John J Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 14/04/2024

Coolamon Community Chronicle on line

The CCC is now on line at this address:

Coolamon Community Chronicle

or click on the image below:

Excellent publication and congratulations to all of the editorial staff concerned in putting this together every month. The CCC is now on our club website where you can get back issues from April 2022 to the present, thanks to Paul Weston for doing this.

As important those members who distribute the CCC in our Shire; thankyou!

Meeting of Monday 8th April

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 23 members and eight guests tonight. Our guests included, Marilyn Jennings, Trisha Truscott, Sharon Miles, Maureen Hulsman, Susan Wingate-Pearse, Wendy Lindner, and Cathy her sister from Canberra and Gerard Langtry, brother of Barry.  Another excellent role up and it goes to show that if you have a good guest speaker lined up we get a great turn out of members, partners and guests.

We started the meeting with just a couple of items of Rotary business:

• Anne gave a report on the volunteers for the Wagga Cycle Club Event at the Pomingalarna Reserve.
• Paul suggested that there will be a board meeting on Monday 22nd April. TBC.
• Paul said that Henk was the first correct answer to the last puzzler and gets a free raffle ticket.

Our speakers tonight were President Elect Adrian Lindner with Wendy Lindner and the subject was their recent trip to Nepal.  They joined with their church group from Wagga for this adventure.

Adrian started the talk with some details on the Nepalase Nation.  A small country about the two thirds the size of Victoria with a population of 26.4 million.  Some other information on Nepal:

• Nepal has 8 of the 10 world’s tallest mountains including Everest and all 8 are over 8,000 metres high.

• Nepal is the birthplace of Buddha.
• Religion 81% Hindu, 11% Buddhist, 4% Islam, 3% Christian.
• 80% of their energy is provided by burning biomass, however there is a growth in hydrolectric power which is exported to India.
• Nepal have 10 UNESCO heritage sites
• Nepalese whose Gurkha soldiers are known as the bravest of the brave .
• Nepal is the home of the famouus Yeti
• Nepal is also one of the poorest countries in the world with an AUD $2,800pa per capita).

One of Wendy’s highlights was a visit to a mission hospital.  Wendy is a Nurse Anesthetist and was allowed into the operation room where there was a caesarian taking place.  There is a high infant mortality rate in Nepal and access to good facilities in urgent cases is by helicopter.

Adrian went on to show some slides which I have uploaded here from the meeting.  Adrian and Wendy said that the Nepalese people are very friendly and happy.

They were close to the Annapurna range of mountains and in the slides you can see some of the wonderful mountain views.

We all agreed that this was an excellent presentation and talk by Adrian with support from Wendy.

Here are some photos of the photos in the presentation:

Albert Suidgeest announced the loser of the week for the weight competition which was Gary Truscott.  Albert then invited everyone to the Thursday coffee mornings in Coolamon.  The morning walk on the golf course will be tomorrow (wed).

The evening ended with a brief but most amusing fines session by the S@A and his Cpl.  We had a very good raffle with three prizes, of which one was a bottle of red donated by Scott Mudd.  First prize the Foodworks voucher was won by Paul Weston, the bottle of red by Susan and Lexi won the liquorice.

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Monday April 15th: Normal Club Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday April 22nd: Board Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15pm. (To be confirmed).

Monday April 22nd: Normal Club Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Thursday 25th April:  ANZAC DAY the 109th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli/Çanakkale Savasi.

Monday April 29th: Normal Club Meeting Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday May 11th:  Rotary Health Van visits Coolamon.  

9.30-3.30pm 

*Monday May 20th Polio Plus Tandem Bike Riders visit Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

1. FOOD OF THE FUTURE

Mike and Mary McLaughlin, founders of the Trees That Feed Foundation, examine one of the first breadfruit trees they planted in Jamaica over a decade ago.

Courtesy of Trees That Feed Foundation

Can the curiously named breadfruit feed a warming world?

By Amy Hoak

Rotary clubs have taken notice of breadfruit’s potential for addressing food insecurity in the face of climate change. After Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas in 2019, destroying homes, farms, and livelihoods, residents received nearly 5,000 breadfruit trees with support from the Rotary clubs of St. Catharines South, Ontario; Niagara Falls Sunrise, Ontario; and Abaco, Bahamas.

