N. B. To all members our Annual General Meeting is set for Monday 11th November.

N.B. Change of programme: *Monday 25th November – Guest speaker Inspector Jill Gibson from the Wagga Wagga Police Local Area  Command:  Inspector Jill’s talk will be on domestic violence.

Meeting of Monday 28th. October 2024

Acting President Mary Potts welcomed 20 members to our Silly Hat Dinner in aid of mental health. President Adrian is away on holiday.

There were several outstanding hats tonight including the nun serving wine!

Before our Q & A with Albert Suidgeest we had some general business to discuss including:

• Mary Potts reported on the results of the Open Garden Days which showed a return of $7,700.  In particular the devonshire teas were a great success.
• Daryl Breust thanked everyone who volunteered and said that the melanoma bands were well received.  Daryl pointed out that these bands DO save lives.
• Paul Weston reported on the last board meeting and among the items approved by the board was the future of the Coolamon Community Chronicle.  The board decided to terminate our printer contract and to have Active print take on the printing.  The extra cost to do this is minimal and sustainable.
• Paul also advised the meeting that our club will be approaching qualified organisations in our area to become Rotary Corporate members of our club.  The board also approved a donation of $400 to the Anglican Church.
• Members present would like a certification of appreciation to the 6 owners of the open garden days.  It was also suggested that we send a letter of thanks to the volunteers who are not members of our club for their work.
• Grahame Miles said that the Shire turned down our request for financial support for the Chronicle.
• Grahame miles reported that a quick survey over the Garden days showed that 50% came from Coolamon and 16% from Wagga Wagga.  The viewers in the main learned about the days from Social Media, Instagram and Facebook 40%, the flyer 20% and the Chronicle 15%.  Word of mouth and 2AAA made up the rest.

After dinner Acting President Mary interviewed PP Albert Suidgeest in a Q&A format.

Albert’s answers were as follows:

• Favourite TV: Live Football AFL
• Favourite Actor: Morgan Freeman
• Best Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Animal or bird: Wedge Tail Eagle
• As an Olympian: Discus, javelin and the 100 metre sprint
• Cars? Not into cars
• Holidays: Africa in particular.
• Things we don’t know about Albert:  He gets very nervous with public speaking
• Future Rotary projects:  Wealth distribution and working on the energy problems of the world.
• Dinner Date:  Marcus Bontempelli from the Western Bulldogs.
• Coolamon Needs: Better environmental planning with long term benefits.
• PM For a Day: Albert would look to implement free preschool for 3-4 year olds.  AND to get more respect for our teachers.

Well done Mary and thank you Albert for your answers.

Here is a gallery of the hats worn last night all in all a great effort from our members to join in the fun.  We donated our raffle money tonight to Australian Rotary Health.

The silly hats judges nominated:

1.  Ian Jennings
2. Gary Truscott
3. Grahame Miles

A very happy and fun filled meeting ended on time which gave us an opportunity for some good fellowship.  Well done Mary most enjoyable night.

SECOND COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB’S OPEN GARDEN DAY 

Saturday Sunday we held our second day of the two days for our Open Garden Days project.  There were 6 gardens on display in and around Coolamon.  This week I have some photos from the Breusts’, Extons’ and Lorraine Farrelly’s gardens.

Jann and Daryl Breusts’ garden is outstanding and the photos don’t do it justice.  Here are some photos in gallery mode.

Six Miles from Coolamon is Jananee Station.  The farm of Kellie and Anthony Exton.  So good to see a local farmers’ garden and it is a lovely peaceful place.  The fire pit looks inviting for cool nights some photos see if you can spot the fly!!!!

Here are a few random photos from other members, includes Lorraine Farrelly’s garden below:

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*Monday 25th November – Guest speaker Inspector Jill Gibson from the Wagga Wagga Police Local Area  Command:  Inspector Jill’s talk will be on domestic violence.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 2nd December – Guest speaker Robert Shore District Governor Elect, District 9705, Rotary regionalisation.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Guests welcome bring your partners and friends.

Happy Haggis Halloween.

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS.

Rotary Club of Wahroonga, NSW, hosted a spectacular Hat Day meeting on Wednesday, 25 September, raising much needed funds and awareness for ARH to support vital research into mental health disorders. Well done for their splendid effort and wonderful results!

Rotary Club of Canberra Sundowners, ACT, showcased a colourful array of hats at their weekly meeting on Tuesday, 1 October to help lift the lid on mental illness. Thank you to the team for their commendable efforts and super creative hats!

Thank you to Rotary Club of Altona City, VIC, for their tremendous support of our Hat Day campaign on Tuesday, 1 October. Members showcased a bright and creative hat display at the Kooringal Golf Club, raising over $1000 for research into mental health disorders!

On Saturday, 5 October Rotary Club of Mount Isa South West, QLD, lit up their local shopping centre with a spectacular Hat Day parade, where Members decorated hats with children from the community, having fun and raising funds for research into mental health disorders.

Congratulations to Rotary Club of East Maitland, NSW, for their Hat Day event at El Chapos Restaurant! The gathering not only raised awareness for mental health disorders but also provided the opportunity for Members to engage and foster meaningful discussions around the Rotary mission.

Hats off to Rotary Club of Walkerville, SA, for hosting their most successful Art Show on Saturday, 12 October! A majority of the artwork was sold, with proceeds generously donated to support ARH’s research into mental health disorders.

Well done to the Members of Rotary Club of Highton Inc ,VIC, who held their Hat Day event on Saturday, 12 October! They don’t mind having fun and looking a little silly to raise funds research into mental illness!

Rotary Club of Maitland Sunrise Inc, NSW, dedicated their meeting on Thursday, 24 October to “Lifting the Lid on Mental Illness,” with Members wearing fun hats and sparking joy while raising awareness around mental health issues in the community.

Rotary Club of Westbury brought together their vibrant community at the Westbury Town Common for a walk, followed by a delicious morning tea and sausage sizzle. Much fun was had with prizes for the most creative hats!

Take a look at how much fun Rotary Club of Townsville Sunrise is having during their Hat Day event on Saturday, 12 October. A heartfelt thank you to all Members for their generous support in raising awareness and funds for mental health research.

A big thank you to Rotary Club of Kenthurst, NSW, for hosting their Hat Day on Monday, October 14! We loved seeing all the creative hats worn by members and guests—it’s wonderful to see everyone having such a great time. Well done to all involved!

The ARH Head Office Team celebrating Hat Day during World Mental Health Day by sporting their boldest and brightest hats! We would also like to thank all Rotary Clubs who took part in this wonderful initiative to raise funds and awareness for research into mental health illness!

OCTOBER IS ROTARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

N. B. To all members our Annual General Meeting is set for Monday 11th November.

Meeting of Monday 21st. October 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 20 members, 1 partner Lorraine Hamilton and 11 guests including; Helen Jordan guest of Bernadette, Wayne Rushton guest of Ted, Kay and Alan Heighway from the Sutherland Rotary Club, Dave Fox Marrar, Veronika and Ben Mier from Coolamon, Pradeep Rai and Sosheel Godfrey from the CSU.

