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For the week beginning April 7, 2025
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning April 7, 2025
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Rotary International President – Stephanie Urchik
And for our clubs -
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Jim
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Inspirational moment
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Canadiana
In the mid-20th century, Newfoundland and Labrador faced a unique challenge—hundreds of tiny, isolated fishing villages, known as outports, were struggling to survive.
With no roads connecting them and services costly to maintain, the government launched the Resettlement Program (1954–1975) to relocate families to larger communities with better infrastructure.
But here’s where the story takes a remarkable turn!
Rather than leave their homes behind, some determined Newfoundlanders came up with a bold solution: they floated their entire houses across the ocean to their new communities! Homes were jacked up onto wooden rafts, tethered to boats, and carefully towed across bays and inlets—sometimes in full view of stunned onlookers watching from shore.
Imagine seeing an entire house drifting by on the waves, curtains still hanging in the windows!
Though controversial at the time, resettlement forever changed Newfoundland’s cultura l landscape. And yet, the province’s deep-rooted resilience, resourcefulness, and connection to the sea remain as strong as ever—a true testament to the spirit of Newfoundland and its people.
Here are historical photographs of a house being floated during Newfoundland's resettlement period. One notable example is the relocation of the Drake House from Haystack to Arnold's Cove in 1969.
This house was transported by barge across Placentia Bay and now serves as a community museum, symbolizing that era.
en.wikipedia.org
For more visual references, you can find images of houses being floated during the resettlement period, such as the one available on the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage website.
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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?
February 10. It's inspiring when people of sometimes conflicting cultures can put their beliefs aside for the betterment of the vulnerable.
-- Patrick Gibson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
February 12. How true are Numbers 12 and 17 in the humour section!
-- Angel Francisco Blanco Garcia, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
is the Rotary International president-elect (for 2025–2026).
He will be the fourth Brazilian to hold the office.
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First Earth Day - April 22, 1970
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April is the month of "Microfinance"
Join the Rotary E-Club of Canada One as we support the
development and expansion of small stakeholder businesses
in underdeveloped countries.
Visit www.kiva.org to see how it's done
Open your own Kiva account?
Join the E-Canada One lending team?
You have questions?
Contact Patrick Gibson: gibson55@gmail.com
(happy to answer any questions you have)
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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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ROTARIAN NEIL HAS SHARED A PHOTO
Rotarian Neil writes that on March 18 he had the pleasure of attending Rotary One in Chicago monthly fellowship and meeting 2025-2026 incoming president Nancy Kalchbrenner.
Here he is with Rotarian Nancy below:
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E-Club Foundation Newsletter for April
The April edition of the District 6330 Foundation Newsletter is packed with compelling content, with a special focus on The Environment!
Inside, you'll find insightful messages from both the Rotary International President and the Trustee Chair, updates on key Trustee decisions, and exciting news about
a new Rotary Peace Centre.
As Mark Maloney, Trustee Chair, writes - “As we celebrate Environmental Month this April, I invite you to consider how you can make an impact. Every action matters!”
As Mark Maloney, Trustee Chair, writes - “As we celebrate Environmental Month this April, I invite you to consider how you can make an impact. Every action matters!”
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Just so you're aware -
Our Club's Ongoing Projects -
We provide ongoing support for the following projects:
And we're doing great!
Ask for more information if you'd like to be involved!
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Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Thursday of the month is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event. Plan to join us.
The time is 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) in lieu of the weekly Coffee Chat except for July and August when there are no FA’s. Here is the zoom link:
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca
All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547
Environment
Humour
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New members' corner
...for April’s Environmental Month:
The environment is not just a cause—it’s the foundation of every cause.
The environment is not just a cause—it’s the foundation of every cause.
Clean water, healthy communities, and sustainable futures all begin with how we care for our planet today.
As Rotary members, we don’t inherit the Earth from past generations—we borrow it from the future.
This month, let’s take action!
Whether it’s reducing waste, planting trees, supporting clean energy, or raising awareness, every step we take strengthens our impact.
What will you do today to protect our shared home?"
As Rotary members, we don’t inherit the Earth from past generations—we borrow it from the future.
This month, let’s take action!
Whether it’s reducing waste, planting trees, supporting clean energy, or raising awareness, every step we take strengthens our impact.
What will you do today to protect our shared home?"
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Rotary minute
April: A Legacy of Sustainability
One of the earliest large-scale Rotary-led environmental projects dates back to the 1990s, when clubs across the globe took part in tree-planting initiatives—long before climate action was widely recognized as urgent.
More recently, in 2020, Rotary International officially added Protecting the Environment as its seventh area of focus, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability.
Yet, environmental action is not just about large projects; it’s about everyday choices.
Yet, environmental action is not just about large projects; it’s about everyday choices.
As Rotarians, we have the power to make a difference—by supporting clean water initiatives, reducing waste at club events, or even inspiring sustainable practices in our communities.
This month, let's ask ourselves: What legacy are we leaving behind for future generations?
This month, let's ask ourselves: What legacy are we leaving behind for future generations?
Whether big or small, every action counts.
Let’s make April a month of impact, together.
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Food for thought
Past Participles
The romantic classic Pride and Prejudice opens with the sentence, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” In this line (one of her most famous), author Jane Austen employs an often-underrated grammatical tool: the past participle. Here, “acknowledged” enhances Austen’s storytelling by forming an adjective instead of a verb.
To transform the verb “acknowledge” into a past participle, all Austen needed to do was add the suffix “-ed.” Now, “acknowledged” acts as an adjective, modifying the noun “truth.” Other examples of past participles include “a hushed conversation” and “on borrowed time.” Although these terms might look like simple past tense verbs, they’re called past participles when used in this context as adjectives.
Most regular past participles are formed this way — by adding “-ed” to a verb. Irregular verbs, however, have less predictable past participles. They take on various suffixes, including “-en,” “-n,” “-ne,” or “-t.” This looks like “shaken confidence” or “a lost letter.”
Past participles don’t just modify nouns — they also form verb tenses. When combined with the auxiliary verb “have,” they create what’s called the perfect verb tense. For example, in Mr. Darcy’s line, “In vain I have struggled,” the past participle “struggled” works with “have” to form the present perfect tense. This tense indicates that the struggle started in the past and is still relevant to the present. More examples of this tense include: “He has graduated” and “She has left.”
The same formula is used for other perfect verb tenses. For past perfect tense, use “had” instead of “have,” as in, “In vain I had struggled” or “They had waited.” When combined with “not,” past participles form negative perfect tenses, as in Elizabeth Bennet’s reflection: “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” Past participles are also used in the less-common future perfect tense, which uses an additional auxiliary verb, “will” — “She will have read the letter by noon.”
Finally, past participles are key in the passive voice, where the subject receives the action rather than performing it. For example, in Mr. Darcy’s revelation, “I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit,” the subject “I” is the recipient of the action, not the doer. To create the passive voice, use a conjugation of the verb “be” along with a past participle, as in, “The pages of the novel were torn.”
In short, past participles are an incredibly useful construction that we can find sprinkled throughout both literature and everyday speech. Whether transforming verbs into descriptive adjectives or creating clarity in complex tenses, their versatility and precision are crucial to storytelling, from grammar class to Jane Austen’s novels.
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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The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Doug recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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