Last week’s meeting was well attended, with 21 members and guests present to appreciate the presentation on Interplast made by Wagga Rotarian Eugene Maloney and the induction of two new members to our club. John Nulty and his wife Jan were introduced by Ian Durham. Secondly Dave McKinley and wife Heather were introduced by Wayne Lewis. It is very pleasing to see the membership growing, as new people bring new experience to the club. It was also great to see David Jenkins taking part in one of our meetings again. David has been along to a couple of functions now and may be persuaded by Leslie and Paul Weston to form a stronger bond with Coolamon Rotary.
PP Dick Jennings and Ian Durham (left) and Wayne Lewis (right) welcome new inductees John Nulty (left) and Dave McKinley (right) to Coolamon Rotary.
Newest member Dave McKinley thanks visiting Rotarian Eugene Maloney for a very interesting and inspiring talk on Interplast and how it helps burn victims and those born with birth defects in Asian rim developing countries.
Neil Munro reported on the April Bingo which showed a profit of $225. The Jackpot did not go off this month; possibly it will in May when it will amount to $120. Many thanks to Ian Jennings, Wayne Lewis, Mark Reardon and Ted Hutcheon who formed the team on the night. Co-ordinator Neil Munro mentioned that players have requested more substantial prizes for ‘liners’ as they consider a little more could be spent. Currently the princely sum of approximately $20 is expended on 10 prizes. Line prizes tend to extend the time taken to complete the game, and additional expenditure will further reduce the profit achieved. Possibly double the price per prize, e.g. $4.00 but have only five prizes. Food for thought.
Last meeting, Christine Atkinson went to a great deal of trouble to obtain a raffle prize with a difference, a presentation basket of a dozen different jars of jam and chutney prepared by Col and Brenda Patterson. It always pays to purchase raffle prizes that the buyer believes they would enjoy winning themselves. As luck would have it, and a great deal of tickets to assist the cause, Christine herself took the basket home.
Diary Reminders
Saturday 11th April – Sunday 10th May: Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
Saturday, 25th April: ANZAC Day ceremonies in Coolamon and Ganmain.
Monday, 27th April: Regular meeting, guest speakers Bronwyn Hatty, Libby Cruikshank and Keryl Dallinger speaking on local community health programs.
Sunday, 3rd May: D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday, 14th May: Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June: 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday, June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
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
The last meeting for the month of March took the form of a farewell dinner to the Mt. Kenya climbers who leave Australia on the first leg of their journey on the 11th April. Sixteen members of the Mt. Kenya team joined us, they also included the “Gin & Tonic” set who intend watching progress from the comfort of a Safari Ranch. The youngest climber has just turned 27 years of age. The oldest is 72 years young.
During the evening, John Glassford ran a couple of short films. The first was taken at Mt. Kenya in the 60’s. The second was more recent 2012. The difference in glacier presence on the mountain, between the two dates was quite obvious. The Club donated a further cheque for $1,000 toward the team’s fundraising.
President Garth farewells John G with a cheque for $1000 from the club
Also leaving for faraway places are President Garth and wife Marg Perkin who leave for Nepal within the next week. It is their intention to conduct a training program with local teachers of primary school children. They will also attend a holiday camp with school children. P.P. Dick Jennings congratulated both the Mt Kenya team and Garth & Marg on their dedication to Rotary ideals and effort in spreading Rotary goodwill throughout the world.
Before his departure, Pres. Garth inducted two fresh members to the Coolamon fold. Trevor Parkes was introduced by PP. Dick Jennings and Steven Exton was introduced by Wayne Lewis.
Easter markets a rousing success
posted by Paul Weston
The markets on Easter Saturday were a resounding success. We had a great rollout of visitors to the markets, and the vendors left happy and looking forward to our next market. The markets are not a huge moneymaker for our club, but I think success is judged by more than just the bottom line. The markets were a great community event, and helped to draw many visitors to our shire when there were many competing activities in the region. The garden viewings in Coolamon synergised nicely with the markets, both events benefitting from the other.
From left to right: The Easter Bunny shares candy with PP Dick, Sharon Miles, Maureen Hulsman and Marilyn Jennings selling tickets for the garden viewing, and a photo of the hopping scene at the markets.
We had some hiccups preparing for the markets because our chair had to step down several months ago due to family commitments, but other members of the committee pulled together and got the job done. This club never ceases to amaze me because of its ability to come through when the going gets tough, and to get things done in style. We came close to cancelling the markets several weeks ago because of concerns about participation by vendors, but we hung tough and made it happen. I am proud to be a Rotarian, and particularly proud to be a member of our small club, which always seems to punch above its weight.