We had as our guest speaker tonight.  Dan Fox, from Marrar, Australian Innovation Farmer of the Year.  On Regenerative agriculture and its link to food/health.

Before our guest speaker we had some general business to discuss including:

• Daryl Breust with a report on the recent Gears & Beers weekend.  Daryl thanked all of our volunteers who helped on the day and advised us that Wollundry RC will be visiting soon for a debrief.  Daryl said there were 2000 ANZAC biscuits made, and thanked all who helped bake them.  As well special thanks to Albert for getting the water sorted.
• Albert Suidgeest sent round a roster for members to volunteer to man th egates at Saturday’s Open garden Day.
• Grahame Miles asked us all to volunteer for the roster as it is embarrassing to ask non-members to help out.  We have enough members to man all 6 gates in the two time slots.
• Mary Potts gave a brief report on the funds raised so far from the Open Garden Day 1.

Guest Speaker Dan Fox (above), was introduced by Ian Jennings.  Dan’s talk was very interesting and informative even for non-farmers in our club.  There were some very sobering information on the effect of climate change and what can be done in broad scale farming to help to combat the fact that climate change is real and has to be addressed.

THERE’s a quiet revolution taking place on farms across Australia thanks to people like Dan Fox – one of thousands of Australian farmers taking action on climate change by transforming the health of their soils.

Over the past 20 years Australian farmers have redefined conventional farming methods, with an over-riding focus on soil health allowing farmers to store and sequester large amounts of carbon in their land.

The shift towards healthier soils, combined with ground-breaking innovation enabling lower fuel and synthetic fertiliser use, means Australian farmers are leading the way in tackling climate change.

Changes made on the Fox farm in recent years include the purchase of new machinery which has enabled practice changes to retain more soil moisture and build carbon levels below the ground.

“Our mothers and grandmothers taught us to put straw mulch on the home gardens to protect the soil from the sun, keep the weeds out and keep the moisture in,” Dan said.

“That’s exactly what we are aiming to do with our system, except our garden is the big paddocks on the outside of the house yard.”

Here are some photos from last night’s talk by Dan.

The Shelbourne stripper front above plays an important role in the harvest leaving the straw almost intact!

Shelbourne Stripper in action.

Single disc seeders set at 6.5″ apart sowing into stubble.

All the residue is left in the paddock and then after harvest the stubble is rolled so that it can break down and add carbon to the soil.

Here is more information on the Fox family in Marrar.

Where REAL Climate Action Happens | Dan Fox, Marrar, NSW

Thanks you Dan and Barry Langtry gave dan a vote of thanks for his talk.

We did not have a S@A session and the raffle prizes were won by Lorraine hamilton, Alex Thompson and Bruce Hamilton.  All in all a busy informative evening followed by some excellent fellowship.

Next Monday night we have a social evening with Albert Suidgeest in the HOT seat as we get to know our member.  It is also Lift the Lid Silly Hat Day.  So please wear a silly or elegant hat to raise funds for Australian Rotary Health.

FIRST COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB’S OPEN GARDEN DAY 

Sunday we held our first day of two days for our Open Garden Days project.  There were 6 gardens on display in and around Coolamon.  Albert Suidgeest and his committee have done a great job and we will do it all again next Saturday.  In the meantime here are some photos from Sunday.  Thanks to Grahame Miles and Adrian Lindner for some of the photos.  The photos of Jill’s garden feature and it is a fun garden using some wonderful imagination. The young children that visited loved it!

Above the welcome at Jill’s garden so many lovely surprises are to be found in this garden.

Our Rotary volunteers, well 4 of them, Myffy, Bern, Wendy and Adrian.

Above Merilyn Hutcheon brought her sister Rosalie and grandchildren along.

One of our hosts Kellie Exton with daughter Audrey. Thanks Kellie!

Above three photos are from the garden of Natalie and Emma.

This garden above belongs to Telea and Anthony

The following photos are from Jill’s eclectic garden such a lot of fun and imagination.

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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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website or the link below in pdf:

CRC Program 24-25 UPDATE

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing Day TWO.

 

Saturday  26th October TRUNK or TREAT Ganmain Park 11.30am

Time to start thinking about your costumes kids!! Something different this year… Decorate your car boot & you could win a prize! Please note parents need to supervise their children for this event

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

*Monday 28th October – Social Night with get to Know Your Member Abert Suidgeest in the HOT seat.  It is also SILLY HAT DAY so wear a colourful elegant hat to raise funds for Lift the Lid on mental Illness.

LIFT THE LID

*Monday 4th November – Guest Speaker Meeting. Sue Gordon Secretary Young RC on Rotary Youth Exchange.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 11th November: CRC Board Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 pm. SHARP Please.

Monday 11th November: CRC AGM Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 18th November: Guest speaker John Livermore President, Young Rotary: Cyber security and IT tips Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 25th November – Social Night with get to Know Your Member.

*Monday 2nd December – Guest speaker Robert Shore District Governor Elect, District 9705, Rotary regionalisation.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Guests welcome bring your partners and friends.

It appears Haggis Eggs are now available on Supermarket shelves on the run up to Christmas and Burns night.

ROTARY NEWS.

THE POLIO SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.

A son recalls his father’s great medical achievement

By Dr. Peter L. Salk

Illustrations by Cristian Barba Camarena

I have been president of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation since its founding in 2009. As you can imagine, focusing my attention in that role on the legacy of my father’s many contributions to humanity — including his creation of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, just up the road in La Jolla on a bluff overlooking California’s magnificent Pacific Coast — has a special significance for me.

My father, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the first polio vaccine, was born in New York City on 28 October 1914, exactly three months after the beginning of World War I. From his earliest days, he was someone who wanted to do something to be helpful to humanity. That impulse and drive may have come in part from an incident that was imprinted in his memory when he was a little boy.

FULL STORY HERE

WORLD POLIO DAY INFORMATION.

One Day. One Focus:  Ending Polio

World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good.

All donations are matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact!

OCTOBER IS ROTARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Month of September 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from September.

Bulletin for Monday 08/09/2024

Bulletin for Week for 2 Weeks Monday 15/09/2024 & 22/09/2024

Bulletin for  30/09/2024

Meeting of Monday 14th October 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 21 members, 2 partners, Maureen and Susan and 7 guests including Ruth Morgan, Leo de Kroo with Marianne, Carla Gash and Louis Marangon from Gigi, as well Bruce Wooten from the Coolamon Mens’ Shed.

We had Tony Donoghue as our guest speaker tonight. Tony is the General Manager of the Coolamon Shire Council.

Mick O’Brien gave a short presentation on the upcoming fund raising event for the Ganmain & Coolamon Hospital Auxiliary.  This Saturday there will be a bus going to the Races in Wagga at the MTC.  The cost will be $50 per person and includes the bus trip, free entry a welcome drink and the aim is to raise $1,000.

