John J Glassford
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #39
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #39
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH
How to join ROTI
NO MEETING MONDAY 8th. June Public Holiday
Diary Reminders
Thursday 11th June, BINGO Ian Durham (Captain), Myffy Collette, Ted Hutcheon, Bernadette Milne
Sunday 14th June PE Wayne Lewis New Board Planning Meeting 7.00 pm at the Club.
*Monday 15th June Don Dyce and John Glassford on the Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb
*Monday 22nd June Dr. Barney Dalgarno on the NBN and IT.
*Monday, June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
Monday July 6th President Wayne Lewis 1st Meeting.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
CLUB CHANGE OVER DATES:
RC Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee-12th June Mercure Motel, 6-6.30 p.m. $45
RC WW Kooringal-17th June Country Club, 6.00 p.m. $40
RC West Wyalong-20th June S&C Sports Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $35
RC Henty-24th June Henty Civic Centre, 6.30-7.15 p.m. $30
RC Grenfell-24th June Golf Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $25
RC Wagga Wagga-Thursday, 25th June Country Club, 6.-6.30 p.m.$40/pp
District Changeover-27th June WW RSL Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $35
RC Junee Sunday 28th June at the EX Services Club Lunch Time say 12.00 pm.
RC Coolamon-29th June Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $30
RC WW Sunrise-30th June Elements at the Garden, 6.00-6.30 p.m. $45
RC Wollundry 30th June Commercial Club Wagga Wagga 6.30 pm
RC Narrandera 1st July Narrandera Golf Club 6.30 pm $35
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
As a jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day, the copilot was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA system.
Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons, struck the earth 50,000 years ago at about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep.
The Blonde lady sitting next to me exclaimed: Wow, look! It just missed the highway!
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
August is Membership Month — the perfect time to recruit new club members and find ways to get members more involved. Interact, Rotaract, and Rotary clubs are all powered by members. Our clubs thrive when we connect with new friends, welcome new voices at our meetings, and work together to improve life in our communities.
What’s the easiest way to invite new members? Just ask! At your next club meeting, brainstorm a compelling answer to the question, “What is Interact?” or “What is Rotaract?” or “What is Rotary?” so that a prospective member’s next question will be, “How do I join?”
See more
ROTARY INFORMATION
ONLY IN AFRICA
Seen in Cape Town
Teeth for sale.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
After the climb and the safari by the ladies we all met up at the Mount Kenya Safari Club on the Equator. This hotel was first built by William Holden the actor. Beautiful way to unwind and rest after the mighty effort we all put into the climb itself.
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
FOOTNOTE
VIVID SYDNEY WELL WORTH THE VISIT.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
Please welcome – one of the star guests of our campaign.
Helen Patricia Sharman, OBE PhD, is a British chemist who became the first Briton in space and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991. Helen is one of the most remarkable, beautiful, enigmatic woman that we have ever met. And it is our biggest pleasure and honour to have her on this campaign. Please stay tuned for our video channel where Helen is our star guest and her message for One Fight. Unite.
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #38
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #38
JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH
ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS FELLOWSHIP
Mission Statement
Rotary Means Business encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them.
“If any one tells you that it is reprehensible to make a dollar or two for the wife and babies from club associates in straightforward business transactions, tell that person that some foreign substance has gotten into his carburetor.”
(Paul P. Harris, January 1911)
MEETING MONDAY JUNE 1st. 2015
We had 28 members and guest along to hear President Garth talk on his visit to Nepal. Among our guests were Lyn and Warren Charlton, Heather McKinley, Flavio, Alessandro, Susan Glassford, Alex Thompson, Maureen Hulsman, Marg Perkin, Helen Lewis. Visiting Rotarains were AG Alan Sharp and Father Michael Perrot.
The Red Shield appeal raised $1461. Well done to Ted Hutcheon and the volunteers. Henk, Ian Jennings, Garth, Bernadette, Myffy, Mark and Sharon.
Garth put out an appeal for the late Christine Atkinson’s appeal for sheets and clothes for an orphanage on South Africa that Christine was supporting.
No meeting next Monday however there is a board meeting at Garth’s for 7.30 pm Monday 8th June.
