65 seniors enjoyed a BBQ dinner and dance on a warm summer evening at McKee Seniors Recreation Centre in Ladner on July 13, 2024. Rotary Club of Ladner supplied most of the food and 17 volunteers to cook and serve. Dancing to decades ago classics kept the line dancers hopping.
Ladner Rotarians John Thomas and Ulf Ottho, with Brian Smith, were among the club members raising a Canadian flag on the property of each subscribing Ladner resident around the week of Canada Day on July 1st as a fundraiser for community service projects. The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen has been planting flags in that community as well. photo by Brian Smith
Ladner Rotarian and Financial Advisor Denis Denischuk, Tsawwassen Branch Manager of Raymond James Ltd., spoke to Ladner Rotary members about his 48-year career, and original membership in Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon followed by 28 years of Rotary membership where he was based, in Kamloops, Brentwood Bay/Sidney on Vancouver Island, and Ladner/Delta since 1996.
Past District Governor of the 93 Rotary, Rotaract, Interact and EarlyAct clubs in Greater Vancouver up the coast to Prince Rupert Leo Nimsick, a former active and more recently honourary member of the Rotary Club of Ladner, passed away on June 30, 2024, in Kelowna.
Long time Ladner Rotary member and contributor to our community, retired dentist Dr. John Yee, 83, passed away on July 12, 2024 at Windermere Care Centre in Vancouver, BC. The Rotary Club of Ladner expresses its condolences to John's wife Margaret of 57 years, who has been a long time friend of the club, and to daughters Deborah (Will) and Laurie (Simon), grandchildren Braedan and Victoria, and half-sister Mei Lun (Jing Chung).
Seasoned attenders of Rotary International Conventions, Past District 5040 Governors and Ladner Rotarians, Chris and Penny Offer, presented on their experience at this year's convention May 25 to 29 in Singapore followed by their personal side trip to Indonesia. -- photos by Chris and Penny Offer
The essence of our community and why it deserves our love and appreciation was the theme when Past Rotary District 5040 Governor Chris Offer gave the invocation at a meeting of his fellow Rotary Club of Ladner members on July 23, 2024. Communities, he said, are the places where we live, work, and build our lives.
Our community is not just a geographic location, he said: "It is a living, breathing entity made up of the people, traditions, and values that shape our everyday experiences. Loving Delta means recognizing its unique qualities and cherishing the connections we share with our neighbors."
Dr. Avis Glaze presented an invocation at the July 16, 2024 Rotary Club of Ladner member meeting.
Professor Michael Sandal, an American Rhodes Scholar, who teaches political philosophy at Harvard, gave a lecture at The Oxford Union - a prestigious student debating society at The University of Oxford, known as an independent forum for unrestricted debate. He is masterful in his use of what is described as the Socratic Method which involves rigorous dialogue between teacher and student, designed to foster critical thinking, by posing thought-provoking questions. The discussion question of the day was: Are There Things Money Shouldn't Be Able To Buy?
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