Winner of three night trip to San Francisco ($1904) - Ken Holt - sold by Pat Holt.
$100 - Luanne Rowswell - sold by Garth Rowswell.
$50 - Della Green - sold by Don Whiting.
In a quick fifteen minute presentation Alan Park introduced his guests who are producers of a new video on DVD titled "Lloydminster - It Fits" to be used as a promo for new people moving to our city. This video will be distributed to companies and employers as a recruitment aid. This video is now online at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvvE8dg-8wM. Check it out.
Then Bill Till and Stan Bugiera presented a tour of our Club Website, navigating the various links and exploring the wealth of information available to all who make the tour. This tutorial was intended to promote the use of our website and to keep up to date on the happenings in the club.
Speaker at this meeting was our MLA for the Lloydminster (Sask) constituency. I am told that his address was very interesting and straight forward. Unfortunately, I did not attend so this is not a personal report. Here's Tim's information stolen directly from his web page:
Darren discussed his plans for the club for the coming year beginning with new RI President John Kenny's slogan, "The future of Rotary is in your hands". Darren laid out a four point challenge - his Gold Star committee challenge - his first 100 day countdown - membership growth; mentor and be mentored - new approaches. Darren asked for suggestions as to this year's president's project. Pictures in "Assorted Pictures" at right.More...
Johanna Green, Myrna Jezowski, Gail Taylor and Karen Weber told us about Multiple Sclerosis, their personal experiences with the disease and the fund raising efforts devoted to research for MS control and cure. This was Cal Friesen's last meeting as president.
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Travis is off to Japan soon to begin his exchange year. He did a trial run of the talk and slideshow he will give to his host Rotary club and others during his stay overseas. We'll hear from Travis again upon his return and maybe get a few notes from him during his year away.
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The club gathered at the Rolling Greens entertainment area for the annual barbeque where outgoing President Cal Friesen was honoured and new incoming President Darren King took over the reins of the club. Perfect attendance awards and various certificates of appreciation were handed out. We look forward to another banner year under President Darren's direction.
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The Ulmer family has been involved with General Motors for many years and under the direction of Ross and brother Doug has expanded to ownership of 12 assorted dealerships in Alberta and Saskatchewan with a 13th opening soon. The current recession and crisis in the automobile industry has brought out many stories, some true some false about the domestic car manufacturers. For various reasons, GM seems to be in the most difficulty, resulting in government intervention and support. One of the government's requirements is the closing of about 40% of the dealerships, presenting those business owners with very difficult situations totally out of their control.
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As a leadin to our annual Business Integrity Award, Les Messmer spoke on his philosophy of integrity in his business and personal life. The core of his definition of integrity is, "Being a person of integrity means you are solid and principled to your very best self. It means you walk your talk by living up to your highest ethical values. It means you always try to do what is right even in tough situations and you don't let temptation compromise your values." Then came the introduction of this year's honouree, Fountain Tire and its owner/manager Brant Wheeler and his key staff, Kent Staniforth, Skip Krake and Doug Lee.
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Our incoming exchange student, Andre Morato Faria, did his formal talk and slide show about his home country of Brazil for us today. He insists that almost everything he showed was the largest or best of its kind in the world. This may or may not be but we certainly have one of the tallest and best liked exchange students in Andre. It is obvious that his time here has been very enriching for him and for all that have been associated with him during his stay.
We had two very enthusiastic speakers on the subject of the Crime Stoppers program in Alberta. Since our recent change from Sask based RCMP F Division to Alberta based K Division, our Crime Stoppers focus has realigned to Alberta also. Flavia Robles spoke first about the organisation and its benefits. She was followed by RCMP Sgt. Blaine Rahier whose responsibility includes Crime Stoppers. The anonymity of calls to Crime Stoppers was strongly emphasized. The callers are not traced or identified and each tip is followed up. There is no government funding involved, it is all voluntarily donated.
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This was a reporting day for the participants in the Rotary sponsored Challenge Day, a program to help students with bullying and communication problems. Featured were students and faculty advisors from LCHS and HRHS. All reported positive results from the program and suggested its continuance.
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The meeting started with a "slave auction" conducted by Ron Harris and Glenys Coleman as a fundraiser for the new midget football team. Four hours of work from four pairs of footballers were auctioned off. Good luck to these boys and their new team.
Guest speaker was Keith Weinbender of Century 21 and the Lloyd Real Estate Association.
