Speakers

Joihn and Directors will be discussing priorities for 2018-19, getting input from members. We are 1 1/2 weeks away from the Rortary Wheels Car Show in Rotary Park and Colleen will review status and volunteer duties. We have just over 2 weeks until the sandcastle building event on Skaha Beach. Richard will review details of plans and required actions.

There will be no morning meeting as an evening potluck BBQ and social is planned.

Randy is a past member of the Penticton Okanagan Rotary Club and a former Curator of the Penticton Museum & Archives. His family has lived in Penticton for several generations and Randy is a student/teacher of local history. Randy is also an excellent story teller! To learn more about the murder of Aniota Budde and the following police chase, you have to attend the meeting on August 7th.

Amanda & Paul own the McPhail Kilt Makers business in Penticton. The hand make kilts for people throughout north America. They also assisted Rotary by promoting & supplying props for the Rotary Scotch Tasting event. Amanda will give a brief history of kilts and will discuss kilt making.

There will be no morning meeting as an evening potluck BBQ is planned.

Richard is our Member of Parliament and the NDP Critic for Natural Resources. Asked him to talk about his role as Critic and important issues.

Aaliyah was our outbound International Exchange Student for 2017-2018. She spent a year of high school in Florence, Italy. Aaliyah will give us a presentation of highlights from her Rotary sponsored year in Italy.

Sept 18th will be our AGM. 

Over the past two years, the club has selected several local hero to honour with a Paul Harris Award. On September 25th we will have a new hero to introduce and we'll also ask the "hero" to be our guest speaker.

Jorg & Anette created and own Maple Leaf Spirits Inc located on Naramata Road. They will review the history of the property, the challenges of starting the business, the distillery process, their product line, and why you shouild visit their tasting room. Maple Leaf Spirits will also be one of the sponsors of our Scotch Tasting Event.

We will also be presenting our first 'Student of the Month' award for the 2018-2019 school year.

Cal will talk about the Meiklejohn's two generation local architecture firm, it's early and recent impact on Penticton's buildings, and the evolution to the firm's current status in the Okanagan.

Monica is our international student from Spain and the Canary Islands. She is spending a year in Penticton, attending Pen High and staying with Rotary Host Families. She will talk about her home and family.