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5)Have a Happy Canada Day!
Please direct any questions to the President or a board member of yourchoosing and we will discuss any and all questions or concerns during our board meeting. Also please refer anyone who may be interested in attending a meeting or joining the club.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” - Oscar Wilde (via Joyce)
VISITORS
None that I could see. But who knows nobody could see me either once the screen share was on. 🥹Or hear me for that matter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
CLUB BUSINESS
July 1. Rotary float in the parade. You can participate.
July 2. The Sunset club is having their president’s dinner. Let Susan know if you would like to join.
The peace pole includes two languages, English and one of your choice, and have a standardized message, so no need to figure out what to say. All peace poles say, “May peace prevail on Earth.” Our choice will be Norwegian, in honour of Peter’s year.
Speaker
Fred Flintstone: YABADABADOO
SERGEANT At Arms Tidbits
Debbie T. A toilet fishing game with a groovy fish! Peter is seated up front and set up for the roast!
Pat says Peter can finally put his feet up, or go speed walking with Evan Dunfee, or you can go fishing. She presented a card and a gift!
Bobby says it was great working with Peter throughout the year, unlike past presidents, Peter was on cruise control and didn’t get involved in everyone’s affairs. He occasionally had to nag him during board meetings to keep things moving, not sure if he was sleeping [ED: pretty sure]. He was very fortunate to sit next to him most of the meetings and could text him reminders if needed.
Gordon says ‘good job Peter’. Presidents should try make it a fabulous year, and that has not failed under Peter’s tutelage. Gordon is not a fisherman, and has no funny fishing stories, but once fished in the lake in the middle of Scotland, caught two trout, ate them straight up with a little butter and salt. Unforgettable. He also fished with the founder of Pajo’s, caught a salmon, a crab, sat on the boat, with a jerry can fire and ate them, nothing so delicious. Finally, he thought would do a limerick. “There was a young man called Peter”, and that’s as far as he got. Our challenge is to finish it, with a Scottish accent.
[ED: There once was a young man named Peter, Unflappable—none could be neater. Through meetings he’d doze, Now it’s fishing he chose, With his rod, life just couldn't be sweeter!]
Lawrence says Peter is the president who welcomed him into the club, and it was an experience to see familiar and new faces, and Peter was a new face, but was so welcoming, and ran the club in a relaxed way. It was a good, fresh, easy year. He has few experiences with fishing, as his family is all city folk, but his brother-in-law took them on Skeena River fishing, caught something, and his niece, who was only 6 years old, found the big rock, “knocked out” the fish, and it was disconcerting, her cheerfully yelling “I’ll get the rock.” We don’t treat outgoing presidents like that, so you’re lucky.
Brian says Peter was unflappable (a word wholly embraced by all others who followed), and it’s great to be back in the club. The best part of being president is being past president. He went fishing late at night, the campsite was full, he was 22 years old, with a buddy who had a forestry map, in a 1982 Toyota Camry, they couldn’t get up the road easily, slamming down with every pothole, and a big truck with an aluminum boat passed them swearing. But they did get there, set up the camp, and the best part was the next morning when the kid from the aluminum boat truck said, ‘Hey Dad, that little car made it!’
Micheal was finally getting the hang of how to get speakers, and for the second year consulted with Peter, called him every week on Wednesday at noon or at supper time. Peter answered but was having lunch, so Micheal called around noon every week, (he was always having lunch), so of the 50 times he called, 40 of them were during lunch, and Micheal continued to call every Wednesday at noon. He’ll miss that! The conversation went like this “Mr. President. Yes sir. How are you? Very good, sir. Update on this week’s program. Yes sir. Speaker, introducer, thanker. Then softly Peter would say ‘Thanks Micheal’, (no more ‘sir’). “Thanks, Peter. (no more Mr. President), Have a wonderful day and we’ll see you in the morning.” Micheal had no fishing stories, but Riverside offers cilantro fish.
Susan says it’s frustrating following Brian Cole, as she was thinking about the word unflappable and Brian stole her thunder. It was smooth sailing this year, and Peter got back with various good answers for everything. She thanks him for participating and supporting the district conference this year, it was very special and appreciated.
Blair noticed how Peter was calm, his demeanor was even keeled, and he fell asleep through some board meetings. His fishing stories as a kid, were that they had no frying pan, they mostly threw them back in, if they weren’t knocked out.
