THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL
OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD
P.O. BOX 54023, OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA L1H 8T2
“ENGAGE ROTARY - CHANGE LIVES”
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Ron Burton – Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA
R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Valarie Wafer - Rotary Club of Whitby , Ontario, Canada
ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Wayne Routly – Rotary Club of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
MINUTES OF MEETING : JUNE 12, 2014
FIRST ANNUAL PAUL HARRIS AWARDS GALA
Rotary Grace
O Lord, The Giver of all good,
We thank Thee for our daily food
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways
Help us to serve Thee all our days.
THE FOUR-WAY TEST
1. Is it the truth
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build good will and better friendships?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2013-2014
President: Alan Finnigan
Past President: Jodi Hewett
Vice President: Robbie Larocque
Treasurer: Devon Biddle
Secretary: Pat Dyck
Club Administration: Shawn Kellam
All Service Projects: Robert Kipling
Membership: Lennis Trotter
The Rotary Foundation: Laura Carey
Public Relations: Eamon Doyle
Sgt-at-Arms: Andy Lyons
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Grace: Shawn Kellam
O Canada: Past President Marion Mills
Toast To The Queen : Past President Larry Hurren
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
None this week.
GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:
Guests: We welcomed all of our guests this evening including: Mike Ewles, recently retired Chief of Police for Durham Region, Lori Whyte and Marsha Doggett of the Waltzing Weasel Pub, Carol Routly, Caroline Kipling, Linda Biddle, Kay Hurren, Esther Trotter, Margaret Nason , Sharron Morrison, Ken Dyck, and Heather Gomez ( a guest of the Rotary Club).
Visiting Rotarians: We were honoured to have at our Rotary Club: from the Trenton Rotary Club - Wilf Wilkinson – Past President of Rotary International and immediate Past Chair of the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation; from The Whitby Rotary Club – Valarie Wafer – District Governor of Rotary International District 7070; from the Bowmanville Rotary Club – Wayne Routly – Rotary International District 7070 Assistant District Governor; and from the Oshawa Rotary Club – Emmy Iheme – Incoming President who is also the Executive Officer and Sergeant reporting to the Chief of Police for Durham Region.
SARGEANT AT ARMS : No report tonight
ACE OF SPADES DRAW:
No Draw or Happy Bucks this week.
NEXT WEEK:
On The Door : Past President Dave Andrews
Bulletin Editor: Past President Dave Andrews
(Editor’s note: If you cannot be on the door , please find a replacement)
HAPPY BUCKS None this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Past President Lennis Trotter announced that there will be a meeting of the Kids Safety Village Revitalization and Expansion Committee at 7 pm at the Kids Safety Village on Monday, June 16, 2014..
ROTARY MOMENT : None tonight.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS OF PAUL HARRIS AWARDS:
Ted Morrison, the Past District Governor and Director of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood’s Rotary Foundation Committee welcomed everyone to the First Annual Paul Harris Awards Gala Dinner . He gave us a brief history of Rotary and The Rotary Foundation. Ted noted that Paul Harris, a young lawyer and three other gentlemen started Rotary on February 23, 1905 in Chicago. Rotary grew in the early years all over the USA, into Canada and Great Britain in 1911, spreading the true meaning of service and the development of goodwill and peace as the basis of Rotary. In 1917, Rotary International President Arch Klumpf started an endowment fund to do good in the world – his dream became The Rotary Foundation. From 1917 through 1947, the fund grew slowly. In 1947, Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris passed away and as a tribute to Paul Harris, the money grew rapidly into the Rotary Foundation, in memory of Paul Harris. And today, when Rotarians and non-Rotarians donate $1,000 US Funds to The Rotary Foundation, they receive an award called The Paul Harris Fellow.
The Rotary Foundation transforms our donations into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
From time to time, Rotary Clubs recognize Rotarians, non-Rotarians, and organizations in their community for their excellence in service to their community and the promotion of peace and goodwill, and honour them with a Paul Harris Fellow Award and a make a donation of $1,000 US Funds on their behalf, to The Rotary Foundation. This is the highest award a Rotary Club can bestow on Rotarians, non-Rotarians, and organizations.
