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August 12th “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”
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“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”
International Youth Day
August 12th
3 Club Minutes
4 Rio Pictures
5 Target Back-to-School Shopping Spree
9 Memoriam
11 International Youth Day (Cover Story)
12 Mail Box
13 Beth Anne in New Zealand
15 Justin in Spain
17 The ABC‟s of Rotary
18 Daly Thoughts
22 Born to be Wild
26 Tundra Comics
27 Timmy the Squirrel & Tears of Joy
28 Miscellaneous Foolishness
29 Display Ads
The Rio Squawk The official newsletter of the
Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club
”The Funniest Rotary Club West & East of the Mississippi.”
District 5510 ~ Tempe, Arizona USA
For information regarding subscriptions, advertising,
submitting or requesting a story or photograph,
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Email: [email protected]
The Rio Squawk is a free publication circulated
weekly to both Rotarians and non-Rotarians
worldwide, with readership on six continents.
For membership information, call 623-326-7951
or join us for breakfast 7:00AM Thursdays at
the Hometown Buffet, 1312 N Scottsdale Rd
Rotary International
President
Ray Klinginsmith - Missouri, USA
District 5510
Governor - Glenn W. Smith
Governor Elect - Alan Havir
Governor Nominee – Abe Feder
Assistant Governor – John Slentz
Secretary - Sherry Mischel
Treasurer - Joanne Kline
World’s First Service Club Organization
Founded on February 23, 1905
Over 1,200,000 Members in 33,000 clubs
Located in over 200 Countries Worldwide
IN THIS ISSUE
Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club
President
Corey Bruggeman
Immediate Past President
Patrick de Haan
Vice President
James Greene
Secretary
Jack Buckles
Treasurer
Bobbi de Haan
Sergeant at Arms
PDG Ben Eubank
Environmental Services Chair
Jim Lemmon
Gift of Life Chair
Ron Freeman
Greeter
Kent Hendricks
Guiding Rotarian
PDG Ben Eubank
Health Services Chair
PDG Ben Eubank
International Service Chair
Dona Eubank
Leadership Committee Chair
Bobbi de Haan
Marketing Committee Chair
Greg Searfoss
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
PDG Ben Eubank & Patrick de Haan
Official Mascot
Rio Macaw
Pathway to Reading Committee Chair
Jack Buckles
Photographer/Writer
Bobbi De Haan
PolioPlus Committee
PDG Ben Eubank & Brad Dowden
Progetto Salvamamme – Salvabebè
James Greene & Bobbi de Haan
Public Relations & Media Management
Patrick de Haan
River Rally, Octoberfest, Picnic in the Park
Jim Lemmon
Rotary Foundation Chair
PDG Ben Eubank
Service Committee Chair
Lynsie Scharpf
Trainers
Kent Hendricks
Geoff Pashkowski
Ambassadorial Scholars
Justin Randall (Spain)
Laura Kalb (Middle East)
Beth Anne Martin (2011 Nominee-Latin America)
Service Above Self Award Recipients
Jim Lemmon (2001)
PDG Ben Eubank (2007)
1) President Corey called the meeting to order promptly at 7:05AM.
2) Invocation – Ron
3) Pledge & Four Way Test – Lynsie
4) Introduction of Guest – Kent
Jim Vandeventer – Tempe South Rotary Club
5) Get Food – GOOD as usual – BACON!
6) Rio‟s Macaw – BAD jokes as usual. BAD PARROT!
a. Q – What city has no people?
A – “Electri-city!”
b. Q – What grows down as it grows up?
A – A goose!
7) Ben collected Happy Dollars and any other cash that wasn‟t nailed down.
8) We watched a ten-minute video of this year‟s Target Back to School Shopping Spree, which we once more funded
and at which our members volunteered. Attending were one hundred children from two Tempe Boys and Girls Clubs;
The North Tempe Branch and the Ladmo Branch. Other service organizations participating with us were the Tempe
South Rotary Club, The Kiwanis Club of Tempe, and the Encanto-Skyline Kiwanis Club.
