Mt Kenya Rotary climbing team conducts Anzac Day Ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landing which happened on the 25th April 1915.

The ceremony starts after a minute or so will edit when I get the time.

MEETING MONDAY April 20, 2015

posted by Henk Hulsman

Guest speaker on this occasion was Sharon Walsh, editor of the Ganmain Guardian.

The Ganmain Guardian came into being as a community newsletter in 2005 as an A4 letter that provided local gossip and details of upcoming events, once a month.

Sharon moved to Ganmain from the Wollongong area with her husband in 1992. Since that time she had had various types of work, including cook at the Red Steer Motel (Wagga) and the bistro at the Ganmain Sports Club.  She now works at the Ganmain Hotel, while also working two days a week on producing the Guardian which is now a fourteen page A5 booklet. Four hundred copies are distributed free to all Ganmain households monthly.  This increased size of the publication was made possible through a $50,000 grant which enabled the purchase of a larger photocopier and folding equipment, as well as a laptop computer.

The Ganmain Guardian charges a token amount for advertising and is well supported by local businesses as well as some from Coolamon.  Their office is situated in the Rural Transaction Centre and Sharon’s efforts are very much appreciated by the community.

Sharon provided an enthusiastic and confident presentation, and fielded a great many questions from the very interested seventeen people present. It was obvious that the Coolamon members were jealous of Ganmain’s local news sheet and would like one for Coolamon township.

A vote of thanks was provided by Henk Hulsman on behalf of all present.

Henk Hulsman presents Sharon Walsh with the traditional kangaroo hide change purse as thanks for her presentation.

On a more somber note, Dick Jennings brought to the attention of club members the plight of the mother of Grahame and Sharon Miles’ grandson, Darcy, who is battling a very aggressive cancer at present.  Unfortunately, the Federal Government has withdrawn subsidies on medications, which Louisa requires.  It currently costs almost $100,000 a year to provide the care she so desperately requires.  Beside Darcy who is thirteen years of age, Louisa has a three-year-old daughter Tilda.

In support of Grahame and Sharon’s family, it was suggested that proceeds of the raffle ($124) and club fine session ($257) be donated to Louise to assist in defraying costs. This was a marvelous response by members as the raffle would normally realise about $70 and the fine session $15.   The board will meet and decide on the amount the club is prepared to donate to this cause, on top of what was raised at the meeting.

On the lighter side of life

The apprentice had been left in charge of the chemist shop at lunch hour. When the chemist returned he enquired if there had been any customers.

“Just one,” said the apprentice. “A bloke came in with a hacking cough, so I gave him a gigantic dose of castor oil.”

“You what?” said the chemist. “You know that castor oil is not a remedy for a cough.”

“Well it worked. He’s been hanging on that lamp post over there for an hour and hasn’t dared to give one cough!”

Timely reminder that flu shots should now be available from your friendly chemist.

Diary Reminders

Saturday 11th April – Sunday 10th May: Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.

Saturday, 25th April: ANZAC Day ceremonies in Coolamon and Ganmain.

Monday, 27th April: Regular meeting, guest speakers Bronwyn Hatty, Libby Cruikshank and Keryl Dallinger speaking on local community health programs.

Sunday, 3rd May: D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.

Monday, 4th May: Regular meeting (guest speaker TBA).

BINGO Thursday, 14^th May: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings

Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June: 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Monday, June 29th.  Annual Change Over Dinner

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

MEETING MONDAY April 13, 2015

posted by Henk Hulsman

Last week’s meeting was well attended, with 21 members and guests present to appreciate the presentation on Interplast made by Wagga Rotarian Eugene Maloney and the induction of two new members to our club.  John Nulty and his wife Jan were introduced by Ian Durham. Secondly Dave McKinley and wife Heather were introduced by Wayne Lewis.  It is very pleasing to see the membership growing, as new people bring new experience to the club.  It was also great to see David Jenkins taking part in one of our meetings again. David has been along to a couple of functions now and may be persuaded by Leslie and Paul Weston to form a stronger bond with Coolamon Rotary.

PP Dick Jennings and Ian Durham (left) and Wayne Lewis (right) welcome new inductees John Nulty (left) and Dave McKinley (right) to Coolamon Rotary.

Newest member Dave McKinley thanks visiting Rotarian Eugene Maloney for a very interesting and inspiring talk on Interplast and how it helps burn victims and those born with birth defects in Asian rim developing countries.

