We’re live with ShelterBox CEO Sanj Srikanthan at the ShelterBox booth in the House of Friendship at #Rotary22. We’re discussing how ShelterBox and Rotary partner to respond to crises, including the work to provide aid to those affected by the war in #Ukraine.
SIRET, ROMANIA – FEBRUARY 25: Ukrainian citizens arrive in Romania by crossing the Siret border after Russia launched military operation in Siret, Romania on February 25, 2022. They are welcomed with food and drinks by Romanian volunteers, as well as with free transport and accommodation. (Photo by Alex Nicodim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The world is witnessing a vast humanitarian crisis unfold. As military activities escalate in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people are on the move, desperately trying to flee to safety. Innocent civilians are being killed, families and lives are being torn apart.
Nearly 10 million people have already fled Ukraine to other countries – that’s almost a quarter of Ukraine’s entire population. An additional 6.5 million people are now estimated to be displaced within Ukraine. Many are unable to leave because of damage to infrastructure, lack of resources, and the increased security risk.
ShelterBox is responding to the Ukraine crisis. Our team is working in Moldova and coordinating with partners in Poland as we work to get aid into Ukraine. As this crisis rages on, please know that you can help.
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PP Daryl Breust was in the chair tonight. Albert will be back next Monday. We had 17 attending with one guest, Dr. Jo Yanagisawa from Coolamon. Jo has been nominated by John Nulty to join our club, the usual protocol will take place and in due course we will welcome Jo into the club as a valued member.
The members send their condolences to Dianne Suidgeest on the passing of her father.
Several clubs in our area have invited our members to attend their changeover dinners. A full list appears in this bulletin.
Henk advised the meeting that the Red Shield appeal on the weekend had raised $756.00 and Daryl thanked the volunteers at Foodworks for their time.
John G advised the meeting that 1000 display/donation boxes have been ordered for our Sunflowers Seeds for Ukraine initiative. These will be available in 3 weeks time.
Mary advised the meeting that we will display the ShelterBox in Ganmain on the 1st July and in Coolamon on the 2nd July together with the sunflower seeds. Proceeds will go to the Larapinta Trekkers from CRC.
The main discussion was by Adrian Lindner on the upcoming Sustainable Farming Field Day at Ian Jennings and Adrian’s properties on the 15th July. Great effort and some excellent feedback on this field day and the club will fully support the event. Adrian asked if we could help with catering with our food van on the day details will follow. A flyer promoting the event is available–if you want one, let John G know as it is too big to upload to our bulletin at the moment.
Details of the field day appeared in last week’s bulletin.
Paul and team have printed this month’s CCC (Chronicle) and it has been distributed–this month’s issue features an excellent promotion for the Ganmain Art Extravaganza. Well done Paul and the CCC team.
Good news that John Bond is back home, recovering slowly and by all accounts doing well. Paul and Brian were out to Bondy’s to mow, whipper snip, and spray for weeds until Bondy is back to full strength.
Dick at short notice conducted another of his no-holds-barred fines session, all in good fun. The raffle was won by Adrian.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday 6th June – Board Meeting at 5.30pm. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club.
Monday 6th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 13th June – No meeting (public holiday).
Monday 20th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday 1st July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Ganmain.
Saturday 2nd July – SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE street raffle with a real ShelterBox in Coolamon.
Monday, 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday, 15th July – Sustainable Farming Field Day. 9.00 am-3.00 pm.
Tuesday, 2nd August – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Lions Club of Coolamon: 17th June 6.30 pm at the Marrar Café.
Temora RC: Saturday 25th June at the Temora Golf Club 7.00 pm.
Junee RC: Sunday 26th June 12.30 pm at the Ex-Services Club in Junee.
Wollundry RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club.
Narrandera RC Wednesday 29th June 6.30pm at the Narrandera Golf Club.
Wagga Wagga Sunrise RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant in Wagga Wagga.
Wagga Wagga RC: Thursday 30th June at the Wagga Wagga Country Club 7.00 pm.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
How did this happen?
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last puzzlers:
Easier one: A green house is made of glass, of course!
Harder one: Start both hourglasses at the same time as soon as the water is boiling. When the 7-minute hourglass runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. Then, when the 11-minute hourglass runs out, restart it. When it runs out again, the egg will have been in the boiling water for exactly 15 minutes.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: During which month do people sleep the least?
Harder one: What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
ROTARY NEWS
1. ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS
June is Rotary Fellowship Month. There are many and varied fellowships that a Rotarian can join and here is a list click on the link of one that may interest you for further information:
The current RICON Rotary International Convention is being held in Houston. It began on the 4th June and closes on the 8th June. You can register for online content here:
The Host Organising Committee is very excited to welcome Rotarians and guests to Melbourne for the 2023 Rotary International Convention. Known as one of the world’s most liveable cities, you will enjoy what we take for granted, a beautiful, vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
Editor’s Note: “I have attended 7 RICONs now and they were all wonderful conventions and where I met and made so many friends around teh world. I highly recommend that you go to Melbourne in 2023 as the last RICON in Australia was in 2014 in Sydney. The next one after Melbourne will be Singapore 2024, followed by Calgary 2025”.
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
This week we were back at the Sports Club with Gilbert catering.
President-Elect and Past President x 2 Paul Weston was in the chair. 13 members attended and no guests this week.
We had some excellent discussions including an idea from Dick Jennings to get 30 highly visible vests with Coolamon Rotary printed on them. These could be modelled on the ones that Temora RC have had made and printed in Temora:
We have received invites to a number of changeover dinners. Our own changeover dinner will take place on 4th July at the Coolamon Sport & Rec Club at our usual dinner time. See the listing of changeover dinners below, after the Diary.
