Weekly Club Bulletin - No 1070 (Apr 17, 2018)

Rod Delisle
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Apr 23, 2018

Ron Thiessen,Exec Director

Canadian Parks and Wilderness

Apr 30, 2018

Isadore Valentini

Experience as an Exchange Student

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April 23, 2018 - Meeting

Breezy Bend Country Club

Apr 23, 2018
5:45 PM – 7:30 PM

District Conference

Regina

May 24, 2018 – May 27, 2018

Lobster Dinner

Eric Coy Arena

Jun 02, 2018

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Bulletin 1070 -16 Apr 2018

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Meeting Report

Posted by Doug McKenzie

President Bob was present to formally greet all Rotarians and guests right at 5:45. Dave Morris was back with us tonight to start the traditional O Canada and Rotary Grace. Sarge Lyle was then given control of the meeting to introduce our guests.

Guests present tonight were Rohit (Roh) Goenka, Kelly Clements, James Favel (Bear Clan), and Ted Smook (Flin Flon R.C.)

Rotary Moments

President Bob advised that Peter Neufeldt has requested input from clubs regarding what District 5550 should do for Humboldt due to the recent accident involving the Broncos Hockey Club. Ed Thompson suggested that we could offer to send some of the players siblings to Rotary camps. Scholarship funds remain available. Please bring forward any other ideas.

Elaine Thompson advised that a message from Signe Holstein has been sent out to all District 5550 Rotarians to ask for recommendations for the vacant position on the district training committee. The two existing members live in Regina and Neepawa. The group had met in Russell, MB in the past. The individual should be a facilitator, experienced in adult education, open to creative ideas, be able to devote the required time, have online skills, important to know the curriculum. If you have anyone to recommend for the position, or are interested yourself, please contact Signe Holstein.

President Bob advised the next club board meeting will be April 23, 2018 at 4:30 pm prior to the regular meeting at Breezy Bend.

The next lobster dinner meeting will be April 30, 2018 at 4:30pm prior to the regular dinner meeting at Breezy Bend.

Elaine Thompson investigated having an off-site meeting at Fort Whyte Alive. The venue booking price starts at $1000. Anyone with other ideas?

We were advised that Rotary International will not cover the costs for accommodation, food, and parking for a R.I. Presidential Representative to come to the 2019 District 5550 Conference. Jim Forestell is the Chair for that committee. For information and planning purposes.

Dave Morris reminded everyone to check their email for a message from Brenda Banbury regarding Polio+ fundraising efforts. D5550 has exceeded the goal of $75,000 dollars raised for 2017/2018. Brenda now has to decide where to have her tattoo placed and what it will be. Come to the District 5550 Conference in Regina to actually see the end result of your fundraising efforts regarding the tattoo challenge.

President Bob, on behalf of Greg Fraser, advised that the Rotary Career Symposium is taking place this week at the RBC Convention Centre. Volunteers are reminded to take note of their assigned times, volunteers are still required to fill some remaining spots. (April 16, 17, 18).

President-Elect Mandy reported on the Westgrove School Rotary Community Gardens project. The following E-mail summarizes her report;

Hello everyone! As discussed at the meeting tonight, I am sharing with you our plans for the Rotary Community Garden at Westgrove School.

This is just the preliminary plan right now and is subject to change.

The boxes indicated in the plans could be either 4' x10', or 4'x8'. In my original budget below I started with just 10 boxes and was basing my pricing on a 4'x8' box. We are going to be reaching out to local businesses to donate lumber and soil, or at the very least get us a nice discount. As such, I am expecting this budget to be brought down quite a bit and will adjust accordingly.

The nice thing about this project, is that we can choose to build as much or as little as we can based on what money we have available this year. Next year the plans indicate a phase 2 which would be the outdoor classroom. This too is subject to the money that we may / may not have access to. I have also applied for a grant with TD Friends of the Environment which I am still awaiting a response on.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or would like to discuss.

Thank you, Mandy Kwasnica

Mandy.Kwasnica@gmail.com

204-228-0702

Description of Expense Amount

Each Garden box is estimated to cost $250/each. We are hoping to build about 10 boxes, possibly more. (This includes lumber, metal membrane on the bottom, screws/nails)

$ 2500.00 10 Boxes

$ 1,000.00 Soil to Fill the Garden Boxes

$ 500.00 Gravel for the base of the Garden Boxes

$ 1,500.00 Community Garden Sign

$ 500.00 Gardening Tools

$ 300.00 Seeds / plants

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$ 6,300.00 TOTAL

President-Elect Mandy provided a list from Westgrove School Principal Troy Calder, for food items to donate to the Westgrove Breakfast program;

Thanks again for thinking about us. Could we have;

Healthy Cereal, Nut free granola bars, Apple sauce, Puddings, Mott's Fruitsations, Nutragrain bars, Crackers and cheese spread.

I hope this helps. Thanks so much, Mandy!

Regards,

Troy Calder, Principal, Westgrove School

Paul Brault advised that the Westgrove Literacy Program`s Fundraising Dinner on June 20th, 2018 has booked a speaker for the event, Nadine Sinclair. Tickets are $40 ($20 tax receipt) and will be available at the next meeting to purchase.

Ed Thompson received an E-mail regarding Rotary scholarships in Guatemala. There are now 85 schools in the program. They are training teachers now. They program supports students in grade 6 to 11, and 11 to University. The students then come back to the communities to teach.

Bear Clan Inc.

Posted by Doug McKenzie

Mr. James Favel is the Executive Director of the Bear Clan Inc.

The original Bear Clan Patrol lost traction in the early 1990`s but was brought back to life by James Favel in 2014. This was after the discovery of Tina Fontaine`s body in the Red River on August 17, 2014. In 1992 most of the work that the patrol did was act against violence towards women. At that time, if a report was made to police about a woman being hit in the North End of Winnipeg, it was likely the police would not show up at all. The Bear Clan did all they could at the time, but the patrol eventually went into hibernation in 1995 for about 20 years.

The turning point for James, and others in the community, was the failure to protect this child - Tina Fontaine. Today the volunteers protect in harmony with the people, in the neighborhoods that they patrol. They try to deescalate issues on the street, they do not chase people. Winnipeg has the 5^th largest aboriginal population in Canada. There are 95K+ aboriginal individuals in Winnipeg. There is poor housing stock for these individuals to live in, with rising rents. This tends to leave them with about $3/day for their individual nutrition requirements.

Having a criminal record does not disqualify an individual from becoming a member of the Bear Clan Patrol, with the exception if the record relates to violence towards women. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.

In 2014, due to policy and procedures, it took about 6 weeks to be up and running. Growth has been steady form the original starting 100 volunteers to now having 11,000. They now work in the West Broadway area as well as there is talk of starting a patrol in the Maples area. Core training involves sensitivity to the cultural practices of the community you are volunteering in. There has been interest from the aboriginal communities in Australia, Europe, and Japan.

Patrols go out in the West End on Thursday and Friday nights. In the North End, the patrols are from Wednesday to Sunday until 9pm., late patrols also happen on Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm until 12 midnight. In the West Broadway area patrols happen on Friday and Saturday nights until 9pm. This amounts to a total for volunteer hours of 40,000 this year.

Violent crime is up in Winnipeg. Also, I.V. drug use is up as well. An actual 10X increase. The Bear Clan Patrol has picked up 3,000 syringes this year, with 1,200 in one location!

The Patrol acts as a liaison between the community and official agencies. The first action was to target ‘John’ traffic. They now carry food and Naloxone as a community and First Aid service. Members have been trained using an External Defibrillator (have one available). They also help with housing issues. They have been instrumental in getting numerous weapons off the streets as well as 13 bags of meth., 3,000 syringes. In 2015 the Bear Clan assisted getting 6 children under the age of 16 to the hospital when they were in an emergent situation.

Tina Fontaine was lured into prostitution by those that she had grown to trust. The Bear Clan was able to stop a 16-year-old from going to get a 13-year-old with the intent to sell the child to a 23-year-old for sex. The community can see the good impact that the Bear Clan Patrols are doing. They do not have millions of dollars, but they are good people doing good things.

Q/A

1.-Lloyd Talbot, are all Bear Clan members Aboriginal?

A.- No, they operate on a drop-in basis. Anyone can show-up at 5:30pm, and go out into the community with the group at 6:00pm to 9:00pm

2.-Brian Campbell, what are your thoughts about the WHA handing out free needles?

A.-All for the clean needles.

3.-Nancy Hansen, what does the community need the most?

A.- gloves to dispense for needle pick-up without body fluid exposure.

4.-Jack Wilson, where do you get funding from?

A.-Recent grant from City of Winnipeg, private donations, Wawanesa Life.

