From Boyle Street to Belize, Edmonton West Rotary has a sixty year history of applying its members' unique skills and talents to the challenges that face our community, our city and our world. Join us!
Meeting: chair, Ingrid; music, Jerome; grace, Andrew read an Irish prayer
Attendance/Guests: 28 including Ross Hallett, Rotary Eclub of Canada; Terry deVissir, Capital Care Grandview Extended Care Centre; Sherry Schuler, Capital Care Foundation
Concert @ Grandview Extended Care Centre: Ingrid praised Tommy Banks and Jerome for last Tuesday's very good presentation
Friday Social: Spencer reported a great turnout last Friday to the Druid Irish Pub for an early St. Patrick's Day celebration. Next month, he is planning a social event at Yellowhead Brewery for a quieter , more interactive evening
Eyes for Huehue: Lorne advised tickets are selling well. He has more. May 13, 6:155 p m at Chateau Louis, $65 each; dinner and silent auction fund raiser for Ben's annual eye exam trip to Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Rotary Moment: Fred showed a picture of a young author of a tear jerking letter from our Belise program; he is the proud recipient of one of our scholarship funds. Fred then read the hand written letter from Delson Arsue thanking us for the nite lite that he can use to do his home work and studying after dark; that he wants to become a science teacher so he can help others gain an education, he currently tutors other students. As Fred said; "WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLES' LIVES"
Fine Master: Ed wore green in honour of St. Patrick; he raised funds through questions on Irish folk lore, curling on television, University of Alberta Golden Bears on winning their 15th national tournament followed by other table questions.
50/50: Mike Henry & Spencer did not match cards; $141 carried over.
Classification Talks:Brad Arsenault; classification insurance; Brad is approaching the sixth anniversary of marriage to Darlene who is becoming a curler and a fisher. Step daughter Broughan, age 10, developed a campaign on her own to raise funds to give a goat to a resident of a third world country; she raised $675 which sent several goats; daugther Olivia , age 6, is losing her teeth, is learning to snorkel and can already go to the bottom of a nine foot swimming pool.
Brad loves diving, especially shark dives; he loves drinking wine and used to sell Gallo wines when they first entered the Canadian market. He also paid for a sail on an America Cup Boat. Recently he found out that, as a member of Regina Rams team, that he is in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as they won 2 provincial titles. With 22 years in the insurance industry, Brad joined Gary Clark as a partner in an enterprise to approach the industry from a different angle. Previous employers demonstrated that planning advice given to clients was not that great. Brad and Gary are trying to develop strategies to help client businesses to properly plan the succession process to replace owner/managers that leave the firm for retirement or poor health or, heaven forbid, death. The process involves legal, tax and finance concerns. Good luck.
Anthony Lazarukused to research education programs through his father's company, Evaluation Plus, to help improve programs for various levels of education and to evaluate student performance. One project was to calculate the per class cost of French immersion education across several provinces to help various levels of government finance the proper number of French immersion student spaces.
Recently, Anthony made a transition to become an underwriting assistant with Aviva. Aviva is a British insurance firm with stock trading on both the London and New York Stock Exchanges. While busy learning a new business, Anthony is very interested in developing a future in micro-insurance where he would make insurance available to low income people in low income countries. With a small premium, the product gives people the where with all to be more entrepreneurial by being able to take chances on getting into new businesses or by taking a chance on increasing their business scope. Again, good luck.
By working at the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, Anthony provides support for drug users. This vocation has taught him that addiction services requires compassion and science. Addicts have a one percent chance for recovery from their addiction.
