Whoop~Up Bulletin

Vol.85, No.25, January 20, 2003

 

bob, that's Rotary with a capital R

 

Upcoming
  • Saturday, January 25, 2003, 7:30 p.m. Peter and Olive Green are our BRIDGE hosts:   3204 - 6"A" Avenue South.  Please call them at 320-5090.
  • January 27 - RCMP Superintendent Lloyd Hickman with a final report on the G8 meeting last summer.
  • January 28, Computer Club meets at the U of L library.
  • Feb 3 - Diane Randall - City of Lethbridge representative with an overview of the homeless situation in Lethbridge.
  • Feb 10 -  TBA
  • Feb 17 - Sheila Acharya - Ambassadorial Scholarship and Rotary Exchange Student.
  • Saturday, February 22, 2003 – Yates Memorial Theatre Sunrise in the Evening.  Comedy Plays, drinks, fancy snacks, silent auction, $1000 cash prize draw.  Tickets $30, groups of eight: $27.50, groups of twelve: $25.00

     

    Official Notice: Stephen Graham, proposed by Paul Pharo

     

    Frank, "The Vasilator" presiding

     

    • Greeter Beatrice Milner introduced:

     

    Donation

    John Hoopfer read a letter advising our club that Ophthalmologist, Dr. Leong who departed this world in June of 2002, willed our club $2000 for youth projects.  He was a long-time supporter of Lethbridge youth programs.

     

    Hanski Report

    Since the 9th of December, our Rotary Exchange Student has been busy.  Hanski listed her attendances at:

     

    Surprise Sergeant At Arms

    SAA Geri Hecker spent productive time getting the dirt on:

     

    John Fills In

    In the absence of the official spokesperson for the Rotary Dragon Festival, John Hoopfer says this year's event set for June 28-29 is well underway.  Major committees are: Race Committee, Chris Hansen of Sunrise Club. Communications Committee, Kendal Gibson. Corporate Funding Committee under Jack Yaeck. There is also a Volunteer committee and an Executive committee.  The offshoot Lethbridge Paddling Association will have its first dry-paddling meeting and practice on January 28.  The members will progress to wet paddling, and submarine practice under the watchful eye of Peter Green.  In-depth paddling analysis may be conducted on the 19th hole.  Or is that the wrong sport?

     

    Last year, 85 volunteers looked after 19 teams.  This year we expect 29 teams.  Pretty darn good presentation from John who read from his cuff, eh?

     

    Drawski

    John Hoopfer drew Marlin as winner of $10 and Hanski for $5.

     

    Computer Club

    Helen Henderson will review the exercise in Excel in which we imported a Word document to create a club members directory.  She also promises to show how to develop formulas.  Are all you financial gurus attending?  We hope so. January 28, 7:00 p.m. at the University Library.

     

    Child Find

    Rotarian Ellie Peters is the Lethbridge and District Office Manager (Volunteer) for Child Find.  During the last school year, she arranged for 25,000 local kids to hear about the organisation and learn how to protect themselves from abduction.  One Lethbridge child was accosted, and drew on his knowledge to escape and call police.  Ellie has attended 35 schools where over 4000 students have been fingerprinted. 

     

    Child Find has taken on a life of its own and has grown beyond what Ellie can handle.  Her office cannot contain the Child Find traffic, and she needs some visible space for a volunteer to take over some of the workload.  As a charitable organisation, she can issue receipts in lieu of rent.  Ellie also needs volunteer teachers to take on a minimum of 90 minutes a week to talk with students in the schools.  There are other jobs like distributing posters, attending collection boxes, and fundraising. 

     

    If you know of any person with time on their hands, or whose plate is not completely full, this is a great opportunity for service. 

     

    Learn more about Child Find

     

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