Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #10

SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH

ROTARACT

WHAT IS ROTARACT?

Rotaractors take action to support those in the Philippines affected by the typhoon. Photo courtesy of Chit Lijauco, Zone 7A Regional Public Image Coordinator. — in Cebu City.

Rotaract is a club for adults ages 18-30 that meets twice a month to exchange ideas, plan activities and projects, and socialize. While Rotary clubs serve as sponsors, Rotaract clubs decide how to organize and run their club and what projects and activities to carry out.

 MORE INFORMATION HERE

 MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT

The Coolamon Rotary Pouch Visits Europe

The Rotary pouch has been most useful. Never thought it could be!!  Heading for Versailles tomorrow cheers from Marilyn and Ian Jennings.  Looks like the Coolamon Kangaroo money pouch is going places!

Ganmain Trivia Night

The Ganmain Trivia Night Saturday 6th September at the Ganmain Hall.  A great night well organised and very well run.  Thanks Howard Holgate and Bernadette Bodel, well done.  Coolamon Rotary had around 19 attend the evening and all had a great time.  Thanks to Grahame Miles for getting it all happening for our members and their guests.  Some photos:

MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8th. 2014

Last night was a monthly board meeting and a planning night for the future.  All in all a very productive meeting.

Breakfast for the 200 delegates of the Rural Womens Conference This Sunday early morning i.e. around 6.30 am at the Coolamon Central School car park.  Our van will be there and so far we have:  Henk Hulsman, Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Ian Durham, Paul Weston, Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne and Don Dyce volunteering.  Sharon and Grahame Miles are making a special treat in a glass.

Henk  Hulsman reported on the meeting to obtain an ambulance station for Coolamon and surrounds.  Henk is on the committee to support the cause through the NSW State Government with the support of the Shire Council.  We have all been asked to send in our experiences of the effect that a lack of an ambulance service has done for our Shire.   Letters to be sent to our local Sate Member Adrian Picoli MP.

Ray Wall’s farewell Thursday 30th October at the Sports Club.  You will need to buy tickets by the 22nd October from the hospital or from the Allawah Community Care office.  Tickets are $35 per person.

Please promote the 22nd September meeting where we will have PP Barry Lillywhite talk on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon in the main street.   Grahame Miles will be sending out letters to all the business houses in our towns inviting them to come along.

Next Monday we have a partners night to hear Luke Mulley talk on: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general.”

Finally go to the Footnote and the diary for information on a HAT Day at the Loneragan’s garden in Wagga Wagga.

Diary Reminders

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford.

Thursday 11th September Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb 2015 Meeting at the Wagga Wagga Commercial Club 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm start.  This will include several members from clubs in our area.  PDG Fred Loneragan will chair the meeting.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 ,13, 14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

Saturday 13th September Run2Raise Sausage Sizzle at Rural Supplies Coolamon.

Sunday 14th September Breakfast for the Rural Womens Conference at the Coolamon Central School start time 7.00 am.  Volunteers wanted.

*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon. 

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

Monday 6th October NO MEETING.

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Friday 10th October HAT DAY at Rae and Fred Loneragan’s home and garden in Wagga Wagga. {See  Footnote below}

Monday 13th October Board Meeting.

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.

Monday 10th November AGM.

*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

The Rotary Club of St. Asaph, in rural Wales, U.K, held a #RotaryDay that attracted 3,000 visitors. 

Club president, Tony Dean, met with superheroes Robin and Superwoman at the event. Perhaps he invited them to join his club! 

Learn how you can hold a Rotary Day at www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rotary-days.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

Vice Regal Presentation to Parkes Rotary

The Rotary Club of Parkes celebrated its 75th anniversary last March. However because of time constraints (it is a very busy club) the official recognition was put off until the Presidential Changeover in June.

The Rotary District Governor David Kennedy presented Parkes President Col Offner with a citation from the President of Rotary International congratulating the club on this very significant anniversary.  Club members thought that was the end of it and just went back to business, doing what they do best, serving this community.

However behind the scenes other forces were at work. Parkes mayor Ken Keith who is a great admirer of all that Rotary does, not just for this community, but for its humanitarian work around the world was hatching a plan that would coincide with the forthcoming visit of the NSW Governor Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO.

Council had a significantly impressive plaque commissioned for Her Excellency to present to Parkes Rotary in recognition of this now memorable event. So as one of her last duties in Parkes, Dame Marie presented Rotary Assistant Governor David Hughes who was standing in for Col Offner who was unable to attend.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Eat Grass

A man was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw a man eating grass by the roadside. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.

“Why are you eating grass?” he asked the man.

“I don’t have any money for food,” the poor man replied.

“Oh, please come to my house!”

“But sir, I have a wife and four children…”

“Bring them along!” the rich man said.

They all climbed into the limo. Once underway, the poor fellow said, “Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us in.”

The rich man replied, “No, you don’t understand. The grass at my house is over three feet tall!”

Confession

Mary Clancy goes up to Father O’Grady after his Sunday morning service, and she’s in tears. He says, “So what’s bothering you, dear?”

She says, “Oh, Father, I’ve got terrible news. My husband passed away last night. ‘

The priest says, “Oh, Mary, that’s terrible! Tell me, Mary, did he have any last requests?”

She says, “That he did, Father…”

The priest says, “What did he ask, Mary?”

She says, “He said, “Please, Mary, put down that damn gun…””

ROTARY INFORMATION

Being part of #Rotary means being part of a global community, which includes guiding a new generation of leaders on how they can make a difference.

September is New Generations Month. Share how you help develop leaders as well as learn more about this important part of Rotary at www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/club-connections.

OUT OF AFRICA

 The women do all the work!