Through Rotary clubs’ partnership with the Trees That Feed Foundation, an Illinois-based nonprofit that has a goal of planting 1 million fruit trees in places dealing with food insecurity and poverty, they also have been involved in efforts to plant breadfruit trees in Jamaica, Haiti, and Pakistan.

“With global climate change affecting millions and the starvation of many due to a lack of sustainable food, this program is one of the most important projects supported by Rotary,” says Cathy Henry, a member of the St. Catharines South club.

FULL STORY HERE

Above image credit by Getty Images.

2. 24-25 DISTRICT GRANTS APPLICATIONS OPEN

Applications for District Grants for the 24-25 Rotary Year are now open.

PURPOSE OF DISTRICT GRANTS

• District grants fund short-term (max one year) local or international projects and activities that support the Foundations Mission of ‘Doing Good in the World’.
• Clubs are generally expected to contribute financially to the project in addition to the District Grant Funds. Grant funding is not restricted but usually in the range of $500 to $5,000.

Clubs can use district Grants to fund a variety of activities, including:

• Humanitarian projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts
• Community
• Vocational Training of any team size or time span
• Travel costs to and participating in Rotary projects fairs to find project partners
• Scholarships for any level, length of time, location or area of study

Grants should respond to an identifiable community need and align with one or more “Area of Focus”.

APRIL IS ROTARY ENVIRONMENT MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL.

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for March 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from March:

Bulletin for Week of 10/03/2024

Bulletin for Week of 17/03/2024

Bulletin for Week of 24/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 25th March 2024

President John Bond was an apology tonight and PP Paul Weston was in the chair and welcomed 21 members and five guests including our guest speaker Nicole Dixon, were Fred Dixon, Trish Truscott, Lorraine Hamilton and Marilyn Jennings.

Paul said that the Coolamon Community Chronicle will be printed this week.

AG Garth reported on the District 9705 training weekend in Cootamundra and we had Garth, Bear, Gary and Ian who attended.

Weight loss competition have a walking group now who walk around the golf course:

Thanks Mary Potts for the photo.

Our guest speaker Nicole Dixon was introduced by Jann Breust.  Nicole said that she loved the Breusts’ home and got the courgae to go knock on their door.  Nicole wanted to do a painting of their home.

Nicole is originally from Queensland then moved to Mollymook then to Wagga Wagga and now they live near Currawarna on a farm.  Nicole and her husband Fred love animals and Nicole’s favourite are chooks. Nicole creates her art using water colours and ink.

Nicole gave a lovely presentation of her artwork, some of which appear below.  Myffy thanked Nicole and Fred for attending our meeting and Nicole for her entertaining presentation.  You can contact Nicole via email or phone if you would like to commission her to draw your pets or your home: [email protected] or 0429 963 111.

The meeting ended up with a raffle won by Bruce Hamilton with another great meeting of fellowship and good friendship.

Our President-Elect Adrian Lindner is getting around and last weekend Adrian was at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, in Melbourne, working as a track marshall.

Every Thursday morning at 10.30 am, several Rotarians, partners and friends join together for coffee at one of the coffee shops in Coolamon.  An initiative of Albert Suidgeest, this Thursday they met at the Station Collective in Coolamon.

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday April 1st – NO Meeting (Easter Monday public holiday).

*Monday April 8th – Speaker Meeting: PE Adrian Lindner on his recent trip to Nepal. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event.  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th –  MHERV Health Van visits Coolamon.

*Monday May 20th – Speaker Meeting: Polio Plus tandem bike riding couple from Tasmania. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

THE PUZZLER

Answers to the last puzzles:

Riddle: What goes up but never comes down? Your age! Brain teaser: The man didn’t die because poisoned ice cubes in the punch hadn’t melted when the man drank the punch, but as the ice melted, the punch became toxic to the other partygoers.

This month’s puzzles:

Brain teaser: What are the next three letters following this sequence? OTTFFSS

Puzzle in real life: Recently, I ordered the BLT burger described in the menu shown below. Your challenge is to describe what I was served.

