Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise

Greetings and salutations to all on this beautiful Spring day.

Quite a good attendance today with 18 Club members present and just one guest, Doug Sly, a past member of our Club.

Doug was our guest speaker today, his presentation related to G.A.P.E (The Global Association for People and the Environment) of which his son, Monty, is Vice President of the Board of Directors and has worked in Laos, (officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic). This is a landlocked socialist republic in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. After a period as a French colony, it gained independence in 1949. A long civil war ended when the communist Pathet Lao came to power in 1975. Monty has been actively working there for the past 20 years.

A cheque was presented to Doug for $500.00 payable to G.A.P.E in their endeavour to help the less fortunate people of Laos. Further info at www.gapeinternational.org

A second cheque for $500.00 was presented to Ken Neden, who received it on behalf of the Arrowsmith Search and Rescue.

We were pleased to welcome back Pat and Ed Fougner and Ken Neden from their respective vacations.

Next week is Club Assembly and the following week there is a change of date and venue. Instead of Tuesday, a joint meeting will be held with Parksville AM club at The Bayside at 12 noon on Monday, 23rd April.

Missing from Our meeting today were, Diana, Derek, Gord, Mike and Ron.

Enjoy the rest of the week……Kim.

Today’s “Quickies”!

Two blondes walk into a building.,……. You’d think at least one of them would have seen it!

Phone answering machine message.- “… If you want to buy marijuana…..press the hash key!”

I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him $100 that he couldn’t reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, “No, the steaks are too high,”

My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.

A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, “Doctor, Doctor, I can’t feel my legs!”
The doctor replied “I know you can’t, I’ve cut your arms off”.

I went to a seafood disco last week……. And pulled a mussel.