Miscellaneous
Repeat from last week or perhaps the week before or what difference does it make it's covid time:
The Youth Committee will be looking for students grades 8 - 12, to attend adventures in Health Care On Line from March 13th to April 30th 2021. For more information go to https://adventuresinhealthcare.com/
Zoom Meeting Rules
THE LINK TO OUR THURSDAY MEETINGS WILL NO LONGER BE EMAILED BUT ACCESSED THROUGH THE LINK BELOW.
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2) If you are not engaged in the presentation, turn off your camera.
3) Chat function should only be used to address the speaker, not for Club member remarks during the presentation
4) Unmute when harassing the Sergeant at Arms or taking your turn during Sergeant at Arms.
Presidents Report
All meetings will be by zoom until further notice.
Please direct any questions to me or a board member of your choosing 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.
Be kind and be calm and safe...
Announcements
Hanging basket fundraiser coming - details to follow.
Remember what you are grateful for and forget the things you lack.
Oh Canada from Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Leafs in first place
Visitors
Brother Big and Ghirra Ghirra (aka Pablo)
sergeant At Arms Tidbits
Bill said it was let's talk day and he was available for anyone who needs someone to talk to.
Bobby's Dad passed five years ago and was thanked for settling in Vancouver.
Kal had a great week, got his gutters, hot water tank and furnace back. Maybe had a Mahal Brownie - we'll never know!
Pilot Peter had new head phones as ear buds hurt his ears. Bed bug count down with covid.
Sandra enjoyed the Tiger Woods documentary and the Lance Armstrong documentary. Balancing cheating with good deeds and overcoming challenges.
Marg's surgery went well and is back to knitting. Will be attending a zoom baby shower.
Dick reported that it's - 39 in Saskatchewan and enjoying the relative calm in the US.
Ron reported from his branch office in his den. His septic tank is good. Thanks Brian.
Gordon is bored but spring is coming.
I am dissolving my Dad's 69 year old Company. Thanks Dad!
Joyce is missing golf.
Sam has been making things including out of glass and baking, Mary Lou complimented his ? Seriously?
Larry is only working 12 - 14 hours per day with covid funerals. Had 26 cancer spots removed. Do not mistake it for leprosy.
Brian reported that the septic service in Ontario cottage country will return double your septic back if you are not satisfied. Also coaching a Mexican curling team in the national play downs. Has a chance to go to the Olympics or World Championship even if his team finishes second out of three.
Mark the big dog called from the control room and was monitoring the work site while visiting with us. Who says men can't multi task. He said something about shooting straight across the job site? Thought he had given that up.
Chris P. is in a great mood the bulbs are coming up and Donny may be moving west! Whoopie!!!!
Carolyn is so happy spring is coming and we are so happy she is our treasure(r). Will be sending emails about dues. Pay up Kal!!!! Growl!!!🤬 I will not mention astute Granddaughter. But suggest having a drink after bed time in the future.
Dalbir signed up for Rotary Zoom course and still waiting for invite. Recommended sending out invite early if you are hosting a zoom meeting.
Elena is cooking and gardening and thanked Ron for the rentals. Reminder that10 years since dental mission to the Philippines with my son Mike. Partly because of that trip he went back to school and is about to become an Respiratory Therapist and help us cope with Covid.
Pat is taking PETS by zoom and gets to read two newspapers today and two crosswords and two sudokus.
Garth's surgery went well and hopes to be able to get out of the house next week. Temporary addiction to Tylenol.
Micheal still has his Christmas lights up. Watching cartel and prison break movies as considering a career change.
Amanda had a lovely week people are happy at work and brother bought her an Art Gallery tour for her birthday.
Lady Katherine had a shingles vaccine shot that knocked her flat. Has been worried and not slept feels like she might be an extra in Dazed and Confused. Sounds like it is time to hug a tree.
Debbie T. is husband Drew's nurse for the time being. He can manage the stairs once a day. He is on tramadol? They have bought a camper and she is looking for advice on where to go camping. Has already seen the Walmart Parking lot. Any other suggestions? She had a bad reaction to the shingles shot too but still better than shingles.
Debbie M. mentioned the 21 kundalini challenge????? Oh it's Yoga! went for a nice walk with Chris P. following the meat pie aroma but was chased away by 4 and 20 black birds!!! Not another Crow attack!!! Put on your mask to avoid a nose snip!
Chris B. was late. Oh that's never happened before. Good thing Sergeant at Arms is paid by e - transfer now. Alarm on/off issues all to do with puppy training - so the story goes anyway. Grandson had four extra teeth removed at 8? years old. Had not lost his baby teeth.
Mary Lou is happy spring is coming although not golfing. Walking the dog every day and Dad is turning 94.
Debbie S. advised the Tsawwassen club is having a paper shredding fund raiser yesterday. Too late for this publication. She said she is an active purger! Which is not a real word apparently. And she meant that she is not a hoarder - which is a real word.
speaKER
Debbie S. spoke to us about the Bell "Let's talk day" which occurred on Thursday and since it's inception in 2011 has raised more than $113 million. On Lets talk day Bell donates five cents to Canadian mental health programs for every applicable text, local or long distance call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk. This year the program raised a record of almost $8 million with almost 160,000,000 social interactions.
