January is Rotary Awareness Month PRESIDENTIAL CITATION January is the half-way point of our Rotary year. Now is the time to review the progress on our Rotary goals for the year and lay out a detailed plan to achieve them as planned. It is very im-portant that we focus on the Presidential Citation criteria as the deadline for submissions is March 31st, which gives us about two months to achieve it. The Presidential Citation is recognition from Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka to your entire Club. His criteria for this year’s citation are Peace through Service and the three areas of focus of the RI Strategic Plan. Think about of how proud your Club will be receiving a Citation this year from Presi-dent Tanaka. LIGHTHOUSE AWARD At the same time, you should review how your Club is doing towards receiving our District Lighthouse Award this year. Where do you sit on your RI Foundation, Polio Plus, and membership goals? The deadline for the Lighthouse Award is also March 31st. These Awards will be presented at a special Awards Luncheon on Sunday June 9, 2013 at Salvatore’s Italian Garden Restaurant

in Buffalo. Plan to bring many members of your Club to the luncheon to receive these well-deserved recogni-tions. This luncheon will be held in conjunction with the District Governor Changeover. ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH January is Rotary Awareness month. It is a time to focus on learning more about Rotary and your fellow Rotarians. Many Clubs are holding socials and dinners this month to promote Rotary fellowship. Area 11 held another of their Mix n’ Mingle evenings. These are great opportunities to focus on the first HIGH FIVE! goal of “Let’s have fun in Rotary”. These events also help cure the winter blues. Be sure to have a Classifi-cation talk from one of your members. Wear your Rotary pin and name badge with pride. Read the Rotarian magazine. Visit the District and RI websites at rotary7090.org and rotary.org. Do a makeup at anoth-er Rotary Club. Promote Rotary, your Club and your projects.

ROTARIANS FOR PEACE SYMPOSIUM The multi-district Rotarians for Peace Symposium will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013 (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. Consider joining Rotarians from Districts across the US and Canada for an extraordinary learning and inspirational experience. Learn about peace, development and global health – locally as well as internationally - and spend time with an incredible group of people who are changing the world.

Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka will kick off a day of captivating presentations and motivational stories. Our honoured guests will include: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, "The Gaza Doctor" & the

author of I Shall Not Hate Raseema Alam, a Rotary Peace scholar with over

15 years of experience in developing countries Dr. Bob Scott, a leader in Rotary’s battle against

polio Wilfred Wilkinson, Past President of Rotary

International and Master of Ceremonies Suhana Meharchand,

host CBC New Now There will be breakout sessions on peace in our schools, gang violence, medicine in conflict zones and more! Continued page 2…...

Inside this issue:

RI & District News 2—7

Club Events Calendar 8

Club News 9—15

Guiding Principles 16

District 7090 Newsletter January 2010

January 2013

DG Rick’s January Message

Governor Rick and Jeanette Sterne with RI President and Mrs. Sakuji Tanaka

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In addition to all the above, a lunch is included all for the amazing price of $100 per person!!

This is a symposium not to be missed! PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND.

Register to attend the multi-district Rotarians for Peace Symposium on March 2 in Toronto on the rotary7090.org website.

GSE TEAM Our outgoing GSE Team will be travelling to the Philippines next month. Our ex-traordinary team is: Team Leader Sherry Kerr Brantford Rotary Club Team Member Michelle Sass Brantford Rotary Club Team Member Jessica Manuel St Catharines Rotary Club Team Member Megan MacLeod Buffalo Rotary Club Team Member Kristen Smith St Catharines South Rotary Club

This will be the last time that a GSE Team as we know it, will be doing a month long cultural exchange to another country. Going forward under Future Vision the emphasis will be on Vocational Training Teams. Be sure to invite this team to visit your Club after they return mid-March to share their experiences.

In closing I’m pleased to report that the Rotary Clubs of District 7090 are out-standing and doing tremendous work. Thank you for the privilege of serving as your District Governor.

H I G H F I V E !

