Sunrise bulletin for the week of September 5, 2012
Posted by Rob Goodell
on Sep 5, 2012
Thanks to Eduardo de Santiago for being guest bulletin editor for the past 2 weeks and to Larry Belsito who also helped. When they do the bulletin, there's a reasonable chance it's an accurate report of what happened at the meeting, unlike most weeks when the bulletin is 99 percent fiction.
The last two meetings in a row, President Julie Mantle has inducted a new member. Last week it was Gary Chomyn and today it's Cleopatra Perez. Here she is with Matthew Lynam who proposed her for membership. Now we're up to 23 active members, not bad for the first months of the new Rotary year.
Counting Cleopatra, we were 15 members and no guests at Wednesday's breakfast. Diana Theman is back from her week in PEI and Nova Scotia, and Ann-Shirley and I survived our week of hiking in the Alberta Rockies. We know that John Haley is in Australia. Larry will soon be on his way to Ontario for a month and Ann-Shirley leaves this weekend on a 3-week assignment in Colombia, South America.
Today's program
This morning's program was on the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club as presented by Jason Takefman, General Manager, and Jeff Hallway, Community Relations Manager. They explained how the team of a few years ago was not drawing many fans and the future of the ballpark was in doubt, until a new owner bought the team and negotiated a 25-year lease on the facility. Now, the stands are full (13 sold-out games this season and a total season attendance of 164,000). They've worked hard to make the games a fun, family activity, including corporate barbecues and varied entertainment on the field.
The team is a minor league farm team for the Toronto Blue Jays and has had a good season. The Canadians won last night's game and are now in the league playoffs. Tickets start at $12.50.
For more information on the Vancouver Canadians, go to www.canadiansbaseball.com.
Club news
The Vancouver Fraserview club has invited us to enter a team in their Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, September 21. This is a fundraiser for The Rotary Foundation and the Polio Eradication fund. Costs and details are available at www.vancouverfraserviewrotary.org. Send Julie an email if you want to play.
President Julie introduced Ann-Shirley Goodell as our new President Elect. Watch out, folks, she's tough.
Alison MacLean left yesterday for Afghanistan, taking with her the protective gear we provided for the women police cadets there. After her return, she'll be our speaker on October 10.
Julie was busy today, passing out new Rotary vests. When is the fashion show?
Next week
Remember that our September 12 meeting is moved to the Coast Hotel Stanley Park on Denman Street at Comox. We'll be in the Gifford Room on the 3rd floor. If you forget and show up at the Coast Coal Harbour, you'll find it very lonely. But have a good time.
See you next Wednesday at the Coast on Denman.
Rob
The last two meetings in a row, President Julie Mantle has inducted a new member. Last week it was Gary Chomyn and today it's Cleopatra Perez. Here she is with Matthew Lynam who proposed her for membership. Now we're up to 23 active members, not bad for the first months of the new Rotary year.
Counting Cleopatra, we were 15 members and no guests at Wednesday's breakfast. Diana Theman is back from her week in PEI and Nova Scotia, and Ann-Shirley and I survived our week of hiking in the Alberta Rockies. We know that John Haley is in Australia. Larry will soon be on his way to Ontario for a month and Ann-Shirley leaves this weekend on a 3-week assignment in Colombia, South America.
Today's program
This morning's program was on the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club as presented by Jason Takefman, General Manager, and Jeff Hallway, Community Relations Manager. They explained how the team of a few years ago was not drawing many fans and the future of the ballpark was in doubt, until a new owner bought the team and negotiated a 25-year lease on the facility. Now, the stands are full (13 sold-out games this season and a total season attendance of 164,000). They've worked hard to make the games a fun, family activity, including corporate barbecues and varied entertainment on the field.
The team is a minor league farm team for the Toronto Blue Jays and has had a good season. The Canadians won last night's game and are now in the league playoffs. Tickets start at $12.50.
For more information on the Vancouver Canadians, go to www.canadiansbaseball.com.
Club news
The Vancouver Fraserview club has invited us to enter a team in their Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, September 21. This is a fundraiser for The Rotary Foundation and the Polio Eradication fund. Costs and details are available at www.vancouverfraserviewrotary.org. Send Julie an email if you want to play.
President Julie introduced Ann-Shirley Goodell as our new President Elect. Watch out, folks, she's tough.
Alison MacLean left yesterday for Afghanistan, taking with her the protective gear we provided for the women police cadets there. After her return, she'll be our speaker on October 10.
Julie was busy today, passing out new Rotary vests. When is the fashion show?
Next week
Remember that our September 12 meeting is moved to the Coast Hotel Stanley Park on Denman Street at Comox. We'll be in the Gifford Room on the 3rd floor. If you forget and show up at the Coast Coal Harbour, you'll find it very lonely. But have a good time.
See you next Wednesday at the Coast on Denman.
Rob