Members were reminded to consider attending the premiere viewing of Top Gun/Maverick at the Forum in Wagga Wagga on 26 May at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 and net proceeds will benefit the All Ability Dragon Boat team in Wagga. [Editor’s note: Those who attending the viewing on Thursday were not disappointed; it was a gripping plotline with amazing footage of modern and vintage military aircraft. – PW]
The meeting concluded with a brief fine session led by stand-in S@A Dick, who admittedly had little advance notice to compile noteworthy fines. The raffle was won by Leslie. Members enjoyed an extended bit of fellowship after the formal proceedings concluded.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday 30th May – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 6th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Thursday 9th June – Board Meeting 7.00pm at the Sports Club
Monday 13th June – No meeting (public holiday).
Monday 20th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday, 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday, 15th July – Sustainable Farming Field Day. 9.00 am-3.00 pm Details in this bulletin.
Tuesday, 2nd August – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Lions Club of Coolamon: 17th June 6.30 pm at the Marrar Café.
Temora RC: Saturday 25th June at the Temora Golf Club 7.00 pm.
Junee RC: Sunday 26th June 12.30 pm at the Ex-Services Club in Junee.
Wollundry RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club.
Narrandera RC Wednesday 29th June 6.30pm at the Narrandera Golf Club.
Wagga Wagga Sunrise RC: Tuesday 28th June 6.30 pm at the Botanic Gardens Restaurant in Wagga Wagga.
Wagga Wagga RC: Thursday 30th June at the Wagga Wagga Country Club 7.00 pm.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last Puzzlers:
Easier one: Apologies, but this one only works with American pronunciation, in which the word ‘herb’ is pronounced ‘erb’ (for some reason, ‘herb’ and ‘herbal’ are pronounced with a silent ‘h’ in America). With that in mind, the three words are pronounced differently when their first letter is capitalised.
Harder one: The man has three daughters: one redhead, one blonde and one brunette.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: A red house is made from red bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. What is a green house made from?
Harder one: How can you boil an egg for exactly 15 minutes using a 7-minute hourglass and an 11-minute hourglass?
ROTARY NEWS
1. SUSTAINABLE FARMING FIELD DAY
Rotarian Adrian Lindner is our club’s Environmental Representative and together with PP Ian Jennings are organising a sustainable farming day on their respective properties. Details below:
1. Ian Jennings (a past President of Coolamon RC) is also the Chairman of Coolamon Landcare, CRC Environmental Representative and Treasurer of Coolamon Landcare.
2. Ian and Adrian have hatched an event to bring a rural landcare focus to Coolamon Landcare, which has mainly had an urban and town focus to date.
3. Bidgee North (the northern arm of Murrumbidgee Landcare) has taken on the role of facilitator for a sustainable farming field day on Adrian’s and Ian’s farms on Friday 15 July, 9 am to 3 pm. Adrian undertook a 14,000 tree and shrub biodiversity and forestry plantation in 2007 which will be the focus of the visit to his farm. Arian’s farm is on the Malebo range that forms a green corridor along the range from Pomingalarna to The Gap and then on to Coolamon and straddles the range between the Gap and Coolamon and is classified as endangered box grassy woodlands. In addition, Adrian been working on farm dam health with some initiatives. Ian has worked on shelter belts and tree plantations along fence lines that will be the focus for visiting his farm.
4. Speakers for the field day include Kevin Chapin (Biodiversity Conservation Trust), Richard Beggs (ANU’s Sustainable Farms), Rob Kuiper (ex CMA and LLS), Jeremy Crocker (Riverina Eastern Noxious Weeds Authority) and Dale Stringer (NSW Drought Hub and Murray LLS)
5. Adrian and Ian hope to have up to 40 attendees at the field day, the goal of which is to inform rural landholders and managers on sustainable farm best practice and to learn from our successes and failures.
More Information is available — ask Adrian or Ian for a flyer.
“A fabulous initiative, Adrian. Well done to all concerned and it looks like Coolamon RC will come on board. Please promote the initiative by posting on our “Rotary D9705 Environmental Community” Facebook page for all to see.”
Regards
David W Brawn
Past District Governor, Rotary District 9675
District Leader, Environmental Envoys Team, Rotary District 9705
2. CRC MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
1. LESLIE WESTON
2. GRAHAME AND SHARON MILES
3. ALBERT SUIDGEEST AND JOHN GLASSFORD
MAY IS YOUTH SERVICE MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
“All I do is tell the story and offer a bag of seeds for a donation. I leave the amount up to the person. I have received a number of $50 notes as well as handfuls of small change”.
John Glassford is pictured with his PDG classmate Susan Wakefield and Club President Garry Smith (left) during a recent visit to the Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains, when he handed over the first bag of Ukraine Sunflower (Photo courtesy of PDG Bob Aitken RC of Lower Blue Mountains).
ROTARY CLUB OF BRISBANE WATERS GOSFORD N.S.W.
The Scarlett Table Café in Ettalong joins Ettalong Diggers in taking a tray of sunflower seeds for people to brighten their gardens with Ukraine’s national flower while helping Rotary International’s aid for Ukrainians caught up in the war. Other businesses set to follow. See photo bottom left:
ROTARY CLUB OF GRIFFITH AVANTI N.S.W.
We had a great response from the public with this stall last weekend. Many just gave a donation to assist the RAWCS fund to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. While the initial impact of the war has almost left the news headlines, the people still need assistance. Buying a packet of seeds and growing them in your garden is a wonderful means of helping others in dire straits. Catch us at Coles Plaza on Friday and Saturday!
Coolamon Shire Council would like to present the final and completed concepts for the new town entry and exit signs for each town in the shire.
Each town will be represented with their individual colour and identifying symbol. Please be mindful that the digital images are as close as possible to the colours that will be used on the actual signage but there may be slight variations upon completion. All aspects of the design will be visible and identifiable entering and leaving each town.