Lynsie provided narration and commentary on the video. She felt the event was a tremendous success. It went off very
smoothly without a hitch. Pat said the Kiwanis volunteers he had spoken with all were impressed with how well
coordinated it was and how much fun it was for them. Pat and Bobbi were pleased with the pictures. The setup for the
photography was different this year. Pat took individual pictures of each volunteer with their child as they entered the
store. Then, Bobbi roamed the store, taking candid shots of everyone shopping. Next, Pat took individual pictures of
each volunteer with their child as they checked out at the cashier. Finally, Bobbi took candid shots of everyone relaxing
over breakfast in the coffee shop area.
9) Cory was out of town last week attending
a wedding in Colorado and ran across a fund
raiser, Frisbee Golf. He thought it would be
a way to raise money and have some fun.
He brought in a couple different Golf
Frisbees. Several members were aware of
the game and Lynsie said there is a park in
town that is set up as a Frisbee Golf Course,
complete with the nets. Pat suggested we
also look into a bowling tournament as a
fund raiser. We will cover fundraising in
more depth at a future work meeting.
10) Cory asked who would like to attend
the Tempe South Rotary meeting next
Friday to listen to Michael Crow, the
President of ASU, speak.
11) There was no further business. Meeting
was adjourned at 8:20AM.
Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club
Lynsie Scharpf –Target Back-to-School Shopping Spree
August 12, 2010
PRESENT: Corey Bruggeman, Jack Buckles, Sandi Daly, Bobbi de Haan, Patrick de Haan,
Ben Eubank, Dona Eubank, Ron Freeman, Kent Hendricks, Geoff Pashkowski, and Lynsie
Scharpf. GUEST: Jim Vandeventer.
We missed you
BRAD, JAMES, DENNIS,
BRIAN, JIM, ANITA,
GREG, TIM, and LINDA!
Marisa Arellano Velazquez
Ben Eubank, Corey Bruggeman, & Rio Macaw
“The Three Amigos”
BEN’S NEW SOCKS
Anticipating that Dennis Gregory would be at today‟s meeting; Ben wore his brand new University of Texas socks and his
favorite white loafers (autographed by Pat Boone). Unfortunately, Dennis wasn‟t there, so Ben looked spiffy for nothing.
Photos by Rio
EDITORIAL COMMENT ON BEN’S NEW SOCKS
Patrick de Haan & Jim Vandeventer
TODAY’S PRESENTATION
TTAARRGGEETT BBAACCKK TTOO SSCCHHOOOOLL SSHHOOPPPPIINNGG SSPPRREEEE
Special Thanks to Lynsie Scharpf for once again doing an outstanding job coordinating this annual event. Lynsie, you are AWESOME!
A Navy sailor who was killed after he and a fellow sailor disappeared in a
dangerous area of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban is being remembered by
his family as a devoted father and a hard worker who always volunteered for the
most challenging assignments. Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley was one of
two sailors killed in late July in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.
The two were in an armored SUV, traveling in Logar province, about 60 miles
from their base on the western edge of Kabul.
The family of released a statement that included a collection of memories and
thoughts they wanted to share.
"To really remember Justin, it is important that you know what made Justin unique
and special to his family and friends," the statement reads.
It goes on to talk about his love for his two boys, ages 5 and 9, and his sense of
humor. McNeley was the first one to lighten a conversation by cracking a joke, he
enjoyed making unannounced visits to surprise his family, and he would supply the
food whenever there was a family gathering, his family said.
They also said he was a thinker with a strategic mind and he liked to look people in the eye when he talked to them.
McNeley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, who was from the Seattle area, disappeared in the Logar province
July 23. Their bodies were recovered a few days later.
McNeley, who moved to Kingman in 2004 from Colorado, joined the Navy in 2001 and deployed to Afghanistan last
year. He was classified as a hull technician. The job entails skilled metal work to maintain ships.
McNeley's family said they are proud of his service to his country. They said he'll be missed "more than words can
describe."
Friends, family and hundreds of servicemen and women gathered Friday afternoon to pay homage to the life and service
of Petty Officer 2nd Class McNeley, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
The chapel was filled with friends and family mourning the loss of the sailor. No seat in the chapel was left empty;
people spilled into the foyer, where there was standing room only. Others stood outdoors and waited for the uniformed
pallbearers to bring the flag-covered casket to the grave.
