e-Strathconian, Oct 6, 2017 (Oct 06, 2017)

The Rotary Club of
Edmonton Strathcona

Chartered 1974

e-Strathconian

October 6, 2017

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German Canadian Cultural Assoc.

8310 Roper Road NW
Edmonton, AB T6E 6E3
Canada

Phone:

(780) 466-5566

Fax:

(780) 665-7011

Email:

strathconian@telus.net

District Site

Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona

Venue Map

Canada Flag Program Online Sign-up and Payment

May 01, 2015 – Dec 31, 2017

Oktoberfest Invitation from the RC Sh Pk

Festival Place

Oct 07, 2017 6:00 PM

Nisku Leduc Special Luncheon

Red Tail Landing Golf Course

Oct 13, 2017
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

New Member Day, Fall 2017

German Canadian Cultural Assoc.

Oct 24, 2017

Arch in Bloom Celebration

Arch Enterprises and Training Association

Nov 02, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Presidential Peacebuilding Conference

Hyatt Regency Vancouver

Feb 09, 2018 – Feb 11, 2018

Save the Date!...

Rogers Place

Feb 25, 2018

Dr. Louis Francescutti, Emergency Medicine Expert

Posted by Vi Hughes on Oct 04, 2017

On Tuesday we heard from Dr. Louis Francescutti, Emergency Medicine Expert and Professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health give an impassioned talk on the legalisation of marijuana and the problems it will cause for the individuals who use it, their employers, the health care system and the public at large.

A few weeks ago, he received a request to appear before the National Committee to speak on Bill C46, authorising the legalisation of marijuana in Canada. In his opinion, marijuana is far too dangerous to the health of our young people to be made legal, and if it is made legal, the minimum age for use should be twenty-five. As an emergency room physician he sees the effects every day on people who come in with cyclic vomiting (caused by steady marijuana use), young people having psychotic episodes brought on by the use of marijuana, and the permanent damage it causes to young lives from the changes it causes in brain chemistry.

The marijuana of today is one hundred times stronger than the marijuana most older folks smoked when they were young, One puff held in the lungs for a short time can cause disorientation for hours. It also results in addiction in one out of every six users. The damage it causes to young people is due to the fact that their brains are still developing, up until around the age of twenty-five, and marijuana contains chemicals that can change gene expression in the brain leading to abnormal developmental processes. This can cause a lowering of their intelligence, and sometimes can bring on brain disorders like schizophrenia or other forms of psychosis, which will then be present for life. The smoke from marijuana also contains some serious carcinogenic substances, just as damaging, or even more so, than tobacco smoke.

Legalisation of marijuana will not alleviate the illegal market, in fact it will probably encourage younger people, ten years old and up, to give it a try, as the government says it is legal, so it must be safe. It will also expose our children to more poisoning episodes in the home, due to the presence of tempting edibles such as candy and brownies. We will see more road accidents due to drugged driving, and will also see a spike in workplace injuries. Employers will have all kinds of issues with delinquency, productivity, and quality of work from impaired workers, much of which may not be immediately apparent. For example, if the electrician wiring your new home is using while working, their errors may not become apparent until much later. Workers seeking to avoid the stigma of testing positive for marijuana use, and still needing the high it gives, may switch to even worse substitutes such as crystal meth. There will be a lot more people who need help dealing with addiction and mental health issues, and we can barely keep up with helping those who need help now.

The marijuana industry will most likely follow the same mantra that the tobacco industry uses, to manipulate to the product to make it as addictive as possible, while downplaying the public health issues, claiming everything is fine, while maximising their profit. This will be a big money industry and our government is being blinded by the dollar signs that taxes will bring in. Every tax dollar earned should be earmarked for mental health, but we know this will not happen. Not very many organised groups have stood up to protest the legalisation. He would like to see a lot more people stand up to oppose this legislation, as our young people, those who will be impacted most, are least likely of all to understand the impact it is about to have on their lives.

Oktoberfest Invitation from the Rotary Club of Sherwood Park

Posted on Oct 04, 2017

The Rotary Club of Sherwood Park is holding its first annual Oktoberfest on Saturday October 7th. Funds raised will be used to support community and youth services projects. Specifically, we are looking to once again hold a meal packaging event - but this time sponsored by Rotary and organized by our new community interact club.

