and pictures of a huge number of friendships made along the way.

 We were all very jealous!

 We wish her all the very best in the start of her college at Ryerson.

 We willbe promoting Passion at the Peach festival. Saturday August 13 on Queen St. Ourbooth will be across the road from the post office. This year we will have atent and table to tell the Passion story. Also on duty will be Tianna H oursinger this year. Tianna will be accompanied by her music director on keyboard.

 The festival runs from 10-4pm.

Our President (Wardie) will be interviewed on CHCHTV.

For more information visit the Passion website

niagarapassion.com

  Is there anything more heartwarming for a family to see a place overflowing with love?
Ken's "Celebration of Life" was a beautiful service filled with music, readings , poetry  and family memories.   

His family gave a lovely insight into his personal life   and Nadja Lapere gave details of his many communityand international involvements through Rotary  and elsewhere  and ended with a lovely ovation  .......

"Toknow Ken is to love Ken.  To respect hisdedication, his heartfelt friendship and his willingness to "lend a hand" tothose in need.  He was a truehumanitarian and we are all RICHER for knowing Dr. Kenneth Goodwin.  Shown here today, by the sheer numbers, KenGoodwin has touched all of our lives. We will be forever grateful to have knownhim and proud to have called him friend !"

I believe this says it all

Adieu Ken.

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Dr Ken Goodwin.

Ken was a long time Rotarian, a very regular attendee, most of the time riding his bike.  He was a special person, quiet and unassuming but dedicated to the welfare of others and the environment.

Ken was a great advocate of the local hospice palliative care, Amnesty International  and  of course his main focus in Rotary was "The Gift of Life".  He was the chairman of the local district 7090 committee of this group.

He will be greatly missed by us all.

With Great Respect & Sympathy 

An enlightening presentation was given today by threerepresentatives of the NOTL Hydro.

Jim Huntingdon, Victoria Gillett and Brodie Mosher informedus that the new “time of use rates” which would be effective August 1,and willbe reflected in our September bill.

All NOTL households and businesses have been issued withSmart Meters, which will reduce the amount of energy consumption if usedcorrectly.   This meters relayinformation directly to NOTL > Ontario Hydro.

If there was only one thing that we remember from today’s presentationit was “The Rule of Seven.”  We shouldtry and run all our high energy consuming appliances, dishwashers ,  washer and dryers  between the off peak hours 7pm – 7am and allweekend and holidays.

We will all eventually be able to get a log – in tool thatwill allow us to monitor rates.

“Learning to Conserve Energy “workshops will be coming in October.

For more information you can log on to www.notlhydro.com

 Owners of Balance Fitness Studio,  Bonnie  Giampa and Briar Krieger gave a wonderful, entertaining talk on the benefits of regular exercise and healthy eating to our club members.

"Short term goals focus on a long term objectives" is their mantra. 

They extend an offer of a 1 month fitness trial,  including a complementary  fitness assessment for all Niagara on the Lake  Rotary Club  members and their guests.

Another 8 week Fitness Chalenge will commence on September 26th .  For further details visit their website @ www.BalanceFitnessStudio.ca

The evening event was a celebration with Rotary Colleagues, friends and family at the Red Roof Retreat.  We welcomed District Governor, John Heise and his wife Sandy, Past ADG, Franco Olivieri (Elizabeth) and ADG Ian McEwan (Megan).  The new Board, lead by President, Ward Simpson, consists of:  Past President, Bruce Hobin; President-elect, Howard Kudlats; Vice-President, Dave Lambert (unable to attend); Secretary, Lorna Penman; Treasurer, Karen Nelson; Director, Community Service, Matt Bedrosian; Director, International Service, Patrick MacNeill; Director, Vocational Service, Ralph Tallman; Director, New Generations, Gloria Szylak; Director, Club Service, Ruth de Laat.

Many thanks are extended to Past Secretary, Kate Hobin, Ruth de Laat, Ward Simpson and Past President Bruce Hobin for all the work they did to organize the event.  Thanks are also extended to Joe Will and Jamie Slingerland for providing the wine and to John and the caterers from 'Rest.'

Appreciation is sent to Steffanie Bjorgan for welcoming the guests to Red Roof and for providing an overview and tours of the facility.

It was a special pleasure to have Ken Goodwin join us.  Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

To each and everyone, thank you for your participation.  Enjoy your new Rotary Year in good will and fellowship!

 Incoming President, Ward Simpson and President Bruce Hobin present a cheque in the amount of $16,000 to Donna Scott, representing the NOTL Hospital Foundation.  This donation, coupled with $4000 from the Christmas Choral, provided $20,000 to the Walker Cancer Clinic LIbrary.  We have now contributed $30,000 towards our $100,000 commitment.

 Good News!  The Rotarian Magazine has a new digital option.  Members can choose to go paperless and subscribe to an electronic delivery of the magazine.  You can also choose to have both print and paperless deliveries if you desire.  Follow the link below to place your order.

http://www.rotary.org/EN/MEDIAANDNEWS/THEROTARIAN/Pages/digital.aspx

 It is with sadness that we say goodbye to George Howse who died on Tuesday.

 George was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 124. He taught for many years at Princess Margaret School in Niagara Falls. During his career he served on the Niagara District School Board for 3 terms. George also served on Niagara-on- the-Lake Town Council for 2 terms, was a serving member of the Order of St. John and was a founding member of the Niagara- on-the-Lake Rotary Club.

 "All Rotarians will miss George. He was a founding member of our club, respected teacher
respected veteran who will be fondly remembered on Remembrance Day.
George is now at peace..............."Quiet Please"

Ward Simpson President

There will be a Visitation at Morgan's on Sunday 2-4 p.m. and Monday 7-9 p.m.
 The Funeral  will be held at St Andrew's Presbytarian  Church, Simcoe Street,  Tuesday at 11 a.m.