COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS JANUARY
As we only have one meeting in January this will be the only bulletin for January.
SOCIAL EVENING WITH THE COOLAMON LIONS CLUB
Wednesday 15th January.
Last Wednesday Bear Brian Pattison organised an evening to thank the Lions of Coolamon for the work they did on New Year’s Eve cooking. We had a very good tun out of Lions in their matching shirts and a good number of Rotarians and their partners.
Our thanks go to Bear and Gary in the main for the cooking of the gourmet sausages and the aged steak. It was a very good way of getting together with our friends in the Lions Club. Here are a few pics from Wednesday night:
Monday January 20th 2025.
President Adrian welcomed 23 members and Ivan Furner as our guest to our first meeting for 2025.
Following the board meeting secretary Paul advised the meeting that our efforts for NYE had been well received and that the raffle was a big success. The board discussed the current situation of our caravan and we will be looking at selling the van as it’s use by date is well and truly over. The van maybe replaced with gazebos and tables.
Paul advised us that the MERV van will be back in our Shire from the 6-8th of June and will be in Ganmain on Saturday 7th June. https://mherv.com.au/
Our next meeting will be on the 3rd February where Dr Jason Berry will be talking on the health of the Coolamon Shire. There will be a club assembly on February 24th following get to know our member Vicki Langtry.
Our own Garth Perkin then had the floor on ShelterBox Australia.
Garth made a good presentation on what ShelterBox is doing these days and how it has changed over 25 years.
https://club.coolamonrotary.com/shelterbox-2/
The organisation has a few challenges ahead and our support is more than ever needed these days. One way you can support ShelterBox is to sign up for one of their treks and this one has appeal:
The meeting ended with a spirited fines session by S@A Albert and Albert was able to extract $5 from Grahame which stands as a record fine! Something to do with crypto currency!
The raffles were won by Henk and Barry. Here are some pics from last night:
PS NO Meeting on Monday January 27th Australia Day Holiday.
DIARY
Monday 20th January Board Meeting 5.00pm at Coolamon Sport Rec Club.
*Monday 20th January FIRST Meeting for 2025. PP Garth Perkin on ShelterBox. Coolamon Sport Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
Monday 27th January. NO MEETING. Australia Day.
*Monday 3rd February Guest Speaker Meeting: Dr. Jason Benny Epidemiologist MPHN subject Coolamon Shire Health Status. Coolamon Sport Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
Monday 10th February Board Meeting: 5.00pm at Coolamon Sport Rec Club.
Monday 10th February Normal Weekly Meeting. Coolamon Sport Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
Monday 17th February Guest Speaker Meeting: The Hon. Michael McCormack MP The Riverina subject Federal Issues for Coolamon. Coolamon Sport Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
Monday 24th February Social Meeting: Get to know your member Vicki Langtry followed by a club assembly. Coolamon Sport Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
*Guests welcome to bring their partners and friends.
All of the above images were obtained from Facebook.
ROTARY ASSISTING THE L.A. WILDFIRES
1. RAWCS
We have all read and followed the current Los Angeles wild fires. It is all bad news and so may homes and other buildings and infrastructure have been lost. According to teh California department of Forestry and Fire Control, some 27 lives have been lost, 41,000 acres burnt, and 13,000 structures including homes destroyed. The fires are ongoing as we meet tonight.
Rotary Australia World Community Service or RAWCS has started a project to help the victims of these disastrous fires.
Rotary in Los Angeles is very much on the ground right now helping the victims of these fires so many who have lost everything and so many who had no insurance cover at all:
2. ROTARY CLUB OF ALTADENA
“Our local community took a direct hit from the firestorm that started on January 7th and is currently, as of January 18th, 75% contained. Structures destroyed – 8,988 and 972 others damaged. This does not include structures believed to be destroyed but pending confirmation. More than 5,000 households have to find other places to live over the next two to three years during the rebuilding process.”
Visit their website: RC of ALTADENA
When residents first saw flames on a hillside in Eaton Canyon, the fire itself was not that large.
But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.
Those rocketing embers eventually pushed west from Eaton Canyon into central Altadena, scorching a path of destruction that seemed unimaginable even in a community familiar to wildfire. When the smoke finally cleared, 7,000 structures were lost along with at least 17 lives.
During the first 12 hours of the fire, numerous agencies would work together to try to contain it, including crews from the L.A. County Fire Department, the Pasadena Fire Department, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Angeles National Forest, the Riverside County Fire Department, the Arcadia Fire Department and a Santa Barbara County task force.
https://youtu.be/QNccQFQbcr4?si=9mtFXfmrFGMPh0TK
JANUARY IS ROTARY VOCATIONAL SERVICE 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: Lexi Furner
- 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