Rick Sterne District Governor Best of Friends District 7090

Governor’s Message continued

Rotary International Convention

Submitted by Wayne Fyffe, RI Convention Lisbon Promotion Chair

Convention registration fee is the biggest bargain going, but increases by $50.00 US Dec. 15 and again March 15! Go to www.riconvention.org and have your credit card ready – it’s easy!’

Presidents: please poll your members as to their intention to register for June 23 - 26, 2013 and let me know the number by email wfyffe@rogers.com. This way I can report to our DG; determine where best to spend my time; and your members can get together to plan their time in Portugal.

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News via email from RI on December 22, 2012 - Rotary Club Central

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

JOHN P. HEWKO General Secretary

To: 2012-13 district committee chairs and executive secretaries; club president, secretary, executive secretary, treas-urer, foundation chair, and membership chair December 2012 Dear 2012-13 district/club leader, Since Rotary Club Central was launched in July, thousands of clubs have used it to track their goals. New features and enhanced functionality have now been added! Service Project and Activities Goal Within the Service tab, club leaders can now set a goal and track achievements for the projects and activities the club plans to do over the course of the year. Clubs can include details about each project and activity to improve planning for the future. Public Relations Goal Within the Your Club tab, club leaders can now set a goal and track achievements for the public relations efforts their club plans to do over the course of the year. Club Group View This view allows assistant governors to see a summary of the goals and achievements for the clubs they are as-signed. Club groups are created and assigned by district governors. Club Snapshot In the coming weeks, the Rotary Club Central home page will provide each club member with an overview of the club. It will show club information, such as meeting location and number of members, as well as the club’s progress toward its goals for the year, all at a glance. We encourage you to continue giving us feedback on your experience with Rotary Club Central. Your responses will help us improve the tool for Rotarians worldwide.

If you have questions, email us or contact your Club and District Support representative. Regards, John Hewko

cc: 2012-13 district governors, district governor-elects, and assistant governors

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Great new INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR ROTARY Leaders—right click on the photo and click on “open hyperlink”

Rotary resources

Website news

Hi Rotarians,

This issue of the Rotary District 7090 Newsletter includes varied resources and news to enhance your Rotary experience. However, the most important resource you have is….wait for it……yes…....the District website www.rotary7090.org. Please get to know it. It really has everything you need to operate a successful club. Even if you do not have the skills (nor want to have them) to use the login feature, there is much to be had from the home page menu. The menu is the long list of items on the left side of the page. As an example, on the Club Presi-dent’s Page—you can find, among other things, the following downloads:

Club Leadership Plan—Club Meeting Agenda Sample—Club President's Monthly Checklist—Flag Etiquette—Important Contact Information RI & District—Installation of Club Officers Format—Lighthouse Award—Planning Guide for Effec-tive Rotary Clubs—Presidential Citation Brochure

Other menu items include Youth Services/New Generations—click on it to find out more about all the youth programs—including Youth Exchange, SlapShot, RYLA, Interact, Rotaract—etc. Please note, registration information for SlapShot and RYLA is already up on these pages and applications are being accepted.

On the right side of the home page, are links to other websites and videos—resources to help learn about the International Convention or more about RI Presi-

dent Tanaka. RSS at the bottom right of the home page is a place to get new news—all the time. Wikipedia defines “RSS” Rich Site Summary (often dubbed Really Simple Syndication) as a family of web feed formats used to publish frequent-ly updated works…..such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video. These feeds change all the time, so there is always something new to learn about what is going on in the world of ROTARY.

I get frequent requests for contact information for District Officers. Not necessary to wait to hear from me—go right to the website, click on Organization Chart up in the left hand corner, and you will see all the District leadership and if you click on the name of the leader you want, an email box will pop up and you can email them directly. If you prefer to speak with the person, email them for their phone number or login using the Login button—top left, and from the Admin Page, click on Organization (middle bottom box) and it will take you to the same chart and you can select your individual and “see” their phone number and call them.

