Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for Month of September 2024
Click on the links below for the weekly bulletins from September.
Bulletin for Monday 08/09/2024
Bulletin for Week for 2 Weeks Monday 15/09/2024 & 22/09/2024
Bulletin for 30/09/2024
Meeting of Monday 14th October 2024
President Adrian Lindner welcomed 21 members, 2 partners, Maureen and Susan and 7 guests including Ruth Morgan, Leo de Kroo with Marianne, Carla Gash and Louis Marangon from Gigi, as well Bruce Wooten from the Coolamon Mens’ Shed.
We had Tony Donoghue as our guest speaker tonight. Tony is the General Manager of the Coolamon Shire Council.
Mick O’Brien gave a short presentation on the upcoming fund raising event for the Ganmain & Coolamon Hospital Auxiliary. This Saturday there will be a bus going to the Races in Wagga at the MTC. The cost will be $50 per person and includes the bus trip, free entry a welcome drink and the aim is to raise $1,000.
Garth Perkin introduced Tony, Garth first met Tony when he was the Building Surveyor for the council about toilets in Garth and Marg’s shops. Tony grew up in Junee left when he was 17 and went to the city Sydney, the Central Coast and worked in the mines in WA eventually returning to Parkes and then to Coolamon where he became the Building Surveyor in 2001. In 2014 Tony took over from Terry Kiss as the GM.
Tony gave a detailed and informative talk on the past and the future of the Shire. There are 9 Councillors who all work well with the staff under Tony’s guidance. Tony then covered so many topics it was hard to keep up; these included:
- Every 4 years the Community Strategic Plan is released which is not a Council publication. This plan includes policing, health and other agencies that affect the Shire.
- Tony praised Courtney Armstrong, the Executive Manager, Corporate and Community Service, Tony said that Courtney was the very best accountant for our Shire.
- Tony emphasised how our council works within the annual budget and does a great job with providing the services that are needed in the Shire while keeping rates down.
- Council prepares a 4 year plan based on a 10 year forecast. That is they are a far seeing Council.
- Tony said that the town of Coolamon is growing and has grown from 1400 to 2500 in a short time. The Shire itself now has a population of 4,350.
- Coolamon Shire Council is and has developed land for a commercial industrial park, sub-divisions North of Coolamon and 7 building blocks in Ganmain.
- Tony went on to describe the potential of the Coolamon Showgrounds for harness racing with a 1600m track which is highly desirable. Talk is for 220 stables and the development is being discussed with Harness Racing NSW, CSU and the State Government.
- Tony emphasised that we need the community behind any developments and any ideas are always considered and are essential for the future of our Shire. Hence the need for advance committees such as Advance Ganmain.
- One are of great importance to all residents is the health sector. This Shire is blessed by the facilities we have in our Shire. This is one area which Tony went into great detail about.
- They are looking at increasing the number of beds for emergency stay over beds from 2 to 20, as well as increasing the aged care beds from 12 to 32.
There were many questions from members and guests and it was heartening to hear that the future of our Shire is in good hands. Thank you Tony!
We had an excellent meeting and had a brief discussion on the upcoming Open Garden Days starting this Sunday. A roster was prepared and here is a plan of the open gardens:
Contact Albert and the committee to volunteer please. The gardens will be open from 11.00am to 4.00pm.
Garth Perkin handed out a flyer for the combined Sydney and Wagga Rugby male choirs upcoming Thursday October 24th in Wagga.
THE 2024 CRC TELEPHONE BOOK
The 2024 CRC Telephone Book is now at the printers and we will have 2,000 copies printed soon. The book will then be available at various outlets as well as being sent via the Australia Post mail out for our Shire. Well done to all who contributed their time to produce this edition.
REPORT GEARS & BEERS OCTOBER 6th October 2024
PP Daryl Breust did another excellent job of the annual Gears & Beers Dirty 130 and the 105 that came through our Shire on Sunday. Volunteers working at the ANZAC Biscuits and Melon HQ i.e. Lions Park and on the road and manning intersections included; Henk Hulsman, Don Dyce, Garth Perkin, John Glassford, Ted Hutcheon, Brian Pattison, Mark Reardon, Barry Langtry, Gary Truscott, Bernadette Milne, Dick Jennings, Myffy Collette, Grahame Miles, John Nulty, Lexi Furner, Mary Potts, Jann Breust, Annie Rzeszkowski, and Marilyn Jennings. I probably missed some! Here are some photos sent in by Daryl, Mary, Sharon Miles, Wollundry RC and JJG. Remember to click on the image in the gallery below to get a larger version.
Postscript:
‘Really lucky’: Gears and Beers rider revived after on-course cardiac arrest
A former Wagga paramedic has described a Gears and Beers cyclist who was resuscitated after going into cardiac arrest during one of the weekend’s rides as the luckiest man alive.
The incident happened at Downside about 9.30am on Sunday, October 6, and prompted an emergency response from other riders and members of the festival’s medical team who happened to be nearby at the time.
Former paramedic Phil Hoey and ex-volunteer paramedic Rory McKenzie – who owns Wagga First Aid Training – had been in the area after providing assistance to another rider who had come off his bike and injured his arm and collarbone.
Also nearby when the man went into cardiac arrest were a group of riders that included a female paramedic from Sydney, a doctor, a cardiologist and a cardiac anesthetist, who all stopped to render CPR on the 54-year-old.
GANMAIN TWILIGHT MARKETS FRIDAY 11th OCTOBER
Congratulations to the organisers of the Ganmain Twilight Markets held on Friday night. There were some excellent stalls and food available. We arrived a bit late however there were still a lot of people there and it started at 3.00pm.
The disco in the Ganmain Hall for the children was a great idea and a huge hit with the young ones.
The street was full with many people from outside of Ganmain and I did not see many from Coolamon. It was hard to get a car park and Ford Street was closed.
One of the areas that will surprise and enlighten our wool growers is that wild haggis are rounded up at shearing time and they sent me some photos of the wild haggis being shorn.
Below: Scotland’s Beautiful Ancient Art of haggis shearing.
Above: Wonderful haggis wool so comfortable and getting scarce.
ROTARY NEWS.
ROTARY FOUNDATION 7 AREAS OF FOCUS.
The Rotary Foundation’s Seven Areas of Focus, which are more about WHO we serve and our causes:
As we enter October our monthly theme is one of the 7 areas of focus of our Rotary Foundation being:
Community & Economic Development.
7 Areas of Focus
The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have identified seven areas of focus for Global Grants. These areas reflect critical humanitarian issues and needs that Rotarians are addressing worldwide. They will align Rotary with other international development efforts and will strategically further the mission of The Rotary Foundation.
Statements of purpose and goals
Each of the seven areas of focus begins with a statement of purpose, followed by a list of specific goals. The Rotary Foundation will use the goals to establish:
- Projects and activities for global grants
- Possible strategic partners for global grants
- Evaluation criteria for club- and district-developed global grants
- A system for measuring outcome for all global grants
Areas of focus
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
- Disease Prevention and Treatment
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
- Maternal and Child Health
- Basic Education and Literacy
- Community Economic Development
- Protecting Our Environment
OCTOBER IS ROTARY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC MONTH
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2024-25
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
- President: Adrian Lindner
- President-Elect 2025-2026: Mary Potts
- Secretary: Paul Weston
- Treasurer: Mary Potts
- Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
- Membership Director: Brian Pattison
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- Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
- Club Admin Director: Ian Jennings
- Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
- Sergeant @ Arms: Albert Suidgeest
- Club Environment Representative: Adrian Lindner
- Immediate Past President and Vice-President: John Bond
- Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
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