"Not grieving, but commemorating that you still live within, still we stand, through you, for you and with you," said Air
Force Capt. Gary Coburn, who officiated at the service.
The father of two was described as a man who enjoyed showing up unannounced to surprise his loved ones. The 30-year-
old, a father, son, brother and uncle, was dedicated, sincere and family-oriented, mourners said.
"He loved his kids, talked about his kids constantly, and worked a second job so they would be well-off," said Chief
Sergio Fabian, one of McNeley's shipmates. "He was always the best that he could be."
Friday, people remembered the things that they will miss the most about McNeley.
"Justin always looked you in the eyes when he talked to you, but was the first one to lighten up a conversation by cracking
a joke," Coburn said. "If you were his friend, you knew you would be his friend forever."
"He was an excellent worker; (I was) thoroughly impressed with his work ethic and he meant a lot to the HT (Hull
Technician) shop," shipmate HT1 William Hoffner said after the ceremony.
Another shipmate, HT1 Harry Herradora, said what he remembers most about McNeley was a certain smile he would get
when talking to people. "You could just see it; it was his smile," Herradora said.
In Memoriam
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Justin McNeley
Navy Cmdr. Nick Holman hands a flag to Christopher
Plambeck during burial services Friday for his father, Petty
Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)
Brothers Christopher Plambeck and Jacob McNeley hurry to
their grandfather, George McNeley, after the burial services of
theirfather.
COVER STORY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY
History of International Youth Day
International Youth Day is the best time to commemorate the power and strength of the youth all around the globe.
International Youth Day is celebrating every year on 12th August since 1999. United Nations defined an event for
highlighted awareness on the requirements of young people in the middle of 10 to 24 years. On the other hand, the youth
send some affectionate mails to extend this day with their darling, friends, esteemed ones on this day.
The Aim of International Youth Day
The aim of International Youth Day is to endorse consciousness, particularly among youth. The World Programme of
Action for Youth is started before 2000. The World Programme of Action wants to achievement in 10 main fields.
Starvation
Poverty
Education
Employment
Health
Drug exploitation
Childhood felony
Recreation events
Child and young women
Environment
The International Youth Day suggests that programs are implemented regional, countrywide and worldwide.
The Activities of International Youth Day
The United Nations marked out the youth, the age between 15 to 24 years. This is one sixth of the global populace. The
youth will develop the countries to increase preciously in 21st century in all sides.
Many activities and events that take place around the world on International Youth Day promote the benefits that young
people bring into the world. Many countries participate in this global event, which may include youth conferences on
issues such as education and employment. Other activities include concerts promoting the world‟s youth, as well as
various sporting events, parades and mobile exhibitions that showcase young people‟s achievements.
The Ideas of International
Youth Day
The Vienna and Austria youth
established World Youth Form.
The Form was proposed the idea
for International Youth Day in
1991. The World Youth Forum
recommended that to be declared
an International Youth Day for
fund-raising and promotional
purposes. The Form supports the
„United Nations Youth Fund‟ in
affiliation with youth associations.
In 12th August 1998, The
Government of Portugal,
acknowledged that as the World Conference of Ministers
Responsible for Youth was adopted International Youth Day,
collaboration with the United Nations. This is the 54th
symposium of the General Assembly. In 17the Dec 1999,
The Government gives the right "Policies and programms
involving youth".
Islamabad Rotary Club
Islamabad, Pakistan
“You win best Rotary Logo online!” Lisa Hogan Autry
Murrieta, California
Pukekos, Potatoes, and Plants
My main responsibilities on the farm this week revolved around pukekos,
potatoes, and plants. The pukekos are enemy number one on the farm.
Their favorite activity is to dig up plants, young trees, bulbs, etc. and eat
the roots and foliage. As you can imagine, this creates quite an issue. In the
last week, they ate up quite a few of the flower bulbs I had planted and,
additionally, I found several of the new, native plants dug up and munched.
I started putting up more guards around the plants and replanting the plants
that will hopefully survive. The birds seem to multiply on a daily basis (okay maybe they aren‟t quite that bad but they are
the biggest issue we have here). Eventually, we might get a dog on the farm to help with the birds but until then the battle
continues.