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 SAFARI TEAM

The Safari Team will get to meet with these amazing Gerenuk gazelles live in places such as the Meru National Park, Lewa and Ol Pajeta conservancies.  All three will be visited by the Safari Team.

FOOT NOTE

HAT DAY

FRIDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2014

You are invited to an Australian Rotary Health Hat Day event to raise awareness and funds for mental health research

It’s a fun and positive way we can all get involved and show our support for people affected by depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, anorexia, Alzheimer’s and many more serious mental illness conditions

Come celebrate

HIGH TEA

RAE & FRED LONERAGAN’S GARDEN – 9 LINCOLN AVENUE, WAGGA WAGGA 

1.30 pm for 2.00 pm

Silent Auction

Prizes

Raffles

WEAR YOUR HAT !

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Here is a very interesting article done by a good friend of mine in the Philippines Ron Nethercutt.  Ron lives in the Philippines and we have met at various RI Conventions around the world.  We are also members of ROTI Rotarians On The Internet.

Byond article by Ron Nethercutt

Rotarains will be interested to know what Tom Henderson the founder of ShelterBox is doing these days.

A local girl’s a step closer to life changing treatment, thanks to a group of marathon runners.

Alice Bailey-Brown has severe cerebral palsy and with the help of family, friends and generous donors, she’s on her way to a more independent future.

WELL DONE RUN2RAISE!

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #09

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH

INTERACT CLUBS

Interact gives students ages 12-18 the chance to make a real difference while having fun. Every Interact club carries out two service projects a year: one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding.

Clubs meet at least twice a month and are sponsored by their local Rotary club. When you sponsor an Interact club, you’re helping young people:

• connect with community leaders
• develop leadership skills
• make international connections
• discover more opportunities to connect with Rotary, including Rotaract, RYLA, and Youth Exchange.Learn more about Interact.

MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1st. 2014

Tonight we welcomed home Dick Jennings and Ian Durham.  Our guests included Helen Lewis and Liam Armstrong our guests speaker.  13 members attended with Dick in the chair.  Our members were reminded that on Saturday night in Ganmain there is a Trivia night so far 15 are attending.

On this Wednesday night i.e. tomorrow night there is a meeting at the Sports and Recreation Club in Coolamon on forming a committee to look at having an ambulance station located in Coolamon.  Members are encouraged to attend.

There will also be a farewell to Ray Wall on October 30th again at the Coolamon Sports and Recreation Club cost $35 per person.

Henk Hulsman our Treasurer reminded all that our 6 monthly fees are due now.

Henk Hulsman called for volunteers for Sunday 14th September from 7.00 am at the Central School to man our van and cook for 200 delegates to the Rural Womens Conference and Workshops.  So far Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Paul Weston, Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, Henk Hulsman, Dick Jennings and John Glassford have volunteered.

We had an excellent talk given to us by Liam Armstrong from Coolamon.  Liam works in the Coolamon Butchers and is well known to us.  Liam’s mother and father run the Coolamon Post Office.  Liam is a passionate lover of harness racing and spoke well on his career to date and how he started harness racing at the age of 7 with his ponies Little B and Mr Wilson.

All who were present were well entertained by Liam and we found out about his life and his passion.  Liam is doing very well and has driven in a Group 3 race at Menangle among many other of his 96 drives to date.  Liam is well respected in the harness driving industry and were all very impressed with Liam and Liam is welcome back at anytime to our club.

Liam Armstrong receives a vote of thanks and a Kangaroo pouch, from PP Paul Weston

Diary Reminders

Wednesday 3rd September Coolamon Ambulance Meeting at Coolamon Sports Club 7.00 pm.

Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.

Saturday 6th September Ganmain Trivia Night

Monday 8th September Board Meeting.

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford.

Thursday 11th September Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb 2015 Meeting at the Wagga Wagga Commercial Club 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm start.  This will include several members from clubs in our area.  PDG Fred Loneragan will chair the meeting.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 ,13, 14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

Saturday 13th September Run2Raise Sausage Sizzle at Rural Supplies Coolamon.

Sunday 14th September Breakfast for the Rural Womens Conference at the Coolamon Central School start time 7.00 am.  Volunteers wanted.

*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon. 

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

Monday 6th October NO MEETING.

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Monday 13th October Board Meeting.

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Thursday 30th October Ray Wall’s farewell Coolamon Sports Club $35 per head.

Monday 10th November AGM.

*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

PRESIDENT GARY HUANG SEPTEMBER MESSAGE

SEPTEMBER 2014

One of the great privileges of being president of Rotary International is having the chance to visit so many parts of the Rotary world. Usually I travel to participate in Rotary events; speak at Rotary clubs, conferences, and institutes; and encourage Rotarians in their service. But as president, I am responsible for all branches of the Rotary family. This means that it is also my privilege to support the service of Rotary’s youngest generations: our Rotaractors, Interactors, Rotary Youth Exchange students, and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participants.

FULL MESSAGE HERE.

 HOLD A ROTARY DAY & SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

Share your #RotaryDay photos on social media using #RotaryDay, or upload your photo to your Flickr stream and share it with Rotary on its Family of Rotary Group at www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/. 

To share your video, upload it to YouTube and send a link to [email protected].

Learn more about Rotary Day at www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rotary-days.

Family of Rotary www.flickr.com

The Family of Rotary Flickr group is a forum for Rotary members to share photos of what their clubs are doing around the world, uniting leaders from diverse background to solve the world’s most challenging problems

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

This is the way to enjoy a Rotary meeting!!

