Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #25

JANUARY IS  VOCATIONAL SERVICES MONTH.

• Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society. Learn more in An Introduction to Vocational Service and the Code of Conduct.
• The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.
• There will be a Vocational Services Meeting on Monday February 29th at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions in Ganmain.  This is a joint meeting with Wagga Wagga Sunrise.

A Rotary Meeting in a straw bale winery by Huff n Puff.

MEETING MONDAY JANUARY 25th. 2016

Rtn. Dave McKinley our Vocation Services Director organised a vocational service meeting at the new Coolamon Fire Museum.  This is a project of Chris and Joanne Berry.  Chris has a passion for collecting “Fireys” memorabilia and has been doing so for 30 years now.

The meeting started at 6.30 pm and we had a  great role up of  members and guests.  Here are some thumb nail photos  of the visit (just click on the thumb nail for a larger version).

The Commissioner of the NSW Fire and Rescue Service opened the museum on the 5th October 2015.  A very good enterprise for Coolamon and for all of NSW.  Please support Chris and Joanne by visiting the museum open 7 days from 10 am to 4 pm.

Details available on  visiting the Coolamon Fire Museum.

We followed up the visit to the Fire Museum with dinner at the Sports cub.

Dinner was attended by 17 members and the following guests:

Visiting Rotarian Graeme Callander RC of Wagga Wagga the oldest Rotary Club in D 9700, now 86 years old.

Guests of Members:

Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis, Nadeem Asghar, Felicity and Geoff Grinter (Coolamon Lions President), and our special guests Joanne and Chris Berry from the Coolamon Fire Museum.

President Wayne Lewis opened the meeting by thanking all of our guests and members for attending the visit to the museum.

Secretary Paul Weston read out a delightful letter from Georgia Booth who we sponsored to the 2015 Honeywell Engineering Summer School. Click on thumb nail below for the letter.

Reminders from Paul that we have been allocated 4 ShelterBox numbers for tracking purposes from the donation for 4 ShelterBoxes that we donated to last year.

RYLA nominations close on the 4th March so please contact Ian Durham with nominations.

Grahame Miles asked for names for the Searchers concert in Wagga Wagga, very urgent now.

Easter Markets committee meeting this Thursday night 28th January.

Board Meeting Wednesday 3rd February at 7 pm at the club. Dave McKinley advised the meeting that there were 50 or so “Moo Poo” bags left.

Club Assembly next Monday 1st February this is where we all get a say on the running and planning for upcoming club events.  We want a big turnout so that we can organise the events and do them justice.

Rtn. Graeme Callander from the RC of Wagga Wagga, then spoke on the upcoming Polio Plus night in Wagga Wagga to see the movie with Dame Maggie Smith in “The Lady in the Van”.  Get your bookings in asap as we want to fill two cinemas with some 400 patrons.  A great cause and a very funny movie.  Invite your family and friends along.

AUSTRALIA DAY 2016 IN MARRAR.

Coolamon Shire Council Australia Day Ceremony was held in Marrar and our club was represented by President Wayne and Helen Lewis, Alex Thompson, John Glassford, Ian and Marilyn Jennings .

Marilyn and her Up2Date Store Art Exhibition Committee won the category for Community Event of the 2015 Year, well deserved and very well received.

John Glassford was nominated for Citizen of the Year among many deserving nominations won by Collette Wallace from Marrar.

Monday 1st February Club Assembly Planning Meeting.  All members invited to attend.

Wednesday 3rd February Board Meeting at the Sports Club 7.00 pm.  (No dinner).

*Monday 8th February  The USA 2016 Presidential Elections explained by Leslie and Paul Weston.

BINGO: February 11th 2016 Neil Munro (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.

Monday 15th February.  T.B.A.

Monday 22nd February.  T.B.A.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

*Thursday March 3rd Polio Plus Film Night in Wagga Wagga. “the Lady in the Van”.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

*Saturday May 14th International Night at the Ganmain Hall in aid of RAGES Inc.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Hope that you all gave your dogs a day off on Tuesday, for Australia Day!

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

INTRODUCING RIPE JOHN GERM AND JUDY GERM.

John Germ, Rotary international President 2016-2017, at the International Assembly closing ceremony [San Diego-USA] has spoken to the “Rotary Stars team” of 530 District Governors Elect and their spouses on PolioPlus Program as we are this close to ending polio with less of 0.1% cases worldwide.

The W.H.O director Hamid Jaffari, said that Rotary has initiated the “war” against poliovirus in 1985 and then get other partners [GPEI: RI-WHO-CDC-UNICEF] in 1988 and Gates foundation and World Bank later on. Sanofi Pasteur being the vaccines provider. As of 2011, GPEI has secured $8.2 billion in international investments from various funding sources and has implemented its programs in over 200 countries.

https://www.devex.com/…/global-polio-eradication-initiative…. [Rotary with 1.5 billion dollars.]

DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

Last year 30,000 women died in childbirth in Africa last year. I was horrified to hear this.
With your help we can assist these women in Africa and around the world through Rotary Foundation and support doctors and nurses who train midwives, create antenatal clinics, teach mothers early warning signs of complication and to seek help, and assist these women to raise their own children and build their communities for themselves

ROTARY INFORMATION

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR JENNIFER JONES

ELECTED RI VICE PRESIDENT

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

Kenya to destroy ivory stockpile with Hollywood stars.

Kenya said Tuesday it will torch its vast stockpile of ivory at a star-studded summit to include Hollywood celebrities, presidents and business leaders against “poaching and illegal trade in ivory.”

The fire will be eight times the size of any ivory stockpile destroyed so far.

“Kenya plans to use the occasion to torch as many as 120 tonnes of ivory, the largest stockpile of ivory ever destroyed by any country, as proof of our commitment to zero tolerance for poaching and illegal ivory trade,” presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu told reporters.

Kenya said “several” heads of state were expected to attend, along with Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman, and business tycoons George Soros, Paul Allen, Howard Buffet and Michael Bloomberg.

Others Kenya expects to attend include conservation icon and BBC legend David Attenborough, British musician Elton John, as well as former basketball star Yao Ming, who has led campaigns in his homeland of China to raise awareness of the damage elephant poaching causes.

President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire in March 2015 to a giant pile of 15 tonnes of elephant ivory, which conservationists said then was the largest ever burned in Africa.

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Perfect for a Rump Steak!!!

