Volume 49, Number 1
July
7, 2005
Rotary
Club of Toronto
West
Rotary Grace – O Lord, we stand for every race, for every
creed from every place, to give our thanks and say our grace for food,
for
health. May peace embrace the world through Rotary.
Last Week – June 29, 2005
A
very nice evening, when we as a club had the opportunity to thank
president
Jagjit Kohli and Pam for sharing this very special year with us.
Jagjit
started off by thanking all the club members for the maximum
cooperation that
they gave him during his term of office. He spoke about the successful
projects
that we undertook, such as the Night of 1000 dinners, the Youth Impact
Awards
Dinner, the Fireside meetings, our Annual Golf Tournament,
Jagjit
handed over the certificate of certification of the merging of the two
clubs,
the Rotary Club of Toronto West and the Rotary Club of Etobicoke
Sunrise, to
President elect Stephen Thiele.
Earl
LaBerge was then called upon to announce the name of the winner of the
Earl
LaBerge Award, an award that is presented each year to the Rotarian that is considered to have gone beyond the call of duty as a Rotarian. This
years award was presented to Chris Ostrovski. Congratulations were
offered by
the club to Chris, who responded saying that he was deeply moved by the
award,
and he thanked the club for their consideration.
Jagjit
then announced that had great pleasure in presenting four Paul Harris
Award
Fellowships to Willis Rudy, Paul Collier, Mike Newediuk and Bryan Pett.
At
this time president Jagjit called upon president elect Stephen Thiele
to the
podium, and he passed on to Stephen the set of silver goblets, each
engraved
with the Rotary crest. These were first presented to the club by
Rotarian Bill
Lange in 1975. The purpose being to show continuity and the success of
the
club.
Stephen’s
first duty as president was to thank president Jagjit and Pam for a
very
successful year, and to present Jagjit with a plaque, upon which was
mounted
the president’s gavel.
Stephen
did not talk about his future plans, he said he would leave that to
next week,
but he did talk about the R.I. theme for this coming year “Service
Above Self”.
We also heard the story about Luke Legghio, an eight year old boy who
had
suffered from a disease called Niemann-Pick, Type C. He passed away on
June 10,
2005. President Stephen’s commitment to help and support youth will no
doubt
have us all reflect on this as a future project.
Wine Draw:
Everybody
was a winner, Thanks to the generosity of past president Jagjit Kohli.
Each table
was presented with six bottles of ice wine.
Visitors:
All
the spouses and friends of those Rotarians present. Not forgetting our
youngest
visitor, 4 year old Taylor, son of President Stephen and Prema.
This Week:
A
good start to the new year. Our new President, Stephen Thiele will tell
us of
some of his plans for the coming year, and some of his experiences at
the
recent R.I. Rotary Convention in Chicago
Classifications:
1.
Electric Power.
2.
Clergy.
Birthdays & Anniversaries:
Joined
Rotary – Don Foster – July 3rd.
Members News:
It
is with the very deepest respect and sorrow that we report the death of
Wendy
Patterson, former wife of Brian Hicks, and loving mother of Isaac and
Mason
Hicks.
The
Rotary Club of Toronto West give their very best wishes and concerns to
Brian
and both families at this time.
We
will be losing Paul Collier for a couple of weeks, he and Tina are off
to
Montreal for a few days and then on to Saguenay. We look forward to
their
return on July 14th.
District 7070 Convention
Don’t
forget to check that you have marked up your calendar for the District
Convention on October 15 2005, at Alliston, Nottawasaga Inn. This is
one that
you should definitely try to attend.
Next Week – July 14th.
We
have an opportunity to learn more about what it is like to receive the
Rotary
Youth Award (RYLA). We will have the pleasure of hearing from our
latest
recipient, Mohammed Jama.
Spoke Joke:
A
man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in
the
middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of
the road
and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing,
looking at
nothing.
The
man gets out of his car, walks all the way out to the farmer and asks
him, ”Ah,
excuse me mister, but what are you doing.”
The
farmer replies, “I’m trying to win a Nobel Prize”
“How?”
asks the man, puzzled.
“Well,
I heard they give the Nobel Prize. . . to people who are out standing
in their
field.”
To Rotarians everywhere
and especially to
District 7070, and its new
Governor,
Governor Joan Hayward
and also to the members of
The Rotary Club of Toronto West.
from
Club President 2005-06
President Stephen Thiele
Membership is a Loan
It is not what a man or woman has
that counts – it is what use they make of it! Membership in a Rotary
Club is an
asset loaned to a very few men and women in our community. Possession
of it
means little to anyone unless it is used. Rotary membership, like
financial
capital, earns no interest or dividends unless it is invested.
Attendance at
meetings pays good interest. Even bigger profits await those who share
their
time in carrying on club projects. So remember – Rotary membership is
only a
loan. Are you making the most of your investment?
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