PE Wayne Lewis has a planning meeting for the 2015-2016 board at the Club on Sunday 14th June at 7 pm.
GUEST SPEAKER GARTH PERKIN ON NEPAL:
Namaste Garth!
Garth gave a comprehensive talk on his and Marg’s visit to Nepal in late April. Including a description of the earthquake although they were 80 ks form the epicentre they still felt it.
Marg went over with Garth with the Rotary Cub of Kyneton to do some teaching for hearing impaired people. Garth was here to help with teaching basic English. This is a RAWCS project to:
- To foster and support initiatives of benefit to the Nepali people, including but not restricted to initiatives directed towards:
* community-run schools that improve the quality of education for Nepalis
* local health services that support rural communities in Nepal
* community projects that bring jobs and opportunities to Nepali villages
Read their newsletter here: http://nepalaid.org.au/
Well done Garth and Marg there were some great videos og Garth dancing as well as Marg you had to be at our meeting to enjoy that!
Members are reminded that our fees are due on July 1st as are the Club Social membership dues.
Diary Reminders
Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June: 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
Monday 8th June Public Holiday Board Meeting at Garth and Marg Perkin’s House.
Thursday 11th June, BINGO Ian Durham (Captain), Myffy Collette, Ted Hutcheon, Bernadette Milne
Sunday 14th June New Board Planning Meeting 7.00 pm at the Club.
*Monday 15th June Don Dyce and John Glassford on the Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb
*Monday 22nd June Dr. Barney Dalgarno on the NBN and IT.
*Monday, June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
Monday July 6th President Wayne Lewis 1st Meeting.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
CLUB CHANGE OVER DATES:
RC Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee-12th June Mercure Motel, 6-6.30 p.m. $45
RC WW Kooringal-17th June Country Club, 6.00 p.m. $40
RC West Wyalong-20th June S&C Sports Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $35
RC Henty-24th June Henty Civic Centre, 6.30-7.15 p.m. $30
RC Grenfell-24th June Golf Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $25
RC Wagga Wagga-Thursday, 25th June Country Club, 6.-6.30 p.m.$40/pp
District Changeover-27th June WW RSL Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $35
RC Junee Sunday 28th June at the EX Services Club Lunch Time say 12.00 pm.
RC Coolamon-29th June Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30-7.00 p.m. $30
RC WW Sunrise-30th June Elements at the Garden, 6.00-6.30 p.m. $45
RC Wollundry 30th June Commercial Club Wagga Wagga 6.30 pm
RC Narrandera 1st July Narrandera Golf Club 6.30 pm $35
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, visited Rotary club members in Shanghai. They also attended the charter ceremony event for the Rotary Club of Shanghai West.
RI President Gary’s JUNE 2015 Message
When I began this Rotary year as your president, I wanted us, above all, to Light Up Rotary. I wanted us to share with the world how many wonderful friendships and experiences we have found in Rotary, and how Rotary has transformed and enriched our lives. I knew that by telling others about Rotary, we would increase membership, build stronger clubs, and improve our ability to help people in need.
As we end this 2014-15 Rotary year, I am honored by your response and will always be grateful for how you have risen to this challenge. You have answered my call to Light Up Rotary by holding many successful Rotary Day celebrations in your communities; you have outdone yourselves in your contributions to our Rotary Foundation; and you have moved all of Rotary forward with new members and new clubs.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
Enjoying 20th anniversary dinner for Bathurst Daybreak
Bowelscan Report 2014 for this Northern area of Rotary District 9700.
With the introduction of the new iFOBT Bowelscan kits in 2014, there has been a marked increase in the number of ‘positive” tests to 11.86% of the total number of kits returned for testing, compared with 0.78% in 2013 when the old coloscreen kits were in use. All those people with a ‘positive” test have been referred to their doctors for further consultation, and their doctors also informed.
Each Rotary Club in this Northern area have been posted a copy of the report.
This is very impressive.
David Swallow
Coordinator, Bowelscan District Committee.
ROTARY INFORMATION
Change over time and many clubs are into planning their change over dinner and some have already completed theirs. Here are some photos form the change over dinner for the Rotary Club of Nairobi East rotary installation congratulations to Nana . . Did I just subscribe into climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in December? They are aiming to create a world record for the number of climbers to reach Uhuru Point on Kilimanjaro.
