Spinoff for May 3rd as edited by Merv Letts
Bea Osome -- Well project at Luanda School in Kenya
Greeters: Ken Murray / Suan Cross Grace: Suren Gupta
Reception: tba PP Draw: Keith Halpenny Spinoff: tba
The Greenery hosted our first meeting in May where we were warmly greeted by Andrew Young and Ken Murray. Jack Troughton welcomed our guests, recording their visit for our archives. Suren Gupta sold us raffle tickets for the Past President’s draw for a unique prize, a large Brie cheese.
Since the previous day was the Canadian Election, President Linda allowed a little extra time for us all to rehash what happened in our respective ridings and whether we were involved in the “Blue Tide” or the “Orange Crush” or the “Red Demise” This lively discussion was held over a particularly tasty buffet of whitefish and rice with a tasty array of salads and desserts. Overheard at my table, populated by 4 of our members of the fairer sex, “Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reasons!” From the adjacent table: “I never vote for the best candidate, I always vote for the one that will do the least harm!” and from the Head Table, “Fuddle Duddle”
At 12:30 President Linda called us to order to sing O Canada and those of us who didn’t lose our vote sang with gusto while those members who lost their vote sang with even greater gusto in an attempt to shore up their confidence in the country, the stock market having fallen 242 points! Rocco Disipio then elevated our spirits with a Grace we could all relate to and be thankful for, following such a momentous election day.
Next Meetings
– What’s Coming
up…
May 17, 2011 - Eric Armstrong
Rotary Curling Tour – Canada to Scotland 2010
Greeters: Stuart Picozzi / Mark Sherboneau Grace: Chris Wanna
Reception: Bill Morris PP Draw: Doug Heyland Spinoff: tba
June 7 - Jason Yuan, Classification Talk
June 14 – Joe Dale – Rotary at Work – Live Work Play
June 21 – Changeover (evening meeting)
June 28 – H.E. Arturo Bothamley, Argentinian Ambassador
Doug Rowlands gave us a potpourri of Foundation announcements concentrating on the need to register for the Foundation Walk. He also honoured Keith Henry with the presentation of his second Paul Harris pin.
Fred Christie reminded us to assist in obtaining calendar advertisers and especially one $1,500 advertiser.
Bob Harrison gave us a visual update on the ShelterBox program with a superb video of their use in Haiti and other climate disasters around the world. ShelterBox was started in 2000 by UK Rotarian Tom Henderson. It has now responded to over 120 disasters in 65 countries. qv website www.shelterbox.org
Introduction of Guests
Jack Troughton very ably introduced the following guests and led us in a musical RCWO welcome for them accompanied by our talented pianist, Rod Holmes:
Steve Morrisey, Rotarian from St John’s Northwest
Bernie Allard, Rotarian from Cataraqui, Kingston
Caroline Piche, Dave Smith Centre
Dr. Wagdy Messiha, Alexandria, El Nozha, Rotary District 2450 (former President and District Governor)
General Announcements
Graduation from Pinky Status – Mary Wattie
President Linda replaced Mary’s pink nametag with the regular RCWO badge she having successfully completed the criteria for regular membership.
RCWO Questionnaires
Graham Fraser requested that everyone hand in his or her questionnaires ASAP to allow for planning for the next Rotary year.
Rotary Web Site
Hadi Mortada was welcomed back by President Linda. She asked the group to raise their hand if they were using the RCWO web site as their home page or favourite. Almost all raised their hand!!
UPS Store Closure
President Linda announced that the UPS Store at Hampton Park Plaza that we have been using for our Xeroxing and copying has closed. We are now using the UPS store at 1568 Merivale Road (unit 99) across the street from Zellers. If you plan to do copying for Rotary, please see Rod Holmes for details.
Past President’s Draw
Suren Gupta conducted a draw of the tickets purchased for the Past President’s draw, which was won by Shawn Zahrawi, our newest member! We hope he and his family enjoy Brie Cheese!
Happy Dollars
Bill Morris was delighted that we had time for a Happy Dollars session and efficiently administered the mike wherever needed and equally efficiently gathered up the Happy Dollars!
Jack Troughton – celebrated the recent sale of his long time residence on Knightsbridge Rd. He and Patricia will not be moving far – just down the street!
Hadi Mortada – was happy to be back and appreciated all the calls and E-Mails
Bea Osome – thanked everyone for contributions to the Hospice walk that raised $50,000.00!
Tom Belton – welcomed Keith Henry back and was grateful to him for pointing out that free Globe and Mails were available at the front desk!