Neil Munro reported on the April Bingo which showed a profit of $225. The Jackpot did not go off this month; possibly it will in May when it will amount to $120.  Many thanks to Ian Jennings, Wayne Lewis, Mark Reardon and Ted Hutcheon who formed the team on the night.  Co-ordinator Neil Munro mentioned that players have requested more substantial prizes for ‘liners’ as they consider a little more could be spent. Currently the princely sum of approximately $20 is expended on 10 prizes.  Line prizes tend to extend the time taken to complete the game, and additional expenditure will further reduce the profit achieved. Possibly double the price per prize, e.g. $4.00 but have only five prizes.  Food for thought.

Last meeting, Christine Atkinson went to a great deal of trouble to obtain a raffle prize with a difference, a presentation basket of a dozen different jars of jam and chutney prepared by Col and Brenda Patterson.  It always pays to purchase raffle prizes that the buyer believes they would enjoy winning themselves. As luck would have it, and a great deal of tickets to assist the cause, Christine herself took the basket home.

Diary Reminders

Saturday 11th April – Sunday 10th May: Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.

Saturday, 25th April: ANZAC Day ceremonies in Coolamon and Ganmain.

Monday, 27th April: Regular meeting, guest speakers Bronwyn Hatty, Libby Cruikshank and Keryl Dallinger speaking on local community health programs.

Sunday, 3rd May: D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.

Monday, 4th May: Regular meeting (guest speaker TBA).

BINGO Thursday, 14^th May: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings

Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June: 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Monday, June 29th.  Annual Change Over Dinner

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Just a quick post top all our members Don Dyce, Sally Farmer, Susan and I are plus the team are well settled in for the D9212 Conference some photos.

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #32

MEETING MONDAY MARCH 30, 2015

posted by Henk Hulsman

The last meeting for the month of March took the form of a farewell dinner to the Mt. Kenya climbers who leave Australia on the first leg of their journey on the 11^th April.  Sixteen members of the Mt. Kenya team joined us, they also included the “Gin & Tonic” set who intend watching progress from the comfort of a Safari Ranch.  The youngest climber has just turned 27 years of age. The oldest is 72 years young.

During the evening, John Glassford ran a couple of short films. The first was taken at Mt. Kenya in the 60’s. The second was more recent 2012. The difference in glacier presence on the mountain, between the two dates was quite obvious.  The Club donated a further cheque for $1,000 toward the team’s fundraising.

President Garth farewells John G with a cheque for $1000 from the club

Also leaving for faraway places are President Garth and wife Marg Perkin who leave for Nepal within the next week. It is their intention to conduct a training program with local teachers of primary school children. They will also attend a holiday camp with school children.  P.P. Dick Jennings congratulated both the Mt Kenya team and Garth & Marg on their dedication to Rotary ideals and effort in spreading Rotary goodwill throughout the world.

Before his departure, Pres. Garth inducted two fresh members to the Coolamon fold. Trevor Parkes was introduced by PP. Dick Jennings and Steven Exton was introduced by Wayne Lewis.

Easter markets a rousing success

posted by Paul Weston

The markets on Easter Saturday were a resounding success.  We had a great rollout of visitors to the markets, and the vendors left happy and looking forward to our next market.  The markets are not a huge moneymaker for our club, but I think success is judged by more than just the bottom line.  The markets were a great community event, and helped to draw many visitors to our shire when there were many competing activities in the region.  The garden viewings in Coolamon synergised nicely with the markets, both events benefitting from the other.

From left to right: The Easter Bunny shares candy with PP Dick, Sharon Miles, Maureen Hulsman and Marilyn Jennings selling tickets for the garden viewing, and a photo of the hopping scene at the markets.

We had some hiccups preparing for the markets because our chair had to step down several months ago due to family commitments, but other members of the committee pulled together and got the job done.  This club never ceases to amaze me because of its ability to come through when the going gets tough, and to get things done in style.  We came close to cancelling the markets several weeks ago because of concerns about participation by vendors, but we hung tough and made it happen.  I am proud to be a Rotarian, and particularly proud to be a member of our small club, which always seems to punch above its weight.

Thanks go to the Rotarians and Friends of Rotary who helped on the day, the partners who directly assisted or tolerated their partner’s absence from family activities on the day, the vendors who made the markets possible, the students from Coolamon Central School who lent a hand, and the many local residents and visitors to the shire who patronised the markets.  And special thanks to Easter Bunny Garth, who entertained the crowd, young and old alike.