Thanks go to the Rotarians and Friends of Rotary who helped on the day, the partners who directly assisted or tolerated their partner’s absence from family activities on the day, the vendors who made the markets possible, the students from Coolamon Central School who lent a hand, and the many local residents and visitors to the shire who patronised the markets. And special thanks to Easter Bunny Garth, who entertained the crowd, young and old alike.
JUST FOR FUN!
An engineer could not find a job, so he opens a clinic, and puts a sign outside that says: Get Treatment For $50, If Not Cured Get Back $100.
A doctor thinks this is a good opportunity to show up the engineer and earn a quick $100. And so he visits the clinic.
Doctor: I have lost my sense of taste.
Engineer: Nurse, bring the medicine from Box #22 and place 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.
Patient (doctor): Spits out the medicine and says “This is not medicine, it’s gasoline.”
Engineer: Congratulations. You have your taste back. That will be $50.
Doctor gets annoyed, and returns after several days to recover his money.
Doctor: I have lost my memory and can’t remember a thing.
Engineer: Nurse, bring the medicine from Box #22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.
Doctor: “This medicine is for the sense of taste,” protests the doctor.
Engineer: Congrats. Your memory is back…that will be $50.
Doctor leaves, but after several days angrily returns for one last try.
Doctor: My eyesight has become weak.
Engineer: Well, I don’t have any medicine for that. Take this $100.
Doctor: But this is a $50 note.
Engineer: Congratulations, your eyesight has gotten better…that will be $50.
Diary Reminders
BINGO Thursday, 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon (as John G. is not available, we’ll need a substitute–any volunteers?)
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
Wednesday, 8th April – Board meeting.
Monday, 13th April – Regular club meeting and induction of new members, Part 2.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday, May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday, 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday, 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday, June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
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
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be another African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!
MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH
80% of schools in Kenya do not have a library. Thanks to our education programme and the generosity of Rita and Charles Field-Marsham, the children of Lewa School now have access to this important learning resource.
INVESTING IN EDUCATION
Yesterday, Lewa and Lewa Downs Primary School held a ceremony to officially open the school’s new and beautiful library! The library was sponsored by the Rita and Charles Field-Marsham Foundation through the Lewa Education Programme.
While this may not be news in many parts of the world, in Kenya, 80% of schools have no library, making Lewa School one of the few to own this crucial learning resource. The impact of libraries on learning is invaluable and these students now have an exciting opportunity to discover the world, gain new knowledge and explore limitless opportunities.
Rita Field-Marsham says:
“Our vision is to provide every school aged child in Kenya with a quality library and we feel very fortunate that Lewa has helped us deliver this vision for the students of Lewa Downs Primary and the Lewa community.”
The children, teachers and parents of Lewa School were beyond jubilant, immensely grateful not only for this new library, but Lewa’s support over the years.
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 23rd. 2015
“Our guest speaker Monday night was Vanessa Warren, who gave a very interesting talk on her experience in North Dakota as an exchange employee in an ag services company. Vanessa, a local girl who obtained a BSc in agriculture from Charles Sturt Uni, works as an agronomist with Delta Ag in Coolamon. She took a leave of absence last year to work for nearly a year in North Dakota (near the border with Canada) and experienced a very different climate and way of farming.
The extremes of temperature (from -40C to +40C) and low rainfall, combined with boggy soils, makes for very different farming from the Riverina. Vanessa gained some very interesting work experience, and enjoyed the hospitality shown to her by the locals, who welcomed Vanessa into their community. Vanessa is now back in Coolamon, with her life enriched by this experience. Neil Munro formally thanked Vanessa and presented her with a gift of appreciation.”
By: PP Paul Weston
PP Neil Munro thanks Vanessa Warren
SHELTERBOX APPEAL
Last week the club collected a ShelterBox from Wagga Wagga Wollundry and set it up in Ganmain on the Saturday and followed that up with another display in Coolamon on Friday.
The whole exercise to raise funds for 2 ShelterBoxes for the Vanuatu cyclone appeal met our goals and we raised just over $2,000 which is enough for 2 ShelterBoxes for Vanuatu. Thank you to all who volunteered on the two days. Well done Ganmain raising over one third of the total $2,000.
Myffy and Bernadette in Ganmain.
The two Ians in Coolamon.
JUST FOR FUN!
Zebra Laundry
Diary Reminders
***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.
We have 19 joining this meeting with 13 out of the 16 intrepid travelers to Kenya and South Africa attending please join us to wish the teams bon voyage “na Safari Jema”.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, visited Rotarians in Uruguay. President Huang also visited a statue of Chinese philosopher, Confucius.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
D 9700 DISCON
It was an excellent conference with some 252 delegates including 7 from Coolamon. The talk by Dr Luc from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a highlight among many highlights. Thanks go to DG David and the Conference Chair Harry Howard for making the two days affordable, efficient and most enjoyable. Here are some photos courtesy of PDG John Egan:
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
In Seven Days
In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies. God saw that it was good.