Meeting of Monday, 16th May
This week’s meeting was held at the Top Pub as Gilbert is still away. Past President Daryl Breust was in the chair as president since President Albert Suidgeestis away on a well-earned holiday to Western Australia.
In attendance were 15 members and 4 guests. Guests included Holly Wright, English teacher from the Coolamon Central School, students Bethany Crocker and school captain Summer Buchegger, and Adrian Lindner’s guest, Ross Walters. After Daryl welcomed those in attendance, the meeting took place in two parts. First Daryl spoke on the upcoming Red Shield Appeal and asked for volunteers for the two days that we are collecting. The roster for Sunday, 29th May can be found below in the diary. Daryl reported that the street raffle was won by Glen West and that we netted $400.95 in sales. Thanks to Albert for getting the trailer of wood split and loaded into the trailer and parking it in Cowabbie Street.
Part two of the meeting was a presentation by John Glassford on the progress and the logistics of the Sunflower Seeds for Ukraine initiative by our club. Full report in this bulletin.
The evening concluded with a fines session led by Ian and Dick Jennings and the raffle, which was won by John Nulty.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. Parkes, 9 am start.
Monday 23rd May – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Saturday 28th May – Red Shield Appeal. Footy at Kindra Park.
Sunday 29th May – Red Shield Appeal. Coolamon Foodworks. Roster: 9.00 – 10.30 am – Paul Weston and Mark Reardon; 10.30 – 12.00 pm – Henk Hulsman and Sharon Reardon; 12.00pm – 2.00pm – Mary Potts and Anne Rzeszkowski.
Monday 30th May – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 6th June – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday 13th June – No meeting (public holiday).
18th, 19th 20th June – Catering for Southern Region Dog Show. Ganmain showgrounds.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday August 2nd – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
If you think nobody cares whether you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.
My therapist said that my narcissism causes me to misread social situations. I’m pretty sure she was hitting on me.
My 60-year kindergarten reunion is coming up soon and I’m worried about the 75 kilos I’ve gained since then.
The pharmacist asked me my birth date again today. I’m pretty sure she’s going to get me something.
The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can be in a robe before you start looking like an escaped mental patient.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it keeps the kids in touch!
The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married. Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Earnest T Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara and, of course, Opie were all single. The only married person was Otis, and he stayed drunk.
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last Puzzlers:
Easier one: The scene described is 10-pin bowling.
Harder one: The wise man told the two sons to switch camels; if they reached the destination first on their brother’s camel, their camel would come in last and they would win the inheritance!
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: What is special about these words: job, polish, and herb?
Harder one: A man describes his daughters as follows: “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
ROTARY NEWS
1. SUNFLOWER SEEDS FOR UKRAINE
John started by asking Mary and Anne to speak on their district training in Goulburn over the weekend. Anne and Mary enjoyed the day very much, learned a lot and said that every member should attend these training sessions.
Mary and Anne said that they displayed our mock up display/donation box and had a lot of enquiries and several donations for a packet of seeds.
It was so encouraging to have Holly Wright, Bethany Crocker and Summer Buchegger attend our meeting. It was Holly who first wrote to us offering the school’s help. Holly said:
“My name is Holly Wright, and I am the SRC coordinator at Coolamon Central School for 2022. I know you have been in contact with Bethany Crocker about us helping you out with the Sunflowers for Ukraine project being run by your Rotary club. We are very keen to help out in any way we can and would love to hear more about it, and how we can get involved.”
John went into the logistics of the project and gave Bethany and Summer 2kgs. of seeds, 1000 cards and 1000 packets. They are going to get their classmates and others involved in filling the packets with the seeds. We will then start to sell these in the community.
John advised the meeting that he had ordered 1000 display boxes. So far, we have pledges for 250 and the artwork will be ready this week.
The boxes will be displayed at high traffic places such as sports clubs, RSL Clubs, supermarkets and the like. The RC of Brisbane Waters in Gosford have asked for 100 boxes.
At the recent Wagga Wagga Sunrise meeting John gave a presentation on the project and WW Sunrise have set aside $1.000 for 100 of the boxes and several thousand cards. They are going to leave the boxes and seeds at many different venues in Wagga.
Latest news is that Past Editor of Rotary Down Under, PDG Bob Aiken, has written an article for Rotary on the Move on our initiative. It starts:
“Coolamon Rotary Club and Past District Governor John Glassford, (a member of the Coolamon Rotary Club), have hit on the unique concept of selling sunflower seeds to raise funds to support the Ukraine Crisis Appeal…..
You will have to read the rest when it is published.
John Glassford is pictured with his PDG classmate Susan Wakefield and Club President Garry Smith (left) during a recent visit to the Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains, when he handed over the first bag of Ukraine Sunflower Seeds. — Image by: Issa Shalhoub.
2. CRC BLAST FROM THE PAST
More memories and if you have any photos of the past please send them to us, thanks. In no particular order.
MAY IS YOUTH SERVICE MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
Seraph is inspired by the strong and regal Greco-Roman goddesses. She evokes power, authority, and femininity. A great day to celebrate the strength of women and mothers. Happy Mothers Day! We hope all mothers are being looked after goddess-style today. Garment: Seraph, Amelia Taverner & Eleanor Beeden, New Zealand.
WEEK OF MAY 9th
We had 13 members and 5 guests to our meeting on Monday night, which was self-catered by our members. Our guests were Dr. Joe again, Susan Glassford, Myffy Collette, Phil McIntosh and David Byfield, both visiting Rotarians from the Wollundry RC. The steaks were very tender and well cooked by Henk Hulsman and Daryl Breust:
Sorry about the blurred photo but they were both going so fast!
The main event of the night was the presentation to our club from Wollundry RC for our work for the recent Gears and Beers weekend. Phil thanked our members and said that without us turning up in force they could not hold the Dirty 130 or the 115 events. Special mention for the hard work that Daryl Breust put in again this year for this event.
