| Posted by Ed Iskra on Apr 09, 2013
Wonderful concerts, amazing music and talented artists... Take some strong support from the community, add some hard working volunteers and voila! The Dryden Entertainment Series. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Mar 17, 2013
If an emergency occurred and you had 20 minutes to leave you home, would you be ready? That question was posed to Rotarians by Joanne Matthews, a long time volunteer with Canadian Red Cross. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Mar 10, 2013
Rotarian John Borst provided fellow members with a quick update on the Amarok Society, which is a registered Canadian Charity operating in Asia. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Mar 03, 2013
Mary Anne Misner, Anna Turcott and Rotarian Will Vermeer really did their homework this time. These members of the Dryden Geneological Society spent hundreds of hours researching the history of 24 rural public schools that used to dot the landscape in the Dryden countryside. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Mar 03, 2013
Carol Peterson, Red Cross Community Services Coordinator, recounted how she had been helping a friend who had cancer in 2000. This friend also had some assistance from Red Cross, but some of the equipment seemed antiquated and in poor condition. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Mar 02, 2013
Schools Out! ..and Safe Grad is a SAFE, all-night celebration for every high school graduate and his/her guest. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Feb 24, 2013
Dryden Rotary’s Strategic Plan is now a year old. As Dryden Rotary’s Public Relations Director, Natasha Lovenuk Markham talked about how the 7 annual goals and 22 action items are helping to guide the agendas of current and future Rotary presidents. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Feb 03, 2013
Preparations for the 2013 Rotary On-line Auction are well under way. This year’s Auction chairperson is Rena Madden who used the January 30th Rotary luncheon to mobilize local Rotarians to personally deliver a letter asking local businesses to donate an article for the auction. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Feb 03, 2013
Dryden Ice Dogs are celebrating their 12th year in the Superior International Junior Hockey League which has seen many teams come and go. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 20, 2013
Adventures in Agriculture is an educational program aimed at senior high school students and designed to expand the knowledge of students interested in a career in agriculture. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 16, 2013
Path of the Paddle is a proposed canoe/kayak water route spanning over 900 kilometers from Falcon River to Pigeon River in the Heart of the Continent. It’s a water route alternative to the Trans Canada Trail and canoeing and kayaking are part of the “preferred uses” along with hiking, cycling, horseback riding, dogsledding, snowmobiling and cross country skiing. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Nov 19, 2012
Youth soccer dominates Rotary Park. Dryden Youth Soccer has 450 registered players along with 84 coaches. Soccer players from school programs and senior leagues push that number to 890. |
| Posted by John Borst on Nov 14, 2012
Gerry Gosselin of the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion gave Dryden Rotary a brief history of the Legion
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| Posted by John Borst on Oct 25, 2012
When student's who were not in the Open Roads Fine Arts program asked their teacher "What do you have for us?" she responded with an innovative program called "Explore: Endless Possibilities". |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Oct 10, 2012
Kathy Boone began her talk by raising her hand, announcing her name and her number, sixty-five. Any of the 2500 high school students that attended Dryden Conservation Camp since 1957 would all remember the significance of this gesture. It means be quiet and listen up. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Oct 21, 2012
Dryden’s newest Rotary exchange student is Xabier Lizarraga Zubeldia, and his friends call him Xabi (sabbi). Xabi hails from Pamplona, Community of Navarra, located in northern Spain. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Oct 03, 2012
The Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot is an annual Rotary Fundraiser designed to raise funds in support of Rotary Youth projects. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Sep 26, 2012
“Still Me” is a program developed by the Oncology Unit of the Dryden Regional Health Centre, “created from the concept that if a person living with cancer can be helped to look good, their improved self-image will help them to approach cancer and its treatment with greater confidence.” |
| Posted by John Borst on Sep 12, 2012
At Dryden Rotary's September 12th meeting, we were graced with the presence of the 5 students that we sponsored for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) this year.
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| Posted by John Borst on Sep 05, 2012
Doug Robertson, the new manager of the DrydenFood Bank provided a brief update on the operation of their organization.
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| Posted by John Borst on Aug 30, 2012
On August 8th, Jayme Gamble, the 2011-12 outbound exchange student, shared her one year Youth Exchange experience in Denmark in story and pictures.
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| Posted by Ed Iskra on Aug 19, 2012
Leah Gardner, Curator of the Dryden Museum recently spoke to Rotarians about the museum’s past twenty-five years along with the challenges and opportunities she sees for the future. |
| Posted by John Borst on Aug 06, 2012
Marilyn Tinkess of the Second Chance Pet Network (SCPN) was present to give us an update on the SCPN's shelter drive at our August 1st, 2012 meeting.
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| Posted by John Borst on Aug 01, 2012
Immediate Past President Rena madden introduced Margaret Saville before her vocational talk. Margaret was taken aback by how much she knew. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jul 18, 2012
At the July 16th Dryden Rotary Club meeting Rotary Exchange student Gustavo provided us with a wrap up speech after more than 10 months in Canada. He recounted his times at school, with host families, with his Rotary family, and with other exchange students.
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| Posted by John Borst on Jul 15, 2012
Dryden Rotarians. John Borst and Sandra Boyko 2012-13 President-Elect and President respectively provided a brief insight into their trip to Thailand and the 2012 Rotary International Convention in Bangkok.
