The Rotary Club of
Ridgetown
Membership Newsletter
Aug ,22 2022
2022-23
President
: Kees Boeters
President-Elect:
Ron Bolohan
Past President
: Jeff Geddes
Treasurer
: Reinout von Martels
Secretary
: Paul Brown
Sergeant at Arms
: David Klatt
Directors:
David Klatt, Brian Pasmore, Ben Van Heeswijk and Bob Wilson
Attendance:
Members: 10
Spouses and Guests: Spouses and Guests: Theo and Dirkje Boeters, Joan Cofell, Glenda Pasmore, Barb Rose, Doris Scoyne, Mary Jane Youlton
Birthdays:
None
Anniversaries: None
Meeting Date: 2022-08-20 at the Anglican Hall.
The meeting started at 7:10, after a supper of a boxed meal from Sam’s Restaurant in Ridgetown.
Program:
1. Kees: Tree Planting
102 Trees will be planted in an area mowed by the municipality along the Memorial Tree Trail, on 2022-10-01
This is a shared project with the Horticultural Society
2
Kees: Next meeting details.
Sept 12 joint meeting with Dresden in their new hall
visit with District 6380 Governor Bala
Board meeting same day start at 3.30 PM at Kees’ Home, with Bala
Need plans for this year and financial report
Also show projects that have been done in the past so as the med center, benches, and Senior Center
6.00 PM carpool leaves for Dresden Rotary Club The Wheelhouse 547 North street Dresden
Let Kees know on time who is coming to this combined meeting this is important to let Dresden know how many extra meals they have to order
3. Kees introduced Joan Cofell to speak about her continued work with monarch butterflies.
Joan thanked Bob Wilson for inviting her to speak
Joan continues her work with Monarchs, as she described to us the last time she spoke to us
Monarchs are not doing well, compared to 20 years ago
She mentioned that in the area where they winter, their breeding ground has shrunk from 18 hectares to only 2.3-2.4 in 2020-21
This is not a good year for Monarchs
A group went out to Rondeau Park to tag monarchs and didn’t find any
Joan mentioned several plants that we could plant in our gardens that attract monarchs, including either the common or swamp milkweed
She also described how she tags wings and fixes wings, plus the whole process of the monarchs going from caterpillars to butterflies
Kees thanked Joan for once again providing us with information about these wonderful butterflies
4. Kees: Request from Trust, a former student at the Ridgetown Campus of the U of G
He is working as a food inspector in London
He is looking for furniture for his apartment in London
Joan mentioned that there is some in the Anglican Hall that he can have if he can find a way to get them
Note: No minutes from the Theatre production in Petrolia.
President Kees asked if there was “Anything for the good of Rotary?”
Kees closed the meeting at 7:40 pm
The next meeting is on 2022-09-12, 2022 (See item #2 above)
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