Secretaries—and soon to be secretaries—don’t forget to put the District Assembly in your appointment calendar. We will have a couple of hours of Secretary Train-ing (which includes the website) on Saturday, May 4th at the Niagara Falls Confer-ence Center, NY.

Have a great month! Pene Hutton

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Best of Friends—Ski Day hosted by Ellicottville Rotary

To submit news for the newsletter, send your photos and captions, articles to:

Pene Hutton at phutton@netsync.net

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Discover and Propose Ways to Get Qualified Potential Members to Join Your Club

ClubRunner—connect—collaborate—communicate

Many clubs find it challenging to recruit new members. It no doubt is a challenge but what it comes down to is the power of persuasion and to a certain degree, selling. You might not realize it but the fact is that every day you unconsciously persuade people to do certain things, generally by showing them what's in it for them. In fact, if you use these same persuasion principles and techniques to try and recruit new members, you’ll be well on your way to successful-ly increasing your clubs membership levels. Be prepared: You never know where you might meet a qualified

prospective member, so it’s a good idea to always be prepared on how you want to promote Rotary to others. One of the most effective ‘sales pitches’ you can have is to be prepared with a brand positioning statement which defines what ex-actly your club does in one or two short sentences. Short elevator speeches, a guest invitation card, club brochures, information aboutRotary events are all great essen-tials to be prepared with when you find yourself with someone genuine-ly interested and requesting more information.

Reflect on the primary reason you first joined: A personal story is

generally very compelling. If you get a chance to communicate the value of membership to someone that connects with your story, it becomes easier to share the benefits of joining Rotary. Reflect on why you continue to remain a member of your club, what you like about being part of Rotary, how it has influenced you and how it has helped you grow as an individual. When you are able to effec-tively share your story with true passion, it will become easier for you to generate interest among prospective members.

Listen to the prospective members: The best way to make a sale is

to listen to the needs and wants of the other person and show them how you can help. Similarly, the best way to try to attract new members to your club is to listen to them and uncover their objections or concerns. If you are constantly facing objections, youhave to look at what the reasons are and whether there is some-thing that can be done to overcome these barriers. You might just hear reasons such as “I don’t have the money” or “I don’t have

the time”. Instead of dismissing these as excuses, provide more information and counter the reasons given with information aboutthe different types of member status (honorary) or with the at-tendance statistics required. The point is not to pester the pro-spective member and negate their excuses/reasons but it is to educate them more and then give them a chance to further think about the idea of joining.

Learn from the objections: The best way to attract new members

is to learn from the reasons why people aren’t joining and then address those concerns. If you find that the majority of people are unable to attend meetings at a certain time or at a certain loca-

tion, try to see if your club can address those concerns. If you find that high membership costs are a trending reason for potential members not joining, think of solutions to address that. By showing prospective members that their concerns are taken seriously, you portray your club to be welcoming and caring – some-thing that the prospective member will feel proud to be a part of. Follow up with prospective members: Following up with prospective members will make them feel desired and important

and will give you an opportunity to remind them of their interest in the club. Generally you have to reinforce and reiterate the benefits of joining the club at least once to keep the idea of joining Rotary fresh in people’s minds. This is one of the most overlooked aspects of recruitment, but the first year is crucial to cementing the mem-ber into the club and getting them involved, so that they stay for the long-term.

Adapted from the Asme Unit Leadership Resource Center

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Slapshot is coming—register early

  

ATTENTION:  Club Presidents, Secretaries & New Genera ons/Youth Chairs   

Happy New Year!  The countdown is NOW on for SLAPSHOT 2013…April 26‐28

 

109 days from today (January 7, 2013), we look forward to welcoming HIGH SCHOOL 

STUDENT LEADERS, 15‐18 years old, to District 7090’s 8th annual SLAPSHOT at Canter‐bury Hills, Ancaster, Ontario, CANADA – www.canterburyhills.ca   

Early Bird Registra on Deadline – February 28, 2013

Final Registra on Deadline – March 31, 2013 Only the first 100 registra ons will be accepted.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!  

