COOLAMON ROTARY CLUB MEETING July 7th. 2025
President Mary Potts welcomed us all to the 1st CRC meeting for 2025-2026. Twenty members attended with President Mary Potts at the helm. We all wish Mary and her team a year of fun, fellowship and service.
Mary commenced the meeting with a one minute of silence in memory of Mark Reardon’s mother, PDG David Kennedy and Yvonne Braid OAM.
Mary advised us that the Public Image Director will be held by both Grahame Miles and Garth Perkin, a good idea. Mary’s first board meeting is on Monday next the 14th July.
Next Monday Caleb Smith from the Salvation Army will be our guest speaker.
Mary reminded all members that on Saturday August 2nd we are the beneficiary of the Shakespeare Night at the Coolamon Cheese Factory. Mary called for 3-4 volunteers to welcome guests and hand out a cheese platter and a glass of wine. Volunteers will be needed to be at the Cheese Factory from 5.00pm. The event starts at 6.00pm and is $40 per person.
The CWA has asked for a letter of support for their hall.
The first club assembly will be on Monday 4th August.
S@A Dick Jennings was in fine form and at the rate he collected fines last night will lead to a bumper year in the fines box.
The raffle was won by Paul and a second prize to Mary.
The meeting closed at 8.30 which left plenty of time for some good fellowship.
Those of you who want to keep up to date with matters Rotary I can recommend the new or refreshed D9705 web site, which can be found on the link below. Even if you have not registered onto D9705 you can still read the front page and other areas of interest. DG Robert Shore has obviously put a lot of time into the D9705 web site for 2025-2026.
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Monday 14th July – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Recreation Club, 5.00 pm.
*Monday 14th July – Guest Speaker Caleb Smith from the Salvation Army. Coolamon Sport & Recreation Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
Saturday August 2nd – Shakespeare Night at the Coolamon Cheese Factory: Volunteers needed. Project of the Kooringal Rotary Club, with assistance from CRC. Proceeds to be donated to the CRC.
Monday 4th August – Club Assembly. Coolamon Sport & Recreation Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm.
*Guests welcome to bring their partners and friends.
JUST FOR LAUGHS
All of the above photos were obtained from Facebook. Credit to the owners.
ROTARY NEWS
Presidential message
RI President Francesco Arezzo
President 2025-26
July 2025
Francesco Arezzo is an orthodontist in private practice and owns an agricultural enterprise that produces extra virgin olive oil in Sicily.
Arezzo is a graduate of the University of Padua and a member of the Italian, European, and American orthodontics associations, as well as the Italian and European lingual orthodontics associations. He is a dentistry graduate of the University of Cagliari, where he also received a master’s in lingual orthodontics.
RI President Francesco Arezzo, is a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy.
FELLOWSHIPS PHOTOGRAPHY
Rotary Photography Fellowship Facebook
The above 6 photos are from members of the Rotary Fellowship of Photography.
VALE PDG DAVID KENNEDY
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2025-2026
Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club
- President: Mary Potts
- President-Elect 2025-2026: Leslie Weston
- Secretary: Paul Weston
- Treasurer: Vicki Langtry
- Rotary Foundation Director: Gary Truscott
- Membership Director: Brian Pattison
- Service Projects Director: Anne Rzeszkowski
- Youth Services Director: Lexi Furner
- Club Admin Director: Mark Reardon
- Public Relations & Image Director: Grahame Milles & Garth Perkin
- Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings and Garth Perkin
- Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Adrian Lindner
NON board Positions
- Club Environment Representative: Adrian Lindner
- Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
- Webmaster: John Glassford