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| Posted by John Borst on Jul 11, 2012
One of our newer Rotarians, Susan Reany-Iskra provided us with her "vocational talk" at the July 4th meeting. |
| Posted by John Borst on Jul 11, 2012
It was a warm and muggy night for the 2012 President's Dinner. Fortunately it was held on the shores of Lake Wabigoon at the Dryden Flying Club.
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| Posted by John Borst on Jul 11, 2012
Dryden Rotary's June 20th meeting was held at the new Dryden Native Friendship Centre (DNFC) on Queen Street.
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| Posted by John Borst on Jul 11, 2012
Incoming President-Elect Sandra presented her budget for the year 2012 - 13 at the June 13th meeting of the Dryden Rotary Club.
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| Posted by Ed Iskra on May 30, 2012
Two well known community members, Mike Wood and Chris Marchand spoke to members of Dryden Rotary about their passion for the Ghost Lake Trails Association, a volunteer organization promoting hiking and biking on about 25 kms of interconnecting trails through the Mavis and Ghost Lake area northeast of Dryden. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on May 23, 2012
Adventures in Technology is a five day event for high school students aimed at enhancing each participant's awareness and understanding of "science and technology, the many ways it affects our lives, and the opportunities it holds for tomorrow". |
| Posted by John Borst on May 16, 2012
Using a video link via Skype from the DHS Library to the new Tierral Blanca school in El Asintal, Guatemala that the Dryden Rotary club helped build through the "Schools Building Schools" program in Dryden High School was the topic at the Clubs May 9th, meeting.
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| Posted by John Borst on May 16, 2012
Dave Cleaveley, who is responsible for all fire operations in the North West region from Marathon in the east to the Manitoba border on the West, was Dryden Rotary's guest speaker at its May 2nd meeting.
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| Posted by John Borst on May 14, 2012
Dryden Rotary moved their Wednesday April 25th meeting to the site of the city's newest school the controversally named "Open Roads" Public School. The name may be controversal but it is what is inside that is most exciting. |
| Posted by John Borst on Apr 26, 2012
At the April 18th meeting of Dryden Rotary, Steven Patey, Megan Pinette , Leon Oombash , and Kale Greer from Dryden Youth Centre, (DYC) made a PowerPoint presentation of their trip to the National Youth Centre conference in Ottawa.
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| Posted by John Borst on Apr 26, 2012
The Dryden Area Cultural Partnership (DACP) has announced that the "Yours, mine and ours Cultural Fair 2012 will take place May 10th from 10 to 10 at The Centre on Casimir Avenue. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Apr 15, 2012
The 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Rotary Club of Dryden is being held on Saturday, April 21st at The Centre in Dryden |
| Posted by John Borst on Mar 31, 2012
Robert Skene, one old guy with a backpack, briefly described his tour through parts of South America this past winter at Dryden's last meeting in March.
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| Posted by John Borst on Mar 25, 2012
Ed Iskra graduated from Forestry at LU where he was a classmate of Rtn Willie Cheslock. He started work with the Ministry of Natural Resouces or Lands and Forests, as it was called in 1971.
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| Posted by John Borst on Mar 31, 2012
Pam Brown is her recent vocational talk focused on her new employer, Morgan Aviation - a division of Morgan Fuels in Sioux Lookout.
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| Posted by John Borst on Mar 31, 2012
Dryden's new United Church minister Scott Gale was welcomed into his new ministry position on August 28th of this past year. Gale actually arrived with a Paul Harris Fellow, awarded in 2004 for his outstanding work in the community of Thunder Bay.
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| Posted by John Borst on Mar 31, 2012
As a result of Dryden's new Chief of Police Services, Rob Davis' inability to be present President-Elect Sandra Boyko reported on her trip to PETS ( President-Elect Training Seminar) in Russell MB in March 2nd, and 3rd.
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| Posted by Ed Iskra on Feb 01, 2012
 Chester Draper was born in Emo, Ontario. At age thirteen, in 1953 he, his four siblings and parents lived in Atikokan. He was an active healthy 110 lb boy, barely a teenager when he and his sister suddenly contracted polio. Polio affects people in different ways. His sister was afflicted in the upper chest and died within 24 hours. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 25, 2012
 Judi Green receives a warm welcome from Dryden Rotary President Reena Madden. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 11, 2012
 Rotarian Natasha Lovenuk Markham recently addressed Dryden Rotary explaining the review process she helped develop along with task team member Joe van Koeverden and others to examine what Dryden Rotary does and how it aligns with Rotary International’s Strategic Plan.
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| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 04, 2012
Jim Shearer, Pastor at the Dryden Full Gospel Church applies some hard work and plenty of enthusiasm for his dream, the “Dryden Mission”. Located at the corner of Duke Street and Van Horne Avenue, the donated building has essentially become a “large garage sale” site with all items donated. |
| Posted by Ed Iskra on Jan 04, 2012
 “Adventures in Agriculture is a Rotary International program for senior high school students aimed at enhancing awareness of the multi-faceted agricultural sector. Held each year at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, registration and travel costs were covered by the Dryden Rotary Club with meals and accommodations courtesy of the Rotary Club of Regina Eastview. |
| Posted by John Borst
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