Executive officer Kristy-Lee Holmes, senior constable Matthew Owen from the traffic and highway patrol, Coolamon senior constable Brad Hallam, Sunrise Rotary president Jo Wilson, constable Madonna Reardon, superint Bob Noble, constable Brayden Sharrock and Wagga LAC volunteer Ray Pelletier with their awards at the gala presentation. Picture: Kieren L Tilly

FULL STORY HERE

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Deserted Island

Abe and Esther are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!”

Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island. An hour later Abe turns to his wife and asks, “Esther, did we pay our $5,000 PBS pledge check yet?”

“No, sweetheart,” she responds.

Abe, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, “Esther, did we pay our American Express card yet?”

“Oh, no! I’m sorry. I forgot to send the check,” she says.

“One last thing, Esther. Did you remember to send checks for the Visa and MasterCard this month?” he asks.

“Oy, forgive me, Abie,” begged Esther. “I didn’t send that one, either.”

Abe grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Esther pulls away and asks him, “What was that for?”

Abe answers, “They’ll find us!”

ROTARY INFORMATION

POLIO’S RETREAT

Months of physical therapy have allowed Samir to keep active with his siblings. He loves to play outside, and his favorite game is chase. Since 1995, when India held its first national polio immunization campaign, 2.3 million vaccinators have visited 209 million households to immunize 170 million children every year. Their efforts will help provide a polio-free future for generations to come throughout Southeast Asia.

As photojournalist Allison Kwesell walks through the narrow streets of an Indian village, familiarity sets in. She visited here four years ago, when she first met Samir and his family. He was two years old then and had recently contracted polio.

Kwesell approaches the front porch of a home when she hears an older woman yelling “Samir! Samir!” She runs toward the voice, wondering if she’ll recognize the boy. She sees six children playing chase on the dry earth, the dirt forming clouds around their feet. From afar she notices a young boy, not unlike the other barefoot children in the backyard overlooking patches of farmland, except for his slight limp. She moves closer and the children pause, half encircled around the boy. Kwesell recognizes him by his eyes. Samir is six now, and with the help of physical therapy, he can run and play with the rest of the children in his village on the outskirts of Moradabad.

Samir is one of the last children in India to contract polio. In March 2014, the World Health Organization announced that its Southeast Asia region is officially polio-free. The certification came on the heels of India’s successful fight against the disease: It celebrated three years without polio in January.

 FULL STORY

OUT OF AFRICA

 Spring has sprung in Southern Africa!

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 SAFARI TEAM

Staying Here want to join us?

Wild Dogs at Ol Pajeta Conservancy one of the parks the Safari Team is visiting.

Click here for the itinerary and costs.

FOOT NOTE

 WASRAG

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #08

AUGUST IS ROTARY MEMBERSHIP MONTH

Out and About

Last weekend was the annual Ganmain Show and it was a great turn out.

Ray Wall proudly wearing his PHF and winning best dog in the show.

Well done Ganmain!

MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 25th. 2014

Congratulations to the ALL BLACKS  This is for President Garth Perkin

We had a good turn out last night for our guest speaker Winfried Holzapfel.  Winfried has been selected to attend the National Youth Science Forum, the NYSF will be held in Canberra in January 2015.  Winfried spoke on his trek up the Kokoda Trail last year.  This young man is a wonderful example of all things good about our youth.  We wish Winfried well and I am sure that we will be seeing and hearing a lot more about his future success.

In attendance last night were Winfried Holzapfel, his brother Orlando and father Bruno.  Bruno was a member of our club.  Also Helen Lewis, Carmel and James Jarrett.  Garth introduced his guest form Coolamon Lynn Schadel.  Twelve members also attended.

Past President Rod Jarrett presents Winfried Holzapfel with a kangaroo money pouch.

Reminder to all members that Monday 29th September is the annual visit of our District Governor  this year it is David Kennedy from the Blayney Rotary Club.  DG David will meet with the board members prior to the meeting and we encourage all partners to attend.

 NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM

Diary Reminders

*Saturday 30th August The Delltones at the Civic Theatre Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 30th August Run2Raise Sausage Sizzle at Rural Supplies Coolamon.

*Monday 1st September Guest Speaker Liam Armstrong: “Harness racing from a drivers perspective”

Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.

Saturday 6th September Ganmain Trivia Night

Monday 8th September Board Meeting.

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford.

Thursday 11th September Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb 2015 Meeting at the Wagga Wagga Commercial Club 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm start.  This will include several members from clubs in our area.  PDG Fred Loneragan will chair the meeting.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 ,13, 14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

Saturday 13th September Run2Raise Sausage Sizzle at Rural Supplies Coolamon.

*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon. See FOOTNOTE.

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Monday 13th October Board Meeting.

Friday 17th October Run2Raise Raffle at the Bottom Pub $60 per person includes dinner.  Prize a night at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  In aid of Alice Bailey-Brown and Kellie Wall.

*Monday 20th October Garth Perkin as our guest speaker.

Monday 10th November AGM.

*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

Rotarians of District 3490 presented a check to New Taipei City Mayor Eric Liluan Chu as a promise that they will contribute community services for 10,000 hours to New Taipei City.  The themes for this Rotary Day are “Caring for the Younger Generation with Love and Hope” and “Light Up Rotary!” — at New Taipei City,Taiwan.

With a Rotary Day, you can share your love of #Rotary with your community, friends, family, Foundation alumni, and Rotaract and Interact clubs.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

Thank you to all the hosts and Rotarians in D2380 Sweden who have made our D9700 Rotary Friendship Exchange such an enjoyable experience. We look forward to seeing you in Australia next year.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Smart Dog

An old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home.

He followed me into the house, down the hall, and fell asleep on the couch. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back, resumed his position on the couch and slept for an hour. This continued for several weeks. Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”

The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with four children — he’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”

The Jury

A defendant was on trial for murder in Philadelphia. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse.

In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick.