For FULL DETAILS, go to: h p://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?accoun d=50043&pid=22412&sid=32036   There are THREE DOWNLOADS for you to access from this page on the District website:

SLAPSHOT 2013 Flyer – GENERAL INFORMATION & REGISTRATION RATES SLAPSHOT 2013 Club Informa on & Registra on Package – CLUB RESPONSIBILITIES & REGIS-

TRATION FORMS

SLAPSHOT 2013 Par cipant Informa on & Applica on Package – STUDENT RESPONSI-

BILITIES & APPLICATION FORMS   

Thank you for your a en on and considera on.  Please direct any concerns or ques ons to me.     With best regards,    Margaret   Margaret Andrewes, Chair District 7090 SLAPSHOT Commi ee 4750 Mountainview Road Beamsville, ON  L0R1B3 T: 905‐563‐4639; andrewes@sympa co.ca 

self with someone genuinely interested and requesting more informatio

self with someone genuinely interested and requesting more informatio

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ROTARY CLUB OF ORCHARD PARK HOLDS FIRST ANNUAL JEMIOLO’S FISH FRY DATE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013, 5pm to 8:30pm LOCATION: American Legion Hall, 3740 No. Buffalo Street, Orchard Park, NY COST: $12—price includes either beer battered o9r breaded fish, cole slaw & macaroni salad, choice of lazy pierogi or French fries and rye bread and butter CONTACT: Elaine James at 716/662.8069 or emjames@hotmail.com ROTARY 7090 SKI DAY 2013—HOSTED BY ELLICOTTVILE DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013, 9am to 4:30pm (lifts open at 9:30am; lunch is at Noon) LOCATION: Holimont in Ellicottville, NY COST: Tickets are $60 for SKI PASS and LUNCH; $20 for LUNCH ONLY CONTACT: Jack Luzier at 716.945.2283 or jcluzier@gmail.com. Door prizes, drawings, games, raffles. ROTARY CLUB OF GRIMSBY @ NOON HOSTS 8TH ANNUAL CHARITY MAYOR’S GALA—proceeds to McNally House Hospice DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2013, Cocktails at 5:30pm/Gourmet Dinner at 6:30pm/followed by Silent Auction/Dancing LOCATION: Casablanca Winery Inn COST: Tickets are $125 Early Bird; $150 after December 31st CONTACT: Carolyn Webb at 905.945.7039 ROTARY CLUB OF STONEY CREEK HARLEY DAVIDSON RAFFLE DATE: DRAWING IS MAY 4, 2013 COST: Tickets are $20 (limited to 3500 tickets sold) CONTACT: Stoney Creek Rotarians ROTARY CLUB OF LEWISTON—NIAGARA ON THE LAKE SHAW FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER—SAVE THE DATE FOR—GUYS AND DOLLS! DATE: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013, Matinee beginning at 12:45pm LOCATION: Shaw Festival Theatre COST: $85 US/CND per person all inclusive of drinks, food and show CONTACT: US: Ron Danielwicz, 290 Glendale Rd., Youngstown, NY 14174; 716.870.1307 or nwebiz@aol.com CA: John Shaver, 575 Simcoe St., Unit 15, NOTL ON LOS1J0; 905.468.7452; jshaver3@cogeco.ca ROTARY CLUB OF LINCOLN PRESENTS “WING DING” A CHICKEN WING & BLUES FESTIVAL—SAVE THE DATE—INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AS A VENDOR? CONTACT A LINCOLN ROTARIAN DATE: SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013 & SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2012, Noon ‘til ppm LOCATION: Charles Daley Park, Jordan, Ontario CONTACT: Lincoln Rotarians ROTARY CLUB OF HAMILTON CELEBRATES 100 YEARS—SAVE THE DATE—November 2, 2013 CENTURY OF SERVICE GALA AND DINNER DANCE DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013 LOCATION: Liuna Station, 360 James Street, Hamilton COST: $175, includes dinner, host bar and door prize/$150 early bird price by December 31, 2012 CONTACT: admin@rotaryclubhamilton.ca

Club Events Calendar

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RYLA Student reports back to his club

The Rotary Club of Hamilton East-Wentworth welcomed their 2012 RYLA candidate to make a presentation on his experience and to tell us why the pro-gram is so important for tomorrows leaders.

