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Craig Clarke
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Nanaimo Golf Club
2800 Highland Blvd
Nanaimo, BC  V9S 3N8
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Speakers
May 16, 2017
Man and Vemund
Inbound Students
May 23, 2017
Service Project
Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes
May 30, 2017
Lorne Hildebrand and Tim Tessier
Nanaimo Ocean Discovery Centre
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Upcoming Events
Rotary International convention 2017
Georgia World Congress Center
Jun 10, 2017 – Jun 14, 2017
 
Sponsors

Craig Clarke, Independent Distributor for USANA Health Sciences

Eye Care Nanaimo

J.E. Anderson

Mosaic Information Technologies

Turley's Florist

Newcastle Engineering Ltd

Ian Thompson

May 2 2017 Meeting
 
Guests:  Marsha Pike, RYLA students Paige, Emily, Sarah & Hope; Tony Akenhead, guest of Lynne Hannay.

Visiting Rotarians:  Jerry Davis, Oceanside Rotary; Brian Kirkhope, Daybreak Rotary; Caitlin, Erin & Kim, Nanaimo Rotaract.
 
Announcements
 
Bond Evening Fundraiser for Oceanside - Jerry Davis invited us to James Bond formal event May 13th; Derek is putting together a table for our club; tickets for dinner, dance & auction @$125.
 
President Rob told us that our Immediate Past District Governor, Rose Bowman died this morning. The family is planning a memorial service in Centralia WA on May 13.
 
On a happier note, John & Marsha Pike are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations!
 
Dragon Boat - Gill is looking for volunteers for the beer garden & survivors dinner, July 7,8 & 9th.  
 
Program
 
Nanaimo Rotaract - the club has updated its logo & website.  Over the past year it has participated in a number of events with area Rotary clubs, including our Beer n Burger in February.
They have a couple of fundraisers planned for the coming year including an auction and a water walk at VIU on world water day.  Rotary Clubs are invited to participate.
 
 
 
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) students shared their experiences from the trip to Pacific Lutheran University to attend the course with more than 5000 students from Rotary District 5020 & 5030.
   President Rob with Paige, Sarah, Hope & Emily.
 
Trip to New Zealand  Tony was in New Zealand with her aunt Lynne over Spring Break.  She gave a slide presentation on the things that she learned from the trip.
 
 
Thanks to Don Dempson for the pictures.
 
Next week:  Rick & Adrienne Lennart, Kids International.
 
 
Stories
Doug Greer 1922 - 2017
Posted by Craig Clarke on Apr 28, 2017
DOUGLAS M. GREER 1922—2017 With regret we report the passing of Rotarian Doug Greer on April 7th.
Doug was a member of Nanaimo Rotary club since 1978 and was President in 1995 -96, a Paul Harris Fellow and an Honorary Member.
He joined our club in November 2009 sponsored by Mike Mah. Doug attended our meetings while he lived at Kiwanis Village.  He returned to the Nanaimo Rotary Club October 2010 when he moved downtown.
 
Doug served in the RCAF in WWII and upon his return from the war he attended UBC law and had a long and distinguished career retiring as a provincial court judge. He was not only active in Rotary, but was active in Ashlar Lodge, Shriners and a number of societies in Nanaimo. In his youth Doug enjoyed flying, boating and spending summers with his family on Long Lake. A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date
News
We’re so close to eradicating polio. Here’s why we need $1.5 billion more to finish the job.
Posted on Apr 17, 2017

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When was polio last in Europe? If you guessed 2002, the year the region was certified polio-free, you’re wrong. 
The last time polio affected a child in Europe was 2015. Two Ukrainian children were diagnosed with paralytic polio, and that likely means that many more were infected and didn’t show symptoms. At least one Western news outlet deemed the outbreak “crazy” — but the reality is that no place on Earth is safe from polio until the disease is eradicated everywhere. 
 
Ukraine had fully vaccinated only 50 percent of its children against polio, and low immunization rates are a recipe for an outbreak. In this case, a rare mutation in the weakened strain used in the oral polio vaccine was able to spread because so many children had not been vaccinated. To stop it from progressing, the country needed to administer 6 million vaccines through an emergency program.
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