• September 1 - Labour Day - no meeting
• Sept 5-6-7 - Hands Across the Border, Waterton Peace Park
• September 8: No meeting, see Tuesday, September 9 below
• September 9 - Richard D King Evening Meeting
• September 15 - Charles Pratt, from Sierra Leone, speaks on the presidential conference in Kenya and how Rotary can deliver help directly to African nations and bypass corrupt governments.
• September 22 - TBA
• Sunday, Sept 28 - District Meeting in Lancaster Museum at 11:00 a.m.
• September 29 - Partners Day
• Saturday, November 8 - District Meeting in Lancaster Museum at 11:00 a.m.

   

Bernie Presiding

Bernie's Top Ten Reasons why you should join Rotary

#2 ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT:

Rotarians practice a 4-Way Test that measures words and actions by their truthfulness, fairness, goodwill, and benefit to all. Encouraging high ethical standards in one's profession and respect for all worthy vocations has been a hallmark of Rotary from its earliest days.

Proposed New Member, second notice, August 25: Kevin Ronan

Greeter Charles Funk:

Heather Yawney

Iain & Kristy Scott

Angela Yaeck

Kevin Ronan

Ted Stillson

Ralph Hewitt

Bev Lanz, Lethbridge East

Garth Shaw, Sunrise

Rotary Float

Bernie presented the club with the first-place plaque for our Rotary Club Float in the Whoop~Up parade.  Thanks to Dick Beck and his decorators and un-decorators and Dawna Coslovi for a great "Beef on a Bun" afterwards at Highway Service.  Link to Photos of the Rotarians and Floats captured on film at Rotarians_on_parade

Welcome Back Brian

Brian Treadwell has returned to the fold in keeping with the spirit. . . of Rotary.  Brian has seen the light, fled from the corners of darkness and subterranean Thursday morning meetings euphemistically termed "Sunrise Meetings."  Rise up, oh ye brother of light and humour.

Supporting Alberta Beef

Many thanks for the continuing support of our beef industry to Dallas Harty, Edourd Fetting, and Mike Marcotte (today at Moxies).

Back up from Down Under

Myles brought back a banner from Alice Springs and some fund-raising ideas.  The Bottomless Boat Race (boats, not rowers, are bottomless) raises $25- $30,000.  Tires, legs and other forms of locomotion get the boats from start to finish.  In Tasmania, Rubber Ducky races also raise $25 - $30,000 per year. 

Rotary Summer Lottery

The early bird prize draw will be at Global on Wednesday this week.  Our Lottie spoke of her experience volunteering at the Rotary Lottery Booth at Whoop Up Days.  She says ticket sales could be going much better, and personally commits to selling $1000 and challenges all Rotarians to do the same.  Hey, did you notice Lottie smiling at us from the Lethbridge Transit shelters billboards?

September 9, Richard D. King Meeting

The next Rotary meeting will be 6:00 p.m. at the Lethbridge Lodge with Past Rotary International President Richard King.  This is a grand opportunity to bring a prospective member.  $25.00 gets you roast sirloin.  Please tell Brian you are attending.

Sergeant At Arms

Robin noticed that retired CA Myles is now going on about Rubber Duckies.  Kevin Rowan is here as guest of Jamie Torry who is not here, so a fine is in order.  However, Jamie had a sewer back-up in the house she just bought from Frank, so he can pay her looney.  That's $499 short of the deductible.  Brian is welcomed back to Downtown Rotary, and hopefully he will stick this time.  Mind you, there is one other club you could try.  Chris Murray is fined for his over-flowing car lot encroaching on IGA and McDonalds.  The idea is not to accumulate cars, Chris; you are supposed to sell them.  Robin who alternates between being Irish and Italian fined non-Italians for the Italian Open Golf Tournament.  Chris, Carlen and Cam paid for that privilege.  Robin managed to avoid making comment about Val Matteotti and Ralph riding around in a same-sex golf cart.  Thanks to Dallas for the $250 worth of Beef donated so Robin could win it.  Pat (another Irishman) was noted to be spending much time at the Rotary Youth Exchange while his chairmanship of the Whoop~Up days is on auto-pilot.  Dawna paid for her highly successful golf tourney which was so lengthy that some participants qualified for residence at Green Acres during the tournament.  Doug McArthur paid for assigning his daughter to three late nights at the Rotary Booth on the Exhibition grounds. 

Happy Bucks from Elisabeth one for Isabel coming to live-in, one for Ian Cameron saying Hello, and only two years of his sentence left, and for us flying the Swiss Flag on a custom-made flag pole by Peter Green.    Pat paid to be proud of Rotarians, the Rotary float and the win, and the Lottery booth, the President's reception and meeting Rotarian Loralee Burton.  Lloyd is happy that he and Dallas have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hurricanes.  Ellie paid umbrella bucks to say the latest edition of her magazine is out, with four new columnists.  We are welcome to come see Isabel modeling at the September 7 Bridal Show at the Exhibition Park. 

Child Find:  This organisation does not conduct door-to-door canvassing.  If any one tries to solicit funds, please call the police or 328-KIDS.