District 9212 has now added and chartered three new Rotary Club’s of Nyali, Mombasa Downtown and Mambrui. Then chartered a new Rotaract Club in Mombasa North Coast Medical College. That makes 27 new Rotary Clubs by DG Bimal Kantaria.
ONLY IN AFRICA
Barrow Boy!
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
One of the many things that we did apart from climbing Mount Kenya was to enjoy some of the sights and places of interest. While we stayed at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri we learned that Lord Robert Baden-Powell and his wife Olave, lived in a cottage in the hotel grounds for three years until his death, called PAXTU. Baden-Powell is also buried in Nyeri.
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
FOOTNOTE
Last Saturday night the Ganmain Hall was host to Champagne Flutes and several of our members attended. A great night by all accounts in aid of the Ganmain Hall.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
The poster campaign is hotting up and here are some of the latest to Say NO!
Can you name all 9 who have signed? First in with the correct answer gets a Say NO! T Shirt.
May 30th was the anniversary of Satoa’s murder by poachers in Tsavo Easy National Park.
REQUIESCANT IN PACE SATOA
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #36/37
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #36/37
MAY IS R.I. CONVENTION or RICON MONTH
Next week the Rotary International Conference or RICON opens in Brazil.
Brazilian music superstar Ivete Sangalo, a Latin Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, will perform at the closing plenary session of the 2015 Rotary International Convention in São Paulo, 9 June. Sangalo’s music is a high-energy fusion of Afro-Brazilian sounds called axé.
MEETINGS MONDAY MAY 18th & 25th. 2015
Covering two meetings in this bulletin.
Monday 18th we had Winfred Holzapel as our guest speaker. Winfred is a fine young man and a great choice to go to the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra. Winfred gave a great account of the 2 weeks spent there and it is obvious that Winfred enjoyed the experience immensely.
The main benefit that he got from the forum was to meet 400 like minded young people from all over Australia. As well Winfred was able to see a flight simulator for the Lockheed F35 fighter jet. It was a most interesting talk and we are very proud to know this young future scientific engineer, and to have sponsored him to the Forum.
PP Ian Jennings presents the Roo Pouch to Winfred.
Dick Jennings fines Myffy and Bernadette.
Now to last Monday night. Again another excellent turn out of members, guests and friends. All in all 20 people were present on a cold night. David Benn from Wollundry Rotary made up a meeting with us and recited 3 very funny poems for us.
Maree Bernoth was our guest speaker. Maree works at the Charles Sturt University as a lecturer in Nursing, Midwifery, and Indigenous Health. Maree was accompanied by her husband Max.
Maree spoke on Community and what it means in today’s Australian society. A good look at what community means and how our rural areas lack service in aged care and more work is being done on research into this area of our health service.
Maree and Max did say that they found a wonderful community in the people of Coolamon and felt very welcome in Coolamon. “Coolamon owns their community”, is a great way to look at how rural areas look after their own.
Maree went on to advise us all to have a guardian with power of attorney to speak for ourselves when we are unable to do so.
Maree receives a vote of thanks and a Roo Pouch from Don Dyce.
Reminders:
Bingo made a profit of $303 thanks Grahame Miles. Next night is June 11th see diary for roster.
Red Shield see Ted Hutcheon who will be at Foodworks on Saturday and the Ganmain Football on Sunday upcoming.
Ardlethan Chemist needs some prostrate testing kits.
Trevor Parkes won the raffle.
JUST FOR FUN!
Tree Bike
GO BLUES!!
Ellen
A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “no.” The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, “Now Ellen, we just have half of the aisles left to go through; don’t be upset. It won’t be long.”
He passed the Mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn’t have any, she began to cry. The mother said, “There, there, Ellen, don’t cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we’ll be checking out.”
The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased today. The mother patiently said, “Ellen, we’ll be through this check out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice nap.”
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her. “I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Ellen…”
The mother broke in, “My little girl’s name is Tammy… I’m Ellen.”