Why become climate friendly?

As pollution levels rise and the world becomes warmer, storms and droughts become stronger, harming the people that we, Rotarians, work hardest to help.

PRIORITY 1: INCREASE ROTARY’S GLOBAL IMPACT by taking actions to mitigate climate change in your club.

PRIORITY 2: EXPAND OUR REACH to those who are ready to act on climate change. Imagine the new partnerships in your community.

PRIORITY 3: ENGAGE THROUGH CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS & NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS such as mangrove restoration, tree planting and sustainable agriculture.

PRIORITY 4: ADAPT BY ALIGNING OUR INVESTMENTS with the environment area of focus in order to save future generations.

LEARN MORE HERE

One project that I am looking at in Kenya is being oraganised by our old friend Rtn. Armicus Mayan the PE of the RC of Meru, on the slopes of Mount Kenya:

APRIL IS ROTARY ENVIRONMENT MONTH

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 24/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 18th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 23 members and four guests tonight.  DGN D9705 Robert Shore, Lorraine Hamilton, Jeanette Campbell and Jill Armstrong-Iverach, our guest speaker.  A great role up.

The evening began with the start of the weight watchers competition with some 10 entries.  This is a competition created by Albert Suidgeest.  The weigh in was done in secrecy and the ten competitors were then given a number each from 1-10.  The weigh in results were then used for a guessing competition as to who is the heaviest from 1-10 this for our members and guests to fill in.  The eventual winner of the guessing competition was Albert Suidgeest and suggestions of foul play will need to be addressed.  The competition will go for 6 months to see who can lose the most weight, a great health initiative in mind.

Photo by Mary Potts.

Some general business included Anne asking for volunteers for tee bike ride catering on the 14th April.  Details in the diary below.

Albert advised us that he now has enough entrants for the open garden days in October and that many more would like to enter their gardens which prompted Albert to ponder an annual event.

Guest Speaker Jill Armstrong/Iverach.

Jill is a relative of  Peter and Jane Iverach who were of Scottish descent and were Jill’s great grandparents. They had 11 children and settled in Coolamon.  One son William Iverach ended up being part owner of the Up-to-Date Store with Harold Charles Nadin and William Denoon.  See:  Up to Date Store

Jill visited Coolamon and was very impressed with the town and it’s friendly people.  Jill with the help of Jeanette Campbell then visited the graves of some of the Iverach family.  Jill said that tracing her family was most  rewarding and thanked our club for hosting her.

Surprise Visit of DGN Robert Shore

DGN Robert was the guest of AG Garth Perkin.  Robert spoke briefly on membership and gave some insights on how to get new members.  Robert was a member of the Parkes  RC and recruited 18 members in 12 months to join the Parkes Rotary Club.  Robert is teh D9705 Chair of the membership committee and his intention is to visit all of the 80+ clubs in D9705 as DGN and as DG in 2025-2026.  Robert brought along a lot of books for sale with the funds going towards our Foundation.

Induction of Vicki Langtry to the Coolamon RC.

The highlight of any meeting for any Rotary club is the induction of a new member.  Tonight Vicki Langtry was inducted into our club by AG Garth Perkin.  Anne Rzeszkowski is Vicki’s sponsor and mentor.  Already Vicki has been working very hard on the 2024 Coolamon Rotary Telephone book.  Welcome Vicki to our club!

As always our meeting concluded with a spirited and hilarious fines session by our S@A Dick Jennings and his Cpl. Garth.  The raffles were won by Paul Weston and Bruce Hamilton.

See you all next week.

N.B. The Ideal Table Configuration for our meetings!!!!

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

*Monday March 25th Guest Speaker Nicole Nixon Artist – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday April 1st NO Meeting Easter Monday.

*Monday April 8th Guest Speaker PE Adrian Lindner on their trip to Nepal – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

*Monday May 20th Polio Plus Tandem Bike Riders visit Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, “Do you want to go to heaven?”
The man said, “I do Father.”

The priest said, “Then stand over there against the wall.” Then the priest asked the second man, “Do you want to got to heaven?”

