Meeting of 26 September
In lieu of our weekly meeting, we visited the E H Graham Centre field site to walk through Leslie Weston’s crop and weed plots. Coolamon Rotarians making the tour were Don Dyce, John Bond, John Glassford (and partner Susan) and Paul Weston. The plots were in fantastic shape because of the abundant winter rain and the fastidious groundskeeping by Leslie’s field staff. We saw plots that demonstrated the impact of varieties of legumes, canola and wheat on weed growth. This differences were quite striking and will provide useful information for growers looking to limit growth of weeds with reduced herbicide usage. Approximately 30 visitors were on hand to view the plots and learn about alternative cultural practices that require lower inputs of herbicide. After the tour, we retired to the NaLSH (National Life Sciences Hub) at the CSU campus, where we saw some of the laboratory facilities that Leslie uses in conducting her lab-based research and were treated to some fabulous cheese and sausage nibblies. It was a nice evening and a rare opportunity to see a different sort of working place.
At top, serious Rotarians John G, John B and Don D ponder the deeper meaning of life. The middle pic above shows the range of visitors to the twilight tour, while Leslie (at bottom) explains what visitors are meant to see.
Don’t forget Gears and Beers!
Gears and Beers will be going off on Sunday, so all club members are reminded to show up at their designated posts on Sunday morning. Bring your hi-vis vest if you’ve got one, and don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday morning!
On the lighter side
The vision of youth
A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, ‘I’m drawing God.’
The teacher paused and said, ‘But no one knows what God looks like.’
Without looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, ‘They will in a minute.’
The Puzzler
A man who lives on the tenth floor of an apartment building takes the lift down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he returns, he goes to his floor directly if it is a rainy day or if there are other people in the lift. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why?
Answer to last week’s puzzler: The population will fill the dish at 12:44 because the population doubles every minute; at 12:43 the dish was half full, so it will be full one minute later. The trick to this one is to disregard the past history of the dish and focus on the future!
Diary
Sunday, 2 October: Gears & Beers. Contact Don Dyce if you’re not sure where/when you’re meant to be posted.
Monday, 3 October: No meeting (public holiday).
Friday, 7 October: Trivia Night benefit for Owen & Narelle Hawthorn. St. Michael’s School. Watch for details.
Monday, 10 October: Regular meeting*. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club. 6:30 for 7 pm. Guest speaker: John Piltz (topic: the local drug problem).
Sunday, 16 October: President’s Forum and D9700 AGM, Young.
Monday, 17 October: Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club. 6:30 for 7 pm.
Wednesday, 19 October: Board meeting. Dyce/Farmer residence. 7 pm.
Saturday, 22 October: Hospital Fete. Details to come.
Monday, 24 October: Visit from Butch Liebenberg and partner from Hout Bay Rotary, South Africa. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club. 6:30 for 7 pm.
Monday, 7 November: AGM. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club. 6:30 for 7 pm.
Saturday, 26 November: Street Raffle.
25-26 Feb, 2017: Presidents-Elect Training (Paul Weston), Young.
17-19 March, 2017: District 9700 Conference, Orange.
30 April, 2017: District 9700 Assembly (All Directors), Young.
10-14 June, 2017: Rotary International Convention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
*Partners and Guests Night
Apologies for Monday meetings: call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12:00 pm.