Sean Cameron, a 2nd year co-op business student at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, was introduced by his grandfa-ther - Club President Jim McDonnell.

Sean told up that he was very apprehen-sive and was not sure what to expect but soon settled in to enjoy a week of learn-ing and fellowship. He and the other participants learned many of the finer points of leadership, that it means reaching beyond ones comfort zone, encouraging team-work and goal setting.

The program consisted of role playing, applying problem solving techniques and participating in committees to organize daily newsletters, the dinner an a talent contest. He encouraged our club to contin-ue supporting youth in their endeavors for self improvement. He presented a short slide show of photos taken during the week.

Sean was thanked by Rotarian Ron Schmuck.

As an addendum to the above Sean used his skills learned at RYLA to lead a team

at Laurier to win a $35,000 Koodo contest between participating universities for his favorite charity - the Colin Glassco Foundation for work in Zambia.

Greater Jamestown AM YE Student reports in

My month of December went well. I went to Andorra for a five day skiing trip that was fun in the mountains. It was a great chance to meet Spanish kids and hang out with them as well. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life. Plus I got to ski in some great mountains. The Christmas came and for that we went to the Grandparents house. It was a huge dinner with the whole family and we exchanged presents and Santa came. It was nice to meet the whole family and we sang and ate plenty. It was a different type of Christmas but one that I enjoyed very much. We also got to set off fireworks as well which was great and plus its legal here—unlike New York. For New Year's nothing special really just watched the ball drop with my family and had dinner with some others of the family. Of course the twelve seconds before Midnight you must eat twelve grapes for good luck so that was a new custom I had never done before. I was able to do it so it means I will have good luck for the rest of the year. Then recently I went to Valle de Caido which is the tomb of Franco for a visit which is an amazing structure. A huge cross sits on a mountain with a basilica located

underneath the mountain. We then drove to go see the Escorial which was a palace and then a monastery. Also it is where all the kings are buried and has a great tomb so you can see all of the caskets. It was full of artwork and other artifacts that was interest-ing to me. Then today we went to tour the Royal palace. It is my favorite building in Spain for the time being. The ceilings were beautiful as well as the throne room among many other things. I have been blessed to be able to visit such great places.

The language is coming. Though I must keep working at it. I understand pretty much everything but need to continue to work on speaking it. My host family is great and helpful through all of this. This will mark 4.5 months with them now. Everything else is going well and on January 6th we celebrate Three Kings Day which is when they give presents to each other here. It’s more than just a religious holiday here—it is quite commercial as well. I hope all is going well there and that you had a great Christmas.

Greg Nelson, YE Student in Spain

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Lockport’s Interact rings bell

Submitted by Marie Bindemann

Lockport High School’s Interact Club generated some holiday spirit and community service recently. On Saturday, December 8th, a number of club members could be found ringing the bell for Salvation Army at Walmart and Tops on Transit Road, Lockport. Over the week, starting December 8th, Interact and Rotary Club members are giving over 60 hours of time to ring the bell or stand by the traditional red kettle that most people are familiar with.

Sponsored by Rotary Club of Lockport and advised by teacher and Rotarian, Molly Apolito, the Interact Club is a real credit to the school.

In the photo to the left: Zanisha Suter, Lockport High School student and member of the school’s Interact Club was an enthusiastic volunteer during the club’s volun-teer effort for Salvation Army.

Submitted by Marie Bindemann

Members and guests of the Rotary Club of Lockport gathered at the Tuscarora Inn in Lockport to build holiday spirit, invite new members and announce the winner of the 2nd Annual Jingle Bell Raffle, a fund raiser for the club’s world community service.

