Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #11
SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY Basic Education and Literacy Month
One of our sponsored vulnerable and at risk girls from the Mathare area of Nairobi, Quinter Ochieng, is now set to go to Teachers College. Quinter has been a star pupil and is now qualified as a midwife. Quinter now wants her teacher’s diploma so that she can go back to Mathare and teach other young women. We started funding Quinter and her sister following the Mountains of the Moon 2011 climb.
MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14th. 2015
This week was a quiet one for our club however we had Bingo on Thursday, Cool Grass breakfast on Sunday and a general meeting followed by our September board meeting. We had plenty of volunteers at Marg and Garth Perkin’s home for the Cool Grass breakfast.
The meeting tonight was a combination of a normal dinner followed by a board meeting.
There has been much discussion following the board meeting and President Wayne has consulted with several of our members and we are going to change the meeting structures, not by any great deal but with the welfare of the members in mind. It is encouraging to see so many new members who want to become involved in the club so to this end we will have a monthly meeting for the members run by the members something like a Club Assembly, Planning Night, Discussion Night. This will be on the 2nd Monday of each month to begin with. The board will meet on another night.
“Moo Poo”: Dave McKinley and Wayne Lewis will be collecting 27 tonnes this week. 27 tonnes of the best quality of composted weed free Moo Poo. The members who volunteered to start bagging this gold will meet at Wayne’s property on Saturday at 8.30 am. More volunteers are needed with a wide mouth shovel.
Join us with shovels at Gate 123 Lesterfield Lane off the Ganmain Coolamon Road. So far we have 9 volunteers, well done.
N.B. Remember to put in your diary Monday 12th October for a Club Assembly Fellowship Discussion and Planning Meeting. Everyone will have a chance for their say and to work for the future of our club.
Guess Who has accepted our invitation to join our club?
Diary Reminders
Saturday 19th September GANMAIN Markets.
Saturday September 19th. Rebuild Nepal Spirit of Community. Speakers Marg and Garth Perkin at Allawah Community Centre at 3.00 pm. With the Coolamon Dance Whisperers.
Sunday September 20th Royce Abbey Oration in Wagga Wagga. Rotary Peace by Steven Marks AM.
*Monday 21st September Matt Quade: “Security in Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia- A Hands on Experience.”
Friday 25th September Comedy and Blue Grass with Pete Denahy at the Ganmain Hall 7.30 pm Tickets $20 call 6927 6010 or tickets at the door.
*Monday 28th September Mrs Clarke “My Life of Crime”
Sunday October 4th Gears & Beers Festival and Cycle Run by Wollundry Rotary Club. We now have the list of check points call Don Dyce or Wayne Lewis for details. More volunteers needed.
Monday 5th October NO MEETING Labor Day NSW Holiday. October Board Meeting at 7.00 pm TBC.
Thursday 8th October BINGO Roster: Ian Durham (Capt) Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett, Don Dyce.
Monday 12th October CLUB ASSEMBLY & Fellowship, Discussion and Planning Meeting.
*Monday 19th October Coolamon Shire Council Mayor John Seymour and General Manager Tony Donoghue. N.B. VOCATIONAL VISIT AT THE SHIRE OFFICES. 6.30 SHARP {Followed by dinner at the club).
Saturday 24th October Coolamon & Ganmain Hospital Fete at Ganmain.
Saturday 24th October World Polio Day.
Monday 26th October AGM and Election of Office Bearers for 2016-2017.
Monday 2nd November Club Assembly Fellowship and Planning Meeting.
Friday November 6th Light the Night Leukemia Foundation in memory of Greg Armstrong. Details to follow.
*Monday 9th November Guest Speaker Dr. Leslie Weston and Leslie’s Travelogue.
Wednesday 11th November November Board Meeting TBC.
Thursday 12th November BINGO Roster: Henk Hulsman (Capt.), Daryl Breust, Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne.
*Monday 16th November Guest Speaker Ann Baker Sisters Housing Enterprises Inc. (SHE Inc.) is a community based not for profit organisation providing medium term supported accommodation for single women
Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea 
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Three blokes were working on a high rise building project, Macca, Chook and Simmo. Chook falls off and is killed instantly. As the ambulance takes the body away, Simmo says,”Someone should go and tell his wife.” Macca says, “OK, I`m pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I’ll do it.”
Two hours later, Macca comes back carrying a slab of VB. Simmo says,”Where did you get that, Macca?”
“Chook’s missus gave it to me.” “That’s unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she
gave you beer?” Macca says, “Well not exactly. When she answered the door, I said to her, “You must be Chook`s widow.”
She said, “No, I’m not a widow.”
And I said, “Wanna bet me a slab”
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN
Every child has the right to go to school, but 58 million children around the world don’t have access to basic education. Stand with Rotary and millions of other youth, teachers, parents, and advocates to Stand #UpForSchool. Together we can create the biggest petition in history and show the world how Rotary can mobilize their communities to support education and literacy.
WEB SITE HERE
PRESIDENT’S SEPTEMBER MESSAGE
There was once a strong young man who was offered a job as a woodcutter. He set about his task with energy: The first week, he turned 18 trees into firewood. The second week, he worked just as hard, but was surprised to find he had chopped only 11 trees. The third week, despite working nonstop from morning till night, the number was six, and he went despairingly to the foreman to offer his resignation. “I am losing my strength. I can no longer cut as many trees as I once could.”
The foreman looked at the young man, who seemed to him in fine health. “Have you thought of sharpening your ax?” he asked.
“Sharpen my ax? Who has time to sharpen an ax?” the young man asked indignantly. “I have been too busy chopping wood!”
FULL MESSAGE HERE.
“Thank You, The President of the Republic of Kenya, for receiving the “Beyond Zero” mobile clinic on my behalf at State House, Nairobi”. First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.
The mobile clinic was donated by Rotary International and delivered by Rotary International President Ravi Ravindran and members of the Rotary Clubs of Kenya.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700
This weekend Young hosted the inbound / outbound exchange student training. The photo is of all the students involved. We wish them well on this amazing journey.
Internationally-acclaimed lawyer to deliver Royce Abbey Oration in Wagga. Sunday September 20th.
STEVEN MARK AM
MODERN-DAY racism will be the theme of the keynote address at Rotary District 9700’s annual International Day of Peace in Wagga on September 20.
Steve Mark AM, chairman of the Australian section of the International Commission of Jurists and former president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, will deliver the Royce Abbey Oration.
The speech will be part of Rotary’s International Day of Peace luncheon at the Wagga Country Club.
Wagga was declared a Peace City in 1993 and the concept, now known as peace communities, has spread around the world.
Cootamundra is the latest Riverina centre to me proclaimed a peace community, in November, 2014.
N. B. Coolamon is the first Rotary Peace Town in the world.
ROTARY INFORMATION
Jason Browne and Adam Barth, members of Rollin’ With Rotary, a four-person team of Rotary members who visited a dozen cities this summer, dipped a bucket into the polluted water. The reporters watched as they poured the brownish water into a filter, part of a $1,000 survival kit that Rotary and its project partner ShelterBox distribute to disaster victims worldwide. The water came out clear. Browne, Barth, and their teammates drank glassfuls and grinned broadly.
Then they invited Mayor Drew Dilkens to take a drink. “He survived,” says Rotary International Director Jennifer Jones, laughing. “And the media went nuts!” Jones, who is from Windsor, traveled with the team.
FULL STORY HERE.
Rotary International Convention 2016 SEOUL.
The 2016 Rotary Convention is your chance to meet Rotary members from around the globe. You’ll reconnect with old friends and make new ones while exploring different cultures and exchanging ideas for a better world.
◆ Gyeongbok Palace
Yi Seong-gye founded the Chosun Dynasty in 1392 and designated Hanyang (now Seoul) as the capital. He had a new palace built there and named it Gyeongbok (Felicitous Blessing) Palace. It was burned to ashes during the Japanese invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598 and rebuilt in 1867. Visitors to the palace can watch the royal guard changing ceremony every hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of the main gate.
Seoul is the ideal location for a Rotary convention and a delightful travel destination to explore. You’ll find traditional tea houses and regal palaces alongside posh shopping malls and bustling markets. Make sure to include extra time in your travel plans to experience the wonders of Seoul.
Warm, friendly people
Seoul may be the largest metropolis in Korea but its residents embrace visitors with a warmth more typical of a small town. Its high-tech transportation system and multilingual signs make getting around Seoul – and the convention – safe and easy. And you can stay connected to friends and family with free Wi-Fi at the convention venue.
Come to Seoul and experience the hospitality of a world-class city.
Bukchon Hanok Village
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
Sir David Attenborough Narrates.
Some of the richest and most biodiverse forests in Indonesia will soon be opened up for commercial exploitation under a plan drafted by the new government of Aceh.
The proposed spatial plan puts two huge forest conservation areas under threat. Nationally protected by Indonesian law, the 2.6 million-hectare tropical Leuser Ecosystem has been identified as one of the “world’s most irreplaceable protected areas” and is rapidly gaining support in Aceh and around the world to be fully recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Less than 6,300 Critically Endangered Sumatran orangutans remain. If this plan is passed by Indonesia’s Central Government, the Sumatran orangutan will slip into extinction within a few short years.
WEB SITE THE ORANGUTAN PROJECT
RAGES WEB SITE
JOIN RAGES HERE.
ONLY IN AFRICA AUSTRALIA
An eastern brown snake stealing a sausage right off a barbeque. The image by Newcastle reptile controller Geoff Delooze was taken at a picnic in the Blue Mountains. It shows an eastern brown snake eating a sausage whole.
FOOTNOTE
GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS ATTEMPT HAY CONVOY TO QUEENSLAND.
The mission: To help our farmers who are facing real hardship in the face of severe drought, get on board and help Brendan and his team out! Phone 0439322605.
The Goal to get 100 trucks to Queensland in January so far 34 have been sponsored.
There are two ways to sponsor:
- Pay for the fuel for one truck at $1,000 per truck
- Donate hay/straw one semi takes 42 large bales of hay or straw.
The “Burrumbuttock to Bourke” Hay run has completed 7 successful hay runs and hoping to continue helping our farmers in drought affected areas.
Donations are to be made to the Rotary Club of Sydney as they handle all monetary donations on our behalf as we are not an organisation, just a bunch of blokes trying to help out a fellow Aussie in times of hardship.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Websites of Interest
Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com
Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/
Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub
Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/
Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#