“Certainly, Father,” was the man’s reply.

“Then stand over there against the wall,” said the priest.

Then Father Murphy walked up to O’Toole and said, “Do you want to go to heaven?”

O’Toole said, “No, I don’t Father.”

The priest said, “I don’t believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die, you don’t want to go to heaven?”

O’Toole said, “Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.”

Credit to Australian Writers’ Centre Team

March 14th was PI day in case you wanted to know.

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

1.  END POLIO: 70 Years in an Iron Lung

credit: Sky News UK

Photo by JJG at the 2010 Montreal RI Convention

“Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul”, contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he was six years old and was left paralysed from the neck down. He was rushed to hospital in Texas – and woke up inside the metal cylinder where he would spend the rest of his life.

An update on his GoFundMe page by its organiser Christopher Ulmer reads:  Paul Alexander, ‘The Man in the Iron Lung’, passed away yesterday.

FULL STORY HERE

This is why we in Rotary together with our partners will eliminate poliomyelitis from this planet.  By donating to the Polio Plus campaign the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation matches our contribution with $2 of their to $1 of ours.

We are major partners in the GPEI The Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  Our partners include:

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the vaccine alliance. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.

GPEI Website

GPEI-Historical-Contributions-v18-20221231

NB: JJG contracted poliomyelitis in 1952, when he was 8 years old, at his boarding school in Nairobi before he went to school in England.  John’s mother a WW2 British Army Sister nursed John back to health over many painful months of exercise and learning how to walk again.

2. RYPEN

RYPEN the Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment has just concluded at Borambola near Wagga Wagga.

RYPEN D9705 WEBSITE

Darren is also the current president of Wagga Wollundry RC. AND lives in a straw bale house near Wagga!!!

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 17/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 11th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 22 members including Vicki Langtry who will be inducted into our club next Monday.  We started with the raffle which was won by Grahame Miles and some cucumbers were won by Anne and Garth courtesy of Albert Suidgeest.

We then went into discussing some general business including:

• Garth Perkin on the Tandem Polio Plus Bike Ride from Adelaide visiting Coolamon on Monday May 20th.
• Henk Hulsman on upcoming guest speakers.  (See the diary).
• Henk Hulsman reported on the CRCTB 2024 Committee meeting.
• Henk Hulsman requested that every member MUST have their Working With Children Check #s updated and current.  Henk will gladly help any member having trouble getting theirs done.
• Area Governor Garth Perkin encouraged all members to attend the upcoming District assembly and PETS training in Cootamundra.
• PE Adrian Lindner gave a detailed report on the PETS and District Assembly held in Batemans Bay over the past weekend.  Some points of interest:
  • The Rotary Foundation is till the leading charity in the USA as announced by Charity Navigator.  In the main due to the accountability and transparency of our Foundation and the low % of administration costs that our Foundation charges.
  • There was a very good brain storming session on What is Rotary?
  • Presentations on RAWCS, RAM, Polio Plus, Shelter Box and Youth Exchange.
  • Governance of a club all members need to know how to look after the club’s responsibilities these include insurance and good record keeping.
  • Child protection and screening volunteers.
  • members are encouraged to use the My Rotary website and here a member needs to register to get the most benefit from the My Rotary website which has a lot of very useful information.
  • Regionalisation was discussed as in 2025-2026 as we in RI Zone 8 are trialling a pilot scheme for centralisation of Rotary in Zone 8.
  • Discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as programmes for the prevention of Domestic and Family Violence.
  • Adrian concluded that there was plenty of information available and encouraged all of our members even those not on the board to attend the District Assembly and PETS at Cootamundra on the 23rd and the 24th March i.e. 1.5 days.
• Grahame Miles encouraged all members who are interested to attend the meeting to form the Advance Coolamon Committee at the Sports Club.
• Daryl Breust spoke about the “new” table settings and believes that the way the tables are set up is not conducive to good fellowship and social arrangement.  Most agreed and the tables will go back to the way they were next week.
• Paul Weston advised the members that Vicki Langtry’s membership application has been approved and there were no objections to Vicki becoming our newest member.  Vicki will be inducted next Monday night by President John Bond.  Welcome Vicki!
• Albert Suidgeest announced a new competition involving diet.  Since Albert gave up smoking 12 months ago now he is organising a weight loss competition with those who want to join in giving $10 to enter.   Scales will be required to have a weigh in for those competing.  So far 7 members have entered.

