The Covenant or Sandra's South African Adventure (Oct 10, 2022)

Miscellaneous

Repeat from last week or until no longer relevant or until I delete it:

Exchange student Max has arrived. Make some plans that include him and let Marg know or post it on Clubrunner.

The Foundation Fundraiser this year will be a revival of the Progressive Dinner on Saturday November 5^th. starting at 6:00 PM.

October 26^th is the blood drive and also rotary blood donation month. It is taking place at the Peace Mennonite Church. Give if you can.

October 24^th is World Polio Day.

The Fireside will be from 7- 9 PM October 25^th at Lavina and Kal’s house. Thanks Lavina

The Club AGM is November 24^th and there will be no nominations from any member who is on the floor.

October 16th the Victor Ghirra toy drive is kicking off. 5 -7 PM. there will be beer, wine and oh uh food too.

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE

You will never be happy if you constantly worry about what people think about you.

VISITORS

Jeanette Patacsil our soon to be new member and Max.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

CLUB BUSINESS

October 26^th is the blood donor clinic 2 – 8 pm.

Wednesday oct 26^th 7 – 9 is the Club Fireside.

Kick off the Ghirra toy drive at the Palace Hall Sunday from 5 – 7. Beer wine and food.

Richmond Rotary Club on Oct 23^rd is having a ping pong tournament to raise funds for a playground for seniors.

There will be three host homes for the progressive dinner. Joyce Sandra and Bob. Thank you for. It is the foundation fundraiser to make up your foundation contribution for the year.

Larry went to hospital, and they were not able to do the surgery because his head has not healed enough for the skin graft. The Drs. think they have all the cancer.

Debbie M. our auction chair reminded us of the sales at Bay Days and Canadian Tire so go have a look to buy auction prizes. Do it in bits and pieces so it doesn’t hurt as much.

Bobby posted all dues that have been paid online so you can check for yourself if you've paid – everyone log in as kalberry.

sergeant At Arms Tidbits

Bill said last week he was travelling somewhere to watch the Vikings (they are at home so it must be Minnesota) and the Canucks. His hockey team, of which the ringer, our ex-member Lawrence is a member, swept all three rounds of playoffs and won three hundred dollars.

Bill claims this is not what he said at all and emailed your editor with this completely different report - "I’m going to Miami on Thursday for an away game for the Vikings. I won money on Fantasy Baseball with Lawrence Bourke."

Dear Readers, I will let you decide which is the fake news.

Max is enjoying school as he has only four classes this semester system. The school football team plays Saturday in West Vancouver.

Garth took the week off from office work and went to Whistler to do some work on his unit. He also golfed three times. He urges everyone to give blood and/or platelets as he has done up to a few hundred times. As Pete pointed not often is it the lawyer giving blood. 🧛

Michael went with the Ballroom staff, bowling and then a pizza and Church’s chicken picnic. Max came for the bowling. Also celebrated Mom’s 78^th birthday. He is back watching Netflex - Queen of South. The Halloween Breakfast theme for dress up is either next week or the week after – to be clarified at some point – perhaps next week – perhaps not. 👻

Peachey was sorry she was late as she woke up at 6 o’clock not sure if she had anywhere to go this morning. Glad she made it though – so are we. She has two friends running for councilors and is helping them with fundraising. She spoke to care givers in Richmond in the campaign. She has 46 care givers, 23 who are RNs. and they are waiting for patients.

Jeanette has filed her application for membership and looking forward to joining the club and we are looking forward to it too!

Sandra is off to Palm Springs for the annual mother daughter trip for the first time since Covid. She also actually stood in line for the first time, to vote in the advance poll.

I had my wallet stolen at the golf course. Don’t leave your valuables unattended. Off to Hawaii for two weeks. Thanks to Chris M. and Gordon for taking the notes while I am away.

Bobby had lots of turkey left over so he has been eating turkey salad and paninis. He also was with the staff bowling and pizza night. Also celebrated Mom’s birthday. Is not watching Narcos on Netflix.

Dick opined on international news and thought Alex Jones should be in jail. Had his eyes tested and he cannot see out of his right eye. Hopefully Barb has recovered from her cataract surgery.

Sam would have attended in person had known Melinda was going to speak German. (You had to be there to get the reference.) Sam now has business cards and will bring them next week.