I also planted potatoes in tires
this week. I found that the idea
of planting potatoes in tires is
actually quite popular. As the
potatoes grow, you stack more
tires on top of each other. This
makes growing and harvesting
the potatoes easier. Most of the
potatoes I planted were either
from the organic store or
leftover potatoes from last year‟s
planting. We are recycling old
tires for the planting areas and,
hopefully, the potatoes will be
ready in a couple of months.
The first week I was on the farm
I seeded some plants, mainly
brassicas, in the greenhouse.
This week, they were finally
ready to plant. So, I prepared
one of our rock beds and planted
the little plants. Planting
something I had grown from a
seed was very rewarding. As I dug the holes and placed the vegetable plants, I was super excited when I realized how
much they had grown in a couple short weeks and also how much food they would produce in the winter. When I was
done planting in the rock bed, I cover the whole bed with a netting to keep the pukekos and rabbits from eating the new
plants. So far, they have not been able to breech the guard on the bed! Today, we also had our first rainstorm in about a
week and a half. The timing of the rain for the new plants could not have been better. This week I also made carrot soup
using carrots and lemons from the garden. I greatly enjoy being a part of the seed to sow process and the farm to fork
process. Cheers!
Journey
The summer and my internship are coming to a close. So, I wanted to take a little time and reflect. One of the reasons I
wanted to do this internship was, in part, due to Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I started reading Thoreau at the
beginning of this year; his ideas and willingness to live on the edge inspired me. I also took a class on food systems last
semester and wanted to be closer to food production and understand, firsthand, how production actually works. Around
the middle of the semester, I began to wonder if I could live in a setting very different from what I am use to being in,
namely the urban environment. Additionally, mainly due to Thoreau, I was curios what it would be like to live, be, and
breathe in a simpler state. One quote in particular I find continually moving:
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and
endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will
meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will
put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new,
universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish
themselves around and within him; or the old laws be
expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal
sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of
beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the
universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be
solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Through my time on Waiheke Island and my experience on
Uma Rapiti, I experienced an evolution like what Thoreau
describes. The two aspects of my internship I am most
grateful for are living more in tune with the natural world and
simplifying my life. I am learning about different types of
trees, warding off animals, planting new seedlings, creating
projects, digging in the soil but, what surprised me the most, is the ways I have changed. Although I will be ready to be in
Arizona soon and see familiar faces and places, I know leaving here is not the end of this journey but simply the next step.
No matter what journey you are on, I hope you advance in the direction of your dreams. So
that, together, we can create a better, more sustainable, harmonious world.
Beth Anne Martin is Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club’s nominee for the 2011 Ambassadorial Scholarship. She is in New Zealand this summer working as an intern on a self-sufficient, organic farm.
TRAVELS WITH BIG JAY
AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR
Justin Randall, our man in Madrid, is in
Spain studying for his International MBA.
This is an excerpt from his blog journal of
his adventures in Europe.
The Rest of Berlin
Before meeting up with Dave at Mustafa‟s Kebab in
Berlin, I bought a ticket to a town of which I don‟t
remember the name, where I would then need to
purchase another ticket to get to Krakow. Dave and his
traveling companion were to fly out the next morning.
As we stand in line for a kebab, he tells me that the
tickets they bought were never really purchased (confusing for me too) and asked if I would walk him through the process
and that they would join me. We eat our delicious kebabs then go to the reisezentrum (travel center) to buy him some
tickets. Of course the lady didn‟t speak English and sort of rolled her eyes at us when we asked for two additional tickets,
same as mine. He plops down the money, grabs the tickets, and we‟re on our way.
We run some errands then go our separate ways, planning to meet up at Mustafa‟s at 4.00 to make our train on time at
5.30. I‟m 15 minutes late, of course, but with plenty of time to make the train. Plenty.
By the time they finish up, it‟s a couple minutes before five. We grab a bite from Mustafa‟s and are about to roll out
when Dave mentions something about a hole in his pocket. The girl he‟s with runs across the street to a seamstress and
calls him over to get it fixed. They‟re for awhile. Too long – getting back at 5.11 when the train left at 5.28 – we had five
stops on one line, a change, and one stop on another. Oh, and a four-minute wait to kick it all off.