JUST FOR FUN!

An engineer could not find a job, so he opens a clinic, and puts a sign outside that says: Get Treatment For $50, If Not Cured Get Back $100.

A doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to show up the engineer and earn a quick $100. And so he visits the clinic.

Doctor:  I have lost my sense of taste.

Engineer: Nurse, bring the medicine from Box #22 and place 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.

Patient (doctor): Spits out the medicine and says “This is not medicine, it’s gasoline.”

Engineer: Congratulations. You have your taste back.  That will be $50.

Doctor gets annoyed, and returns after several days to recover his money.

Doctor: I have lost my memory and can’t remember a thing.

Engineer: Nurse, bring the medicine from Box #22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.

Doctor: “This medicine is for the sense of taste,” protests the doctor.

Engineer: Congrats. Your memory is back…that will be $50.

Doctor leaves, but after several days angrily returns for one last try.

Doctor: My eyesight has become weak.

Engineer: Well, I don’t have any medicine for that. Take this $100.

Doctor: But this is a $50 note.

Engineer: Congratulations, your eyesight has gotten better…that will be $50.

Diary Reminders

BINGO Thursday, 9^th April, 2015 Ian  Jennings  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon (as John G. is not available, we’ll need a substitute–any volunteers?)

Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.

Wednesday, 8th April – Board meeting.

Monday, 13th April – Regular club meeting and induction of new members, Part 2.

April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp

Sunday, May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.

BINGO Thursday, 14^th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings

Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Monday, June 29th.  Annual Change Over Dinner

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #31

THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be another African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!

MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH

80% of schools in Kenya do not have a library. Thanks to our education programme and the generosity of Rita and Charles Field-Marsham, the children of Lewa School now have access to this important learning resource.

INVESTING IN EDUCATION

Yesterday, Lewa and Lewa Downs Primary School held a ceremony to officially open the school’s new and beautiful library! The library was sponsored by the Rita and Charles Field-Marsham Foundation through the Lewa Education Programme.

While this may not be news in many parts of the world, in Kenya, 80% of schools have no library, making Lewa School one of the few to own this crucial learning resource. The impact of libraries on learning is invaluable and these students now have an exciting opportunity to discover the world, gain new knowledge and explore limitless opportunities.

MEETING MONDAY MARCH 23rd. 2015

“Our guest speaker Monday night was Vanessa Warren, who gave a very interesting talk on her experience in North Dakota as an exchange employee in an ag services company.  Vanessa, a local girl who obtained a BSc in agriculture from Charles Sturt Uni, works as an agronomist with Delta Ag in Coolamon.  She took a leave of absence last year to work for nearly a year in North Dakota (near the border with Canada) and experienced a very different climate and way of farming.

The extremes of temperature (from -40C to +40C) and low rainfall, combined with boggy soils, makes for very different farming from the Riverina.  Vanessa gained some very interesting work experience, and enjoyed the hospitality shown to her by the locals, who welcomed Vanessa into their community.  Vanessa is now back in Coolamon, with her life enriched by this experience.  Neil Munro formally thanked Vanessa and presented her with a gift of appreciation.”

By:  PP Paul Weston

 PP Neil Munro thanks Vanessa Warren

SHELTERBOX APPEAL

Last week the club collected a ShelterBox from Wagga Wagga Wollundry and set it up in Ganmain on the Saturday and followed that up with another display in Coolamon on Friday.

The whole exercise to raise funds for 2 ShelterBoxes for the Vanuatu cyclone appeal met our goals and we raised just over $2,000 which is enough for 2 ShelterBoxes for Vanuatu.  Thank you to all who volunteered on the two days.  Well done Ganmain raising over one third of the total $2,000.

Myffy and Bernadette in Ganmain.

The two Ians in Coolamon.

 JUST FOR FUN!

 Zebra Laundry

Diary Reminders

***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.

We have 19 joining this meeting with 13 out of the 16 intrepid travelers to Kenya and South Africa attending please join us to wish the teams bon voyage “na Safari Jema”.

Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.

BINGO Thursday 9^th April, 2015 Ian  Jennings  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon

Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.

April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp

Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.

