The Tribune

Advanced Toast Masters Club 7108. - Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell was the guest speaker at a luncheon meeting of Advanced Toast Masters Club 7108 at Lucianos Restaurant on Wednesday, November 19. The topic was the new immigration policies.

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Upcoming events: Saturday – Heritage Village Festival at Graycliff-Mountbatten House, 10am-6pm. Local arts & crafts, food, drinks, holiday entertainment and fun for the entire family. Holiday lighting ceremony - Entry $12.00 adults, $7.00 Kids ($2.00 from every entry to Charity)!

Saturday, December 6- AIDS Foundation Walk-Run-Cycle. Please add this to your calendar.

Sunday, January 18 - Marathon Bahamas is looking for volunteers! Robert Phillips robphillips@batelnet.bs.

February 6-8 - Ride for Hope, Nassau. http://www.rideforhopebahamas.com/ 2015 Online Registration is now open!

Morning rides west - Wednesday and Friday, 4:45am Goodman’s Bay, West Bay Street. This has been postponed until further notice.

Afternoon rides west - Tuesdays and Thursdays. Leaving 5:30pm sharp, parking lot next to Lyford Cay Gas Station. 18 or 24 miles depending if you do second loop. This is an advanced cyclist’s ride. The pace will range from 20+mph.

Morning ride east - Tuesdays and Thursdays, leaving 5:00am sharp. Start/end Seagrapes Shopping Centre (under the big sign), East Prince Charles Drive: 1-1.5 hour duration. Cyclists capable of 14+mph welcome. Prince Charles Dr-Eastern Road-Shirley St-Church St-East Bay-Eastern Road-Prince Charles. Please have lights attached to your bike.

Weekend Rides: Saturday - leaving 6:00am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank 30 miles headed West. In order to complete this ride it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling! Leaving P/I Bridges optional at the beginning/end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, two-hour duration.

Sunday - leaving 6:00am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank 40-50 miles headed East. This ride is not recommended if you have not cycled recently or first timers! P/I Bridges optional at the end! The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (intermediate & advanced cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).

Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church. - The church, on St Charles Vincent Street, will hold its annual convention on Thursday, December 4, at 7pm at the Church’s Fellowship Hall. All members are asked to attend by Pastor Michael Symonette.

Rotary Club of East Nassau. - The Rotary Club of East Nassau recently recognised five worthy individuals for their tireless work in the community with the presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognitions at a Rotary Foundation Gala event held at Government House under the patronage of Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General of the Bahamas.

In the presence of the District Governor for Rotary District 7020, Paul Brown, and District Governor Elect Felix Stubbs Paul Harris Fellows were bestowed upon:

• Valentino “Scrooge” Brown for his work in the inner city communities of Bain And Grants Town.

• Paul Cartwright for his community service work as a member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau.

• Basil Christie for service with the Bahamas Special Olympics organisation Clarice Granger for years of dedicated service to the Girl Guides and countless other community service-based organistations.

• Marian Baghel for her commitment to improving literacy in the Bahamas through Project Read.

The Paul Harris Fellow Recognition, named after the founder of Rotary, is a way of acknowledging a person for either outright financial support of The Rotary Foundation and its programs or, as in these cases, others in whose name a donation of $1,000 has been made to the Foundation in recognition of their dedication and/or selflessness is working to enrich the lives of others. The recipient gets an honor and praise for their effort while at the same time, great work is funded as a direct result of their actions. It is a great way to recognise someone and continue Doing Good in The World (the motto of The Rotary Foundation) at the same time.