Phil said that the gross funds raised so far were around $300,000 for the March event for Gears and Beers. This is an amazing result and gets bigger every time they run this event. The next one will be on the long weekend in October from October 1st and 2nd.
Albert briefly discussed some upcoming events including the Ganmain dog show in June which on advice form Leslie Weston will be the Southern Region Dog Society’s biggest classic dog show this year. It is likely that our catering skills will be needed for the three-day event.
Saturday is the street raffle in Coolamon. The prize this time is a trailer load firewood.
Brian Pattison has requested the use of our club food van for the Marrar camp draft event at the end of May.
Red Shield appeal is on Saturday 28th May at Foodworks and on Sunday 29th May at the football at Kindra Park.
We have also been asked to work with the Coolamon Lions on the gate for the Ganmain Show in August.
Stand-in S@A Ian Jennings conducted a fine session and the raffle was won by Anne (meat voucher) and Susan (bottle of wine).
All in all, a good evening of friendship and fellowship with great steaks.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday May 17th – Club Assembly (focus on Sunflowers for Ukraine).Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. Parkes, 9 am start.
Saturday 28th May – Red Shield Appeal. Footy at Kindra Park (roster to be circulated) AND Coolamon Foodworks (roster to be circulated).
Sunday May 29th – Red Shield Appeal. Coolamon Foodworks (roster to be circulated).
18th, 19th 20th June – Catering for Southern Region Dog Show. Ganmain showgrounds.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday August 2nd – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
I just read that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to cause any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even number?
Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool. I gave him a glass of water.
If I had a dollar for every girl that found me unattractive, they would eventually find me attractive.
A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.
Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.
I think my neighbour is stalking me because she’s been googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night.
They say that money talks …but all mine ever says is good-bye
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last Puzzlers:
Easier one: The river was frozen. Harder one: Albert should question Mark. If you listen to the message rock tied on the read out, the answer will jump out at you (try it!).
This week’s puzzlers:
Easier one: Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white,
felled by three eyes, black as night.
What’s going on here?
Harder one: An Arab sheik is getting old and must leave his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition: Both sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something, then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?
ROTARY NEWS
1. LARAPINTA TREK UPDATE
Click on the photo above for a video on Larapinta.
We now have three trekkers for Larapinta in August.
Mary Potts, Don Dyce and Garth Perkin. They start the trek on August 2nd. The goal is to each trekker to raise $3,000 for ShelterBox Australia.
Further information can be found on their relative donation pages on the ShelterBox Larapinta website:
Situated in the heart of Northern Territory’s Outback, the Larapinta Trail is one of Australia’s premier long distance hikes.
Winding its way some 231 km along the incredible West MacDonnell ranges, it traverses ridges and plains, and passes through some of the most amazing gorges in the country.
Distance : 143.5 miles (231 km)
Avg. Time : 13 – 15 days
2. CRC BLAST FROM THE PAST
Just going through some of the archives and thought that some of you may enjoy these photos and I have many.
Still going strong and we may post a few more in the next bulletins. Click on the thumb nail for a larger image.
MAY IS YOUTH SERVICE MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
President Albert welcomed our guests Charles McClintock and Dr. Joe from Coolamon Medical Centre along with 16 of our members.
Albert made a few announcements which included next week’s meeting being self catered, street raffle scheduled for Saturday May 14th, board meeting on Tuesday May 1oth, Club Assembly on Monday May 16th to discuss the Sunflower Seeds for Ukraine initiative, and the Red Shield Appeal on May 28th and 29th.
Our guest speaker was Charles McClintock, a committee member of the Riding for the Disabled Association of Wagga Wagga. Charles was the guest of Chez and Alex, who are volunteers with RDA. Charles described the program, which provides therapeutic horse-riding opportunities for people with mental and physical disabilities. The program is mostly run by volunteers, and requires a substantial operating budget. The Wagga affiliate alone needs ca. $250,000 annually to operate. They have an op shop in Wagga Wagga that makes them $80-90,000 per annum, so there is a large shortfall that needs to be made up, which is largely filled by corporate donations, fund-raising events and, above all, small donations from the public. If you wish to make a donation, visit the Wagga Wagga RDA website (Wagga Wagga RDA) or click on this link: Donate to RDA Wagga Wagga. Chez thanked Charles for his interesting presentation, and presented him with a token of appreciation
Chez presenting Charles McClintock with a token of appreciation for his presentation.
The meeting concluded with the weekly raffle, which was won by guest Dr Joe and Henk.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday May 9th – Speaker meeting. Phil McIntosh (Wollundry RC) will provide a recap of Gears & Beers. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday May 10th – BoD Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7 pm.
Monday May 17th – Club Assembly (focus on Sunflowers for Ukraine).Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. Parkes, 9 am start.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday August 2nd – Larapinta Trek (benefit for ShelterBox) (with Garth Perkin, Mary Potts and Don Dyce).
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 – Rotary Zone 8 Conference (Canberra).
Answer to the last Puzzler: The rebus answers from top left to bottom right are: around-the-world trip, lemonade, long legs, advice, spaceman, big bad wolf, many thanks, download, no idea, comfortable, forty years, and excuse me.
This week’s puzzlers:
Easy one: A man is standing alongside a river, and his dog is on the other side. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
Tougher one: One winter evening, Albert was in his lounge sitting by the wood fire. All of a sudden, a rock crashed through his window. He got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids, who were brothers, run around a corner. Their names were Steven, Mark and Lachie Jones. The next day Albert found a note on his door that read “? Jones. He broke your window.” Which of the three Jones brothers should Albert question about the incident?
ROTARY NEWS
1. DISTRICT 9705 2022 Learning and Development Seminar
It is hoped that all incoming Directors which includes the President Elect, Secretary and Treasurer will attend one of the venues for what we all know as District Assembly and Training for the incoming board members of our club. There will be two seminars, one in Goulburn (May 14th) and one in Parkes (May 21st) to cover the size of this District of ours.