Dawna was happy to give Chris Murray a little extra recognition for his contribution to the Green Acres Golf Tournament.  Chris is happy that Ellie from Child Find came over to his house to help with his autistic son.  Seamus is happy that L.A. Net broadband between Calgary and Lethbridge is up and running. 

Happy Birthdays to David (Sr.) Cassidy, Peter Allen and Isabel who got the full club chorus. 

Isabel Report

These have been two very special weeks (Hanski do you read this?): Killorans took her to the rodeo and Cardston Parade (see photos on the Isabel webpage).  She attended the exchange student barn dance, went river tubing with Tania, went to Rotarian Herky's jam session at Pincher Creek, met with Judy, Pincher's exchange student from Germany, had a host families BBQ, spent two days at Winston Churchill and met many nice people.  And Isabel now lives at the Elisabeth and Kelvin Nelson home, where you can phone to make a date with Isabel.

Beatrice Vocational Talk

Beatrice (don't call her Bee) has been in Rotary for one and a half years.  She was born in Edmonton, and raised there with two other siblings.  Her sister still lives near Edmonton, and her brother is in New Jersey in the pharmacy business and sends care packages of copper tone and promo packages. 

Her mother's family homesteaded at Drayton Valley, and her dad grew up in the booming days of Turner Valley.  He became an engineer in the oil patch, which meant living on site in trailers from Fort Macleod to Consort in the summer months.  Beatrice went to high school in Edmonton, then on to the U of A, starting in Science and switching to Fine Arts.  Her French education resulted only in learning rude hand and arm signs. 

She went to work with Alberta Forest Service as a radio operator in Slave Lake, and Fort McMurray.  It was  seasonal work.  Beatrice got a paying job in the art department of Alberta Report doing graphic design and brochures.  She rented subsidized office space from Dad to start her own business, and took advantage of being young and single, and having itchy feet, she spent six months in Australia, went coast-to-coast in Canada and USA, traveled Europe, Asia, Nepal and South Pacific.  Through her love of travel, she found fascinating culture and people who go out of their way to help.  But, it's wise to get the same advice from at least two people, before planning a route.

In 1980, Beatrice married at Edmonton, moved to Oshawa, city of 60,000 with 120,000 people working at GM.  The 401 hwy separates fast-food businesses on the north side, and strip joints on the south.  She spent five years there, worked for two print companies, then went to work for C.N. Real Estate on King Street in downtown Toronto.  The two-hour commute became tiring, and yearning for the west, she packed up two kids and a two-month-old baby for the long, long drive back west.  She started work for the Board of Education on the Peigan Reserve where she maintained A/V equipment, worked on a talking Blackfoot Dictionary, learned to maintain computer networks for 30 months. 

She divorced and got a job with KPMG, where for nine years, she was the internal tech support person and did hardware repair.  Thanks to Myles for a great time there.  Three and a half years ago, she formed Solve-IT a company in which she sets up databases for inventory, customer lists, etc.  She teaches MS Office applications and enjoys teaching people to use the programs themselves. 

Loralee Burton  Vocational

Loralee has been an accountant at YPM for eight years, has a son Garet who is a born performer, sports accelerator and band whiz.  She has a group foster home which includes a 7 year old, and Isabel will be moving in after the Nelson's break her in. 

The first 18 years of Loralee's life were spent in Thompson, Manitoba where winter sports, lakes and mosquitoes dominate life.  She also lived in Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, and eventually Calgary.  She has worked in many jobs including retail, tow-truck driving, service station operator, tire changer, landscaper, and was fired from only two jobs.  One was from her short career as a waitress who broke way too many dishes, and as a Secretary in the days of typewriters, carbon paper and whiteout.  The boss thought she should work somewhere else. 

She put herself through university.  The first year at U of Manitoba was overwhelming, so she took time off to enjoy a stint of minimum wages before going back to University of Brandon.  She graduated with degrees in business admin and accounting, then getting employment as a government auditor for Indian Reserves in northern Manitoba.  Loralee tried seven and half years of self-employment in Calgary.  Her friend Elisabeth (our Elisabeth) convinced her to move to Lethbridge where she took up employment with YPM where she enjoys what she does.  She specializes in corporate tax, cattle and farm operations, Credit Unions, and Non-profit agencies. 

YPM views customer service as the most important quality.  They want you to succeed, and they believe in community involvement.  YPM has joined Polaris International which allows them to access resources that puts them on a level with the big boys. 

Why Rotary?

"I did not pick Rotary, Elisabeth picked me."   The district conference in Medicine Hat opened her eyes to the wide world of Rotary.

Next time Loralee talks, this scribe will tape the event and play it back at half speed.

Kara Sayers Letter

Kara's latest offering which is starting to sound like Norwegian-English is found on the <Kara> webpage.

Family of Rotary by Peter Greene

From Bernie:

Member Rotary Foundation contributions in August, as reflected as of this date on the RI website. Thanks to:

Jamie Torry, Darrell Alexander, Ron Jacobson, Elisabeth Nelson, Nancy Walker, & Judy Head

Draw: Dawna Coslovi (who hardly ever gets into the Whoop~Up Bulletin) won $10

Lucky Marlin Konynenbelt took home $5.00

"We endeavor to tell the truth in all reporting." 

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