Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for March 24th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 24/03/2024

Photo Credit  Ludmila Ivashchenko/Shutterstock

Meeting of Monday 18th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 23 members and four guests tonight.  DGN D9705 Robert Shaw, Lorraine Hamilton, Jeanette Campbell and Jill Armstrong-Iverach, our guest speaker.  A great role up.

The evening began with the start of the weight watchers competition with some 10 entries.  This is a competition created by Albert Suidgeest.  The weigh in was done in secrecy and the ten competitors were then given a number each from 1-10.  The weigh in results were then used for a guessing competition as to who is the heaviest from 1-10 this for our members and guests to fill in.  The eventual winner of the guessing competition was Albert Suidgeest and suggestions of foul play will need to be addressed.  The competition will go for 6 months.

Photo by Mary Potts.

Some general business included Anne asking for volunteers for tee bike ride catering on the 14th April.  Details in the diary below.

Albert advised us that he now has enough entrants for the open garden days in October and that many more would like to enter their gardens which prompted Albert to ponder an annual event.

Guest Speaker Jill Armstrong/Iverach.

Jill is a relative of  Peter and Jane Iverach who were of Scottish descent and were Jill’s great grandparents. They had 11 children and settled in Coolamon.  One son William Iverach ended up being part owner of teh Up-to-Date Store with Harold Charles Nadin and William Denoon.  See:  Up to Date Store

Jill visited Coolamon and was very impressed with the town and it’s friendly people.  Jill with the help of Jeanette Campbell then visited the graves of some of the Iverach family.  Jill said that tracing her family was most  rewarding and thanked our club for hosting her.

 

Surprise Visit of DGN Robert Shore

DGN Robert was the guest of AG Garth Perkin.  Robert spoke briefly on membership and gave some insights on how to get new members.  Robert was a member of the Parkes  RC and recruited 18 members in 12 months to join the Parkes Rotary Club.  Robert is teh D9705 Chair of the membership committee and his intention is to visit all of the 80+ clubs in D9705 as DGN and as DG in 2025-2026.  Robert brought along a lot of books for sale with teh funds going towards our Foundation.

Induction of Vicki Langtry to the Coolamon RC.

The highlight of any meeting for any Rotary club is the induction of a new member.  Tonight Vicki Langtry was inducted into our club by AG Garth Perkin.  Anne Rzeszkowski is Vicki’s sponsor and mentor.  Already Vicki has been working very hard on the 2024 Coolamon Rotary Telephone book.  Welcome Vicki to our club!

 

As always our meeting concluded with a spirited and hilarious fines session by our S@A Dick Jennings and his Cpl. Garth.  The raffles were won by Robert Shore and Bruce Hamilton.

See you all next week.

N.B. The Ideal Table Configuration for our meetings!!!!

 

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!

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

*Monday March 25th Guest Speaker Nicole Nixon Artist – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday April 1st NO Meeting Easter Monday.

*Monday April 8th Guest Speaker PE Adrian Lindner on their trip to Nepal – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday April 14thWagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

*Monday May 20th Polio Plus Tandem Bike Riders visit Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, “Do you want to go to heaven?”
The man said, “I do Father.”

The priest said, “Then stand over there against the wall.” Then the priest asked the second man, “Do you want to got to heaven?”

“Certainly, Father,” was the man’s reply.

“Then stand over there against the wall,” said the priest.

Then Father Murphy walked up to O’Toole and said, “Do you want to go to heaven?”

O’Toole said, “No, I don’t Father.”

The priest said, “I don’t believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die, you don’t want to go to heaven?”

O’Toole said, “Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.”

Credit to

 

March 14th was PI day in case you wanted to know.

 

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1.  END POLIO: 70 Years in an Iron Lung

 

credit: Sky News UK

Photo by JJG at the 2010 Montreal RI Convention

“Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul”, contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he was six years old and was left paralysed from the neck down. He was rushed to hospital in Texas – and woke up inside the metal cylinder where he would spend the rest of his life.

An update on his GoFundMe page by its organiser Christopher Ulmer reads:  Paul Alexander,The Man in the Iron Lung’, passed away yesterday.

May he rest in peace. The fight goes on to eradicate polio with Paul as our inspiration.
After surviving polio as a child, he lived over 70 years inside of an iron lung.  In this time Paul went to college, became a lawyer, and a published author.  His story travelled wide and far, positively influencing people around the world. Paul was an incredible role model that will continue to be remembered.”

FULL STORY HERE

This is why we in Rotary together with our partners will eliminate poliomyelitis from this planet.  By donating to the Polio Plus campaign the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation matches our contribution with $2 of their to $1 of ours.

We are major partners in the GPEI The Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  Our partners include:

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the vaccine alliance. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.

GPEI Website

GPEI-Historical-Contributions-v18-20221231

NB: JJG contracted poliomyelitis in 1952, when he was 8 years old, at his boarding school in Nairobi before he went to school in England.  John’s mother a WW2 British Army Sister nursed John back to health over many painful months of exercise and learning how to walk again.

2. RYPEN

RYPEN the Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment has just concluded at Borambola near Wagga Wagga.

RYPEN D9705 WEBSITE

The man who not only delivers the RYPEN LEADERSHIP Camps and RYPEN Camps… But also does all of the background work…

IS: Darren Wallace.

He books the camps, arranges all the transport, recruits all the Leaders, arranges all the participants, makes sure everyone is fed, briefed and has changed 1000’s of young people’s lives for the last 12+ years.  Thank you Darren for your years of dedication, commitment and service to the young people of the Riverina and beyond.

Darren is also the current president of Wagga Wollundry RC. AND lives in a straw bale house near Wagga!!!

 

 

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for March 17th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 17/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 11th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 22 members including Vicki Langtry who will be inducted into our club next Monday.  We started with the raffle which was won by Grahame Miles and some cucumbers were won by Anne and Garth courtesy of Albert Suidgeest.

We then went into discussing some general business including:

  • Garth Perkin on the Tandem Polio Plus Bike Ride from Adelaide visiting Coolamon on Monday May 20th.
  • Henk Hulsman on upcoming guest speakers.  (See the diary).
  • Henk Hulsman reported on the CRCTB 2024 Committee meeting.
  • Henk Hulsman requested that every member MUST have their Working With Children Check #s updated and current.  Henk will gladly help any member having trouble getting theirs done.
  • Area Governor Garth Perkin encouraged all members to attend the upcoming District assembly and PETS training in Cootamundra.
  • PE Adrian Lindner gave a detailed report on the PETS and District Assembly held in Batemans Bay over the past weekend.  Some points of interest:
    • The Rotary Foundation is till the leading charity in the USA as announced by Charity Navigator.  In the main due to the accountability and transparency of our Foundation and the low % of administration costs that our Foundation charges.
    • There was a very good brain storming session on What is Rotary?
    • Presentations on RAWCS, RAM, Polio Plus, Shelter Box and Youth Exchange.
    • Governance of a club all members need to know how to look after the club’s responsibilities these include insurance and good record keeping.
    • Child protection and screening volunteers.
    • members are encouraged to use the My Rotary website and here a member needs to register to get the most benefit from the My Rotary website which has a lot of very useful information.
    • Regionalisation was discussed as in 2025-2026 as we in RI Zone 8 are trialling a pilot scheme for centralisation of Rotary in Zone 8.
    • Discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as programmes for the prevention of Domestic and Family Violence.
    • Adrian concluded that there was plenty of information available and encouraged all of our members even those not on the board to attend the District Assembly and PETS at Cootamundra on the 23rd and the 24th March i.e. 1.5 days.
  • Grahame Miles encouraged all members who are interested to attend the meeting to form the Advance Coolamon Committee at the Sports Club.
  • Daryl Breust spoke about the “new” table settings and believes that the way the tables are set up is not conducive to good fellowship and social arrangement.  Most agreed and the tables will go back to the way they were next week.
  • Paul Weston advised the members that Vicki Langtry’s membership application has been approved and there were no objections to Vicki becoming our newest member.  Vicki will be inducted next Monday night by President John Bond.  Welcome Vicki!
  • Albert Suidgeest announced a new competition involving diet.  Since Albert gave up smoking 12 months ago now he is organising a weight loss competition with those who want to join in giving $10 to enter.   Scales will be required to have a weigh in for those competing.  So far 7 members have entered.

S@A Dick Jennings and Cpl Garth Perkin then went on a fines rampage and every member present were targeted.  As always a great session by these two which raises funds for our club.

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 March 18th Board Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

*Monday March 18th Guest Speaker Jill Armstrong/Iverach – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

*Monday March 25th Guest Speaker Nicole Nixon Artist – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday April 8th Guest Speaker PE Adrian Lindner on their trip to Nepal – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday April 14thWagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

*Monday May 20th Polio Plus Tandem Bike Riders visit Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1.  END POLIO NOW TANDEM BIKE RIDE

Here is the email from Phil & Joyce Ogden, Rotary Club of South Launceston.
Dear President John,

Following up on our phone conversation today, thank you for agreeing to a presentation at Coolamon and for offering hosting.  I have copied the email sent on 19th Feb to give you some info about our ride.

My wife, Joyce, and I are Rotarians in our mid seventies who are about to embark on a 3000km unsupported ‘End Polio Now’ tandem bike ride from Adelaide to Sydney via Melbourne. We plan to visit as many Rotary clubs as possible en route to make presentations and to solicit club donations, following the same pattern we used on a similar ride from Perth to Adelaide in 2022 when we raised about $38000 for the cause.

Our itinerary will bring us to Rotary Club of Coolamon on Monday May 20th at 18.30 and we would love the opportunity to make a presentation and to solicit a donation from your club at your regular meeting on that day.

Our ride is not only self supported (no vehicle back up) but also self funded, so that we will pay for our own expenses along the way and would therefore very much appreciate the offer of hospitality by one of your members on the night we present.

We fully understand that Rotarians suffer from ‘polio fatigue’ after decades of this campaign but recent events on our doorstep in Indonesia have shown that we cannot afford to take our eyes off the ball and unrelenting immunisation pressure must be maintained. As you will be aware any money Rotary raises is matched $2 for $1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Of the $38000 raised on our last ride, more than 50% came from Rotary clubs, with the great majority of the remainder coming from our personal contacts and very little through our quite extensive exposure on TV, radio and the press. We cannot ask our contacts again this time but would very much like to expand the pool of donors outside of the Rotary world. This is not easily done for a cause unfamiliar to most Australians, who don’t seem to have much understanding about polio and its severity and who view many other causes as more pressing.

Our strategy is to solicit small, almost trivial, amounts from a large number of people via social media and our slogan is to ‘hit polio for six’ with a $6 donation via the Rotary donation portal. This portal will be developed with help from other Rotarians and will link to a video with some basic polio background information. With this in mind our presentation will encourage your members to circularise all their social contacts asking for a $6 donation.

We would be very grateful for the opportunity to address your members on May 20th.

Regards,

Phil & Joyce Ogden

Rotary Club of South Launceston

 

 

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for March 10th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 10/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 4th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 19 members and one guest being Michael Suidgeest.

Another excellent evening of fellowship and fun.

  • Paul Weston spoke on the Coolamon Community Chronicle and thanked Anne for her hard work distributing the CCC on time.  Paul said that they had some trouble with the printer which was fixed by the technicians and excellent response.
  • John G advised the members present that Wollundry RC have an evening with Author Fleur MacDonald speaking on domestic violence and on her books.  This will be at Romano’s on this Thursday evening.  Contact John G for information.  All members received an email on the event.
  • Ian Jennings spoke on the Clean Up Australia day held at the weekend and thanked our members who volunteered on the day.  Some photos by Mary and Adrian are in this bulletin.  Well done to all who took part.
  • Grahame Miles reminded members present that next Tuesday the 12th March there will be the meeting of teh Advance Coolamon proposed committee.
  • Garth Perkin invited members to attend the upcoming PETS weekend in Batemans Bay or in Cootamundra on the 22nd of March weekend.
  • Bondy reported that he had advised that the Rotarian couple from Launceston and riding from Adelaide to Sydney on a tandem bike that we will look after them in Coolamon.  Details to follow.
  • Paul announced the two winners for last week’s puzzler were Mary Potts and Daryl Breust each receives a free $5 raffle ticket.

Another fun filled fines session conducted by our S@A Dick and his Corporal Garth and no one was spared.  Bear was serenaded for his birthday and the raffle was won by Dick Jennings with two second prizes of Albert’s tomatoes to Garth and Anne.

The new table settings were given another workout.

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 March 11th Normal Meeting- Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

Monday March 18th Board Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

Monday March 18th Normal Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR
  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Sunday April 14thWagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY 2024.

The Coolamon Landcare Group held a working bee on Clean Up Australia Day last Sunday:

“A big thank you to everyone who turned up and participated in our Clean Up Australia event yesterday, members from the community, Coolamon Landcare and Rotary Club. You all did so well, collecting close to 20 bags worth of rubbish that will now be disposed of appropriately, rather than sitting on roadsides. Great outcomes for CUA 2024, let’s hope your efforts can encourage as many as possible to advocate against littering.”

Here are some examples of the litter collected and the volunteers who took part:

 

 

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from February:

Bulletin for Week of 5/02/2024

Bulletin for Week of 12/02/2024

Bulletin for Week of 19/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 26th February 2024

President John or Bondy was back in the chair tonight and welcomed 21 members and one guest, Michael Suidgeest.

Paul Weston reported on the board meeting held prior to tonight’s meeting and said that the board approved the following items:

  • A $1,000 donation to the Coolamon Pre School appeal for their new building.
  • PE Adrian Lindner was appointed as the delegate to the upcoming PETS weekend. PS Welcome back Adrian!
  • The membership application for Vicki Langtry was approved.
  • May 11th the Rotary Men’s Health Education Rural Van will be in Coolamon giving out medical advice not just to men but to women.  Check their web site:  MHERV
  • We have approved a donation of $300 to MHERV to cover accommodation of the MHERV nurse for two nights.

Bondy asked for all members to invite interesting people to be a guest speaker.  We need some good speakers!

Daryl Breust requested confirmation that the board had approved donations to the the Coolamon netball/football competition that will last 18 weeks.  Mary confirmed that this was approved online by board members recently.  Daryl is now able to advise the netball and footy committees that they will get their weekly prizes.

Daryl Breust has a potential guest speaker in Nicole Dixon, an artist who painted the Breust’s home.  Nicole lives down Brushwood Road and Daryl will invite her to be our guest speaker.

Ian Jennings invited our members to volunteer for Clean Up Australia Day being supported by the Coolamon Landcare Group this coming Sunday, March 3rd, meeting at 9.00 am at Redgrave Park in Coolamon.

Paul announced the winners of the last two Puzzlers, Adrian Lindner and Scott Mudd, who both received a free $5 raffle ticket.

The raffle was drawn and the winner was John Nulty.

Our Corporal Dick Jennings then entertained us all with another fines session that had us all laughing.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm and a good time was had by all.

BTW we did try another table seating arrangement which looks good but needs some tuning.  More info next week.

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 4th March 2024 Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

THE PUZZLER

Answers to the last puzzles:

Riddle: A coat of paint is best put on wet! Geography quiz: A) USA, B) Afghanistan, C) Brazil, D) Norway, E) Turkiye, F) Spain, G) Myanmar, H) Canada, I) Ukraine, J) France

This month’s puzzles:

Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?

Brain teaser: A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

 

 

ROTARY NEWS

1.  ROTARY TURNS 119 YEARS YOUNG

The first four Rotarians. From left: Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram E. Shorey, Paul P. Harris.

On  23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting.

Harris’ desire for camaraderie among business associates brought together these four men and eventually led to an international organization of service and fellowship.

Each of the first four Rotarians, and Harry L. Ruggles, who is often called the “fifth Rotarian,” brought different professional perspectives to the organization.

FULL STORY HERE

 

2.  WASH A ROTARY ACTION GROUP

The Rotary Foundation is changing the world by providing grants for projects and activities around the globe and in your own backyard:

WASH Global Grant Projects: Since 2013, The Rotary Foundation has invested in more than $130 million in over 2000 projects worldwide. Through this investment, our volunteers of action have improved access to safely managed and basic WASH services to communities, schools and healthcare facilities, while protecting and conserving water resources. 

Rotary-USAID WASH Partnership: Rotary and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) assist communities and governments to plan, finance and deliver safe water, sanitation and hygiene services, while sustainably managing water resources.

WASH in Schools Target Challenge: Rotary challenges our members to develop sustainable projects that comprehensively address the most pressing water, sanitation, hygiene and education needs  in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Kenya.

WASH ROTARY ACTION GROUP.

 

March is Rotary’s Water & Sanitation Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 19th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 19/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 19th February

Tonight PP Henk Hulsman was in the chair as President John Bond has a family health issue to look after.

We had 20 members and one guest (our next new member) Vicki Langtry attend our meeting tonight.

All in all a good role up of members and we had a shorter meeting than usual however we did discuss:

  • Mary advised us that we were sent a cheque for $1,200 for our help at the recent Marrar Madness weekend.
  • Garth spoke about the visit to Coolamon with the Health Van and that we will need a roster of volunteers.  The event will be held in Coolamon on Saturday May 11th.
  • The Coolamon pre-School are looking for funds these funds to help with the completion of their new building:
  • Henk said that the board meeting will be held next Monday at 5.15pm.
  • Anne is looking for support for the Wagga Wagga bike event on Sunday April the 14th with catering.  More details to follow.
  • Henk advised us that the working with children checks are going well.  If any members need help it is available.
  • John G gave a quick report on the progress of the CRCTB 2024 edition.  Our thanks go to Bear, Vicky, Anne, Henk and Grahame for the work done to date.  JG is collating the data for the advertisers and Vicky is looking after the white pages entries with help from Anne.  The whole project is looking very positive for a great result for our community here and beyond.

It was good to see our S@A and his Cpl. in full swing tonight and no one was spared.  Another crazy and happy fines session.

The raffle was won by Anne and Henk won second prize.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm and several of the CRCTB 2024 committee met in two groups to updating the advertisers master sheet.  Paul advised us via email that he will set up an easier way to achieve this via the cloud!!!!

Another positive and fun evening at the CRC!

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 26th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 26th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR
  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Sunday April 14thWagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1.  Rotary International is launching a new peace centre at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Next month, Rotary International and administrators at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Türkiye, will begin recruiting fellowship candidates for a new peace centre opening at the university. The Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Centre will offer experienced peacebuilders based in the Middle East and North Africa the opportunity to complete a one-year professional development certificate program, earning postgraduate diplomas in peace and development studies.

“The centre will bring together peacemakers from across the Middle East and North Africa — people with different backgrounds and viewpoints, but who share common goals —……….

FULL STORY HERE

 

2.  ROTARY CLUBS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

In Nuuk, Greenland, the aurora borealis fill the sky

Members of the Rotary club of Tarawa, Kiribati

There are Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries, including some of the world’s most remote locations. Indeed, it’s accurate to say Rotary has spread to virtually every corner of the globe. Here, meet six far-flung clubs and learn what they do.

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

St. John’s has five Rotary and Rotaract clubs. Founded in 1921, the 60-member Rotary Club of St. John’s is the oldest in this Canadian province. “Rotary is wonderfully represented in our small city,” says Ron Burke, the club’s president. The provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s has just under 110,000 inhabitants. The city’s Rotary clubs do not see themselves as competitors, but pool their forces to make a difference. Together, they created the Rotary Sunshine Park, a recreational area with a water pier, a leisure centre, and a chalet that can be rented for overnight stays.

FULL STORY HERE BY  Insa Fölster and Florian Quanz

 

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

 

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 12th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 12/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 12th February

President John Bond welcomed 19 members and three guests to our meeting tonight.  Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Bernadette Milne and Vicky Langtry.

Tonight we did not have a lot of business to discuss apart from:

  • Mary sent round a sheet for new Rotary club shirts.
  • Henk spoke on the preceding CRCTB 2024 Committee meeting.  All is going as well as can be at this stage.  Members are now obtaining advertisers for the new book and Bear has over 80 potential advertisers including those who advertised in the 2018 book.  John G is collating all the information as it comes in.
  • Anne read out a letter of thanks from the Coolamon Central School.
  • Garth our Area Governor promoted the upcoming meeting in Coolamon to form an Advance Coolamon Group.  This is on the 12th March at 6.30pm at the Sports Club.
  • Garth said that the Rotary Health Van will be in Coolamon on Saturday May 11th. (An auspicious day!).

There was a spontaneous fines session as our S@A Dick and his Cpl Garth were back.  The raffle was won by Ian Jennings.

Another good evening of fun and fellowship was had by all of us and a good turn up of members.

A request was made to all members to find suitable guest speakers for future meetings.

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 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR
  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

This is a post on Facebook on how India is going in the cricket, I think this chap is from Pakistan!

Khalistan posted:  India losing is my source of happiness. I love seeing this team lose. It’s my daily medicine, my weekly energy, my monthly inspiration and my yearly motivation. This team’s loss is the only reason I’m still alive. I was born to love and enjoy that, long may it continue.

Cry more 😂😭 i love your tears.”

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1.   The Seven Centres of Peace

Situated in different parts of the world, the Rotary Peace Centres offer tailor-made curricula to train individuals devoted to peacebuilding and conflict resolution — no matter where they land.

Rita Lopidia vividly recalls her experiences as a Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Bradford in England. “The classes in African politics and UN peacekeeping were my favourite,” she says. “The politics course challenged me to dig deeper into research to understand the history of the continent, and the peacekeeping class aided my understanding of global politics. As a practitioner, that was an eye-opener to have a global view of events happening around the world.”

Lopidia’s time at the Rotary Peace Centre profoundly affected her. “After graduation, I travelled back to Africa and settled in Uganda due to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan,” she explains. “There I established the EVE Organization for Women Development and started engaging the South Sudanese refugees in Uganda……

FULL STORY HERE

 

2.  RC of East Nassau Million $ Dinner

One Club, the Rotary Club of East Nassau, set a goal of US$ 1 million for The Rotary Foundation and last Saturday at the special dinner THEY reached the goal. RC of East Nassau is making our world better for millions of people.  Amazing effort and result from ONE Rotary Club in the Bahamas to raise US$ 1 million.

They had a dinner to celebrate this milestone which was attended by PRIP Jennifer Jones and one of their members who we all know PRIP Barry Rassin who is the current Chair of our Foundation.

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

 

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 5th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 5/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 5th February

President John Bond welcomed 17 members to our meeting tonight.

Tonight we discussed several items which included:

  • Paul read out a thank you letter from the CCS for their annual prize giving.  Another correspondence which included the ink for the Chronicle.
  • Mary reminded members that the 6 monthly fees for membership are well and truly due.
  • Anne spoke on the driver simulator’s increase in fees.
  • Grahame advised the members that there is a meeting of interest on creating an Advance Coolamon Committee similar to the very active and successful Advance Ganmain Committee.  The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday the 12th of March at 6.30pm at the Sports Club.  Grahame would like to see a few of us at the meeting.
  • Henk spoke on the Working With Children Checks and encouraged those whose WWCC# has expired or non existent to please renew and apply.  John G is willing to help anyone navigate the application on line.
  • Henk advised us on the progress of the CRCTB 2024 edition.  Henk thanked Brian Bear for his efforts with Junee and ongoing in Temora and Marrar.
  • Bear said that he was getting excellent response from advertisers old and new.  The Junee Funeral Services want the front page.  To date there are now 7 who are going to advertise and we have just begun.
  • Bondy said that PE Adrian is in the Himalayas and will be back around the 22nd February.

We had plenty of time for fellowship and banter as both the S@A and the Cpl. were not present tonight, we did not have a fines session.

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 12th February 2024 –  Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.OR
  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1. ROTARY PARTNERS with the UNITED NATIONS.

***

A new collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme empowers Rotary members to clean up, protect, and monitor their local waterways. The strategic partnership aligns with both the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Rotary’s environment area of focus.

The partnership “brings together Rotary’s community-based solutions and UNEP’s technical expertise,” RI President-elect Stephanie Urchick said when announcing the partnership on 10 January. She spoke at Rotary’s International Assembly, the organization’s gathering of incoming district governors.

At the centre of the partnership is a program enabling Rotary and Rotaract clubs to make commitments to the health of their own nearby waterways. Called Community Action for Fresh Water……..

FULL STORY HERE

***Oloimugi Maasai village and the Osinoni Environment project.  Email me on how you can get involved.

2.  ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIPS

Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centres.

Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals to become effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.

 

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for January 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for January 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from January:

Bulletin for Week of 29/01/2024

Bulletin for Week of 22/01/2024

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 5th February 2024 Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 12th February 2024 Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

THE PUZZLER

Answers to the last puzzle:

Christmas rebus puzzle (puzzle board is repeated below to make it easier to associate the answers with the actual rebuses):

  1. Noel; 2. Three Wise Men; 3. Kisses under the mistletoe; 4. Last Christmas; 5. Little Donkey; 6. Mince pies; 7. Away in a Manger; 8. Leftover turkey; 9. Holy Night; 10. Opened presents; 11. North Pole; 12. Jack Frost; 13. White Christmas; 14. Season’s Greetings; 15. Peace on Earth; 16. Pigs in blankets; 17. Donner; 18. Decorate; 19. Carols; 20. Presence over presents

This month’s puzzles:

Riddle: What kind of coat is best put on wet?

World geography quiz: How many of the countries below can you guess from their shapes alone?

 

 

ROTARY NEWS

1.  D9705 CONFERENCE 2024

Having now attended 20 DISCONS since I became a member of CRC I can testify to the benefits of attending our annual DISCON.  It looks like with regionalisation that the 2024 DISCON could be the last.  Attendance to our DISCONS has been dropping for some time now even with the merging of D9700 and D9710 with over 2,000 members, the DISCONS have not been supported.

So do yourselves a favour and register for the 2024 DISCON in Mittagong.

2.  OUR TRACY UPDATE

We heard from Tracy Ochieng this week and Tracy is going well.

Tracy is looking to get a scholarship to study in Europe or the USA for her masters degree.  Tracy is not looking for help form our club and will move onwards with Kenyan Rotary clubs.  Tracy’s future is looking wonderful and we are very proud of her success to date.

 

January is Vocational Service Month

 

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for January 29th 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 29/01/2024

AUSTRALIA DAY 2024

This year the Australia Day celebrations were held at the new Matong Community Hall.

  • 2024 Australia Day Award Recipients & Official Opening of the Matong Community Hall.  Coolamon Shire Council celebrated Australia Day with a community breakfast hosted by the Advance Matong Committee at the new Matong Community Hall.
  • This year the Coolamon Shire welcomed our 2024 Australia Day Ambassador Mrs Sandra Ireson. Sandra is passionate about education and creating leadership and networking opportunities for women, especially in rural, regional and remote Australia.
  • Congratulations to all winners:
⭐️Citizen of the Year – Stephen Hatty
⭐️Young Citizen of the Year – Edward Hatty
⭐️Shane Till Memorial Sporting Achievement – Peter Corbett
⭐️Young Sportsperson of the Year – Riley Bradshaw
⭐️Community Event / Community Group – Advance Matong

Our own Mary Potts attended the Mawang Gaway community gathering in Wagga Wagga on January 26th at the CSU Riverina Playhouse.  The RC of Wagga Wagga Sunrise did some catering.

Mary sent in some photos of the event:

Meeting of Monday 29th January 2024

President John Bond welcomed 23 members and 7 guests which included Susan Glassford, Marilyn Jennings, Trish Truscott, Ruth Morgan, Sharon Miles, Vicky Langtry and Corey Higgins.  A great role up to hear Area Governor Garth Perkin talk on his trip to Cambodia.

President Bondy then opened the meeting up for general business which included:

  • Corey Higgins looking for volunteers with a RSA ticket to help on weekends.  There was no one in the club who had a current RSA certificate.
  • Henk Hulsman reported on the previous CRCTB 2024 telephone book committee’s meeting which went very well and Henk said that we are on target to start the selling of advertising space in the 2024 CRCTB.
  • Albert Suidgeest advised members and guest present that he now has 7 gardens for the Open Garden days to be held on Sunday 20th and Saturday 26th October.  These gardens included some town gardens and other larger gardens.  Leonie Farrelly has agreed to do Devonshire teas as part of her garden viewing.  Other gardens will include the Breust and the Exton gardens.
  • Mary Potts advised all members present that the January 1st membership fees are now due.
  • Daryl Breust advised the club that the Coolamon Junior Football club is looking for prizes for the 2024 season as of the 2023 season where we sponsored 2 weekly awards for the 18 rounds of football and netball.
  • The next Board meeting will be held on Monday 19th February at 5.15 pm.
  • The Junee Rotary Club’s Australian Army Band performance set for Sunday February 11th has been postponed.  A new date will be set for this event which we have been asked to support by our presence.

We then had a slide show by Garth on his recent visit to Cambodia.  The main reason was to support four schools there with personal support packs for young girls.  Our club did contribute $250 for these kits which make a huge difference to the lives of these young ladies.  Good on you Garth and here are some photos of his visit to Cambodia;

The meeting closed with the usual fines session by S@A Dick Jennings and Cpl. Garth Perkin.  The session was amusing and at times out of control with the antics of these two Rotarians.  The funniest fine was for the reason that Coolamon residents woke up to a “smelly” town which was due to 4000 tonnes of chook manure being spread over 1,000 acres belonging to one of our members, no names no pack drill!!!!

The raffle was won by Ted Hutcheon.  All in all an excellent evening with much laughter, banter and good fellowship.

 

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 5th February 2024 – Regular meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 12th February 2024 –  Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

  • Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

  • Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

 

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Above ACME CEO and his late wife.

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

 

January is Vocational Service Month

 

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
  • Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for January 22nd 2024

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 22/01/2024

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2023

From all accounts this year’s NYE street party and fireworks put on by our Coolamon Shire Council was a great success.  Our club and our volunteers played their part and Bear Brian Pattison gave a detailed report on the night.  Bear started by thanking the following volunteers:

  • Dick and Maree for the use of their cool room.
  • Anne for organising the food for the night.
  • Gary, Howard, Dick and of course Bear for working in the caravan.
  • The raffle tickets were sold by: Vicki, Grahame, Henk, Gary, Albert and his brother Michael, Paul, Leslie, Myffy, Bondy, Alex, Dick and Anne.  (I hope I did not miss anyone).

Bear also made a suggestion or two on how we can improve for the next NYE catering and raffle.  Bear feels that we could have sold a lot more raffle tickets if we had more volunteers to help sell the tickets.

Our thanks got to Vicky Langtry for obtaining the prizes with generous donations from Delta Ag, Riverina Coop and Bunnings.

 

Photos by Paul Weston

Meeting of Monday 22nd January 2024

President John Bond welcomed 18 members and one new member nominee in Vicky Langtry.  It was so good to be back together again after the holiday period.  Plenty of catching up was done with good banter and fellowship long after the meeting was over.

Bondy went over some of the discussions at the board meeting which was held before our weekly meeting.  These items included:

  • New Year’s Eve (See report at the start of this bulletin)
  • The Coolamon Community Chronicle
  • Our annual Christmas party.

Mary’s Treasurer’s report was also presented with the results of NYE.

The shared BBQ proceeds with Lions grossed $1994.00 costs of $1,423.00 Net $570.00

The raffle which was held over two days yielded a net result of $1,687.75, a great result.  Bondy thanked all who helped on the two days and especially Vicky Langtry for getting all the prizes donated for the wheel barrow, which was also donated.

The catering van sold out of steaks and sausages by 9.00pm which included the 450 sausages that we gave away to the children who attended.  We could have sold a lot more on the night as it was a good crowd with good weather.

Bear Brian Pattison spoke at length on NYE and that is in the start of this bulletin.

PE Adrian Lindner reminded those members on his upcoming board, that PETS this year is in 2 places, Batemans Bay on March 8th to March 10th and Cootamundra on March 22nd to March 24th.  Adrian will be going to the Batemans Bay PETS.  ALL members are welcome to attend and learn how Rotary works.

Albert Suidgeest spoke on the proposed Open Garden Days in October and that no gardens have been chosen as yet and asked members to look out for any outstanding gardens in Coolamon.

John G spoke about the CRC Telephone Book and that there will be a meeting of the CRCTB 2024 Committee very soon.  John also suggested that we look at going to the Bright Autumn Festival next year 2025 and we would need to start planning now.  Grahame Miles supported the idea.

We sang a belated happy birthday to Anne Rzeszkowski.

