Elena was at Whistler for the week with friends. It was nice to see Ron Benoit at the Gala, who recruited her into the club.
Peachy’s leg is okay and she had so much fun she lost her glasses on the dance floor. In one week she will be walking without the boot.
Michael had a good time at the gala with Debbie Samson’s table. (He was the only guy with nine gorgeous blond women.) His flowers are planted and the house is colourful. He got a letter from the RCMP detachment about visible money in his wife’s car at Lansdowne. Blamed his wife until data GPS tracking analysis confirmed it was actually him. OOPS! Bobby have you got a guest room?
Pat had the BC council AGM and left her phone there and a friend picked it up for her. She had to leave the Gala to get her phone at the Granville Island Hotel and apparently it had been buzzing all night with silent auction notifications. She reminds us that the President’s dinner is June 21 at 6 PM at the Steveston Seafood House. The next district conference is April 26th 2024 in Terrace.
Susan said it was so nice to have Glen with her at Amanda’ table and the best part of the evening was no olive oil. Unfortunately, at her Mom’s birthday dinner she encountered olive oil and her allergy causes hives and her brain swells. It takes weeks to return to normal.
Garth has a Cor Leone month of rehearsals and concerts. On Tuesday morning his office was hacked and the data was corrupted. The law society has a team that works together to deal with this known ransom wear site. Apparently this could be a Russian hacking team. Even the printers were controlled as they were spewing out pages telling you, you have been hacked.
Bobby thanked the Ballroom staff and his brother Sanjeev for the work they did for the gala. He also thanked Richmond for completing the paving on River Road as it makes it much safer.
Gabriel, our guest from Burnaby said how when he came to Canada from Africa after three days of travelling, the first thing he did was look for a Rotary Club that was open. It was a Friday and he found the rotary of club of Burnaby has lunch Fridays so he took a taxi so he would make his Rotary meeting that week. He is now the President elect. At his club if you are not wearing Rotary attire or your name tag you must donate a happy dollar. The President is at a high table with all the flags of Rotary and the Board sitting with him/her. (forget it Bob – NO!)
Debbie had a great time with her sisters and in laws at the gala including the dancing. Her business Back in Motion was hacked and the system crashed. They were able to track that it was let in through an email. She zoomed in from Palm Springs to join us.
Dick who joined us on zoom 🥰 has been away from the club but enjoyed helping with gala and the evening party was wonderful. Once again the good news (for all of us) was he woke up this morning.
Amanda said Graham had a good time at the Gala and will insist on a bigger birthday party from now on. She went to Ophelia’s and the octopus was in the top ten meals she ever had so it was added to her list. Sadly, her uncle passed away from cancer after a long battle but it was his choice to go off the medication.
Gordon was happy to see our guest from Burnaby. Gordon had a call and visit from Paul Meyer and Yu (sp?) the exchange student was there for a visit. Her two boys were with her. The mothers in Japan get two years mat leave. So she was just finishing the end of her fourth year.
Larry listened to his Faces of Richmond interview realized he spent a lot of time talking about his Rotary life and how it was family to him. His nephew whose arm was ripped off is physically okay but mentally he is having flash backs. He is also having terrible pain in his hand that is no longer there. Larry is off to Palm Springs on Saturday. They injected his knee with steroids Friday, which worked for one night and is now worse than ever.
Mary Lou was in New York where her company, Genus Capital Management won an award for Diversity in Wealth Management in the Leadership category which was presented by Clearview Financial Media. Follow the link to learn about Clearview (Home - Clearview Publishing). She went to a forty year old jazz only record store bought a poster that was lost on route with her luggage. Air Canada found the poster and her luggage.
Chris M. had a table that was into it. Max won a painting and Olivia won a purse. Max said hi to everyone at the gala – at least he hoped he did. He was playing ball hockey and a fight broke out at the end of the game. Max says, “Sometimes that the way it goes.” Christine bows to Bobby’s accounting skills. She is off the next two weeks first working and then to Rod’s cabin with Max. So just the three of them off the grid.
Sandra lost about six months of pictures with her ransom wear attack. She recommends Madam (?) Restaurant on west 4th. Pathways were blown away with the amount of money they raised. The Pathways fundraiser is tonight and then she is done with fundraisers for the year.
Marg can hardly wait to listen to Kal again. Great week and she is still going to fundraising events.
Peter’s grand daughter played the under 12 boys soccer team and beat them 5 – 0. She scored a goal after having played the first half in the net.
Debbie M. is re-elected for another four years as auction chair. She was so pleased that as usual every thing pulled together at the last moment. She was taken by her daughter for high tea (no not Kal’s high tea). She went paddling Wednesday night and has a regatta on Saturday.
Judy’s grandson enjoyed the auction meeting even though he did not get to sit at the adults (and I use the term loosely) table. She is heading to Minoru for a track meet and likely has started Birthday celebrations – it is May after all.
Kal just loves the club and moved to change the name of the club to Rotary Mutual Admiration Sunrise Club of Richmond.
Bill did not run a marathon. Instead he was treated with IMT meaning needles are inserted into in your muscles and then electrical stuff through his back. It took three minutes to his tie shoes but a day later and the pain was gone.
Sam was going to sit as his table and enjoy his morning but it did not happen. Who knows why? He is celebrating another anniversary with silly hats. It has been 4 years of marriage and 9 years together. Congratulations.
Chris B. was wearing no socks today or at least wishes she was stylish enough to do so. She is teaching part time next week.
Bob had IMT treatment and it was painful when the muscle wraps around the needle but it totally work. If he had been travelling for three days he would not look for a rotary club but a bar that serves bourbon. He went to Costco for cranberries ended up spending $800. Susan thanks him.
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