Garth Perkin introduced Tony, Garth first met Tony when he was the Building Surveyor for the council about toilets in Garth and Marg’s shops.  Tony grew up in Junee left when he was 17 and went to the city Sydney, the Central Coast and worked in the mines in WA eventually returning to Parkes and then to Coolamon where he became the Building Surveyor in 2001.  In 2014 Tony took over from Terry Kiss as the GM.

Tony gave a detailed and informative talk on the past and the future of the Shire.  There are 9 Councillors who all work well with the staff under Tony’s guidance.  Tony then covered so many topics it was hard to keep up; these included:

• Every 4 years the Community Strategic Plan is released which is not a Council publication.  This plan includes policing, health and other agencies that affect the Shire.
• Tony praised Courtney Armstrong, the Executive Manager, Corporate and Community Service, Tony said that Courtney was the very best accountant for our Shire.
• Tony emphasised how our council works within the annual budget and does a great job with providing the services that are needed in the Shire while keeping rates down.
• Council prepares a 4 year plan based on a 10 year forecast.  That is they are a far seeing Council.
• Tony said that the town of Coolamon is growing and has grown from 1400 to 2500 in a short time.  The Shire itself now has a population of 4,350.
• Coolamon Shire Council is and has developed land for a commercial industrial park, sub-divisions North of Coolamon and 7 building blocks in Ganmain.
• Tony went on to describe the potential of the Coolamon Showgrounds for harness racing with a 1600m track which is highly desirable.  Talk is for 220 stables and the development is being discussed with Harness Racing NSW, CSU and the State Government.
• Tony emphasised that we need the community behind any developments and any ideas are always considered and are essential for the future of our Shire.  Hence the need for advance committees such as Advance Ganmain.
• One are of great importance to all residents is the health sector.  This Shire is blessed by the facilities we have in our Shire.  This is one area which Tony went into great detail about.
• They are looking at increasing the number of beds for emergency stay over beds from 2 to 20, as well as increasing the aged care beds from 12 to 32.

There were many questions from members and guests and it was heartening to hear that the future of our Shire is in good hands.  Thank you Tony!

We had an excellent meeting and had a brief discussion on the upcoming Open Garden Days starting this Sunday.  A roster was prepared and here is a plan of the open gardens:

Contact Albert and the committee to volunteer please.  The gardens will be open from 11.00am to 4.00pm.

Garth Perkin handed out a flyer for the combined Sydney and Wagga Rugby male choirs upcoming Thursday October 24th in Wagga.

THE 2024 CRC TELEPHONE BOOK

The 2024 CRC Telephone Book is now at the printers and we will have 2,000 copies printed soon.  The book will then be available at various outlets as well as being sent via the Australia Post mail out for our Shire.  Well done to all who contributed their time to produce this edition.

REPORT GEARS & BEERS OCTOBER 6th October 2024

PP Daryl Breust did another excellent job of the annual Gears & Beers Dirty 130 and the 105 that came through our Shire on Sunday.  Volunteers working at the ANZAC Biscuits and Melon HQ i.e. Lions Park and on the road and manning intersections included; Henk Hulsman, Don Dyce, Garth Perkin, John Glassford, Ted  Hutcheon, Brian Pattison, Mark Reardon, Barry Langtry, Gary Truscott, Bernadette Milne, Dick Jennings, Myffy Collette, Grahame Miles, John Nulty, Lexi Furner, Mary Potts, Jann Breust, Annie Rzeszkowski, and Marilyn Jennings.  I probably missed some!  Here are some photos sent in by Daryl, Mary, Sharon Miles, Wollundry RC and JJG. Remember to click on the image in the gallery below to get a larger version.

Postscript:

‘Really lucky’: Gears and Beers rider revived after on-course cardiac arrest

Credit and full story in The Daily Advertiser Monday 7th October 2024

GANMAIN TWILIGHT MARKETS FRIDAY 11th OCTOBER

Congratulations to the organisers of the Ganmain Twilight Markets held on Friday night.  There were some excellent stalls and food available.  We arrived a bit late however there were still a lot of people there and it started at 3.00pm.

The disco in the Ganmain Hall for the children was a great idea and a huge hit with the young ones.

The street was full with many people from outside of Ganmain and I did not see many from Coolamon. It was hard to get a car park and  Ford Street was closed.

 

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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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website or the link below in pdf:

CRC Program 24-25 UPDATE

Monday 14th October – Board Meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 pm. SHARP Please.

*Monday 14th October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Tony Donoghue Coolamon Shire Council GM.   On Strategy and vision of the Shire.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday October 20th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

*Monday 21st. October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Dan Fox, Australian Innovation Farmer of the Year.  On Regenerative agriculture and its link to food/health.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing Day TWO.

Saturday  26th October TRUNK or TREAT Ganmain Park 11.30am

Time to start thinking about your costumes kids!! Something different this year… Decorate your car boot & you could win a prize!   Please note parents need to supervise their children for this event

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

Monday 28th October – Social Night with get to Know Your Member.

*Monday 4th November – Guest Speaker Meeting. Sue Gordon Secretary Young RC on Rotary Youth Exchange.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 11th November: CRC Board Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 pm. SHARP Please.

Monday 11th November: CRC AGM Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

JUST FOR LAUGHS SOMETHING DIFFERENT;

The Wildlife Haggis Foundation in Scotland are doing great work in sustainable farming of the wild haggis.

One of the areas that will surprise and enlighten our wool growers is that wild haggis are rounded up at shearing time and they sent me some photos of the wild haggis being shorn.

Below: Scotland’s Beautiful Ancient Art of haggis shearing.

Above: Wonderful haggis wool so comfortable and getting scarce.

ROTARY NEWS.

ROTARY FOUNDATION 7 AREAS OF FOCUS.

The Rotary Foundation’s Seven Areas of Focus, which are more about WHO we serve and our causes:

As we enter October our monthly theme is one of the 7 areas of focus of our Rotary Foundation being:

Community & Economic Development.

7 Areas of Focus

The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have identified seven areas of focus for Global Grants. These areas reflect critical humanitarian issues and needs that Rotarians are addressing worldwide. They will align Rotary with other international development efforts and will strategically further the mission of The Rotary Foundation.

Statements of purpose and goals

Each of the seven areas of focus begins with a statement of purpose, followed by a list of specific goals. The Rotary Foundation will use the goals to establish:

• Projects and activities for global grants
• Possible strategic partners for global grants
• Evaluation criteria for club- and district-developed global grants
• A system for measuring outcome for all global grants

Areas of focus

1. Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
2. Disease Prevention and Treatment
3. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
4. Maternal and Child Health
5. Basic Education and Literacy
6. Community Economic Development
7. Protecting Our Environment

OCTOBER IS ROTARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for W/e September 30th. 2024

GUESS WHERE MARY WAS:

OR:

OR:

P.S. The WESTONS were WINNERS in WEST WYALONG last WEEKEND!