Rotary International District 7070 Governor Valarie Wafer, brought greetings from all of the 55 Rotary Clubs in southern Ontario and congratulated The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood in holding its First Annual Paul Harris Awards Gala Dinner and honouring Police Chief Mike Ewles and The Waltzing Weasel Pub as recipients of Paul Harris Awards for their excellent service to the community.
Rotary International District 7070 Governor Valarie Wafer presented the first two awards of the evening to two members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood for their ongoing contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Past President Lennis Trotter received his Paul Harris Award Pin + 1 for his addition contributions to The Rotary Foundation and Past President Dave Andrews received his Paul Harris Award Pin + 4 for his additional contributions to The Rotary Foundation.
Ted Morrison, the Past District Governor welcomed and introduced the first non-Rotarian Paul Harris Fellow Awardee of the evening. Mike Ewles has proudly served 32 years with the Durham Regional Police Force: as a uniform patrol, in the Tactical Support unit, as Duty Officer providing “leadership After Dark”, as leader of the Whitby Community Police Office, and a s inspector of Employee Service (overseeing human resources and recruitment). In 2006, he became Deputy Chief, responsible for Operation Support, which includes all specialty units: Tactical, K9, Communications, major Crime, and Crime Administration. In 2007, he became Chief of Police. He has served as chair of the Governing Body Executive of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Ontario and as a Director at the Abilities Centre and the Ontario Shores Foundation Board. He has also supported Eastview Boys and Girls Club of Oshawa for many years. Mike championed and expanded the “Youth In Policing” program. During his term as chief, Mike has charted a path to embrace multiculturalism within our community and the Durham Regional Police Service. And for the last 2 days, Mike is now officially retired. Mike has been a strong supporter of peace and goodwill here in Durham Region and is a strong supporter of youth and seniors alike.
Wilf Wilkinson, Past President of Rotary International and Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation presented Mike Ewles with his Paul Harris Award. Mike thanked the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood for this high honour and hopes to continue to promote peace a goodwill as he moves from active duty to retirement and hopes to continue his strong ties to Rotary.
Jodi Hewett, the Past President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood welcomed and introduced the second non-Rotarian Paul Harris Awardee of the evening, The Waltzing Weasel Pub. The goal of The Weasel, as it is affectionately known, is to provide customers with the best genuine pub experience possible, this side of the Atlantic. There are many people in Durham Region who have no doubt that The Waltzing Weasel has succeeded with their goal. Many people, including many members of the Rotary Club frequent the Weasel for the camaraderie and friendly atmosphere of staff and regular patrons. However, they are so much more than just that. The waltzing Weasel has many loyal customers, due to its strong belief in support of the community. Many charities in Durham Region have benefited from the fundraisers organized by manager Lori Whyte and her amazing staff. Owner Hitham (Tom) Al-Malouf is no stranger to participation in these events and often, he can be seen busily supporting his staff with food and drink orders. The weasel’s kind and generous support has gone to many organizations: annual charity breakfasts to support Durham Children’s Aid Society and Luke’s Place, patio parties and bar-b-ques in support of The Cancer Society, Simcoe hall Settlement House Food Bank, the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oshawa-Whitby’s Wingfest (which The weasel has won for the best sauce and the best wings). These a just a few of the many organizations supported by this family friendly pub, here in Oshawa. Lori Whyte accepted the Paul Harris Award on behalf of Owner Tom and the staff and thanked the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood for this tremendous honour and also thanked their customers, many of them regulars who have formed The Weasel Pack, who contribute greatly to many of the charities including presents and dinners for children at Christmas.
Wilf Wilkinson, Past President of Rotary International and Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation presented Lori Whyte and Marsha Dogget of The Waltzing Weasel with their Paul Harris Award. Lori thanked the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and thanks all of the patron of The weasel who help to make our community a better place.
GUEST SPEAKER : Wilf Wilkinson, Past President of Rotary International and Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation and a Past District Governor of our District 7070 ( in 1971-72) , right here in southern Ontario.