FOOTNOTE

“Elvis” reincarnated on his last birthday

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #24

JANUARY IS  VOCATIONAL SERVICES MONTH.

• Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society. Learn more in An Introduction to Vocational Service and the Code of Conduct.
• The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.
• There will be a Vocational Services Meeting on Monday February 29th at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions in Ganmain.  This is a joint meeting with Wagga Wagga Sunrise.

Latest build by Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions at Rylstone.

MEETING MONDAY JANUARY 18th. 2016

Our first meeting for 2016 was a casual one with several guests including partners Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis, Heather McKinley, and Joan and Alan Bell guests of Ian Durham.  As well 14 members were present.

President Wayne Lewis welcomed all and started the evening by thanking all the volunteers who made New Year’s Eve such a success.  Wayne also read out a letter of thanks form Allawah Lodge for our donation of three power lift reclining chairs.

Ian Durham outlined the upcoming RYLA week and called for nominations of women and men between the ages of 18-28.  The week will be held at the CSU Orange Campus form the 11-15th April 2016.  RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.

Myffy spoke on the proposed Coolamon and District Newspaper.

Grahame Miles invited all members and partners to consider going to “the Searchers” in Wagga Wagga on February 18th.

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Thursday Feb 18  & tickets are :

Group 8+: $64.90 each.  

Next meeting will begin at the Fire Museum  in Cowabbie Street opposite the Up-to-Date Store at 6.30 pm SHARP followed by dinner at the Sports Club.

On display at the Museum will be a vast collection of fire fighting memorabilia from around the state, the country and the world.

Striving to educate visitors of the history of our brave fire fighters and the equipment used throughout the years will be Manager/Owner Chris Berry who was a Retained Fireman and Engine Keeper for 22 years.

Donations welcome.

*Monday 25th January Vocational Services Meeting at the Coolamon Fire Station Museum.  Followed by a talk by Graeme Callander RC of Wagga Wagga on the upcoming  film starring Maggie Smith in support of  polio plus.  March 3rd 2016.

Tuesday 26th January AUSTRALIA Day at Marrar Public School from 8.00 am 

Monday 8th February Normal Meeting Speaker TBA.

Wednesday 10th February Board Meeting at the Sports Club 7.00 pm. (No dinner).

BINGO: February 11th 2016 Neil Munro (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

*Thursday March 3rd Polio Plus Film Night in Wagga Wagga. “the Lady in the Van”.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

*Saturday May 14th International Night at the Ganmain Hall in aid of RAGES Inc.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

How many locks not locked first correct entry wins the 5 raffle tickets?

TRIVIA ABOUT CUISINE: FOOD, FOOD ORIGINS, BEVERAGES, AND RECIPES

A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

An etiquette writer of the 1840’s advised, “Ladies may wipe their lips on the tablecloth, but not blow their noses on it.”

Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in 1889, was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially.

Caffeine: there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee, 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa, 5 to 10 milligrams in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, and 5 milligrams in one ounce of milk chocolate.

Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers “hot” to the human mouth, is best neutralized by casein, the main protein found in milk.

Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world’s almonds and 20 percent of the world’s peanuts.

During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush, (1897-1898) potatoes were practically worth their weight in gold. Potatoes were so valued for their vitamin C content that miners traded gold for potatoes.

Fortune cookies were invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.

Goulash, a beef soup, originated in Hungary in the 9th century AD.

Haggis, the national dish of Scotland: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a calf or sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal. Enjoy!

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

 I offer my sincere condolences to the victims of the deadly bomb attack outside a ‪‎polio‬ immunization center in Quetta, Pakistan.

This attack outside a polio immunization center is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by Rotary, our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and the brave women and men on the front lines of our effort to protect all children from the paralyzing effects of polio. While the bombing will be investigated, one thing is clear: The security personnel who were killed died because their job was to protect teams of polio immunizers. We applaud the government’s commitment to continue the vaccination campaign throughout Pakistan, which is one of only two countries where the poliovirus is still endemic.

Today we pause to honor the sacrifice made by the heroic police officers killed. Yet our 30-year commitment to end polio remains steadfast. Even as we absorb the horror of this bombing, we are redoubling our efforts to educate families and build confidence in the safety of polio vaccines, and to engage community and religious leaders to support our campaign.

We are closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world. Vast improvements have been seen in Pakistan, with more than 80 percent fewer cases in the country than in 2014. In order to stop polio in Pakistan in 2016, we must ensure the safety of vaccinators to reach every child.

And today, our release of $35 million in grants for polio eradication signals our determination to finish the job to which thousands of courageous individuals have committed themselves, and to never forget the sacrifices made by those who lost their lives in this effort.

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

 

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

RIPE JOHN GERM REVEALS ‘ROTARY SERVING HUMANITY’

AS THE 2016-17 PRESIDENTIAL THEME.

Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, believed that serving humanity is “the most worthwhile thing a person can do,” RI President-elect John F. Germ said, and that being a part of Rotary is a “great opportunity” to make that happen.

Germ unveiled the 2016-17 presidential theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, to incoming district governors on 18 January at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.

“I believe everyone recognizes the opportunity to serve Rotary for what it truly is: not a small opportunity, but a great one; an opportunity of a lifetime to change the world for the better, forever through Rotary’s service to humanity,” said Germ.

Rotary members around the globe are serving humanity by providing clean water to underdeveloped communities, promoting peace in conflict areas, and strengthening communities through basic education and literacy. But none more important than our work to eradicate polio worldwide, he said.

 FULL STORY HERE

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

Alamaya learns a new trick… it involves spraying our unsuspecting visitors with mud!

Alamaya has emerged as the joker of the Nursery group and has picked up a habit of standing on the edge of the mud bath, but close to the rope cordon during the 11am public visit. With the visitors busily taking pictures of him, he sucks mud up via his trunk and, before they know it, he sprays them all!

 

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

FOOTNOTE

Click on the image below for a snapshot of the programme in Seoul.

SEOUL RICON REGISTRATION

P.S. I have booked my hotel and flights to Seoul.

Please listen to the 2016 RI Convention Host Organization Committee Chair SangKoo Yun’s warm invitation message!

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Safe travels to the Burrumbuttock Hay Runners as the convoy heads off to help drought stricken farmers in Queensland. 130 prime movers which will stretch around 50kms from front to back are taking 5000 big square and round bales of hay to help our farming mates in QLD.

Coolamon Rotary has donated $1,000 towards providing fuel for one truck.