These Seminars are NOT just for the Board but for all Club members. I encourage you all to try and attend one of them!
This year the District Learning and Development seminar days will be held in two places to enable as many people as possible to attend. The first one will be held in Goulburn on Saturday 14 May at the Goulburn Services Club, and the second one on Saturday 21 May in Parkes at the Parkes Leagues Club.
These seminars are designed to provide information about Rotary at the club level, all the way up to Rotary International. Participants will be encouraged to share ideas on club projects, different types of clubs and the many different approaches to the running of clubs. This is particularly important for those who are taking on Board positions, committee members or project organisers in the coming Rotary year. The seminars are also a way for any Rotarians interested in learning more about Rotary, the Foundation, the roles of Presidents, Treasurers, Secretaries, and the general organisation of clubs.
Each seminar day will begin at 9.00am and finish by 4.30pm. There will be a dinner organised for those people who intend staying over at each location. There will be a place on the registration site to indicate if you intend staying for the dinner.
The Federal Election has now been called and will be held on Saturday 21 May. This is the same day the District seminar will be held in Parkes and this may cause some people a problem if they are involved in election activities on the day. However, there is the option for those people to attend the Goulburn seminar instead. For others, there is the option of pre polling or postal votes if Parkes is a more convenient location.
The District Website now has the registration available for both venues and you are encouraged to register as soon as possible.
These Seminars used to be called The District Assembly
Saturday 14 May in Goulburn at the Goulburn Services Club
Saturday 21 May in Parkes at the Parkes Leagues Club
2. UKRAINE UPDATES
“We all understand Ukrainians need a place of peace. No one would want to be pushed out of their country. When I see what Rotarians are doing worldwide to support Ukraine, it makes me proud to be a Rotarian.”
Thank you to Per Høyen and his wife, who, after communicating with friends in the Lviv International Rotary Club, learned of a young man from Ukraine who needed a place to stay.
N.B. CLUB ASSEMBLY MONDAY 16th. MAY DEDICATED TO THE PROJECT.
May 1st is as good a day as any to get this project up and running.
We now have 11 clubs from the Coomera River RC in Queensland to the Highton RC in Victoria with sunflower seeds all sent to them by the 27th April. There are other clubs who do not need seeds as they can get them locally.
There are still many who will need seeds, however we still have 150kgs or so in stock which will be plenty.
Still working on the display/donation boxes and those who I have spoken with feel it is a good idea however, we need 1,000 boxes to bring the cost down from $17.00 per box for 100 to $4.00 per box for 1,000. In the meantime this should not stop us from getting donations in the Rotary way. I was given another $20 on Friday for one packet of seeds.
It is early days and the good news is that the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, through their Humanitarian Aid Initiatives Director, Diahanna Senko, wants to get their youth to sell the packets of seeds around Australia. Diahanna is in touch with Guy Glenny, our RAWCS Project Manager for the Ukraine Appeal, and they speak on a regular basis.
The latest news of the partnership with the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, RAWCS and Caritas Ukraine can be viewed here:
Photos by Linda Nolan from Ganmain (dawn service) and Sharon Miles (daytime service)
STORIES FROM OUR MEMBERS
1. MARY POTTS
A little information on some of my relatives who served:
My grandfather, Phillip John Golden, enlisted in the AIF 36th Battalion on 2/9/1916 and was injured in France on 6/6/1918 and was sent to a war hospital and then sent home to Australia.
He embarked in Sydney on on HMAT SUEVIC 11/11/1916. He drew a returned soldier’s block in Beckom in 1921 and farmed and lived at Berrima in Beckom until 1954, when his son Tom took over the running of the farm.
My great uncle, Thomas Golden, enlisted 7/11/1914 in the 13th Battalion AIF and embarked at Melbourne on HMAT Berrima on 22/12/1914 and was killed at Gallipoli on 1/5/1915. He was 24 years old.
Three of my mother’s brothers served in the 2nd World War and were fortunate to return home.
George (Joe) Alexander O’Reilly born 30/9/1914, NX 164598. From memory, Joe served most of his time in New Guinea. He only had bad memories of his time serving his country, from what he shared with us.
James (Jim) Patrick O’Reilly, NX 102057. Jim was born 4/5/1919 and also served his time in New Guinea.
Leo Denis O’Reilly, NX 130211, born 27/9/1921. Leo spent time in Singapore and New Guinea.
My brother, Raymond Patrick Golden, was in the navy and served time in Vietnam around 1969. He doesn’t like to talk about what he went through whilst in Vietnam, however he does talk about his experience a little more than he used to.
My ex-husband, Donald John Potts, was in the RAAF for over 20 years. We spent time in Wagga Wagga, Canberra and Malaysia. He luckily didn’t have to go into any areas of major conflict.
Footnote on Mary:
Getting help after my run in Narrandera
I had leg cramps and didn’t feel very well. Peta Wykes took my shoes off for me and Mary (a lovely lady from the coffee van) gave me her chair and looked after me. Margaret Smith Mary said that she knows you; her sister went to school with you and also Mick used to shear for them or their family. She and her daughter were very kind to me (I think her daughter was making the coffee).
2. ADRIAN LINDNER
The following is my father’s WW2 experience. He lived on our family farm between The Gap and Coolamon. At the time of the war he was living with his mother in Wagga.
About November of 1941, Keith Lindner (aged 18) received a “call-up” for military service in the 2nd World War. He actually joined the RAAF but they were too slow to process his application. Before any action happened he was in the army. However, he maintained his interest in military planes and enjoyed attending air shows, more recently at Temora.
He left home on 2nd January 1942 and was drafted into the 2nd Division Signals. This was the communications branch for the Army utilising Morse code.
