President Frank Vasilator presiding

Greeter Richard Hebert introduced:

Mark Switzer

Bev Lanz - Sunrise Club

Bill Mains - Lethbridge East

Rotary Bridge

Last Saturday's Bridge event at Mike McGuire's did not result in a visit from the riot squad, but it was close.  The next Bridge meeting will be at John Keenan's residence.

Sexual Abuse

Our club will be developing a policy on sexual abuse during Frank's tenure, and non too soon either.  Lethbridge East club reports many new prospective members since announcing their policy discussions.

Lethbridge Assn for Community Living

Doug McArthur volunteered to attend the March 11 appreciation evening.

Hanski Report

Hanski began her new semester, started taking French, found that no beginners' French course was available, so decided to take another course in Fashion which she prefers anyways.  Last semester she got three awards in Fashion, Art and Drama.  She attended the cocktail party at Dick Turner's (before she was 18).  Has Dick made bail yet?  Hanski donated blood again, with Allison who was our outbound exchange student last year. She went to Fairmont for snow boarding.  Thanks as well to Pat Killoran for a great outing.  Hanski was interviewed on TV, went to West Edmonton Mall with Brent Gateman and visited the Legislature building.  "Thanks to all who took me on trips, they were great," says Hanski.

Hanski asks for ideas on what we would like to hear about her native Finland in her next talk.

Guest Speakers

Our Lottie introduced Sheila Acharya and Victoria Kaye

Sheila Acharya was our outbound Rotary exchange student eight years ago who went New Zealand.  She then attended an Melbourne University on an Ambassadorial Scholarship where, in a group of 20 students, the other 19 were from developing nations. She studied health issues in the Faculty of Medicine which highlighted the difference in health issues.  While she studied microbes in water, they studied arsenic in theirs.  While she studied breast cancer, they studied AIDS and female genital mutilation. 

The two Chinese ladies came from established careers and were obligated by their government to undertake this lonely study away from home.  They did not complain and knew that the learning experience would be a long-term benefit to their people.  The residence across from the university was a run-down dorm, but had good food.  Due to the diversity of students, the evenings were filled with irate discussions that were great learning experiences.  Sheila often thinks of Mathew who was a philosopher and math genius who is now working in Stanford on weapons of mass destruction.

In representing Canada, Sheila spoke of our country and our multi-cultural lives.  This was at odds with the Australian immigrant policy which invoked many serious and informative discussions.  During her stay at Melbourne, she decided that global health could be best served by studying International Law.  In Salzburg, Austria, she attended course lectures by UN judges who served in Rwanda, and a judge from the Nuremberg tribunal.  To maintain sanity and balance, Sheila is taking a course in East Indian Classical Dance and attending political policy conventions.  She feels that success in her chosen career requires 70% hard work and 30% fate and destiny.  She thanks Rotary and especially Lottie Austin for all the opportunity that Rotary has given her.

Victoria Kaye was our 1999-2000 exchange student who attended a life-changing Japanese experience which is a whole other story.  Victoria is now going back to Japan on a Rotary Ambassador Scholarship through the Rotary Club of Pincher Creek.  She is taking international business management which will include language, culture and business practices in Japan.  She is presently attending the UofL where she is on her second year on the Dean's List and employed as a lab assistant. 

The Pincher Creek club has connections with the Nippon institute in Blairmore and Saitama, Japan. Vickie will be attending the Nippon institute on a Matsui Scholarship where she hopes to join the photography and hiking club.  She is looking forward to the numerous festivals, such as the giant kite, dance and rocket festivals.  Upon return, she intends on spending the summer as a translator in Banff.  She thanks Rotary for all the support and promises to be a good ambassador and report back on her return.

Sergeant At Arms

Geri Hecker fined Murray for having the Bridge high score.  Myles had the opportunity to divulge his nick-name or pay a buck. . .well. . . Woodcarver John Hunt paid for having his picture in the paper.  Duncan Lloyd paid for his political maneuvering to limit the number of occupations in Coaldale.  Tom deJager was fined in-absentia because we found how he can "Simply Sell For Less" - there are child labour laws in this province, Tom.  Frank was fined for not using his YMCA pass.  Geri paid an umbrella buck to announce her Investing In Youth event at the Curling Club.

Brent paid a happy buck to deliver a $5.00 pitch on the Draw to the Button event for 5th on 5th. Mike M was also happy to support the same.  Jeff Warren was happy to have had his 20th anniversary.  Murray was happy to enjoy new snow in Fernie and 30 pts in Bridge.  Marlin was happy the Flames finally won a game.  Judy is happy to belong to a club of such high caliber that we attract the fine speakers we had today.  Duncan was happy that Saskatchewan won in curling.  Les Talbot is happy Dr. Judy Garber will be speaking on Tuesday, so give him a call for details. Wayne Stewart is happy that one kid is coming home and the other one is leaving.  Doug McArthur is glad that Mrs. McArthur is celebrating 30 years of wedded bliss, but he didn't say who to, and his daughter is back in town on Friday, and will be moving out on Saturday.

Draw

Eddie provided the fastest draw in the West.  Dick Beck took home $10 and Wayne Hawthorne took home $5

Where and When do Other Clubs Meet?

You will find a new link on the links page.  If you search our "5360" District, all the clubs' times and locations come up in a list.  Thanks to Lloyd for the suggestion.

At Last, a valid report of an E-mail Virus

If you receive an email entitled "Bedtimes" delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do
not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase
everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks
within 20 feet of your computer.

It demagnetizes the strips on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms
your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR, and uses
subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It
will program your phone auto dial to call only 1-800 numbers.

This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.

IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING.

It will drink ALL your beer.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING??

It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting
company. It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with
Rogaine.  If the "Bedtimes" message opened in a Windows 95/98
environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer
plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. It will not only remove
the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill
your Skim milk with whole milk.

******* WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. *******

And if you don't send this to 5000 people in 20 seconds, you'll fart so
hard that your right leg will spasm and shoot straight out in front of
you, sending sparks that will ignite the person nearest you.

Send this warning to everyone.

"We endeavor to tell the truth in all reporting."  Quote from Duncan Rand, who should know. 

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