Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #42

LAST BULLETIN FOR 2014-2015

JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH

During June, Rotarians celebrate the fellowship of Rotary. Family and friends of Rotarians, as well as Rotarians, focus on their relationships. There are many opportunities to join Rotary Fellowships around the world which cater to different interests. Join a Fellowship Today!

Welcome to BREW Fellowship

The purpose of this fellowship is to foster and encourage fellowship between and among Rotarians of all nations who have a love for Beer and through this fellowship support international projects of the Rotary Foundation.

MEETING MONDAY JUNE 29th. 2015

COOLAMON’S 44th CHANGE OVER DINNER

We had our 44th Change Over dinner last night and well attended with 88 people in all. Including;

The Hon Michael McCormack Federal member of parliament for the Riverina

Mayor Councilor John Seymour and Margaret Seymour for the Coolamon Shire

District Governor’s Representative PDG Fred Loneragan and Rae Loneragan.

District Governor Elect Gary Roberts and Marilyn Roberts.

Assistant Governor Alan Sharp and Nona Sharp

The following Rotary Clubs were represented:

Wagga Wagga Kooringal, Wagga Wagga Sunrise, Junee, Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee, Lockhart and Wollundry.

Coolamon Lions Club.

Music by Gabrielle and Olivia.

We welcome President Wayne Lewis as our latest President to lead this great club.

Here are some photos from the night including the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow to Past President Garth Perkin, congratulations Garth and of course to Marg.

Many thanks to all of those who helped make the night a huge success.

President Wayne Lewis 2015-2016

Diary Reminders

Monday July 6th President Wayne Lewis 1st Meeting.*Monday,

Thursday July 9th BINGO: Roster Paul Weston Capt., Steve Exton, Rod Jarrett and Leslie Weston.

Friday July 18th Up2Date Art Exhibition Opening Night Details Follow.

*Partners and Guests Night.

Apologies for Monday meetings call Ian Jennings on 0428 492 157 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

The answer to the puzzle last week was 87 did you get it right?

WHY?

The Fridge

One morning at a doctor ‘s clinic a well built man arrives complaining of severe
back pain, the doctor examines him and asks OK what happened to your
back?

The patient replies “you know that I… work as a bouncer for a local night club? This morning I got home to my apartment early and heard a noise in my bedroom. On entering I knew someone had been with my wife and the balcony door was open. I rushed out the balcony door and did not find anyone.

As I looked down from the balcony I saw a man running out and he was dressing himself.

I grabbed the fridge and threw it at him. That’s how I strained my back”The 2nd patient arrives looking as if he has been in a car wreck.

The doctor said “My previous patient looked bad, but you look terrible. What the hell happened to you?”

He replied, “You know I have been unemployed for a while now. Today was the first day at my new job. I forgot to set my alarm and was running late. I was running out of the building, getting dressed at the same time, and you wont believe it but I was hit by a fridge.”Then the 3rd patient arrives;

He even looks worse than the other two patients do and shivering like a reed.

The doctor is now shocked.

Again asks, “What the hell happened to you…..!!?””Well, it started like this…. I was sitting in my neighbor’s fridge”

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG

President Gary Huang signs off with a series of videos of his year visiting many many countries. Here is the visit to India.

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and District 3230 Governor I.S.A.K. Nazar (left) are presented with a certificate from Guinness World Records for the new record of the largest human national flag.

India Creates History Guinness World Record Achieved at Chennai

Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang has chosen 13 of his favorite Rotary Days videos, which were presented during the closing plenary of the convention in São Paulo. You can view all of the videos here:

http://ow.ly/Om8Kb ‪#‎RotaryDays‬

INTRODUCING THE INCOMING RI PRESIDENT:

RIPE Ravi Ravindran from the RC Of Colombo Sri Lanka.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700

Thank you DG David for your service in the past Rotary year as our Governor.

Our club is going from strength to strength with our membership, we have lit up Coolamon and surrounds and our future looks good.

Thank you also for your support of our joint club project, The Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb, with Wagga Wagga Sunrise.

Thank you also for helping us establish RAGES and we have work to do with this Action Group.

All our members wish you well in Rotary and we look forward to seeing you at our club again one day.

INTRODUCING DG GARY ROBERTS AND MARILYN ROBERTS.

My Gift Wall in my Rotary office at home.
Thanks to all the great ideas from District Changeover. Gary

ROTARY INFORMATION

EARLY CANCER DETECTION IS SAVING LIVES IN SRI LANKA

Susan Jackson (center), of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, greets staff at the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre. It’s the only national facility dedicated to the detection and prevention of cancer.

Photo Credit: Rotary International/Alyce Henson

More than 20,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Sri Lanka, and many of them prove fatal. The Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, set out 10 years ago to save some of those lives by establishing the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre.

In partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme and the Ministry of Health, the center in Colombo has screened more than 35,000 patients, mostly low-income, and detected more than 7,500 cases of abnormalities that required further investigation. The Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, donated a mammography and ultrasound scanner to the center’s breast cancer screening facility.

The Colombo Rotary club is seeking to open early detection clinics in other easily accessible locations throughout Sri Lanka.

Learn more about Rotary’s work in preventing disease

ONLY IN AFRICA

FOOTNOTE

THANKS GARTH ONCE A ROOSTER NOW A FEATHER DUSTER BUT STILL ALIVE!

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

Elephants are worth 76 times more alive than dead

Africa’s elephants are under siege. Driven by foreign demand for ivory, poachers are killing these iconic animals faster than they can reproduce. More than 120,000 African elephants were poached from 2010 to 2013, and on average, one is now killed every 15 minutes somewhere across the continent.

The motivation for this carnage is the high price of ivory: A pair of elephant tusks can bring in about $21,000 on the black market. But according to a new report by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s iWorry campaign, every living elephant can generate $1.6 million for its local economy by attracting eco-tourists. In other words, a live elephant is worth 76 times more than a dead one.

RAGES WEB SITE

PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME 02 6927 6027.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2015

Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species

Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.

Rotary International President 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/#