S@A Dick Jennings and Cpl Garth Perkin then went on a fines rampage and every member present were targeted.  As always a great session by these two which raises funds for our club.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday March 18th Board Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

*Monday March 18th Guest Speaker Jill Armstrong/Iverach – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

*Monday March 25th Guest Speaker Nicole Nixon Artist – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

*Monday April 8th Guest Speaker PE Adrian Lindner on their trip to Nepal – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

*Monday May 20th Polio Plus Tandem Bike Riders visit Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

1.  END POLIO NOW TANDEM BIKE RIDE

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 10/03/2024

Meeting of Monday 4th March

President John Bond “Bondy” welcomed 19 members and one guest being Michael Suidgeest.

Another excellent evening of fellowship and fun.

• Paul Weston spoke on the Coolamon Community Chronicle and thanked Anne for her hard work distributing the CCC on time.  Paul said that they had some trouble with the printer which was fixed by the technicians and excellent response.
• John G advised the members present that Wollundry RC have an evening with Author Fleur MacDonald speaking on domestic violence and on her books.  This will be at Romano’s on this Thursday evening.  Contact John G for information.  All members received an email on the event.
• Ian Jennings spoke on the Clean Up Australia day held at the weekend and thanked our members who volunteered on the day.  Some photos by Mary and Adrian are in this bulletin.  Well done to all who took part.
• Grahame Miles reminded members present that next Tuesday the 12th March there will be the meeting of teh Advance Coolamon proposed committee.
• Garth Perkin invited members to attend the upcoming PETS weekend in Batemans Bay or in Cootamundra on the 22nd of March weekend.
• Bondy reported that he had advised that the Rotarian couple from Launceston and riding from Adelaide to Sydney on a tandem bike that we will look after them in Coolamon.  Details to follow.
• Paul announced the two winners for last week’s puzzler were Mary Potts and Daryl Breust each receives a free $5 raffle ticket.

Another fun filled fines session conducted by our S@A Dick and his Corporal Garth and no one was spared.  Bear was serenaded for his birthday and the raffle was won by Dick Jennings with two second prizes of Albert’s tomatoes to Garth and Anne.

The new table settings were given another workout.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday March 11th Normal Meeting- Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

Monday March 18th Board Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

Monday March 18th Normal Meeting – Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

MARCH IS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE MONTH

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for February 2024

Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from February:

Bulletin for Week of 5/02/2024

Bulletin for Week of 12/02/2024

Bulletin for Week of 19/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 26th February 2024

President John or Bondy was back in the chair tonight and welcomed 21 members and one guest, Michael Suidgeest.

Paul Weston reported on the board meeting held prior to tonight’s meeting and said that the board approved the following items:

• A $1,000 donation to the Coolamon Pre School appeal for their new building.
• PE Adrian Lindner was appointed as the delegate to the upcoming PETS weekend. PS Welcome back Adrian!
• The membership application for Vicki Langtry was approved.
• May 11th the Rotary Men’s Health Education Rural Van will be in Coolamon giving out medical advice not just to men but to women.  Check their web site:  MHERV
• We have approved a donation of $300 to MHERV to cover accommodation of the MHERV nurse for two nights.

Bondy asked for all members to invite interesting people to be a guest speaker.  We need some good speakers!

Daryl Breust requested confirmation that the board had approved donations to the the Coolamon netball/football competition that will last 18 weeks.  Mary confirmed that this was approved online by board members recently.  Daryl is now able to advise the netball and footy committees that they will get their weekly prizes.

Daryl Breust has a potential guest speaker in Nicole Dixon, an artist who painted the Breust’s home.  Nicole lives down Brushwood Road and Daryl will invite her to be our guest speaker.

Ian Jennings invited our members to volunteer for Clean Up Australia Day being supported by the Coolamon Landcare Group this coming Sunday, March 3rd, meeting at 9.00 am at Redgrave Park in Coolamon.