Debbie also told us about Coldest Night of the Year virtual community walk. You can join a team, create a team or donate to a team. Contact Joyce and you can join her team. All proceeds going to helping seniors and woman fleeing abuse. The web site is
Volunteer hours should be reported to Sandra Hass at s.hass@shaw.ca at the end of every month. July - December 2020 estimate the best you can. Everything you do for our club outside of breakfast meetings is counted, as are volunteer activities where you are representing Rotary. Non Rotary volunteering is not included.
Next we had Dr. Baby Sam present to us the Rotary Youth Engagement Standards. Chris P. reminded us that we all need criminal record checks whether we are dealing with youth or not. The most important take aways from the presentation are the rule of two - always have a second adult present on the interaction. Second, be professional and third be leaders. Sam has emailed the presentation to us all so please review it once more and if you have questions you can call Chrissie P. The next important take away is that Dr. Sam likes the green balloon best. JK
Meanderings
If you would like to know what motivates Amanda Gorman the National Youth Poet Laureate listen to this:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5mZWVkYnVybmVyLmNvbS9URURUYWxrc19hdWRpbw/episode/ZW4uYXVkaW8udGFsay50ZWQuY29tOjcyMTg1
Okay so who knows the origin of Groundhog day. Following thanks to Mr. Google and To Do Canada. Oh and belatedly Debbie S. who stole my idea.
For an almost uniquely North American celebration, Groundhog Day has its roots in Medieval Europe and the celebration of Candlemas, a festival in which candles were lit at churches to commemorate Jesus’s presentation at the temple. Candlemas also has much in common with pre-existing Pagan observances in Pagan times, when farmers would carry torches around their fields before sowing time. Candlemas falls 40 days after Christmas and in between the winter solstice and spring equinoxes.
In fact, the Christian Candlemas itself was an assimilation of the Roman rite for the goddess Februa with a procession on February 2, to honor her. The Roman calendar, in turn, had Celtic origins. Candlemas concurs with Imbolic, one of the Celtic 'cross-quarter days', the four days which marked the midpoints between solstice and equinox.
The Pennsylvania Dutch were immigrants from Germanic-speaking areas of Europe. The Germans already had a tradition of marking Candlemas (February 2) as "Badger Day" (Dachstag), where if a badger emerging found it to be a sunny day thereby casting a shadow, it foreboded the prolonging of winter by four more weeks.
The first reported news of a Groundhog Day observance was arguably made by the Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper of Punxsutawney in 1886: "up to the time of going to press, the beast has not seen its shadow". However, it was not until the following year in 1887 that the first Groundhog Day considered "official" was commemorated there, with a group making a trip to the Gobbler's Knob part of town to consult the groundhog. People have gathered annually at the spot for the event ever since.
Apparently there is a celebration of Ground Hog Day in the following provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta. Not BC so on February 2, 2021 if it is sunny you won't know what's coming weather wise for the next few weeks.
Most famous Canadian ground hog is Wiarton Willie. Remember that in the movie Ground Hog Day, life gives Bill Murray the chance to become a better person and that the day finally ends with a happy ending!!!!🎆
Upcoming Events
All meetings by Zoom until further notice.
Please note the new date for the Auction
Friday September 24, 2021 Auction Fundraiser with final details to be determined but anticipating live and in person.
Committee (and other) Updates
The Youth Committee will be looking for students to attend adventures in Health Care On Line from March 13th to April 30th 2021. For more information go to https://adventuresinhealthcare.com/
No Auction Meeting this month. But hanging basket fundraiser in the planning stages.
TODAYS CHUCKLEs
Believe it or not this also came up when I googled banker jokes.
The IRS came to this mans house one day and told him to come in the next morning to talk about all the money that's been coming in and out of his bank account. So the man thought maybe I need to get a lawyer. So he and his lawyer get to the IRS’s office and sit down and the agent said there has been a large amount of money flowing in and out of your account and we wanted to know if you knew anything about it. The man says yes I do, I’m a gambler. The agent says you gamble with that much money. He man says yes, I’ll give you an example. Alright I bet you $5,000 that I can bite my left eye. Agent says alright deal. The man takes out his fake eye and bites it. Then the agents says that not fair. The man says I’ll let you get your money back or even more, I bet you $7,500 I can bite my right eye. He agents thinking I didn’t see him come in with a guide dog or a stick so the agent says deal. The man takes out his false teeth and bites his right eye. The agent then says that’s not fair. The man replies alright I have another one, your down $12,500 I’ll bet you $15,000 if you put that waste basket on the other side of the room I can stand by your desk and piss across the room into the waste basket and not get a drop anywhere. The agent says that’s impossible you’ve got a deal. The man starts peeing and pees all over his desk and the agent says I got you, he’s laughing and happy that he final beat him, but then the lawyer has his hand on his face and the agent asked what’s wrong with you and the lawyer replies the man bet me $100,000 he could piss on your desk and you’d just love it.