Sandra says Peter fishes like he acts, calm, no ripples. She has only had one experience fishing when they won a Ucluelet fishing trip, and she thought it would be great to relax with her drink and umbrella, and if she was feeling a tug on the line, someone would reel it in. But instead, when the fish hit the line, she ended up reeling it in. Good for you, Peter, for the patience it takes to fish.
Bill says you were exactly how I expected you to be. Bill wasn’t supposed to be here today, as he was supposed to look after Shelley, who is doing well, getting stitches out, can’t walk much, and Sam is not feeling well and couldn’t come this morning, so Bill is still driving Miss Daisy.
Judy appreciated Peter’s contacts with the flowers, poinsettias and hanging baskets, and her connection with Peter and Jane through Ralph comes from such a long time ago. She hopes Peter enjoys his time in Merritt and will maybe bring us some of his catch!
Marg knows nothing about fishing, but she asked her cousin what was so great. It’s an escape, from reality and from talking to people, and for Peter to escape being president. It’s so peaceful, and Peter was close, figuring out what to put on the peace pole. It’s solitude, as there is none of that here. It’s boring, and board meetings can be boring. It’s food, and Peter was at the Gilmore breakfast, where he had a paint drill, a big mop bucket, and whipped up batter and water to make the most delicious pancakes. It’s been amazing to watch him translate the Magic of Rotary into fishing.
Chris B. says it’s good to be reminded of all the memories of Peter and she remembers that paint drill for the pancake batter in a mop bucket, and the kids loved it. She thanks Peter for his calm, as if he was fishing holding your thing (your rod), rewind a bit. Holding your fishing pole. [ED: Nope, still not right.]
Mary Lou feels bad being online for about 5 months of Peter’s presidency, which was calm and not much of a wake, and you could hear him well, even on Zoom. It’s lots of work being president. She appreciates him bringing in new members, and being at the Gilmore breakfast, supporting the conference and all of us. No more sleeps, you’re done.
Dalbir thinks all presidents have personality, but Peter has none ;-). All are known to have done something, but Peter has done nothing. Fishing isn’t always calm, and he has seen 25 ft swells up north hoping for tyee (a salmon that is greater that 30 lbs.), not easy work. Moral of the story: don’t let the calm demeanor fool you, there are always waves to contend with. Dalbir took his wife Kal fishing, and after 20 minutes on the water, she thought it was boring, until she caught not one, but six fish. She still never went again. There has been drama in this club, and Dalbir brought his grey suit, to remind him of Malcom Brodie who knew how to control drama. It’s nice to not have drama.
Chris M. read a poem “When sorting through stuff, I encountered a thing, Didn’t know what it was, but it did have some bling! So, I pondered and wondered, Maybe Peter would know, it looked like a blunder, But I brought it to show. This might have been used, in your year at the helm, When people let loose, And just wouldn’t be calm. Good luck is my wish, as you leap out of bed, And give that big fish, One good bonk on the head.” And presented Peter with a glow in the dark fish bonker. [ED: It’s no giant rock, but it’ll do.]
Joyce says most won’t know the stories shared with Peter as children who grew up in the outback. She grew up fishing and appreciates those stories. She wants to honour the deep culture that Peter shared with us and brought us into the fold of trust and integrity, wrapping us in an invisible cloak of caring and lack of drama. We need to make that visible as that really matters. It was a lovely year of laughter and trust and she thanks Peter for his guidance.
Garthends with ‘boring and no personality’, a man after my own heart. A toast to Peter!
Peter says that, as a Scandinavian, he can’t help but be stoic and showing no emotion, they just press on. He thanks us for the kind words that touch his heart. He thanks us for the opportunity for allowing him to be president last year, and thanks the committees for their help. It is a pleasure to turn the meeting over to Debbie, our incoming president.
Debbie T. thanks Peter for his guidance over the past year, with mentoring managing the projects, Peter Roaf and the Sunset club. It has been a very special year with Peter’s leadership, his big voice and big presence and integrity. She used to go fishing with her family and uncle, and remembers catching, bashing, and slicing them open.
Actually Amanda and John were there too - maybe next week.
MEANDERINGS
According to Scientific American the human eye can discern over 10 million different colours. So guys, when your wife asks you which white you would choose - there really is a difference between them.
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 30, 2025, 6 p.m.: Board meeting at Peter’s for incoming and outgoing members,
Friday, May 1st, 2026; Rotary Gala
TODAY'S CHUCKLEs
I've been living in a gated community, funded by the tax-payer; I get parole next Tuesday
If you don't spell 'Armageddon' correctly, it's not the end of the world.
Frogs aren't very good at trigonometry, but they love algae-bra."
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