Paul announced the winners of the last two Puzzlers, Adrian Lindner and Scott Mudd, who both received a free $5 raffle ticket.

The raffle was drawn and the winner was John Nulty.

Our Corporal Dick Jennings then entertained us all with another fines session that had us all laughing.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm and a good time was had by all.

BTW we did try another table seating arrangement which looks good but needs some tuning.  More info next week.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 4th March 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

1.  ROTARY TURNS 119 YEARS YOUNG

The first four Rotarians. From left: Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram E. Shorey, Paul P. Harris.

On  23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting.

Harris’ desire for camaraderie among business associates brought together these four men and eventually led to an international organization of service and fellowship.

Each of the first four Rotarians, and Harry L. Ruggles, who is often called the “fifth Rotarian,” brought different professional perspectives to the organization.

FULL STORY HERE

2.  WASH A ROTARY ACTION GROUP

The Rotary Foundation is changing the world by providing grants for projects and activities around the globe and in your own backyard:

WASH Global Grant Projects: Since 2013, The Rotary Foundation has invested in more than $130 million in over 2000 projects worldwide. Through this investment, our volunteers of action have improved access to safely managed and basic WASH services to communities, schools and healthcare facilities, while protecting and conserving water resources. 

Rotary-USAID WASH Partnership: Rotary and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) assist communities and governments to plan, finance and deliver safe water, sanitation and hygiene services, while sustainably managing water resources.

WASH in Schools Target Challenge: Rotary challenges our members to develop sustainable projects that comprehensively address the most pressing water, sanitation, hygiene and education needs  in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Kenya.

WASH ROTARY ACTION GROUP.

March is Rotary’s Water & Sanitation Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 19/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 19th February

Tonight PP Henk Hulsman was in the chair as President John Bond has a family health issue to look after.

We had 20 members and one guest (our next new member) Vicki Langtry attend our meeting tonight.

All in all a good role up of members and we had a shorter meeting than usual however we did discuss:

• Mary advised us that we were sent a cheque for $1,200 for our help at the recent Marrar Madness weekend.
• Garth spoke about the visit to Coolamon with the Health Van and that we will need a roster of volunteers.  The event will be held in Coolamon on Saturday May 11th.
• The Coolamon pre-School are looking for funds these funds to help with the completion of their new building:
• Henk said that the board meeting will be held next Monday at 5.15pm.
• Anne is looking for support for the Wagga Wagga bike event on Sunday April the 14th with catering.  More details to follow.
• Henk advised us that the working with children checks are going well.  If any members need help it is available.
• John G gave a quick report on the progress of the CRCTB 2024 edition.  Our thanks go to Bear, Vicky, Anne, Henk and Grahame for the work done to date.  JG is collating the data for the advertisers and Vicky is looking after the white pages entries with help from Anne.  The whole project is looking very positive for a great result for our community here and beyond.

It was good to see our S@A and his Cpl. in full swing tonight and no one was spared.  Another crazy and happy fines session.

The raffle was won by Anne and Henk won second prize.

The meeting closed at 8.30pm and several of the CRCTB 2024 committee met in two groups to updating the advertisers master sheet.  Paul advised us via email that he will set up an easier way to achieve this via the cloud!!!!

Another positive and fun evening at the CRC!

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 26th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 26th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Sunday April 14th– Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC catering lunch and dinner for cycling event at the  Pomingalarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.  Details to follow.

Saturday May 11th:  Health Van visits Coolamon.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

Next month, Rotary International and administrators at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Türkiye, will begin recruiting fellowship candidates for a new peace centre opening at the university. The Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Centre will offer experienced peacebuilders based in the Middle East and North Africa the opportunity to complete a one-year professional development certificate program, earning postgraduate diplomas in peace and development studies.

“The centre will bring together peacemakers from across the Middle East and North Africa — people with different backgrounds and viewpoints, but who share common goals —……….

