We had another good rollup on Monday, which included 20 members and 3 guests. One of the guests was Shane Bullock, Coolamon resident and manager of Jindalee Feedlot (located near Stockinbingal). For those that don’t remember, Shane was instrumental in providing the processed cattle byproduct that we sold as “Moo Poo” last year. Shane explained how the feedlot fits in with the beef production system run by Teys (they also have large feedlots in Condamine, Queensland and Charlton, Victoria). Thousands of cattle pass through the feedlot each year, ending up in grocery stores throughout Australia and other countries as well. It was amazing to hear the high-tech approach taken in managing the weight-gain of the cattle, and the precision in managing the inputs and monitoring the results. Dave McKinley thanked Shane for his very informative talk, and presented him with a kangaroo coin pouch as a token of appreciation. In addition, Dave presented certificates of appreciation to Shane, Dan Fisher (manager of Delta Ag who provided bags for packaging the Moo Poo last year) and Wayne and Helen Lewis of Lewis Transport (which transported the manure last year from Jindalee to Coolamon). Shane has agreed to provide product for our fund-raiser again this year. Thanks for your contribution, Shane! Pictured below is Dave giving thanks to our guest speaker (left) and presenting certificates of appreciation to Dan Fisher and Wayne & Helen Lewis.
Myffy Collette gave an update on the Coolamon Newspaper project, which is proceeding apace. The shire is very supportive of the project and has offered the services of Jess Inch, a shire employee who works at the library, to assist wherever possible with the project. Myffy announced that we’re on track to have our first issue ready for distribution in August.
Mark Reardon and Ted Hutcheon provided a rundown on the Red Shield Appeal that our club collected for over the weekend. Between the footy games in Coolamon and Gainmain and Foodworks on Saturday and Sunday, we raised close to $1800 for the Salvos. Thanks to all who assisted (Dick, Trevor, Wayne, Daryl, Ian J, Steve, Myffy, Bern, Garth) and especially to Mark for organising the event and Ted, who went above and beyond (manning the table at Foodworks both days and the footy afterwards on Saturday). Pictured below are Ted & Daryl; Trevor & Wayne; Garth, Dick & Mark; and Steve.
Our intrepid globetrotter and champion of endangered animals, John Glassford, is attending the RI convention in Seoul, South Korea and has sent some photos of the sights. John will be providing a full report on his return. Below are a few random pics from the convention.
Diary Reminders
Monday, June 6th – Club Assembly (Coolamon Sport & Rec)
Wednesday, June 8th – Last Board Meeting for 2015-2016 preceded by a Newspaper committee meeting (7 pm, Coolamon Sport & Rec – no meal)
Thursday, June 9th – BINGO: Henk Hulsman (Capt), Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.
Saturday, June 25th – D9700 Changeover in Orange, Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Changeover Dinner at Coolamon.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
MUNA was introduced to Australia in 1980 when Rotary clubs in NSW were invited to sponsor a team of two students to represent a nominated country at an assembly modelled on the format and function of the United Nations. By 1995 five Australian students were sponsored to participate in the MUNA conducted by the Rotary Club of San Francisco as part of the Rotary/United Nations Presidential Conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. The purpose of MUNA is to encourage young people to learn about other nations and to understand and appreciate the workings of the United Nations while they develop debating skills and gain self confidence in public speaking.
MEETING MONDAY MAY 23rd. 2016
Well this club continues to surprise. Last night with no guest speaker, no club assembly or special meeting 19 of our 25 members attended. Great effort all round followed by a moist enjoyable meeting with plenty of banter, some jokes and a very entertaining fines session carried out by Ted Hutcheon.
We did discuss a few subjects including:
The Bike Track Henk Hulsman reported on the finances of this project and together with two grants we will be up for $600. Some discussion on endangered species however no one seems to understand how a plant can grow on a used track.
John Glassford talked briefly about the upcoming Convention in Seoul as he leaves on Wednesday for Korea and the Seoul 2016 RICON.
Dave McKinley spoke on the next Moo Poo campaign and thanked Ted Hutcheon for offering up his shed and space to take delivery of the next truck load of steaming weed free feedlot Moo Poo. Members are reminded that next Monday night our guest speaker will be Shane Bullock Manager of the Jindalee Feedlot. As well Dan Fisher and Nicole will be joining us from Delta Ag. Delta Ag provided the printed Moo Poo bags for the project.
Dave McKinley also spoke on his progress with getting the Rotary signs at 5 entrances to Coolamon. Daryl Breust has offered to do the designs which will include space for three other signs e.g. Lions. These signs will be professionally done and probably powder coated for longevity. The committee to oversee this project will include, Wayne, Dave, Daryl, Don and Dick.
Myffy Collette spoke on the Coolamon Community Newspaper. Myffy and Bern have been working hard on this project and it is looking very promising for the first issue coming out in August. Myffy reported that the Coolamon Central School is very keen to work on this publication. The early proofs are of excellent quality. This project is one to watch and help where and when needed. Regular stories will be required.
Mark Reardon outlined the upcoming Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal set for this Saturday and Sunday in Coolamon and Ganmain. Mark will have the books and lanyards. Here is the roster:
Saturday May 28th Coolamon.
1. Coolamon Food Works
9.30-11 am Sharon Reardon and Paul Weston
11.00-12 pm Wayne Lewis and Trevor Parkes
12.30-2 pm Dick Jennings and Garth Perkin
2. Coolamon Rovers Football Club Gate
9.30 am-11 am Ian Jennings and Steve Exton
11.00-12.30 Ted Hutcheon and Mark Reardon
Sunday May 29th Ganmain
3. Ganmain Grong Grong Matong Lions Football Club
9.30 am-11.00 Bern Milne and Mark Reardon
11.00 am-12.30 Daryl Breust and Garth Perkin
P.S. Friends of Rotary Quilt Display at the Up-to-Date Store this Saturday and Sunday. Following the great success of the quilt project of Marilyn Roberts this Rotary year you are all encouraged to go along this weekend and support this very worthwhile effort and to say thanks.
Are you keeping snug as a bug in a rug this chilly season?
Featuring a fine collection of patchwork quilts and embroidery, teapots, cosies, vintage sewing machines and more, the Coolamon Patchwork and Craft Display will take place on Sat 28th and Sun 29th of May. Will we see you there? | Pictured: Ganmain Craft Cottage.
Diary Reminders
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
Saturday 28th May Red Shield Appeal Coolamon.
Sunday 29th May Red Shield Appeal Ganmain.
*Monday 30th May Guest Speaker is Shane Bullock on “The Beef Feedlot Industry”. Shane is The Manager of the Jindalee Feedlot at Stockinbingal. All members are asked to attend to say a big thank you to Shane for his generous donation of Moo Poo.
Wednesday June 8th Last Board Meeting for 2015-2016.
Thursday June 9th BINGO: Henk Hulsman (Capt), Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Dame Edna’s Ute or Looute. This is a real ute. Click on the pic.
PRESIDENT K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
More than 42,000 Rotary members from over 100 countries will come together in Korea to celebrate Rotary. Photo Credit: Photo by Rotary International/Alyce Henson
Korea is playing host to Rotary’s largest event of the year, its annual convention. More than 42,000 Rotary members from over 100 countries will come together this month to celebrate service, exchange ideas, and relax among friends at unforgettable concerts and social events. The convention runs from 28 May to 1 June. Attendees will hear from renowned experts in areas of peace, global health, and human rights.
