Week of September 21st

This week’s meeting was an opportunity for planning and fellowship.  Twenty members and two guests were in attendance, a great roll-up for a regular meeting.  Discussion centred on the upcoming NSW Junior Cycling Championships that the club has agreed to cater in Wantabadgery and the Monster Raffle which will run over the next few months, concluding at New Year’s Eve. One of the guests was Sally Farmer, who has taken over organising the Coolamon Community Chronicle from Myffy.  Sally was congratulated for the excellent job she’s been doing with the Chronicle.  The evening concluded with another amusing fine session led by Sargent-at-Arms Albert, who managed to win the raffle again.  An investigation has been launched into the running of the raffle as the raffle has been won by the person running the raffle (Albert) two weeks running.  Stay tuned….

OTHER NEWS

HENLEY IS HOME

Just click on the photo below if you have not read Saturday’s Advertiser.

GANMAIN HALL SATURDAY OCTOBER 3rd, 2020

The show is on Saturday 3rd October @ 6.30pm.

Tickets are $20 and includes a free drink redeemable as a pre-show drink at the Ganmain Hotel.

We will put some glasses out so patrons can purchase bottle if wine at the pub, if they like.

BYO Nibbles if people want but BYO alcohol.

There are a limited amount of seats due the Covid restrictions so get crackin’!

Email: [email protected] for your individual tickets or for group bookings.

DIARY

Monday, September  28th – Speaker meeting. Guest speaker: John Schmidt speaking on “Batteries for Solar Power Systems”.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, October 5th  – No Meeting (Labor Day Holiday)

Thursday, October 8th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Paul (captain), John B, Dave and Brian.

Monday, October 12th-Club Assembly.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Wednesday, October 14th – Board meeting. The Old Convent, Coolamon, 7:30 pm.

Saturday and Sunday October 17-18th Watenbadgery Catering NSW Junior Cycling Championship, Wantabadgery.

Monday, October  19th – Guest Speaker Greg Wootton, Temora Rotary Club. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Saturday October 24th.  Monster Raffle Starts in Coolamon.

Friday October 30th.  Monster Raffle selling in Ganmain.

Monday, November 9th – Annual General Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, November 12th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Grahame (captain), Garth, Bern and Alex.

Monday November 23rd – District Governor Dr. Michael Moore AM Visit via Zoom 6.30 for 7 pm

Thursday December 10th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm

REMINDERS

Watenbadgery Saturday and Sunday 17-18th October Catering for the NSW Junior Cycling Championships, volunteers wanted all hands on deck.

Coolamon Rotary Club AGM Monday November 9^th 2020.  President-Elect Albert will be looking for volunteers to serve on his board for 2021-2022.  All positions are as a rule declared vacant at the AGM and will be filled on that night.  Please contact Albert if you are interested in serving on his board.

THE PUZZLER

Answer to last week’s puzzler: Alphabet

This week’s puzzler: A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece.  Which has the most?

ROTARY NEWS

1. ROTARY LOGOS

To heighten our global identity and public recognition, we’ve updated our official logo to include the word “Rotary” next to the Rotary wheel. Help us strengthen Rotary’s identity by incorporating the new logo into all of your club and district communications.

2. AFRICA WILD POLIO VIRUS FREE

Chairman Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee of Rotary International, Dr. Tunji Funsho and Emir of Jiwa HRH Idris Musa are seen during a news conference marking the 3-year-polio-free milestone in Abuja, Nigeria, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde.

Read the story in TIME magazine here;

The TIME 100 List

Rotary International and Rotary foundation announces with great pride that one of our own has been named one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Just a few moments ago, Dr. Tunji Funsho, Rotary’s Nigeria National PolioPlus Chair was named to the TIME 100 list for his critical leadership in working with Rotary members and our partners to achieve a wild polio-free Nigeria and eradicate the wild poliovirus in the African region. He is the first Rotary member to receive this honor for our work to eradicate polio.

