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May 30, 2023 John in the UK Youth Service Month
The in-person (with Zoom available) meeting was opened by President Alan with O Canada. There were 8 of 15 members present.
Alan read the Treaty 6 Acknowledgement:
We acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Camrose Daybreak is located on Treaty 6 land. This is the traditional territory and an ancient gathering place of many Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
We recognize that we are all Treaty people and have a responsibility to become aware of our shared history, understand the Spirit and Intent of the Treaties and by doing so we can honour the past, be aware of the present, and create a just and caring future built upon Peace, Friendship, and Understanding.
Speaker
John told us about his recent trip to England and Scotland. It was 12 years from his last trip. He and his wife Leslie flew in the Executive Cabin of Air Canada to Heathrow in London. They were picked up by a cousin and taken to his home on Hampstead Heath across from the Old Bull and Bush Pub. He ate in restaurants and at the home of relatives, he noted the lack of vegetables. He saw the impressive flowers at Kew Gardens, travelled by electric train from Paddington Station to Bristol during which he saw yellow fields of rapeseed (canola). They visited Bath. From Bristol he went on to Glasgow to visit his brother, attended a soccer match in his hometown of Dunfermline, met the Chief Constable of Scotland and was taken for a birthday lunch. He commented on the changes in Glasgow, old houses changed to modern apartment blocks.
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Happy Bucks
Happy Bucks were given for: the rain last night, Patrice walking almost as much as normal after her surgery, his presentation to the AGLC which people told him was well done, his 55th Wedding Anniversary, his sailing trip from Ladysmith to Prince Rupert---saw grizzly bears, whales, and abandoned towns; a sad buck for the fires around Halifax which has affected his sister.
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We closed by singing the Four-Way Test.
ROTARY JOINS LEADERS | ROTARIANS SHARE IDEAS | ROTARIANS TAKE ACTION
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