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Feb 26; 'Rotary Day', NO LUNCHEON MEETING (see EVENTS)

No Birthdays or Anniversaries this week :-(

Tuesday noon belongs to Rotary!

Look in "Upcoming Events" for other activities taking place in the near future.

Many of us know how to react to the sign of another person having a heart attack (if you don't, sign up for a CPR course NOW!), but how do you deal with heart attack signs coming from yourself and you are alone?

The head of nursing at the Allen Gray circulated this short slide show at the Allen Gray and Hans Pilz is passing this life saving advice along to the rest of us.

                                 Click on the picture to start the slide show...

When you are finished you can pass on the advice by clicking on the "Email This" icon in the bottom right side of this page (Home page). If you want to share this from the bulletin, forward the bulletin.

Thank you Hans, it could save the life of someone today.

     Steve Hogle shared his enthusiastic personable style and challenged us to a new understanding of the exciting present and future role of the Alberta Research Council.

His background in journalism and radio, along with overseas work on behalf of faith based charitable organizations contribute to his recently acquired goal of raising the profile of the ARC.

     With employees in four locations the ARC has grown since its inception in 1921 as a not-for-profit arms-length entity of the provincial government.  They now serve approximately 1000 corporate entities and organizations. 

     One of these partners is the University of Alberta, where ARC assists in the process of taking the lab to the marketplace. 

     Steve shared with us some humorous video clips related to the industrial uses of hemp.  Historically only the manufacture of rope and twine, now clothing and plastic materials are being made from hemp. (Clearly, education of the consuming public must become a higher priority)

      Financial arrangements vary with each client, however, in many cases; ARC develops a concept and takes a percentage of the company in order to recover their research and development investment.

      The future holds a challenge -   there is a vision for the big picture - collaboration as part of Innovations Canada ( ICAN ) -- a national centre of excellence involving ten research and development institutions with over 2300 employees.

For more information:  www.arc.ab.ca

The human nervous system is a truly amazing one, with some six TRILLION cells.  At any given time, your body is handling three TRILLION calculations a SECOND!  And you thought you were lazy! 

Your overall body function and healing capacity is controlled by the electric signals running through your brain, spinal cord and nerves.  Your spinal cord and nerves are protected by your spine.  When your spine and posture are in normal alignment, your nerves and spine are healthier.......  Getting the picture?  Posture is the key to a healthy body and mind.

Over time, with poor posture, injuries, or repetitive movements the spine, and the nervous system can become damaged.  Degeneration progresses through stages.  Up to the third stage, alignment of the spine can be corrected.  But, by the time it hits stage four, it's pretty well game over.  If you're on this side of the earth, your quality of life would be nil. 

Degeneration of the spinal column can cause headaches...neck or back pain... burning...numbness...pain and tingling of arms, hands or legs...chronic pain...stiff and sore muscles...and, if you haven't surmised it by now, general poor health.  A chiropractor can get you back on track with restorative care programs.  An examination would include getting your complete health history, a physical exam, the Doctor's Report of Findings, and, if necessary, an X-ray.

So, you skeptics out there may say, the medical profession views the chiropractic profession with disdain, much along the lines of voodoo (the editor's opinion).  Well, when you consider the pharmaceutical industry pours billions of dollars for painkillers and prescription drugs into health care, is it any wonder the recommendation from the medical industry has been to take a pill to kill the pain, and not get to the root cause of the problem?

In summary, chiropractic medicine is safe...drug free...about restoring nervous system function...about balanced living...and a key part of a healthy lifestyle.  Our thanks to Dr. Brendan Gervais B. SC., D.C for his thoughtful and informative presentation. The contact data to reach him is 437-9355, e-mail behealthy@leadingchirporatic.com and the physical address 10049-81 Avenue.

Roberta Bedard is proposed by John Germain under the classification: "Lifestyle Retirement Planning".
Any objections or concerns must be submitted in writing within 7 days of receipt of this notice to the Club Secretary,

Rose Marie Basaraba
4124 112th St Nw
Edmonton, AB T6J 1J5

Please open THIS LINK to read about the progress of "Rotary Day" where you can also register yourself and guest(s) and pay online.

Canadian Blood Services needs our help to fill two clinic dates at its permanent donor clinic (8249-114 Street) on the following dates: February 19 and 26.  These dates are 56 days after two statutory holidays (December 25 and January 1).  Since the clinics were closed then, there were no donors to ask to rebook their appointments into these clinics, which is how Canadian Blood Services helps fill their clinics.

Say WELCOME to Dr. Peter Laansoo introduced by Henry Neufeld into the club on Feb 12 2008 under the classification:
Optometry.

Peter was introduced and welcomed into our family of Rotary by the Membership Committee and President Elect Ted.

Please introduce yourself to Peter at our next meeting.

Welcome Peter!

This is a social program of the Edmonton Strathcona Rotary Club. It is an opportunity for club members and spouses/companions to meet other club members in an informal, social, small group setting. Dates are all Saturday nights at 7:00 PM. The most important part of this program is the fellowship and the opportunity to get to know each other better. 

Full details are explained and are available for viewing and printing at THIS LINK. Need more info on the event?...

From the keyboard of your Editor:

The first visit of the season was a huge success, from the perspective of this participant.

Linda and I, together with Lorraine and Hal Quilliam, were very pleased to visit Doug Montgomery and his friend Joanne who had done a marvelous job preparing a Greek feast. The sumptuous dinners was suitably accompanied by Greek mood music.
After-dinner entertainment provided by Doug and Lorraine at the piano (one at the time).

It cannot be over-emphasized how wonderful this program is, especially for newer members to the club, but I think our more seasoned members, not participating, are missing out on the equal opportunity to meet our new members and partners in a small setting.

Thank You to   Peter Denooy   for arranging and managing the event this year.

(Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.)

  Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.  

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

The Semi-Annual Attendance Report for the period July 1 2007 to Dec 31 2007 is ready.

After login and on the ADMIN page, click on the link: View Club Documents in the My ClubRunner box.
Click [View] on the line: document #46 "Attendance Percentage Summary - CURRENT Year".

A more detailed report, document #48 "2007-08 Semi-Annual Attendance (Jul-Dec)" can be opened clicking [View] on that line.

Please examine carefully and report any discrepancies to me.

Hans Granholm
p: 780-466-5566
e: hgrdane@telusplanet.net 

No Child Should Die Hungry and Alone.

Imagine a modern country where nearly 40 per cent of children under six die of starvation. Severe famine has hit North Korea , and its people are suffering in silence . North Korea's 23 million people need 6 million tones of food to eat well, but they have been able to produce barely half that much. People are chronically malnourished, and many die-especially the children (always the most vulnerable in any society). Without your help-immediately-an entire generation may perish. You can save three children's lives this year for about what you pay for the daily newspaper! Think about that.

I became involved two years ago, when I was invited to lecture on "Nutrition for Health" at the Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST) in Yanji, China, near North Korean border. Since 2003, this university has gathered hungry children and housed and fed them-gave them a chance a future, in short. With them, I help procure food in China and made weekly delivers by trucks to those hungry children in Rajin City, North Korea-with no overhead costs!

In another border city, a once-rich potato production area is now completely isolated without food and fuel. YUST received a desperate plea to help some 10,000 starving children, who simply will not survive another harsh cold winter unless without immediate help. You can save these children with a donation of only 30 cents per child per day. That is all it takes. I am thrilled to report that to date, we have managed to raise $8,000 and $30,000 in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Thanks to all of the donnors who helped to make Feed NK Children project possible. Please know that you have been a part of something that is making a direct impact on the lives of the most vulnerable and helpless children in North Korea. Not only are they given food, keep them alive, but many of them are given a chance to recover from almost near-death malnutrition to a normal status for development as long as their bellies are filled with foods.

The Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona has adopted "Feed NK Children" as its international project. Please help by sending your cheques made payable to "Rotary Project of Feed NK Children" to the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona, 8310 Roper Rd. N.W., Edmonton, AB T6E 6E3. OR  you may send checks endorsing Jeong Sim's NK Children project to, NEAFoundation-Canada (North East Asia Foundation), 67 Scarsdale Rd, North York, Ontario M3B 2R2 (1-647-999-9160).

You are welcome to visit Harald, but phone him first, 780-464-5309. He is anxious to come to a meeting, but I told him to slow down and concentrate on getting his strength back.

Yours in Rotary.

Hans Granholm
p: 780-466-5566
e: hgrdane@telusplanet.net

>>> PLEASE LOOK AT THIS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY <<<

With the number of members in this club either owning or operating a business, we are getting a very poor interest in this nice little generator of funds for the club.
Are the rates too steep? I don't think so, but if you do, please let us know.
If you have any bright ideas on how to promote this little initiative, please speak up.

A web site and bulletin advertising feature is available to dedicated members who wish to sponsor an ad and support the club's endeavors.

It is an opportunity to go out in the community and solicit ads from businesses, and who knows, in the process of soliciting ads you may also find prospective new Rotarians.

Be sure to visit these sponsors by clicking on their ad

The fee is for members $20.00 for one month or $50.00 for three months or $150.00 for one year.
 
For non-members $30.00 per month or $70.00 for a quarter or $250.00 for one year.


The ad can be text or a logo. Either way it becomes a link and upon clicking will take the visitor to the sponsor's website or e-mail address.

Please have a look at the complimentary ads in the right column of any site pages and in the left column of the e-Strathconian.

NOTE: You will notice a link in the bottom of the right column of a site page "Interested in being a Website Sponsor?". This link opens a page with all the information.

Feedback and comments are very much appreciated. You can post comments on the FORUMS | CLUB WEB SITE | ADVERTISING. Or you can e-mail you-know-who.

Cheers!

Lets go to a Rotary Convention......

2008                   Los Angeles
2009                   Birmingham, England
2010                   Montreal
2011                   New Orleans