Last weeks meeting
Happy Halloween! Fabulous seasonal decorations by Amanda and her amazing committee... Costumes (of some) had to be seen to be believed!!
Debbie S presented a cheque to Florence Yau representing the Richmond Women's Resource Center. Florence thanked the club for the generous donation....
President Sam introduced the speaker, our very own PP Bill Jaffe. Sam said that he had known Bill all his life! AND that Bill often acted like a father to him! It is time for the annual Dean Crane award. Bill gave us an excellent summary of Dean Crane's life based on 5 Ws: Who, What, When, Why and Where. Bill sent a followup e-mail: "It is my honour, each year, to assist in the process to select our Annual Dean Crain Humanitarian Award The committee wishes each of you to nominate one, or more, Rotarian who excels in the following virtues:
* Honesty in all things
* Courage in the face of overwhelming odds
* Determination to succeed
* Unwavering integrity
He closed by requesting everyone to nominate at least one Rotarian......
25 members in attendance
Visitors
- Ralph May
- Florence Yau
Sergeant At Arms Tidbits
(Micheal SAA)
- Ron had a story about young adults having great difficulty making change. Chris B followed that with a young adult's question "what is a "stamp", where do you get them and what are they for"?... Rapidly changing world!!
- Debbie S told of a recent DNA test on pet "Juno" - he is 80% German Shepherd, 10% Boxer and 10% something else.... Rapidly changing world!!
- Peter's trip to Victoria - he reports NDP Government "listening"... Rapidly changing world!!
- Garth warned of drastically increased fines for distracted driving, put your phone away is good advice....
- Sandra shared snippets of her (departed) Mom's surprising history stored away for some 23 years, recently discovered...
- Melinda told of interesting times at "The Newman Hotel"....
Meanderings
From Peter: Richmond Therapeutic Riding is holding a Pub Night on November 7th @6:00 PM at the Monkey 9 Pub in the Silver City Theater area,
#6 Road and Steveston Highway, Richmond. Tickets are available at the door - $25 gets you a beer and burger and lots of fun.
From Susan: On Sunday Nov 17, the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra in partnership with The Rotary Club of Richmond will present an evening of POP CLASSICS at the River Rock Casino Theatre, a special performance by Spencer Cheung & His Dream Continues, Ken Hsieh & Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra and Loig Morin & The Band. Proceeds to support The Rotary Foundation & End Polio Now.
Did you know? The Old Farmer’s Almanac — a traditional source of weather predictions that was founded in 1792 — says that this winter is going to be a real mess!
Rotary Club Focus - November is Foundation Month
Upcoming Events
(new items in bold)
- Nov 7 - Richmond Therapeutic Riding Pub Night
- Nov 7 - Jeff Golby's ACTS fundraiser at VanDusen Gardens
- Nov 16 - Foundation Dinner at Burnaby Firefighters Hall
- Nov 17 - Pop Classics at the RiverRock
- Nov 19 - Auction meeting at Marg's
- Nov 20 - Window painting at Richmond Auto Mall
- Nov 27 - "Not Your Silent Night" Richmond Christmas Fund
- Apr 2 - Basket contents to Amanda
- Apr 21 - Basket weaving at Larry's Life Center
- Apr 24 to 26 - District Conference at Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver
- May 1, 2020 - Annual Auction
- Jun 14- 28 - Friendship exchange to Russia
Committee (and other) Updates
(Repeat) from Bill: On Wednesday, November 20th, from 3:30pm to 8:00pm, bring a team of your colleagues and/or friends to Richmond Auto Mall, and transform a window into a holiday display. We'll provide you with refreshments, painting supplies, the outlines, and most importantly, lots of fun
Today's Chuckle(s)
- Math quiz: What did the Zero say to the Eight? ..... "Nice belt."
- One book to another book. You look so much thinner! Thanks! I had my appendix removed.
- What did the numerator say to the denominator? "I am so over you."
- A car battery walked into a bar. The bar tender said don't start anything.
- Did you hear about the guy who followed the sun to see where it went at night? It finally dawned on him.
- I tried to catch fog yesterday...mist.