Our full coverage will include photos, videos, a live blog, and social media pages
WORLD WATER SUMMIT
Immediately before the convention, the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group will host its annual World Water Summit on 27 May, focusing on sustainable strategies for bringing water, sanitation, and hygiene to all communities around the world. The event will feature speeches from experts in the field, including Gary White of Water.org and Sanjay Wijesekera, Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for UNICEF.
3K WALK FOR PEACE
Attendees, wearing the traditional garb of their home countries, will walk in solidarity for a more peaceful world in the 3K Walk for Peace on 28 May. The event will be complemented by the Rotary Way exhibit, featuring photographs of 111 years of Rotary service.
CONVENTION SPEAKERS
Speakers from 29 May to 1 June include:
Rosie Batty, family violence activist and 2015 Australian of the Year
We have made good friends in Rotary especially with the Collins family from Perth. This family is all about Rotary and Ken is a Past RI Director and Di is a dynamo in Rotary. Members of the RC of Freshwater Bay in Perth.
A very full bench of friends on the Buddy Bench on its presentation to North Cottesloe Primary this morning. The vibrant colours are proving to be very popular!
Another Buddy Bench presentation this morning – this time to North Cottesloe Primary School. Seen here trying out the bench is Kath and her daughter.
Look up their microscope project for schools; an excellent enterprise.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; in business, professions and community life; with the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship.
ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS
The worldwide network of Rotarians adopt the ideal of service in their personal, business and community lives.
The Rotary Network’s purpose and objective are really elementary and put simply is the greatest benefit of being a Rotarian developing friendships with other Rotarians and staying in touch to maintain these friendships regardless of the means.
Rotary International has only one purpose: to create and support Rotary clubs throughout the world. Rotary clubs have only one purpose: to create Rotarians.
Most people join local Rotary clubs because they want to establish additional friendships with like-minded people and to make an impact, first in their local community and then internationally.
It maybe for business reasons, social reasons or service reasons, but it’s still networking and developing friendships
RAGES NEWS
This week a new Rotarian just joined in London, Trica Burgess, is passionate about pangolins. Trica has started a campaign called:
The primary threat to pangolins in Asia, and increasingly in Africa, is illegal hunting and poaching for illicit international trade, which is largely driven by market demand in East Asia. This trade involves live animals and pangolin meat, which is considered to be a luxury product in consumer markets in Asia, most conspicuously China and Vietnam. Pangolin scales are also traded heavily here; they are used as an ingredient in traditional Asian medicines to treat a range of ailments.
Both meat and scales are seized in trade by the tonne.
We have visited some fantastic temples & shrines, many with over 1000 years of history, one of largest bamboo forests in the world & so forth.
We have traveled between various cities on some of the most comfortable & fast trains (over 300k/h) you can imagine.
The Japanese people are most accommodating & polite to everyone, including us tourists & go out of their way to promote the peace message, which especially stood out on our visit to Hiroshama.
We have experienced some of the best of Japanese cuisine in some highly rated restaurants from Tokyo, to Kyoto, to Okayama, to Kochi, to Takamatsu, to Hiroshama.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Seems like some of our members have been bitten by teh travel bug. Don Dyce and Sally Farmer are in Bali and Grahame and Sharon Miles are in Japan.
Don and Sally Write:
Having banana jaffles overlooking the pool. Not bad for 2 Star accommodation. Nice clean room with air con. What more could you want? Had a fantastic vegetarian meal with fresh fruit juice for $8 for the two of us. We love Ubud. —
Grahame and Sharon write:
“Arrived in Tokyo airport at 5.15am (6.15 Sydney time) and after 1 1/2 hours lining up to go through immigration we eventually got out where s brother & wife had been waiting to meet us.
They took us to Sumo wrestling in afternoon which was much better than we thought it would be; I have posted some photos on Facebook if you can access, but I’ll send some as attachments to email. Y/d we went to the world famous Wisteria Gardens which were a 2 hour trip by super fast train – WOW! – from where we’re staying; the gardens were inspirational & even better than Monet’s Garden
MEETING MONDAY MAY 16th. 2016
Last night we had a normal meeting but far from normal. Plenty of robust discussion on a variety of subjects!
We had one guest Helen Lewis and 15 members present. We had fun, did some work and enjoyed the fellowship before, during and after the meeting.
Change Over season is almost here and invites are starting to arrive. Wagga Wagga Kooringal 15th June, Griffith Avanti 18th June with a bush band and Wagga Wagga 23rd June.
Planning for our change over dinner for the 27th June is well under way.
President Wayne Lewis advised all members of the upcoming Leadership Workshop Training to be held in Young over two days on the 18th and 19th June. Other information included invitations to go to South Dakota as part of the D9700 to D5610 friendship exchange visit.
Paul Weston read the last Board meeting minutes.
Neil Munro offered the services of his nephew Scott Munro and his partner Kate to talk on Cambodia regarding water for a school project they are involved in.
Bingo showed a profit of $188 with 14 players.
Mark Reardon gave us a run down on the upcoming Red Shield Appeal set for Saturday 28th May in Ganmain and Sunday 29th May in Coolamon, both days coincide with the home footy games. Volunteers needed please contact Mark Reardon.
John Glassford held a short survey on how our members use the D9700 and Coolamon social media outlets. Results in the Footnote at the end of the bulletin. Summary we have a long way to go!
Trevor Parkes conducted the meat tray raffle which was won by Henk Hulsman.
Dick Jennings was Sargent and had us all laughing with the fine session.
All in all an excellent meeting.
See you all next week.
Diary Reminders
Monday May 23rd T.B.A.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
*Monday 30th May Guest Speaker is Shane Bullock on “The Beef Feedlot Industry”. Shane is The Manager of the Jindalee Feedlot at Stockinbingal. All members are asked to attend to say a big thank you to Shane for his generous donation of Moo Poo.
Wednesday June 8th Last Board Meeting for 2015-2016.
Thursday June 9th BINGO: Henk Hulsman (Capt), Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
PRESIDENT K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
ROTARACT OUTSTANDING PROJECT AWARD RECOGNIZES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
Members of the Rotaract Club of Bugolobi, Uganda, participate in their annual 1000 Smiles project, which has been recognized as the 2016 Rotaract Outstanding Project Award winner. Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of The Rotaract Club of Bugolobi
Though they were a long way from home, members of the Rotaract Club of Bugolobi, Uganda, felt confident they could tackle problems in rural Kanabulemu during their annual 1000 Smiles project.
Their original plan focused on curtailing the spread of HIV/AIDS. It’s in the Rakai District, where the first case of AIDS in Uganda was uncovered in 1982 and about 12 percent of the population has been infected with HIV in recent years. But the Rotaractors discovered that problems in the village extended far beyond the disease.
“The community lacked water, the school was in a sorry state, and the medical center was in an even sorrier state, especially the maternity ward,” says Anitah Munkudane, president of the Bugolobi club. “The condition was worse than we had imagined.”
The Rotaractors still weren’t prepared for what they found when they launched the project with the Uganda Health Marketing Group. They expected to treat 700 at the medical camp in Kanabulemu. More than 1,000 patients came.
Attendance rose by over 50% at the Convention with 4,034 individuals registered for the Convention and 367 clubs represented. Membership growth had risen by over 6,200 in the last year. The largest attendance in Kansas City occurred when Sir Harry Lauder entertained potential new Rotarians in a crowd of some 13,000.
President Leslie Pidgeon, the first non-U. S. President, in a wonderfully crafted speech addressed the convention on “Rotary as a living force”.
