"Create Lasting Impact" is the 2026-27 theme throughout Rotary International, the world's original service club since 1905. The Rotary Club of Ladner welcomes its new president and board of directors, effective July 1, 2026, inducts its first "Family Members" and presents its Rotarian of the Year Award.
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| District Governor 2026-27 Dean Hsieh installs Lynn Cameron and Richard Shantz as club co-presidents for 2026-27, with Denis Denischuk at right | |
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| On behalf of Past President David Rushton, Denis Denischuk presents outgoing President Brian Coe with his Past President's pin. Then President Brian hands the talking stick to incoming co-Presidents Lynn Cameron and Richard Shantz | |
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| Guillermo Bustos talks about the heritage of the club's Talking Stick | New co-Presidents now installed by Dean Hsieh with Denis Denischuk |
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| Carla Day, 2nd right, has been the teacher at Delta Secondary School who has coordinated the over 100 students of the Rotary-sponsored Interact Club | District Governor 2026-27 Dean Hsieh speaks to the club |
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| Avis Glaze gives the invocation | |
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| Among those installed as Board members are (l to r) Chris Scurr, Chris Offer, Penny Offer, Tammy Hansen, co-President Lynn Cameron, co-President Richard Shantz, District Governor Elect Dean Hsieh officiating, Past President Brian Coe, Denis Denischuk and Peter Roaf | |
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| Past District Governor Penny Offer inducts Jean Claude Detre and wife, Marie-Laure Liao, who has already been a member, as Ladner Rotary's first in the new category "Family Member" membership | |
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| Past President and incoming co-President Lynn Cameron receives the club's Rotarian of the Year Award from Brian Coe with Dean Hsieh | |
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The Talking Stick – Rotary Club of Ladner
Talking sticks are a part of the Coast Salish Culture. The Rotary Club of Ladner’s first talking stick, now part of the Delta Museum's Archive's collection, was carved for the Club by Clarence Taylor the last Reeve of Delta. Our present talking stick, a present from Dr. Jim Morin, is carved with various animals and symbols on them.
A copper represents wealth. A raven represents the trickster or the teacher depending upon whether you have learned from life's lessons. An eagle represents Freedom and Vision. Freedom is acknowledging your own freedom, first as an individual, then, once you become strong in this, you share your knowledge with your environment. Vision is knowing that each life decision you make will affect seven generations of your people. The bear represents strength and wisdom and so on.
Our talking stick bears the salmon: for the once vibrant fishing village of Ladner. It feeds man and animal. Eagles will fish for salmon to feed their young just as our local fishermen did.
Talking sticks are used usually on formal occasions, in the Coast Salish community, but, in more recent times, a contemporary use of the talking stick is within small groups, family or organizations such as Rotary where the individual holding the talking stick is the only one with the right to speak. When speaking, the holder of the talking stick must honour all present including him/herself.
In our club, the talking stick is presented to the President by the Past President and symbolizes the transfer of the leadership role and the role of responsibility and respect. Symbolically, the President will hold the talking stick and will conduct his or her business with all Rotarians in mind.
Ladner Rotary is a club of diversity. We are a club of community leaders and a club that appreciates the differences at the same time we respect that we cannot always agree with each other. It is up to the President, holder of the talking stick, to lead our Club for the good of all concerned into the future.