FULL STORY HERE

2.  ROTARY CLUBS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

In Nuuk, Greenland, the aurora borealis fill the sky

Members of the Rotary club of Tarawa, Kiribati

There are Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries, including some of the world’s most remote locations. Indeed, it’s accurate to say Rotary has spread to virtually every corner of the globe. Here, meet six far-flung clubs and learn what they do.

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

St. John’s has five Rotary and Rotaract clubs. Founded in 1921, the 60-member Rotary Club of St. John’s is the oldest in this Canadian province. “Rotary is wonderfully represented in our small city,” says Ron Burke, the club’s president. The provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s has just under 110,000 inhabitants. The city’s Rotary clubs do not see themselves as competitors, but pool their forces to make a difference. Together, they created the Rotary Sunshine Park, a recreational area with a water pier, a leisure centre, and a chalet that can be rented for overnight stays.

FULL STORY HERE BY  Insa Fölster and Florian Quanz

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 12/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 12th February

President John Bond welcomed 19 members and three guests to our meeting tonight.  Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Bernadette Milne and Vicky Langtry.

Tonight we did not have a lot of business to discuss apart from:

• Mary sent round a sheet for new Rotary club shirts.
• Henk spoke on the preceding CRCTB 2024 Committee meeting.  All is going as well as can be at this stage.  Members are now obtaining advertisers for the new book and Bear has over 80 potential advertisers including those who advertised in the 2018 book.  John G is collating all the information as it comes in.
• Anne read out a letter of thanks from the Coolamon Central School.
• Garth our Area Governor promoted the upcoming meeting in Coolamon to form an Advance Coolamon Group.  This is on the 12th March at 6.30pm at the Sports Club.
• Garth said that the Rotary Health Van will be in Coolamon on Saturday May 11th. (An auspicious day!).

There was a spontaneous fines session as our S@A Dick and his Cpl Garth were back.  The raffle was won by Ian Jennings.

Another good evening of fun and fellowship was had by all of us and a good turn up of members.

A request was made to all members to find suitable guest speakers for future meetings.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.  OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

This is a post on Facebook on how India is going in the cricket, I think this chap is from Pakistan!

Khalistan posted:  “India losing is my source of happiness. I love seeing this team lose. It’s my daily medicine, my weekly energy, my monthly inspiration and my yearly motivation. This team’s loss is the only reason I’m still alive. I was born to love and enjoy that, long may it continue.

Cry more  i love your tears.”

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

FULL STORY HERE

2.  RC of East Nassau Million $ Dinner

One Club, the Rotary Club of East Nassau, set a goal of US$ 1 million for The Rotary Foundation and last Saturday at the special dinner THEY reached the goal. RC of East Nassau is making our world better for millions of people.  Amazing effort and result from ONE Rotary Club in the Bahamas to raise US$ 1 million.

They had a dinner to celebrate this milestone which was attended by PRIP Jennifer Jones and one of their members who we all know PRIP Barry Rassin who is the current Chair of our Foundation.

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 5/02/2024

Meeting of Monday 5th February

President John Bond welcomed 17 members to our meeting tonight.

Tonight we discussed several items which included:

• Paul read out a thank you letter from the CCS for their annual prize giving.  Another correspondence which included the ink for the Chronicle.
• Mary reminded members that the 6 monthly fees for membership are well and truly due.
• Anne spoke on the driver simulator’s increase in fees.
• Grahame advised the members that there is a meeting of interest on creating an Advance Coolamon Committee similar to the very active and successful Advance Ganmain Committee.  The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday the 12th of March at 6.30pm at the Sports Club.  Grahame would like to see a few of us at the meeting.
• Henk spoke on the Working With Children Checks and encouraged those whose WWCC# has expired or non existent to please renew and apply.  John G is willing to help anyone navigate the application on line.
• Henk advised us on the progress of the CRCTB 2024 edition.  Henk thanked Brian Bear for his efforts with Junee and ongoing in Temora and Marrar.
• Bear said that he was getting excellent response from advertisers old and new.  The Junee Funeral Services want the front page.  To date there are now 7 who are going to advertise and we have just begun.
• Bondy said that PE Adrian is in the Himalayas and will be back around the 22nd February.

