Rotary Club of Langley

RoteNotes for December 15, 2022
Hybrid meetings...
  We met at the Rotary Interpretive Centre for our regular club meeting followed by an executive meeting.  John, Allan Leon, Rudy, Wayne, Stephen and Nav attended, along with special guest speaker Tony Ward. Regrets were received from Merle, Anthony, Byron, Lana and Nora.
 
  Following O Canada (“Well done!”) we thanked the Richmonds for their hospitality in hosting our Christmas social.  A good time was had by the few who were able to attend.
    
  Stephen then conducted the second call for nominations for next year’s executive.  Nominated for the following positions are:
 
President:  Rudy Storteboom (confirmed)
President-Elect:
Vice President:  Allan Richmond
Secretary:  Bob Lukie
Treasurer:  Anthony Ball
Director:  Sonia Gill, Nora Truman, Leon Jensen, John Brynjolfson, Merle Fisher Boonij, Byron Cooke and Wayne Wiebe
Past President:  Stephen Richardson (confirmed)
Guest Speaker: Tony Ward
   Tony Ward spoke about Grant Ward Park, named after his father, which is planned near the northeast corner of the Langley airport.  Tony shared artist’s renderings of the proposed park.  While the previous township council had approved the park, the contract had been awarded and about $30 000 has been spent, the current council has put the project on hold and may decide to drop it altogether. The idea of the park was initially conceived in 2017-18 and after former councillor Ward died in September of 2022 the council decided to name it after him.  Grant had a strong connection to the airport and was a strong advocate for George Miller becoming part of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.  Grant and his two sons all earned pilot licenses together.  Tony has pledged to support the project financially, and hopes the township council will keep the project alive.  The original cost was to be $360 000, and Tony is looking for ideas how sponsorships can be made to help fund this improvement to the airport and the Langley community.  People will be able to relax and watch the planes and helicopters arriving and leaving.  Tony noted that helicopters from around the world are brought to Langley Airport to be repaired.
Rotary Moment with Wayne
  Wayne then read the Rotary Moments for last week and this.      
 
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Other updates
  We moved on to happy and sad dollars, with all seven attendees contributing this week.  Money was pledged for: the excellent hosting by the Richmonds; enjoying the Christmas meal; bringing down the price of the countertop for the kitchen in the RIC from $4800 to $3800 (we still need to buy a tap); hanging around with Allan; Allan being particular about levelling; hoping to help Allan with the kitchen; and again for the Christmas social.
 
  We closed as usual with a toast to Canada and wished each other a good evening.  This was followed by an Executive Meeting.  Next week, Dec. 22, we will be back at Timms for our final meeting of 2022 when we will be electing next year’s executive.
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