The route for today travels. First truck leaves 6.00am

Hay Run Facebook Page.

NEW YEAR  EDITION 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM PRESIDENT WAYNE LEWIS AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS!

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #23

JANUARY IS  VOCATIONAL SERVICES MONTH.

• Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society. Learn more in An Introduction to Vocational Service and the Code of Conduct.
• The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.
• There will be a Vocational Services Meeting on Monday February 29th at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions in Ganmain.  This is a joint meeting with Wagga Wagga Sunrise.

NYE PARTY 2015/16

This New Year’s Eve in Coolamon our Rotary club worked hard serving sausages and “steak” sandwiches to the people of the Coolamon Shire and visitors to the Coolamon Shire Council’s fireworks night.  It was a great night for our community and the fireworks were well done and worth the wait.  Above all it was a family night with many children present to enjoy the New Year.

Coolamon Rotary had many members present to share the duties on the night.  The load of firewood donated by Lewis Transport  for the raffle and the wheel barrow of garden goods donated by Coolamon Rural Supplies were a great hit.

President Wayne Lewis with the winner of the wood, Vanessa Franklin of Coolamon.

A great role up of members who gave up their time on New Year’s Eve, volunteers included, Ian Jennings, Heather McKinley, Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Myffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, Helen Lewis, Don Dyce, Henk Hulsman, Dick Jennings, Steve Exton, Dave McKinley, Trevor Parkes, John Nulty, Grahame Miles, Leslie Weston, Paul Weston and John Glassford.

Here are some photos from the night:

Reminder that our first meeting for 2016 on the 18th January is a Board Meeting at the Sports Club.

Diary Reminders

Monday 18th January 2016 Social Gathering & Fellowship followed by a short Board Meeting.  

Monday 25th January Normal Meeting.

Tuesday 26th January AUSTRALIA Day at Marrar Public School from 8.00 am 

Monday 8th February Normal Meeting Speaker TBA.

Tuesday 9th February Board Meeting at the Club (No dinner).

BINGO: February 11th 2016 Neil Munro (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A BAD DAY WHEN….

You wake up face down on the pavement.

You call suicide prevention and they put you on hold.

Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles.

You want to put on the clothes you wore home from the party and there aren’t any.

You turn on the news and they are showing escape routes out of the city.

Your twin sister forgot your birthday.

You wake up to realize your waterbed broke and then remember you don’t have a waterbed.

Your horn goes off accidentally and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hell’s Angels on the freeway.

You walk to work and find your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose.

You call your answering service and they tell you it’s none of your business.

Your blind date turns out to be your ex.

Your income tax cheque bounces.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

Rotary Float – Tournament of Roses Parade – 2016

RI President K R Ravindran and Vanathy on the Rotary float of Rose Parade

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

Marilyn and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year in both your personal lives and in Rotary. Enjoy this time with your families and reflect on how lucky we are to be in such a safe and happy country. We have much to be grateful for.

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

JANUARY MESSAGE 2016

There is a story told in my Hindu tradition of two sages, Shaunaka and Abhipratari. They were worshippers of Prana, the wind god. One day, the two men were about to sit down to lunch when a poor student knocked on their door, asking for food.

“No, boy, do not bother us at this hour,” was the reply. The student was surprised but very hungry, so he persisted.

“Tell me, honored sirs, which deity do you worship?”

“Prana, the wind god,” they answered impatiently.

“Do you not know that the world begins and ends with wind, and that wind pervades the entire universe?”

The two sages were by now very irritated by their impertinent guest. “Of course we know it!” they replied.

“Well, then,” continued the student, “if Prana pervades the universe, then he pervades me also, since I am but part of the universe. He is also in this hungry body, which stands before you begging for a bite to eat! And so in denying food to me, you deny it to the very deity whom you say you serve.”

The sages realized the student spoke the truth and invited him to enter and share their meal. For they understood, at that moment, that by opening the door to one who sought their help, they were not only serving that individual – but reaching toward a larger goal.

FULL STORY HERE

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

 HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM RAGES.

Photo by Christine Ellger.

Some facts on the elephant population.

BOTSWANA’S 200,000+ ELEPHANTS ARE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER PEACEFUL NEW YEAR

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

 It was a BIG Christmas and New Year for this lion.

FOOTNOTE

Put the above dates in your diary and let us have a good roll up from Coolamon.  Always a good weekend of fellowship and learning about Rotary.  I have been to the past 12 DISCONS and highly recommend this one to you in Wagga Wagga.

DISCON Chair Michael Knight   Wagga Wollundry  6922 3164 (home) [email protected] 0412 376 570

More details on the programme will be available soon.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

CHRISTMAS EDITION 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PRESIDENT WAYNE LEWIS AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS!

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #22

DECEMBER IS DISEASE PREVENTION & TREATMENT MONTH.

This is one of the Rotary Foundation’s 6 areas of focus.  It is through these programmes that clubs can get global grants to support various programmes that qualify.

One such Rotarian Action Group RFHA was RFFA does remarkable work by providing Rotary Family Health Days in Africa.  RFHA founded and headed up by Marion Bunch has no reached over 1 million people in three countries in Africa with this programme which is supported by our Foundation as well as several partners including the Centre for Disease Control based in Atlanta.  There are several corporate bodies such as Delta Airlines and the Coca Coal Africa Foundation that also support RFHA.

All as a result of one women and her Board of Directors.  Marion Bunch started RFHA in 2005 after her son Jerry died as a result of getting the AIDS virus through blood transfusions. Marion has been a tireless worker for Africa and her legacy will live on in those lives she saved.

The RFHA Board 2010 in Montreal. 

Right to left Len Lanzi COO Los Angeles, PDG Mark Doyle South Africa, PRID Paul Netzel USA,  and current Vice Chair of the Foundation, CEO & Founder Marion Bunch, Atlanta, PRIVP Mike McGovern USA and current RI Polio Plus Chair, PDG Olugbemiga Olowu Nigeria and John Glassford Coolamon.

RFHA Web Site.

CHRISTMAS PARTY 2015

Our last meeting for the year was our Annual Christmas Party held this year at PP Marg and PP Garth Perkins’ home “Rands Tank” Coolamon.  38 members and guests were present a wonderful turn out.

President Wayne Lewis made everyone welcome with a very short speech!  There was some excellent fellowship and old friends as well as new friends enjoyed the Christmas feast organised by Helen Lewis and supported by Marg Perkin among others.  Thank you Helen and thanks to you Marg.  Thanks also to Garth Perkin for the chairs and tables.