The TIME 100 list recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Dr. Funsho joins the list with some of the most important and well-known public figures in the world who have been past recipients of the honour: heads of state such as Angela Merkel, religious figures like the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis, celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Bono, philanthropists like Bill Gates, and activists such as Malala Yousafzai.

Dr. Funsho stands on the shoulders of the countless women and men of Rotary who have dedicated their lives, their time, and their money to Rotary’s top priority of eradicating polio. This honour is not just a testament to his work, it is acknowledgment that Rotary members make a difference in the world—one that is worthy of international recognition among the world’s most distinguished leaders. Congratulations to a great man, a mentor and a most respected Rotary leader.

September is Rotary Basic Education and Literacy Month

Graphic by Debbie Vance from Rotary Club of Ucluelet BC Canada

Week of September 14th

The club continues to meet in person at the Coolamon Sport and Rec Club, although with greater spacing between attendees than some would like!  Nonetheless, it’s great to be able to meet face to face.  Following routine weekly business at the meeting, Paul gave an update on COVID-19 after reading an interesting report describing recent findings about how the virus affects the body.  Rather than primarily being a respiratory virus, the SARS-Cov-2 virus (the virus that causes the disease) actually attacks the vascular system.  Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, performed a detailed analysis of genes in the cells of victims of COVID-19 and compared them with healthy individuals, and found that one protein, in particular, was affected by the virus: bradykinin.  Bradykinin is involved in regulation of blood pressure, but levels are normally tightly controlled (the protein is rapidly broken down in the body–i.e. in a matter of seconds.  The researchers found that the gene coding for production of bradykinin was greatly amplified in COVID-19 sufferers.  Elevated levels of bradykinin would lead to leakage of fluid from blood vessels throughout the body, not just in the lungs.  This explains many of the symptoms observed in patients with COVID-19, including difficulty breathing, brain abnormalities, heart problems and the unusual symptom known as COVID toe, in which bruising occurs in the toes (the result of damage to blood vessels in the toes).  Another very revealing finding was the fact that infection with SARS-Cov-2 leads to increased production of hyaluronic acid, which seeps into the lungs when capillaries leak plasma into the alveoli (where gas exchange takes place in the lungs); the result is the formation of a hydrogel, a jelly-like substance which makes it nearly impossible for oxygen to enter the blood vessels in the alveoli.  This explains why many COVID-19 victims are not helped by ventilators even though these devices ensure that there’s plenty of oxygen in the lungs.  These findings offer hope of medical therapy to assist COVID-19 victims; there are currently a number of drugs designed to lower the level of bradykinin in the blood, so these medicines may help alleviate some of the symptoms of the malady.  These drugs would not be “cures” for COVID-19, but they might relieve suffering and spare the lives of victims until an effective vaccine can be developed for COVID-19.

The evening concluded with another rousing fine session from Sargent-at-Arms Albert and a raffle.

OTHER NEWS

A.  NEWS FROM THE CRC BOARD

ITEMS OF NOTE FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING:

1. Monster Raffle to start in October dates to be announced in the bulletin.
2. Going with PayPal Point Of Sale terminal to enhance ticket sales and other fund raising.
3. Donation of $300 to Legacy approved.
4. Volunteers for the Coolamon Community Chronicle required to chase up advertising.
5. Appeal to members to contribute articles for Sally Farmer for the CCC.
6. Catering at Watenbadgery NSW State Junior Cycling championship October 17 and 18th volunteers needed.
7. AGM Nominations required for Rotary year 2021-2022.

B.  ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

Monday September 21st 2020.

DIARY

Saturday-Sunday 19th and 20th of September:  Zone 8 ZOOM Virtually Alice conference

Monday September 21st International Peace Day

Monday, September  21st – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, September  28th – Speaker meeting. Guest speaker: TBA.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, October 5th  – No Meeting (Labor Day Holiday)

Thursday, October 8th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Paul (captain), John B, Dave and Brian.