Evening came and morning came and it was the second Day.
On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.
On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.
On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.
On the Fifth day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day
On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good blokes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.
On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good. well almost good. God saw that the blokes were tired and needed a rest.
So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody great!
IT WAS AUSTRALIA !!
ROTARY INFORMATION
Seung Jin Kim shows off his sail emblazoned with the End Polio Now logo before setting off on his voyage around the globe.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of District 3260
Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds — his goal is $200,000 or more — for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.
Seung Jin Kim, a member of the Rotary Club of Seokmum, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, receives encouragement before embarking in October on a 25,600-mile, around-the-world voyage to raise awareness and money for polio eradication.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of District 3260
ONLY IN AFRICA
Seen in Nairobi it is raining heavily in Kenya and snowing on Mount Kenya above 4,000 metres.
OUT OF AFRICA
We are staying at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri on our way to the mountain and on the way back. The Outspan is famous for Lord Baden-Powell and his cottage is there which we will visit, now a museum:
How about taking a break from the hustle and bustle of town life and escape to Outspan and enjoy your breakfast or dinner as you enjoy the view of the sunrise or sunset over Mt. Kenya, indulge your friends & family with our diverse list of activities available from our Snooker room to taking a tour of our world renowned Lord Baden Powell Museum.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
One of the reasons I am climbing Mount Kenya is to look at the Lewis Glacier, walk on it as it will not be there much longer due to global warming this evidence is beyond discussion now and this evidence proves it once and for all and it is MAN MADE there is NO doubt; the jury is in and the verdict has been reached. WE ARE GUILTY!
The main reason that I am climbing Mount Kenya is to honour my Father George James Glassford on ANZAC Day 100 years since he landed at Gallipoli. I will wear his medals for the first and last time before I hand them over to my eldest son Sean. These medals were the only ones awarded to the British Forces in World War 1 and are known as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after a Daily Mirror cartoon published in 1920.
It concerned the adventures of an orphaned family of animals. Pip, who assumed the “father” role, was a dog, while the “mother”, Squeak, was a penguin. Wilfred was the “young child” and was a rabbit with very long ears.[
They are the 1914-1915 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
FOOTNOTE
DG David Kennedy launched the Mount Kenya Crowd Funding web site campaign at the D9700 conference and please send this email onto your friends and associates asking for their support, just copy and paste:
Our Rotary climbing team is off again, this time to climb Mount Kenya on ANZAC Day 2015 April 25th to raise funds for Legacy Australia and their support of Australia’s war widows and orphans. At the same time continue our education and health projects in Kenya and South Africa.
We are looking for your support, pure and simple.
Please join the Rotary Clubs of Coolamon and Wagga Wagga Sunrise in Australia’s greatest and unique fundraiser for Legacy Australia and Children’s Education in Africa. Visit our crowd funding site! See how it works; watch the two minute video; get involved and make a secure donation, “go the distance” and “pick a perk” and help us to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
Follow our party’s fundraising Climb up Mount Kenya on Anzac Day 2015.
Click on the link below to see our Crowd Funding site and please forward this invitation to all your friends and relatives, especially your children, nieces and nephews, asking them to forward this email onto their friends.
Our latest signing is none other than Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick D.B.E. Dame Daphne started the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and rescues orphaned elephants due to the poaching crisis in Kenya. This lady is an angel:
There is much written about Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE and for us the following statements attributed to her about elephants sum up the Lady, an angel in our midst, a Dame of the British Empire. “They share with us a strong sense of family and they also share with us a deep sense of death. I know that they grieve and they mourn, just as we do at the loss of a loved one and that they shed tears and suffer depression. They have a sense of compassion that projects beyond their own kind and can extend to other species in distress. They help one another in adversity, miss absent loved ones, and when you know them really well, you can see that they even smile when having fun and are happy.”
And we are smiling, thank you so much Dame Daphne Sheldrick.
We will be having a meeting with Dame Daphne on May 1st in Nairobi at her orphanage for baby elephants.
That is all for the regular bulletin HOWEVER when time permits and with your blessing, over the next 2 months or so I will do my best to send you updates on the progress of the trip to Kenya and South Africa and RAGES.
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
LITTLEDALE FINE WINES SUPPORT THE ANZAC DAY MOUNT KENYA CLIMB.
