Guests: no guests (so sad)

 

 

Smile:

 

A father put his 3 year old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers which ended by saying, "God bless mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless grandma and goodbye grandpa."

The father asked, "Why did you say goodbye grandpa?"

The little girl said, "I don't know, it just seemed like the right thing to do."

The next day grandpa died.

The father thought it was a strange coincidence.

A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers which went like this, "God bless mommy, God bless daddy and goodbye grandma."

The next day grandma died.

The father was sure the girl was in contact with the other side.

Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say, "God bless mommy and goodbye daddy."

He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dawn to go to his office. He was nervous as a cat all day as he watched the clock. He stayed at the office and thought if he made it to midnight he would be fine. He felt safe at the office. He stayed at the office, pacing and watching the clock but jumping at every sound. Finally when midnight came he breathed a sigh of relief and went home.

When he got home his wife said, "I've never seen you work so late, what is the matter?"

He said, "I don't want to talk about it. I've just spent the worst day of my life."

She said, "You think you had a bad day, You'll never believe what happened to me this morning. My golf pro dropped dead in the middle of my lesson."

 

 

Song: Grandmothers Clock

 

Sharing Pot: $18 won by R Chris who donated it to the Rotary Foundation.

 

Happy Bucks: weekend in Stratford, Applefest, part-time job as sommelier practicing drinking wine, life is good, all englishman good?? but the children are adorable, lots of time at TV watching the British pageantry, presentation enjoyable, never to sing God Save Our Queen again, grandson's wedding, SVPS BBQ, great presentation, memories of Queen, tea party in Cobourg.

 

 

R Clay shared about a recent Canada Rotary Project

 

Last year when Canada suspended the export of potatoes to the United States from Prince Edward Island due to a fungus found in two fields, Rotarians from Ontario rallied to help farmers offset their losses. Dozens of clubs coordinated the purchase, transport, and distribution of the still-edible crops to food banks. The Rotary Club of Bracebridge began the effort, tapping local government connections to arrange for a provincial grant of about US$9,000 to cover the acquisition and transport of 4,000 10 lb bags of potatoes from one of the growers. On Feb 19, members of five area Rotary clubs and one Rotaract club gathered in a warehouse to offload the spuds, sort the bags, and deliver them to 14 food banks. At his family farm near Charlottown, PEI, Rick Sanderson marvels at the thoughtfulness of those who worked with him to salvage a portion of his harvest. "I just really appreciate Rotary helping us out here in the time of need," Sanderson says.