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For the week beginning December 18, 2023
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning December 18, 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
A compilation
A compilation
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The Hitchhiker
by Cathy Weber-Zunker
Minnesota, USA
We never saw strangers — not ever — and here on this sizzling hot evening was a real live one walking up our driveway. A young man, a slightly built hitchhiker, came walking up our long curved gravel road to the house while we kids stood and gawked as he approached our door.
This young man was out in the middle of nowhere. He knew there was a storm coming, and he desperately needed shelter. Not wanting to intrude on our home and family, he asked my dad if he could sleep in our barn for the night for protection from the rain.
Instead of saying yes, my dad loaded us all up in the 1959 Chevrolet: five kids, my mom, and the hitchhiker.
Our family consisted of three older children whose father had died young and three more children from the union of my mother and father. Our older brother Jerry was in the Navy, on a ship somewhere overseas.
It was too far away for me to even imagine what kind of a world he was seeing. All we little kids knew was that Jerry was a very long way from home and that our mom and dad worried about him.
I had never seen my mom sit next to my dad in the car before, but the hitchhiker took her seat near the passenger door, and she scooted to the center next to my dad. Mom watched the man fidget nervously as we drove him 10 miles to the next town, where dad bought the stranger a room for the night along with a hot evening meal.
In the car after we dropped off the hitchhiker, I heard my dad say to my mom, "I just hope that if Jerry ever needs anything, that this kindness will be returned to him."
Weeks later, Dad told my uncle about the hitchhiker. My uncle suggested that perhaps my dad shouldn't have taken the risk of having a stranger in our car. My dad replied, "You are absolutely right. I should have invited him into our home."
Originally published as HeroicStories #698 on March 8, 2007
Canadiana
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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?
November 3. A very revealing TED talk by a former foster child about how child fostering can be made much better by fostering children with a relative.
The refugee Syrian family that have made Antigonish home are a remarkable example of adapting to new surroundings and restarting a business like the one that they had in Damascus. And who would think that you could make such a success of making and selling chocolate in a small town in Nova Scotia and growing to employ 35 mostly local people.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 6. The Moth speaker was pretty funny and I enjoyed the story about fire department support for the Martin River FD.
-- Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 6. Worrying pictures of our environment.
-- Angel Francisco Blanco, Garcia, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 7. Aside from the meeting this week, I read the Hope in Grief article in Rotary magazine.
Can you imagine Coca Cola or General Motors continuing to employ a management team that loses money, and market share, for 25 years? That's what suicide prevention organisations have done. Suicide rates have RISEN by 30% in the U.S. over the last 25 years. Rates in other countries have risen more because of population ratios.
Yet the article in Rotary magazine espouses advice from these organisations. This goes beyond the definition of insanity. This article actively encourages people to employ advice that has been proven ineffective.
There is a solution to suicide. It is demonstrated in the article, and somewhat highlighted. The solution is connecting with people and helping them be effective.
-- Conrad Hall, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
Rotary's theme for December is
Disease Prevention & Treatment
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In the Zone December 2023 from Bruce Goldsen on Vimeo.
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
10 Facts About Elf Owls, the Smallest Owls
in the World
By Melissa Breyer - Updated April 6, 2022
Elf owls are true owls, members of the Strigidae family. No larger than a sparrow and weighing about as much as a golf ball, these dainty birds are stealthy hunters. Found nestled in recycled woodpecker holes in the deserts and canyons of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, elf owls favor insects and invertebrates, which they hunt on foot and by air. They fend off potential predators with a variety of loud vocalizations that make them sound larger than they are. These petite birds of prey are endangered in California.
From their intriguing courtship songs to their ability to play dead, here are a few things you might not know about the elf owl.
Fast Facts
• Common Name: Elf owl
• Scientific Name: Micrathene whitneyi
• Average Lifespan in the Wild: 5 years
• Average Lifespan in Captivity: 14 years
• IUCN Red List Status: Least concern
• Current Population: 72,000 mature individuals
Humour
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
Food for thought
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!
The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Judy recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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