5.-Paul Brault, any more expansion of coverage area.

A.- Larger in West Broadway region.

6.-Paul Brault, is crystal meth a big problem

A.- Yes, “ it is eating people alive from inside out”. They found a 20-year-old female in a snowbank. She was suffering from a full psychosis. The Bear Clan was able to get her to the hospital. However, if she decides not to go, or to leave the hospital there is nothing anyone can do to stop her. There are ‘hold’ forms, but they are very rarely used.

7.- Nancy Morris, where do you find most of the syringes?

A.- In the U of W area, west to Arlington – up to Sherbrook. The back lanes are full of the stuff.

Glenn Campbell thanked James for the important message about what is happening, in a concerning & positive way, in the downtown / core regions of Winnipeg. Impressive how you have started a movement that now has 11,000 volunteers involved in improving the community from the inside. A donation in James Favel`s name will be made to ShelterBox in appreciation for his presentation here tonight.

Rotary Insights

Posted by Doug McKenzie

Clean Water For Living

Presented by Doug McKenzie

I was searching the ESRAG site, (acronym for Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group). It is an umbrella site for a multitude of Rotary programs, such as; Tree Planting Challenge, Earth Hour, World Water Day, WASRAG. This is where I found the following project: Clean Water for Living. It stood out to me because a lot of the other featured projects were being done elsewhere in the world, this was local. Clean Water for Living is a project of the Rotary Club of Chatham Ontario - Sunrise, District 6380. Through this project, the club is asking everyone to do their part to respect and protect water, locally. Rotarians are known for their good work on clean water and sanitation projects in less developed countries. We all heard about the WASRAG Program a few months ago during Bob`s Rotary Insight presentation. Water stewardship is one of the six areas of focus of Rotary International. They are; Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, Disease prevention and treatment, Water and sanitation, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development. In 2016 – 2017 Rotary International approved 305 water and sanitation global grants for approximately $22.4 million in funding in third world countries. Meanwhile, North-American Rotary clubs expended very little energy and very few dollars on local water issues. Clean Water for Living asks Rotarians to step up their water commitment: continue clean water and sanitation projects in underdeveloped countries, and -- lead the way in

education and demonstration of good water practices locally. The project's initial emphasis was on the area around the Great Lakes region of North America. These lakes represent 21% of the world's surface / fresh water by volume and 84% of North America's surface / fresh water. The Great Lakes are threatened by man-made issues such as:

• green algae blooms: Algae blooms caused by excess phosphorus have contaminated the lake water for drinking. - In August 2014 Toledo, Ohio, USA (which supplies municipal water from Lake Erie), was forced to issue a "do not drink" advisory for three days due to the toxic algae.

• chemical pollution: A single drop of oil can contaminate 1 million drops of water.

• pharmaceuticals: Great Lakes' water samples have shown presence of hormones and antibiotics.

• micro plastics: Standard water treatment processes cannot remove the micro beads found in cosmetic products and laundry machine waters. Micro beads and other degraded plastic particles are found in Great Lakes' water samples.

Many of these issues also affect scores of rivers and smaller bodies of water around the world. We can all make a difference and turn things around. The Chatham Sunrise Rotary Club takes the positive approach: identifying and highlighting Clean Water Champions. Clean Water Champions are people and organizations illustrating positive water management practices. In the summer of 2015 the Rotary Club of Chatham Sunrise hired award winning cinematographer Brent Foster of Foster Visuals to create short videos (about 2 minutes each) showing successful initiatives in the Chatham-Kent Region of Southern Ontario. The video titles include:

• Conserving water in an Institution. – Retirement Home > geo-thermal heat / cooling, rain water for toilets / LEED Certification -GOLD (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

• Conserving water in Urban Areas. - An individual secured a Government grant to landscape an old Industrial use lot.

• 4R nutrient stewardship on Agricultural land protecting water. (Right -SOURCE, RATE, TIME, PLACE).- fertilizer use.

• Conserving water in Agriculture. – NO TILL farming & use of Red Clover for ground cover to hold the water in soil.

• Conserving water in Industry. – recirculating water in a greenhouse & Using roof run-off water.

These videos all show people conserving, respecting and improving the quality of water that ends up in rivers and lakes. The videos, along with other information and links to helpful sites, are hosted on the Clean Water for Living website. There are many ways in which Rotary clubs can foster respect, and help protect local water: Examples are;

❖ Include a variety of water education and information programs in Rotary meeting schedules each year.

