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The best part about Thailand – the people. By far.   The Thai people are very warm,wonderful people.   It’s hard to describe.  Maybe it’s the Buddhism lifestyle and way of life. Jan and I spent 2 weeks in Thailand during the … Continue reading →

We just finished a week at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego.  The event was one of the last steps in the journey towards a year of being District Governor starting July 1, 2012.   All 530 District Governors Elect attended … Continue reading →

Spent a week in Belize, South America, and here is what it is all about.  Our Rotary District 5370 (60 Rotary Clubs) has a project to assist with schooling here.  The whole program is described here but in a nut … Continue reading →

Jan and I went to Jasper for the weekend.   Every year we go and take Becky and Hayden -  Becky works with me at Wave Media.  We stayed at the Jasper Inn.  Shawnee is the General Manager and President Elect … Continue reading →

Next week Jan and I attend “District Governor training” in Boston.  We were invited to Connie and Bernie Gervanski’s home, beforehand.  Connie is also DG same time as me.   They live on New York’s Long Island in  a town called … Continue reading →

First off – I’ll start off with the fact it wasn’t me who raised 250,000 dollars.  It was a huge effort of Rotarians, sponsors, staff  and community that made it happen.    I was hired as the Raffle Manager and steered … Continue reading →

We are in New Orleans for the annual Rotary International Convention.   It has been a lot of fun.   There are 18,000 Rotarians from around the world all here to learn more about how they can operate their clubs and services … Continue reading →

Luiza is our inbound exchange student for 90 days.  She was in Tokyo when the earthquake hit and had to leave.  Grande Prairie Rotary Clubs let it be known we would accept any Brazilian exchange student that had to leave … Continue reading →

Karly departed for Brazil today – 32 days since her return from Japan.  We (Mom and Dad) dropped her at the Grande Prairie airport just after lunch.    Karly will be in Brazil for 122 days, flying home late August. In … Continue reading →

I could not post on the blog about Karly and her Rotary Youth Exchange in Japan until now..  Now she is safe at home. The past 7 days have been, well – hard.  We are so grateful to have Karly … Continue reading →