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It's that time again. Brad gave us the annual pep talk about Relay for Life - the well known cancer research fund raiser. This was a joint meeting with the RFL staff and volunteers and it turned out to be one of the best attended Rotary meetings in recent times.
RFL's "Flush Away Cancer" travelling bathroom appliance was prominently featured (see picture of Sgt-at-Arms Robin Acton making a deposit)
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Larry is the mayor of Kincardine ON and is in Lloydminster on his own dime to talk about his community's acceptance of the Bruce Power nuclear power generation facilities located there. He reported that the people of his city are over 80% in favour of Bruce Power and their building and maintenance of the various facilities.
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John told us of his horrendous experiences during the civil war in Liberia when he barely escaped with his life. He ended up in Canada but felt a compulsion to return to Liberia to try to help the children of that unfortunate land. He is now working with the Lord's Prayer Ministry to build and staff schools for the education of the orphans left by the wars.
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Today's meeting was chaired by Pres-Elect Darren King. Our speaker was introduced by Brian McCook. Karl Feltmate represents the Impact Society which was organised in Calgary in 1994 to help address the problems of young students in the junior high school age range in western Canada. Their program is designed to inspire confidence, character and integrity in the young people by building on their strengths and resiliency. President Cal Friesen has chosen this program as his president's project for this Rotary year so a cheque for $10,000 was given to help to operate and enhance it in our area.
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Blaise must be one of the busiest men in the country, speaking to several groups per day carrying his message of positive attitude, physical conditioning, persistence and training. He himself has overcome severe handicaps; born with a cleft palate and speech impediment, he had to convince himself, his teachers and his coaches that he could succeed as a football player. He spent 11 years in the NFL, culminating in a Super Bowl appearance with the San Diego Chargers.
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Our Glenys has been asked to be the Polio Plus rep for District and as such, she gave us the latest news on this important Rotary initiative. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has chosen Rotary and their program as the vehicle for their huge funding assistance in the final push to eradicate polio from the remaining four countries where it is endemic. A challenge has been issued by RI to all clubs to raise an additional US$3000 by 2012. This will be our challenge also.
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This was a day for club housekeeping. Three new Rotarians, Geri Coolidge, Sharon Moss and Kim Bridge were formally introduced by their sponsors and inducted into the club. Honourary memberships were awarded to Pat Holt in recognition of his 53 years with Rotary and Mal Drever for his 39 years. Our peripatetic octogenerarians, Don Purser and Glenn Weir, did the honours. The badges of the late Clayton Reeves and Doug Aston were retired with suitable ceremony by Lloyd Manning and Vic Juba. Darren King was presented with a Paul Harris fellowship by Brian McCook
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Colleen Fulton's presentation focused on the importance of the United Way in Lloydminster. As President of the United way for 4 years, she said sixteen Agencies presently benefit from the United Way.
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Ken Fisher, Coach of the Lloydminster Rotary Chargers and Youth Pastor at Southridge Church and Drew Bexson, student and Team Captain told us the importance of character building in team sports.
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Raf addressed the common misunderstandings of Islam. Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to God (in Arabic: - Allah). An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning "one who submits [to God]". There are between 1 billion and 1.8 billion Muslims, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world, after Christianity. Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad, God's final prophet, through the angel Gabriel, and regard the Qur'an as the fundamental source of Islam.
Zuhi showed her versatility and poise under pressure when she was asked to pinch hit for a speaker who cancelled at the last minute. She has been asked to sit on a committee convened by Education Minister Dave Hancock to assess the state of education in Alberta and to gather feedback from the citizens in her area about their ideas for education in the next 20 years. An email will be going out to enlarge upon this.
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Dr. Michael, Director of Education of the Lloydminster Public School Division, is in effect, the CEO of a multi-million dollar operation responsible for the education of our greatest resource, our children. He spoke briefly about planned new construction to accommodate the growth of the city's population and then outlined some of the initiatives being undertaken by the school system using the latest technology and instructional methods.
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Rotarian Raf Sayeed introduced Sherri who heads up the Midwest Family Connection, formerly the Early Intervention Program. Surveys have shown that our area has a below average level of childhood development and with the early learning programs, parental education programs, home based services programs and information and referral programs, MFC, based in the lower level of the Co-op Plaza, is doing their best to remedy that situation.
Ross, pastor of Southridge Church, brought us our annual Christmas message in the form of, "Things are not always what they seem". Ross has been around this area for many yearsas, among other roles, an RCMP auxiliary constable so he is well known. He was introduced by long time friend Don Whiting.