We would love to have some of your club members join us for an evening of fellowship at Festival Place in Sherwood Park. Tickets purchased in groups of six will be able to reserve tables. Live music and a traditional German meal is included in your ticket price. $5 beer available for purchase. Wine and spirits also available.

Nisku Leduc Special Luncheon

Posted on Oct 04, 2017

The Nisku Leduc Rotary Club is extending an invitation to you to visit the club for a special meeting by MP Mike Lake. Mike is the MP of the Leduc Wetaskiwin riding and shares a passion for helping others.

The lunch is on Friday, October 13 at Red Tail Landing Golf Course at the Edmonton International Airport. Come for networking at 11 am. The Program starts at 11:30 and the luncheon goes until 1 pm sharp.

All Rotary Clubs and their guests are invited to attend this great event!
If you are attending, please RSVP by October 11 to alana@mmpleduc.com

New Member Day, Fall 2017

Posted by Eric Germain on Oct 06, 2017

The life blood of our Rotary Club and Rotary International heading into the future is the successful recruitment and retention of new Rotary Club members. As time marches on, it is imperative that we are all actively identifying prospective new Rotary Club members, and inviting them out to our weekly club meetings. Our club has been very successful in recruiting and retaining new club members over the last several years.

Part of our recruiting initiative over the last couple of years, has been to have special lunch meetings devoted to inviting prospective new members to introduce them to our club, and to provide some insight into the benefits of joining Rotary. We have been holding these traditionally in the spring and the fall, with good results.

We are excited to announce our next Prospective New Members luncheon will be held at our regular meeting on Tuesday October 24, 2017.

We will be highlighting the great work that our Rotary club has been doing locally and internationally. We think this would be a great way to introduce prospective new members to Rotary.

I encourage all of our active Rotary Club members to invite a friend, colleague, family member or just someone you may know who would appreciate Rotary. The lunch cost for any prospective member will be picked up by our Rotary Club.

In fact, we would like to extend our offer of a free lunch to any prospective member for any regular Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona lunch meeting, until further notice, to encourage the attendance of prospective new members throughout the year. We have attached an invitation letter for you to send out to anyone who may be interested in Rotary.

Please RSVP to myself directly with the names of any prospective members who will be joining us for our lunch meeting by Thursday October 19 2017.

Warmest Rotary Regards,

Eric

Eric Germain

Director Club Membership

e-mail: egermain@is2.ca

tel: 780-991-0417

Arch in Bloom Celebration

Posted by Audrey Martyn on Oct 04, 2017

Arch would like to invite all Strathcona Rotarians to attend this free event . We hope many Rotarians will decide to support Arch by becoming a “Friend of Arch”. Anyone who wishes to support us can contact me and I will add their name to the Friends list.

Publ. letter from Past President Danie Hardie, RC Edmonton South:

Arch Enterprises is a social enterprise that was first initiated by the Edmonton South and Stathcona Rotary Clubs over 30 years ago. Today they supply services to persons with developmental delays and in part this service is funded by the operations of "Arch Greenhouse".

As the support organization - The "Friends of Arch Enterprises" would like to extend an invitation to all Rotarians in the Edmonton area to the "Arch in Bloom" Celebration Thursday November 2nd.

Marketing Workshop

Posted by Conor Pilz on Oct 04, 2017

On October 11, marketing guru and CBC radio host Terry O'Reilly will be hosting a private workshop at St. Albert Place.

The workshop will cover multiple marketing topics including customer service and new ways to surprise and delight your clients.

Here is the link for the eventbrite page.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-afternoon-with-terry-oreilly-tickets-38413203927

Presidential Peacebuilding Conference

Posted on Oct 04, 2017

As you may know RI President Ian Riseley is holding six peacebuilding conferences around the world. The first of these international conferences is close for your members to attend. On February 9-11, 2018 in Vancouver, BC. The presidential peacebuilding conference will examine sustainable global and local environmental practices, and their contributions to peacebuilding and peacemaking.

Participants will discuss the impact of environmental issues on health, fresh air, clean water, vegetation, and food production – and how improved environmental conditions are a fundamental condition of building peace within communities. The conference will bring together community leaders, youth, and representatives from the public, private, and government sectors. Attendees also can participate in a hands-on service project the morning after the conference.