Monday, October 12th-Club Assembly.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Wednesday, October 14th – Board meeting. The Old Convent, Coolamon, 7:30 pm.

Saturday and Sunday October 17-18th Watenbadgery Catering NSW Junior Cycling Championship, Wantabadgery.

Monday, October  19th – Guest Speaker Greg Wootton, Temora Rotary Club. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Saturday October 24th.  Monster Raffle Starts in Coolamon.

Friday October 30th.  Monster Raffle selling in Ganmain.

Monday, November 9th – Annual General Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, November 12th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Grahame (captain), Garth, Bern and Alex.

Monday November 23rd – District Governor Dr. Michael Moore AM Visit via Zoom 6.30 for 7 pm

Thursday December 10th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm

REMINDERS

Watenbadgery Saturday and Sunday 17-18th October Catering for the NSW Junior Cycling Championships, volunteers wanted all hands on deck.

Coolamon Rotary Club AGM Monday November 9^th 2020.  President-Elect Albert will be looking for volunteers to serve on his board for 2021-2022.  All positions are as a rule declared vacant at the AGM and will be filled on that night.  Please contact Albert if you are interested in serving on his board.

THE PUZZLER

Answer to last week’s puzzler: Turn one switch on and leave it on, leave one off, and turn the third switch on for a minute and then turn it off.  Then go into the other room and look at the lamps; the one with the globe lit is obviously connected to the switch that was left on.  Then feel the two unlit globes; the one that’s cool is controlled by the switch that was left off, and the one that’s warm is controlled by the switch that was turned on and then off before you left the room with the switches.

This week’s puzzler: What word contains 26 letters, but has only three syllables?

ROTARY NEWS

1. Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI PHF

2. THE FOUR WAY TEST

One of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.

This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways.

FULL STORY HERE

Some will get this.

Car designed by a committee.

Caption this!

Photo by George Hart/Caters News

September is Rotary Basic Education and Literacy Month

Graphic by Debbie Vance from Rotary Club of Ucluelet BC Canada

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Week of September 7th

This week’s meeting was just a bit of planning and fellowship.  Plans for the upcoming Monster Raffle were discussed, along with a range of projects including tree planting (to be done over the next couple of weekends), articles for the Chronicle, the return of Bingo, etc.  The meeting concluded with a raffle and fines by Sargent at Arms Albert, who this week fined himself.  In a touch of karma justice, Albert won the raffle.

OTHER NEWS

Beirut Calling – Rotary helps Lebanon

11 September 2020

Beirut Calling – Rotary helps Lebanon ACT Government donation welcomed

Rotary Clubs across the ACT and southern NSW, in Rotary District9705, have welcomed the prompt and generous donation of $5,000 from the ACT Government towards funds being raised by regional Rotary Clubs to support the Rotary Club of Beyrouth in Lebanon.

In response to the colossal 4 August explosion in Beirut’s port, theRotary Club of Beyrouth is focusing on supporting the paediatric section of the Karantina Government Hospital, which was severely afected by the explosion and will require funds for equipment and medical supplies.

Personal donations through the Rotary Club of Canberra.

Rotary District 9705 Governor Michael Moore AM

TRACY OCHIENG UPDATE

I just wanted to bring you up to date with Tracy’s progress and I will be brief:

• Tracy has been studying from home in Kisumu but has now returned to Nairobi.
• Tracy is still at the United States International University in Nairobi.
• Tracy is studying for her degree in journalism and graduates in September 2022.
• Coolamon Rotary is sponsoring Tracy and are paying her fees on time.
• PDG Fred Loneragan and I are supporting her with help when required.
• Fred and I are confident that Tracy will see it to the end and graduate and if we can travel by then I will be there in 2022.
• Sally Farmer has asked Tracy to write a monthly newsletter of life in Nairobi for our Coolamon Community Chronicle.  This will help her in her journalism degree in addition to providing readers with a view of life from a very different vantagepoint.
• Tracy’s goal is still to start her Big Sisters Project for Mathare to give vulnerable and at risk girls, like she was once, an opportunity that Tracy got when Fred and I met her in November 2011 in Mathare.