{They will get better!!}
Diary Reminders
Monday 1st June Guest Speaker Garth Perkin on Nepal
Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June: 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
Monday 8th June Public Holiday Board Meeting at Garth and Marg Perkin’s House.
Thursday 11th June, BINGO Ian Durham (Captain), Myffy Collette, Ted Hutcheon, Bernadette Milne
Monday 15th June Don Dyce and John Glassford on the Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb
Monday 22nd June Dr. Barney Dalgarno on the NBN and IT.
*Monday, June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
Monday July 6th President Wayne Lewis 1st Meeting.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
President Huang and Corinna, pictured with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.
President Huang and his wife Corinna, with District 9212 Governor Bimal Kantaria (2nd from right) and his wife Hiral with First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.
Bimal Kantaria has joined the RAGES Executive Board.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
NEPAL AND SHELTERBOX
Check out the latest images from our response in Nepal to see some of the people we have been helping, along with some of the difficult terrain our teams have had to cross to reach remote communities: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk9ZStqh
ROTARY INFORMATION
27 New Clubs This Year in D9212
One of the great things about Rotary is that you get to visit other clubs when you travel abroad or within Australia. We were luck to be in Kenya for the D9212 Conference at Diani Beach near Mombasa. We were also lucky to be the first international visitors to two brand new Rotary Clubs one in Nyeri and the other in Nairobi.
DG Bimal Kantaria has chartered 27, yes, 27 NEW Rotary clubs in his year as DG. All the members at the D9212 Conference were young, hardly a grey hair in view. This is refreshing and encouraging so what are they dong that we are not. Seems to me that the y have brought the fun back into Rotary with so much laughter and good times. They also do a lot of community work in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan.
Here are some photos from the latest club Limuru chartered this week and sponsored by a Rotaract Club!
ONLY IN AFRICA
Can you go home and be greeted like family after 50 years away. Just had these photos sent to me from Kenya via Karunguru Estates the owners of our old coffee farm we called Ridge Estate. It was a wonderful day for me and we were treated like family. The New Zealand flag is for my father George who planted all the coffee trees on around 700 acres. Dad also built the home from 1920-1928 and then my Mother added to it. All the stone was quarried on the farm. Mum built the dining room which could seat 33! Kibby Karithi who with his family own the property, called it the ballroom! Great day and uplifting to see the old home being loved and lived in with a great family.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
Well the climb is done and dusted. HOWEVER the fund raising continues with talks by our team over the next few months. Here are the members of our team on Mount Kenya:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
FOOTNOTE
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
One of the major reasons for the African adventure was to establish what Rotary can do on the ground in Kenya and South Africa to help stop the poaching.
There will be a May newsletter done asap for all our members.
Here is a video of Dr William Fowlds done for RAGES:
Thandi and her baby Thembe; Thandi was poached and Dr Fowlds saved her.
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#
Mount Kenya 2015
Mt Kenya Rotary climbing team conducts Anzac Day Ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landing which happened on the 25th April 1915.
The ceremony starts after a minute or so will edit when I get the time.
In Kenya!
Just a quick post top all our members Don Dyce, Sally Farmer, Susan and I are plus the team are well settled in for the D9212 Conference some photos.
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #31
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #31
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be another African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!
MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH
80% of schools in Kenya do not have a library. Thanks to our education programme and the generosity of Rita and Charles Field-Marsham, the children of Lewa School now have access to this important learning resource.
INVESTING IN EDUCATION
Yesterday, Lewa and Lewa Downs Primary School held a ceremony to officially open the school’s new and beautiful library! The library was sponsored by the Rita and Charles Field-Marsham Foundation through the Lewa Education Programme.
While this may not be news in many parts of the world, in Kenya, 80% of schools have no library, making Lewa School one of the few to own this crucial learning resource. The impact of libraries on learning is invaluable and these students now have an exciting opportunity to discover the world, gain new knowledge and explore limitless opportunities.
Rita Field-Marsham says:
“Our vision is to provide every school aged child in Kenya with a quality library and we feel very fortunate that Lewa has helped us deliver this vision for the students of Lewa Downs Primary and the Lewa community.”