Some photos from the party, click on the thumb nails for a larger photo:

Diary Reminders

Monday 14th December New Year’s Eve Committee Meeting at the Club at 7.00 pm.

Thursday 31st December NYE in Coolamon.

Monday 18th January 2016 FIRST Meeting for 2016.  Details to be advised it will be a social gathering. 

Monday 25th January Normal Meeting.

Tuesday 26th January AUSTRALIA Day at Marrar Public School from 8.00 am 

Monday 8th February Normal Meeting Speaker TBA.

Tuesday 9th February Board Meeting at the Club (No dinner).

BINGO: February 11th 2016 Neil Munro (Capt) Wayne Lewis, Ted Hutcheon, Dick Jennings.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

“Weeweechu”

It’s a romantic full moon, when Pedro said, “Hey, mamacita, let’s do Weeweechu.”

Oh no, not now, let’s look at the moon!” said Rosita.

Oh, c’mon baby, let’s you and I do Weeweechu. I love you and it’s the perfect time,” Pedro begged.

“But I wanna just hold your hand and watch the moon.” replied Rosita.

Please, corazoncito, just once, do Weeweechu with me.”

Rosita looked at Pedro and said, “OK, one time, we’ll do Weeweechu.”

Pedro grabbed his guitar and they both sang…..

“Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.”

Czar Rudolph

There was once a great czar in Russia named Rudolph the Red. He stood looking out the windows of is palace one day while his wife, the Czarina Katerina, sat nearby knitting. He turned to her and said, “Look my dear, it has begun to rain!” Without even looking up from her knitting she replied, “It’s too cold to rain. It must be sleeting.” The Czar shook his head and said, “I am the Czar of all the Russias, and Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear!”

Proof that Jesus was Australian:

• He wore thongs.
• He was a chippy, who like all good union members didn’t work on Sundays.
• His favourite past times were fishing, camping, going 4-wheel donkeying, and most of his mates were fishermen.
• He seemed to know a lot of prostitutes.
• His mates all had nicknames: The Rock, The Doubter, Simon Peter, The Baptist, so on and so forth.
• The only time he went to church as a young bloke he got into a fight.
• He was a champion surfer, it was like he could walk on water.
• He did a mean barbeque, 5000 people rock up, no worries, throw a few fresh caught fish on the barbie, some buns and a bit of mum’s potato salad (it’s in the Gospel of Thomas, trust me) and bob’s your uncle.
• No one is exactly sure where he was earning his quid from but he had a mate in the tax office so it was all sweet.
• And to top it all off, he turned water into alcohol and if that isn’t an Australian miracle I don’t know what is!

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

Rotary is improving the lives of mothers and children around the world. We can accomplish even more with your help. Give a gift that matters on  #GivingTuesday by giving the gift of Rotary:

GIVE THIS CHRISTMAS

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

HOUT BAY ROTARY CLUB OUR TWIN CENTENNIAL CLUB 2005

Bay Breezes December 2015

PP Butch Liebenberg receives his PHF + Sapphire from Coolamon RC.

HOUT BAY CHRISTMAS PARTY

To all our friends at Hout Bay Rotary Club have a wonderful Christmas and a top 2016 in service for Hout Bay and beyond.  We have made many friends in Hout Bay over the years since 2004, too many to mention here.  Several of us from Coolamon Rotary have now visited Hout Bay, and we hope that the SA Rand will come back one day so that you can visit us in Coolamon!

In the mean time our thoughts are with you always as you do some amazing work for those who need it most in your area.  We are very proud of Coolamon House and will always be indebted to you for the hard work you put in to make it all work.

Thanks again for the wonderful hospitality you gave the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day 2015 Team when we visited you in May this year, it was UNIQUE, only in Hout Bay, and never forgotten!

This is for Hout Bay Rotarians ONLY.  You know that I do not discuss politics but I could not help but post this one for you guys, it comes from your PP John Routley:

Zuma comes up Trumps!

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

THE REALITY.

Rhino Wars: Hunting Poachers In Kruger National Park:

As Chair of the Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species RAGES I invite you to join me in 2016 as we move forward creating action for the voiceless on our planet.  Please start by joining the RAG below and membership is free.  We will have a booth and a break out session in Seoul at the 2016 RICON in late May.

One of the easiest ways to help right now is to support the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi by sponsoring an orphan elephant:

DSWT GIFT SHOP

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Requested by Dick and Marie Jennings. African humour at it’s best!

Santa is on his way from the Namibian Desert right now.

FOOTNOTE

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS ENJOY THE MUSIC BELOW.

IT COMES FROM TANZANIA.

Well? What did you expect?

Next bulletin in the New Year have a safe holiday and see you in 2016.

Lady Gaga live at Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony.

Last word for 2015 by Lady Gaga and our wish for 2016!

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #21

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

The Rotary Foundation has been recognised by CNBC as one of the top 10 charities changing the world in 2015.

The Rotary Foundation is Rotary’s own global charity, tackling challenges such as poverty, illiteracy and polio eradication.

Did you know, since Rotary committed to polio eradication in 1985, over 2.5 billion children around the world have been vaccinated against the disease.

The Foundation also does lots of work in Great Britain and Ireland, and if you’re interested in volunteering your time and talents, check out our website:http://www.rotarygbi.org/about-us/charity-work/

You can also read the whole top 10 here:http://cnb.cx/1NoAEkt

MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 30th. 2015

Thomas Grahame and Ben Dalgarno-Fixter being thanked by Steve Exton following their talks on their engineering studies at Woolongong University.

Ian Jennings Reporter Ian Durham photographer.

Diary Reminders

Saturday 5th December Ganmain Twilight Markets 3.30 pm-8.00 pm.

BINGO Roster:  December 10th Paul Weston (Capt) Trevor Parkes, Ian Jennings, Leslie Weston.

Monday 7th December Last meeting before the Christmas Party and the holiday break.

*Saturday December 12th Annual Christmas party at Marg and Garth Perkins’ Home.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A NICE OUTING

A farmer and his pig were driving down the road when a cop pulled him over. The cop asked the farmer, “Didn’t you know it is against the law to ride with a pig in the front of your truck?”

The farmer replied, “No, I didn’t know that.”

The cop asked the farmer where he was going, and he said, “To Memphis.”

The cop said, “I will let you off the hook this time if you promise to take the pig to the zoo when you get to Memphis.”

