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General Rohmer has had a long and distinguished career in the military, and later in civilian life.
Commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces Reserve, Chancellor of the University of Windsor, lawyer, planner, friend of the wealthy and powerful, Richard Rohmer is a truly self-made man. As well, he is a popular Canadian novelist, with his political stories regularly becoming best sellers.
He has had many honours bestowed on him.
Winter Art in the Park
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Most police officers, according to one homicide detective, never get to deal with the public under normal circumstances. Whenever an officer's services are needed, there is a measure of stress involved. This stress takes its toll on officers and their families.
Police officers constitute a tightly knit, closed society. In times of crisis, they tend to turn to one another. It is important that they have someone--one of themselves--to turn to who can provide the spiritual perspective they need. Thus the need for police chaplains.
In considering the post as Chaplain for the Windsor Police Service in 1985, Chuck had an early misconception of the job as primarily just another "pretty face to say grace". His experiences have shown him otherwise. There is an ongoing need for a person considered "one of their own" to counsel policemen and their families through repetetive very difficult circumstances.
The Reverend detailed how the members of the law enforcement profession are under constant stress in their dealings with the public, and destined to face repeated dangerous situations and the reality of repetetive losses in their ranks. He said that it is a sad fact that police officers die at an earlier average age than any other profession and that in the United States, their suicide rate is reported to be three times the national average for all citizens.
He concluded by saying that Police Chaplains must sympathetically tend to an emotionally battered place in the policeman's makeup called the soul and asked the audience to take the time to shake the hand of an officer and thank him for the job that he and his people do.
Chris Stockwell was elected to the Ontario Legislature for the third time in June, 1999, as the Member of Provincial Parliament for the new riding of Etobicoke Centre. On June 17, 1999, Mr. Stockwell was appointed to Cabinet by Premier Harris, as Minister of Labour. Previously, he was Speaker of the House, a position to which he was elected on October 3, 1996. Born in March 1957, he was raised and educated in Etobicoke. In 1982, at the age of twenty-five, Mr. Stockwell was elected to the Etobicoke Board of Control, making him the youngest member in its history. He was an Etobicoke controller and also represented Etobicoke on Metropolitan Toronto Council through two terms of office. In 1988, he was directly elected to Metropolitan Toronto Council to represent Lakeshore-Queensway. Mr. Stockwell's past critic portfolios have included Finance, Revenue, Energy, Management Board, Municipal Affairs (Urban) and the Greater Toronto Area. He is also a member of the Ombudsman Committee. Mr. Stockwell and his wife, Charlene, have two children.
In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow We are the Dead. Short days ago Take up our quarrel with the foe: 
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Janice Bellemore told us of growing up with a bilingual background in the Stoney Point area. She was afflicted with a problem with her spine that placed her in a body cast for 9 months in her early high school years. She sought out a career which would be compatible with her structural problems. A chance encounter with her school librarian led to a book which described the optometry profession and eventually inspired her to earn a Doctorate in Optometry from the University of Waterloo.
Lou Valente who described growing up with an entrepreneurial family of 9 brothers and sisters including 3 sets of twins. He attended Walkerville and then the University of Windsor where he earned his B of Commerce and MBA degrees. After some difficulty, he was able to obtain a position in the Banking industry first with the Royal Bank and then with the Royal Trust as an Investment Counsellor. He and his wife now have a 3 year old adopted child. He and a brother are partners in a business.
Phil Horn, Chair of the
Children's Development Committee, showed the Club a specially designed plastic bookmark which brought a message to parents about how children in their early years need to be cared for. He said that his committee intended to distribute these bookmarks to parents through the school system, libraries and bookstores. He encouraged any Rotarians who might help sponsor this effort to approach him after the meeting. 
Upper Lakes Group Inc. is a Canadian company that has played a significant role in the
development of shipping and marine activities in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
for more than a half century. Although its origins lie in the Great Lakes the company has operated ocean going vessels for the past 25 years. Some 800 people are directly employed by the Windsor port, with a financial impact of $125 million.
A native of Windsor, Richard A. Peddie graduated from the University of Windsor in 1970 with
an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree. He then joined Colgate Palmolive in 1970 where he
stayed for a 3 year period holding a variety of positions in sales, market research,
industrial engineering, and marketing. 
Young Graham Ives, at 13 years of age, received a standing ovation after a short talk in which he recounted how $5,200 was raised for use in the club's Ghana Project. Doctor Godfrey Bacheyie received a cheque from Graham and told the audience how the money would be put to work.
Ambassador Boehm said that one of the primary functions of the OAS was as an instrument designed to keep the citizens of this hemisphere free from threats, coercion and arbitrary justice. He told his audience that OAS members also deal with environmental and economic issues and provide assistance in natural disasters or dispute arbitration, as well as promotion of greater trade among the Americas and reduction of poverty.
The OAS is scheduled to meet in Windsor in June of this year. The general assembly meeting is expected to attract 900 foreign service representatives, journalists and delegates. Topics of debate will include:
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