The children, teachers and parents of Lewa School were beyond jubilant, immensely grateful not only for this new library, but Lewa’s support over the years.
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 23rd. 2015
“Our guest speaker Monday night was Vanessa Warren, who gave a very interesting talk on her experience in North Dakota as an exchange employee in an ag services company. Vanessa, a local girl who obtained a BSc in agriculture from Charles Sturt Uni, works as an agronomist with Delta Ag in Coolamon. She took a leave of absence last year to work for nearly a year in North Dakota (near the border with Canada) and experienced a very different climate and way of farming.
The extremes of temperature (from -40C to +40C) and low rainfall, combined with boggy soils, makes for very different farming from the Riverina. Vanessa gained some very interesting work experience, and enjoyed the hospitality shown to her by the locals, who welcomed Vanessa into their community. Vanessa is now back in Coolamon, with her life enriched by this experience. Neil Munro formally thanked Vanessa and presented her with a gift of appreciation.”
By: PP Paul Weston
PP Neil Munro thanks Vanessa Warren
SHELTERBOX APPEAL
Last week the club collected a ShelterBox from Wagga Wagga Wollundry and set it up in Ganmain on the Saturday and followed that up with another display in Coolamon on Friday.
The whole exercise to raise funds for 2 ShelterBoxes for the Vanuatu cyclone appeal met our goals and we raised just over $2,000 which is enough for 2 ShelterBoxes for Vanuatu. Thank you to all who volunteered on the two days. Well done Ganmain raising over one third of the total $2,000.
Myffy and Bernadette in Ganmain.
The two Ians in Coolamon.
JUST FOR FUN!
Zebra Laundry
Diary Reminders
***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.
We have 19 joining this meeting with 13 out of the 16 intrepid travelers to Kenya and South Africa attending please join us to wish the teams bon voyage “na Safari Jema”.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, visited Rotarians in Uruguay. President Huang also visited a statue of Chinese philosopher, Confucius.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
D 9700 DISCON
It was an excellent conference with some 252 delegates including 7 from Coolamon. The talk by Dr Luc from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a highlight among many highlights. Thanks go to DG David and the Conference Chair Harry Howard for making the two days affordable, efficient and most enjoyable. Here are some photos courtesy of PDG John Egan:
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
In Seven Days
In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies. God saw that it was good.
Evening came and morning came and it was the second Day.
On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.
On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.
On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.
On the Fifth day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day
On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good blokes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.
On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good. well almost good. God saw that the blokes were tired and needed a rest.
So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody great!
IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!
ROTARY INFORMATION
Seung Jin Kim shows off his sail emblazoned with the End Polio Now logo before setting off on his voyage around the globe.
Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds — his goal is $200,000 or more — for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.
Seung Jin Kim, a member of the Rotary Club of Seokmum, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, receives encouragement before embarking in October on a 25,600-mile, around-the-world voyage to raise awareness and money for polio eradication.
ONLY IN AFRICA
Seen in Nairobi it is raining heavily in Kenya and snowing on Mount Kenya above 4,000 metres.
OUT OF AFRICA
We are staying at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri on our way to the mountain and on the way back. The Outspan is famous for Lord Baden-Powell and his cottage is there which we will visit, now a museum:
How about taking a break from the hustle and bustle of town life and escape to Outspan and enjoy your breakfast or dinner as you enjoy the view of the sunrise or sunset over Mt. Kenya, indulge your friends & family with our diverse list of activities available from our Snooker room to taking a tour of our world renowned Lord Baden Powell Museum.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
One of the reasons I am climbing Mount Kenya is to look at the Lewis Glacier, walk on it as it will not be there much longer due to global warming this evidence is beyond discussion now and this evidence proves it once and for all and it is MAN MADE there is NO doubt; the jury is in and the verdict has been reached. WE ARE GUILTY!
The main reason that I am climbing Mount Kenya is to honour my Father George James Glassford on ANZAC Day 100 years since he landed at Gallipoli. I will wear his medals for the first and last time before I hand them over to my eldest son Sean. These medals were the only ones awarded to the British Forces in World War 1 and are known as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after a Daily Mirror cartoon published in 1920.