So the farmer promised he would.

Several days later the cop spotted the farmer with the pig driving down the road and pulled him over again. The cop said, “I thought I told you to take this pig to the zoo when you got to Memphis.”

And to this the farmer replied, “I did, and we had so much fun, I’m taking him to the circus.”

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

In my presidential message for December, I share a historical story that I hope will remind you all to continue being a Gift to the World during this season of giving.

DECEMBER 2015

When the Canadian army liberated the Netherlands in 1945, they found the country on the brink of starvation. Seeing the suffering of so many, and especially moved by the faces of the children, four Canadian privates stationed near Apeldoorn that year decided to make that Christmas special for as many Dutch children as they could.

Together, they made the rounds among their fellow soldiers, collecting chocolate bars and chewing gum, candy and comic books. In their spare moments, they built toy trucks out of wood and wire, sawed scrap lumber for building blocks; one, risking the military police, sold his cigarette ration on the black market, using the money to buy rag dolls. Each thought longingly of his own family at home; each channeled his energies instead toward the children whose Christmas they knew they could brighten.

FULL STORY HERE.

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

Australia will commit a further $72 million to the campaign to eradicate polio, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Rotary Club of Young Exchange Student Emily from Germany.

 

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

AIDS TRAINING BRINGS LIFE TO LIBERIAN COMMUNITIES

The impact of an HIV/AIDS vocational training project in Liberia can be assessed by the ultimate measure: life itself.

“There are children of HIV mothers living today who would not have seen their first birthdays [without the training],” says Elizabeth Mulbah, a member of the Rotary Club of Sinkor, Montserrado County, Monrovia, who delivered a lecture for health care providers about HIV/AIDS during the vocational training team’s five-day workshop in 2012.

The goal of the team — comprised of individuals from the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project in California, USA; the Rotary Club of Sinkor; St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Monrovia; Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, and the Center for HIV Information at the University of California, San Francisco — was to increase maternal HIV/AIDS services and to improve the quality of care in Liberian clinics.

Nearly 60 health care workers in Montserrado and neighboring Bomi counties learned techniques to prevent mother-child transmission of HIV and to improve their ability to diagnose and treat infected women. They also were taught how to pass along the information to other health care workers.

Now, a Rotary Foundation global grant is facilitating an expansion of the project to other parts of Liberia.

Full Story Here

Dear Mr Glassford,

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Not photo shopped!

FOOTNOTE

ROTARY MAKE UPS

When I travel I make up a missed meeting at my home club by visiting other clubs when we are on the road.

Last week I made up at the Rotary Club of Yankalilla near Adelaide.  This is a small club with 8 members however they do some wonderful work.  They are also a very friendly mob!!!

PP Don Law and Billy Peel the brains and muscle behind the Yankalilla Cruise.

Some photos from this year’s cruise:

Billy’s latest restoration.

Their Facebook Page:

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #20

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS TURNING 100!

Rotary is marking the Foundation’s centennial with a year of festivities. The celebration kicks off at the 2016 Rotary Convention in Seoul and will culminate at the 2017 convention in Atlanta.

Join in and show your support for The Rotary Foundation. Here are some ways to get involved:

Plan an event in your community to raise awareness of Rotary and its Foundation.

Promote projects your club or district is involved in that are funded by the Foundation.

Empower The Rotary Foundation to support the good work of Rotary clubs around the world by making a special contribution.

Apply for a grant from the Foundation to fund a project.

“WE SHOULD NOT LIVE FOR OURSELVES ALONE, BUT FOR THE JOY IN DOING GOOD FOR OTHERS.”

— ARCH C. KLUMPH, LETTER TO ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENTS, 5 FEBRUARY 1929

The seed for The Rotary Foundation was planted by Rotary President Arch Klumph at the Atlanta Convention in 1917. From the first gift of $26.50, the Foundation’s assets have grown to approximately $1 billion, and more than $3 billion has been spent on programs and projects — transforming millions of lives across the globe.

MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 23rd. 2015

Rotary Meeting 23rd November

Attendance 24

Meeting was chaired by PP Mark Reardon.

Guest: John and Rosalie Bond, Marion Farrell, Heidi Shuter, Louise Shuter and Marg Perkin.

Visiting Rotarians President Geoff Hamilton, PP Phil McIntosh, Tim Barter, Jonathan Shuter, David Pyke and John Hawkins all from Wollundry

President Geoff Hamilton presented our club with a cheque for $2000.00 in payment for our help with the ‘Beers and Gears Festival’ also Phil McIntosh and Tim Barter gave a report on the success of the festival.

It is good to have a working and fun relationship with Wollundry Rotary Club.

Our Guest Speaker was Heidi Shuter who spoke on her recent Youth Exchange to Austria. She spoke of the many friends she has made along the way, the 10 wonderful country’s she has visited and is very grateful for the opportunity Rotary gave her.

Heidi Shuter was given a Vote of Thanks by PP Garth Perkin.

PP Ian Jennings ran a speedy fine session followed by the drawing of the Raffle won by Mark Reardon.

PP Mark Reardon receives the cheque from Wollundry’s President Geoff Hamilton.

Heidi Shuter was given a Vote of Thanks by PP Garth Perkin.

Diary Reminders

Saturday 5th December Ganmain Twilight Markets 3.30 pm-8.00 pm.

BINGO Roster:  December 10th Paul Weston (Capt) Trevor Parkes, Ted Hutcheon, Leslie Weston.

*Saturday December 12th Annual Christmas party at Marg and Garth Perkins’ Home.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU’RE A SENIOR CITIZEN

George Phillips, an elderly man from Meridian, Mississippi, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, “Is someone in your house?”

He said, “No, but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.”

Then the police dispatcher said, “All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available.”

George said, “Okay.”

He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again.

“Hello. I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I just shot and killed them both. The dogs are eating them right now,” and he hung up.

Within five minutes, six police cars, a SWAT team, a helicopter, two fire trucks, a paramedic, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips’ residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George, “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”

George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”

Don’t mess with old people.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

Rotary Foundation Chair Ray Klinginsmith and I invite you to join us for my Presidential Conferences, a series of five conferences held all over the world, beginning with the Rotary World Peace Conference 2016. Learn more: http://on.rotary.org/Peace_Conference and find out when the rest of the conferences will take place: http://bit.ly/1MMi59I

The first of the Presidential Conferences, the Rotary World Peace Conference, will take place 15-16 January 2016 in Ontario, California.

