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Rotary Club of Kelowna Sunrise - Friday, November 22, 2013

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Speakers

Nov 29, 2013

Maribeth Friesen

Classification Talk

Dec 06, 2013

Anita Dotts (Nurse Practioner)

Diabetic Control

Dec 06, 2013

Mihai Covaser (5 minute short talk)

Coin Drive for Variety Club

Dec 13, 2013

Rene Boast (HeArt RESToration)

Art4Healing

Dec 20, 2013

Family, Friends and Jolly Old Fella in

On a very cold early morning in Kelowna, you may have been one of 40 Kelowna Sunrise Rotary members parking on the streets and walking into the Kelowna Yacht Club to be greeted, badged and handshook by an unsung hero (always here early, setting up and greeting) Bruce Brown, traded breakfast monies for wine draw tickets with Robin Durrant & Craig Garries, led in singing the Canadian national anthem by Garry Ford, and prayed for by Greig McPhee before President Barb Penner welcomed our guests: Melissa Newell (daughter of Chico Newell), Adam Jones (guest speaker), Pat McPhee (wife of Greig McPhee), John Haller (guest of Tom Paterson), Jim Holburton (member to be), Al Bischoff (visiting Rotarian from Kelowna Morningside), Dana Fauconnier (wife of Mike Davis) and Jennica Sedmak (daughter of Jerry Sedmak).

Red Suit

Christmas Breakfast Gathering

Dec 27, 2013

No Meeting

Jan 03, 2014

Jim Belshaw (tentative)

Soles 4 Souls (Trip to Haiti)

Jan 10, 2014

Gordon Harris

A Career @ Brenda Mines

Jan 17, 2014

Tanveer Gill

Romania ~ focus on Roma Community & Orphans

Jan 24, 2014

Diana Groffen (Project Literacy Exec. Director)

Project Literacy in Kelowna

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Club Events

Shoe Sort #2beside Brain Trust

Canada

Nov 27, 2013 10:00 AM

Makeup Night SocialMission Tap

House

Nov 28, 2013 05:30 PM

Sunrise Board meetingMacKay LLP

After reading out a few makeups, President Barb delivered a quick Rotary Moment re shelter boxes and the disaster in the Philippines and how, if you donate $500 before Dec 8), the Canadian govt will match that to equal one shelter box!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to David Wikenheiser on Nov 26!

HAPPY CLUB ANNIVERSARIES to John Marshall on Nov 23 (1 year) and Rene Bernard on Nov 27 (4 years)!

New Membership Chair Max Mosley inducted his first new member, Jim Holburton, with the assistance of Jim's sponsor Jerry Sedmak. Max read out the usual induction informative stuff and everyone shook Jim's hand, welcoming him into our Club!

Max also managed to utilize his minute in the spotlight by mentioning the location change of the first Makeup Thursday social event being held on Thu, Nov 28 at the Mission Tap House (formerly Pheasant & Quail Pub) starting at 5:30pm.

Dec 17, 2013 07:00 AM

Sunrise Christmas BreakfastYacht

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Bill Reynolds invited Chico Newell, Rena Warren, David Wikenheiser & Pat McAllister to the front to celebrate their graduation from the new mentorship program; they were mentored by Jerry Sedmak, Wayne Evans & Andy Griffin.

After a group hug, I overheard a comment about our club 'boosting the budget through blackmail…..

.

Jane Fletcher introduced Dr Adam Jones, a professor at UBC she met when working there recently. Adam has lived in China, Singapore, the UK, Mexico, Canada, USA and Australia, travelled to over 70 countries on every populated continent, written 15 books, and has been teaching at UBC Okanagan since 2008. Adam has been the recipient of the Teacher's Honour Roll every year starting in 2009 (awarded to instructors in the top 10% of student's evaluations). Adam teaches genocide studies, human rights, gender and international relations, and mass media. His research includes crimes against humanity, humanitarian intervention and peacebuilding, and international law. Adam holds Canadian and British passports.

Adam was born in Singapore and his brother in England; their parents now live in Vernon (his dad is a Rotarian). Most of his research, travels and publications are about the 'global south', aka the third world. Today, he focused on Ethiopia as he was there this past summer and knew it has a soft spot in our members hearts. He talked about their past history which could be depicted as a very thin dark skinned child begging, but they have evolved into a country where muslims and Christians cohabit peacefully. Ethiopia has the highest birthrate in the world, but is full of world/man's history such as the home of Lucy's skeleton and the beginning of man.

The capital city, Addis Ababa, is a melting pot of Africa. Lalibela, Bahir Dar and Gondar have wonders of the ancient world worth visiting, where local priests are still working in very ancient churches. 85 million people live in Ethiopia, and it is NOT a wasteland. Adam is also a photojournalist and showed some of his Ethiopian photos during his talk, pointing out one as the battlefields where the Italians 'got their butts kicked'. Ethiopia is very much a traders society, with plenty of selling/business going on. It also has a thriving beer industry.

A problem, typical in most global south countries, is that the children are quite often needed to work alongside their parents and they cannot attend school in those circumstances. 70% of female are still subject to circumcision and genital mutilation. Women are the guardians of traditional culture, and their beads and hair braiding depict which cultures they are keeping alive.