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Mr. Gauthier is in charge of the Saskatoon office of the Entrepreneurial Foundation of Saskatchewan which is a non-profit organization formed to provide advice, training and mentorship to entrepreneurs seeking access to investment capital during start-up and expansion of their small businesses. Up to a million dollars can be available. EFS is staffed to provide help to small business at all stages of their development and they have considerable flexibility in their ability to provide help and to source funding. Check www.efsk.ca for more detail.
If you had to sell your house today, would you lose money on it? Scott Musgrave showed that you would only if you bought in 2007 and sold in 2008. The local market is down by about 3% since last year but has risen in all recent past years. He spoke of some of the developments now going ahead with the Musgrave companies here and at other locations. Scott wound up his talk with a video showing the progress of Musgrave developments and the growth of the city over the last several years. It was very impressive.
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Bunny, daughter of Betty and the late Marvin Horpestad, works with Community Futures in the Mature Workers program to encourage and help retired workers to go back into the work force. Employers can take advantantage of their years of experience and employment flexibility as most are able to adjust without the family obligations of younger workers. If this sounds interesting contact Bunny at the Community Futures office.
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Paul is the chair of the Lloydminster Handivan Society. He gave a brief history of the Society from its beginning in 1980 when a need was seen by a group of local people for specialsed transport for those in wheelchairs. They were able to get a large part of the funding for their first van from the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation and the service has been able to continue with the support of corporate, organisation and individual donations plus the income from fee for service.
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Brick by Brick.
Past District Governor, Larry Johnson (2001 - 2002) introduced Memory to the members of the club. Memory is the School Director of her school in Malawi, Africa. She explained the many problems that were prevalent in Malawi that girls were having in schools. The teachers offered higher marks for sex. This led to HIV. This story was brought back to Canada by Larry Johnson's daghter, Christy. This was the story where Memory and Christie started their own school in Malawi so that the girls could go to school whithout interference.
They set up a school called "Girls on the Move".
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Kim, originally from Clearwater BC, is our latest Salvation Army member in Lloydminster. She had a wide variety of education and employment before settling on her chosen path in life as a Salvation Army officer. Looking back, she says that she felt that calling as a child of seven. Her commitment and dedication is obvious. We welcome Kim to our city!
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On deck today were counsellors, teachers and students from LCHS and HRHS speaking about the Challenge Day Programs being initiated at our local high schools. These programs are designed to be a series of experiential learning processes to increase personal power and self esteem among students, to change peer pressure to peer support and to eliminate the acceptability of teasing, violence and all forms of oppression. Rotary is contributing to the funding of this program.
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Our speaker today was President and CEO of 49 North Resource Fund Inc. Tom is passionate about the investment opportunities in Saskatchewan and he is convinced that Canadians in general and Sask residents in particular should be investing their money in the many and varied resource developments here.
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Our featured speaker today was Robert Lundquist, President of the local Chamber of Commerce. He went down the long list of recent accomplishments of the Chamber including improvements to the downtown business district in co-operation with Streetscapes. Ours is one of the most active Chambers in the country in communities of our size and presently has over 500 members.
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Our club was honoured to have the federal Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, bring us up to date on the plans and accomplishments of the Conservative government. Gerry is the Member of Parliament for the Battlefords-Lloydminster constituency so he represents the eastern portion of our city and the surrounding Saskatchewan area. With him were his assistant, Todd Mackay and our ex-Rotarian, Milt Wakefield.
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Craig Featherstone, CEO of the Thorpe Recovery Centre, spoke about the continued growth of the centre from its beginning in 1976 as a couple of beds in the hospital to its present facility of 28 beds, the Harris House residence and an outpatient office. They are in the process of expanding to a new location on 34 acres near Blackfoot.
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Sorry guys. Both Dan and I missed this one but I understand it was an address by Doug Campbell about the possible impacts of the increasing amount of goods flowing through this area from China and the Orient because of the new container port at Prince Rupert. This could have big impact on our city as a trading and transshipment point on this important route.
Mayor Ken Baker addressed the Rotary Club by first updating the introduction of photo radar to Lloydminster. Then Mayor Baker and Roger Brekko addressed the plans of the bypass of highway 16 around Lloydminster and Highway 17 through Lloydminster.
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Guy is CEO of Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation, based in Calgary. They handle all recycleable containers except beer cans and bottles. They are financed by the deposits paid on recycleable containers sold through retailers in Alberta. It seems the average in Alberta is about 70% of the conatiners are recycled. Lloydminster's returns are at 86% which is a tribute to the system here.