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all,” the lawyer said as he looked at his watch. “Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom.”

He looked toward the courtroom door. The jurors, somewhat stunned, all looked on eagerly. A minute passed. Nothing happened.

Finally the lawyer said, “Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I, therefore, put it to you that there is reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty.”

The jury, clearly confused, retired to deliberate. A few minutes later, the jury returned and pronounced a verdict of guilty.

“But how?” inquired the lawyer. “You must have had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door.”

Answered the jury foreman: “Oh, we did look. But your client didn’t.”

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARACT AWARD WINNERS CELEBRATED FOR THEIR LIFE-CHANGING PROJECTS

The village of Kumbharwadi is one of many in a drought-prone region near Mumbai, India. Until recently, its residents had access to only one well with drinkable water. During the summer months, the well runs dry, and the women and girls of the village travel three to four hours a day to search for water.

Enter Project Boond, undertaken by a Rotaract club, a Rotary club, and the Watershed Organization Trust to provide clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in Kumbharwadi. Nikunj Pherwani, 2013-14 president of the Rotaract Club of Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, India, says that droughts are a serious problem in India and often exacerbate malnutrition and illness in remote regions.

“Our major aim through this project was to provide clean water for drinking and domestic purposes to the drought-affected areas of Maharashtra,” he says. “These villages not only suffer due to shortage of water but also due to several waterborne diseases.”

FULL STORY HERE

OUT OF AFRICA

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:

There will be a meeting of the interested parties on Thursday September 11^th at the Wagga Wagga Commercial Club 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm start.  This will include several members from clubs in our area.  PDG Fred Loneragan will chair the meeting.

Coolamon is represented by John Glassford, Don Dyce, Henk Hulsman Treasurer, Paul Weston Secretary, Ian Durham and Ian Jennings.

Ideas for fund raising will be discussed at this meeting and the fund raising will be done with Wagga Wagga Sunrise and Coolamon as joint projects.

The FULL itinerary and costs of this adventure will be available next weekend.

FOOT NOTE

IN EUROPE IPP DICK JENNINGS AND MAREE JENNINGS

 Looks like the trip is nearly over for Dick and Maree!

 NEW CHEESE FACTORY FOR COOLAMON.

Past President and former member of our club Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green have some good news on their proposed cheese factory for Coolamon.

 FULL STORY HERE

Barry and Anton will be guest speakers to our club on Monday 22nd September and we are inviting all those interested from our district to attend.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #07

AUGUST IS ROTARY MEMBERSHIP MONTH

First take care of the exit gate !

Something is seriously wrong if ‎Rotarians leave alive (unless they are shifting to another location).

The other thing wrong in the cartoon is the number of women in Rotary, we need many more to join.

RUN TO RAISE HALF MARATHON

MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 18th. 2014

On Thursday night at Bingo Past President Paul Weston hands over the cheque for the electric trolley to Ray Wall from the Coolamon and Ganmain District Hospital.  The funds having been raised at our Rotary monthly BINGO!

Last night we had as our guest speaker Bruce Spinks form Wollundry Grove Olives near Wagga Wagga.  Bruce is also a member of the Rotary Club of Wollundry Wagga.  We had 11 members and two guests, being Marilyn Jennings and Helen Lewis.  Bruce spoke with passion and he is enjoying his vocation.  Bruce handed out some bread and olive oil and some table olives for our enjoyment.  Thanks go to Marilyn Jennings for supplying the bread.

Past President Paul Weston presented Bruce with the Kangaroo Money Pouch and thanked Bruce for the effort coming over to our club last night.

Wollundry Grove have 2,000 olive trees and are in the main harvested mechanically.  We learnt that olives like water, boron fertiliser and pruning.  Bruce showed us the development of their crushing methods and we learnt that the whole olive fruit and stone are crushed to get the oil.  Here are some photos from Bruce’s talk:

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Wollundry Grove Olives

Diary Reminders

*Monday 25th August Guest Speaker Winfried Holzapfel (science forum)

*Saturday 30th August The Delltones at the Civic Theatre Wagga Wagga.

*Monday 1st September Guest Speaker Liam Armstrong: “Harness racing from a drivers perspective”

Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.

Saturday 6th September Ganmain Trivia Night

Monday 8th September Board Meeting.

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford

*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”

Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker PP Barry Lillywhite and Anton Green on the proposed Cheese Factory for Coolamon.

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Monday 11th November AGM.

*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 is honored in Diamond Bar

www.whittierdailynews.com

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

FOLKS in the rakish blue – and plain clothes – will be recognised later this month at the inaugural Wagga Local Area Command (LAC) police officer of the year awards.

The awards, organised by the Rotary Club of Wagga Sunrise, allow the public to acknowledge outstanding acts of kindness, compassion, courage and devotion to duty by any male, female, uniform or plain clothes, office staff or volunteers, of the NSW police service in the Wagga LAC.

Story Here

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

50 Years Married

At Saint Mary’s Catholic Church they have a weekly husband’s marriage seminar.

At the session last week, the Priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman for all these years.

Luigi replied to the assembled husbands, “Wella, I’ve tried to treat her nice, spend money on her, but best of all is that I took her to Italy for the 25th anniversary!”

The priest responded, “Luigi, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here!” Please tell us what you’re planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary.”

Luigi proudly replied, “I’m gonna go get her.”

The CEO

In a factory: A man standing on the floor and looking aimlessly……

CEO of that factory came and asked his salary…
Man replied “5000 sir”
CEO took out his wallet and gave 15000 and told him…
“I pay people here to work and not to waste time, This is your 3 months salary.
Now get out of here. Never come back”
That guy left………….
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Then CEO asked workers “Who was that guy?”

Workers replied “Pizza delivery Boy Sir”..

