Aid for an ailing planet - from “Rotary in Review”

Countless people around the globe have endured climate-related disasters this year. Record temperatures have fueled wildfires from North America to North Africa, while unusually heavy rains have caused flooding from central Europe to the Pacific Rim. 

Rotary International President R. Gordon R. McInally and Trustee Chair Barry Rassin addressed the situation in a letter to all members, thus:

“July 2023 was the hottest month in recorded history by a wide margin – and perhaps it’s time that we sent a disaster condolence letter to our ailing planet,” they wrote. “But this is not a message of defeat and despair. The Rotary world has stepped up in this time of crisis to offer immediate relief.”

Our Guest Speaker today, Dr. Michael Asten is a Professor of geophysics, now retired after 23 years in School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne. 

It should be interesting to compare their views on natural climate cycles. 

In “The Networker”

Wasn’t it nice to read about our own 70th Birthday Party in the District Bulletin this week?  You DO read it, don’t you? Also, good work by Dorothy Gilmour, getting her article on Rotary Safe Families included. 

Our Resident Musicologists

Didn’t Lorraine and Noel McInnes produce a great sound track for the 70 Years movie at our Club Birthday Party last week?  From Pattie Page in 1953 to Taylor Swift in 2023

We wonder what Noel’s reaction would be upon hearing that British rock band Queen would not include “Fat Bottomed Girls” on a greatest hits compilation for a children’s streaming service.

Would Alan O’Day’s “Skinny Girls” deserve the same fate?

Legend has it that Noel Coward wrote Eskimo Nell in 1919 when he is said to have performed it in cabaret in Paris.

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