With five plenary sessions and over 80 panels and faciliated sessions, the conference is an opportunity to exchange ideas and solutions with leaders and experts in conflict prevention and resolution. The conference is open to both Rotary members and the general public.

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

 

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

CHULALONGKORN CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF EQUIPPING LEADERS TO BUILD PEACE

Rotary Peace Fellows at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok discuss peacebuilding strategies during a field study.
Photo by Stephanie van Pelt.

Bobby Anderson was helping former freedom fighters in Aceh, Indonesia, adjust to life after combat when he heard about the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

Anderson, who became part of the 2010 class of Rotary Peace Fellows, says the program allowed him to reflect upon the work he had already done and gain a larger perspective beyond day to day practicalities.

“To be able to meet other people that had done similar work in other places and to be exposed [during field study] to the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration situation in Nepal was fascinating and helped me change how I think about the way I manage my own programs,” Anderson says.

Through its six peace centers, Rotary is developing leaders to become catalysts for peace in their communities and around the globe. The Chulalongkorn program offers a professional development certificate to individuals already working in fields related to peace.

FULL STORY HERE

DANANJAYA HETTIARACHCHI
B Bus (Mkt & Mgt) – MBA – PGDip (HRD & PM) – Prof Dip Mkt (CIM)

From a troubled youth to becoming one of the world’s leading motivational speakers, Dananjaya’s life has been a roller coaster ride of self discovery and growth. In a journey that took over ten years, he managed to transform his life from being a lost teenager to a role model. In 2014, Dananjaya was ranked as the World Champion of Public Speaking by Toastmasters International, which is recognized to be the world’s leading authority in Public Speaking and Communication, triumphing over 33,000 contestants from 120 countries across the world. He remains the first and the only Asian representing an Asian Toastmaster District to win this title in the 75-Year History of the contest. Dananjaya’s winning speech was rated among the “Most talked-about speeches of 2014” by Fortune magazine, alongside Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai’s acceptance speech & Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg’s speech delivered at Harvard University.

One of the many speakers at Seoul in 2016.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SEOUL 2016

Endangered White Rhino Nola Dies at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Then there were THREE left in the world.

Nola, one of only four known northern white rhinoceroses, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the park said in a statement. The park said that Nola, 41, had a bacterial infection, as well as age-related health issues, and that officials made the decision to euthanize her after her condition worsened overnight on Saturday.

FULL STORY HERE.

EXTINCTION IS FOREVER!

 

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

Seen it all now!!!

FOOTNOTE

 A RIDDLE

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

THE FIRST CORRECT ANSWER WINS THE 5 RAFFLE TICKETS AT NEXT WEEK’S MEETING.

P.S. We are here! Working Hard!

Aldinga Beach South Australia.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #19

On behalf of Rtns the world Over I extend heartfelt sympathies to our French friends who lost loved ones. Our work for Peace must go on.

Rotary International President K R Ravindran

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

Elaine Dietsch receiving a very well deserved PHF at Thursday nights Foundation Dinner. A great night was had by all with a warm and welcoming feeling and awards toseveral clubs and a meritorious Service Award to Foundation Director PDG Ian Simpson. Thank you to Wagga Wagga Club for hosting a beautiful evening with wonderful messages of the humanitarian work the Foundation delivers.

 MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th. 2015

Last night we moved our meeting to the Coolamon Shire Council’s public meeting to discuss the NSW Government’s push to have as many councils in NSW amalgamate.  The meeting was held at Saint Michael’s Hall in Coolamon.  There were many concerned residents present.

The meeting was chaired by Bill Thompson and speakers were mayor John Seymour and General manger Tony Donoghue.  It became apparent very quickly that the mood of the meeting was to SAY NO to any amalgamation and this was reflected in the unanimous vote taken at the end of a well conducted meeting.

Rotarians were present in number and included Myffy Collette, Alex Thompson, Dave McKinley, Henk Hulsman, Ian Jennings, Grahame Miles and John Glassford.

Diary Reminders

Monday 23rd November Normal Meeting at the club.

*Saturday December 12th Annual Christmas party at Marg and Garth Perkins’ Home.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

See here full story

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

 

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

Jones & Turner Travel Associates is a boutique style travel agency catering for the more discerning traveller
in search of new experiences or holidays with a difference. Attending a convention in Seoul is a special
experience which will enable you to sightsee in one of the world’s most energetic and culinary enriched
regions. You’ll find traditional tea houses and regal palaces alongside elegant shopping malls and bustling
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Your experience includes:
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• 8 nights accommodation at the Ramada Jongo Hotel,
Soul including daily breakfast (or similar)
• Return airport group airport – hotel transfers
• A half day city sightseeing tour with the group with
lunch included.
• A full day sightseeing tour to the DMZ with lunch included.
Your Rotary Contact for this tour will be Marilyn Roberts, D9700 District Convention Chair.
For more information, contact Marilyn on mobile 0412 739 909, phone 6921 3135 or email [email protected]

Important deadlines for Rotary Registration

15 December 2015: Early-registration discount ends.       $310 US

31 March 2016: Preregistration discount ends                    $375 US
30 April 2016: Registration/ticket cancellation deadline   $440 US
1 June 2016: Online registration ends; deadline for cancellations due to visa denial.

They require a minimum of 30 people to ensure this price, and booking for this tour closes December 11 2015.

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

The One Fight. Unite team are thrilled to have Dave Matthews sign our Say No campaign poster. Dave Matthews with his Dave Matthews band are pretty legendary in everything they do. South African-born American singer-songwriter and a winner of two Grammy awards is a personal favourite of ours, especially “Song That Jane Likes” and “You and Me”, and fantastic track he wrote for The Matrix Reloaded film – “When The World Ends”. The rest of his work is history.
We’d also like to say thank you to all the support that he’s given throughout the years to our patron Dr. Jane Goodall with his benefit gigs and support.

Thank you Dave Matthews.

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

The tipping point is now here for the elephants and only n Africa can we do something to prevent the extinction of the African elephant.  One elephant is killed every 15 minutes for what?

FOOTNOTE

ARMISTICE DAY 2015.

Nelson War Memorial with poppies in bloom.

On our visit ot New Zealand we went to the war memorial in Nelson on Armistice Day and learned that:

8,556 New Zealanders served at Gallipoli with 7,991 casualties or 93% or which 2779 were killed in action.

55,000 Australians with 28,150 casualties or 53% of which 8,709 were KIA .

10,500 Indians with 46% casualties.

360,000 British with 73,485 casualties or 22% of which 21,225 KIA

Turkey lost 220,000 KIA.

A must visit is the Gallipoli exhibition at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington.

Te Papa Museum Gallipoli Exhibition Wellington.

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #18

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

 MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 9th. 2015

Our weekly meeting was a bit light on attendance, with many of our members engaged in the harvest now that we’ve had some dry weather.  With more rain forecast for Thursday, the harvesters and grain trucks will no doubt be running around the clock, making the most of the good weather until then.

Because of the town meeting scheduled for next Monday (16 Nov), we have decided to forego our weekly meeting next week and attend the town meeting in lieu.  The meeting will include some very important discussion about shire amalgamation, a topic that we thought was dead but is now back on the table.  The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm in St Michael’s Hall on Methul Street.  We’re hoping for a good roll-up of Rotarians, especially in light of our recent meeting with the shire council.  Please plan to attend, and wear your Rotary shirt.  This will be a very important community event!

Our guest speaker was our own Leslie Weston, who presented a travelogue of her recent trips to China.  Leslie has been working for the past few years with colleagues in Yunnan province, which is located in very southern China (near Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar/Burma).  We learned a bit about the plant biodiversity of the area, which is one of the eight biodiversity hotspots on the planet, and its local inhabitants, many of whom belong to one of 27 ethnic minorities.  We were treated to some beautiful photos of the landscape, the local people, and the exotic fruits that are produced in the area.  President Wayne thanked our speaker and presented her with a kangaroo change purse in appreciation.

Pictured above is a Buddhist shrine, with the Himalayas in the background.  Below (left): a woman belonging to one of the many local ethnic minorities in traditional dress; (right) Leslie with her colleagues in a tea paddock; tea is one of the many important crops grown in Yunnan.

Diary Reminders

Wednesday 11th November November Board Meeting.

Thursday 12th November Rotary Foundation Dinner in Wagga Wagga.

Thursday 12th November BINGO Roster: Henk Hulsman (Capt.), Daryl Breust, Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne.

*Monday 16th November.  Because of the town meeting scheduled for next Monday (16 Nov), we have decided to forego our weekly meeting next week and attend the town meeting in lieu.  The meeting will include some very important discussion about shire amalgamation, a topic that we thought was dead but is now back on the table.  The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm in St Michael’s Hall on Methul Street.  We’re hoping for a good roll-up of Rotarians, especially in light of our recent meeting with the shire council.  Please plan to attend, and wear your Rotary shirt.  This will be a very important community event!

*Saturday December 12th Annual Christmas party at Marg and Garth Perkins’ Home.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

One for President Wayne Lewis. Was it your goat Wayne?

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

NOVEMBER 2015

One sunny morning at the end of June 1991, a van drove through the busy, rush-hour streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Winding through traffic to a northern suburb, the van arrived at the Forward Command Headquarters of the Defense Ministry. Security guards stopped it for inspection. When they did, the two suicide bombers driving the van detonated their cargo: thousands of kilograms of plastic explosives.

The roof of the building was blown off completely. Debris was strewn for blocks. In total, 21 people were killed and 175 people injured, among them many pupils of the girls’ school next door. More than a kilometer away, the blast shattered every window in my home. My wife raced toward the sound of the explosion – toward our daughter’s school.

FULL MESSAGE HERE.

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

 

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

CELEBRITIES, HEALTH OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER TO HAIL PROGRESS TOWARD POLIO’S END

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SEOUL 2016

PAST CONVENTIONS  SYDNEY 2014

One of the best ways to learn about Rotary is to attend a Rotary International Convention, RICON.  They are held every year in a different country.  The fifth and last RICON that I attended representing Coolamon Rotary Club was Sydney.  We had a booth in the House of Friendship for the Coolamon and Sunrise 2015 Mount Kenya ANZAC Day Climb.  Here are some memories of 2014 {Click on the thumb nail for a larger picture}:

Join me in Seoul in May 2016!

RICON SEOUL 2016 WEB SITE

The 2016 Rotary Convention is your chance to meet Rotary members from around the globe. You’ll reconnect with old friends and make new ones while exploring different cultures and exchanging ideas for a better world.

Seoul is the ideal location for a Rotary convention and a delightful travel destination to explore. You’ll find traditional tea houses and regal palaces alongside posh shopping malls and bustling markets. Make sure to include extra time in your travel plans to experience the wonders of South Korea.

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

As the world prepares to convene in Paris later this month for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, editorial cartoonist David Pope of The Canberra Times in Australia makes sure that orangutans — and the environmental crisis currently underway in Southeast Asia — are not left out of the debate.

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

FOOTNOTE

NEW ZEALAND

Probably the most beautiful country in the world.  We are still here and return next week to Ganmain and Coolamon.  Before you go to Europe or Africa or SE Asia visit our Brothers and Sisters across the Tasman.

Here are some reflections of our visit to the South Island and Wanaka in particular.  Please click on the thumb nail pics for a LARGER view and they are spectacular.  Susan and I went to celebrate her BIG birthday bash with her relos in NZ, her Bro Eddie, her Sis Gail and her Cus Lauren.  We all had a choice time!!!

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin #17

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.

“WE SHOULD NOT LIVE FOR OURSELVES ALONE, BUT FOR THE JOY IN DOING GOOD FOR OTHERS.”

— ARCH C. KLUMPH, LETTER TO ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENTS, 5 FEBRUARY 1929

The seed for The Rotary Foundation was planted by Rotary President Arch Klumph at the Atlanta Convention in 1917. From the first gift of $26.50, the Foundation’s assets have grown to approximately $1 billion, and more than $3 billion has been spent on programs and projects — transforming millions of lives across the globe.

Learn more about the Foundation

 NEW ZEALAND PRESS.

Click on the above to ENLARGE!

 MEETING MONDAY NOVEMBER 2nd. 2015

Last night we held a club assembly and many items were discussed including the NYE Festival, Girl Guide hall, Easter markets, bike track update, moo poo update, and a couple of other items.  Next week’s Foundation dinner, which will be held in Wagga on Thursday (12 November).  We discussed possibly attending that function in lieu of our weekly meeting, but decided against it because four of our members will be running bingo that night. Members are encouraged to attend the Foundation dinner on Thursday if they’re able to.  If they do plan to attend, members need to notify Wayne by this Friday (6 November) so that numbers can be provided to the organisers for catering purposes.