Moral: Don’t overreact in every situation!

ROTARY INFORMATION

YOUNG WRITERS GET PUBLISHED WITH THE HELP OF ROTARY

In Jamaica, 11-year-old Jordan Allwood reads his classmates a story about a lonely puppy who finds a new family.

The puppy grows into a big dog, enjoys walks along the beach, and survives a frightening autumn day when he is caught in a trap before being rescued by his family. Jordan’s story is one of hundreds that were written by children ages 7-11 for a writing contest organized by the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020 and supported by clubs in 10 Caribbean nations.

The best stories, including Jordan’s, were published in “The Butterfly StoryBook,” an e-book produced by the club and sold through Amazon.com. Rotary members and others are encouraged to donate copies to school libraries. Proceeds are used to support other literacy efforts.

FULL STORY HERE

OUT OF AFRICA

Chipembere Rhino Foundation requested 2 more collars to assist with their rhino population. A challenging collaring was experienced when this rhino decided to head into a forest before the drugs had taken full effect. The day ended successfully with 2 more rhino safely collared. Thank-you to all our donors with special thanks to John Glassford and the Rotary Club of Coolamon in NSW Australia via the Kenton Rotary Club in the Eastern Cape of South Africa for this donation.

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:

FOOT NOTE

IN EUROPE IPP DICK JENNINGS AND MAREE JENNINGS

Maree Jennings said that she still can’t believe they are there, it so green everywhere and very mild.  Dick starred as a music man at the museum in Rudesheim today. This would have to be one of the prettiest places they had ever seen.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #06

AUGUST IS ROTARY MEMBERSHIP MONTH

BOARD MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 11th. 2014

One decision that was made by our board was to approve the purchase of two electric beds for the Coolamon and Ganmain District Hospital.  The funds were raised from our Bingo Nights that are held in the Coolamon Community Centre on a monthly basis.

The diary below has some new guest speaker nights upcoming.

Diary Reminders

Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster:  Grahame  Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston

Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.

*Monday 18th August Guest Speaker Bruce Spinks Wollundry Olive Grove

*Monday 25th August Guest Speaker Winfried Holzapfel (science forum)

*Monday 1st September Guest Speaker Liam Armstrong: “Harness racing from a drivers perspective”

Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.

Saturday 6th September Ganmain Trivia Night

Monday 8th September Board Meeting.

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford

*Monday 15th September Guest Speaker Luke Mulley: ” Desert Marathons and long distance running in general”

Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

*Monday 22nd September Guest Speaker Garth Perkin: “My life story”

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Monday 11th November AGM.

*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, in eastern Canada with District 7820 Governor Stella Roy, her husband, Paul, and their well-decorated car.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

We hope the Orange Health Service staff and visitors enjoyed the steak and sausage sandwiches last Friday. We will be doing a BBQ lunch on the second Friday of each month. The next one is on 12 September. Thanks to all the staff who supported Rotary, buying lunch and raffle tickets.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Him

One Sunday a pastor asked his congregation to consider giving a little extra in the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out three hymns.

After the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had contributed a $1,000 bill. He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation, and said he’d like to personally thank the person who had placed the money in the plate.

A very quiet, elderly, saintly widow shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front. Slowly she made her way to the pastor.  He told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much and asked her to pick out three hymns.

Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the three handsomest men in the building and said,

“I’ll take him and him and him.”

ROTARY INFORMATION

SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL CROWD SOURCING CAMPAIGN

U.S. Rotary members Calvin and Rachel Litwiller of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, volunteer in Zambia for Building Homes for AIDS Orphans in Africa. The project is attracting support through its post on the Rotary Ideas crowd sourcing site.

In case you haven’t heard, a man raised nearly $60,000 to make potato salad as a spoof on a popular fundraising site. If he can do that, a campaign to raise money for feeding hungry children or building a school in a war-torn country should be a snap, right?

Wrong. The Internet is littered with humanitarians struggling to raise the money and gather the resources for projects that could make a positive impact in the world.

So, what is the secret to a successful crowdsourcing campaign? It’s simple, really: make it easy to give. Here are some ways you can make it easy for supporters to back your project.

Use Rotary Ideas. Rotary’s crowdsourcing tool makes it easy for those who have money, time, or supplies to find projects they want to be a part of. It’s also easy for you, the project planner, to post a project.

“We’ve gotten eight volunteers to help build huts for AIDS orphans using Rotary Ideas,” says Paula Winland Van Zyl, a member of the Rotary Club of Livingstone in Zambia. Where Van Zyl lives, access to the Internet is spotty at best, so she relies on Rotary Ideas to promote her project. “Being on the site has really helped us find the volunteers we so desperately need.”

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:

 OLOIMUGI MAASAI VILLAGE

One of the places that we will be visiting after the Mount Kenya Climb.

Here are some of the children we hope to help soon.

FOOT NOTE

IN EUROPE IPP DICK JENNINGS AND MAREE JENNINGS

Message from Dick and Maree:

Time to say goodbye to the city of love, have enjoyed our time here and the patisseries, leaving on the fast train to Amsterdam today

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #04

WELCOME TO THE NEW ROTARY YEAR 2014-2015

JULY IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH

Quinter and Tracy Ochieng two of the young women from Mathare that we sponsor through our ORK project.  Tracy is now in Form 3 at her secondary school and Quinter is applying to go to University.  Both are doing very well and goes to show what a small amount can do to change two lives.  Email below from Quinter received this week.

“Hello

I hope you are doing okay am sorry for the silence was going through some waves but I was able to surf through now am settled and doing okay. Happy belated birthday!! Sure your even wiser now I always pray for you and your family as you have been a miracle in our lives we thank God for your presence.