The winning ticket, a 19 diamond cluster pendant was sold by Rotarian, Rene’ Rebmann. The pendant was donated by George Fritz of Mills Jewelers, Lockport. Posing with Fritz (left) are Heather peck, Membership chair and David Kinyon, Past President and winner of the split club drawing.

Money raised from the raffle goes primarily to PolioPlus,. the most ambitious program in Rotary's history.

Rotary Club of Lockport will also team up with the Buffalo Sunrise Rotary Club to support well drilling at a girl’s school in Tanzania and has other projects in devel-opment.

Lockport announces winner of Jingle Bells raffle

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Lewiston—Niagara on the Lake is busy helping others

St. Catharines South fulfills promise

Submitted by John Nash Thomas Lorentz on January 16 told West Seneca Rotarians about Main Mobility, the largest manufacturer of accessible vehicles in the world. In Clarence, New York, his company converts vans to make them wheelchair accessible for people with physical mobility challenges. Lorentz described his work with scooters, lifts, stair lifters, transfer seats and turn-out seats. His fascinating story included the riveting case of a vehicle customized to enable a person with neither feet nor hands to drive by head movements alone. Go to www.mainmobility.com for more information.

Main Mobility’s Thomas Lorentz demonstrates enabling apparatus.

Submitted by Roseanne Morissette This photo captures the presentation of $750,000 to the Niagara Health System - Heart Investigation Unit - on behalf of the Rotary Club of St. Catharines South. Take It To Heart Chair Melody Cunningham (middle), Co-chair Cathy Henry (2nd from left) and Performance Cars Co-Founder John Mann (4th from left) present the committee’s fulfilled pledge to It’s Our Time Campaign Honorary Co-Chair John Walker (far left) and NHS Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Sven Pallie (far right). The group is pictured in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab that will be named in Take It To Heart’s honor at the new NHS St. Catharines Site, opening March 24, 2013.

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Paul Harris Night at Welland

Submitted by Don Thorpe The Rotary Club of Welland held it's Paul Harris night on December 18, 2012 at the Riverstone Event Centre in Welland. There were over 50 in attendance including family, former Paul Harris Fellow recipients, Past District Governors John Heise and Karen Oakes and Assistant District Governor Richard Beifuss. Past District Governor John Heise presented the 2011 - 2012 Changemaker Award to Past President Tim Wright who accepted it on behalf of the entire Club. John mentioned that he was very pleased that he could personally deliver his congratulations. Mary Iannazzo, last year's recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow, introduced one of this year's recipients, Rob deSmit, as a proud single father of Rebecca and Jaimie. Rob joined the Rotary Club of Welland in March, 2007 and was the Club President in 2010-2011. He puts his dedication to service in several ways. When he is not travelling, he helps out annually with the TV Auction, the Welland Food Drive, bar-tends at the Food Festival, Dragon Boat Festi-val and Illuminaqua. He has also helped with the community living garden. He has acted as host father for recent exchange student Adam. Rob has also put his love of travel together with his desire to serve doing 2 sweat equity trips with Rotary and a trip to Pass Christian, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to help with the rebuilding. Vic Kerschl, a Paul Harris Fellow +1 (PHF+1) introduced the second recipient. Tim Wright has been involved with Community organiza-tions since he came to Niagara in the early 1990's. Tim joined the Welland County Gen-eral hospital as CEO in 1993 and during his tenure made significant changes to its opera-tion including moving its Board from an operations to a policy governance model. From 2000 to 2002, he was appointed Vice-president Regional Operations for the newly integrated Niagara Health System. From 2002