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We were honoured today by a visit from our new District Governor, Ross Tyson and his wife Brenda. Ross gave a talk and Power Point show expanding on his theme for the year of "Reach for Your Moon" to inspire the clubs in District 5370. He outlined a number of objectives for the clubs including membership increase, formation of new clubs and emphasis on Interact and Rotaract.
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Double header this week: the 2007 and 2008 students who were selected for Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa, Reagan Reece and Corey Davis were the featured speakers. Reagan is from Lashburn and is currently heading for the U of S College of Commerce. Corey from LCHS gave a good report on his trip to the nation's capital, describing the highlights of the tour.
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I will take this opportunity to thank the club for the vote of confidence given me to lead our club for the next Rotary year. It will be a challenge to continue to provide the kind of leadership that has been given by the past Presidents and Boards.
The International Theme for this year is 'Make Dreams Real.' I believe, as a club, we can reach into our community and, along with Rotary International, around the world to make dreams real for countless people who, without our help, could not have experiences, enjoy opportunities, and better quality of life that we can provide for them. We will, as a Board of Directors, watch for opportunities to continue to exercise our privilege in sharing what we have with those who have not.
(Note: President Cal's complete address to Rotary can be found in "Downloads" at right)
Introduced by Rotarian/Alderman Merv Loewen, Mayor Ken spoke about the numerous calls to City Hall about health care concerns. Although this is outside of the jurisdiction of the City, he and Council decided to form the Lloydminster City Council Health Care Advisory Committee to discuss the provision of health care in Lloydminster and its service area.
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Allie is our returning International Exchange student from Mexico. She spoke about her Mexico exchange experience. She spoke about learning a new language and the different culture in Mexico. She said there were about 40 exchange students in her District and she looked forward to District functions with the exchange students.
She thanked us for giving her this opportunity, an experience that she will never forget.
This was a short meeting in the absence of a guest speaker. Attendance was a bit thin due to summer holidays. The weekly photo features Sgt-at-Arms Sheldon Servold so you'll know him next time he appears at the podium.
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Meagan is off to Brazil in a few weeks and she practised her student presentation on us today. Her story of Canada should be very interesting to her host Rotarians in Curitiba.
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Held at the Lakeland College cafeteria, this annual event signified the handover from President Glenys Coleman to President-Elect Cal Friesen. To mark the occasion and to finish the last of Past President Glenys's discretionary money, several donations were made. Click on "President's BBQ" in Photo Journals at right to see pictures.
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Most Rotarian's favorite speakers are the new members giving their vocationals and this was no exception as Chad Tabish told us of his life and times. Chad is a local boy who decided to stay to work and live here. After taking a Busness Admin course at Lakeland College, he elected to work in the broadcast industry, first with Midwest Broadcasting and now with Newcap where he is currently station sales manager for Lloyd-FM. Chad is married and father to three girls. He joined Rotary to try to make a difference in his community and he has already been involved in Rotary's part in Habitat for Humanity. Welcome to our club, Chad.
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Mr. Greenwood and his wife have taken it upon themselves to warn the public about this increasingly prevalent crime of identity theft. He pointed out how it can affect innocent people and how difficult it can be be correct after the fact. He pointed out a few simple steps that can be taken to safeguard against identity theft and generously offered to donate $2 to Rotary for each copy of his book sold at the meeting.
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Our annual Rural-Urban meeting was held at Agland Equipment's new building through the courtesy and co-operation of Ken Kay, Bob Christie and the Agland group of owners. A very nice meal was followed by an address from Bill Dobson, PV farmer and agriculture activist about the present and future anticipated conditions for Alberta agriculture.
Morten finally got his chance to tell us about Denmark and his experiences as an exchange student coming to our club. He started with a slide and video production telling us that the Danes are considered to be the happiest people in the world. If Morten is an example, we can believe that statement. He is most appreciative of the hospitality and personal contacts he has made during his year here and does not seem particularly anxious to go home yet. We've enjoyed your year with us too Morten!
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Our guests were Wayne Russell, team owner and Brad Ollen, team marketing manager. Brad gave an illustrated address on the marketing startegies of the franchise and Wayne pointed out the present stability of the team and its marked improvement last year. Coach Tom Keca and manager Jim Crosson have been signed to three year contracts.
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We had the privilege today of hosting some members of the Eskimos football team, players Ron "Goldie" McLendon, Jason Maas and Patrick Kabongo and customer relations manager Brad Morgan. This was an open meeting with a roomful of paying guests. MC for this occasion was Tracy Klotz who introduced the Eskimos and kept up a lively commentary.