Susan enjoyed a quiet thanksgiving with family. She is taking a couple days of to go to the Arts BC conference. She thanked the Club for the use of our tent for the Arts Market which is 11 – 2 but I did not get the date but there will be artists selling things.

Debbie S. has to drop John off and pick him up after his colonoscopy- so attending by zoom today – details to follow - of the colonoscopy that is. She bought a new car an Audi fully electric that will be delivered in a year and a half.

Debbie T. claims we know what she was doing this last week. But does Drew????? Emotional last meeting as two trustees are leaving. All were presented with paddles with different characters on them. Hers was a bear for leading with courage and in particular working with the diversity and inclusion issue. She is still looking after her son’s puppy who is a little demon ripping things apart. Son will hear about it on his return. 🤬

Pat enjoyed the sun rise this morning and had a nice thanksgiving. She had lunch at the Flying Beaver and saw a lot of flights coming and going. She had book club and bowling yesterday which she said was not so good. A bit of a gutter ball it sounded like.

Dalbir went to the wedding of Dale Badh’s daughter whose family are old school Sikhs, but this wedding was anything but old school. The wedding was in a terrace so you could see the mountains. The reception was in the Fairmont hotel, and it used to be unheard of to wear traditional clothing and now everyone is decked out in whatever. Had thanksgiving with Blair on Monday and Kal’s Mom and got a great picture of her with great grandchildren.

Blair had a great thanksgiving on Monday with turkey, ham, and Dalbir. He spent the weekend in Kelowna to watch his grandson who could not play hockey because of his injury. Also has been travelling to Alberta for work.

Bob had turkey for thanksgiving and his kids actually helped with the meal he has video evidence. His last hike is Saturday to the light house at Stanley Park. On Tuesday he booked a super cheap cruise for 85% off. I don’t think he read the fine print. Kal is going to row him across the south arm of the Fraser to Ladner for a burger and fries at Sharkey’s. 🍔🍺

Mary Lou had a trip of a lifetime in Italy as a friend in Florence organized the trip that was seamless, and they only booked accommodation. The trip including Fresco painting, cooking, and wine tasting. Travelled through Tuscany to Sicily. In Lucca they watched a parade in candlelight with half the town in the parade. There is no bad wine or food in Italy.

Judy went to a lake in Washington for thanksgiving with family. They sat outside till midnight around the campfire. The kids were in and out of lake swimming and paddle boarding followed by family games. Thankful for thanksgiving.

Debbie M. could not find Malcolm’s name on the ballot, so she had to vote for someone else. Granddaughter started walking 5 days before their trip to Spain where they got sick. Manuel was so happy to see his family in Spain. He was like a different person. They travelled to Portugal and then for a week in London with cousins. When visiting granddaughter, Debbie has to remember to say hi to daughter Samia.

Kal as at the same wedding as Dalbir and 7 of ten at his table were Kals. Have you ever been in a room full of Johns?

Marg had a fabulous time at Lake Louise apart from those who caught covid. Thanks to Melinda they had a turkey dinner. Saw Peter Pan Goes Wrong where the audience can scream at the cast. Not entirely her cup of tea. Had a great dinner at the Hidden Gem café.

Chris B. spoke so quickly I did not get it all but somethings else don’t forget to vote, after election there is a party to see the results.

Peter’s granddaughter played four soccer games. She only allowed one goal and won the gold medal. Grandson played as well and hopefully had fun. Pete’s son turned 50 and they had a nice dinner at Cincin.

Melinda is grandma again and it is third girl of 8 lbs with no name yet. The others are fighting over the baby. Melinda’s heart is happy. John’s eye is open, and he is doing well. In follow up the margins look good and hopefully the cancer is gone. The ordeal had been tough on John and his care giver. She has had the kids all week John gets both of them this morning.

SPEAKER

Sandra told us, with great photos, about her fantastic trip to Cape town and Kruger national park along with the wedding in South Africa. Cape town is 16900 km. away from Vancouver 7.4 million 46% black 15% white.

They are having a terrible drought and were going to run out of water. Each house could only use 60 litres of water a day and have a 90 second shower. No lawn watering. They use geothermal solar heating. It is necessary to collect rainwater to keep the garden green. They also use hydroponics for the garden. They recycle all the water they can and are raising fish in this “grey water” for fertilizer. After the fish have grown, they will eat them. There are no lawns but lots of succulents. Energy is delivered on a user pay system. They prepay a certain amount and if you run out you use an app to add time to your energy use. They eat outside using a wood burning stove.