Whilst on leave in 1944, he enjoyed a visit to the family in Wagga Wagga, where he was given a ‘right royal welcome’ by his mother and younger brothers and sisters. They found him to be somewhat of a curiosity with all his army gear and equipment. They had never seen and handled things like gas masks, tin hats, etc.
Some highlights for him during the war years were;
1) On one secret mission, they were told they were going on a “fishing trip” except it was undertaking secret surveillance and reconnaissance duties along the west coast of Australia due to the threat of a Japanese invasion.
2) Another memorable occasion was meeting up briefly with his father, Eric, in New Guinea, who was also a soldier (mechanical engineers corp) in the army (see photo above).
3) When located on the island of New Britain, off New Guinea, Keith, along with fellow signalmen Selwyn Barnes and Morris Gissing (future mayor of Wagga and founder of Gissing’s Pharmacy), maintained 24-hour radio coverage on the front line for 8,000 Australian troops who faced some 50 to 60,000 Japanese in Rabaul. By making communications of fake troop movements, they bluffed the enemy into thinking there were facing many more thousands of Australians.
4) While in New Britain, Keith was accidentally shot in the leg, and would likely have bled to death if his fellow signalmen had not quickly applied their tourniquet. Keith was forever grateful for this instantaneous action.
5) Whilst recovering from his wound, the war came to a close, so he was able to take part in the Victory March in Melbourne.
Following the war, and having been promoted to sergeant, Keith returned to civilian life in mid-1946.
3. CHUNUK BAIR AUGUST 8th. 1915 by John Glassford
1990 painting of the battle of Chunuk Bair by Ion G. Brown (Alexander Turnbull Library)
GALLIPOLI! It was a lunacy that never had the chance to succeed, an idiocy generated by muddled thinking. By attacking the Turks, the allies merely allowed the Turks the opportunity to kill British, ANZAC and French soldiers in large numbers.
The high point of the New Zealand effort at Gallipoli, the capture of Chunuk Bair, underlined the leadership qualities of Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone.
Two columns of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade carried out the attack, which began on 6 August. The operation started well, but delays meant not all the infantrymen had reached Rhododendron Spur by the time the assault on the summit started next morning. After the Auckland Battalion tried and failed, Malone insisted that the Wellingtons’ attack should be delayed until after nightfall.
The Wellington Battalion occupied the summit before dawn on 8 August. With sunrise came a barrage of fire from Ottoman Turks holding higher ground to the north. A desperate struggle to hold Chunuk Bair ensued. By the time the Wellingtons were relieved that evening, only 70 of the battalion’s 760 men were still standing. Malone was one of the casualties, killed by an Allied shell about 5 p.m.
Ottoman forces recaptured the position on 10 August from British troops who had relieved the New Zealanders.
My father, 2nd. Lt. George James Glassford, was in the 1st Wellington Battalion and missed Chunuk Bair as he was wounded on July 27th on Gallipoli and was in hospital in Cairo. Dad returned to the Gallipoli campaign to be with his mates. Dad served a total of 154 days on Gallipoli and a total of 4 years and 212 days in the New Zealand Army.
“Sgt Maj. GJ Glassford of the main body, now serving in France, recently refused an offer to proceed to NZ to receive a commission. He is among the first 20 having the longest service in Gallipoli.”
THE LEMON SQUEEZER HAT
Lt. Colonel William Malone, commanding officer of the 1st Wellington Battalion, invented the “lemon squeezer” head dress. Originally for his Taranaki Rifles Regiment, the hat was designed to mirror the outline of Mount Taranaki.
Sergeant George Glassford (with the lemon squeezer hat). At Gallipoli before the Chunuk Bair offensive. I am told that the rest of the men in his platoon shown here did not make it.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
*Monday May 2nd – Guest Speaker Charles McClintock from Riding for the Disabled. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm. *Partners and guests welcome.
Monday May 9th – Phil McIntosh Wollundry RC Gears & Beers Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Tuesday May 10th – BoD Meeting. 7.00pm Sports Club.
Monday May 17th – Club Assembly devoted to Sunflowers for Ukraine. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. Parkes, 9 am start.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 Rotary Zone 8 Conference Canberra.
We had 18 members along to a self catered evening of fellowship and fun. President albert had a few things to say including birthday wishes to Ian Jennings and presenting Ian with a bottle of wine.
John Bond is out of intensive care and Neil Munro visited Bondy in hospital in Sydney and gave us a report on his condition. Bondy also sent us an email and asked us to fine John Nulty if he got a banana split. John Nulty followed up with some very amusing insights into his wisdom highlights (grey hair).
Albert advised us that the wood drive before ANZAC Day is postponed as we now have enough wood for a trailer or two. Trevor Jose has been invited to the Wednesday board meeting at Trevor’s request.
Dinner was cooked by several of the lads and many salads appeared following Albert’s call for salads via SMS. It is unknown as to why the call was put out in the first place, but members rallied to the cause and we had enough salads for an army. Chez created a dubious jelly; it was not the jelly, but the chocolate eggs buried in the jelly that caused quite a reaction.
Henk made a suggestio9n that we may be asked to cater for the ANZAC Day Trotting meeting at the Coolamon Showgrounds; be prepared if a call goes out for help.
Anne (still in COVID isolation), has already filled 250 bags for the Sunflowers for Ukraine project. JG brought the members up to date and reported that the 500 kg of seeds will be collected on Thursday by JG and stored in Ganmain ready for packing into 1- to 2-kg bags for distribution. JG said that we will launch the project on May 1st. There are 20 clubs around Australia and 2 Districts who will join us, but more are expected as it’s only early days.
Acting S@A Ian fined a few members including Albert and JG for the WW Daily Advertiser Dangerous headline.
The raffle was won by Howard, Daryl and Mary.
Thanks to all the members who contributed by cooking, making salads and sweets as well as washing up that made the night a happy event.
NB: NO MEETING Easter Monday and NO MEETING ANZAC Day; we will be back on the 2nd May.