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Henk is a retired physicist late of King's College in Edmonton and trained at the University of Montreal. With his wife Vicky who is a nurse, he works as business manager for a yearly medical and dental mission to Ecuador. This mission was started some ten years ago by Tom Verdonis an orthopedic surgeon who saw an urgent need for aid for the poor and suffering in Ecuador. An entire fully equipped team of surgeons and dentists goes to Ecuador each year for about two weeks to treat as many afflicted people as possible.
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Jeanette is chair of the Relay for Life committee here. She went briefly through the history of Relay for Life in Lloydminster and Saskatchewan and gave an impassioned talk about the program and its benefits. The eighth running will be on May 30/31. So far in 7 years, some $2.7 million has been raised in Saskatchewan of which $1.54 million came from our Relays here. This money goes to help with cancer research in Canada, a huge task considering that there are over 200 kinds of cancer. Is this research significant? Thousands of cancer survivors say it is!
Introduced by games vice-chair Glenn Fagnan, Larry brought an enthusiastic summary of the Sask Summer Games to be held here from Aug 3-9 2008. He pointed out the need for lots of volunteers and community participation. For details click on www.2008ssg.ca . Athletes age range is 11-19 and all Lloydminster residents and school attendants are eligible.
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Scott is a U of A Commerce grad who got interested in how our tax money is spent while he was a student and ended up working for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation after some experience in employment with both the Saskatchewan and Alberta governments. He emphasized that the CTF receives absolutely no government funding. As a taxpayers watchdog, the CTF has had a goodly number of successes along with their share of failures in influencing government policy and spending.
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Talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing! Who would have thought that mild mannered lawyer was once a hardy pipeliner? Ross is a local boy who started his working life in pipeline construction and it financed his way through the College of Law at the U of S. He articled with local firm Clements & Smith and later joined them as a real estate specialist.
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Rotarians were in for a treat on this St. Patrick's Day. Proud Irishman John and his spouse Robin decorated our meeting room with green and white balloons and various Irish souvenirs. John gave a nice Power Point presentation about his native land and its history. After centuries of poverty and out-migration, Ireland is now regarded as the "Celtic Tiger" among the European economies.
There was even a selection of Irish beers for those who desired to sample them. More incentive to be a Rotarian!
Julie Park did a presentation to the club, thanking them for the scholarship to attend two weeks at the Comox Valley Music Camp in B.C. She explained that she stayed with a Rotary family and met several other Rotary students who also attended this camp.
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Stephanie introduced Kaitlyn Matthews to speak on Rotaract. She is the current president of the Rotaract Club of Lloydminster, which is a Rotary-affiliated club for ages 18-30. She spoke about the focus of the Club on community service and International Service.
Aaron Buckingham reported that the big story in Rotary this month was the Rotary Radio Auction and Rotary Radio Days project.It was a huge success once again. It started off with The Goat donating their airwaves for the day to Rotarians who came in and co-hosted every hour of the day. This was a great opportunity to promote Rotary in our community and the Rotarians had a great time doing it.Both local Rotary clubs participated.
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Neil Harris and Rob Little of the Men at Risk program gave an interesting illustrated talk about depression and suicide in the work force. The aim of their presentation was to show the size and import of the problem in Alberta and to enable us to recognise the symptoms of such problems in our fellow workers, then to enourage those persons to talk. The ability to listen is essential followed by quiet suggestions about where to get help. Pwr Pt summary at "Men at Risk" in the Photo Journals at right.
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Randy, introduced by Paul Richer, started with a brief history of Habitat for Humanity. It was originated in 1976 in Georgia by the Fullers and is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing ministry that works with those who lack adequate shelter to build simple, decent affordable homes. The first local home was blitz built in three days in 1999 by a large group of volunteers, contractors and donors. The intial momentum could not be maintained but under Randy's direction, the enthusiasm and resources are returning for the second Habitat house in Lloydminster.
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Cal Friesen, President Nominee, chaired the meeting in the absence of President Glenys.
Jeff Mulligan, President & C.E.O. of Common Wealth Credit Union, spoke on the topic of "Differentiation in a Competitive Marketplace". Common Wealth has had tremendous growth over the recent past and now has 430 employees at 15 locations, serving the needs of over 53,700 members and managing assets of $1.6 Billion. Jeff talked about how a business must differentiate itself from its competition and know how they fit in their market. It must be relevant to its customers, its community and its employees.
Innovation and differentiation means having the guts to come up with new ideas and develop them. These are not "one hit wonders", however, and you must be always challenging yourself to develop news ways to serve your customers and deal with your employees.
Mayor Ken started by mentioning how important it is for politicians to listen to the advice of the people and to get the messages of government back to them through the media and personal contact. One of the greatest concerns of municipal politicians is the infrastructure deficit that has reached an estimated $123 billion in Canada. The federal and provincial governments have downloaded much of this responsibility onto local government which has put them into an impossible financial position. A study of this important problem done by McGill University for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is at Infrastructure Deficit. Please read it.
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Our first meeting of 2008 featured Melissa Mann Wright, a local ER nurse, speaking on behalf of the Lloydminster Social Action Society. She pointed out that there is an acute but largely invisible crisis here involving homeless men. Many of these men have been drawn to our city by the job market but because of the almost zero rental vacancy rate, they are unable to find affordable places to live. The photo shows the presentation of a cheque from Rotary by Past President Greg Hnatuk to Melissa Wright for shelter funding.
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Rev. Michael came to our Anglican church last summer so he is quite new to our city. He was born and raised in Alberta, educated in Medicine Hat, Edmonton and Toronto. In his 30 years with the church, he served in Saskatchewan and Alberta and has a special interest in the rural areas. He brought us a Christmas message of the birth of Christ and Christianity's approach to faith and the people.
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Kevin Kromrey gave us some story last year that it would be his last year doing the poinsettia auction. It seems that he couldn't let it go so away we went again this year with another very successful and satisfying example of the generosity of the Kromrey family. He also threw in his story of growing the things. Rotary thanks the Kromreys for their boost to the Rotary Foundation and other charities.
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Guest Speaker - Brian Rozmahel, GM of the Parkland Conservation Farm, Talked about the farm's history and focus on educating
young Albertans about sustainable farm practices. He gave a passionate presentation on the dangers of oil dependency economically and agriculturally.
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Dan spoke of the aims and objectives of his club (some 40 members at last count), such as sustaining and increasing membership, implementing service projects abd the fund raising projects to finance them. Their main fund raisers are the Comedy Night recently held, the hat auction at Cowboy Countdown and Rotary Radio Days in February. He was followed by Aaron Buckingham
Dr. Cecilia Reynolds was introduced to us as the very well qualified Dean of Education by Dr. Raf Sayeed. Dr. Reynolds pointed out that this year is the 80th anniversary of the College of Education at the U of S and she went on to review some of the college's past successes and give some highlights of the planned programs ahead.
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Sorry. I missed this meeting because of an appointment in Edmonton but the PowerPoint show presented by Bob Christie about Rotary Foundation is available in DOWNLOADS in the right hand column of this page. It is an excellent summary of the aims, importance and accomplishments of the Foundation.
Stan's talk about the Alberta apprenticeship programs was very appropriate as the feature of our annual Employer-Employee Relations meeting. He pointed out that Alberta has 10% of Canada's population and 30% of Canada's apprentices. Trade training is particularly important now during these prosperous times with the shortages of skilled tradesmen. Another feature of this week was the presentation of the annual Integrity in Business award to Lorne and Kim Olson of Sandpiper Truck Services.
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Past President Bob Little finally got to present a cheque for $10,000 to Georgina Altman of the Lloydminster Regional Health Foundation. Bob had chosen the LRHF as recipient of the award from his president's project last year. To be presented later is a similar amount from ex-president Greg Hnatuk's project to the men's shelter here in Lloydminster.
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John had to fill in at the last moment because of an unfortunate happening for the scheduled speaker. He asked the Rotarians to take a few minutes to jot down their ideas about preferred speakers and to suggest some possible candidates and contact persons.
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Alistair, in the well known Starke family style, gave us an interesting illustrated report on his May 2007 Adventure in Technology trip to Saskatoon. The event, sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Saskatoon, saw the adventurers flown to the uranium mine at Points North in NE Saskatchewan to tour the strip mine and processing facilities.
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Stephanie reported on the progress of the new Rotaract club and told of some of the problems encountered by a college-based club, dependent upon a transient population for membership maintenance and recruitment. She urged Rotary members to buy tickets to support the Gala on Sept 29.
This Rotaract club is one of the few to be co-sponsored by more than one Rotary club. Lee Swanson is the liaison person for the Border City club.
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Tasha is very dedicated to physical fitness and the control of overweight and obesity in our society. She pointed out the advantages of maintaining a healthy weight and degree of fitness in the feeling of well-being and reduced health care needs. She outlined some of the programs available for promotion of these commendible objectives with her talk and video presentation.