It didn‟t help when his friend told us to jump off a stop early by accident. We hop out and get a cab. at this point, it‟s
hopeless, but we go to the platform anyhow. Empty.
Now comes the fun part: getting the tickets we originally wanted so we‟d arrive the next morning. No luck. And the
tickets we already had? As it turns out, they weren‟t good for another two days. Luckily, she finagled a refund of the
tickets. We couldn‟t leave until 6.29 the next morning, but we got our tickets.
We rent a locker there to drop off the bags, they go back to the hostel to check back in, but I‟m cheap and don‟t. Then we
head back out to get some eats: kegel koenig, for sure. Part way there, Dave‟s friend decides that she‟d rather sleep before
the long travel day ahead so rolls back to the hostel.
We don‟t let that deter us and carry on. I told Dave about the best German eats, “Agent Orange,” and I had been there
when we hit Germany before: smoky, filled with locals playing cards, and a dog for good measure. We walk in, and, sure
enough, there were people playing games in the back room and…a dog wandering the restaurant. No joke. Luckily,
smoking indoors has been banned since 2006, so that element was lacking.
The eats were just as good as before: full delicious portions of schnitzel, tasty little German salads, and a bowl of fried
potatoes. We have some beer then some beam and coke, pay our tab, and start to wander the city. What does Berlin have
to offer on a Monday night?
Answer: not much. We start at the Menninger Hostel near the Haupbahnhof because of its rooftop bar and alleged
coolness, both of which rendered useless because of the rain. The view was still beautiful, though.
Then we go to Potsdamer Platz, which is always fantastic. Coming
up the steps, we find around six teenagers blocking the path
laughing about something. at the top of the stairs, we see the object
of their laughter: a couple decked in general darkness, her in a
corset and flowing black dress wearing huge black boots to finish it
off, him in skinny leather pants, a chest plate, and a mask of some
sort to finish it out. They were locked in an unmoving gaze. The
kids were taking pictures and teasing them in the background.
After the lights go dark we head across the street to an American
bar (the only place seemingly open at 1.00) where we‟re served by a
super-cute girl and catch up on stuff and things from the last year.
We walk back to the hostel a little after 4.00 where I sit in the lobby
on Dave‟s computer, while he naps for the next hour.
A little after 5.00, we head to the station, waiting for that train and
me for sleep.
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To make a contribution or if you need additional information, contact:
Patrick de Haan (Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club) 623-326-7951 or [email protected]
Jan Snyder (Tempe East Rotary Club) 480-951-9250
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All we need is a $25 donation from 100 Clubs, Companies, or Individuals
31. WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE
World Community Service is the Rotary program by which a club or district in one country provides humanitarian
assistance to a club in another country. Typically the aid goes to a developing community where the Rotary project will
help raise the standard of living and the quality of life. The ultimate object of World Community Service is to build
goodwill and understanding among peoples of the world.
One important way to find a club in some other part of the world which needs help on a worthy project is to use the WCS
Projects Exchange, a list of dozens of worthy activities in developing areas. The exchange list is maintained in the RI
Secretariat in Evanston and is readily available upon request. It outlines projects, provides estimated costs and gives
names of the appropriate contacts.
Clubs which need assistance, or are seeking another club to help with a humanitarian project, such as building a clinic,
school, hospital, community water well, library or other beneficial activity, may register their needs. Clubs seeking a
desirable World Community Service project may easily review the list of needs registered in the Projects Exchange. Thus,
the exchange provides a practical way to link needs with resources.
Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World Community Service project each year. The WCS Projects Exchange
list is an excellent tool to find a real need, a project description and cooperating club in a developing area. The job then is
to "go to work" to complete the project, and at the same time build bridges of friendship and world understanding.
32. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY PROGRAM
It has been estimated that a billion people-one-fourth of the world's population-are unable to read. Illiteracy of adults and
children is a global concern in both highly industrialized nations and in developing countries. The number of adult
illiterates in the world is increasing by 25 million each year! In the United States, one quarter of the entire population is
considered functionally illiterate.