Was just wondering how it went during the presentation to your chief guest The Australian Commissioner as I still have the dream to further my education while I am still young.

Tracy said hello she went back to school for her second term in Form Three.

I await your reply.  Warmest regards  Quinter.”

Tracy finished 3rd out of 126 pupils in Form 3.  Well done Tracy.

Tracy, Quinter, Neema and others will be beneficiaries of the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb.

MEETING MONDAY JULY 28th. 2014

PE Wayne Lewis, AG Alan Sharp and IPP Dick Jennings

We had a good roll up of members and two guests in Helen Lewis and Assistant Governor Alan Sharp.   President Garth Perkin announced that Winfried Holzapfel from Coolamon had been successful in his application to be part of the National Youth Science Forum.  Now in Canberra and Perth, the National Youth Science Forum is the only program in Australia that offers students currently in Year 11 the chance to test-drive a wide range of universities and careers in the sciences.

The official website for National Youth Science Forum is here

President Garth also advised members that the 2014 Coolamon Rotary Telephone Book is in the mail to everyone in the Coolamon Shire.

The street raffle is set for Saturday August 9th and volunteers are required please.

Our President Elect Wayne Lewis was our guest speaker for the night.  Wayne spoke on his life from his birth in Derby up until the present time.   Helen and Wayne have been in Coolamon for the past 40 years and run a trucking business.  They have three sons and one daughter as well 11 grand children.

Wayne was first introduced to Rotary as a Youth Exchange Student and went to New Mexico for 12 months.  Wayne lived with 3 families in Clovis and told a story of buying 6 piglets, selling them on and getting enough money for a one month ticket on a Greyhound bus anywhere in the USA so he went to New York and Niagara Falls.  Not sure if his pigs ended up here at the Snazzy Pig Cafe Clovis, NM?

The upshot of Wayne’s exchange is that he never forgot Rotary and vowed to pay Rotary back one day.  He has done that and we are looking forward to working with Wayne as our president next Rotary year.  Ted Hutcheon gave Wayne a very heartfelt and warm vote of thanks.

IPP Dick Jennings asked all of our members to join in the Run2Raise half marathon set for Sunday August 17th in Coolamon.

Dick also pointed out that there will be a luncheon on Friday September 5th at the Wagga Wagga RSL.  This is being promoted by the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga and is called “The Biggest Blokes Lunch”.  The subject will be prostrate cancer research and awareness.  The cost is $95 per head.  More details as they come to hand.

The meeting concluded with a spirited fines session by Dick and the raffle was won by Ian Jennings.  All in all a good night of fun and fellowship.

Diary Reminders

Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle

Monday 11th August Board Meeting all members welcome to attend.

Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster:  Grahame  Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston

Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.

Friday 5th September Blokes Biggest Lunch for Prostrate Cancer Research Wagga Wagga RSL.

Thursday 11th September BINGO Roster Ian  Durham  (Captain), Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, John Glassford

Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Thursday 9th October BINGO Roster  Neil  Munro  (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce

Monday 11th November AGM.

*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 gave Master Cheng Yen, founder of the Tzu Chi Foundation, the Rotary International Award of Honor in recognition of her contributions toward humanitarian spirit and world peace. — in Taiwan.

The award emphasizes peace and the eradication of poverty.

Past recipients include Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II; former U.S. President Bill Clinton; Bill Gates; former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and President of India Pranab Mukherjee.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

The Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak and the Bathurst Business Chamber have announced that the Bathurst branch of Riding for the Disabled Association, Glenray Industries and Interchange Bathurst will benefit from the business awards.

Crowe Horwath principal David Cooke, Bathurst Business Chamber president Angus Edwards, chamber treasurer Ian Morgan, Riding for the Disabled Association secretary Suzanne McDonagh and Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak president David Druitt.

THE Crowe Horwath Carillon Business Awards will help raise much-needed funds for three local charities.

The Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak and the Bathurst Business Chamber have announced that the Bathurst branch of Riding for the Disabled Association, Glenray Industries and Interchange Bathurst will benefit from the business awards.

Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak president David Druitt said applications were received from 13 local not-for-profit organisations and three organisations were chosen after an exhaustive selection process.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Glass Eye

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant, and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.

Suddenly she sneezes and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.

“Oh my, I am so sorry,” the woman says as she pops her… eye back in place. “Let me buy you dessert to make it up to you.”

They enjoy a wonderful dessert together, and afterward, the woman invites him to the theater followed by drinks. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place and stay for breakfast the next morning.

The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed! Everything has been incredible! “You know,” he said, “you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?”

“No,” she replies, “you just happened to catch my eye.”

ROTARY INFORMATION

Nigeria is closer than ever to eradicating polio, riding a successful effort to reach children in seven northern states at highest risk for the disease.

“Rotarians have [gone] into remote areas of the country by car, canoe, motorbike, and even on foot to ensure every child gets the vaccine,” says Rotary’s Nigeria PolioPlus Committee Chair Tunji Funsho.

In Katsina state, members of the Nigeria PolioPlus Committee (NPPC) recently met with leaders of two communities notoriously opposed to immunization, mainly on religious grounds and in protest of the lack of basic health care. They persuaded the leaders to endorse vaccination by obtaining government assurance that mobile health camps would provide free checkups, medications, immunization against diseases besides polio, and other services.

“It was very encouraging to see the positive impact of engaging these leaders . . . witnessed by the huge turnout of crowds at the health camps and women willingly presenting their children for vaccination in households, quranic schools, and other locations,” reports the NPPC.”