Rod and Warren’s Political and Birthday Music
The birthdays of Jack Troughton, Sarvish Upadhyaya, Dougie Pritchard, Len Baird, Gaye Moffett, Phil Bronsther, Burt Collins, and Julius Frank were celebrated in unique lyrics to the tune of “Do-Re-Me”. To commemorate the May 2 election, our talented lyricist, Dan Crone, put together a song with political lyrics deserving of a Juno Award! The first verse only is reproduced, sung to “Frère Jacques”…..
Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper, Got his wish, Got his wish.
Full majority, can govern properly now? We shall see, We shall see!!
The Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Ottawa, by Glenn Barnes
Our speaker was very ably and nicely introduced by our past president Joan Heyland.
Glenn Barnes, the President and CEO of the Dave Smith Addiction Centre, began by thanking our club for our donation to the “stop smoking” campaign, as nicotine is usually the first adolescent addiction.
He went on to describe the type of addicted adolescents the centre deals with:
-Age of first drug use 11-14 years
-Polysubstance abuse
-Often associated mental health disorders
-frequently sexual trauma history
- Usually legal issues, school evictions, homelessness, Children’s Aid conflicts
The adolescent community requiring the centre’s care in the Ottawa area is about 350 per year but the centre can accommodate only 90-110 per year. Hence the acute need for a larger, more comprehensive Adolescent Treatment Addiction Centre.
Site of Proposed Centre
Opposite ScotiaBank Place on 25 acres of land in the process of being purchased from Royal Ottawa Hospital. This allows an agricultural zoning. The design is very practical with a central larger unit and two smaller units, one for boys and one for girls also divided into younger and older units.
Operation
Currently Ontario government funds 14 beds for boys and 10 for girls. Operating budget is 3.4 million with 55 staff. Capital budget committed by United Way is 1.8 million. Fund raising target is 6.5 million for a 40-bed unit by 2014.
Graham Fraser graciously thanked our speaker Glenn Barnes on behalf of the club members for a very informative talk as well as thanking him for his tremendous contributions to the adolescent health needs of Ottawa adolescents.
President’s Announcements
Thanks to April 29th Hunt Club Clean Up Crew
Mike Swift & grandson; Merv Letts; Doug Rowland; Frank Cranton; Doris Braslins; Brett Brooking & Stuart Picozzi
Remember RCWO Dates
• May 14, Presidents’ Walk (Foundation walk)
• May 28, Ottawa Capital Race Weekend
• June 18, Club BBQ
• June 21, Changeover Night
• Sept. 9-11, Voyageur weekend
• September 16 – 19th Australian Rotary Friendship Exchange
• Sept. 22, 11th Annual RCWO Golf Tournament
Presidents’ Council
- June 6th Rotary Home Golf Marathon
- Ottawa – monthly pub night for new members
- Ottawa South – Roses Day, May 6th, $35/doz; June 6th Golf Tournament; ROTEL, 25th Anniversary on June 25th, outside BBQ; New idea – Women in Rotary Breakfast will be held three times a year, first in April.
- Aylmer - Golf Tournament, Sept.
- Carleton Place & Miss. Mills – will hold 50:50 draw at Almonte’s Puppet Festival; new playground initiative
- Bytown – June 6th Golf Tournament; Dictionary project in Dunlop area
- Orleans – Volleyball Tournament, June 11th – needs teams
- Perth – changed to a breakfast meeting; fundraisers: web auction, bicycle draw; Theater night – July 13th
- Smith Falls – changed to breakfast meeting
- South Nepean – Taste of Barrhaven, May 30th, $45 pp, 20 restaurants hosting; $1K for Afghan school rec’d
- Ottawa – Adventures in Citizenship
District Level
• District Assembly NAV Canada Centre – May 7, 2010
• Presidents’ Walk, May 14th - Joint Venture Council
• RI Convention, May 21-25, New Orleans
• District Membership seminar, May 28th
• District WCS committee meeting, May 28
Here are the winners of the Cash Calendar draws for the week of April
26 – May 2, 2011
2676 $25 Richard Morin, Embrun
3991 $125 Sharon Ebata, Ottawa
4402 $25 June Martin, Orleans
2978 $25 Mr. Michael Kelly, Ottawa
2207 $50 Brian Andrews, Paradise, NL
0614 $200 Jill Sheppard, Richmond
4003 $25 Carola Walt, Kemptville
Quote on Smiles, Friends, or family:
“Service is the rent you pay for the position you occupy in society” Peter Fisher