Paul Harris did not attend but (yet again) sent his message. Almost always, secretary Chesley Perry read it out to the Convention. Harris told delegates that there were 3 very available ways for Rotary to project its influence out into the non-Rotarian world. Firstly, by the elimination of all except general interest matter from the columns of ‘The Rotarian’, making of it a messenger of service and by the adoption of the usual means of increasing its circulation among magazine readers in general. Secondly, by the development of the vocational section plan to a point of real efficiency. Thirdly, by holding club meetings to which the public are invited.
Harris concluded his address by writing, “If it is to be the part of Rotary to educate the individual, then in very truth it may be said that Rotarians shall be leaders of men”.
Goyang City will be hosting the Rotary’s 107th annual international convention, which is expected to attract more than 50,000 Rotary club members from more than 160 countries including Korea, making it the most multicultural nonprofit gathering in Korea.
The convention is scheduled to be held at the Kintex convention center in Gyeonggi Province from May 28 to June 1 and it is estimated to host roughly 25,000 foreign nationals. The Rotary is a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s pressing humanitarian challenges.
“In two weeks’ time, Kintex will host the Rotary International Convention, which will not be exclusive to Rotarians, and it is an event that I believe will contribute to Korean society in many ways,” said Rotary Host Organizing Committee chair Yun Sang-koo at a press conference in Press Center Seoul on Wednesday.
Korea Tourism Organization CEO Jung Chang-soo speaks at a press conference in Press Center Seoul on Wednesday for the upcoming Rotary International Convention. (Rotary International)
PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE KENYA AND RAGES.
We feel that the potential now exists for RAGES and JGI Kenya to launch a significant community project out of Kenya and by the 4th quarter 2016. Reaching the JGI East Africa region including Tanzania. Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We start with the most basic level CONSERVATION BOX LIBRARY – simple wooden/metal box table that will house 50 or so books. Then it grows to:
A CONSERVATION CORNER LIBRARY – 200/300 book version of above but more traditional bookshelves for the corner of any community structure. Which in turn becomes:
A CONSERVATION WORKING LIBRARY – a structure that serves as library and educational outreach of a variety materials and workshops.
HIS MAJESTY!
Getting ready for the Seoul Rotary Convention in less than two weeks time. RAGES will be there and we expect around 50,000 delegates over the 5 weeks from the 28th May.
It is these magnificent animals that we need to protect as well as all the other endangered species on this planet. Facebook is working but we also have to take action and support some of the wonderful work being done all around the world. If you are a Rotarian and if you will be in Seoul I will be in booth #3234 in the House of Friendship at the Kintex Centre from the 28th May – June 1st. Come say G’ day.
INTERNET SURVEY COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB MONDAY 16TH MAY.
Last night we conducted a quick Internet survey of our members present 15.
THE INTERNET
1. D9700 Web Site:
How many times do you access D9700 web site?
Daily 0% Weekly 13% Rarely 40% Never 47%
Log on with password Yes 34% /No 66%
2. D9700 Facebook Page:
Have you been on the D9700 Facebook Page?
Yes 13% /No 87%
3. Coolamon Web Site:
Do you use the Club web site apart from the Weekly Bulletin?
Yes 47% /No 53%
4. Facebook
Are you on Facebook?
Yes 60% /No 40%
5. Do you use the Club Facebook page?
Yes 27% /No 73%
P.S. 100% use the Coolamon web site for our weekly bulletin.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Youth Service recognises the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities, service projects and exchange programs and aims to provide innovative and practical opportunities to assist and motivate young people in our communities to acquire learning and life skills.Youth Service is an investment in the future. A commitment to Youth Service within and through our clubs is a commitment to the next generation of potential Rotarians and the ongoing future and health of our clubs.
HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY
MEETING MONDAY MAY 9th. 2016
Tonight’s guest speaker was Charlie Thompson, barista and coffee lover. Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Sally Farmer, Sharon Kiss and Terry Kiss. 16 members attended another good turn out with several of our farmer members able to come along after the great rain.
Chair for the evening was PP Garth Perkin. It was a lively meeting with some discussion on the multi purpose bike track accumulating some good funding from the Healthy Shire Committee and our own Rotary District 9700 matching grant.
Reminders that May 11th is a board meeting 7.00 pm at the club and that Thursday night Bingo is on captained by Ian Jennings.
Don Dyce gave a report on the USA D5610 friendship visit and feels that maybe a couple of our members will go on the exchange trip to South Dakota in August.
Charlie Thompson in full flight. Charlie gave a confident talk on his love of all things coffee. There are three categories of coffee, Commodity or consumed in the country of origin, Commercial mainly Robusta and dark roasted to hide the taste of poor quality coffee. Most of our coffee consumed is Robusta. Specialty coffee usually Arabica and grown at altitude in wet climates such as Kenya and Ethiopia.
Charlie went on to demonstrate the best way to make a good cup of coffee and shared some with his audience.
There were many many questions and Rtn. Steve Exton thanked Charlie for his talk.
One year ago Charlie’s brother and fellow Rotarian Alex Thompson visited a coffee plantation started in 1920 by George Glassford, (my Father).
The meeting was in fits of laughter with the fines session led by Ted Hutcheon and supported by Trevor Parkes. Ted was in fine form last night.
Diary Reminders
Wednesday May 11th Board Meeting.
Thursday May 12th BINGO: Ian Jennings (Capt), Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett, Ivan Furner.
NB BINGO If you cannot make your roster it is YOUR responsibility to obtain a replacement. If you do not do this you are putting those who will be there under undue stress.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
Thursday June 9th BINGO: Henk Hulsman (Capt), Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again and it won again.
The local paper read: PASTOR’S ASS OUT FRONT.
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race. The next day the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR’S ASS.
This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Pastor to get rid of the donkey. The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent. The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The Bishop fainted. He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey so she sold it to a farm for $10. The next day the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10
This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild. The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.
The Bishop was buried the next day. The moral of the story is . . . being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery . . . even shorten your life.
So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else’s ass and just cover your own !!!
You’ll be a lot happier and live longer!
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
While visiting Rwanda as part of a Medicare mission, Vanathy and I had the great honor of meeting with President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame. I hope to see future partnerships develop between Rotary and the Rwandan government. Read more about my trip here:
During my visit the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK), the local teaching hospital in Kigali.
Vanathy and I paid our respects at the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700
The Rotary ladies at work !! We are hard at work this afternoon creating beautiful bouquets for our ladies in Hospital and residents of Nurraburra and Greenstone lodge ?? now we are off to deliver !! Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums out there from the Temora Rotary Club ?? — feeling wonderful.
THE ROTARIAN CONVERSATION WITH THE EDGE AND GARVIN EVANS
Photo Credit: Samy Mosher
Editor’s note: After the May 2016 issue of The Rotarian went to press, we were saddened to learn of the death of Garvin Evans, who along with his son, U2 guitarist The Edge, appeared on the cover of that issue. Evans was a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Dublin North. We are grateful that we were able to share his remarkable story with our readers.
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The boys of U2 are home. It’s Friday, 27 November, two weeks after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. had been in Paris that terrible evening, rehearsing at the venue where they were scheduled to perform the following night. Instead, they had to be evacuated. This band has always been known for its political and social activism, and its songs’ messages against war and terrorism. Tonight, those themes feel particularly relevant.
At 3Arena, once a railway station in the Dublin Docklands, thousands of fans are happily mashed together on the standing-room-only floor. They’re drinking beer and buzzing restlessly as they wait for their hometown heroes, who are wrapping up their six-month iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour, to take the stage. When the plaintive opening “ohhh-OH-oh ” notes of “The Miracle of Joey Ramone ” sound, followed by The Edge’s scorching, staccato guitar riff –ba-DA-dah, ba-DA-dah – the crowd goes insane.
