Month: June 2011

Shots from the heart RI Annual Photo Competition

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B y the time the 2011 photo contest closed at the end of March, we had received hundreds of entries, all striving to capture, in their way, the spirit of Rotary. We narrowed the field to several dozen and sent them to photographer Art Wolfe, best known for his PBS series Travels to the Edge, for the final judging. We awarded Canon cameras to the top three winners: an EOS 60D, a PowerShot G12, and a PowerShot S95. Then we picked a handful of others to feature here on the web as our Best of the Rest. See the full gallery:

SHOTS FROM THE HEART


Induction of Jason Sachs to Rotary

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Rotarian Jason Sachs with President Ian Durham

Last night at our weekly meeting we had the pleasure of welcoming Jason Sachs to our Rotary club.  Jason’s vocation is teaching and he has a young family and is head teacher at the Coolamon Central School.  Jason’s classification is Head Teacher and will join Leslie Weston on the New Generations committee.  We will be engaging the youth of our area in the coming years through our wonderful programmes like RYDA and MUNA.  Grahame Miles will mentor Jason and teach Jason all he knows about Rotary.

We all look forward to enjoying Jason’s company over the coming years.  Welcome Jason!

Jason being welcomed by our members

 

Christine and Craig enjoying the induction of Jason

 

Vietnam by Ian Durham

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Ian Durham on Vietnam

Last night our outgoing president Ian Durham gave an excellent presntation on his time serving in Vietnam.  Ian was an engineer who drove big machines clearing pathways in teh jungle amongst other jobs.  One of his mates driving a D8 was hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade RPG which set the dozer on fire.  Ian tells us that there was plenty of shrapnel that inflicted the most damage to his mate who eventually recovered.   These amongst many stories told by Ian last night.

Below are some photos form Ian’s trip to Vietnam long after the war.

 

Farewell to Max Chapman

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Max at the Hospital fete

FAREWELL TO PAST PRESIDENT MAX CHAPMAN P.H.F.

Max has been a loyal and hard working member of Coolamon Rotary for 19 years now.  Max joined our club on the 1st July 1992.  Max and Sue Chapman have now moved to Wagga Wagga and started a new business there.  Rotary has not lost Max as he is joining the Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday 21st June.

We will miss Max and Sue Chapman.  Over the years Max has held just about every position in our club and was President in 2002-2003.

Max and Sue often held open garden days at their farm “Kiambo” which raised many thousands of dollars for various Rotary projects including Shelterbox.  Here are just a few photos:

WE WILL MISS YOU MAX AND SUE YOU WILL BE WELCOME BACK AT OUR CLUB ANYTIME!

 

COOLAMON’S LOSS; SUNRISES’S GAIN; HAVE FUN MAX.