through his retirement in 2010, Tim shifted gears by taking on the position of Executive Director with the Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre, now known as the Niagara Children's Centre and developed a close relationship between the Centre and the Rotary Club. Tim is involved in several community organizations including the United Way of South Niagara. He joined the Rotary Club of Welland on October 1, 1997 and has been actively involved in all of the Clubs activities. A PHF+1, Tim has dedicated more than his allotted time to the Rotary Club of Welland. He was President in 2003-2004. During a time of Club succession problems, he stepped up and became President for a second time in 2011-2012. Paul Leon, one of the Club's newer members, came forward to introduce the next recipient of the Paul Harris award. Peter Papp is being recognized for his community service. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, presently is a Board Member of Habitat for Humanity Niagara, is on the Smarter Niagara (Smart Growth) Committee, a Member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Board Member of the Welland-Pelham Chamber of Commerce, a Member of the Region's Transportation Strategy Steering Committee, Chair of the Region Specialized Transit Advisory Committee, Co-chair of Niagara's Children's Right Interest Group, Vice-chair of Pelham Corporate Services Committee, a Member of the Niagara Community Foundation Alloca-tions Committee and a Member of Niagara Homelessness Committee. He is a past Board Member of the Welland Multicultural Heritage Council as well as the YMCA of Niagara. He is heavily involved with the Niagara Community Foundation encouraging others to contribute to the Endowment Fund. Joining Welland Rotary on October 30, 2009, he has become a valued Member of the Rotary family. Continued on Page 11.

Mary Iannazzo presents to Rob deSmith

Tim Wright receives Paul Harris from Vic Kerchl

Tim Wight receives Changemaker Award on behalf of Club

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Paul Harris Night………….

President Kerry Thomas introduced Deb Zahra, a Paul Harris Fellowship recipient for commu-nity involvement. Deb is extremely active in the community. A community volunteer teach-ing yoga and core fusion at the YMCA and throughout the region, she is also involved with the Mayor's Gala Committee. She joined Welland Rotary on February 1, 2011 and has been a member of the Board this year. She is also a Board Member of the Welland Sports Tourism Alliance, secretary of the North Wel-land Business Improvement Area, Director of the Welland Recreational Canal Corp., Director of the Welland Hospital Foundation, volunteer/member of the Welland Hospital Special Events and was recently elected as Director to the Welland/Pelham Chamber of Commerce. As a business woman with a very successful Boston Pizza, she has created partnerships with many community organizations such as Welland Scouts, the Chamber of Commerce, Rose Festi-val and Food Festival. She has assisted organi-zations such as the Perpetual Peace Project and other community groups to raise funds using her 'amazing' staff via celebrity servers and booster nights. She has forged great partnerships with the Job Gym and the John Howard Society, local schools and Rotary At Work to create jobs for youth and the disad-vantaged. This community activist is the recipi-ent of the Boston Pizza Community involve-ment Award, Business of the Year from the Chamber of Commerce in 2010, Business Takes Action Award and Community Living Award.

Past District Governor Karen Oakes came forward to present a Paul Harris Award to Dr. Joe Vedova. This was awarded as a result of financial contributions to the Rotary Founda-tion. Karen thanked Joe for his contribution to the Foundation and commented that the entire Club Membership should be thanked for being one of only 5 Clubs in the District noted as

Sustaining meaning that each Member has contributed at least $100 US to the Foundation annually. She noted that Jim Goldsmith has also received a Paul Harris Award, a PH+3 for his financial contributions. As he is not in attendance tonight, it will be given to him at a later date.

Peter Papp receiving PHF from Paul Leon

Kerry Thomas Introduces Deb Zahra

PDG Karen Oakes with Joe Vedova

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Westfield—Mayville adds another husband and wife team

Submitted by Ann Weidman ]Michael and Mary Jancek of Mayville are the third man/wife couple to become members of the Westfield/Mayville Rotary Club. Inducted last month by Don Dowling, Membership chair, the Janceks are relatively new to the area having moved to Mayville from Minnesota two years ago. Brother Jancek, however, was born and raised in Erie. He completed train-ing and certification for the Grief Recovery Institute and has worked for 15 years as a Licensed Profes-sional Counselor in Minnesota (LPC). He currently is licensed in Pennsylvania. Having grown up in Minnesota, Sister Mary received her Bachelor of Art in Nursing from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. She has worked as a Hospice and Parish RN in MN.