– John Glassford

DIARY

Monday, September  14th – Speaker meeting. Paul will give an update on COVID-19, following publication of interesting new findings by researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Wednesday, September 16th – Board meeting. The Old Coolamon Convent, 7:30 pm.

Saturday-Sunday 19th and 20th of September:  Zone 8 ZOOM Virtually Alice conference

Monday, September  21st – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, September  28th – Speaker meeting. Guest speaker: TBA.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, October 5th  – No Meeting (Labor Day Holiday)

Thursday, October 8th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Paul (captain), John B, Dave and Brian.

Wednesday, October 14th – Board meeting. Coolamon The Old Convent, 7:30 pm.

Monday, October  19th – Club Assembly.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, November 9th – Annual General Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, November 12th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Grahame (captain), Garth, Bern and Alex.

Monday November 23rd – District Governor Dr. Michael Moore AM Visit via Zoom 6.30 for 7 pm

REMINDERS

Coolamon Rotary Club AGM Monday November 9^th 2020.  President-Elect Albert will be looking for volunteers to serve on his board for 2021-2022.  All positions are as a rule declared vacant at the AGM and will be filled on that night.  Please contact Albert if you are interested in serving on his board.

THE PUZZLER

Answer to the last puzzler: 1) add insult to injury, 2) a bit under the weather, 3) the ball is in your court, 4) let the cat out of the bag, 5) beat around the bush, 6) no one to blame, 7) yellow belly, 8) take from the rich and give to the poor, 9) three blind mice, and 10) green-eyed monster.

This week’s puzzler: You are in a room that has three switches and a closed door. The switches control three light bulbs on the other side of the door. Once you open the door, you may never touch the switches again. How can you definitively tell which switch is connected to each of the light bulbs?

ROTARY NEWS

1. ROTARY ACADEMY THE PHILIPPINES

Wednesday night is Rotary Academy night from District 3780 in The Philippines.  On the 9th last Wednesday PDG JG was invited to make a presentation on Rotary Action Groups and Rotary Fellowships.  It was a very well organised event with a large Zoom audience of 123 and an even larger live Facebook gathering.

JG was introduced by a Brigadier General Daway of the Philippines National Police,PNP, where they have a Rotary Club, Camp Crame in the headquarters of the PNP in Quezon City.  The Brigadier General is their President Elect.  The meeting started with an invocation and the national anthem of The Philippines.

Some photos from the evening in thumb nails just click on the thumbnail.

2. ROTARY CLUB OF EAST NASSAU

Hard to believe that it was 12 months ago that hurricane Dorian leveled the Island of Abaco.  We have now been able to send $2,500 to the RC of East Nassau and it has been received.  Thanks Henk Hulsman for your patience with this transfer.

3. ROTARY ZONE 8 CONFERENCE 2020

Don’t forget to register for the Virtually Alice conference on the 19th and 20th of September. In the meantime read the latest conference newsletter. Click the link below.

NEWSLETTER

September is Rotary Basic Education and Literacy Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Rotary Club of Ucluelet BC Canada

Week of August 31st

This week’s meeting featured another guest speaker, Kieran Knox, a Coolamon native who has spent the last several years in the mining industry in Africa.  Kieran described the nature of mining and daily life in Africa. The mining is done using a combination of open pits (extending to a depth of 800 m or more) and tunnels, which typically go 1 km deeper! Daily life included encounters with elephants on the roads (who have the right of way because who dares to tell them otherwise!) and gun-toting paramilitary, who frequently require payment to keep their ammunition to themselves. Keiran moved frequently from country to country as the job required (five countries over nine years) and certainly accumulated a lifetime of experiences that will be shared with family and friends for years to come.  Kieran was able to achieve a long-time ambition while in Africa: he got to have a monkey (a vervet from the looks of it) as a pet! Howard thanked Kieran for a most interesting and engaging talk, and presented him with a token gift as a memento.

As usual, the meeting concluded with a raffle and another entertaining fine session led by Sargent at Arms Albert, who surprisingly found nothing to fine Grahame for this week.

OTHER NEWS

Click on the link below for the DG’s Newsletter:

DG Dr. Michael Moore’s September Newsletter.

DIARY

Monday, September  7th – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, September  14th – Speaker meeting. Guest speaker: TBA.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Wednesday, September 16th – Board meeting. Coolamon The Old Convent, 7:30 pm.

Saturday-Sunday 19th and 20th of September:  Zone 8 ZOOM Virtually Alice conference

Monday, September  21st – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, September  28th – Speaker meeting. Guest speaker: TBA.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, October 5th  – No Meeting (Labor Day Holiday)

Thursday, October 8th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Paul (captain), John B, Dave and Brian.

Wednesday, October 18th – Board meeting. Coolamon The Old Convent, 7:30 pm.

Monday, October  19th – Club Assembly.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Monday, November 9th – Annual General Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, November 12th – BINGO.  Allawah Community Centre, 6:45 – 10:00 pm.  Roster: Grahame (captain), Garth, Bern and Alex.

Monday November 23rd – District Governor Dr. Michael Moore AM Visit via Zoom 6.30 for 7 pm

REMINDERS

THE PUZZLER

Answer to the last puzzler: 1) a bundle of nerves, 2) small potatoes, 3) pinching pennies, 4) back on one’s feet, 5) the birds and the bees, 6) a finger in the pie, 7) one in a million, 8) grey matter, 9) too funny for words, 10) not worth a red cent.

Here’s another rebus puzzle for you. Can you guess the common sayings represented by these images?

ROTARY NEWS

1. THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

Our Foundation has been given 4 stars the highest level of recognition for a charity by Charity Navigator 12 years in a row now for transparency, accountability and above all for the results of our giving around the world.

Click on the image below for the video message from our Foundation this week.

Thanks to you, Rotary members have been making a difference at a time when communities need our help more than ever. We know that donors like you are people of action, and your support is changing lives where it’s needed most.

Together, we’ve funded thousands of projects around the world. We’ve provided resources for local COVID-19 health and recovery efforts in addition to other initiatives to prevent disease, and of course, our continued fight to end polio. Together, we’ve empowered others by funding sustainable solutions in communities that need clean water, hope for peace, basic education, quality care for mothers and children, or economic opportunity. No matter how large a problem may seem, thanks to you, we can work toward solutions and opportunities for people around the world.

Last Rotary year, we raised more than $408 million for The Rotary Foundation! What we accomplish next will be possible because of your generous support.

Thank you for your dedication to Doing Good in the World.

Sincerely,
The Rotary Foundation

2. ROTARY DOWN UNDER

The times they are a-changing friends! And in all kinds of feel good ways. We have our first female RI President-Nominee (well, not officially until 1 October, but who’s counting?), we have the world’s very first Rotaract Pride Club in support of the LGBTIQ+ community, and, after decades of work across 47 countries on the continent, the World Health Organisation has declared the African region wild poliovirus-free! In a time when ‘the new normal’ is the catchphrase on everyone’s lips, we are loving the look of this ‘new normal’!

Check it all out in the September edition of Rotary Down Under:

http://epubs.media/rotarydownunder/ezine/2020/631/

3. ROTARY ZONE 8 CONFERENCE 2020

Don’t forget to register for the Virtually Alice conference on the 19th and 20th of September. In the meantime read the latest conference newsletter. Click the link below.

NEWSLETTER

September is Rotary Basic Education and Literacy Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Rotary Club of Ucluelet BC Canada.