❖ Partner with local conservation, or similar organizations, on clean water projects to protect and or remediate local streams, rivers and lakes.

❖ Identify and celebrate Clean Water Champions, people and organizations that are exemplifying positive water management practices.

❖ Support school water education programs.

❖ Reduce bottled water use.

❖ Support elected officials who advocate for responsible water infrastructure investments.

Our rivers and lakes have suffered from our lack of respect and care for many decades. Society thought that our water supplies were infinite, and that - dilution was the solution for any pollution. We now realize this thinking was wrong. We realize the importance of water in sustaining healthy lives. Now is the time for Rotarians to take the lead in demonstrating good local water practices. The Chatham Sunrise Rotary Club asks other Rotary Clubs and individuals, to join the Clean Water for Living movement. Acting together, they believe that we can transform the condition of our water resources. In closing, The Chatham Rotary Club asks that other Rotary Clubs share with them how our clubs meet at least – three - of the suggestions to qualify as a "Clean Water for Living" Rotary club. This can be done online.

I believe that the Charleswood Rotary Club may be close to qualifying for this standing.

http://www.cleanwaterforliving.com/wh at-we-do/# Visit the website www.cleanwaterforliving.com for ideas on how you might do your part. Like on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CleanWater

NOTE: Jeff Kulikowsky will present next week’s Rotary Insight.

Sarges Corner

Posted by Doug McKenzie

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Janet Spence had a birthday this past week. No talk about which one?? There was a request for no singing.

Happy Bucks

Lloyd Talbot was especially happy that it is almost Spring. His second H.B. was that he was able to travel through Humboldt, Saskatchewan on his last trip to Saskatoon. Lloyd was able to offer his condolences while there.
Boyd Halls had three H.B.`s tonight. The first was that his wife is doing very well with her fight with breast cancer. The second H.B. is for the arrival of a great-grandson. The final H.B. was for his grandson being part of the winning team in a hockey tournament.
Magnus Johnson was pleased to be back with us at Breezy Bend for the Charleswood Rotary Club meetings again.
Jim Forestell stated that he was happy that he could always learn something new. The lobster cooker would not fire-up at the Domain dinner this year. Tried all the tricks and finally found something that had never happened before, a hose fitting had frozen on the trip down to Domain.
Dave Morris gave $5 into the H.B. pot, but stated that it was for Polio+. Dave did mention the tragic accident involving the Humboldt Broncos` bus crash. The loss of life and injuries are terrible and as an owner with the Winnipeg Blues Organization in the MJHL (Junior Hockey is a very tight group), Dave has seen the inner grief that is affecting everyone. The Winnipeg Blues have played the Broncos about 4 to 5 years ago. Heart felt sympathy to all those impacted by this tragedy.
Nancy Morris was happy to not be in Ottawa right now. They have no heat, lights or power of any kind due to ice storms.
President Bob was happy to have heard that a relative living in the Humboldt area was not involved with the accident. His wife`s brother-in-law (Rod) works driving a truck in Saskatchewan and lives very near to the crash intersection. Rod`s father lost his life in an accident 30 years ago, involving cross traffic on a Saskatchewan highway. The family is very grateful it was not Rod in the accident.
Chuck Crocker was happy that when he had his phone and email hacked this week, no information of importance was lost/stolen.
Nancy Hansen had a triple Happy Buck week. While traveling into New Orleans this week, she had trouble getting back to Canada. It took one and a ½ days to get out of New Orleans due to all the weather issues /cancelations in the USA. It was a great conference, and great people that she crossed paths with during her travels this week. So, delayed but a great trip back to Canada.
Brian Campbell had time with the grand kids this past week. Brian was able to beat his grand daughter in a game of bowling. To surprise Janet for her birthday, the family held the party one day early. It worked, she had no idea about the party!
Sarge Lyle had a Happy Buck this week. He was joyful that diesel was cheaper to buy this week than gasoline. He uses diesel for transportation.

50/50

The number to match tonight was #725. Our guest tonight, Ted Smook, held the matching stub. No luck with that blue marble again tonight. That cash is prime for the picking next week. Buy a lot of tickets to get the cash and help Polio+!

Fines

Ed Thompson for cross table bickering about something unimportant.
Sarge got vengeful with the second fine - all those that did not volunteer for the Rotary Career Symposium. A lot of cash was put into the pot with that fine!

Meeting Adjourned