Sandra showed us great photos of countryside and beautiful sunsets.

On their wine tour the wine barns are done in Dutch colonial style and the farms were all created in the 1600s. In 1645 the protestants were kicked out of France and sent to Cape Town. Dutch were coming at the same time as well. Some farmers are subdividing and selling off their land, as people are escaping from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

We saw photos of Cape Town at night and the spirit rhinoceros that are around the city like our spirit bears. Protea is the national flower and are everywhere. Baboons are everywhere and although neat to see initially ended up not being nice.

They went by the local township that is built of corrugated tin houses with a population of 397,000. Soweto is the largest township of 1.3 million. Warnings are posted for a high crime area. They have electricity but no running water. Where the townships are wealthier the residents paint house bright colors.

Photos of their trip to Cape Point were of nice beaches and rough seas. A lot of shipwrecks off the point but no underwater pictures of them. Hermanus point is great white shark alley where you can see the sharks in a diving cage. It also has shark monitoring and conservation goals. She was worried about her hair so did not go swimming with the sharks.

There were nice pictures of the farm where the wedding took place. The tradition there is that the parents of the bride and groom sit at the head table.

After the wedding they travelled to Kruger Park on a 2.5-hour flight. It is large park spread over three countries. In the main park the animals roam freely but there are also private reserves where the vehicles can chase the animals. After landing in the park their guide was late because of an elephant roadblock. When the guides see animals, the vehicle comes to a stop. They had their own elephant roadblock when a baby elephant did not want to cross the road. They saw and we saw pictures of elephants, lions, cape buffalo and rhinoceros with its horn cut off so to avoid the poaching. The horn will grow back so it will need to be cut off again. A leopard came out of trees and walked right beside the vehicle. They also saw cheetah, zebras, crocodiles, giraffes and wild dogs. The wild dogs were chasing a herd of elephants that they heard trumpeting. The camp they stayed were excited to have the tourists back and the chef was amazing serving impala, kudu and warthog.

Meanderings

Anyone else fit this category? Sam you're not old enough, are you?

May be an image of text that says 'I'M so OLD THAT I HAVE DIALED A ROTARY PHONE (THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWERING MACHINE), RECORDED A SONG THAT I LOVE OFF TRANSISTOR RADIO ONTO A TAPE RECORDER, WATCHED A BLACK AND WHITE TV (WITH LESS THAN 10 CHANNELS) THAT HAD FOIL ON THE RABBIT EAR ANTENNAS, TAKEN A LONG WALK WITHOUT COUNTING THE STEPS, AND EATEN FOOD THAT I DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES OF.'

For those of you wearing your reading glasses here is a primer on Great White Sharks from Wikipedia.

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is notable for its size, with larger female individuals growing to 6.1 m (20 ft) in length and 1,905–2,268 kg (4,200–5,000 lb) in weight at maturity.^[3]^[4]^[5] However, most are smaller; males measure 3.4 to 4.0 m (11 to 13 ft), and females measure 4.6 to 4.9 m (15 to 16 ft) on average.^[4]^[6] According to a 2014 study, the lifespan of great white sharks is estimated to be as long as 70 years or more, well above previous estimates,^[7] making it one of the longest lived cartilaginous fishes currently known.^[8] According to the same study, male great white sharks take 26 years to reach sexual maturity, while the females take 33 years to be ready to produce offspring.^[9] Great white sharks can swim at speeds of 25 km/h (16 mph)^[10] for short bursts and to depths of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).^[11]

The great white shark is an apex predator, as it has no known natural predators other than, on very rare occasions, the orca.^[12] It is arguably the world's largest-known extant macropredatory fish, and is one of the primary predators of marine mammals, up to the size of large baleen whales. This shark is also known to prey upon a variety of other marine animals, including fish, and seabirds. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon, and is responsible for more recorded human bite incidents than any other shark.^[13]^[14]

If you want to read further follow this link. Great white shark - Wikipedia

Upcoming Events

October 25th Fireside at Kals.

DG visit November 3rd.

Progressive Dinner November 5th

Friday May 5th, 2023, Gala Auction

TODAY'S CHUCKLEs

🤣 🤓 🤪 🥸 😋 Just following up with the same theme! 👵 🧓