The Edge’s father, Garvin Evans, 84, was in the arena to hear his son play in the first of four Dublin shows earlier this week, and he will be here again for what was meant to be the final show of the U2 tour. (The band will return to Paris for two rescheduled shows.) The following day, Evans, a tenor, will be singing in a local production of Messiah.
Evans is a big fan not only of U2 but also of Handel, Welsh hymns, golf (he’s an honorary life member of the Royal Dublin Golf Club), really good claret, and Tuesdays, “when three or four of us go to a pub and have a Guinness. ” He adores his three kids, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He is secretary of his Presbyterian church and sings in the choir. He is also a longtime member of Rotary and the reason The Rotarian is visiting Dublin: to speak with him and his son about what they have in common and how they’ve inspired each other to try to make the world a better place.
Frequent Rotarian contributor Julie Bain meets them in the five-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin’s city center. Both men arrive early and looking spiffy, Evans in a black and red plaid tie and The Edge, born David Evans, in his signature knitted cap and buttery-soft black leather jacket. Evans, born in South Wales, displays a bit of the characteristic Welsh reserve, and so does his son, who was born in London in 1961 before his parents moved to Dublin in 1962. (His mother, Gwenda, died in 2012.) The two don’t hug, but they are clearly affectionate and loving. Here, they discuss the topics that are most meaningful to them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH 90 YEARS YOUNG.
Last Thursday was PepsiCo’s Annual General Meeting in North Carolina and they don’t want their shareholders to know about their major remaining problems with Conflict Palm Oil.
Activists in New York took bold action last week to call out exploitation in @PepsiCo’s Conflict Palm Oil supply chain, unfurling a 100 foot banner off of the iconic Pepsi-Cola sign
HUMAN GREED A VERY SAD STORY:
This time exactly to the day (May 10th 2015), Susan and I visited the Sibuya Game Reserve as guests of the Rotary Club of Kenton-on-Sea. We met these beautiful Southern White Rhino, gentle as cows grazing. One a male came up to our safari vehicle and scratched his horn on the bumper bar:
I learned last night that he and two of his ladies were poached and have died as a result of the hacking off of their horns, a cruel and slow death. I spoke with Dr William Fowlds last night after Rotary and he is very upset and angry as we all are.
Please let more Rotarians attend this RI Convention 2017 in ATLANTA :
May 28 – June 6 registration is $265.00
June 7 – Dec 15 registration is $340.00
Dec 16 – Mar 31 registration is $425.00
On site – registration is $490.00
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
South Central Rotary Youth Exchange members perform with Rotarians Steven Selvick and Jerry Mills. RI Convention, 22 May 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
MEETING MONDAY MAY 2nd. 2016
Last night we held our monthly club assembly. 15 members were present a very good role up for a club assembly. It shows that our members new and old care about our club and our future.
President Wayne Lewis welcomed all and we got straight down to business and in bullet form here are some of the items of interest discussed.
President Wayne reported on the D9700 Conference DISCON 2016. We all enjoyed the event and the speakers were of a high standard. As always the best part of a DISCON is the fellowship and meeting like minded people. The Beatnix concert was a big hit with Don and Sally rocking the ailes of the Civic Theater with DGE Micheal Milston and Ann Dib also DGN George Weston and Carol.
Wayne thanked all of the hosts and supporters of the District 5610 Friendship Exchange team, especially the host families: Jann and Daryl Breust, Leslie and Paul Weston, Marg and Garth Perkin, Ted Hutcheon, Susan and John Glassford, Sally Farmer and Don Dyce. Thanks to Trevor Parkes for driving the bus and special thanks to Dick Jennings for collecting the bus from Leeton. As well we also wish to thank Wayne and Helen for their time as well driving the bus and being there.
Discussion on how we could have improved the visit ensued with some good ideas including a progressive dinner on one of the 4 nights we had our American guests. Wayne also thanked those who were responsible for the welcome dinner on ANZAC Day evening including Myffy Collette, Bern Milne, Susan Glassford, Heather McKinley and the two cooks Steve Exton and Alex Thompson.
A return visit to District 5610 was discussed and it will be in October this year. However it is doubtful that any of our members will be joining the visit to South Dakota and D5610.
Thanks to Alex Thompson for organizing the visit to the Junee Licorice Factory for lunch with our American guests. Photos by Ian Durham:
Dave McKinley spoke on the Coolamon Rotary Moo Poo project and will invite the members interested to form a committee to plan the next Moo Poo event.
Dave McKinley will also organise a Pride of Workmanship for our Change Over Night and called for nominations from our members for this award. Please let Dave have your nominations and a resume supporting your nomination, in to Dave by May 30th.
Wayne also called for any Paul Harris Fellowship nominations as soon as possible as time is running out to get this done by our change over night.
John Glassford spoke briefly about the Council On Legislation 2016 and the changes upcoming to our Constitution and Club By-laws. One significant change is to allow clubs the freedom to decide on frequency of meetings. This will all become clear before our AGM to be held before the 31st December 2016.
The D9700 District Designated Funds grant of $2,000 for the Coolamon Bike Track in the Kindra Forest was discussed and we should send an invoice to D9700 asap.
Wayne tabled a request from PDG John Egan for our club to support Aboriginal Health.
Bingo discussed by Grahame Miles who is talking a few weeks to go traveling again!
Treasure Henk reminded us all that some of us have not paid our dues from January 1st as yet. To remain a paid up member is one of our responsibilities as a Rotarian.
DGND* John Glassford informed the meeting that in order to give the position of Governor 2018-2019 the best chance that he will resign as Foundation Director and Bulletin Editor effective July 1st 2016. John called on our members to support him in the year 2018-2019. John and Susan will be attending the Zones 8 and 7B Institute in Penrith at the end of August a full week of DGN training.
JG has been a member of the Coolamon Club since 2003 and during that time has been a board member for the past 12 years and bulletin editor since 2009. PP Paul Weston offered to take on the Bulletin Editor next Rotary year.
PE Don Dyce called for nominations for Foundation Director.
*DGDN District Governor Nominee Designate.
All in all a very bust night and we closed with another humorous fines session by Ted Hutcheon and Trevor Parkes announced the winner of the raffle being Grahame Miles who won a meat tray.
Finally the Taste of Africa Night to have been held on Saturday May 14th has been postponed to October to give us more time to make it a success.
Diary Reminders
Monday May 9th. TBA.
Wednesday May 11th Board Meeting.
Thursday May 12th BINGO: Ian Jennings (Capt), Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett, Ivan Furner.
NB BINGO If you cannot make your roster it is YOUR responsibility to obtain a replacement. If you do not do this you are putting those who will be there under undue stress.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
Thursday June 9th BINGO: Henk Hulsman (Capt), Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
Pope Francis thanks Rotary for its efforts to end polio and urges Rotary members to continue vaccination campaigns
Vatican City (30 April 2016) — Nearly 9,000 members of Rotary from across the globe attended the Jubilee Audience at the Vatican in St. Peter’s Square on 30 April 2016 at the invitation of Pope Francis.
At the end of the Audience, a delegation of Rotary members – led by Rotary International President K.R. Ravindran – met Pope Francis where he emphasized the importance of vaccinations against polio and urged Rotary to continue.
Pope Francis follows Paul VI and John Paul II in connecting with Rotary to encourage their support of a more peaceful and compassionate world.