There will be a focus on how Rotary clubs can involve their local community in sustainable projects and peacebuilding.

Members of any Rotary club are to encouraged to attend this important international Rotary event.

The conference website has a list of keynote speakers, link to book a hotel room, draft program and a link to the registration. Please visit: www.EnvironmentandPeace.com.

Rotarians from the US, Canada and around the world will come together at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver for this conference. Will your club be represented?

Thank you for all you do for Rotary and your community,

Chris Offer, PDG
for Rotary Peacebuilding Conference Vancouver

Door Duty and Setup and Greeter

Posted by Ken Sutley on Sep 29, 2017

The "final" version of the weekly duty schedules have been posted to the Club Documents area of the website. There is one schedule for Door Duty and a separate schedule for Setup Duty.

The "final" version of your schedule has minor changes from the draft version circulated recently, so please open the schedule and make a note of your scheduled dates now. Use the link for "View Club Documents" in the Member Area.

A copy of each schedule is also attached for your convenience. In future, you can find the schedule on the website. Updates to the schedule will only be posted online.

(Publ: you can open and download both schedules from https://portal.clubrunner.ca/399/sitepage/font-size-3-i-b-club-information-b-i-font/door-duty-and-scheduling-protocol

The schedule is "final" in the sense that from now on, you are carrying the ball. You are expected to find a replacement or make other arrangements if you are unable to make a date on which you are scheduled.

Remember that the prior schedule has been revoked. The information given in the most recent Bulletin is now incorrect. If you allow me to save myself separate emails, the following people are NOT expected to serve as originally scheduled:

Oct 3 -- Heather de Kok, Bob Sandercock, Hans Pilz and Eric Solash

Oct 10 -- Les Cyrynowski, Hal Quilliam, Don Wedman, Hans Granholm

Oct 17 -- Rick Harcourt, Vi Hughes, Diana Parker and Ken Sutley

Instead the following people are scheduled:

Door Duty

Oct 3 Ken Sutley and Diana Parker

Oct 10 Augie Annicchiarico and Dimitri Papanicolas

Oct 17 Heather de Kok and Eric Solash

Setup Duty

Oct 3 Brenda McCullough and Ron McCullough

Oct 10 Ron Brown and Nicolle Germain

Oct 17 Campbell Chow and Ron Brown

Starting tomorrow, I will be sending out reminder emails to all four members involved with weekly duties. I am going to try something new and send out both a short term reminder and a long term reminder a couple of weeks before your scheduled date.

Whew! The hard part is done and we have a new duty structure for the remainder of this year. Still to come is updating and publishing the instructions for both door and setup duty and training and assisting the new door duty volunteers.

I want to thank all of you for your cooperation and willingness to work with me for the good of the Club. I was gratified by the response, especially having 16 people step up for door duty, and how readily the "snow birds" agreed to serve when they could. Frankly, it reminds me of what I like about Rotary and why I've been a Rotarian for so long -- the rest of you. You set a wonderful example of Service Above Self.

Yours in Rotary,

Ken

New Hope School

Our Rotary group has partnered in a joint venture with the Rotary Club of Pretoria to help raise funds for the New Hope School in Pretoria. Patrick Gibson has put together a presentation that he will be making to the other rotary clubs in our area to encourage them to help us with this venture. Our goal is to put enough funding in place for us to be able to apply for a Rotary International matching grant.

Patrick gave us the same presentation he will be making to other local rotary groups. It included a short introduction on the New Hope School, followed by a video that has been prepared by the New Hope School. The New Hope School has been one of the projects of our club for some years now, and most of our members are well aware of the work they do in schooling for handicapped children in the Pretoria area. They provide many services above and beyond the usual schooling activities, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and many others, as needed by their students.

They receive only basic funding from the local government, so must fundraise to provide these other services. Some of the specific projects our funds could be used for would be a specialised playground, or programs to provide technical skills such as kitchen skills, nail and hair salon skills and sewing skills. Patrick has also put together a ‘Go Fund Me’ page on the web, on which people can get more information, view the video and make contributions. We will also be adding a link on our Rotary web page to this site.

https://www.gofundme.com/new-hope-school

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