The evening meeting closed with a great fines session by the two characters in our club S@A Dick Jennings and his Corporal, Garth Perkin.  Great fun as always was had by all.

The raffle was won by Vicky even though Vicky drew her own ticket.

 

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 22nd January – 1st Board Meeting for 2024. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5:15 pm.

Monday 22nd January – 1st Regular Meeting for 2024. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Monday 29th January – Guest Speaker: Garth Perkin on his recent trip to Cambodia.  Bring your partners.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

 

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

* Partner’s night

 

 

JUST FOR LAUGHS

RABBIE BURNS NIGHT JANUARY 25th 2024

Those of us who have Scottish heritage will appreciate these stories on the haggis, neeps and tatties.

The Hunting of the Haggises by the esteemed artist A.I. McBing (1792-1866)

The cruelty of modern-day farm raised haggis

These days, thankfully, we can just go down to your local butcher or God forbid, Tesco, and purchase a farmed one from there.

 

Always ask for organic wild caught haggis if you can find it.

Douglas McTavish was a great haggis hunter but it was not until his later years before finally getting his quad in one single hunt. Here he is presenting his winning catch…

 

We talk a lot about haggis in this group, but less about the neeps – or indeed, the tatties. Pictured here is Hector McClure, who has been shovelling mashed potato from the falls of Tubermory for the last 80 years, come rain or shine, to make sure we have enough on our plates for Burns Night:

“Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the pudding-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm : Weel are ye wordy o’a grace As lang’s my arm”.

 

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1.  VOCATIONAL SERVICE

What is Vocational Service in Rotary?

The contribution of your vocational talents to the problems and needs of society. The values expressed in The 5-Way Test and the Declaration for Rotarians in Business and Professions, which promote high ethical standards in the workplace, a central theme of Rotary throughout its history.

Vocational Service is the essence of Rotary and serves as the foundation from which we serve our communities around the world. Vocational Service calls on us to empower others by using our unique skills and expertise to address community needs and help others acquire or refine skills and advance their professional opportunities.

Originally only one representative from each business or profession (vocation) was invited to join a club. Paul Harris felt that if several members of the same profession were to join, they would either sit together and “talk shop” or compete against each other for other members’ business. The idea of “trade-boosting” was gradually eliminated and by 1912, Rotarians were no longer required to exchange business with one another.

Of Rotary’s five Avenues of Service* – Club, Vocational, Community, New Generations and International – Vocational is difficult to define, so it is sometimes called the “Forgotten Avenue of Service”. One reason is Club, Community, International and Youth Service activities usually involve groups of Rotarians. They enjoy the fellowship of Club Service, the satisfaction of serving the needs of their communities, and the hope that their International Service promotes world peace and understanding. But Vocational Service – the second Avenue of Service — is generally conducted by individual members.

Vocational Service focuses on:

  • Adherence to and promotion of the highest ethical standards in all occupations, including fair treatment of employers, employees, associates, competitors, and the public.
  • The recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, not just those that are pursued by Rotarians.
  • The contribution of your vocational talents to solving the problems of society and meeting the needs of the community.

Rotary’s Vocational Service Month is a great time to start leveraging vocational service in club projects and activities. The Vocational Service in Action handbook can help you gain a better understanding of vocational service and provide you with ideas to practice it through your service activities, in your personal life, and in your career. Download the handbook and share it with your club members.

 

2.  RI PRESIDENT’S THEME 2024-2025

The RI President always announces their theme for their year as president at the International Assembly.  This is where all 560+ District Governors Elect go for training before the start of the upcoming Rotary year.  This year it was in Orlando Florida.

RIPE Stephanie Urchick announced that the 2024-25 presidential theme is The Magic of Rotary and called on members to recognize and amplify the organization’s power to save lives.

“Don’t misunderstand me – we are not going to end polio or bring peace to the world by waving a wand and saying some funny words,” Urchick told incoming district governors at the Rotary International Assembly on 8 January. “It’s up to you. You create the magic with every project completed, every dollar donated, and every new member.”

Urchick, a member of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA, said she saw the magic of Rotary on display when she was helping install water filters in the Dominican Republic. Two boys were watching as dirty water entered the filter, then ran out clean at the other end.

“One of the boys grabbed my sleeve and said, ‘Show me the magic again,’” she said. “Obviously, the water filter wasn’t magic. We worked hard to transport those filters, install them, and work with community leaders in the area to maintain them. But those boys knew that easy access to clean water would change their lives. Knowing that I played a small part in that certainly changed my life.”

 

January is Vocational Service Month

 

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

 

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

  • President: John Bond
  • President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
  • Secretary: Paul Weston
  • Treasurer: Mary Potts
  • Membership Director: Leslie Weston
  • Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
  • Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
  • Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
  • Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
  • Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
  • Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
  • Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
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