More than 9,000 Rotarians gathered in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican this morning, invited by Pope Francis. “Vaccinations against polio are important,” he said. “Tell the Rotarians to please continue.”
DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700
The Careers Expo at the Young Town Hall today saw the first outing for The Driver Simulator. DG Gary and Marilyn visited Young especially to check it out. The simulator was well received by the students who attended the Expo.
During May 2016, the Rotary Bowelcare Program will be in operation throughout Australia and Rotary Club’s are encouraged to participate with the co-operation of the proprietors of local community pharmacies.
If you are over 40, you, your spouse or partner, other family members and friends in this age group should participate in the Bowelcare program.
Do you know?
•Cancer of the large bowel is the most common internal cancer affecting Australians.
•The lifetime risk in developing cancer is one in 19 in Australian men and one in 27 for Australian women.
•Ninety per cent of bowel cancers can be cured if detected early.
•Australia has one of the highest incidences of colorectal cancer in the world.
•Each year about 11,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are detected resulting in about 5500 deaths.
•The incidence of bowel cancer has not fallen over the past 20 years.
•The chance of contracting bowel cancer increases progressively from age 40.
•Deaths from bowel cancer each year are double the road toll.
Many people with bowel cancer do not have any signs.
So do yourself and your family a favour. Spend $15 on a kit, follow the instructions and get the sample analysed. In more than 99 per cent of cases it is called “peace of mind”.
BowelCare kits will be sold for $15.00 each. This price covers pathology testing and notification of results to both the participant and their nominated Doctor.
RAGES NEWS
THE BIG BURN IN NAIROBI
‘The current population of China stands at 1.37 billion people—and rising—and surveys indicate that more that 80% of them would like to own some ivory.
Let’s be clear: there are no economic solutions that will stop the poaching and ivory trafficking in time to save Africa’s elephants. With the total population of African elephants standing at less than 500,000—and falling—the gap between the potential supply and potential demand is simply too wide.
The only way to save Africa’s elephants is to remove ivory altogether from the market. In other words, we need a political solution and not an economic one. There are two complementary ways to do this: one is to attach a stigma to buying the product, and the other is to make it illegal. These approaches have been adopted with some success to shut down the trade in whale products and animal furs.
The ivory burn is a highly visible political statement of intent. As such it can make an important contribution towards raising awareness of the issues, stigmatising the purchase of ivory and galvanising global support for a total trade ban’.
Two renowned Kenyan conservationists, Paula Kahumbu and Soila Sayialel, give their unique views of this historic event as 105 tonnes of carefully audited ivory and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn, plus hundreds of skins of black and white colobus monkeys, pythons, leopards, servals, lions and other illegal wildlife products, protected under CITES and Kenya’s wildlife laws, are cremated in front of the world’s press.
The legal value of these animal remains is zero, and suggestions that they should be sold for the illegal street value to fund conservation make as much sense as suggesting illegal heroin and cocaine seizures should be sold to fund anti-drugs campaigns. The aim is to close the market down, not stimulate sales and give a legal cover for the illegal trade!
Anneka Svenska SAYS NO!
Anneka Svenska is a naturalist, broadcaster and film maker. Anneka founded ‘Green World Television‘ in 2014 in order to intertwine her film making abilities with her animal conservation work, her passion being to help animal charities who struggle with film making and to be one of the fore runners in reporting on wildlife crime. She now produces strong films & campaigns, some created to give animal and environmental charities a much needed voice in the world of television.
Anneka has filmed in South Africa alongside the incredible Black Mamba anti-poaching unit, worked one on one with wild wolves, filmed for The Badger Trust, Born Free, LionAid, The Dog’s Trust, The Mayhew Animal Home, Wetnose Animal Aid, Helping Rhinos, VegfestUK and Wildlife Trusts. She has also rescued over 300 dogs from the meat industry in Thailand and from Cyprus and Romania. As well as being a conservationist, Anneka is a staunch vegan and believes that the future sustainability of the planet lies in compassion to animals and all living beings.
As a rule we do not discuss politics in our Rotary Club, so here is one description of a politician that I cannot resist posting here.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
In 1934 Atatürk wrote a tribute to the Anzacs killed at Gallipoli:
Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours … You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
This inscription appears on the Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra.
The anti-Ottoman government bestowed the title of Ghazi (victorious) on Kemal as he had the vision to bring Turkey on par with twentieth–century western countries. Turkey became a republic in 1923 and Kemal became the first president. During his 15-year rule, many sweeping changes were introduced to the political, legal and socio economic fields. He was an immortal hero to his people and an extraordinary leader and peacemaker. Kemal said in 1933, “I look to the world with an open heart full of pure feelings and friendship”. In 1934, he accepted the title “Atatürk” (father of the Turks).
“MEETING” MONDAY APRIL 25th. 2016
ANZAC Day 2016. There was no official meeting today however we did host 11 Americans from District 5610 to a welcome BBQ at the Sports Club. Thanks to all the hosts who met the team at Wagga Wagga airport. Thanks also to Lance and Robyn Gillespie for bringing out Norm and Linda who arrived from New Zealand.
Many thanks to Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne as well as Susan Glassford for the salads. The BBQ was cooked by Steve Exton and Alex Thompson with the steaks supplied by Henk Hulsman.
There were 15 members present a great role up for ANZAC Day!
Our guests were 11 D 5610 Friendship Exchange team members:
Rtn. Dr. Sandra Christenson, James Shafer RC Downtown Sioux Falls, PDG Nancy Moose and Rtn Roger Moose RC Madison SD, Rtn Larry Janssen and Marcia Janssen RC Brookings, PDG Linda Peterson and Rtn. Norman Peterson RC Rapid City, Rtn. Verl Scheibe and partner Kathy RC Custer, Rtn. Carol Nielsen RC Sioux Falls West.
Partners present were: Heather McKinley, Sally Farmer, Marg Perkin, Helen Lewis, Susan Glassford and Jann Breust.
Visiting Rotarians Robyn and Lance Gillespie Rotary Friendship Exchange Committee RC of Narrandera.
The D5610 team exchanged banners with President Wayne Lewis. A good night of fellowship followed and we are sure that the team slept well that night.
Next day the team was shown some of Coolamon’s highlights including the upcoming Cheese factory, the Up-to-Date Store. They then went to Junee for lunch at the Licorice Factory followed by a tour of the Junee Round House.
Today the Team visited Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions in Ganmain followed by a mystery trip to Narrandera and then to Wagga Wagga and the CSU. More news next week.
President Wayne Lewis wishes to thank one and all for a busy week with the D9700 DISCON, the visit of the D5610 Team. Wayne would like to specially thank the host families for their generous time with the Americans and not forgetting the drivers and other members who spent time with them. Their visit is not over as yet still another day to go.
Photos of these visits and subsequent visits next week. NB I need photos from any of the hosts and guides that may have some, please send them to me, thanks.
Diary Reminders
Monday May 2nd MAY DAY! Club Assembly and Planning.
Monday May 9th. TBA.
Wednesday May 11th Board Meeting.
Thursday May 12th BINGO: Ian Jennings (Capt), Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett, Ivan Furner.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange Hotel Conobolas.
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
Join us in celebrating World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, by helping spread the word that#vaccineswork. Learn what #Rotary is doing to help end polio for good: buff.ly/1SZQ6q3
Register for the Jubilee of Rotarians and join Rotary International President K.R. Ravindran and thousands of Rotary members in a reserved section at St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
Rotary invites you to attend a weekend of events highlighted by a Jubilee Audience with Honorary Rotarian His Holiness Pope Francis on 30 April.
