This Week - Kimmel & Kumkani Clothing

 I met Kimmel selling his men's clothing at the market in Morningside Shopping Centre and I bought a jacket.  He told me about how he had started and found manufacturers for his clothing and it was a fascinating story which would interest us.

What is unusual  is the market he is selling into because many of his products would appeal to us.  The jacket I bought is a corduroy zip up casual jacket which is beautifully lined.  I am really looking forward to his talk.

Last Week

The Business Meeting was in many ways a look at what we must take into consideration for the next Rotary Year.  Are some of our ongoing NGO's that we support have to close down owing to the loss of government support?  They are obviously cutting down on the people they can either house or support.  Are we throwing money away?  Our ability to raise money is also shrinking.  These are some of the issues we have confront very soon.

Next Week

Peter Beart, Chairman of the Eastern Highveld Beekeepers Association  will be talking to us
about honey and also bees but not in bonnets.

International - Canada

Drawn by national curling and youth baseball contests, crowds of athletes flock to the small town of Summerside on Prince Edward Island. Townspeople, however, aren’t content merely to be spectators. Each winter, local curlers contend in a tournament that’s been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Summerside for nearly 20 of the event’s 36 years. In March, 36 teams vied in a friendly meetup that raised about CA$40,000 for Strive, a programme that provides scholarships and Rotarian mentoring to high school students. “In curling, [a tournament] is a bonspiel,” explains Paul Power, a past president of the club. “We call ours a ‘funspiel.’” Participants, including about a dozen club members, “love their curling,” says Power. “It’s not competitive whatsoever,” unless you count the points awarded to the best-dressed Mardi Gras-themed team. “It’s basically all hands on deck” — and on the granite stones players slide across the ice once the games begin.