Meeting of Monday 30th September 2024

This Monday we had our 5th Monday evening as a social with little of Rotary business being discussed.  We had our evening at a private party at the new winery in Coolamon:  Methuselah Estate Coolamon.

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 23 members and around 12 partners and guests.  Thanks to Dick Jennings for organising the social evening at this exceptional winery.  It was also wonderful to welcome Sarah Collins back from Victoria.  Sarah is visiting her father John Bond during the school holidays.

We had a great two course dinner catered by Simone and it was very much appreciated by all who attended.  Albert thanked Simone for the dinner.  Dick Jennings then introduced our host Rod (Freddie) Furner.  Rod gave us a brief history of his connections to Coolamon and his goals for the future.  Rod did say that they will not be open for 12 months until the council seals the entry road in Pykes Lane.

This is a beautiful building with excellent craftsmanship using mainly local tradespeople.  The stone work on the columns and walls is outstanding.

President Adrian then thanked Rod Furner for his hospitality and Dick Jennings for organising the event.

Welcome back Sarah so good to see you again.

We then had some business to discuss in the main the upcoming Gears and Beers weekend on Sunday the long weekend in October.  Daryl Breust outlined the roster of our members and advised all volunteers to be at Lions Park from 7.30am on Sunday morning before they go to their posts. N.B. SUNDAY October 6th daylight saving begins with our clocks going forward by one hour!!!!! So volunteers need to get up an hour earlier.

Daryl thanked the volunteers who made the ANZAC biscuits for the participants of Gears & Beers these included Jann Breust, Annie and Myffy.  Daryl reminded us all that after the Gears & Beers event on Sunday that we are all welcome to the Beers part of the festival in Wagga.

Grahame Miles spoke on the upcoming evening at the Ganmain Hall on Friday 4th October.

Albert Suidgeest had a guessing competition question for us to answer with our replies hand written on a piece of paper.  The questions were how to spell Annie’s name and the date of her birthday.  The only clue was that there were two Zs.  Lexi won 1st prize and Mary won the second prize.

All in all another very pleasant evening with good food and good friends.

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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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website or the link below in pdf:

CRC Program 24-25 UPDATE

Sunday October 6th – Gears & Beers.   Wollundry RC. Website

Monday 7th October – NO MEETING (October long weekend).

*Monday 14th October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Tony Donoghue Coolamon Shire Council GM.   On Strategy and vision of the Shire.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday October 20th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

*Monday 21st. October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Dan Fox, Australian Innovation Farmer of the Year.  On Regenerative agriculture and its link to food/health.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing Day TWO.

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

Monday 28th October – Social Night with get to Know Your Member.

*Monday 4th November – Guest Speaker Meeting. Sue Gordon Secretary Young RC on Rotary Youth Exchange.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 11th November: CRC Board Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

Monday 11th November: CRC AGM Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

ROTARY HISTORY

Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships.

Over time, Rotary’s reach and vision gradually extended to humanitarian service. Members have a long track record of addressing challenges in their communities and around the world.

Paul Harris
Rotary founder

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The first Rotary Club was formed when attorney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business acquaintances in downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris’s friend Gustave Loehr’s office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905.  In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this first meeting. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other’s offices, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place.

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

The First Four Rotarians.

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My favourite banner exchange in Chicago at the centenary of RI Convention.

SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for W/e September 22nd. 2024

GUESS WHERE MARY IS:

Meeting of Monday 16th September 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 22 members, 5 partners and 17 guests too numerous to mention here.

President Adrian welcomed back a very sun tanned Albert and then all our guests were introduced to the meeting.

We had Arron Hutcheon as our guest speaker tonight. Arron is Managing Director of Hutcheon & Pearce.

There was very little Rotary business discussed tonight apart form the details of our 5th Monday Social night.  Dick Jennings has arranged for a private party at the at the new winery in Coolamon:  Methuselah Estate Coolamon.

Dinner will be catered for by Simone Macalister and will be $25 per head which includes roast lamb and sticky date or apple crumble as derets.  It is a BYO event.

After dinner Ted Hutcheon introduced his son Arron.  Ted said that Arron went to Coolamon Central School and then to Yanco Agricultural High School.  Ted noted that Brian Roberts the former principal of Yanco Ag High School was present.  Brian is also a member of teh Kooringal RC.  Ted went onto say that Arron was offered an apprenticeship with Hutcheon & Pearce.

Arron’s talk began with a history of Hutcheon & Pearce. Which can be found here:

Hutcheon & Pearce History 

“Just like many of our customers we are a generational family business since 1953, when my diesel mechanic grandfather George acquired “J.R Ritchie” of Coolamon, in partnership with Cec Pearce.”

Above: PP George Hutcheon at our 40th Birthday

Arron went onto say that he bought the business of his father ted in 2010 and his the 3rd generation of Hutcheons that run the company.  In 2010 they had 6 outlets with 100 staff today this has grown to 20 outlets and 560 staff.  When they expanded out West and in particular Griffith the cotton industry had a huge impact on their growth.

Their continued success owes a lot to their far sighted management using technology to the fullest advantage i.e. a call centre to assist their customers.  They have won several awards including the John Deere Dealership of the year.

One of the most interesting parts of Arron’s talk was on technology and the next 5 years.  They now employ more IT people than mechanical engineers.  Some of these innovations by John Deere include:

• Smart applications of sprays which can identify the fruit or weed and hence save up to 70% in using the old method.
• Driving the tractor using an APP on your mobile phone
• Sense and sct technology.
• Digital tools.
• Electrification of tractors EV and anything over 100 hp becomes economically viable.  Even lawn mowers will be electrified and at the Henty Field Days they will be unveiling one such mower.

Arron then answered many questions from the audience.

Ian Jennings gave Arron a vote of thanks on behalf our our guests and members present.

Thank you Grahame for the above two photos.

We had a raffle with three prizes 1st prize was won by Brian Roberts.

All in all a wonderful night of learning and above all fellowship.

MARRAR MADNESS  SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

That was one of our community services that was so impressive.  So many cars for us to look after and thanks to the volunteers: Bear, Ian, Henk, Myffy, Bruce, Dick, Adrian, Alex, Annie, JJG, Daryl and Gary.  I hope that I got that right as I only saw Bear and Alex.

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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website or the link below in pdf:

CRC Program 24-25 UPDATE

*Monday 23rd September – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Louise Graham from CDAT Community Drug Action Team.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 30th September – Social Night (5th Monday).  Private party at the new winery in Coolamon:  Methuselah Estate Coolamon

Sunday October 6th – Gears & Beers.   Wollundry RC. Website

Monday 7th October – NO MEETING (October long weekend).

*Monday 14th October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Tony Donoghue Coolamon Shire Council GM.   On Strategy and vision of the Shire.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday October 20th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

*Monday 21st. October – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Dan Fox, Australian Innovation Farmer of the Year.  On Regenerative agriculture and its link to food/health.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing Day TWO.

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

Monday 28th October – Social Night with get to Know Your Member.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION & EDUCATION

More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.

Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.

Rotary Club pairs students with celebrity and CEO mentors

Inside the inn’s restaurant, Jackie Huie sits at a corner table explaining the student mentoring program that the Rotary Club of St. Joseph & Benton Harbor started a decade ago – a program that has helped more than 400 local high school students learn more about their dream careers by connecting them with professionals in those fields.

The exposure to community service that the program provides has led students to start Interact clubs at six local schools, including one at St. Joseph High School that has about 150 members. As the Rotarians work their connections to find mentors for students, they have strengthened the bonds between the 140-member Rotary club and its community. And in small ways, the program is even building bridges between St. Joseph and its “twin city” across the St. Joseph River – Benton Harbor, a once-affluent manufacturing town fallen on hard times.

For the full story go to this page:

TRF Education Mentors Students

Take action on International Literacy Day

Consider making a gift to The Rotary Foundation in honor of International Literacy Day on 8 September. Your donation will help communities address educational challenges so that students can focus on the most important thing — learning!

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,
The Rotary Foundation

SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for W/e September 8th. 2024

Meeting of Monday 2nd September 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 20 members and our guests were Lorraine Hamilton and Wendy Lindner.  Also present were our two guest speakers Cheryl Roberts and Elaine Post from Days for Girls.  We had some notices including:

• Reminder of the End Polio Now movie on Friday 6th September i.e. this Friday.
• Marrar Madness Saturday 7th September.
• Paul said that the Coolamon Community Chronicle is now out and thanks go to all who made this possible, another excellent edition.
• Annie spoke about the Gears & Beers ANZAC biscuits bake off which will be on the 28th Saturday and Sunday the 29th September at the Coolamon Central School and volunteers are needed.
• Paul has published the puzzler for August which is in last week’s bulletin.
• Scott told us that the Driver Simulator will be back in Coolamon on Monday the 16th September?  Check the date with Scott.
• Scott also announced that his farewell will be on Saturday the 14th September at 2.30pm at St. Andrew’s Coolamon for afternoon tea.

After dinner we had our guests present the story on days for Girls.

Lexi Furner introduced our two guest speakers Cheryl Roberts and Elaine Post.

Cheryl led the way and we learnt so much about this wonderful project that is growing.

Cheryl is a team leader for Days for Girls Australia.  Cheryl has been a volunteer for 6-7 years now.  There are now 100 teams across Australia including the Wagga Wagga team.  The Wagga team started 10 years ago.

Days for Girls Facebook Page

Days for Girls Australia is a registered Australian not for profit and is a Country Affiliate with Days for Girls International. Volunteers across Australia mobilize to increase access to menstrual products and vital health information for women and girls around the world.

Cheryl went on to say that:

• One in five Australian girls and young women don’t have access to menstrual products as food on teh table comes first.  It is called period poverty.
• There are myths and taboos around the world causing stigmatisation and shame Cheryl gave some examples in Nepal and PNG.
• This created days away from school and work.
• Better educated women leads to better educated children.

Elaine then showed us some examples of the user kits that are made by the teams around Australia and Wagga Wagga.  These user kits are washable and last up to five years.  There are now 540 volunteer teams across the world. Australia distributed 42,000 kits in 2022-2023.

Cheryl concluded the talk by saying that we can help by volunteering and making the project known via social media.

Photo by Father Scott Mudd thanks.

Annie gave a vote of thanks to Cheryl and Elaine for the talk and for educating all present.

N.B. MARRAR MADNESS ROSTER – SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

12.00-3.00 pm: Bear, Ian, Henk, Howard and Myffy

3.00-6.00 pm: Bruce, Dick, Adrian, Bear and Alex

6.00-8.00 pm: Annie, Bear, JJG, Daryl and Gary.

N.B. END POLIO NOW MOVIE NIGHT

N.B. SHELTERBOX BOOROWA RC OFF THE GRID

Off the Grid for ShelterBox Boorowa RC

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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website:

CRC Program 24-25

Saturday 7th September – Marrar Madness. Coolamon RC is manning the car park.  Volunteers required.

Monday 9th September – Board Meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec. Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 9th September – Regular Meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec. Club, 6.30pm for 7.00pm.

*Monday 16th September – Guest Speaker Meeting. Arron Hutcheon will be speaking.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 23rd September – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Louise Graham from CDAT Community Drug Action Team.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 30th September – Social Night (5th Monday).

Sunday October 6th – Gears & Beers.   Wollundry RC. Website

Monday 7th October – NO MEETING (October long weekend).

Sunday October 20th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

One of the highlights will be DG Michael Lapina, a treat indeed.  Yes Michael the current D9800 District Governor, and I heard him sing at the Zone 8 Conference in Canberra.   Michael and Heather McInally also had the Singapore Convention delegates give them a 6 minute standing ovation following their duet.  As you know Heather is the wife of Past RI President Gordon McInally.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

1.  Club provides an antidote to troubled times

By Diana Schoberg

Members of the Rotary Club of Springboro, Ohio (from left): Scott Marshall, Sarah Garrette, April Walker, and Doug Buchy.

Image credit: Meg Vogel

It was 2020 and the world was, as Sarah Garrette puts it, “a dumpster fire,” roiled by the global pandemic, unrest over police violence against Black Americans, and a divisive election in the United States. “I felt pretty isolated and wanted to give back, but I felt out of control with things happening in the culture and with the pandemic,” she says. “I thought, I can’t change the big things, but if I start on the microlevel — in the community — those little impacts add up.”

She hopped on Facebook and typed “volunteer opportunities” into the search bar. The Rotary Club of Springboro popped up.

Her dad had been a Rotary member, so Garrette reached out over Facebook. Because of the pandemic, meetings were held over videoconference, and she dropped in to check a few out. She found a dynamic group of people of all ages, about 50/50 women and men, who want to strengthen their community.

This thriving membership wasn’t always the case for the club. It chartered with 25 members in 2004, but by 2007, that number had shrunk, perilously, to 13. Doug Buchy, a member of the Rotary Club of Dayton, was asked to transfer his membership to help bring the Springboro club back to life. While he was Springboro club president in 2009-10, it grew to 17 members. “We stopped the bleed,” he says. “We kept growing and growing.” Today club membership stands at almost 40.

FULL STORY HERE

2.  COOLAMON RC GLOBAL GRANT KENYA

Kisiriri Primary School Project Overview

Here is one example of how we as a club supported an education project in Kenya.  The Lake Chelan RC from Washington State contacted us to ask for help in obtaining a Rotary Foundation Global Grant.  This was in line with our Orphan Rescue Kit project to provide education and facilities to young and vulnerable children in Kenya.