BINGO Thursday 14^th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings

Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, visited Rotarians in Uruguay. President Huang also visited a statue of Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

 D 9700 DISCON

It was an excellent conference with some 252 delegates including 7 from Coolamon.  The talk by Dr Luc from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a highlight among many highlights.  Thanks go to DG David and the Conference Chair Harry Howard for making the two days affordable, efficient and most enjoyable.  Here are some photos courtesy of PDG John Egan:

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

In Seven Days

In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies. God saw that it was good.

Evening came and morning came and it was the second Day.
On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.

On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.

On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.

On the Fifth day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day

On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good blokes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.

On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good. well almost good. God saw that the blokes were tired and needed a rest.

So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody great!

IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!

ROTARY INFORMATION

 Seung Jin Kim shows off his sail emblazoned with the End Polio Now logo before setting off on his voyage around the globe.

Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds — his goal is $200,000 or more — for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.

 Seung Jin Kim, a member of the Rotary Club of Seokmum, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, receives encouragement before embarking in October on a 25,600-mile, around-the-world voyage to raise awareness and money for polio eradication.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Seen in Nairobi it is raining heavily in Kenya and snowing on Mount Kenya above 4,000 metres.

OUT OF AFRICA

We are staying at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri on our way to the mountain and on the way back.  The Outspan is famous for Lord Baden-Powell and his cottage is there which we will visit, now a museum:

How about taking a break from the hustle and bustle of town life and escape to Outspan and enjoy your breakfast or dinner as you enjoy the view of the sunrise or sunset over Mt. Kenya, indulge your friends & family with our diverse list of activities available from our Snooker room to taking a tour of our world renowned Lord Baden Powell Museum.

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

One of the reasons I am climbing Mount Kenya is to look at the Lewis Glacier, walk on it as it will not be there much longer due to global warming this evidence is beyond discussion now and this evidence proves it once and for all and it is MAN MADE there is NO doubt; the jury is in and the verdict has been reached. WE ARE GUILTY!

The main reason that I am climbing Mount Kenya is to honour my Father George James Glassford on ANZAC Day 100 years since he landed at Gallipoli.  I will wear his medals for the first and last time before I hand them over to my eldest son Sean.  These medals were the only ones awarded to the British Forces in World War 1 and are known as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after a Daily Mirror cartoon published in 1920.

It concerned the adventures of an orphaned family of animals. Pip, who assumed the “father” role, was a dog, while the “mother”, Squeak, was a penguin. Wilfred was the “young child” and was a rabbit with very long ears.^[

They are the 1914-1915 Star Medal, the  British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

FOOTNOTE

DG David Kennedy launched the Mount Kenya Crowd Funding web site campaign at the D9700 conference and please send this email onto your friends and associates asking for their support, just copy and paste:

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

LITTLEDALE FINE WINES SUPPORT THE ANZAC DAY MOUNT KENYA CLIMB.

We are pleased to announce that we have the support and sponsorship of Littledale Fine Wines from Sydney. They have put together a special package for their wines with  a generous discount and a donation of $18 for every dozen of their wines they sell via this campaign.

To order your dozen go to the following website please and use the code ANZAC1:

LITTLEDALE FINE WINES FOR LEGACY AUSTRALIA

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #30

THIS WILL BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be an African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!

MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH

One of the beneficiaries of the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb will be the Oloimugi Maasai Village situated on the equator under the shadows of Mount Kenya.  These children have to walk to school some 5 ks every day through hostile country with elephants and lions to contend with.  The goal is to provide good education facilities including teachers and a class room so that they can be equipped for high school and beyond.

MEETING MONDAY MARCH 16th. 2015

Eleven members and  seven guests attended our meeting tonight and we had a great time with some excellent fellowship mixed with business and a very good guest speaker.  The raffle was won again by Leslie Weston and we made some pocket money with the fines session. Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis, Stephen Exton, Trevor Park, Dave McKinley and our guest speaker Craig Riley.

PE Wayne Lewis and PP Ian Jennings conducted the fine session tonight.

Tonight we had the pleasure of a local guest speaker in Craig Riley from the Coolamon Butchers.  It was a very good talk and Craig obviously loves his work and it showed.  Craig has a long list of achievements including NSW Apprentice of the year in his 1st year as an apprentice, butcher of the year, one of the first butchers to learn how to conduct a hazard course in meat handling following the Garibaldi salmonella scare in Adelaide.