We are pleased to announce that we have the support and sponsorship of Littledale Fine Wines from Sydney. They have put together a special package for their wines with a generous discount and a donation of $18 for every dozen of their wines they sell via this campaign.
To order your dozen go to the following website please and use the code ANZAC1:
THIS WILL BE MY LAST BULLETIN FOR SOME TIME AT LEAST UNTIL WE RETURN FROM KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA. It will be an African themed bulletin this week, surprise surprise!
MARCH IS ROTARY LITERACY MONTH
One of the beneficiaries of the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb will be the Oloimugi Maasai Village situated on the equator under the shadows of Mount Kenya. These children have to walk to school some 5 ks every day through hostile country with elephants and lions to contend with. The goal is to provide good education facilities including teachers and a class room so that they can be equipped for high school and beyond.
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 16th. 2015
Eleven members and seven guests attended our meeting tonight and we had a great time with some excellent fellowship mixed with business and a very good guest speaker. The raffle was won again by Leslie Weston and we made some pocket money with the fines session. Our guests were Marilyn Jennings, Helen Lewis, Stephen Exton, Trevor Park, Dave McKinley and our guest speaker Craig Riley.
PE Wayne Lewis and PP Ian Jennings conducted the fine session tonight.
Tonight we had the pleasure of a local guest speaker in Craig Riley from the Coolamon Butchers. It was a very good talk and Craig obviously loves his work and it showed. Craig has a long list of achievements including NSW Apprentice of the year in his 1st year as an apprentice, butcher of the year, one of the first butchers to learn how to conduct a hazard course in meat handling following the Garibaldi salmonella scare in Adelaide.
Craig worked for various butchers and at A.J. Bush and Sons he did 80 hours a week for 7 years. Craig moved to Coolamon with his wife Lisa and has two children and now he has a balanced life style and can see his son for dinner the old fashioned way. The future of the butchering trade looks like going down the track of well prepared and a variety of different meals for the busy families of this day and age. Craig also feels that the supermarkets are no longer a threat to the corner butcher shop as service and customer satisfaction is now paramount in the success of butchers like Craig, Thank you Craig.
PP Dick Jennings thanking Craig Riley with our Kangaroo money pouch as a gift.
President Garth reminded members of the upcoming District Conference this weekend in Cowra. The board also set the change over dinner for Monday 29th June. Also on the calender is a farewell dinner for the Mount Kenya climber/hikers and safari teams set for Monday 30th March.
The Vanuatu crisis due to cyclone Pam was discussed and John Glassford to locate a ShelterBox for display and fund raising in Coolamon this Saturday. This has been done and a ShelterBox will be in Coolamon for Saturday volunteers are needed.
The Cornish-based charity Shelterbox is mobilising aid and a response team to Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam.
The United Nations Humanitarian Office said on the main island of Efate, 90% of structures were damaged or destroyed.
Many of Vanuatu’s 260,000 population are said to be homeless, with thousands of people sheltering in over 25 evacuation centres.
The charity will send 1,000 shelter kits to help repair damaged buildings.
ShelterBox operational manager Alf Evans said: “Our initial response will see the 1,000 shelter kits deployed from Subang and distributed with CARE International.
“Once we have ShelterBox response team members on the ground we will be aiming to make further contributions to partnership work on shelter and repair.”
This is for you mate and we feel for you right now.
JUST FOR FUN!
Diary Reminders
Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra. Book Now.
*Monday 23rd March 2015 Guest Speaker Vanessa Warren Agronomist with Delta Ag worked 12 months in the USA.
***Monday 30th March Farewell Dinner for the Mount Kenya Teams and the team of 2 going to Nepal.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at West Wyalong venue West Wyalong High School.
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Monday June 29th. Annual Change Over Dinner
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang poses with inbound Youth Exchange Program students in front of the World Peace Bell in Quito, Ecuador.
RI President Huang attended the Educational Excellence Award ceremony during his visit to Quito, Ecuador.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
An outstanding achievement by Bathurst East Rotary to have sponsored an Interact Club at Kelso High.
Congrats to Club members Graham Bright & Stephanie Brown for their persistence and welcome to the first 7 members..
President: Emily Hayes Secretary: Amy McLeish
Treasurer: Lachlan Hicks Members: Olivia Sheehan, Jack Portegies, Bella Fenton and Tom Rosser
Also pictured here Club Pres. Peter Ketith & School Principal Michael Sloan, DG David. Well done everyone!!!
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
IRISH Saint Patrick’s Day Today
Paddy & Murphy are working on a building site.
Paddy says to Murphy ‘Im gonna have the day off, I’m gonna pretend I’m mad!’