The tragedy of illiteracy is that those who cannot read lose personal independence and become victims of unscrupulous
manipulation, poverty and the loss of human feelings which give meaning to life. Illiteracy is demeaning. It is a major
obstacle for economic, political, social and personal development. Illiteracy is a barrier to international understanding,
cooperation and peace in the world.
Literacy education was considered a program priority by Rotary's original Health, Hunger and Humanity Committee in
1978. An early 3-H grant led to the preparation of an excellent source book on the issues of literacy in the world. The
Rotary-sponsored publication, The Right to Read, was edited by Rotarian Eve Malmquist, a past district governor from
Linkoping, Sweden, and a recognized authority on reading and educational research. The
book was the forerunner of a major Rotary program emphasis on literacy promotion.
In 1985 the RI Planning and Research Committee proposed, and the RI board approved,
that the Rotary clubs of the world conduct a ten-year emphasis on literacy education.
Many Rotary clubs are thoughtfully surveying the needs of their community for
literacy training. Some clubs provide basic books for teaching reading. Others
establish and support reading and language clinics, provide volunteer tutorial
assistance and purchase reading materials. Rotarians can play a vitally important
part in their community and in developing countries by promoting projects to
open opportunities which come from the ability to read.
The Workings of the Human Mind
How do we travel the road to our Dream
To arrive at the life we want?
By using our mental faculties
And keeping our Dream out front
"What's a mental faculty?" you ask
Allow me to explain them
They are separate and individual
But they must be used in tandem
Imagination is the first of six
And it's useful in creation
As we firmly picture in our thought
What will be our destination
Next is our Perception
A powerful thing to use!
As we look at the scenery around us
What we see is what we choose
I Choose PERCEPTION It's week three of this great seven-week series... How much practice did you get last
week with paying attention to what you were doing with your imagination? How
many times did you find yourself picturing something that you would NOT want to
be true?
As you have probably figured out, my husband is a stilt entertainer. Last weekend
we were at an event in which he was on his stilts for extended periods of time, AND
there were lots of small children in the building who happened to be fascinated with
him. Now, I know very well how good he is on those things, but I find that I have to
be VERY aware of what I'm doing with my imagination when there are children
around. If I'm not careful, "standing guard at the portal of my mind," my
imagination has him stepping on kids, tripping over them and falling, dropping them
on their heads when he picks them up, etc. (Click this link to see a two-minute
video that will show you exactly what I mean. And know that Rick is eight feet tall
on his stilts, so the little girl he raises above his head is at about nine feet up.)
Sometimes it amazes me what my mind will come up with if I don't stay aware of
what it's doing, and last weekend I had to be very vigilant!
Rather than spend the whole weekend making myself miserable about what
COULD happen, I chose to pay attention to what I was picturing in my mind, and
when my imagination tried to go to something that would cause me to worry, I would catch it and shift my attention to the
truth. And every single time, the truth was that everything was awesome, we were all having fun, and no one was getting
hurt.
How often do we create a feeling of anxiety or misery in ourselves just by thinking about something? How many of us
live our whole lives that way, at the mercy of an undisciplined and unruly mind?
This brings us to the next mental faculty, and the next verse in the poem...
Here is what I know - my circumstances have NOTHING invested in
how I feel or what I think about them. Circumstances are just
circumstances ("Circumstances" = "that which stands around me"). My
circumstances are completely neutral, which means that they have no
power to cause me to feel one way or another about them. This is HUGE,
and it can be a life-changing realization if you want it to be. Have you
ever heard the following quote? (I am not sure where it came from
originally - sorry.)
"When you change the way you look at things,
the things you look at change."
Try deliberately changing your perception of something this week and
watch what happens.