Craig worked for various butchers and at A.J. Bush and Sons he did 80 hours a week for 7 years.  Craig moved to Coolamon with his wife Lisa and has two children and now he has a balanced life style and can see his son for dinner the old fashioned way.  The future of the butchering trade looks like going down the track of well prepared and a variety of different meals for the busy families of this day and age.  Craig also feels that the supermarkets are no longer a threat to the corner butcher shop as service and customer satisfaction is now paramount in the success of butchers like Craig,  Thank you Craig.

PP Dick Jennings thanking Craig Riley with our Kangaroo money pouch as a gift.

President Garth reminded members of the upcoming District Conference this weekend in Cowra.  The board also set the change over dinner for Monday 29th June.  Also on the calender is a farewell dinner for the Mount Kenya climber/hikers and safari teams set for Monday 30th March.

The Vanuatu crisis due to cyclone Pam was discussed and John Glassford to locate a ShelterBox for display and fund raising in Coolamon this Saturday.  This has been done and  a ShelterBox will be in Coolamon for Saturday volunteers are needed.

The Cornish-based charity Shelterbox is mobilising aid and a response team to Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam.

The United Nations Humanitarian Office said on the main island of Efate, 90% of structures were damaged or destroyed.

Many of Vanuatu’s 260,000 population are said to be homeless, with thousands of people sheltering in over 25 evacuation centres.

The charity will send 1,000 shelter kits to help repair damaged buildings.

ShelterBox operational manager Alf Evans said: “Our initial response will see the 1,000 shelter kits deployed from Subang and distributed with CARE International.

“Once we have ShelterBox response team members on the ground we will be aiming to make further contributions to partnership work on shelter and repair.”

Go here for more news SHELTERBOX UK

SHELTERBOX AUSTRALIA

HENK

This is for you mate and we feel for you right now.

 JUST FOR FUN!

Diary Reminders

Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra.  Book Now.

*Monday 23rd March 2015 Guest Speaker Vanessa Warren Agronomist with Delta Ag worked 12 months in the USA.

***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.

Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.

BINGO Thursday 9^th April, 2015 Ian  Jennings  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon

Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.

April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp

Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.

BINGO Thursday 14^th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings

Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.

*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang poses with inbound Youth Exchange Program students in front of the World Peace Bell in Quito, Ecuador.

RI President Huang attended the Educational Excellence Award ceremony during his visit to Quito, Ecuador.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

An outstanding achievement by Bathurst East Rotary to have sponsored an Interact Club at Kelso High.
Congrats to Club members Graham Bright & Stephanie Brown for their persistence and welcome to the first 7 members..
President: Emily Hayes Secretary: Amy McLeish
Treasurer: Lachlan Hicks Members: Olivia Sheehan, Jack Portegies, Bella Fenton and Tom Rosser
Also pictured here Club Pres. Peter Ketith & School Principal Michael Sloan, DG David. Well done everyone!!!

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

 IRISH Saint Patrick’s Day Today

Paddy & Murphy are working on a building site.

Paddy says to Murphy ‘Im gonna have the day off, I’m gonna pretend I’m mad!’

He climbs up the rafters , hangs upside down & shouts ‘I’M A LIGHTBULB! I’M A LIGHTBULB!’

Murphy watches in amazement!

The Foreman shouts ‘Paddy you’re mad, go home.’

So he leaves the site.

Murphy starts packing his kit up to leave as well.

‘Where are you going?’ asks the Foreman.

‘I cant work in the dark! ‘ says Murphy.

Poker

A bit of beginning of the week humour:

Six Irish men were playing poker when one of them played a bad hand and died.

The rest drew straws to see who would tell his wife. One man draws the shortest straw and goes to his friend’s house to tell the wife.

The man says to her, “Your husband lost some money in the poker game and is afraid to come home.”

The wife says, “Tell him to drop dead!”

The man responds, “I’ll go tell him.”

Irish Wisdom… (Really!)

1. May the luck of the Irish be with you!

2. If you want praise, die. If you want blame, marry.

The Airplane

Paddy the Englishman, Paddy the Irishman, Paddy the Scotsman, and Paddy the Welshman were all flying together in an airliner. The captain announced that they were losing altitude rapidly and that one of them would have to jump out to save the others.

“I do this for the glory of Scotland,” said Paddy the Scotsman and he jumped out.

“We need to lose more weight,” said the captain, so Paddy the Welshman shouted, “I do this for the glory of Wales,” and jumped out.