FULL STORY HERE

OUT OF AFRICA

Rotary club of Mombasa North Coast is celebrating Kennedy Nganga. A level c-3/4 quadriplegic due to a diving accident in a swimming pool in 1992, then aged 16.  Though he still has no grip to his fingers, he has learnt to paint by placing the brush between his fingers and do paint to sustain his living, support other persons with disability and as therapy too.

He is the founder of “THE MOMMA KENNEDY AND FRIENDS” fund which supports other persons with disability in Bamba village in Kilifi county.  The Rotary Club Of Mombasa North Coast is partnering with him to support the Bamba Community with focus on persons with disability.  Below are some of art work that he does.  Indeed DISABILITY IS NOT IN ABILITY!  Well done Kennedy Nganga.

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:

FOOT NOTE

RICON 2015 SAO PAULO BRAZIL

The 2015 #Rotary Convention (#ricon15) in São Paulo, Brazil, will be Saturday, 6 June, to Tuesday, 9 June. This means the convention starts and ends one day earlier than previously scheduled.

The dates were changed because the original opening day (Sunday, 7 June) coincided with one of the city’s most popular parades and significant traffic congestion.

Help spread the word by updating your websites, newsletters, and calendars with the new dates. Check www.riconvention.org regularly for dates, deadlines, and registration and housing details.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #03

WELCOME TO THE NEW ROTARY YEAR 2014-2015

JULY IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH

Rotary Aboriginal Oral Health Scholarships

The Rotary Club of Sydney has partnered with the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Sydney to promote oral hygiene and dental care by developing a state wide indigenous dental assistant training program. The NSW Ministry of Health is supporting the program by providing matching funding for every dollar raised up to $200,000.

The program will focus on training Aboriginal people living in regional and remote areas of NSW in Dental Assisting and Oral Health Promotion. On completion of the course, students will be provided with a pathway to higher education such as Dental Therapy or Dentistry.

FULL STORY HERE

MEETING MONDAY JULY 21st. 2014

We had 12 members and one guest Helen Lewis attend last night’s meeting.

We had a great start to the meeting with a presentation by Teagan Leary from Run2Raise at the start of our meeting.  Run2Raise a Coolamon area initiative to look after those in the Coolamon Shire, are a group who are challenging themselves to run marathons and raise valuable funds for families or individuals in need due to health hardship.

Teagan advised the meeting that at the function held at the Coolamon Hotel $6,500 was raised for the project.  Several members attended the event last Saturday.  Our club has agreed to support Run2Raise and it was unanimous that we would offer our help and support this wonderful local community project.

Several members of Run2Raise have joined us as Friends of Rotary and we look forward to a mutually rewarding partnership.

One of the beneficiaries of the Run2Raise project is a young Coolamon girl Alice Bailey.

Alice Bailey is a 2 and a half; a beautiful little girl who was born with grade 5 cerebral palsy as a result of birth asphyxiation.  Alice also has an intellectual disability and at the age of 3 months was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy known as infantile spasms.  Alice starts therapy in August for intensive physio to try and get her moving, the cost of this therapy will cost her family $6000 for a base 3 week consultation.  The Raise2Run team wants to get behind this family and raise some funds to put towards this gorgeous little girls therapy.

President Garth encouraged all of our members to get behind this project.

Their next fund raising event is a half marathon to be held on the 17th August.  Details are on the Run2Raise Facebook page.

Run2Raise Facebook Page.

Tonight we also had a presentation on the very recent Sydney Convention or RICON.   Our club was represented by Garth Perkin and John Glassford in Sydney where we had a booth at the Billabong or House of Friendship.  We also had many volunteers from other clubs in our district who helped PDG Fred Loneragan, Garth Perkin and John Glassford manned the booth for the event that lasted 5 days.

This is a joint project of the Coolamon Rotary and Wagga Wagga Sunrise clubs.

Many new friends were made along with visits by old supporters of our Road MAPS to Africa projects.  Our booth was close to the Rotary stand and next to SheleterBox and opposite the School of St Jude’s booth.  Our booth was called Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb.  We were also visited by our Patron PRIP Bill Boyd.

PDG Fred Loneragan, Lorna Boyd, PRIP Bill Boyd and PP John Glassford.

MORE SYDNEY RICON PHOTOS HERE

Next RICON Sao Paulo Brazil 2015

Oloimugui Maasai Village Latest News on Coolamon’s Donation.

Last week our board decided to send $450 to the Oloimugi Maasai Traditional village to get a lap top computer to move the project along.  We also sent them $750 for a new water tank and toilets and here is an email received on the weekend thanking us for the donation.  It comes from Armicus their leader.  I would like to share it with you all here:

“A golden heart of a man who is fully determined to in all means,make shattered dreams re-unite,form and agglutinate back to life!!  A sense of transformation, weapon of hope and a strong pillar of example to a real human being,….Oloimugi, and the whole Maasai community recognizes you..the metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous and shinny rocks of Leshulugo hills even are chanting to the help, support and love you have offered..Our ancestors are rejoicing for we have suffered for long but now, hail be you!

John James Glassford and Coolamon Rotary Club…we pray and hope that we continue working together….! thank you ! Ashe oleng!  Aramicus Mayan Olesentoria. Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Village,  Kenya.”

Diary Reminders

* Monday 28th July Guest Speaker Wayne Lewis “White Line Fever”.

Saturday 9th August Coolamon Street Raffle

Monday 11th August Board Meeting all members welcome to attend.

Thursday 14th August BINGO Roster:  Grahame  Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Dick Jennings, Leslie Weston

Sunday 17th August Run2Raise Half Marathon.

Thursday -Saturday 12-14th September Rural Womens Conference and Workshops in Coolamon.

*Monday 29th September 2014 DG David Kennedy’s Visit

Saturday 4th October Scarecrow Festival by the Coolamon Men’s Shed

* Tuesday October 7th Joint Foundation Meeting at Junee with PDG Ian Simpson D9700 DRFC.  In lieu of Monday Meeting N.B.