We had plenty of time for fellowship and banter as both the S@A and the Cpl. were not present tonight, we did not have a fines session.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 12th February 2024 –  Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Tuesday 12th March.  Advance Coolamon Group meeting with guest speakers Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 pm.  Contact Joanne and Chris Berry 0410 641 260.  RSVP by 7th March.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

***Oloimugi Maasai village and the Osinoni Environment project.  Email me on how you can get involved.

2.  ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIPS

Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centres.

Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals to become effective catalysts for peace. The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.

February is Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Week of 29/01/2024

AUSTRALIA DAY 2024

This year the Australia Day celebrations were held at the new Matong Community Hall.

Citizen of the Year – Stephen Hatty

Young Citizen of the Year – Edward Hatty

Shane Till Memorial Sporting Achievement – Peter Corbett

Young Sportsperson of the Year – Riley Bradshaw

Community Event / Community Group – Advance Matong

Our own Mary Potts attended the Mawang Gaway community gathering in Wagga Wagga on January 26th at the CSU Riverina Playhouse.  The RC of Wagga Wagga Sunrise did some catering.

Mary sent in some photos of the event:

Meeting of Monday 29th January 2024

President John Bond welcomed 23 members and 7 guests which included Susan Glassford, Marilyn Jennings, Trish Truscott, Ruth Morgan, Sharon Miles, Vicky Langtry and Corey Higgins.  A great role up to hear Area Governor Garth Perkin talk on his trip to Cambodia.

President Bondy then opened the meeting up for general business which included:

• Corey Higgins looking for volunteers with a RSA ticket to help on weekends.  There was no one in the club who had a current RSA certificate.
• Henk Hulsman reported on the previous CRCTB 2024 telephone book committee’s meeting which went very well and Henk said that we are on target to start the selling of advertising space in the 2024 CRCTB.
• Albert Suidgeest advised members and guest present that he now has 7 gardens for the Open Garden days to be held on Sunday 20th and Saturday 26th October.  These gardens included some town gardens and other larger gardens.  Leonie Farrelly has agreed to do Devonshire teas as part of her garden viewing.  Other gardens will include the Breust and the Exton gardens.
• Mary Potts advised all members present that the January 1st membership fees are now due.
• Daryl Breust advised the club that the Coolamon Junior Football club is looking for prizes for the 2024 season as of the 2023 season where we sponsored 2 weekly awards for the 18 rounds of football and netball.
• The next Board meeting will be held on Monday 19th February at 5.15 pm.
• The Junee Rotary Club’s Australian Army Band performance set for Sunday February 11th has been postponed.  A new date will be set for this event which we have been asked to support by our presence.

We then had a slide show by Garth on his recent visit to Cambodia.  The main reason was to support four schools there with personal support packs for young girls.  Our club did contribute $250 for these kits which make a huge difference to the lives of these young ladies.  Good on you Garth and here are some photos of his visit to Cambodia;

The meeting closed with the usual fines session by S@A Dick Jennings and Cpl. Garth Perkin.  The session was amusing and at times out of control with the antics of these two Rotarians.  The funniest fine was for the reason that Coolamon residents woke up to a “smelly” town which was due to 4000 tonnes of chook manure being spread over 1,000 acres belonging to one of our members, no names no pack drill!!!!

The raffle was won by Ted Hutcheon.  All in all an excellent evening with much laughter, banter and good fellowship.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings,  just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 5th February 2024 – Regular meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 12th February 2024 –  Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Board meeting.  Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 5.15 pm.

Monday 19th February 2024 – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport  Rec Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.

PETS & Learning & Development for all incoming Presidents Elect, Board Members, New Members and Directors.

• Fri Mar. 08, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.  Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, 6 Beach Road, Batemans Bay.

OR

• Fri Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – Sun Mar. 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s & Citizens Memorial Club, Cootamundra.

Saturday 25th – Wednesday 29th May 2024- Rotary 24 SINGAPORE Convention.

https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/

*Friday 25th- Sunday 27th October 2024. D9705 Conference.  Mittagong RSL.  Bookings open now for early bird registrations:  https://www.discon24.com/

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Above ACME CEO and his late wife.

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

January is Vocational Service Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford