SERVICE ABOVE SELF The Rotominder CHATHAM, ONTARIO Rotary Club of Chatham www.chathamrotary.com Chatham Capitol Theatre, Rotary Lounge rotaryc@ciaccess.com 238 King St W. Phone 519-354-8300 Wednesdays at 12:15 P.M. Fax 519-354-5535 ORIGINAL CHARTER # 1011 issued - November 1 st, 1921 President Charles Seaman PRESIDENT OF R.I. DISTRICT 6380 GOVERNOR SECRETARY EDITOR Kalyan Banerjee Stephen Youtz Keith Dawson Sandee Frederick 2011-2012 Rotary Club of 19 Braemar Blvd Executive Secretary Club Vapi Milford Chatham, ON Rotary Club of Gujarat, India Michigan N7M 6G2 Chatham Reach Within to Embrace Humanity WEDNESDAY May 9, 2012 DATE PUBLISHED May 10, 2012 Our guest speaker this week was Steve Baker, president of Union Gas. Steve was born in Chatham-Kent and attended CCI. He was introduced by Rotarian Denise Spadotto who also works at Union Gas. Denise informed us that Steve attended The University of Waterloo where he received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. In addition, he became a chartered accountant. He joined Union Gas in 1989 and became president in January of this year. Today, he talked about the natural gas market. The price of the commodity has dropped significantly during the past few years. In 2008, the wholesale price peaked at $14 per thousand cubic feet. During this past winter, the price dropped to below $2. The reason for the large drop is the unusual increase in the amount of natural gas in storage areas. In fact, today, there is more gas available than can be stored and this has created the
lowest prices of the last 10 years. North America is now looking at ways to export natural gas. New technologies, such as horizontal directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, have created huge supplies in the Ohio-Pennsylvania shale areas as well as many other locations. Horizontal drilling allows for drilling vertically for several thousand feet and then drilling horizontally for up to a mile. This locates many more pools of gas than straight vertical drilling. Fracturing is a technique used to release natural gas by creating fractures in a rock layer using pressurized liquids. The greater supply of natural gas is good news for the consumer who has seen his gas bill drop dramatically during the past year. It also has been a great stimulus to business and commerce - billions of dollars in energy savings in Ontario alone. Many sectors, such as transportation, are now thinking of using more natural gas - both from an economical perspective and also for better air quality. Union Gas is a large employer in Chatham-Kent and a valued corporate citizen. Chatham-Kent is thankful to have Union Gas located here and our appreciation was expressed by Rotarian Allyson Storey. Keith Dawson President Charles Seaman, Steve Baker (President Union Gas), Denise Spadotto, Alysson Storey
MEETINGS: Wednesday May 16/12 - Can Atay, Turkish Exchange student giving his talk re: Turkey Wednesday May 23/12 - Sarah Wagenaar classification talk Wednesday May 30/12 - Don Shropshire talking about his new role as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Chatham-Kent COMMITTEE MEETINGS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: May 30/ 12, St. Andrew s Residence 7:30 am ALLOCATION MEETING: May 16/12, 1:30, Capitol Theatre, Rotary Lounge Committee Chairs please submit the meeting dates and attendance to the Rotary office for make-ups. This boosts our attendance percentages. Guests: Guest Speaker: Steve Baker, President Union Gas, Visiting Rotarians: John Lawrence (Chatham Sunrise), Ramy Boujawdeh (Cornwall), Guests of Rotarians: Les Herman (Diane McGuigan), Jay Ilisevic (Kelley Ilisevic), Mike Ternovan (Dave Pudwell), Club Guests: Julie Smith (pianist), Chris Taylor (TV Cogeco), Bob Boughner (Chatham Daily News) MAY BIRTHDAYS: Dave Pudwell May 7, Jamie Giffin May 17, Alysson Storey May 21, Janet McGuigan-Kelly May 22, Paul Mayrand May 29 CLUB ANNIVERSARIES for MAY: Dan Whittal 1 year, Diane McGuigan 20 years MAY: PROGRAMS: Tom & Alysson Storey GREETERS: Colin McGregor & Henry Roffelsen 50/50: Dave Pudwell Sergeant at Arms: Darcy Want, Assistant: Jack Pearson ROTARY CLUB OF CHATHAM 2012 4 TH QUARTER BINGO SCHEDULE Apr 1 Jun 30, 2012 DATE PLACE PREP TIME CALL TIME LEADER WORKER THURS May 10 Riverview 8:30 PM 9:30 PM Ron McCubbin Alysson Storey Moira Kerr 519-352-8396 519-397-4241 519-352-3479 Riverview 11:00 PM 12:00 MID Ron McCubbin Kevin Mills Moira Kerr 519-352-8396 519-436-1256 519-352-3479 SAT JUN 9 Riverview 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Rick Bodnaruk Brenda Stevens Tania Sharpe 519-351-3126 519-352-4910 519-351-6410 Riverview 5:00PM 6:00PM Rick Bodnaruk Brenda Stevens Tania Sharpe 519-351-3126 519-352-4910 519-351-6410
EXCHANGE STUDENTS: http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/ Contact Paul Mayrand at p.mayrand@thamescom.com for information on hosting exchange students. Inbound Exchange Student Frederik Thiele- Germany Host Family Ken & Linda Campbell 62 Wilcox, Chatham, ON N7M 6E4 519-358-7356 frederik.thiele@arcor.de Counselor: Brett Smith Can Atay- Turkey Host Family Brian & Nina Kelly 78 Daleview Cr, Chatham, ON 519-357-2607 ninakelly@sympatico.ca canatay95pb@hotmail.com Counselor: Darren McLeay A N N O U N C E M E N T S New Pianist The Rotary Club of Chatham welcomed our new pianist Julia Smith to the luncheon on Wednesday. Many thanks to Peter Cook for all his work to find Julia. We look forward to many more meetings with musical accompaniment.
A Sneak Peek at the Mustang for Campaign 12 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Fastback with a 351 cc engine, power steering and a lot of other nice features. R O T A R Y O F F I C E H O U R S Sandee Frederick - Executive Secretary, Tues & Thurs 10:00 2:00, Wed 9:30 5:30