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DG David Taylor and his wife Elaine were among our guests of honour on this Monday. He was introduced by Assistant DG Stew Dent. DG David brought us his sincere message of "Rotary shares" and pointed out the many areas where Rotary locally and internationally affects the lives of many.
Another honoured guest was Marilyn Young, the first "Unsung Hero" of President Glenys's promise to recognise these people in our community.
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Membership director Darren King addressed a constant problem in Rotary, the recruitment and retention of new members. In a well illustrated talk he emphasized the importance of proper preparation and mentoring of new members and outlined the proposed program for increasing our membership during the coming year.
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As part of their commitment to improvement of the lot of third world nations, the Canadian Co-operative Association of which Common Wealth Credit Union is a part, regularly undertakes a project overseas. As part of that, Susan found herself in Cambodia with a somewhat unclear mandate to assist the budding credit union movement in Cambodia. She is well qualified as a consultant in the credit union world as an experienced official with Synergy Credit Union and wife of our Malcolm Drever of the Common Wealth Credit Union.
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Nicholas is more than that. He is also a farmer, budding political activist, community supporter, avid gardener and consort of our Rotarian lawyer Stephanie Brodie, an all around good Canadian boy. He decided while on a tour of Europe after graduation from high school, that he wanted to enroll at the Fire etc. school at Vermilion and become involved in service to the public.
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Our 2007-08 president, Glenys Coleman, told us about the changes coming up for this coming Rotary year and the reasoning behind them. The new executive is liisted on the left side of this web page. Glenys has some interesting ideas in mind including regular recognition of local "Unsung heroes" and of "Rotarian of the week".
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I was in BC and missed this meeting unfortunately, but my friend Glenn Weir told me that Allie's slide show presentation was very interesting. This is the presentation she will make to her host club and other groups in Mexico. Allie attends Holy Rosary High School and will be our exchange ambassador for the coming year.
The two students who were sent to the Adventure in Fire Fighting at Fire ETC. gave their report on the fun, games and serious learning from their three day session at the fire training facility in Vermilion. Torey Greening presented the Power Point show and talk but Shayla was able to join us to give her impressions at the end. It seems they were impressed to the point where Torey has joined our local volunteer fire department.
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The annual official handover from the outgoing president to the incoming president-elect took place in the beautiful venue of the Lakeland College cafeteria. President Bob Little gave his summary and impressions of his year at the helm of the noon club. Taking over the duties, incoming President Glenys Coleman presented Bob with his Past President's plaque.
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In response to the pressing need for more workers in the skilled trades in Alberta's booming oilfield related economy, Lakeland College is trying some new approaches. Brian works at the Sherwood Park campus to investigate and develop effective college programs for training incoming foreign workers to Alberta journeyman and red seal qualification.
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Darlene came to Rotary to tell us about a support facility dubbed Sorrentino's Compassion House. It is named after one of its main sponsors, Sorrentino's Restaurant in Edmonton. The house is a six suite warm and supportive home away from home for breast cancer patients and their families travelling to Edmonton for diagnosis, treatment or follow-up care.
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Leona, always an adventurous sort, saw an ad for a world tour via chartered jetliner, so off she went. Today she shared her travels witth us, starting when she joined the flight in Whitehorse YT. Leona's photos took us along with her to Japan, Viet Nam, Cambodia, India, Dubai, Kenya, Egypt, Czech Republic, Iceland and back to Canada at Toronto. A most interesting trip via IcelandAir.
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After stiff competition from a number of cities across the province, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation has selected Lloydminster to host the 2007 ceremonies and presentations. Arts Without Borders was the chosen theme and Raelynn is co-ordinator of the event schedule. It grew from the original plan for a two day festival to five days beginning on May 23. Click to see the schedule at FESTIVAL. It promises to be outstanding entertainment.
Ed Anderson, representing the FarmPure group of companies and its 196 original shareholders, told us what FarmPure is all about. Starting with a group of seed producers and marketers, FarmPure has expanded into the beverage, foods and financial areas of sustainable agriculture.
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Jeanette claimed to be more comfortable in her usual role as a teacher at the Queen Elizabeth school but she did a very good job of bringing the message of the local unit of the Canadian Cancer Society about fund raising and allocation for cancer research. She went on to talk about the annual Relay for Life to be held here for the seventh time on June 1.