He climbs up the rafters , hangs upside down & shouts ‘I’M A LIGHTBULB! I’M A LIGHTBULB!’
Murphy watches in amazement!
The Foreman shouts ‘Paddy you’re mad, go home.’
So he leaves the site.
Murphy starts packing his kit up to leave as well.
‘Where are you going?’ asks the Foreman.
‘I cant work in the dark! ‘ says Murphy.
Poker
A bit of beginning of the week humour:
Six Irish men were playing poker when one of them played a bad hand and died.
The rest drew straws to see who would tell his wife. One man draws the shortest straw and goes to his friend’s house to tell the wife.
The man says to her, “Your husband lost some money in the poker game and is afraid to come home.”
The wife says, “Tell him to drop dead!”
The man responds, “I’ll go tell him.”
Irish Wisdom… (Really!)
1. May the luck of the Irish be with you!
2. If you want praise, die. If you want blame, marry.
3. Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!
4. If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!
5. May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
6. A man may live after losing his life but not after losing his honour.
7. “All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” – Sean O’Casey
8. You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.
9. It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.
10. It is better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!
The Airplane
Paddy the Englishman, Paddy the Irishman, Paddy the Scotsman, and Paddy the Welshman were all flying together in an airliner. The captain announced that they were losing altitude rapidly and that one of them would have to jump out to save the others.
“I do this for the glory of Scotland,” said Paddy the Scotsman and he jumped out.
“We need to lose more weight,” said the captain, so Paddy the Welshman shouted, “I do this for the glory of Wales,” and jumped out.
“Sorry,” said the captain. “I’m afraid we need to lose the weight of just one more person.”
“I do this for the glory of Ireland,” said Paddy the Irishman and threw out Paddy the Englishman.
Thanks for the above from PDG Patrick Coleman in Zimbabwe.
ROTARY INFORMATION
ROTARY WINS PRESTIGIOUS SILVER TELLY FOR AIDS DOCUMENTARY
Marion Bunch my CEO when I served on the RFFA now RFHA Board for 3 years. I learnt a lot from this very strong woman. I first met Marion at the Chicago Convention celebrating 100 years of Rotary.
A documentary film produced by Rotary’s broadcast media department that features Rotary member Marion Bunch and her work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in underprivileged African communities won two 2015 Telly Awards.
The prestigious awards are given annually to the finest film and video productions. Rotary’s documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days” received a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the online video-documentary category, and a Bronze Telly in the online video-branded content and entertainment category. The documentary was shown by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and throughout Africa.
“What we tried to accomplish with the film was to get the good news and the good deeds out there so that the non-Rotary world can see it,” says producer Andrew Chudzinski. “It was a great collaborative project.”
The film documents the tremendous burden HIV/AIDS places on African families and communities. It covers the journeys of two women: South African grandmother Me Maria, who is raising her two grandsons whose parents died of AIDS, and Bunch, from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who became a global advocate for AIDS prevention and the inspiration for Rotary Family Health Days after she lost her son to the disease.
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
Cape Town on our schedule from May 4th. Great city great people!
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
THE CLIMBERS/HIKERS
Fred Loneragan co-leader Wagga Wagga Sunrise Rotary Club from Wagga Wagga retired NSW policeman 72 climbed the Mountains of the Moon with me in 2011.
John Glassford co-leader Coolamon Rotary Club originally from Kenya 71
Chris Finkel Forbes Rotary Club 71
The above are the three over 70 and I do not know the exact ages of the rest of the climbers:
Mathew Joseph Rotorua Rotary Club New Zealand a retired doctor and anesthetist originally from India.
Alex Thompson from Coolamon and the youngest at 26 not a Rotarian but his Mother and Father both leading lights in Coolamon want Alex to experience Africa with us.
Peter Sparks Griffith Avanti Rotary Club a retired NSW Senior Ambulance Officer and climbed Kilimanjaro with me in 2007.
Mark Janetzki Henty Rotary Club School teacher and climbed the Mountains of the Moon with me in 2011.
Harry Nixon Wagga Wagga Kooringal Rotary Club an electrician with his own business in Wagga Wagga.
LAC David Nixon Harry’s son in the RAAF based at Williamtown.
Don Dyce Coolamon Rotary Club and a local farmer in the Coolamon area.
We also have 5 ladies joining us on safari of which three are partners of the climbers/hikers.
There is still a chance that some local Kenyan Rotarians will join us. The four Majors from the ADF are unable to join us due to the illness of Major Rebecca Lacey
LAC David Nixon will be leading us in the Dawn Service from the summit of Point Lenana on ANZAC Day which we will record and hopefully send back to Australia from just below the summit.