In my book, Pop Your Paradigm, I wrote of my experience of coming to
this realization for myself as I was leaving the green and gorgeous
Pacific Northwest and running - to save my own life - to the brown, hot,
and ugly Arizona. That was exactly how I was looking at it and I was
angry, upset, and very depressed. Meanwhile, the young woman sitting in
the seat next to me on the bus was practically bouncing up and down in
her seat and saying, "I can't WAIT to get away from all this green!!!" I'm
not going to tell the whole story here, except to say that after spending
considerable time with a desire to strangle her, I finally decided to look
for the lesson in that whole annoying thing. What showed up for me was
this: We were both looking out the same exact window, seeing the exact
same things. However, what I was seeing was "making me" miserable...
as I was watching the green going away, seeing more and more brown
showing up, I became more and more angry and depressed. As that
young woman watched the green go away, she became happier and happier the more brown she saw outside that window.
Daly Thoughts
Sandra Anne Daly
I knew right then that if I was ever going to change my life I was going to have to change the way I SAW my life. If I was
ever going to change my life, I was going to have to change my perception of my life... So I asked myself, "What would
happen for me if I just made a decision to look for beauty in everything I see?"
My current and awesome life - ten years later - came to be because of that question and my willingness to practice asking
it and applying it to everything.
Please feel free to get in touch if you have questions or comments - I always love to hear from you!
In Gratitude,
Sandra Anne Daly
Author and Certified Life Mastery Consultant
www.chooseyouruniverse.com
"The way my life is right now is a direct result of my habits of thought.”
I Choose PERCEPTION
This week I choose to pay attention to how I am looking at things. As I notice how I'm perceiving
things, I ask myself, with the deliberate intention of shifting my experience, "What's another way
I could look at this? M," And I notice that no matter what I am perceiving, I can choose how I
feel about it, and I can ALWAYS choose another way to see it. "As I look at the scenery around
me, what I see is what I choose."
Call PDG Barb Feder at 480-839-5847 or email [email protected] ~ DEADLINE IS AUGUST 20th
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the Rotary Club of Islamabad, Pakistan, to become part of this important Global Peace Initiative!
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Are you working with a limited Club service budget or short of voluynteers?
Would you like to get books to hundreds of impoverished valley children for just a few cents per book?
Contact Rotarian Jack Buckles & learn about Pathway to Reading! [email protected]
SAN WILD SANCTUARY FOR WILDLIFE
In 1989, a South African based conservation
organization, the Rhino & Elephant Foundation,
launched a fundraising campaign for black rhinos
under the name of Project Rhino. The campaign
received considerable media coverage and it caught
the imagination and attention of Louise Joubert, an
account executive for a major advertising agency in
Cape Town. She contacted the Rhino & Elephant
Foundation and suggested that they run a telethon
to raise funds. This was an entirely new concept in
fundraising at the time, but Louise‟s initiative and
dedication resulted in National Rhino Pledge Day
on 29 October 1989.
The telethon, which was televised throughout the
day, raised R1.78 million and much of the funding
was used to buy land to extend the Addo Elephant
National Park, which has a significant population
of black rhino. Funds were also used to purchase
much needed anti-poaching equipment and to
translocate black rhinos from danger zones.
Louise's brush with wildlife conservation and its personalities throughout the run-up to Pledge Day changed her life and in
1990, she decided to leave Cape Town and leave her career behind and went to live in the Limpopo Province in order to
work with wild animals. However, she inadvertently found herself involved in a component of a then fledgling wildlife
industry - game capture.
Over the ten years that followed, Louise saw many things that did not sit well with her, but the game-and-wildlife trade
industry has a persuasive way of justifying its activities and as Louise herself says, “If you silence your conscience for
long enough, it eventually stops speaking to you”. It was especially the young un-weaned animals suffering as a result of
mass game relocation that prompted her into action and she began taking in orphaned and injured animals for hand raising
- particularly plains game species such as zebra, kudu and blue wildebeest. This one on one close contact with young wild
animals and the success of her efforts to rehabilitate them to become independent, free-ranging wild animals awoke her
silenced conscience.
Louise became increasingly empathetic to the animals caught up in South Africa‟s wildlife industry and more and more
she became an outspoken critic of the industry‟s unethical and inhumane operators.
While still working for a game relocation company, she started taking in orphaned and injured animals for hand raising
and veterinary care for which she paid privately. Rescued animals were treated and hand raised on a small 21-hectare
property. The intake of animals slowly increased and also diversified to include all species of wild animals: birds, small
mammals, reptiles and smaller predators. There was a great need for a formal rehabilitation centre and emergency
response when wild animals found themselves in trouble.
