Meeting was conducted by President Mike Mushet
Anthem: Gordon Brown
Grace: Arthur Retnakaran
Toast: Mike Mushet
Attendance: 14 including 1 guest
Guest: Arindam Maitra from the Rotary Club of Salt Lake Central, India
Announcements:
1.) Peter Masson: Paul Harris Scholarship Banquet will be held on the 10th floor of Centennial College on Progress Avenue on Monday the 28th of May at 6:30 PM. Cost is $30 per person, please sign up.
2.)Gerd Wengler: Described an interesting trip he made with his wife Dorothy who loves the arctic, flying 5 befuddled snowy owls back to the arctic from Burlington to Churchill, Manitoba. The estimated time was 8 hours and when they refilled at Pickle Lake in Northern Ontario they learnt that they were going to face freezing rain in Churchill and therefore they landed in Gillam which is south of Churchill where they released the owls. The first four flew out without any persuasion but the recalcitrant fifth one had to be coaxed out with a stick to avoid the wicked talons!
3.) Donna Salamalay: Reminded everyone of the Scarborough Community Association BBQ on Saturday June 2nd at the Southern Parking Lot of the Agincourt Mall on Sheppard Avenue East between 12:00 and 2:00 PM. Our Club is one of the sponsors and we will have a tent set up for us to disseminate information. Saifoo Lau from our club will be there among others.
Marbelous Draw: Jim Boyko conducted the draw and our guest Arindam drew David Seemungal’s ticket and he was the proud winner of the consolation prize of $5!
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Gordon Brown collected a dollar from everyone who did not wake up at 7:00 AM to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan.
Arthur was happy with all the volunteers who helped out with the pod assignments.
Program:
Allan Meredith introduced the speaker, our own Barry Smith who spoke on, “No wills, Old wills and Poor wills”.
Barry gave a very informative presentation on this apropos subject interlaced with real life stories. He assured us that the Government will not take it all unless there is no next of kin but you will not have any control unless you have a will. Without a will the benefits may not go to the intended individuals. If there is no estate trustee (executor) the Government will step in. The cost of estate administration without a will can be extremely high. Deceased executor or beneficiary might create problems if the will is poorly written and not up to date. Powers of attorney are also equally important. There were a lot of questions from the gallery. Here is a recording of Barry’s presentation as recorded by Peter Masson.
Gerd Wengler thanked the speaker and presented him with a whiskey goblet engraved with our club insignia.
President Mike Mushet closed the meeting with the ringing of the bell.
Joke of the week: (Thanks Arthur)
A blond city girl named Amy marries a Wisconsin farmer.
One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the farmer says to her, 'The artificial insemination man is coming over to impregnate one of our cows today, so I drove a nail into the 2 by 4 just above the cow's stall in the barn. Please show him where the cow is when he gets here, OK?'
The farmer leaves for the fields. After a while, the artificial insemination man arrives and knocks on the front door. Amy takes him down to the barn. They walk along the row of cows and when Amy sees the nail, she tells him, 'This is the one right here.'
The man, assuming he is dealing with an airhead blond, asks, 'Tell me lady, 'cause I'm dying to know. How would you know this is the right cow to be bred?'
'That's simple," she said. "By the nail that's over its stall,' she explains very confidently.
Laughing rudely at her, the man says, 'And what, pray tell, is the nail for?'
Amy turns to walk away and says sweetly over her shoulder......
'I guess it's to hang your pants on.'
(It's nice to see a blond win once in awhile.)