Monday 11th November AGM.

*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

Dr. Leehter Yao, the president of the National Taipei University of Technology, conferred Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang with an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Business Administration.

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang poses for group photos with the Major of Taipei, Hou Lung-bing (front row, third from left); RI Director-elect Frederick Lin (front row, second from left); and Rotary leaders in Taiwan.

RI President Gary C.K. Huang is urging all Rotary members to Light Up Rotary by organizing a Rotary Day in 2014-15. The concept is simple: hold a fun, informal event in your community to introduce the public to your club and Rotary. You’ll not only improve Rotary’s image in your community, you’ll also boost interest in joining your club.

Host a Rotary Day

Any club, big or small, can host a Rotary Day. Neighboring clubs can pool their resources and co-host an event — even entire districts can come together for a large-scale Rotary Day. Here are some ideas for your Rotary Day:

• An outdoor picnic or barbecue
• A sporting event or concert
• An event associated with a public parade or festival
• An event at a museum, art gallery, or cultural center
• A reception or buffet dinner

Find more tips for planning a Rotary Day in the Rotary Days brochure.

Read more about Rotary Day

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

DG David Kennedy

Here is a report on the  Boorowa Annual Change over Dinner from DG David Kennedy.

Immediate Past President Darrell Hanns, Past District Governor, Ian Tooke and President Sina Banks.

During the evening the club was presented with three Rotary International and one District award for membership growth. The club is strong and working well in Boorowa.

President Sina, in her acceptance speech, invited fellow Rotarians and interested people to join her and husband, Alan, on a three week working holiday to The School of St Jude in Tanzania in 2015, to work at the school, visit students and their families and enjoy the beautiful sightseeing.

Boorowa News Article

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Bible Salesman

This door-to-door entrepreneur became rather bored with his job of selling Bibles, so he decided to become a boss, hiring three people to sell Bibles for him. He interviewed three people. The first came in and said, “I want to sell Bibles for you.” “OK, you’re hired. Here’s your kit; go sell!”

The second came in and said, “I want to sell Bibles for you.” “OK, you’re hired! Here’s your kit; go sell!”

The third came in and said, “I- i – I wa – wa- wa-want t-t-t-t-to s-s-s-s-ell to sell, to sell, to sell, Bi – bi – bi – Bibles, sell Bi -Bibles f-f-f-fo-for y-y-y-y you Bibles for you!”

“No,” shouted the man, ” this will never work! You can’t sell Bibles for me!” The applicant replied, “B-b-b-b-but I r-r-r-eall, but I really, really, n-n-n-n-need th-th-th-this, really need tthis job!”

As there were no other applicants, he man said, “OK, I’ll give you one shot at this, but I expect you to PRODUCE!”

At the end of the day, the first applicant comes back and reports, “I sold 8 Bibles today.” The second reports: “I sold 11 Bibles today. The third worker reports, “To-to-to-to t-t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-, I so-, I so- I sold 28 Bi- bi- b- bibles!” “Great,” says the man. “However, I want you to sell lots more Bibles than that, so get out there tomorrow and MAKE ME SOME MONEY!”

At the end of the first day, the first worker comes in and reports, “Today, I sold 32 Bibles.” The second worker reports, “I sold 44 Bibles today” The third worker reports, “To-to-to t-today, I-i-I so- so, I so-, I sold 79 Bi-bi-bi- sold 79, sold 79 Bibles.”

“Fantastic,” said the man, “since you’re doing so well, so much better than these other two bums, why don’t you tell them what your sales technique is.” Replied the worker, “I-i-I j-j-j-j-ju-ju-ju-just wa, wa, wa, just wal- wa- wa- walk, just walk up to up to up to just walk up to them and and ask, them and ask, them and ask if th-th-th-th ask if they w-w-w-w-w- wa- ask if they want t-t-t-t-o-o- if they want to b–b-b-b-b if they want to buy a Bi-bi – want to buy a Bi–b–a – a- abi – buy a to buy a Bi-bi-bible, or d-d-d-d-d do th-th-they do they w-w-w-ant me to READ it to ’em?”

ROTARY INFORMATION

RICK BURNS’ THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

Humanitarian Rick Burns,  “We really want to make the world a better place,” says Burns, “but if we don’t consider the outcomes of these projects, we can cause more damage than good. “Burns hopes to take advantage of a vocational training team through Rotary to further the mentoring relationship.

“I’d been whining and complaining for so long, I thought that it’s time I do something,” says Burns, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlantic, Iowa, in the U.S.

The organization helps communities in Afghanistan and Iraq create international partnerships to help solve such pressing problems as hunger, poverty, and disease.

FULL STORY HERE

OUT OF AFRICA

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 third team that we are taking to Kenya is made up of our supporters and partners.  We have called them the Gin and Tonic Safari Team.

Meanwhile one of our ideas is to visit the Oloimugi Traditional Maasai Village just North of Mount Kenya and here is a description of what we can expect there.  This comes from our Maasai Moran Armicus who we are helping with this project.

Mzungus learning Maasai culture at Oloimugi.

“Meanwhile, I think we could explore the possibility of organizing camel rides for the safari team,bush walks,traditional dance and a huge showcase of what we do at Oloimugi when you guys visit us.I could plan with you so that we have something like a party that day,decorated by our Maasai warriors at night.If we manage to get tents by then,it will be very fine.”  Armicus Mayan Olesentoria.

FOOT NOTE

In case you missed the Up2Date Art Exhibition here are a few reminders of what a great show that is going on there this week.

More photos were published to the web site this week.

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

RAGES WEB SITE

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

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

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