The Project:

This is a school in dire need of Rotary help.  Sanitation is poor, infrastructure is dilapidated, and new desks and school equipment is needed, and academic standards are low.  The purpose of this project is to:

• provide rain water harvesting as a means of providing a source of clean water. There will be two 350,000 litre tanks.  One will be for the exclusive use of the school.  The second will be available as a backup for the school and a source of clean water to community members.  Community members will buy the water and the receipts will be used to fund maintenance costs.  Collection of funds will use a cashless collection system enabling funds to be deposited directly in the school’s bank account.
• install new roofing, facia boards and guttering to facilitate water collection
• install underground piping to carry water from the roofs to the rain water collection tanks
• renovate an existing school building. This will necessitate the replacement of the roofing, the building of a wall between two classrooms and the laying of a concrete floor.  The building itself is sound and is concrete block construction
• build 28 new biogas toilets with hand washing facilities (12 boys, 12 girls, 2 preschool, 2 teachers)
• provide additional school desks for students
• provide tables and chairs for teachers
• provide basic curriculum text and writing books and materials for students and teachers
• institute a mentorship program for pupils, teachers and the parents
• install solar power (240vac) and solar lighting system for the school computer room.The computer room has power from the grid but it is turned off. The school does not have the funds to pay for power
• provide access to the internet

In a second phase of the project, the plan is to provide a school library and equip it with books and access to the internet.

Here is how the global grant awas calculated and we contributed US $13,000 from our Road MAPS to Africa account.

*Whenever cash is contributed to the Foundation to help fund a global grant project, an additional 5 percent is applied to help cover the cost of processing these funds. Clubs and districts can receive Paul Harris Fellow recognition points for the additional expense.
THE RESULT:

SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Month of August 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from August.

Bulletin for Week of 11/08/2024

Bulletin for Week of 18/08/2024

Bulletin for Week of 25/08/2024

Meeting of Monday 26th August 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 21 members and one guest Susan Glassford.  We had some notices including:

• Leslie Weston on some interesting lecture series at the CSU Theatre behind the Civic Theatre Playhouse in Wagga with free cocktails and horderves.  The first night was last Wednesday, by the time you get this bulletin, “On plants and their adaptation to the changing environment” delivered by Professor Weston herself.  There will be other very inspirational lectures including the evolution of woolly mammoths and other provocative lectures and it will become a monthly event.  You can book on line at the CSU website.
• President Adrian thanked all the volunteers who manned the Ganmain Show Car Park.  There was an excellent turn out to the show with great weather and $9,000 above their best ever gate takings.
• Bear spoke on the upcoming Marrar Madness and advised the volunteers that they need a gazebo and to bring a chair and don’t forget your Rotary HiVis shirt.
• Adrian promoted the Boorowa RC ShelterBox event details below.
• Paul will be printing the Coolamon Community Chronicle this week and the usual help will be required.
• Henk advised all the members that the CRC Telephone Book 2024 White Pages was now all but complete with some corrections to be made.
• Dick Jennings brought up The 5th Monday in September which was discussed with a possible private party at the new winery in Coolamon Monday 30th September:  Methuselah Estate Coolamon

Q&A with Mary Potts and Adrian

Mary has had a full and interesting life to date and here are some of Mary’s answers:

• TV show growing up – Homicide or Division 4.
• Favourite actor – Julia Roberts.
• What animal or bird would you be – a cute dog.
• If you got selected for the Olympics what sport – Run the marathon.
• What super hero – Be able to fly and not need a car.
• Dream car – Don’t have one but it would be nice if I could get ALL the kids and grandkids in and go on adventures outback.
• Holidays anywhere in the world – Peru the Inca trail and the amazon any hiking adventure.
• Dream Job – Retirement!
• Career that other are not aware of – Mary wanted to be a chef but was discouraged from that occupation and followed another path and was accepted into nursing at the Canberra Hospital. Mary’s next move was to apply for a traineeship at AKW Chartered Accountants and Wealth Advisors. Mary got the job at AKW and enrolled at university at the Riverina College of Advanced Education and worked full time and studied part time.
• Rotary project you would like to undertake – Reduce gambling, thereby reducing financial and mental health problems facing many Aussies and to assist families affected by gambling.
• Greatest need for Coolamon – Activities and services for our youth.
• If you were Prime Minister for a day what is your Captains Call? – Better budget management.
• Dinner dead or alive, who would you like to meet? – Queen Elizabeth II, a very wise lady!

Thank you Mary and Adrian.

The meeting then had the duo of Perkin and Jennings with the fines session.  Probably the most interesting one was a cross fine by Grahame on Don for his birthday lunch, a vegetarian lamb shank:

The raffle was won by Daryl Breust all in all another good night of fun and fellowship.

THE GANMAIN AGRICULTURAL SHOW SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Rotarians manned the car parking in conjunction with the Coolamon Lions for the Annual Ganmain Show.  Thanks go to all who volunteered.

It was another wonderful small country town show BUT HUGE in heart and organisation.  Well done to the Ganmain Show Committee.  Here are some photos taken at random;

N.B. MARRAR MADNESS ROSTER – SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

12.00-3.00 pm: Bear, Ian, Henk, Howard and Myffy

3.00-6.00 pm: Bruce, Dick, Adrian, Bear and Alex

6.00-8.00 pm: Annie, Bear, JJG, Daryl and Gary.

END POLIO NOW MOVIE NIGHT

SHELTERBOX BOOROWA RC OFF THE GRID

Off the Grid for ShelterBox Boorowa RC

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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website:

CRC Program 24-25

*Monday 2nd September – Guest Speaker Meeting. Cheryl Roberts & Elaine Post speaking on Days for Girls Charity. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday 7th September – Marrar Madness. Coolamon RC is manning the car park.  Volunteers required.

Monday 9th September – Board Meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec. Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 9th September – Regular Meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec. Club, 6.30pm for 7.00pm.

*Monday 16th September – Guest Speaker Meeting. Arron Hutcheon will be speaking.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 23rd September – Guest Speaker Meeting.  Louise Graham from CDAT Community Drug Action Team.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday 30th September – Social Night (5th Monday).

Sunday October 6th – Gears & Beers.   Wollundry RC. Website

Monday 7th October – NO MEETING (October long weekend).

Sunday October 20th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

Saturday October 26th – Coolamon Garden Viewing

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

One of the highlights will be DG Michael Lapina, a treat indeed.  Yes Michael the current D9800 District Governor, and I heard him sing at the Zone 8 Conference in Canberra.   Michael and Heather McInally also had the Singapore Convention delegates give them a 6 minute standing ovation following their duet.  As you know Heather is the wife of Past RI President Gordon McInally.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

THE PUZZLER

Answers to the last puzzlers:

Riddle: A jumper has a neck but no head and arms but no hands.
Brain teaser: The baby is the biggest of the three because he’s a little Bigger!

This month’s puzzlers:

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind.  What am I?
Brain teaser: Four sisters–Sara, Ophelia, Nora, and Dawn–were each born in a different one of the months September, October, November, and December.

“This is terrible,” said Ophelia one day. “None of us have an initial that matches the initial of her birth month.”

“I don’t mind at all,” replied the girl who was born in September.

“That’s easy for you to say,” said Nora. “It would at least be cool if the initial of my birth month was a vowel, but no.”

In which month was each girl born?

