Michael L. Gill, of the Rotary Club of Franklinton, Louisiana, USA, and his wife, Betty, show their Mardi Gras spirit during the Sounds of the South Concert on 21 May at the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
Thousands of Rotarians from around the world are celebrating Rotary at the RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Attendees enjoyed the first day of the House of Friendship.
Also before the convention Rotary Youth Exchange students go house to house helping homeowners switch to energy-saving light bulbs. They must have got the idea from Coolamon when Past President Grahame Miles and our club did the same thing for Coolamon!
Here is a very recent story on the Mountains of the Moon which will give you a good idea of what the conditions are like today. The article is by Tom Knudson who writes about natural resources and the environment for the Sacramento Bee. Over the years, his reporting has been singled out for numerous journalistic honors, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a Reuters-I.U.C.N. Global Environmental Media Award. In a previous article for Yale Environment 360, he wrote about the impact of the biofuel boom on Indonesia’s rain forests.
The view west across the Stanley Plateau to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The view west across the Stanley Plateau to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The glacier atop Mount Stanley is the largest ice mass remaining in the Rwenzori Mountains, and one of the few glaciers left in Africa.
This is a project of the Rotary Club of Coolamon and for any further information please contact John Glassford:
President Ian Durham and Charter Member George Hutcheon cutting the cake
40 Years Ago May 8th. 1971 our Charter was presented to the Coolamon Rotary Club by District Governor Keith Grainger of D 270.
The following members were the Charter members on that night:
+William Chittick Innes WC and JM Innes Farmer
Michael Joseph Curtis Coolamon Shire Council Shire Clerk
John William Agnew Education Department Secondary Principal
Murray Ernest Nash Coolamon Shire Council Shire Engineer
Ronald Laurence Francis Postal Services Postmaster
Brian John Harvey Methodist Church Minister
Bruce Mckane Presbyterian Church Minister
Herbert Ronald Hopkins HR Hopkins Principal
Donald Henry Hoore Church of England Rector
Robert George Furner RG and M Furner Farmer
Charle John McCoy Coolamon Caravan park Principal
Lionel Keith West LK and VE West Licencee
Eric Hornby Coolamon Dry Cleaners Manager
*George Leonard Hutcheon Hutcheon and Pearce Manager
Kenneth Lancelot Logan Coolamon Motors Principal
Edward Ronald Butterfield Coolamon Pharmacy Principal
John Renwick Eyles Coolamon Shire Council Health Surveyor
Robert Gerard Allen RG Allen Coaches Principal
Desmond Patrick Faggatter Department of Education Deputy Principal
Benny Raymond Dumbrell Northern Riverina County Council District Manager
*Current Member
+Current Honourary member
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
President Ian Durham welcomed all our members and our guests to our birthday party and said how proud he was to be our President during our 40th year as a Rotary Club. Ian read out a birthday message from Kay Hull the former Federal Member for the Riverina:
“I was so thrilled to get your invite for the 40th celebration, and then looked at the date and found I am in Sydney that evening at a Board Meeting for Can Assist.
Please convey a sincere apology for Graeme and myself.
I do hope your celebration is fabulous and thanks to the club for all that you do for the people of Coolamon and District. We are so lucky to have such motivation.
Warmest wishes as always.”
Kay Hull
There were several birthday greetings, amongst many sent, read out by our members and past members present that we received from the following clubs and districts around the world:
RC Clark Centennial D 3790 Angeles City, Philippines
RC of Milford, Auckland, New Zealand D 9910
RC of Cumberland Centennial, BC, Canada, D5020
RC Escondido Sunrise District 5340 San Diego County, California USA
Strathcona Sunrise Rotary Club Courtenay, BC, Canada
Guayaquil Rotary Club in Ecuador D 4400
Rotary Club of Hudson, Florida USA in District 6950
RC Nakuru The Great Rift Valley Kenya D9200
Rotary Club of Rawalpindi, RI District 3272. Pakistan
RC of Las Vegas, New Mexico
RC Bellavista-Atizapán – Distrito 4170 México
Rotary Club of Loyola Heights RID 3780 Quezon City, Philippines
Rotary Club of Seneca, South Carolina USA District 7750, in the land of the crying mountains
District Governor Todd Lindley D 6060 Missouri sent a special message, which is below.
We tend to think as Rotarians in the club sphere that our leaders in Evanston are in another world. However they are not and put it simply they are Rotarians like you and I. We had the enormous pleasure of meeting one of the 17 people who make up the Rotary International board at Orange for the District 9700 conference. RID John Blount is a real character and very amusing with a wicked sense of humour. John is a dentist and a great public speaker.
I upload here a video on some of what John is capable of doing just play the whole video and you will see what I mean. John is a whole lot of fun!!!
L/R: Kahoh (9 years old ), Rah (father, Rie Hatakeyama (mother) and 11 month old Yasushi.
Lifesaving aid from ShelterBox is helping families in Japan as they begin to rebuild their lives after the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11.
The charity’s work is being welcomed by officials in Japan’s Prefectural government system who say ShelterBoxes will be used to provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable.
Takanori Hirai, Director of the Climate Change and Energy Policy Division for the Iwate Prefectural Government said: ‘We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kind donation of ShelterBoxes after Japan’s horrible earthquake and tsunami disaster.
‘These ShelterBoxes will be used in a variety of ways; as shelters in the affected areas, protecting the privacy of those living in shelters and creating a space for families to live in.
‘We have the deepest respect for the efforts that ShelterBox is carrying out throughout the world. We hope that your organisation will grow even larger in the future.’
With a US$300,000 grant from The Rotary Foundation, the Rotary clubs of Calcutta Metropolitan, West Bengal, India, and Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, brought health care, education, sanitation, clean water, vocational training, and microcredit loans to more than 50,000 villagers in rural India.
Ray Foley hard at it; we are going to miss you Ray!
Here is one of the many projects that we support in our small community, Bingo, every second Thursday in the month. The funds we raise go towards supplying itenms of need for the local hospital. This year we will be buying television sets for some of the rooms.
The Meaning of Life !!
by Santé et beauté pour tous!!
Thanks to Jon Deisher from Anchorage in Aalska for this one.
The illustrations and the captions are from the book “Be Happy: A Little Book to Help You Live a Happy Life” (2007) by Monica Sheehan. The music is “Cuore di Sabbia” (Sand Heart) by Pasq…uale Catalano, from the soundtrack of the movie “Mine Vaganti” (2010) (Loose Cannons) directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa, Japan, is illuminated with an End Polio Now message.
Photo by Mattia Salvi.
I conic landmarks around the world served as the backdrop for the End Polio Now message the week of 23 February in honor of Rotary’s 106th anniversary. They included the Trevi Fountain in Rome; a Lantern Festival gate in Taiwan; the parliament building in The Hague; the globe of the SM Mall of Asia in Manila, Philippines; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA; Byblos Castle in Byblos, Lebanon; and the soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, among others.
The parliament building in The Hague
Rotarians, dignitaries and guests celebrate in front of the city hall in Lyon, France,
Chumsungdae, a centuries-old observatory in Seoul, Korea
The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy
The Karachi Port Trust building in Karachi, Pakistan
A polio eradication message appears on the Charminar in Hyderabad, India
The soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa
Byblos Castle in Byblos, Lebanon
The Globe of the Mall of Asia in the Philippines
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa, Japan, is illuminated with an End Polio Now message. Photo by Mattia Salvi.