Adam Jones has 9,000 images on his Flickr site which has a creative commons license, meaning anyone can use those photos for free, as long as they give credit to the photographer. www.flickr.com/photos/adam_jones/sets/ The photos are divided by countries so they are easy to view and GORGEOUS.

There was only time for a couple of questions, then Dan Hilbrecht thanked Dr Jones and Barb Penner presented him with a Sunrise pen, which he promised to use until he loses it!

Fred Lindsay alluded to Foundation Month but wanted to remind all this is your chance to give something for Christmas that is longer lasting and more meaningful than the usual types of gifts - give the gift of school! The Market Children Sponsorship Program helps kids in Tegucigalpa, Honduras through the H.E.L.P. Honduras Society. You can sponsor pre-school/kindergarten/primary school for $120/year; grades 7-12 for $225/year; Vocational for $300/year; and University for $350/year. There are also other options for giving. Just email Jane at jpfletch@hotmail.com if you'd like a form sent to you, which also has instructions for paying via credit card.

Congratulations to recent RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) graduates Linda Frandsen, Bruce Brown, Maria Reyes, and Bill Reynolds! Our club has the most RLI grads in the District. Keep your ears open for the next offering, probably in the Spring.

Jennica Sedmak came up to share her exciting news! She had her interviews last weekend for Rotary Youth Exchange and, on her birthday Sunday, was accepted as our outbound exchange student for 2014/15! Thanks to Dan Hilbrecht for the news!

Rena Warren announced materials for her paint bucket fundraiser for PolioPlus require a coupon from her for Opus where they have special discounted rates! See Rena for more info!

Reminder that next meeting, Nov 29, is our Club AGM and Craig Garries will be conducting an election to select some replacements for board positions.

Wine Draw Winner = visiting Rotarian Al Bischoff!

Sheriff Don Turri fined :

Al Bischoff has 32 years perfect attendance (by attending other club's meetings

as makeups). Don noted that 32 years ago Pat Bentley would have been 62 and

Pete Mackenzie would have been 4 (fined both of them). Don also noted that

makeups were not as easy 'back in the day' as there was no internet to find out

when and where a local meeting was being held.

Don Turri did something Gary Bowker NEVER does, and fined himself for being

Italian and having their 'butts kicked' all over the world in wars

Chico Newell was fined for his new scruffy look, but his clients never complain!

Martha Kennedy was fined for 'not wearing a gun?'

Chris Murphy fined for volunteering to be a District Governor's treasurer

Maribeth Friesen was fined for being 12 hours late for a meeting (right day and

time; wrong time of day!)

Rene Bernard left $2 for leaving early

Grey Cup was something our club used to hold a draw for but, since Hamilton is

going to be killed by Saskatchewan, anyone who's been in Hamilton for any

reason was fined (not a lot!)

Jerry Sedmak was fined for singing such a bad happy birthday to David

Wikenheiser

Max Mosley for adding a new solemnity to the induction ceremony

Bill Reynolds for giving out unsigned certificates to members

HAPPY & SAD DOLLARS:

Fred Lindsay - table stakes and sad that he won't be able to pick up Jim Hunter

in two weeks as he will be on vacation in Phoenix (hint for someone else to do it

please)

Brian Fennell - attended a makeup at the Lahaina Club in Maui and was given

coffee and a mug

Greig McPhee - added to plea from Fred Lindsay for sponsoring kids in the

Honduras; money is going to a global grant so need individual kid's sponsorships

still

Bruce Falkins - congrats to our RLI graduates

Tom Paterson - happy to have John here as a prospective member today

Paul Mulvihill - thanks to Adam for the Ethiopian pics (brought back memories),

table stakes, and his daughter is immigrating from Vancouver and looking for a

job (executive assistant)

Dan Hilbrecht - Jennica rocked the exchange student interviews, and SD23 has

given the green light to us getting a girl from Columbia in January - looking for

home hosts!

Pete Mackenzie - thanks for Adam's talk and congrats to Jennica

Bob Sibson - interviewed Anke & Jerry Sedmak, as parents of the outgoing

student, and Anke passed with flying colours!

Al Bischoff - had makeups in Denver and Florida, and attended(ing) 45th

Cottonwoods Christmas put on by Capri Rotary

Chico Newell - happy to have Melissa here taking Education at UBC, how great

the youth exchange program is (Melissa was in Thailand) and, as a coroner,

couldn't help noticing the flags at half mast in the marina today

Maribeth Friesen - BrainTrust Canada has a fundraiser coming up called Babes,

Baubles & Bevies on Thu, Dec 5 from 5-7pm at their offices at 11-368 Industrial

Ave for only $15. You can buy tickets online at www.braintrustcanada.com or

contact Magda Kapp at 250 762-3233 ext 115.

Robin Durrant - something about the Dallas Cowboys, and thanks for Ethiopia

presentation (memories)

Jennica Sedmak - thanks to Bruce Brown, Dan Hilbrecht & Bob Sibson, and

her school has raised $1000 for the Philippines

Sarah Mosley - Salvation Army Kettle Campaign still has two spots on Sat, Nov

30 in the evening - please see her if you can take these on

Wayne Evans - it was a privilege to hear the speaker today

Barb Penner - thanks to the speaker and congrats to Jennica!

No music to leave by today, but it was a GREAT MEETING!

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