ROTARY NEWS

COOLAMON AND TRACY MONICA OCHIENG

SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY MONTH

Well, we as a club have supported several education projects in Africa, especially Kenya with our star pupil, Tracy Ochieng.

The 2011 Mountains of the Moon Rotary team, met Tracy in November 2011 in Mathare, one of the worst slums on the planet.  Tracy was nominated by her teachers to give a speech of thanks to Rotary.  Her talk changed our lives as it did for Tracy and others of young girls at risk.  Tracy became our star pupil and we sponsored her through high school and then onto University.  Tracy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Communication and Media in September 2022.  Susan and JG were present at her graduation.

Tracy’s story can be told via the following photos in particular the story on Tracy in the Rotary Africa magazine.  Some of you have met this amazing young lady and some of you would also have read her articles in the Coolamon Community Chronicle.

Tracy’s success was a small part of the funds that we raised climbing/hiking the three highest mountains in Africa.  Mount Kilimanjaro in 2008, The Mountains of the Moon in November 2011 and Mount Kenya in May 2015.  We could not have done this without Rotary clubs in the main from our old D9700.  It was PDG then DG at the time Fred Loneragan who took on board our projects and with his club Wagga Wagga Sunrise have been our partners and supporters since 2009.

SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY BASIC EDUCATION & LITERACY MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of August 25th. 2024

Meeting of Monday 19th August 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 22 members and 3 guests including our guest speaker.

Tonight our guest speaker was Dan Uden from Bush and Campbell Accountants in Wagga.

Welcome back Mark Readon and a warm welcome to our guests Marilyn Jennings and Brian Roberts a visiting Rotarian from the Kooringal RC.  Brian has a long term relationship with Coolamon when he was the Principal at the Yanco Agriculture High School.  Dick Jennings’s son Richard went to Yanco AGHS during Brian’s tenure as principal.

Our guest speaker Dan Uden presented a talk on Death & Taxes after dinner.  PP Ian Jennings introduced Dan who is a specialist in superannuation.

We learned so much from Dan tonight and it was hard to keep up with his talk and take notes for the bulletin.  So here is a summation of what we learned or already knew about Death & Taxes, or did we?

• Death taxes were in place until Joh Bjelke-Petersen  got rid of them in 1978 for Queensland and the rest of Australia followed.
• 1946-1964 the time of the baby boomers.  2029 onwards will see the beginning of the end of the boomers as in 2029-2042 is the the time of peak transfer of wealth on death.
• 2042 most of the female baby boomers will have died and around $5 trillion in Australia will change hands.
• World wide this will be 100s of trillions of $.
• 1 in 2 Australians don’t have a will which is and will create huge issues with the baby boomers.
• A good way is to have spouses/partners as joint tenants in their assets i.e. bank accounts/shares/real estate and hold those assets jointly when one dies the remaining partner does not have a problem with the transition.
• Tenants in Common is a very powerful tool.
• There are three excellent tools to protect one’s assets.

1. 1. Enduring Power of Attorney for Financial Reasons and
   2. Enduring Power of Attorney of Guardianship (health & medical).
   3. Binding Death Benefit Nomination.

Enough of death!  Dan then spoke in depth on taxes.  Dan said that even though death taxes no longer exist, however some beneficiaries can expect to pay 15-17% tax  in certain cases.  Dan did say that spouses/partners receive super tax free as do the children.  In case of age being over 65 does not attract tax on super.

Dan concluded by advising us that there is $3.5 trillion in Auistralian super today.

There were many questions and Ian Jennings gave Dan a vote of thanks and a bottle of a nice red.

Thankyou Grahame for the above photo.

Here is another angle of the presentation to Ben and we will miss this fun loving man in the bottom right.

We then had our dynamic duo stand in S@A and his corporal with one of their classic fines session.

We had three raffle winners Myffy, Bear and Annie.

Another excellent evening of fellowship and a very thought provoking guest speaker, who says you need a projector?

Thankyou Mary for the dahlia bulbs.

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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website:

CRC Program 24-25

Saturday 24th August – Ganmain Show. CRC Carpark duties, volunteers will be Dick, Bruce, Bear, Adrian, Henk and Garth supportinig the Coolamon Lions.

Monday 26th August-Social Night. Get to know your member meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.  TONIGHT will be our treausurer Mary Potts in a Q&A with President Adrian on Mary’s life to date.

*Monday 2nd September – Guest Speaker Meeting. Cheryl Roberts & Elaine Post Days for Girls Charity. Venue Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday 7th September – Marrar Madness Coolamon RC is manning the car park.  Volunteers required.

Sunday October 6th Gears & Beers Dirty 130  Wollundry RC. Website

Sunday October 20th Open Garden Day

Saturday October 26th Open Garden Day

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

One of the highlights will be DG Michael Lapina, a treat indeed.  Yes Michael the current D9800 District Governor, and I heard him sing at the Zone 8 Conference in Canberra.   Michael and Heather McInally also had the Singapore Convention delegates give them a 6 minute standing ovation following their duet.  As you know Heather is the wife of Past RI President Gordon McInally.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

PS FOR THE ROYALISTS.

The first memorial statue to Queen Elizabeth II with her beloved corgis. A statue of Queen Elizabeth II by Hywel Pratley stands in Oakham, the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.  It was unveiled on 21 April 2024, which would have been the Queen’s 98th birthday.

ROTARY NEWS

1.  Rotary projects around the globe August 2024

Belize

The Rotaract Club of Belize City is renovating a rural school and a Rotary club-sponsored park as part of its youth-focused agenda. In April, club members met at the Hattieville Government Preschool to paint restrooms and complete other beautification work. A later phase will include new toilets. “We’ve been able to replace chalkboards in 10 classrooms with whiteboards and to donate a printer and other school and hygiene materials,” says Kristoff Nicholson, immediate past president. The club partnered with a telecom provider and raffled off smartphones to help pay for the project. It also received a District 4250 grant of $1,000. In March, club members replaced basketball and goal nets and painted benches and a playset at Love Park in Balama, another element of the project, Nicholson says.

READ MORE HERE.

2.  Rotary Foundation Centurion Program

Once again this month we celebrate the importance of The Rotary Foundation and its support of the many important facets of our Rotary Programs both here in Australia, but also overseas.

Our D9705 Centurion Program is established in order for members and other individuals to make a personal contribution to the work of our Foundation in an ongoing way.

By setting up a regular debit from your nominated bank account, you can make your donation to the Australian Rotary Foundation Trust and gain Tax Deductibility for your contribution. I have set up my birthday as the recurring date for my own donation, that way I can readily remember when it is occurring, and I get a thank you from the Foundation for my gift. You can set it up however you want. Just do it.

You can do this simply by completing the attached Individual Centurion Donation form, or clubs can collect and forward donations from their members at the same time using the Club MultiDonor form. If you have other versions of these forms from the past – dispose of them. The deposit details on these current forms (October 2022) are correct. Donations sent using old forms will not go through, and will not be credited against the donor.