Ted Morrison, introduced Wilf Wilkinson to the Rotarians and to our guests. Wilf first congratulated this year’s District Governor Valarie Wafer for her excellent work and leadership to the 55 Rotary Clubs in District 7070 (southern Ontario) this year. Well deserved, DG Valarie. Wilf told everyone that the best job that he has ever had is talking to Rotarians about the good work of The Rotary Foundation. He talked about the mission of The Rotary Foundation: to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Rotary Foundation helps fund our humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives. Your club or district can apply for grants from the Foundation to invest in projects and provide scholarships. The Foundation also leads the charge on worldwide Rotary campaigns such as eradicating polio and promoting peace.
Rotarians and friends of Rotary support the Foundation’s work through voluntary contributions. He also talked about the history of the Foundation and its founder Rotary International President Arch Klumpf and his dream. He went on to tell us that Rotarians truly believe that the Rotary Foundation is the best way to invest money for a more peaceful world and that we all have an obligation to use the money in the best possible way. He talked about the plan of The Rotary Foundation which began more than 10 years ago, when Rotarians were asked how we could do more with The Rotary Foundation.
The result was The Future Vision Plan and the new grant model of The Rotary Foundation, which, on July 1, 2013, was adopted by all 35,000 Rotary Clubs and its 1.2 million Rotarians in over 200 countries and geographical regions of the world. The new plan calls for stewardship of the monies that we receive for projects and the sustainability of the projects to continue long after the funds have been distributed. The more focused approach of the projects is also a key component of the Rotary Foundation grants. All projects must fall into one of these six areas of focus: Peace and Conflict Prevention/
Resolution; Disease Prevention and Treatment; Water and Sanitation; Maternal and Child Health; Basic Education and
Literacy; Economic and Community Development.
Wilf also told us how important it is to continue of work and funding for the PolioPlus campaign and the tremendous efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, now on our last mile, and in the most remote places, the hardest to reach. When people say that eradicating polio from the world is a monumental task, Wilf talks to them about India, now polio Free. Rotary has overcome barriers of culture, religion, politics, and wars, to immunize the children of the world. He and other Rotarians have convinced people to lay down their arms and immunize their children in Afghanistan and in the Sudan, just to name a few.
In closing, Wilf asked us all to tell the world about the good that is done because of The Rotary Foundation and that it is time to end polio now. The largest health initiative undertaken in the history of mankind.
President Allan Finnigan thanked Past Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson for those stirring words of encouragement .
Past District Governor Ted Morrison also thanked Devon and Linda Biddle for their generous donations to the Rotary Foundation. He also thanked Past President Marion Mills for the creation of the outstanding Order of Service Brochure that commemorates tonight’s meeting. And Ted Morrison thanked everyone for coming tonight, and challenged us all that if we are in fact, proud to be Rotarians, why would we not donate to the Rotary Foundation and the wonderful good that it does in the world.
SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS ON THE CLUB WEBSITE: WWW.ROTARYOSHAWA-PARKWOOD.ORG
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The “ideal of service” is the key. It is an attitude that does not change from one version to the next. It is an attitude we all have, as Rotarians.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Pat Dyck, our Club Secretary has a Rotary International Directory of all Rotary Clubs in the world, when and where they meet. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Pat Dyck, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.
HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU:
MONDAY:
Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon
Oshawa – Oshawa Shrine Club, 1626 Simcoe St N., – 12:10
Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N., - 6:30 pm
Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St., – 6:00 pm
Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm
Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 - 6:00 pm
TUESDAY:
Whitby – Public Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am
Pickering – Chartwell Pickering Centre, 1801 Valley Farm Rd, – 7:15am
Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am
Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St., - 12:15 pm
Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs) – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am
Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30
Scarborough Twilight – Stone Cottage – 1370 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY:
Whitby-Sunrise – Sports Garden Café, Iroquois Park , 500 Victoria St W – 7:15am
Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am
Northumberland Sunrise – Dalewood Golf Club – Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am
North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rs, Scarborough – 12:30 pm
Port Perry – Piano Rest., 217 Queen St. – 6:15 pm
THURSDAY:
Ajax – Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15
Agincourt – Radisson Hotel, 55 Hallcrown Place – 6:30 pm
Quinte Sunrise – Bay of Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2, – 7:00 am
Uxbridge – Jersey’s, 104 Brock St W. – 7:15 am
FRIDAY:
Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15
Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15
Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am