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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning June 5, 2023
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning June 5, 2023
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club to do Rotary's good works!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Jim Kenyon
Rotarian Jim Kenyon
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Canadiana
Elvis Stojko – Canadian Skating Champion
Over 20 years after he retired from competitive figure skating, Elvis Stojko remains one of Canada’s most successful male figure skaters.
Born in Newmarket in 1972, Stojko started his journey to the top tier of the sport at the tender age of four.
The path to gold wasn’t easy. It required daily effort and sacrifice.
“My Mom used to take me to the rink in Newmarket but the big one was when I was started training in Toronto. We didn’t have the highway that is there now, so we had to go on all the side roads to get there, it was about 45 minutes to an hour.
Nowadays it isn’t that long, but I had to be on the ice at 5:30 in the morning, so I was up at 3:30 every morning. I would be on the ice at 5:30, my training would go until 9:00, then I had school after. I would come back after school, all my eating, changing and homework was done in the car,” said Stojko.
“When I was training with Doug Leigh in Barrie, that’s the snow belt, and there were days there were full-on snowstorms and we were like, ‘We can’t take the day off’. Most skills at that level, they’re perishable skills. If you compare it to violinists, if they take one day off, they notice it. If they take two days off, their coach notices it, three days off everyone else notices it, so it’s something you can’t sacrifice.
For me, I didn’t compare myself to what was in Canada. I compared myself to what was in the world, the best at my age. That’s how I had to see it, and to take a day off was not in the cards.”
Stojko was a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympic silver medallist, and seven-time Canadian champion, and each competition had its own unique energy and feel.
“The Canadians was a way for me to prepare for the Olympics or the Worlds. The national championships are usually in January for us, and then Olympics would be February and worlds would be in March. I would use it as a stepping stone to go to the Olympics, and of course, I would want to peak at the Olympics and worlds,” said Stojko.
“It felt like the Canadians had a sort of home feel no matter where it was, and it always felt like an amazing send-off, but I had to stay zoned in. It was interesting because I had to be good enough to win, but I didn’t want to over-peak, so I had to be in this kind of balance point.”
The worlds were an entirely different level of competition.
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
April 3 and 14. The Secret life of a landfill makes me think that all that waste could be safely incinerated without emitting anything noxious.
Rotary and vaccine-derived virus: I was pleased to read that Rotary is supporting the use of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is an injectable vaccine that does not contain live virus and cannot cause vaccine-derived polio.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
April 18. Loved the African dance video. Something different. The rescue of the orca was amazing and shows British Columbians' love for these amazing creatures.
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
April 18. What an excellent speaker regarding setting up paying water bills! And I loved the effort for the four-way test! Practise, Practise, and Practise!
-- Neil Rogers, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
April 20. The water presentation is something should make us all think about our regular activities.
-- Angel Francisco Blanco Garcia, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Environment, Rescue of an Orca, Diversity of African Dance. The rescue of the young female Orca was very interesting. The African dance from different parts of the country was extremely educational.
-- Martin Secker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
This month's Rotary theme
Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
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Real-time meetings
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Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
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Environment
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New members' corner
A successful Public Image Campaign in District 5030
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Rotary minute
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Food for thought
A little quiz
2. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling basic life-support functions such as breathing and heart rate? a) Cerebellum b) Medulla oblongata c) Hypothalamus d) Hippocampus
3. Which of the following is not a type of muscle found in the human body? a) Smooth muscle b) Cardiac muscle c) Striated muscle d) Yellow muscle
4. Which organ is responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and producing urine? a) Liver b) Pancreas c) Kidneys d) Spleen
5. Which of the following is not a type of blood cell? a) Red blood cell b) White blood cell c) Platelet d) Plasma cell
6. Which of the following is not a type of joint found in the human body? a) Hinge joint b) Ball-and-socket joint c) Pivot joint d) Rectangular joint
7. Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina? a) Cornea b) Pupil c) Iris d) Lens
8. Which hormone is responsible for regulating the body's sleep-wake cycle? a) Insulin b) Melatonin c) Adrenaline d) Oxytocin
9. Which of the following is not a type of connective tissue found in the human body? a) Bone tissue b) Blood tissue c) Nervous tissue d) Cartilage tissue
10. Which of the following is not one of the three main types of blood vessels found in the human body? a) Arteries b) Veins c) Capillaries d) Alveoli
Answers found later in the meeting.
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Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
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Answer 1: d) Spicy
Answer 3: d) Yellow muscle
Answer 4: c) Kidneys
Answer 5: d) Plasma cell
Answer 6: d) Rectangular joint
Answer 7: d) Lens
Answer 8: b) Melatonin
Answer 9: c) Nervous tissue
Answer 10: d) Alveoli (Alveoli are small air sacs found in the lungs, not blood vessels).
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Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Brenda recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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