The Dinner will be held at the Wagga Wagga Country Golf Club, Plumpton Rd, Lake Albert, at 6 for 6.30pm. The guest speakers will be Professor Elaine Dietsch, an academic and midwife who has worked in Africa on many occasions. Elaine has received the Rotary District Vocational Excellence Award and also works with Dr Luc, who many of you may have heard speak at the District Conference in Cowra this year. She will speak on Maternal and Child Health, one of the key Focus Areas for the Foundation.

The Rotary Foundation Manager from RI Parramatta, Bruce Allen, will tell us his Rotary story and how the Foundation does “Good in the World”. Wagga Wagga and surrounding clubs are asked to change their meeting night that week to the Thursday to support this event.

The cost is $25/head and members are encouraged to bring partners and friends.

Next Monday night November 9th. Dr Leslie Weston will be talking about her travels especially to China where Leslie is this week.  Please bring your partners and guests to learn about Leslie’s work around the world. 

A reminder that there is a board meeting on Wednesday November 11th at the Sports Club.

Diary Reminders

*Monday 9th November Guest Speaker Dr. Leslie Weston and Leslie’s Travelogue.

Wednesday 11th November November Board Meeting.

Thursday 12th November Rotary Foundation Dinner in Wagga Wagga.

Thursday 12th November BINGO Roster: Henk Hulsman (Capt.), Daryl Breust, Myffy Collette and Bernadette Milne.

*Monday 16th November Guest Speaker Ann Baker Sisters Housing Enterprises Inc. (SHE Inc.) is a community based not for profit organisation providing medium term supported accommodation for single women ….

*Saturday December 12th Annual Christmas party at Marg and Garth Perkins’ Home.

*Monday 29th February Joint Vocational Service Meeting with WW Sunrise in Ganmain at Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th April 2016 D9700 Conference in Wagga Wagga.

Saturday 28th May 2016 – Wednesday June 1st Seoul RICON South Korea  

*Partners and Guests Night.

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

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Traveling in a train were a Wallaby, an All Black, a spectacular looking blonde and an older lady. After several minutes of the trip, the train happens to pass through a dark tunnel, and the unmistakable sound of a slap is heard.

When they leave the tunnel, the Wallaby had a big red slap mark on his cheek.
(1) The blonde thought – “That horrible Wallaby wanted to touch me and by mistake, he must have put his hand on the lady, who in turn must have slapped his face.”
(2) The older lady thought – “This dirty Wallaby laid his hands on the blonde and she smacked him.”
(3) The Wallaby thought – “That bloody All Black put his hand on that blonde and by mistake she slapped me.”
(4) The All Black thought – “I hope there’s another tunnel soon so I can smack that stupid Wallaby again.”

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

 K.R. “RAVI” RAVINDRAN

ROTARY WILL HONOR SIX ‘GLOBAL WOMEN OF ACTION’ AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HUMANITARIAN SERVICE.

EVANSTON, Ill. (Oct. 19, 2015) — Rotary will honor six women – all members of Rotary clubs across the globe – at its “Rotary Day at the United Nations” event on Nov. 7. Rotary’s ‘Global Women of Action’ will be recognized for donating their time, talents and expertise towards helping thousands of people in need throughout the world.

Since the volunteer service organization’s founding more than 100 years ago, Rotary has harnessed the strength of professional and community leaders to tackle humanitarian challenges at home and abroad. Today, Rotary provides a platform for successful men and women of all ethnicities, faiths and cultures to make the world a better place through volunteer service.

FULL STORY HERE.

 DISTRICT GOVERNOR GARY ROBERTS D 9700

In May 2015 the Rotary Club of Orange Calare conducted a series of very successful presentations to high school students which were designed to create an awareness of problems caused by addiction to the drug known as ICE.

This is part of the local media publicity which followed.

There is also an excellent article reporting on the Forums in the latest edition of Rotary Down Under.

The forums were briefly discussed at the recent Presidents forum and several Clubs expressed interest in learning more, possibly with a view to arranging similar forums in their own communities.

Orange Calare is very willing to share their knowledge and experience and we’ve attached a summary outline prepared by them for your information.

For further information please contact Orange Calare President, Peter Gilbank phone 6365‐6292.

District 9700 Web Site

ROTARY INFORMATION

FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS TURNING 100!

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SEOUL 2016

PAST CONVENTIONS  BANGKOK 2012

One of the best ways to learn about Rotary is to attend a Rotary International Convention, RICON.  They are held every year in a different country.  The fourth RICON that I attended representing Coolamon Rotary Club was Bangkok.  Here are some memories of 2012 {Click on the thumb nail for a larger picture}:

Join me in Seoul in May 2016!

RICON SEOUL 2016 WEB SITE

The 2016 Rotary Convention is your chance to meet Rotary members from around the globe. You’ll reconnect with old friends and make new ones while exploring different cultures and exchanging ideas for a better world.

Seoul is the ideal location for a Rotary convention and a delightful travel destination to explore. You’ll find traditional tea houses and regal palaces alongside posh shopping malls and bustling markets. Make sure to include extra time in your travel plans to experience the wonders of South Korea.

LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage Nairobi.

Only hours after giving birth, Wendi brought her tiny bundle of joy to meet the Ithumba orphans and her human family.

Here’s a short film of those first moments from yesterday morning, which we hope will warm your hearts and fill you with hope, as it does for us.

WIVA Arrives!

Please do share this video and help show the world the importance of saving the life of a single orphan baby elephant. How when grown and reintegrated back into the wild, they go on to enjoy the life they deserve and even to have their own babies and to bring new life into the world. It is the ultimate testament to the Orphans’ Project and the hard work of our teams on the ground and the dedication of all of you that support our efforts.

RAGES WEB SITE

JOIN RAGES HERE.

ONLY IN AFRICA

FOOTNOTE

On the way to Wanaka we went through Omarama!  They call it McCaw Country.  “Sir” Richie McCaw comes from near here in a town called Kurow and goes gliding at Omarama.

The Rotary wishing well in Geraldine not far from Christchurch.

Lake Tekapo McCaw Country!

Bulletin Editor and Web Site:  John Glassford

Yours in Rotary John Glassford Chair 2014 -2016

Rotary International President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

Governor of District 9700 Gary Roberts

Coolamon Club President  Wayne Lewis

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/#