We are launching the Indiegogo crowd funding campaign for the project this Saturday afternoon at our Rotary District Conference in Cowra. Having never done one before we are in the dark as to the response that we will get. We are also approaching all our Rotary connections as we have done in the past in the normal way with our Kilimanjaro and the Mountains of the Moon climbs in 2007 and 2011.
You will be able to get on from Saturday afternoon via our web site:
I will be asking each and everyone of you to share the link via email with 20 of your family, friends and business acquaintances and ask them to do the same. This way we ask for your support for the beneficiaries of this adventure.
Each climber is funding their own travel and accommodation costs, so that every $ we raise, as a team, goes to the beneficiaries.
Just briefly this all came about not long after we returned home from the Mountains of the Moon climb/attempt. It is not about myself but about why I started this. It is about my Father , my Mother, Kenya and the children. My Father was an original ANZAC a Kiwi who landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day 1915. Survived until July when he was hit in the chest and lost an eye. My Mother was a British Army nurse on the Egyptian front and a triage sister at El Alamein and loved the ANZACS. Mother eventually married one! Dad migrated to Kenya from New Zealand in 1919 and started a coffee plantation.
Originally I was going on my own in a silent tribute to my Father who died in Kenya when I was 10. However Fred Loneragan persuaded me otherwise! My Father joined the New Zealand Army in 1911 as a 20 year old.
FOOTNOTE
We are visiting Giraffe Manor on the 1st May and it is one of Nairobi’s most iconic buildings, but the strangest and most enjoyable thing about it is not its beautiful façade or elegant interiors, it’s the herd of resident Rothschild giraffe. The long-necked beasts pop in and out of the manor, perhaps even joining us for lunch.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
The One Fight Unite RAGES poster campaign continues to gather momentum, thanks to Duke Ingram and Rubin Besureis from London and their band Besureis. This week two more notable conservationists joined the SAY NO! Poster Campaign.
Saba Iassa Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservationist and television presenter. She has worked for a variety of conservation charities, and has appeared in wildlife documentaries produced by the BBC and other broadcasters.
What a great day having lunch with the one and only Kevin Richardson, the lion whisperer, what a blast he is. The man who brings the big cats, hyenas and other large carnivores of Africa up close and personal to the screen. Millions of people around the world have fallen in love with his films and documentaries and famous cuddles with his beloved lions. We think you’re fabulous Kevin. For more on Kevin’s work and the journey of his extraordinary life please check the link below:
That is all for the regular bulletin HOWEVER when time permits and with your blessing, over the next 2 months or so I will do my best to send you updates on the progress of the trip to Kenya and South Africa and RAGES.
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
A documentary film produced by Rotary’s broadcast media department that features Rotary member Marion Bunch and her work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in underprivileged African communities won two 2015 Telly Awards.
The prestigious awards are given annually to the finest film and video productions. Rotary’s documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days” received a Silver Telly, the highest honor, in the online video-documentary category, and a Bronze Telly in the online video-branded content and entertainment category. The documentary was shown by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and throughout Africa.
“What we tried to accomplish with the film was to get the good news and the good deeds out there so that the non-Rotary world can see it,” says producer Andrew Chudzinski. “It was a great collaborative project.”
The tremendous burden on the families of those infected by HIV/AIDS – particularly for older people caring for their terminally ill children and raising their grandchildren, and for children who are orphaned – is incalculable.
This is a story of people coming together to help fight this global killer along with other preventable diseases.
Inspired by Marion Bunch, an American woman who lost her son to AIDS, Rotary Family Health Days will offer free health care services over three days in S. Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda in April 2014.
Three of the girls that the Orphan Rescue Kit and our Coolamon Rotary Club’s project has supported and continues to support. All three are doing exceptionally well at their schools and college. Quinter is now ready to enter the work force our next job is to help her with her vocation as a pediatrician in her home at Mathare.
MEETING SUNDAY MARCH 8th. 2015
The Brains Trust!
Yes you read right we had our meeting at The Rock on Sunday as Monday 9th is a board meeting and The Rock Challenge involves our club. We had a good roll up from Coolamon, Wayne Lewis drove the Rotary Caravan out to The Rock to provide tea and coffee. The Henty Rotary Club put on the BBQ for breakfast and lunch and then the Kenyans turned up to cook Nyama Chomo from the goats that Wayne had provided.
Coolamon members present were Garth Perkin, Wayne Lewis, Don Dyce, Ted Hutcheon, Ian Durham, Ian Jennings, Dick Jennings, John Glassford and several guests including Marg Perkin, Susan Glassford, Alex Thompson and Sally Farmer.
