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      Over the weekend I was saddened to hear about 36 new cases of gonorrhea found in my home province over the last month! In 1984 under the leadership of Brenda Robertson, the Reproductive Health Clinics that later became sexual health centers were opened to serve youth between 12 and 24 years of age. In those days we started out by serving the parents and offering them help to talk with their youth about healthy sexuality. I worked in this role for over twenty years. Since my retirement in 2004 the center has disappeared. One wonders why? There…

March madness is upon us yet again! This means many things to many people. As I get older I see a lot of March madness all around me. First let me say, I love the March madness when it comes to the NCAA basketball that culminates to the final four the first of April. It is a busy time for the teams and fun to watch. The same is true for our NBL Canada. The other March madness I am referring to are things like, the horrific shootings that we are seeing right now. I know they are not necessarily…

  The last month, I have been writing blogs about toastmasters. It is one of the projects in my pathway program, designed to not only help promote toastmasters but to help people get comfortable with the idea of writing blogs in their own business. Have you ever thought about doing blogs? It is easier than you think. My particular path is called: “ Motivational Strategies”. At level four I have several projects to choose from such as: Building a Social Media Presence, Create a podcast, Run Online Meetings, Public Relations Strategies to name a few. I chose to do the…

  This is the time of year in Toastmasters when we plan for our International Speech Contests. Did you know that there is opportunity to enter a speech contest in your club and if you win there, you go to Area and if you win in Area you go to Division and if you win in Division you go to District and if you win in District you go to the International Contest held at the Annual Toastmaster’s Conference. Seems like a lot but it really is not. You can use the same speech but when you get to International…