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARY WINS PRESTIGIOUS SILVER TELLY FOR AIDS DOCUMENTARY

 Marion Bunch my CEO when I served on the RFFA now RFHA Board for 3 years. I learnt a lot from this very strong woman.  I first met Marion at the Chicago Convention celebrating 100 years of Rotary.

A documentary film produced by Rotary’s broadcast media department that features Rotary member Marion Bunch and her work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in underprivileged African communities won two 2015 Telly Awards.

The prestigious awards are given annually to the finest film and video productions. Rotary’s documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days” received a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the online video-documentary category, and a Bronze Telly in the online video-branded content and entertainment category. The documentary was shown by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and throughout Africa.

“What we tried to accomplish with the film was to get the good news and the good deeds out there so that the non-Rotary world can see it,” says producer Andrew Chudzinski. “It was a great collaborative project.”

The film documents the tremendous burden HIV/AIDS places on African families and communities. It covers the journeys of two women: South African grandmother Me Maria, who is raising her two grandsons whose parents died of AIDS, and Bunch, from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who became a global advocate for AIDS prevention and the inspiration for Rotary Family Health Days after she lost her son to the disease.

ONLY IN AFRICA

OUT OF AFRICA

Cape Town on our schedule from May 4th.  Great city great people!

MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB

This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them.   The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:

The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:

THE CLIMBERS/HIKERS

ROTARY MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB.

I will be asking each and everyone of you to share the link via email with 20 of your family, friends and business acquaintances and ask them to do the same.  This way we ask for your support for the beneficiaries of this adventure.

Each climber is funding their own travel and accommodation costs, so that every $ we raise, as a team, goes to the beneficiaries.

Just briefly this all came about not long after we returned home from the Mountains of the Moon climb/attempt.  It is not about myself but about why I started this. It is about my Father , my Mother, Kenya and the children.  My Father was an original ANZAC a Kiwi who landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day 1915.  Survived until July when he was hit in the chest and lost an eye. My Mother was a British Army nurse on the Egyptian front and a triage sister at El Alamein and loved the ANZACS.  Mother eventually married one!  Dad migrated to Kenya from New Zealand in 1919 and started  a coffee plantation.

Originally I was going on my own in a silent tribute to my Father who died in Kenya when I was 10. However Fred Loneragan persuaded me otherwise!  My Father joined the New Zealand Army in 1911 as a 20 year old.

FOOTNOTE

We are visiting Giraffe Manor on the 1st May and it is one of Nairobi’s most iconic buildings, but the strangest and most enjoyable thing about it is not its beautiful façade or elegant interiors, it’s the herd of resident Rothschild giraffe. The long-necked beasts pop in and out of the manor, perhaps even joining us for lunch.

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotary International President Gary Huang

Governor of District 9700 David Kennedy

Coolamon Club President  Garth Perkin

Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston

Club Treasurer  Henk Hulsman

Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701

Websites of Interest

Coolamon Rotary Club: http://coolamonrotary.com

Road MAPS to Africa a Coolamon Rotary Project: http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/

Rotary Down Under on line: http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/26587/49598/pub

Mount Kenya 2015 Web Site incorporating the ORK: http://theork.com/

Our Rotary Centennial Twin Club Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.rotaryhoutbay.org

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES: http://www.endangeredrag.org/#

A documentary film produced by Rotary’s broadcast media department that features Rotary member Marion Bunch and her work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in underprivileged African communities won two 2015 Telly Awards.

The prestigious awards are given annually to the finest film and video productions. Rotary’s documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days” received a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the online video-documentary category, and a Bronze Telly in the online video-branded content and entertainment category. The documentary was shown by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and throughout Africa.

“What we tried to accomplish with the film was to get the good news and the good deeds out there so that the non-Rotary world can see it,” says producer Andrew Chudzinski. “It was a great collaborative project.”

The tremendous burden on the families of those infected by HIV/AIDS – particularly for older people caring for their terminally ill children and raising their grandchildren, and for children who are orphaned – is incalculable.
This is a story of people coming together to help fight this global killer along with other preventable diseases.
Inspired by Marion Bunch, an American woman who lost her son to AIDS, Rotary Family Health Days will offer free health care services over three days in S. Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda in April 2014.

Congratulations Marion Bunch!

Rotary Family Health Days from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Down load the above poster and support the Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb.