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Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #42
LAST BULLETIN FOR 2014-2015
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH
During June, Rotarians celebrate the fellowship of Rotary. Family and friends of Rotarians, as well as Rotarians, focus on their relationships. There are many opportunities to join Rotary Fellowships around the world which cater to different interests. Join a Fellowship Today!
Welcome to BREW Fellowship
The purpose of this fellowship is to foster and encourage fellowship between and among Rotarians of all nations who have a love for Beer and through this fellowship support international projects of the Rotary Foundation.
MEETING MONDAY JUNE 29th. 2015
COOLAMON'S 44th CHANGE OVER DINNER
We had our 44th Change Over dinner last night and well attended with 88 people in all. Including;
The Hon Michael McCormack Federal member of parliament for the Riverina
Mayor Councilor John Seymour and Margaret Seymour for the Coolamon Shire
District Governor's Representative PDG Fred Loneragan and Rae Loneragan.
District Governor Elect Gary Roberts and Marilyn Roberts.
Assistant Governor Alan Sharp and Nona Sharp
The following Rotary Clubs were represented:
Wagga Wagga Kooringal, Wagga Wagga Sunrise, Junee, Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee, Lockhart and Wollundry.
Coolamon Lions Club.
Music by Gabrielle and Olivia.
We welcome President Wayne Lewis as our latest President to lead this great club.
Here are some photos from the night including the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow to Past President Garth Perkin, congratulations Garth and of course to Marg.
Many thanks to all of those who helped make the night a huge success.
President Wayne Lewis 2015-2016
Diary Reminders
Monday July 6th President Wayne Lewis 1st Meeting.*Monday,
Thursday July 9th BINGO: Roster Paul Weston Capt., Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett and Leslie Weston.
Friday July 18th Up2Date Art Exhibition Opening Night Details Follow.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The answer to the puzzle last week was 87 did you get it right?
WHY?
The Fridge
One morning at a doctor 's clinic a well built man arrives complaining of severe
back pain, the doctor examines him and asks OK what happened to your
back?
The patient replies "you know that I... work as a bouncer for a local night club? This morning I got home to my apartment early and heard a noise in my bedroom. On entering I knew someone had been with my wife and the balcony door was open. I rushed out the balcony door and did not find anyone.
As I looked down from the balcony I saw a man running out and he was dressing himself.
I grabbed the fridge and threw it at him. That's how I strained my back"The 2nd patient arrives looking as if he has been in a car wreck.
The doctor said "My previous patient looked bad, but you look terrible. What the hell happened to you?"
He replied, "You know I have been unemployed for a while now. Today was the first day at my new job. I forgot to set my alarm and was running late. I was running out of the building, getting dressed at the same time, and you wont believe it but I was hit by a fridge."Then the 3rd patient arrives;
He even looks worse than the other two patients do and shivering like a reed.
The doctor is now shocked.
Again asks, "What the hell happened to you.....!!?""Well, it started like this.... I was sitting in my neighbor's fridge"
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
President Gary Huang signs off with a series of videos of his year visiting many many countries. Here is the visit to India.
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and District 3230 Governor I.S.A.K. Nazar (left) are presented with a certificate from Guinness World Records for the new record of the largest human national flag.
India Creates History Guinness World Record Achieved at Chennai
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang has chosen 13 of his favorite Rotary Days videos, which were presented during the closing plenary of the convention in São Paulo. You can view all of the videos here:
http://ow.ly/Om8Kb #RotaryDays
INTRODUCING THE INCOMING RI PRESIDENT:
RIPE Ravi Ravindran from the RC Of Colombo Sri Lanka.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
Thank you DG David for your service in the past Rotary year as our Governor.
Our club is going from strength to strength with our membership, we have lit up Coolamon and surrounds and our future looks good.
Thank you also for your support of our joint club project, The Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb, with Wagga Wagga Sunrise.
Thank you also for helping us establish RAGES and we have work to do with this Action Group.
All our members wish you well in Rotary and we look forward to seeing you at our club again one day.
INTRODUCING DG GARY ROBERTS AND MARILYN ROBERTS.
My Gift Wall in my Rotary office at home.
Thanks to all the great ideas from District Changeover. Gary
Thanks to all the great ideas from District Changeover. Gary
ROTARY INFORMATION
EARLY CANCER DETECTION IS SAVING LIVES IN SRI LANKA
Susan Jackson (center), of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, greets staff at the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre. It's the only national facility dedicated to the detection and prevention of cancer.
Photo Credit: Rotary International/Alyce Henson
More than 20,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Sri Lanka, and many of them prove fatal. The Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, set out 10 years ago to save some of those lives by establishing the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre.
In partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme and the Ministry of Health, the center in Colombo has screened more than 35,000 patients, mostly low-income, and detected more than 7,500 cases of abnormalities that required further investigation. The Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, donated a mammography and ultrasound scanner to the center’s breast cancer screening facility.
The Colombo Rotary club is seeking to open early detection clinics in other easily accessible locations throughout Sri Lanka.
Learn more about Rotary’s work in preventing disease
ONLY IN AFRICA
FOOTNOTE
THANKS GARTH ONCE A ROOSTER NOW A FEATHER DUSTER BUT STILL ALIVE!
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
Elephants are worth 76 times more alive than dead
Africa's elephants are under siege. Driven by foreign demand for ivory, poachers are killing these iconic animals faster than they can reproduce. More than 120,000 African elephants were poached from 2010 to 2013, and on average, one is now killed every 15 minutes somewhere across the continent.
The motivation for this carnage is the high price of ivory: A pair of elephant tusks can bring in about $21,000 on the black market. But according to a new report by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's iWorry campaign, every living elephant can generate $1.6 million for its local economy by attracting eco-tourists. In other words, a live elephant is worth 76 times more than a dead one.
Read more:
RAGES WEB SITE
PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME 02 6927 6027.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Websites of Interest
Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com
Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/
Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub
Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/
Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#
Our Rotary Club is located in Coolamon NSW Australia. Feel free to look around and see what we are about!