Climbers going to Kenya included Mark Janetzki, PDG Fred Loneragan, Alex Thompson, Don Dyce, John Glassford, Harry Nixon and all the way from the Rotary Club of Rotorua New Zealand was Mathew Joseph.
Thanks to all the challengers and especially the Henty Rotary Club who did a great job. Here are some photos from the day at The Rock!
JUST FOR FUN!
Diary Reminders
BINGO Thursday 12th March, Neil Munro (Captain), Dick Jennings, Don Dyce, Henk Hulsman
*Monday March 16th Guest Speaker Craig Riley “Changes in the Meat and Butchering Industry”
Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra. Book Now.
*Monday 23rd March 2015 Guest Speaker Vanessa Warren Agronomist with Delta Ag worked 12 months in the USA.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at Grenfell
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife, Corinna, attended a Rotary Day event in Chile, organized by Districts 4320, 4340, and 4355.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR DAVID KENNEDY D 9700
His Excellency General David Hurley AC DSC, Governor of New South Wales addressing the audience at the launch of the Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards and declaring nominations are now open.
Wednesday of last week saw the launch of the inaugural Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards. Credit goes to th Rotary Clubs of the Illawarra that piloted the Pride of the Illawarra Awards for the past four years, and now are been taken up as a Rotary NSW, state-wide initiative.
The Awards acknowledge and celebrate outstanding Community Service of NSW Emergency Services Personnel that best exemplifies Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self”.
His Excellency General David Hurley ASC DSC, Governor of NSW is Patron of the Awards and he commended the selfless work performed by Emergency Services Personnel and congratulated Rotary for its work in the community and supporting Emergency Services.
Nominations can be made online at www.RotaryESCawards.org.au are open until 6 May. A gala awards dinner will be held in August.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Meteor
As a jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day, the copilot was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA system.
Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons, struck the earth 50,000 years ago at about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep.
The Blonde lady sitting next to me exclaimed: Wow, look! It just missed the highway!
ROTARY INFORMATION
Over the last 10 years, Fary Moini has taken 19 trips to Afghanistan. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Fary Moini
Thousands of women across Rotary deserve recognition on International Women’s Day, March 8, and while it isn’t possible to highlight them all, we chose to profile several of them. These are women who work tirelessly on behalf of others, and whose efforts touch lives across the world, often in remote and inhospitable places. With projects focused on child and maternal health, economic development, and other humanitarian concerns, these women are proof of Rotary’s diversity and global reach.
Ola Al-Awamleh Almasri Amman, Jordan Rotary Club of Amman Capital
Almasri helped build a water-catchment system for a public school in Jordan with a large enrollment of underprivileged students. She’s also organized and supported vocational projects that train students to become entrepreneurs. She was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 50 businesswomen in the Arab world.
Fary Moini San Diego, California, USA Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle
Over the last 10 years, Moini has taken 19 trips to Afghanistan to work on projects ranging from school construction to setting up computer labs. Her fellow Rotary members called her “inspirational” in her involvement in the building of a school in Jalalabad, and in helping to provide neonatal and midwife training for medical professionals.
Christina Covotsou-Patroclou Limassol, Cyprus Rotary Club of Limassol-Berengaria Cosmopolitan
Covotsou-Patroclou is a charter member of the Interact Club of Limassol, and helped launch the Rotaract Club of Limassol-Amathusia, the first Rotaract club in Cyprus. A former Paul Harris fellow, she worked with ShelterBox in 2006 to provide aid in Lebanon.
Deepa Willingham Solvang, California, USA Rotary Club of Santa Ynez Valley
Willingham is founder and chair of PACE Universal (Promise of Assurance to Children Everywhere), a nonprofit organization that educates girls in the world’s poorest areas and works to prevent child trafficking. Working with Rotary clubs around the world, the center she formed provides education, microloans, health care, clean water and sanitation, and community infrastructure. “Together, we have created a site that is affecting the lives of 30,000 to 40,000 people,” Willingham says.
Teodora Alinsod Lucero Laguna, Philippines Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Centro
A midwife, Lucero is operating a birthing clinic that delivers an average of 500 babies a year. She also organizes a free medical clinic and workshop for pregnant women in underserved communities. In 2013, the National General Assembly of Midwives presented her the Gaward Agham Special Award for Excellence in clinical care.
Carolyn Jones Anchorage, Alaska, USA Rotary Club of Anchorage East
The first woman to serve as a Rotary Foundation trustee, Jones has traveled to Russia as a Rotary volunteer five times, three of them as a preschool teacher for developmentally delayed children in orphanages. But her volunteer efforts have taken her elsewhere as well: “In the 27 years that I’ve been a Rotarian, I’ve administered polio drops in India, planted trees in Brazil, promoted microcredit in Costa Rica, and delivered baby formula in Uganda,” Jones says.