Vale Brian Clarke
Dr Brian Clarke, longtime partner of former Coolamon Rotarian Myffy Colette, passed away peacefully at his residence in Ganmain this past week. Funeral plans are being finalised, but members are advised that men are requested to wear a tie to the service (Brian was a huge fan of ties and Myffy can provide one to members without one) and that flowers should not be sent to Myffy’s residence but should accompany the coffin to the cemetery.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Wednesday April 13th – Board of Directors Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7 pm.
Monday April 18th – Easter Monday.NO Meeting (public holiday).
Monday April 25th – ANZAC Day.NO Meeting (public holiday).
Monday May 2nd – Regular Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Monday May 9th – Regular Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. West Wyalong, 9 am start.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 Rotary Zone 8 Conference Canberra.
The crew of a British Airways A380 Flt 268 made a wrong turn during taxi for departure at Heathrow, and came nose to nose with another aircraft. The furious ground controller (a female) started yelling: “Speedbird 268″ where are you going? I instructed you to turn right on ‘Charlie’ taxiway; you turned right on ‘Delta’. Stop right there”
Continuing her verbal lashing of the embarrassed crew, she shouted: ” It’ll take forever to sort this out due to your screw up. Hold your position and don’t move until I tell you to. You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about a half hour and I expect you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you. You got that?”
The frequency went very quiet until an unknown male pilot broke the silence… “Wasn’t I married to you once?”
THE PUZZLER
Answer to the last Puzzlers: Riddle – the letter ‘s’; Harder one – two mares and two fillies, with one of the mares being the daughter of the other.
This week’s puzzlers:
1. Easier one: He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
2. Harder one: What time should be displayed on clock 5 below if it follows the pattern exhibited in clocks 1 through 4?
ROTARY NEWS
1. FLY FROM EVEREST
Rotary has had many champions working for the cause … and one such champion is Ken Hutt of the Rotary Club of Berry, New South Wales Australia.
In 2014 Ken climbed the World’s sixth highest mountain, Mt Cho Oyu in Tibet, and then successfully paraglided back to Base Camp, all for raising awareness for the PolioPlus campaign. Now, he is taking on another challenge for PolioPlus … by planning a World Record assault and paraglide from the summit of Everest in May 2022.
“Dear Fellow Rotarians in our District 9705
Our quest for the eradication of Polio has endured many challenges, interruptions and obstacles over the past 35 years but still we hold the course with eradication as close as ever.
With wars, pandemics, bushfires, floods and the need to spread our very hard earned dollars across many important and very deserving areas it is difficult to maintain our commitment to Polio eradication. With our Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation arrangement, a small investment soon becomes a considerable amount that we know, really makes a difference.
I am making a plea with your club being involved in a united effort and making a very big difference to our collaborative contribution to Polio eradication.
In the next 8 weeks I will be travelling to Mount Everest, with the intention of flying a Paraglider from as high a possible on the mountain, even from the summit itself, and creating history in the name of Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign , as we all are creating history if we can achieve our goal in eradicating Polio.
The sunflower seeds are in the bin! Some photos from last week’s harvest. Thanks so much Doug Bruckner you are a champion. We look forward to collecting your generous donation for Ukraine.
In the bin
President Albert Suidgeest being interviewed by ABC Riverina
L-R John Glassford Doug Bruckner and Albert Suidgeest
Ready to go!
APRIL IS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MONTH
Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2021-22
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
President Albert welcomed 17 members and one guest, former CRC Rotarian, Myffy Collette, to our weekly meeting. It was wonderful to see Myffy again after a long absence. Perhaps we’ll see more of her?
The raffle for the Sportsman’s night raised $1,460–a good effort by all those who sold tickets, especially Anne and others who sold tickets at the Foodworks store in Coolamon. We had 9 members at the draw on Saturday night at the Sports Club and the prizes were won by:
Gourmet hamper – Sharon Miles
Half a dressed sheep – Jack Chamberlain
The other half – Hugo Besgrove
Beauty Package – Maureen Hulsman
RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) planning meeting at the Wagga Wagga RSL at 5.00 pm Thursday, 7th April. Garth will attend on behalf of the CRC.
Recommendations for the Board to consider are:
Donation to the Coolamon Swimming Club as they have a big expense coming up to replace the lane ropes and winders.
Berry Rotary Club donation for para gliding off Mount Everest.
NB Next BoD meeting is Wednesday 13th April at 7.00 pm.
We had another spirited fines session conducted by acting S@A Dick and Corporal Garth. Of special note was a fine of $5 assessed on all members by Bondy because he is still in intensive care in Sydney, and we are not. The fine was gladly paid by all members present. Get well soon Bondy!
Received this letter from Bethany Crocker on the notes for Bethany’s talk last Monday:
“Hello everyone, I’m Bethany Crocker, and tonight I am here to thank you all for supporting me and enabling me to experience an amazing opportunity, such that of the National Youth Science forum. The forum was truly an eye-opening experience, full of educational and networking opportunities, as I had the privilege of meeting the likes of Nobel Laureates and Dr Karl. Although, due to the unique circumstances occurring globally, my NYSF experience was widely different from the hybrid event planned, I was still able to make the most of the online seminars and came away with not only, an increased confidence in what my future in STEM may look like, but with an amazing crop of new friendships.
For me, the forum definitely had notable highlights these included meeting Nobel Laureate, Dr Peter Doherty and listening to his lecture on killer T cells, along with another lecture in the field of biology presented by Dr Gurion Ang from the University of Queensland. I also attended an engineering seminar presented by UQ’s Women in STEM program, this was hands down my favourite seminar as it demonstrated every aspect of what each field of engineering has to offer and cemented by desire to pursue a career in engineering. Whilst my NYSF experience isn’t quite over, as I still have in person hub events to attend, I have applied to be a part of the Student Leadership program from the 2023 event. Once again, thank you, Rotary, for your support along this enthralling journey and I hope to speak to you again later this year to share my experiences from the in person visits.