This Jubilee, as established by Pope Francis, is a commitment to serve with joy and in peace across the world.
Some photos from the D9700 Conference held last weekend in Wagga Wagga. Thanks from Coolamon Rotary Club to all those who worked hard to make the DISCON a success. Special thanks to Michael Knight the Chair of D9700 DISCON 2016. Most of these photos are courtesy of PDG John Egan THE photographer:
Muhammad Mallah Hamza (left) with Rotarian Andreas von Bardeau outside Bardeau’s castle, Schloss Kornberg. Photo Credit: Mark Baker
More than a million refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan streamed into the European Union last year. Most entered via Greece after a harrowing raft trip across the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Once there, they made their way north, often on foot, traveling more than 1,000 miles through the rugged mountains of the Balkan countries toward Germany.
That was the uncertain odyssey facing Muhammad Mallah Hamza, a 26-year-old ethnic Kurd, in late 2014 when he decided to leave his native Syria. The trip would lead the recent college graduate to a picturesque Austrian village – and into the arms of a local Rotary club that would allow him to begin a new life while helping others in his situation.
This is the week of the BIG BURN where 110 tonnes of ivory and 1.5 tonnes of rhino horn go up in smoke. This is a very contentious issue however we at RAGES feel that it is the best way to demonstrate that ivory is worthless unless it is on an elephant.
These pyres represent over 4,000 dead elephants and around 500 rhinos.
In 3 days, on Saturday 30.04.2016, Kenya will host the largest ivory burn in history! This will be a clear statement against elephant poaching! Let’s hope this will mark the beginning of the end for the global ivory trade, which kills an estimated 33,000 elephants every year!
COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB WAS THE WINNER IN 2016.
Awarded to the club that during the Rotary year has produced a bulletin on a regular basis that
consistently meets the following criteria:
• has a high quality front cover that includes the name of the club, RI President, District
Governor and Club President as well as the Rotary emblem and theme for the year
• contains useful information such as board members, details about club members, Rotary
Grace, Four Way Test etc.
• contains specific information useful to members such as rosters, club news, future events,
guest speaker program
• reports on last meeting
• includes the Club President’s report
• contains Rotary information for educational purposes eg. TRF, RI Projects
• has an attractive presentation through use of layout, headlines, colour
• is well written, easy to follow, error free and contains reliable information
• is regularly forwarded to the DG, DGE, DGN, District Secretary, AG for club group and
other clubs within the group.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Tonight we had a very good and enjoyable meeting with our own catering, i.e. a BBQ on the Rotary/Lions BBQ at the Sports Club. The steaks were the best (thanks Henk), and cooked to perfection by Daryl Breust and Steve Exton. Our two intrepid Ganmain members Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne provided the salads. All in all a big effort from all concerned.
Our guest speaker tonight was Georgia Booth from Ganmain. Georgia is still at the Kinross School in Orange and took the opportunity to talk about her experience at the Honeywell National Summer School that Georgia attended recently.
Guests tonight included Michelle and John Booth from Ganmain, Darcy Miles grandson of Grahame Miles and Phoung from Vietnam. Partners Sharon Miles, Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis and Susan Glassford along with 19 members attended a great turn out.
President Wayne Lewis congratulated John and Susan Glassford on their appointment as District Governor Nominee Designate and partner as Governor to District 9700 for the Rotary year 2018-2019.
President Wayne Lewis spoke of the upcoming District Conference in Wagga Wagga on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th. More members were invited to attend. Wayne advised the meeting that the Southern Aurora will be in Coolamon on Monday ANZAC Day with a trip to Junee and back to Coolamon leaving at 1.30 pm and returning by 3.00 pm.
Several reports presented including the vandalism of the flag poles in Lions park, a successful Bingo Night raising a net $349. Pride of workmanship awards nominations required by Dave McKinley. Myffy spoke briefly on the Coolamon newspaper and that the Coolamon Community Diary will be coming to our Club.
Ted Hutcheon conducted a very amusing fines session as Sergeant and Susan won the raffle of a beautiful box of organic garlic products donated by the Booth family.
A committee meeting was held after the meeting to plan the Rotary Friendship Exchange visit starting on ANZAC Day with 11 visiting Rotarians and partners from the USA District 5610. A full report and photos in next week’s bulletin.
Guest Speaker Georgia Booth
Georgia spoke very well of Rotary and thanked the club for sponsoring her to the Honeywell Summer Camp. Georgia visited the UNSW, Sydney University, Sydney Technical University and Wollongong University. Georgia took part in several civil engineering projects including making a parachute to drop an egg from the 1st floor of a building and it did not break.
Georgia visited Blue Scope Steel, RAAF base and SITA Waste Management facilities. Georgia was able to discuss future careers in Civil Engineering and is keen to do Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering as well still competing in triathlons.
PP Ian Durham thanked Georgia and presented her with a well engineered kangaroo money pouch.
All of our members were very impressed with Georgia and hope that one day Georgia will come back to give progress talks on her career.
Please support the Booth family from Ganmain and their garlic growing enterprise:
Ganmain Garlic
Woodpark Ganmain contact John Booth 0427 276 402.
Ganmain Garlic is unbleached, less traveled and full of flavour!
Diary Reminders
Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.
Monday April 25th ANZAC Day 2016 USA District 5610 USA Friendship Exchange.
Monday May 2nd Club Assembly Business Meeting.
Monday May 9th. TBA.
Wednesday May 11th Board Meeting.
Thursday May 12th BINGO: Ian Jennings (Capt), Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett, Ivan Furner.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
Saturday June 25th D9700 Change Over in Orange
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
RI PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOHN F. GERM PRESIDENT 2016-17 ROTARY CLUB OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE, USA
John F. Germ is board chair and chief executive officer of Campbell and Associates Inc., consulting engineers. He joined the firm as an engineer in 1965 after four years in the U.S. Air Force. He serves on the boards of several organizations, including the board and executive committee of the Public Education Foundation, Orange Grove Center Inc., and as board chair of Blood Assurance Inc. He also is founder and treasurer of the Chattanooga State Technical Community College Foundation and president of the Tennessee Jaycee Foundation.
He was Tennessee Young Man of the Year in 1970; Engineer of the Year, 1986; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year, 1992; and Tennessee Community Organizations Volunteer of the Year, 2009. He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and the Arthritis Foundation Circle of Hope Award. In 2013, the White House recognized him as a Champion of Change.
Germ joined Rotary in 1976 and has served Rotary as vice president, director, Foundation trustee and vice chair, aide to the Foundation trustee chair, chair of Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge, RI Board Executive Committee member, RI president’s aide, Council on Legislation representative and chair, membership zone coordinator, chair of numerous committees, area coordinator, RI training leader, and district governor.
Germ has received RI’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Judy, are Benefactors and members of the Arch Klumph Society of The Rotary Foundation. They have four children and six grandchildren.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700
April 19, 2016 is the 148th anniversary of the birth of Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International.
Harris was born on 19 April 1868 to George H. and Cornelia Bryan Harris in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. George attempted to support his family as a small-business owner but he often relied on his father for financial assistance. In July 1871 that reliance became permanent when Harris and his older brother, Cecil, were sent to live with their paternal grandparents in Wallingford, Vermont. Harris later wrote, “Of all charges which might have been made against George and Cornelia, parsimony would have stood the least chance. They were both royal spenders.”
Harris as a student at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1886.
Harris was raised by his grandparents, Howard and Pamela Rustin Harris, and saw his parents only occasionally. He grew to revere the family values that characterized the New England of his youth.
COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION GRANTS CLUBS GREATER FLEXIBILITY
OUR D9700 representative to COL 2016 was PDG Irene Jones.
The 2016 Council on Legislation may well be remembered as one of the most progressive in Rotary history.
Not only did this Council grant clubs more freedom in determining their meeting schedule and membership, it also approved an increase in per capita dues of $4 a year for three years. The increase will be used to enhance Rotary’s website, improve online tools, and add programs and services to help clubs increase membership.
The Council is an essential element of Rotary’s governance. Every three years, members from around the world gather in Chicago to consider proposed changes to the policies that govern the organization and its member clubs. Measures that are adopted take effect 1 July.
The tone for this year was set early, when the RI Board put forth two proposals that increase flexibility. The first measure allows clubs to decide to vary their meeting times, whether to meet online or in person, and when to cancel a meeting, as long as they meet at least twice a month. The second allows clubs flexibility in choosing their membership rules and requirements. Both passed.
Representatives also approved removing six membership criteria from the RI Constitution and replacing them with a simple requirement that a member be a person of good character who has a good reputation in their business or community and is willing to serve the community.
Council member Dominque Dubois holds up a green card to indicate support of a motion while Sandeep Nurang ponders his response during the 2016 Council on Legislation. Photo Credit: Monika Lozinska.
What does it all mean? Well we will have to update our Club Constitution and Club Bylaws at the AGM and then submit the documents ot the NSW Fair Trade Department for Incorporation of our club to continue. This will require a special resolution and subsequent votes in the affirmative. We have to remain incorporated otherwise the liability reverts to the individual members.
There are several resolutions and amended clauses that will have to be incorporated in our Constitution and Bylaws and once these are clear we will write them up and alter the documents prior to our AGM for pour members ot vote on.
Anyone interested in learning how to do this give me a call please the next time will be in 2019.
RAGES NEWS
Kenya prepares for world’s largest ivory burn
Ahead of the mass burning event to take place in Nairobi National Park on Saturday 30th April, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) personnel have begun transferring over 100 tonnes of seized ivory and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn to the site.
Due to the sheer size of the stockpile, KWS Director, Kitili Mbathi, explained how the transfer will work, “We are moving them into the containers initially collecting them here and then we will transport them to the ivory burning site in readiness for the burn.”
Mbathi also explained how the high prices of such commodities are to blame for the high poaching rate. “This is part of our plea for the total ban of ivory and rhino horn trade globally.”
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is proud to be a part of this significant event and will reporting live from the site using#WorthMoreAlive
At Calingiri WA a bale compaction press using 400 tonnes of hydraulic pressure and compresses a 8′ x 4′ x 4′ 750 kg oaten hay bale to 1.2 m x 1.2 m x 900 mm for shipping to China. The machine is 20 years old and is portable.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
These four quilts were made by Jan Nulty and Heather McKinley from the Coolamon sewing group. They are being donated to the Rotary Foundation Fund Raising quilt sale in Wagga Wagga.
MEETING MONDAY APRIL 11th. 2016
Rotarian Ted Hutcheon regaled with the Reader’s Digest version of the story of his life at tonight’s meeting. Ted certainly has led an interesting life, and his story had numerous surprises for many of us. We weren’t surprised to hear that Ted was not a standout at primary school, but were surprised to hear that he completed an advanced uni degree, including several years of accounting.
After working for Jerilderie Shire as a clerk (the youngest clerk to serve in NSW) for a few years, he returned to Coolamon to work in the family business (Hutcheon & Pearce) selling farm machinery. Ted eventually took over a few John Deere franchises in NSW, and made a career out of selling tractors and making a range of loans to farmers (and friends!). Ted has made numerous trips to America to tour John Deere facilities, and has some interesting stories to tell (too numerous to recount here!).
Apart from selling farm equipment, Ted has been involved in a number of interesting hobbies, including racing cars, flying small aircraft, and shooting targets (he was state champion two years ago). Ted’s son Aaron has taken over the family business, so Ted’s legacy will carry on.
Diary Reminders
Wednesday April 13th Board Meeting
Thursday April 14th BINGO Roster: Ian Durham (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Paul Weston, Leslie Weston.
*Monday April 18th Honeywell Summer Science School with Georgia Booth from Golden Ganmain.
Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.
Monday April 25th ANZAC Day 2016 USA District 5610 USA Friendship Exchange.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
APRIL 2016 Presidential Message
Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chance to meet Mother Teresa. She was an incredible woman with an incredible force of personality. When she walked down the street, the crowd parted in front of her like the Red Sea. Yet when you talked to her, if you mentioned the tremendous things she had done, she almost did not engage in this topic at all. By many reports, if you asked her what her greatest achievement was, she would answer, “I am an expert in cleaning toilets.”
The answer was both humorous and absolutely serious. Her business was caring for others. Toilets had to be cleaned, so she cleaned them. There was no question of a job being beneath her. Helping people who needed help was her work, and there was nothing higher, nothing in the world more important than that.
Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. We recognize donors to express our gratitude for your commitment, offering individual and club recognition as well as naming opportunities that enable you to honor a friend or family member with a named or endowed gift.
PDG Bimal Kantaria and his family in Evanston being recognised as a member of the Arch Klumph Society last week.
Bimal is a member of the RAGES Board and we got to know him well in Kenya last April on our way to climb Mount Kenya. In his year as DG of D9212 East Africa Bimal chartered 31 new Rotary Clubs and a few Rotaracat Clubs as well.
Congratulations Bimal!
RAGES NEWS
Today, only 29,000 rhinos survive in the wild. Four of the five rhino species are threatened. Three are critically endangered.
Andrea Turkalo, who’s gotten to know some 4,000 forest elephants over the past 20 years, has recently spent months focused on a bit of sad detective work: Through careful observation, she’s been slowly piecing together a list of the dead and of the living.
Each day, as many as 100 elephants materialize in front of her viewing platform in the Dzanga Bai forest clearing in Central African Republic. While the elephants socialize, wrestle, mate, and drink mineral-rich water, the Wildlife Conservation Society researcher figures out which of her study elephants were killed during a 2013 raid by Seleka rebels, and which survived. It is difficult work for someone who considers these animals to be family.
Susan and I are currently in Western Australia conducting a straw bale workshop at Calingiri NE of Perth.
During last weekend I was interviewed by the selection committee for our District Governor for 2018-2019 via Skype.
I am humbled and honoured to have been selected to serve our District 9700 as Governor for 2018-2019.
Susan and I look forward to the challenge ahead and to be mindful of the legacy left for us by all the Governors Past, Present and Future who have worked so hard to maintain our Rotary presence in our District with some 41 Rotary Clubs.
This is the first time that a Governor has been selected from the Coolamon Rotary Club.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Our own Tracy Monica Ochieng is going to University once Tracy has chosen the course that she wants to attend. We have helped Tracy through High School and now Tracy has graduated Tracy will obtain qualifications in Maternal and Child Health.
Then Tracy is going back to Mathare to work for the women and children in that slum that we have visited many times now. We are all very proud of this young lady who we met in Mathare in 2011 after climbing the Mountains of the Moon.
Quinter and Tracy Ochieng Tracy is in her school uniform.
Recent visit by the Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Team to Mathare.
April 2nd 2016, Latest news from Tracy:
How are you and your family? Hope this New Year you are having new experiences like I am. I passed my KCSE exams and am glad I have a direct entry to the public universities here in Kenya.
I had 60 aggregate points that’s a B. a C+ in maths, B+ in English, B+ in biology, C+ in chemistry, B-in Swahili, B- in Geography, and a D+ in computer studies.
I thank God for the results and for your unending support, your pride and belief in me, I am who I am because of you, I have an education, I am empowered because you made me feel like a champion. I’m eager to join the university with all aggressiveness to do something that will enable me give out to my society and have a better Mathare.
Tracy Monica
MEETING MONDAY APRIL 4th. 2016
Tonight 16 members attended our monthly Club Assembly.
It was wonderful to have Ted Hutcheon back after his very recent car accident and his stay in the ICU at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
The following topics were discussed some at length and with passion:
Easter Markets a great result with a net return of around $1,200.
District Assembly due to the upcoming sowing of crops only 3 Directors will be going to Grenfell on Sunday morning. Don Dyce, Dave McKinley and Dick Jennings will represent Coolamon.
A discussion on the meaning of a Paul Harris Fellow explained by John Glassford.
RYLA Coolamon has sponsored two candidates this year.
Guest speakers Ian Jennings is doing a great job and next week we have the life and fun times of Ted Hutcheon followed by Georgia Booth on Golden Ganmain Garlic on Monday 18th April.
We allocated the billets for the visit of the Rotary Friendship team from D 5610 USA Serving 43 clubs in South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, southwestern Minnesota, and Sioux City, Nebraska.
A committee, made up of the hosts for the American team has been formed. We need to meet asap to plan the stay of these friends from Dakota! Don Dyce will coordinate the committee.
DISCON 2016 Wagga Wagga we now have around 10 members going on Saturday 23rd April. We need more members to attend please. To our new members it is a great way to learn about Rotary and to have two past RI Presidents in attendance is very rare indeed. Bill Boyd is a wonderful speaker and worth the price of admission alone.
A Taste of Africa Night Saturday May 14th flyers will be ready next week and Alex Thompson will collect them and give you each some to send to and give to your friends.
ShelterBox stay tuned for a ShelterBox day in Coolamon this Friday 8th April contact Wayne Lewis. URGENT!
Diary Reminders
Friday April 8th SHELTERBOX in Coolamon.
Sunday April 10th District Assembly Club Directors Training at Grenfell High School 9.00 am start.
Monday April 11th The Life and Fun Times of Ted Hutcheon.
Wednesday April 13th Board Meeting
Thursday April 14th BINGO Roster: Ian Durham (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Paul Weston, Leslie Weston.
*Monday April 18th Garlic Night with Georgia Booth from Golden Ganmain.
Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.
Monday April 25th ANZAC Day 2016 USA District 5610 USA Friendship Exchange.
Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea
*Monday June 27th Change Over Dinner at Coolamon. DEFINITE.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
K.R. RAVINDRAN “RAVI”
Following the Syrian polio outbreak and the influx of refugees, the country of Jordan faced a possible outbreak in their country. Through their diligence and commitment, the country has not reported a single case of polio within its borders.
Here is a great story from Wagga Wagga Rotary Club.
Rex Flores granted permanent residency after campaign by Wagga community.
WRAPPED IN AUSTRALIA: Rex Flores and Graeme Callander Wagga Wagga Rotary Club, have been part of an extraordinary journey. Picture: Kieren L Tilly
FILIPINO Rex Flores faced being forced to leave Australia next week until the same extraordinary community spirit that helped save his life last year convinced the federal government to grant him permanent residency.
What a couple of days we’ve had! (aka some VERY early mornings!) here Claire & Tina are representing Rotaract Club of Griffith Inc. on Sunrise this morning – did you see our signs on all the weather crosses?
Also really happy that our Burrumbuttock Hay Runners effort on the highway made it to a few media outlets (even the 7News Sydney 6pm bulletin & Pauline Hanson’s Facebook Page) – and even the man himself, Brendan Farrell for Australian of the year stopped to take a photo! We will announce our final fundraised amount this afternoon!
Thank you again to our friends, family and community for helping us raise money to this worthwhile cause!!
Some photos click on the thumb nails below for the larger version:
Kerstin Jeska-Thorwart (left) talks with a nurse at the Mahamodara Teaching Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka. Photo Credit: Rotary International / Alyce Henson
Rotarians equipped the neonatal intensive care unit. More than 160,000 babies have been delivered in the hospital since Rotarians became involved.
What Kerstin Jeska-Thorwart remembers is the silence. No birds chirping, no dogs barking, no car engines revving. Nothing. “I’ve never heard such a silence before, and never since,” she says. “I knew something must have happened.”
It was 9:35 the morning after Christmas 2004, and in Sri Lanka, it was a Poya Day, a Buddhist public holiday held every full moon. Jeska-Thorwart, a lawyer from Germany, was on vacation in Hikkaduwa, on the island’s southwestern coast. Any other morning of her holiday she and her husband would have been on the beach, but today they stayed back at their vacation home, up a small hill about a half-mile from the water’s edge, to clean and prepare for guests.
After a few minutes, sound returned, as though it had been switched on. Now she heard people running, crying. She went down the main road to see what had happened. She saw people in swimming suits, shoeless, covered in blood.
They told her there was a big wave.
The tsunami, as she later learned, was caused when an earthquake with the estimated force of 23,000 atomic bombs rattled the floor of the Indian Ocean. The seabed rose 10 feet, displacing 7 cubic miles of water. A wall of water, in some places up to 100 feet high, slammed into countries throughout Southeast Asia and as far away as Africa. All told, more than 230,000 people died in 14 countries, and 1.7 million were left homeless. More than half of the dead were in Indonesia, followed by Sri Lanka, where 35,000 people were killed.
In the picture above, an orangutan can be seen exploring the bleak landscape they must once have called home, with a dart lodged into their back. Sadly, orangutans are often shot on sight if they wander onto a palm oil plantation. Over the past two decades alone, an estimated 20,000 of these animals lost their lives at the hands of the palm oil industry, and it has been estimated that they could be extinct in just thirty years if their current declining population trend continues.
Rome hosts Italy’s first ivory crush
Almost one ton of seized ivory, with an estimated value of USD $5 million, was destroyed at the Circus Maximus in Rome last week.
Government officials helped to load the tusks and carved models into an industrial stone crusher and a steamroller before the pieces were disposed of permanently.
The ivory crush comes one month before Kenya destroys the majority of its ivory stockpile, at 105 tonnes of ivory and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn on 30th April in Nairobi.
This is how we used to travel to England from Kenya in the 50s. Union Castle Line or the BI Line through the Suez Canal onto Naples, Gibraltar then into the Bay of Biscay before Tilbury in London. The ships used to stand on their heads in the Bay of Biscay. Great fun! This was the Rhodesia Castle of the Union Castle Line.
The ship hit a hurricane in the Bay of Biscay, and the storm and size of the waves are etched into my memory. The ship rolled so far from side to side that she shuddered each time to regain her equilibrium. All we could hear was furniture and glassware and china crashing everywhere and muffled screams, as everyone had been ordered to their cabins by the Captain.
All except my Mother, sister and I and another woman and her daughter, who decided in all our wisdom, that up in the lounge was by far the best place in a storm. We were duly thrown about with the rest of the furniture (not bolted down in those days), the grand piano ended up in the Bay of Biscay in pieces.
NOT TODAY Cruising is for sissies with all the stabalisers!
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Yours in Rotary
John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016
Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts
Coolamon Club President Wayne Lewis
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
feeling wonderful.