It concerned the adventures of an orphaned family of animals. Pip, who assumed the “father” role, was a dog, while the “mother”, Squeak, was a penguin. Wilfred was the “young child” and was a rabbit with very long ears.[
They are the 1914-1915 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
FOOTNOTE
DG David Kennedy launched the Mount Kenya Crowd Funding web site campaign at the D9700 conference and please send this email onto your friends and associates asking for their support, just copy and paste:
Our Rotary climbing team is off again, this time to climb Mount Kenya on ANZAC Day 2015 April 25th to raise funds for Legacy Australia and their support of Australia’s war widows and orphans. At the same time continue our education and health projects in Kenya and South Africa.
We are looking for your support, pure and simple.
Please join the Rotary Clubs of Coolamon and Wagga Wagga Sunrise in Australia’s greatest and unique fundraiser for Legacy Australia and Children’s Education in Africa. Visit our crowd funding site! See how it works; watch the two minute video; get involved and make a secure donation, “go the distance” and “pick a perk” and help us to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
Follow our party’s fundraising Climb up Mount Kenya on Anzac Day 2015.
Click on the link below to see our Crowd Funding site and please forward this invitation to all your friends and relatives, especially your children, nieces and nephews, asking them to forward this email onto their friends.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
Our latest signing is none other than Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick D.B.E. Dame Daphne started the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and rescues orphaned elephants due to the poaching crisis in Kenya. This lady is an angel:
There is much written about Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE and for us the following statements attributed to her about elephants sum up the Lady, an angel in our midst, a Dame of the British Empire. “They share with us a strong sense of family and they also share with us a deep sense of death. I know that they grieve and they mourn, just as we do at the loss of a loved one and that they shed tears and suffer depression. They have a sense of compassion that projects beyond their own kind and can extend to other species in distress. They help one another in adversity, miss absent loved ones, and when you know them really well, you can see that they even smile when having fun and are happy.”
And we are smiling, thank you so much Dame Daphne Sheldrick.
We will be having a meeting with Dame Daphne on May 1st in Nairobi at her orphanage for baby elephants.
For Dame Daphne’s amazing work please visit: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
POST SCRIPT
That is all for the regular bulletin HOWEVER when time permits and with your blessing, over the next 2 months or so I will do my best to send you updates on the progress of the trip to Kenya and South Africa and RAGES.
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#
MOUNT KENYA WINE PROMOTION
LITTLEDALE FINE WINES SUPPORT THE ANZAC DAY MOUNT KENYA CLIMB.
We are pleased to announce that we have the support and sponsorship of Littledale Fine Wines from Sydney. They have put together a special package for their wines with a generous discount and a donation of $18 for every dozen of their wines they sell via this campaign.
To order your dozen go to the following website please and use the code ANZAC1:
LITTLEDALE FINE WINES FOR LEGACY AUSTRALIA
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #30
Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #30
THIS WILL BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be an African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!
MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH
One of the beneficiaries of the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb will be the Oloimugi Maasai Village situated on the equator under the shadows of Mount Kenya. These children have to walk to school some 5 ks every day through hostile country with elephants and lions to contend with. The goal is to provide good education facilities including teachers and a class room so that they can be equipped for high school and beyond.
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 16th. 2015
Eleven members and seven guests attended our meeting tonight and we had a great time with some excellent fellowship mixed with business and a very good guest speaker. The raffle was won again by Leslie Weston and we made some pocket money with the fines session. Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis, Stephen Exton, Trevor Park, Dave McKinley and our guest speaker Craig Riley.
PE Wayne Lewis and PP Ian Jennings conducted the fine session tonight.
Tonight we had the pleasure of a local guest speaker in Craig Riley from the Coolamon Butchers. It was a very good talk and Craig obviously loves his work and it showed. Craig has a long list of achievements including NSW Apprentice of the year in his 1st year as an apprentice, butcher of the year, one of the first butchers to learn how to conduct a hazard course in meat handling following the Garibaldi salmonella scare in Adelaide.
Craig worked for various butchers and at A.J. Bush and Sons he did 80 hours a week for 7 years. Craig moved to Coolamon with his wife Lisa and has two children and now he has a balanced life style and can see his son for dinner the old fashioned way. The future of the butchering trade looks like going down the track of well prepared and a variety of different meals for the busy families of this day and age. Craig also feels that the supermarkets are no longer a threat to the corner butcher shop as service and customer satisfaction is now paramount in the success of butchers like Craig, Thank you Craig.
PP Dick Jennings thanking Craig Riley with our Kangaroo money pouch as a gift.
President Garth reminded members of the upcoming District Conference this weekend in Cowra. The board also set the change over dinner for Monday 29th June. Also on the calender is a farewell dinner for the Mount Kenya climber/hikers and safari teams set for Monday 30th March.
The Vanuatu crisis due to cyclone Pam was discussed and John Glassford to locate a ShelterBox for display and fund raising in Coolamon this Saturday. This has been done and a ShelterBox will be in Coolamon for Saturday volunteers are needed.
The Cornish-based charity Shelterbox is mobilising aid and a response team to Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam.
The United Nations Humanitarian Office said on the main island of Efate, 90% of structures were damaged or destroyed.
Many of Vanuatu’s 260,000 population are said to be homeless, with thousands of people sheltering in over 25 evacuation centres.
The charity will send 1,000 shelter kits to help repair damaged buildings.
ShelterBox operational manager Alf Evans said: “Our initial response will see the 1,000 shelter kits deployed from Subang and distributed with CARE International.
“Once we have ShelterBox response team members on the ground we will be aiming to make further contributions to partnership work on shelter and repair.”
Go here for more news SHELTERBOX UK
SHELTERBOX AUSTRALIA
HENK
This is for you mate and we feel for you right now.
JUST FOR FUN!
Diary Reminders
Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra. Book Now.
*Monday 23rd March 2015 Guest Speaker Vanessa Warren Agronomist with Delta Ag worked 12 months in the USA.
***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang poses with inbound Youth Exchange Program students in front of the World Peace Bell in Quito, Ecuador.
RI President Huang attended the Educational Excellence Award ceremony during his visit to Quito, Ecuador.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
An outstanding achievement by Bathurst East Rotary to have sponsored an Interact Club at Kelso High.
Congrats to Club members Graham Bright & Stephanie Brown for their persistence and welcome to the first 7 members..
President: Emily Hayes Secretary: Amy McLeish
Treasurer: Lachlan Hicks Members: Olivia Sheehan, Jack Portegies, Bella Fenton and Tom Rosser
Also pictured here Club Pres. Peter Ketith & School Principal Michael Sloan, DG David. Well done everyone!!!
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
IRISH Saint Patrick’s Day Today
Paddy & Murphy are working on a building site.
Paddy says to Murphy ‘Im gonna have the day off, I’m gonna pretend I’m mad!’
He climbs up the rafters , hangs upside down & shouts ‘I’M A LIGHTBULB! I’M A LIGHTBULB!’
Murphy watches in amazement!
The Foreman shouts ‘Paddy you’re mad, go home.’
So he leaves the site.
Murphy starts packing his kit up to leave as well.
‘Where are you going?’ asks the Foreman.
‘I cant work in the dark! ‘ says Murphy.
Poker
A bit of beginning of the week humour:
Six Irish men were playing poker when one of them played a bad hand and died.
The rest drew straws to see who would tell his wife. One man draws the shortest straw and goes to his friend’s house to tell the wife.
The man says to her, “Your husband lost some money in the poker game and is afraid to come home.”
The wife says, “Tell him to drop dead!”
The man responds, “I’ll go tell him.”
Irish Wisdom… (Really!)
1. May the luck of the Irish be with you!
2. If you want praise, die. If you want blame, marry.
3. Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!
4. If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!
5. May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
6. A man may live after losing his life but not after losing his honour.
7. “All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” – Sean O’Casey
8. You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.
9. It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.
10. It is better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!
The Airplane
Paddy the Englishman, Paddy the Irishman, Paddy the Scotsman, and Paddy the Welshman were all flying together in an airliner. The captain announced that they were losing altitude rapidly and that one of them would have to jump out to save the others.
“I do this for the glory of Scotland,” said Paddy the Scotsman and he jumped out.
“We need to lose more weight,” said the captain, so Paddy the Welshman shouted, “I do this for the glory of Wales,” and jumped out.
“Sorry,” said the captain. “I’m afraid we need to lose the weight of just one more person.”
“I do this for the glory of Ireland,” said Paddy the Irishman and threw out Paddy the Englishman.
Thanks for the above from PDG Patrick Coleman in Zimbabwe.
ROTARY INFORMATION
ROTARY WINS PRESTIGIOUS SILVER TELLY FOR AIDS DOCUMENTARY
Marion Bunch my CEO when I served on the RFFA now RFHA Board for 3 years. I learnt a lot from this very strong woman. I first met Marion at the Chicago Convention celebrating 100 years of Rotary.
A documentary film produced by Rotary’s broadcast media department that features Rotary member Marion Bunch and her work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in underprivileged African communities won two 2015 Telly Awards.
The prestigious awards are given annually to the finest film and video productions. Rotary’s documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days” received a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the online video-documentary category, and a Bronze Telly in the online video-branded content and entertainment category. The documentary was shown by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and throughout Africa.
“What we tried to accomplish with the film was to get the good news and the good deeds out there so that the non-Rotary world can see it,” says producer Andrew Chudzinski. “It was a great collaborative project.”
The film documents the tremendous burden HIV/AIDS places on African families and communities. It covers the journeys of two women: South African grandmother Me Maria, who is raising her two grandsons whose parents died of AIDS, and Bunch, from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who became a global advocate for AIDS prevention and the inspiration for Rotary Family Health Days after she lost her son to the disease.
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
Cape Town on our schedule from May 4th. Great city great people!
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
THE CLIMBERS/HIKERS
ROTARY MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB.
I will be asking each and everyone of you to share the link via email with 20 of your family, friends and business acquaintances and ask them to do the same. This way we ask for your support for the beneficiaries of this adventure.
Each climber is funding their own travel and accommodation costs, so that every $ we raise, as a team, goes to the beneficiaries.
Just briefly this all came about not long after we returned home from the Mountains of the Moon climb/attempt. It is not about myself but about why I started this. It is about my Father , my Mother, Kenya and the children. My Father was an original ANZAC a Kiwi who landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day 1915. Survived until July when he was hit in the chest and lost an eye. My Mother was a British Army nurse on the Egyptian front and a triage sister at El Alamein and loved the ANZACS. Mother eventually married one! Dad migrated to Kenya from New Zealand in 1919 and started a coffee plantation.
Originally I was going on my own in a silent tribute to my Father who died in Kenya when I was 10. However Fred Loneragan persuaded me otherwise! My Father joined the New Zealand Army in 1911 as a 20 year old.
FOOTNOTE
We are visiting Giraffe Manor on the 1st May and it is one of Nairobi’s most iconic buildings, but the strangest and most enjoyable thing about it is not its beautiful façade or elegant interiors, it’s the herd of resident Rothschild giraffe. The long-necked beasts pop in and out of the manor, perhaps even joining us for lunch.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
The One Fight Unite RAGES poster campaign continues to gather momentum, thanks to Duke Ingram and Rubin Besureis from London and their band Besureis. This week two more notable conservationists joined the SAY NO! Poster Campaign.
Saba Iassa Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservationist and television presenter. She has worked for a variety of conservation charities, and has appeared in wildlife documentaries produced by the BBC and other broadcasters.
Best known for her work on the Big Cat Diary.
What a great day having lunch with the one and only Kevin Richardson, the lion whisperer, what a blast he is. The man who brings the big cats, hyenas and other large carnivores of Africa up close and personal to the screen. Millions of people around the world have fallen in love with his films and documentaries and famous cuddles with his beloved lions. We think you’re fabulous Kevin. For more on Kevin’s work and the journey of his extraordinary life please check the link below:
The Besureis Team with Kevin Richardson:
POST SCRIPT
That is all for the regular bulletin HOWEVER when time permits and with your blessing, over the next 2 months or so I will do my best to send you updates on the progress of the trip to Kenya and South Africa and RAGES.
RAGES WEB SITE
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015
Rotary International President Gary Huang
Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy
Coolamon Club President Garth Perkin
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/#