Thank you.’
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: BERNADETTE MILNE
Bernadette was born in Melbourne and has a sister and a younger brother, David, who was a jockey. Her father came from Scotland and her mother was born in Tocumwal. Her dad died at the young age of 56. Bern’s father built the Rocklands Dam reservoir: Rocklands Dam Reservoir.
Here Bern lived with her family and went to school at St Columbus in Berrigan where she left at 15. Bern’s favourite colour is blue and her favourite past time is horse racing and going to the races. Bern also enjoys Rotary, book clubs and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
Bern met Russell in Berrigan where Russel was playing football as a coach assistant at $20 per week. They had 7 children and 24 grandchildren and now 3 great grandchildren.
They ran a mixed business in Berrigan for 8 years and purchased the lease for the Grong Grong pub for 5 years in 1980 and then the Walla Walla pub for 9 years in 1985. In 1993 they bought the Royal Hotel in Ganmain where they lived for 25 years. Eventually in 2000 the liquor licence was sold to Sydney at the time of the Sydney Olympics. After the pub closed down Bern ran a child care centre alongside Myffy.
Bernadette is now retired and living in Wagga Wagga. Bern is an active and very valuable member of our club
On a visit to Rotary House in Melbourne Bernadette was impressed with the work that Rotary was doing and made enquiries about joining Coolamon Rotary which she did in June 2013 alongside Myffy. In June 2018 Bernadette and Myffy were made Paul Harris Fellows at the District 9700 and Coolamon changeover night aptly held in the Ganmain Hall. The presentations were made by Past President Paul Weston and Past District Governor George Weston.
Auctioneer Dick made an appearance to auction off most of the contents of the gourmet hamper which was won by Sharon Miles which Sharon kindly donated back to the club. The hamper was divided into three lots which were auctioned off by Dick. Garth, Adrian and John Nulty were the highest bidders on the boxes. The gourmet chocolate box went to Alex.
The raffle prizes were won by Daryl and Grahame.
DIARY
*N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!
Monday April 11th– Regular Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Wednesday April 13th – Board of Directors Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7 pm.
Monday April 18th – Easter Monday.NO Meeting (public holiday).
Monday April 25th – ANZAC Day.NO Meeting (public holiday).
Saturday 21st May – D9705 Club Development Seminar {formerly called District Assembly}. – ALL 2022-2023 Board Members need to attend. West Wyalong, 9 am start.
Monday 4th July – CRC 51st Changeover. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday-Sunday 21st-23rd October – District Conference. Joyes Hall, CSU campus, Wagga Wagga (details forthcoming). [NB The district conference will be moving to an October timeslot as of this year, which is why we’re having two district conferences in 2022).
Friday-Sunday 28th-30th October 2022 Rotary Zone 8 Conference Canberra.
Answer to the last Puzzler: The missing number is 48. All of the numbers are multiples of six (1 x 6, 2 x 6, through 9 x 6), but missing was 8 x 6 (48).
This week’s puzzlers:
1. An easier one, at the request of Dick:
Saturday and Sunday, I am big.
Tuesday through Thursday, I am small.
Monday and Friday, I am non-existent.
What am I?
2. A more challenging one:
Some horses are grazing in a pasture. The horses are an unspecified number of mares and their fillies, and the relationships among them include the following: grandmother/granddaughter (1), mother/daughter (3), sister/sister (1) and aunt/niece (1). What is the number of mares and fillies, and exactly how are they related? The number of mares is equal to number of fillies, and each mare has one filly.
ROTARY NEWS
1. HOUT BAY ROTARY CLUB CENTENIAL TWIN
In 2005 Coolamon and Hout Bay became Centennial twin clubs and we started the main project of raising funds to build and refurbish an AIDS and TB Clinic, which has since become a model for South African Health.
Coolamon House, as it is called in honour of our club, was opened in 2013 and along with two other beneficiaries, Nonceba and Phumlani, we have contributed over $US 100,000 to Hout Bay. This includes a TRF Matching Grant for US$22,000. Story below (click on the link):
Last week was the induction of the 2022 / 2023 president of The Rotary Club of Hout Bay – Carolyn Herrick. The dinner was held at The Manor Hotel in Hout Bay. Carolyn takes over from President Alison Rice on 1 July 2022.
President Alison presented the Paul Harris Fellow award to Denise Hopkins for her exceptional service to Rotary.
Awards were also presented to Carolyn Herrick, Marcelo Andrade, Joelle Searle, Keith Bull and Harriet Purser for their outstanding service.
Carolyn also announced her new board for the coming year. Congratulations to all.
2. SUNFLOWERS TO UKRAINE
When one starts a new project it is important to keep the information flowing otherwise one loses momentum. Rotary International based in Evanston Illinois, where our head office is located, has a General Secretary and CEO, and his name is John Hewko. John and his wife, Marga, are from Ukraine.
The latest: One example comes from Rotary Chicago president Marga Hewko. She felt so moved by stories posted on Facebook by a woman working in Ukraine — who also detailed them in the Chicago Tribune — that she found three homes for Ukrainian refugees.
The Rotary Club of Chicago, or Rotary One, as it known, was the first Rotary Club and was founded in 1905 by Paul Harris and three business associates. Marga Hewko is this year’s president. Rotary One has over 200 members and has their own foundation with assets of over AUD $4 million.
John Hewko said, “Moved by stories posted on Facebook, my wife, Marga Hewko, reached out to contacts in Germany and found homes for three refugees. I’m incredibly proud of her and her willingness to help refugees fleeing Ukraine. My parents experienced similar situations, stories that she and I know all too well; as she stated to Axios, the only difference is that these stories are happening live in front of us today. It’s just heartbreaking.”