Currently, both belong to a Francis-can Order with the (Independent) Eucharistic Catholic Church in Toron-to, Canada. They also have worked with Native American Ministry through Fargo, ND, community churches. “I am looking forward to participat-ing in projects with Rotary and getting to know people in the community,” Sister Mary said of her membership. Brother Mike added, “I believe that Rotary and Franciscan values are closely aligned. They are about

reaching out and helping people.” The Janceks’ membership brings a total of four new members to the W/M club for the 2012-2013 year.

Membership Chair Don Dowling welcomes Mary and Michael Jancek to the club.

Submitted by Patrick Leeney Looking for an enjoyable fund raising activity for your Club? Consider a “Duck Race”. A Duck Race is an enjoyable and financially rewarding warm season, outdoor fundraiser suitable for all service clubs. The Race is normally scheduled to complement a fair or similar community event. Numbered plastic ducks are set out on a water racecourse and floated to a finish line where winning duck numbers are recorded. Tickets with a corresponding duck number have been pre-sold, with prizes awarded for the winners. The floating plastic ducks, necessary equipment, and a trailer to hold everything is available for rental from the Rotary Club of Dunnville, located in Dunnville, Ontario. Floating, numbered plastic ducks are provided for rent for a two week period

at .40 cents per duck. This rate includes trailer & equipment. Our Club has an inventory of over 4000 numbered ducks in good condition. Please give us one months notice to make arrangements. Contact us for more information, tips on organizing a successful duck race, or to contact our satisfied customers for a reference on our duck rental program.

To reach out to our Duck Master, use the link on www.dunnvillerotary.ca for Rotarian (and current Club president), Ian Durand

Rent a duck race fundraiser, anyone?

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Norfolk clubs—Delhi, Simcoe and Norfolk Sunrise perform magic

Submitted by Ross Gowan Making money multiply may sound like an old trick. But when you can make money double while also helping other people, you’ve successfully improved the lives of many people and built a better community. That’s what all three of Norfolk’s Rotary clubs did in 2012. Through matching grants provided by Rotary District 7090, each of the three Norfolk clubs multiplied their local financial support to a project. Local Rotary clubs raise funds through various activities in order to provide service to local and international communities. In some cases funds pledged by local clubs can be enhanced with funds provided by The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Club of Delhi, with a matching grant from District, purchased much needed playground equipment for the Delhi Laugh & Learn Daycare. The Rotary Club of Simcoe, with a similar matching grant from District 7090, this year is commencing the drilling of a well at a small rural community centre, in the vicinity of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in North Central Haiti. The Simcoe Rotary club will work in partnership with a Rotary club in Haiti, such as for Rotary Inter-national’s 200th well drilled at Pelican School in Verrette, Haiti, in 2011. The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise, with matching District funds, installed a galva-nized steel stairs that connects the north-south Waterford Heritage Trail, part of the Trans-Canada Trail, with the newly constructed linking trail that connects the trail network to the Waterford downtown. Rotary International’s District 7090 is comprised of over 70 clubs spanning the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario and north-eastern New York State, with the Norfolk clubs defining the District’s western frontier in Ontario. Bill Clevette, Assistant District Governor representing the three Norfolk clubs, stated "It’s a bit unusual for all three Norfolk clubs to be successful with their applications to receive matching grants from District. The grants certainly do add leverage to the service that local clubs are able to provide—and that’s where the magic lies.”

The Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and fos-ter:

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignify-ing of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. The Four-Way Test The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions: Of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned

Rotary’s Guiding Principles

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Support and Strengthen Clubs Foster club innovation and flexibility Encourage clubs to participate in a variety of service activities Promote membership diversity Improve member recruitment and retention Develop leaders Start new clubs Encourage strategic planning at club and district levels

Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service Eradicate polio Increase sustainable service focused on: - New Generations Service programs - Our six areas of focus Increase collaboration and connection with other organizations Create significant projects both locally and internationally

Enhance Public Image and Awareness Unify image and brand awareness Publicize action-oriented service Promote core values Emphasize vocational service Encourage clubs to promote their networking opportunities and signature activities