One of the biggest challenges facing the small centre was a desperate need for a safe and protected release area. National
Parks and Provincial Game Reserves were simply not interested in taking in rehabilitated or hand raised animals for
release. This left Louise with only one option: privately owned game farms. Sadly, many of the privately owned game
farms are being used a hunting farms and this most definitely did not present a safe option as a release site.
Bobbi de Haan’s Born to be Wild
Celebrating the Care and Husbandry of Exotic and Endangered Wildlife
In a bold attempt in 1998 to secure the animals‟
future that she had already saved, Louise signed
a lease contract for a 960-hectare piece of land
with the option to purchase it at a later stage.
The small property on which the rehabilitation
centre started was sold and the funds used to
establish a small rehab centre on the larger
property. In 2000, she founded the SanWild
Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization whose
main objective would be to raise funds to pay
for the land, rescue injured and orphaned wild
animals and to secure the animals‟ long-term
welfare and safety. For the first time in South
African history, a wildlife reserve was being
established that belonged to the wild animals
themselves.
Although the new property, named the SanWild
Wildlife Sanctuary, could accommodate many
more wild animals, it was acknowledged by the
SanWild trustees that it was too small to be
viable in the long term. Louise continued her
efforts to increase the size of the sanctuary while
being supported by the Board of Trustees.
Despite many failed efforts, perseverance finally
paid off and on the 1st July 2002 the deposit to
purchase a terribly neglected adjoining tomato
farm was paid with a substantial donation
received from France in memory of Mr. Claude
Detave.
Bulldozers moved in and the old cattle fences
were removed. Work to fence in the new land
started within days. Once all fencing was
completed the fences between the two pieces of
land could be taken down and wild animals
started traversing on both sections. However
before the animals could be allowed to move
onto the new land a professional team of environmentalists were contracted to do relevant impact assessments and prepare
full EIA‟s in order to assist the SanWild‟s management team to address the bush encroachment and soil erosion problems
caused by previous overgrazing with cattle and the agricultural farming activities. Truckloads of rubbish consisting on old
tomato wire, plastic piping, discarded glass bottles, beer cans, and open pit latrines had to be cleaned up and removed.
More than 389 snares were removed from a 20-hectare area adjoining the old tomato fields. It was evident that this piece
of land was particularly abused and neglected and that the plants and animals had very little protection indeed. Continued
efforts to restore the land to its original state are progressing well.
Early in 2006, the trust was asked to help save a small herd of African elephants from an imminent culling operation when
the reserve in which the elephants lived reverted back to farm land as a result of a number of successful land claims. The
elephants were no longer welcome here. To read about this rescue click here.
At the time SanWild the Murry Foundation (UK) had purchased an adjoining property that was incorporated into the
SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. When Adam Murry defaulted on his bond installment with ABSA BANK, the SanWild
trustees who had signed personal surety for Mr. Murry‟s bond had to meet the yearly installment and the shares in the
company that purchased the land was transferred to SanWild.
The SanWild Wildlife Trust has no other beneficiaries other than the wild animals themselves and ensure protection of the
land and the animals in perpetuity.
www.sanwild.org
Louise Joubert
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JACK BUCKLES’ TEARS OF JOY
Funny Stories, Bad Jokes, Bumper Stickers, etc.
No Respect
Mary was having a tough day and had stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of
what she thought to be well-deserved complaining and self- pitying.
She moaned to her mom and brother, "Nobody loves me ... the whole world hates me!"
Her brother, busily occupied playing a game, hardly looked up at her and passed on this
encouraging word: "That's not true, Mary. Some people don't even know you."
RIO MACAW’S
FACEBOOK PAGE
Rio now has 754 friends on his Facebook page.
What‟s even more amazing is that more than 200 of
them are from different countries around the world,
true to the spirit of Rotary International.
Rio currently has friends in:
India
Greece
Turkey
Argentina
Portugal
Denmark
Italy
England
Venezuela
Bangladesh
Pakistan
South Africa
Brazil
Chile
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You can visit Rio at this link:
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