These forms are attached to this post, but can also be downloaded from the D9705 website through the Foundation Tab or member downloads. Please share these with your club members.

AUGUST IS ROTARY MEMBERSHIP & NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of August 18th. 2024

Meeting of Monday 12th August 2024

President Adrian Lindner welcomed 25 members and the four Rotarians from the Wollundry RC.  Phil MacIntosh, David Byfield, David Benn and Pat Ingram.

We welcomed back Leslie and Paul Weston from their daughter’s wedding in New York or not far from New York.  President Adrian gave Paul his secretary’s pin as Paul was unable to be at our change over.

Paul then gave a brief synopsis of the board meeting that was held that afternoon.

Adrian and Paul advised all present of upcoming events and projects including:

• We are looking at corporate membership details will follow.
• We will be running a major raffle for New Year’s Eve with the major prize being a cubby house made by the Coolamon Men’s Shed.  Other prizes will be announced as they come to hand.
• With the imminent departure of Father Scott Mudd we will be needing a new Youth Services Director.
• Adrian invited any members to join him at the D9705 Conference in Mittagong from  Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October.
• We need volunteers to man the Ganmain Show carpark on Saturday 24th August in conjunction with Lions Coolamon.  A form has been circulated to get volunteers.
• The next event will be the Marrar Madness on the 7th September another form is circulating for volunteers for that day.
• The garden Viewing will be on Sunday 20th October and Saturday 25th October.
• Adrian would like all members to remember that next Monday 19th August – our Guest Speaker Meeting will be by Dan Uden on Death & Taxes!

After dinner we had a detailed and excellent presntation by Phil MacIntosh and the other three members of the Wollundry RC on the upcoming Gears and Beers weekend in October.

Phil started off by thanking the members of our club for the wonderful efforts that we put in over this weekend.  Phil explained that we have a wonderful product in Gears & Beers.  It is now 11 years old and growing in popularity following the Covid years.  How does this happen?  It is not by advertising but with the professional way that they use social media.

Phil explained that the previous participants of the event “sell” this product on Instagram with some 60,000 followers. Facebook also plays a big part in the success.  The event has featured in the book Epic Rides in Australia and New Zealand.  Gears & Beers has been described as the premier ride in the country.

Participants make their own videos which sells the event better than any advertising agency.  One example was the ride through Adrian and Wendys’s property with the photo of the riders in the canola being a major drawcard.

Phil said that riders rave about our ANZAC biscuits and the way we man AID stations and give directions.

The event has raised a lot of money for local charities in Wagga Wagga and beyond, including Coolamon.

Phil said that the goal this year is to reach 2,500 entries which is manageable.  They have reached 3,200 riders in the past which becomes unmanagable.

Phil did say that the event brings in over $1.8 million to the local economy and invited us to the Beers part of the festival!!!

Phil then discussed the route as it affects Coolamon and many questions and ideas were given by members present espeially Barry Langtry and Adrian.

Thankyou Wollundry RC!

For more information go to the Gears & Beers Facebook Page

Gears & Beers Website

S@A Albert then gave a short fines session we had no raffle tonight as we had a good evening planning and learning about the upcoming Gears & Beers.

It was another excellent get together with 25 of our 30 members present.  Welcome home Leslie and Paul couple of pics of Leslie and Paul with their daughter Nicole, at Nicole’s wedding in up state New York. Congratualtions!

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!

You can download the full programme here and note that it will change and that will be reflected in the weekly bulletin and in  The Diary on our website:

CRC Program 24-25

*Monday 19th August – Guest Speaker Meeting. Dan Uden on “Death & Taxes”, Dan is from Bush & Campbell, Wagga Wagga. Coolamon Sport. Venue Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday 24th August – Ganmain Show. CRC Carpark duties, volunteers needed.

*Monday 2nd September – Guest Speaker Meeting. Cheryl Roberts & Elaine Post Days for Girls Charity. Venue Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday 7th September – Marrar Madness Coolamon RC is manning the car park.  Volunteers required.

Sunday October 6th Gears & Beers Dirty 130  Wollundry RC. Website

Sunday October 20th Open Garden Day

Saturday October 26th Open Garden Day

*Friday 25th/Sunday 27th October – D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now:

D9705 Conference

One of the highlights will be DG Michael Lapina, a treat indeed.  Yes Michael the current D9800 District Governor, and I heard him sing at the Zone 8 Conference in Canberra.   Michael and Heather McInally also had the Singapore Convention delegates give them a 6 minute standing ovation following their duet.  As you know Heather is the wife of Past RI President Gordon McInally.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

RI PRESIDENT”S MONTHLY MESSAGE.

Stephanie A. Urchick

President 2024-25

August 2024

If we are to truly change the world with The Magic of Rotary, it’s up to all of us to foster a sense of belonging in our clubs. But every club should take its own path to get there, and the Action Plan can help you find your way. What does that look like?

Take for instance the Rotary Club of Beveren-Waas in Belgium. It was chartered in 1974 but has evolved with the times, developing both a strategic plan and a membership plan. To find new members, the club analyzes the city’s professions to help focus its search, and all new members are quickly assigned tasks and roles.

The club also mixes up meeting times, alternating between evening and afternoon sessions, making them accessible for all members.

Sometimes, circumstances force clubs to make changes. But as people of action, we know that behind every obstacle is an opportunity.

The Rotary Club of Holyoke in Massachusetts was forced from its meeting place because of rising costs after the COVID-19 pandemic, but members took this setback and turned it into a strength. The club started meeting in a library community room that was available for no charge and catering lunch from a nearby deli. Lunch costs $10 per person but it’s optional, so no one has to spend money to attend a meeting. What a great way to work toward being “fair to all concerned.”

Since making this change, the Holyoke club has gained 13 members. I suspect part of its membership growth is due to the club’s sense of inclusivity — the first step toward belonging.

If you ask members what they expect from the club experience, you might find that your club doesn’t meet expectations. Think of this as an opportunity to reshape your club in exciting ways, as alternative club models are making a positive impact.

For example, a Rotary Fellowship called Beers Rotarians Enjoy Worldwide, or BREW, has worked closely with the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Rotary Action Group for the past eight years to assist with clean water projects. In that time, BREW has funneled 25 percent of its dues to those initiatives.

BREW is one of many examples of members pursuing belonging to improve the world.

I can’t stress enough the importance of belonging. Clubs become simply irresistible when all members feel that they are exactly where they need to be. To me, belonging is the spark that ignites The Magic of Rotary .

As you receive feedback from club members and the community you serve, I urge you to pursue that spark. The Action Plan can help you find the path to success, and if you light your way with the spirit of belonging, that path will lead to a bright future for your club, your community, and the world.

AUGUST IS ROTARY MEMBERSHIP & NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25

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

• President: Adrian Lindner
• President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
• Membership Director: Brian Pattison
• Service Projects Director:  Anne Rzeszkowski
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Ian Jennings
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
• Club Environment Representative:  Adrian Lindner
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford