Tonight Brendan, Nav, Merle, Anthony, Nora and Stephen met at the Timms Centre with Wayne, Leon and Kadonah Davis joining via zoom. Regrets were received from Rudy and Bob. Conversations included experiencing a tornado in Grenfell, Saskatchewan. The arena Leon was parked behind had its roof blown off. He reported that with the lower price of wine in France, he could save enough on his wine budget to pay his mortgage. He also noted that gas prices in Europe are no longer higher than the prices here. A curious thing is that the prices of bread are posted for all to see, and a baguette cost about $1.
Stephen called the meeting to order at 7:17. I’m not sure how well O Canada was sung at Timms, but it sounded quite good at my house. Our two guests, Merle Fisher and Kadonah Davis, were welcomed. With yet another week without a quorum, the executive meeting was postponed to November 3rd.
We talked about Council of Legislation resolutions and heard that the hoped-for Interact Club at R.E. Mountain would not be forming, as the students interested had already formed another club without any outside assistance. We discussed the possibility of approaching secondary schools with Interact information to see if some students might be interested in this opportunity for service.
We talked about funding requests and Stephen told about the housing units being built in Langley, mostly in the Willoughby area, and the higher birth rate there.
Rotary Moment with Wayne
Wayne read the Rotary Moment which came to us from Jack Rae, District Foundation Chair.
WHAT IS ROTARY’S POLIO FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE?
Rotary is committed to raising US$50 million every year for polio eradication. Through our partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, every $1 of that is matched 2-to-1.
Raising both funds and awareness and mobilizing volunteers are among Rotary’s primary roles as a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. With our members, we’ve contributed more than $2.6 billion to fight polio, including matching funds from the Gates Foundation, and Rotary volunteers have dedicated countless hours to protecting children everywhere.
You can take action and raise awareness on World Polio Day, 24 October, and throughout the year.
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This was followed by The Light Touch, with the focus this week being on marriage humour. Three jokes were shared, including one explaining why a woman needs a husband. The third one went like this.
“For the past 21 years my wife has been complaining about my not putting the cap back on the toothpaste. This anniversary, I decided to change this bad habit and make my wife happy.
For a week I was diligent, always capping the toothpaste. I was expecting my wife to thank me, but she never did.
Finally, yesterday while having dinner, she turned and looked at me and asked, ‘Why have you stopped brushing your teeth?’
Marriage is a difficult relationship, I tell you.”
We moved on to happy and sad dollars, with six people contributing this week. Money was pledged for: a doctor friend losing his son in a tragic accident; BC Lions earning a home playoff game, and hoping the Canucks can finally win a game; a friend passing away with no known reason for the death; taking three people to the bird sanctuary and seeing just how large a barred owl is; three more people volunteering to serve on the board at the Arboretum and Botanical Society AGM; receiving a ride to/from our meeting from Brendan; our Past President’s safe return from his travels; and three and half months of travel with no COVID.
Wayne pointed out that his page was now full from recording the donations to Polio Plus from our happy and sad dollars, and he would be submitting payment to TRF. Anthony will be charging your credit cards for the amounts pledged. Also, next month is Foundation Month when we collect our $100 US payments for the Groups of Five TRF Annual Fund).
Stephen explained about the importance of controlling the volume of water in our water courses to protect fish, and how development plans have to consider this when building in various areas of our township.
We closed as usual with a toast to Canada and wished each other a good evening.
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