Reporter: Jana Gisler
Visiting
Rotarians and Guests:
Harry Roy, a lawyer from Hamilton Place
Rotary in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Helen Duff, a retiree, formerly of the
Ottawa Club (she’s looking to join our club)
Kerry Mason, speaker, and guest of Naida
Hyde
Creole Carmichael, guest of Renate Gibbs
Lesley Ockermueller, guest of Rod Sim
We did a banner exchange with Harry from Chattanooga. He said he hadn’t heard about banner
exchanges until he got here, so we gave him one of ours and he’ll get one back
to us.
President
Heather recognised the following members and presented them with Gift to the
World pins:
Don O'Coffey for cooking burgers for the
ALS Walk
Pablo for donating concert funds back to
our club regularly
Health
of the club:
Mary Canty has a staph infection in her
knee. She’s on IV antibiotics at
hospital. Send her messages to get well soon!
Announcements:
- Jim Force announced our monthly Club-in-a-Pub this Thursday at 5 pm at the Penny Farthing
- There will be a Youth Services meeting next Tuesday, September 29th at 4 pm at the Youth Centre in the new high school
- Sanjay reminded us of lunch next week, September 29th at 11:45 AM at the Old Spaghetti Factory, followed by gold exhibition tour at the museum
- Jack commented that our museum was recently voted Best in Canada for the 3rd year in a row!
- President Heather mentioned that tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 at the Rec Centre there will be a Merrython board meeting for anyone who is interested.
Celebrations
Master (Joan Firkins):
We are celebrating that the flags are
correct this week: everyone put in $1
No rotary pin? $1
World Polio Day is October 24th
How many cases of Polio this year? 41
No cases of Polio in Nigeria this year!
This year's rotary theme is: Be a gift
to the world
How many Interact students in the world?
423,499
How many Rotaract students in the world?
187,000
Birthdays,
Wedding Anniversaries, and Club Anniversaries:
Wedding anniversaries for Tom Croft and
Ron Beyer
No club anniversaries or birthdays
Happy
and Sad Dollars:
Rod Sim had a happy dollar because the
Pole job is almost over
Joan Peggs had a happy dollar to thank
all who had flags and also the installers of the flags. She also thanked her neighbors who gave her
things to donate to Rotaract
Jack Petrie gave a happy dollar so that
he could sing to our guest from Chattanooga.
Also noted that our Rotary International President next year is from
Chattanooga
Naida had a happy dollar because she was
at the symphony and the program recognised Perry Bamji and his wife for being superheroes
with their donations
Pete Lawrie gave $10 sad dollars and $2
happy dollars: happy dollars for his great Europe trip, and sad dollars because
he watched refugees walk through Denmark. It struck Pete that it's a world problem and
he came back committed to doing something about it.
50/50:
Jim Laing was the winner of $12.50. He didn’t get the right marble for the $115.50
pot.
Guest Speaker:
Naida introduced our guest speaker,
Professor Kerry Mason, from UVic. She gave an interesting talk on Coast Salish monumental carvings, and showed a beautiful slide show of
different paintings, silk-screens, and carvings.
Some notes from the presentation:
- We no longer say totem poles; they are just called poles and there are different kinds. For example, a welcome pole, house frontal pole, memorial pole. Shapes of nature are recurring in poles: dorsal fin of whales, mountains, waves on the ocean, etc.
- Poles are often made of cedar, which is the tree of life.
- The idea of a house frontal pole is to make one think about entering a house. The entrance to the house is through the bottom of the pole.
- Poles are historical documents: ways to present and preserve the past. They are a way to ensure the continuation of stories and the achievements/knowledge/status of a family and a vehicle through which the youth will understand the values of a cultural group.
Phil Neroutsos thanked our speaker and presented
her with a mug.
The meeting was closed with the national
anthem of Israel for David and Batya Westler.
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