In an email to district clubs, WCS president Gordon Boddez asks for help with this project to help the school kids of Belize. The target for this year is 400 used computers to be shipped by June 30 and 350 are still needed
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Arnica, in her usual forthright and straightforward manner, talked about the AIDS/HIV problems, particularly in Africa, where large percentages of the population are afflicted. She told the meeting about the project started by the Vermilion club to raise funds to help in addressing this plague.
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Our speaker heads up John Kanary International, an organization that provides inspirational programs for pfrofessional and personal development. John gave us a fine example of his much-acclaimed talks stressing such points as:
Don't even consider you can't;
Risk believing in yourself;
There is a better way when you look for it;
You must believe you are worth it. He came to us courtesy of Miles Schiller. Well done Miles!
Colleen outlined the objectives of the Lloydminster United Way and pointed out the advantages of an integrated annual campaign to raise funds for many of the local agencies who provide care services in our community. She particularly advocates pledging to the LUW through regular payroll deduction. Please give generously - remember, there are many worthy charity services depending on this funding.
As I heard it described once, "Let's put all our begs in one askit!".
For more information on our United Way and the 17 organizations that benefit from it, click on LUW. More...
Georgina, executive director of the Lloydminster Region Hospital Foundation and President of the Border City Rotary Club gave a well illustrated summary of the importance of the financial support given by the LRHF to the Lloydminster Hospital and to health care in the region. The aim of the LRHF is summed up in the phrase "Health First It's Everything!
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Lalita (May) Gowanitchagul, our current exchange student from Thailand gave us a delightful slide show and talk about her homeland. It must be a beautiful country if it is anything like her carefully prepared show. May closed her show with an appeal to be included in any interesting trips Rotarians may take.
As one of the stops on his annual presidential tour of Saskatchewan, President MacKinnon brought his message of the past success and future value of the University to Saskatchewan and Canada. 2007 is its centennial year and he outlined its progress from the original two colleges to its present complement of 13.
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Our featured speaker this week was Dr. Paul Naude of the Lloydminster Laser Clinic. He brought us up to date on the latest in clinical treatment with botox and lasers. In his Power Point slide show, we could see the dramatic improvement in appearance and skin condition after these new treatments were applied.
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Stephanie is a breath of fresh air for our club, often called the Senior's Club among other names. She is a bright young lawyer from Richmond BC who has decided to move to a small personal law practice in our city. She has made Paradise Valley her home and has embraced this area wholeheartedly.
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The good news is that because of the recent purchase of new longer range helicopters, the operating range of the STARS service now includes Lloydminster. Trevor spoke to us as the Fund Development Officer of the Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society. He pointed out that this very valuable service is always provided in co-operation with the other usual emergency and medical services. Teamwork is their watchword.
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Shaun is a transplanted Cape Bretoner who has been a Rotarian before, in Peace River. He is married with 2 children. He came to Fort McMurray over 20 years ago, working for the city parks and recreation department, then went to SAIT to study advertising and sales and then back to Ft McMurray in ad sales at the newspaper office there.
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Bill gave us a fascinating illustrated talk about the housing units and lots that his group has developed on both sides of our city in the last few years. This city would not be where it is without the drive and vision of Bill, his family and his staff.
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Our friendly college professor, Byrad, spoke on the changes in humour over the years. Jokes and stories that were completely acceptable many years ago are now frowned upon. However, jokes are a socially acceptable way to discuss taboo subjects, within certain parameters. Humour is a reflection of the times. Byrad was introduced by Greg Hilderman and thanked by Glenn Weir, no mean humourists themselves.
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Lyle Berg gave his vocational report to the club today.Lyle is from Manitoba.As a younger man he'd worked in the oil industry and that work took him all over the province.He changed careers to become a Peace Officer and soon found himself arresting a lot of teenagers.This didn't sit well with Lyle because this wasn't the way he wanted to impact the lives of others.
Rod became concerned with senior care issues when his parents were in need of care and housing. He found that such facilities locally were sadly lacking and underfunded compared with other jurisdictions. He and his group are doing their best to call this to the attention of the authorities.
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This year, The Goat is repeating their Rotary advertising and fundraiser day on Feb 6 2007 and they are adding a Rotary Radio Auction to run from Feb 12-26 (week days only). We need donated items, one each day for this event.
For detailed information sheets and invoice form for the ad day, check in "Downloads" in the right hand column of this page. Aaron Buckingham is "Da Man". Call him at 875-5400.
Mayor Ken is always welcome no matter how often he stands at our podium. He spoke of the rapid growth of our city and the efforts of council to pursue long term planning for future growth.
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