Bernadette Blackstock Franklinville, New Jersey, USA Rotary Club of Glassboro Sunrise
The CEO of People for People Foundation, Blackstock helps normally self-sufficient people who have fallen on hard times to afford food, clothing, rent, utilities, medications, and other life necessities. “Since 2003, our foundation has served over 10,000 families,” Blackstock says.
Ginger Vann Baker, Louisiana, USA Rotary Club of Baker
Vann coordinates a tutoring program for at-risk students. With the help of her club, she renovated a derelict school building and worked with tutors to reach 50 students a day. She’s also passionate about workforce development in Baker, where well-paying craftsman jobs often go unfilled. “We’re not going out there and finding just anybody; we’re targeting the unemployed, underemployed, and veterans,” Vann says.
President Uhuru Kenyatta burns 15 tonnes of the Kenyan stock pile of ivory and promises to burn all 100 tonnes by the end of 2015.
Many continue to wonder why burning of ivory makes sense. They seem to forget that ivory – the tooth of an animal that cannot be farmed – is a limited resource. The market, on the other hand, is huge due in part to previous so-called one-off sales that signalled that the buying of ivory is ok. Dumping ivory from stockpiles into the marketplace may lead to an immediate decline in prices – but it will surely be short-lasting with carving factories and outlets in high gear inspiring consumers to buy. And the killing will continue. We’re admittedly pessimistic if the demand is not dealt with through domestic and well policed bans and continuing public awareness campaigns that make it shameful to buy ivory.
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
This video shows the result of global warming and the vanishing glaciers on Mount Kenya it also shows how cold it is going to be for the climbers.
FOOTNOTE
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
Brian May from Queen signs our poster SAY NO! Brian is a passionate advocate and voice for endangered species in the United Kingdom and beyond. One of the finest musicians today.:
Can’t tell you how thrilled we are to have Brian May sign our Say No poster campaign. Brian is not only a genius guitarist but a legend in soul and spirit, a defender and guardian of our British wildlife which is so very rightly needed in today’s world. His work with “Save Me” and the awareness Brian brings to the public on topics of fox hunting, badger culling, buzzards and much more is simply astounding and the call for change for the British voiceless is now.
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
An adult Maasai Moran warrior starts to learn how to write and read at Oloimugi.
Adult literacy is as important as basic learning fro primary school age children at the Oloimugi Maasai Village. One of the projects we will be supporting through the Mount Kenya 2015 ANZAC Day Climb.
Basic Education and Literacy is one of the 6 Areas of Focus of the Rotary Foundation.
Today, global literacy statistics paint a gloomy picture. Illiteracy threatens over 785 million adults worldwide, translating into one in every five people on the planet, with either no or just basic reading skills. Two-thirds of the illiterate population is women.
STOP PRESS
Our twin club Hout Bay Rotary’s first Interact Club was chartered yesterday with Silikamva High School in Imizamu Yethu, Hout Bay – The proud fellow Rotarian Interact President Stephano Nkosi with Hout Bay Rotary President Christine Paterson and the Interact members
Our thoughts are with the people of Cape Town battling large bush fires there right now:
Big fire raging on the mountain in Muizenberg this evening. Our thoughts go out to our friends in Hout Bay and the fire fighters, volunteers and helicopter pilots trying to put out the fire tonight. Stay safe Hout Bay!
MEETING MONDAY MARCH 2nd. 2015
Well we had a good meeting tonight with 17 members and guests present presided over by PP Dick Jennings who as always does a wonderful job, most enjoyable fellowship.
Congratulations to Ian and Marilyn Jennings for the birth of their second grand daughter yesterday. As usual we celebrated with a bottle of port to wet the baby’s head another girl.
Ian Durham advised all present of the upcoming RYDA week Rotary Youth Driver Awareness campaign and that 24 students from year 11 from Coolamon Central School will be attending on March 9th. We are required ot volunteer on Friday 13th March. Now known as Road Safety Education a Rotary Project:
Ian also informed us of the upcoming RYLA week or Rotary Youth Leadership Awards to be held near Wagga Wagga for 18-28 year old tertiary students entries close on March 13th:
We also had a talk on the new Rotarian Action Group RAGES by the Chair of this, RAG John Glassford.
See the regular stories of RAGES at the end of the bulletin and visit the RAGES web site.
All members are requested to support The Rock Challenge on Sunday morning from 7 am onwards.
Thanks go to Peter Sparks from the RC of Griffith Avanti for making this video.
Just For FUN!
Diary Reminders
*Sunday March 8th The Rock Challenge Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb.
Monday 9th-Friday 13th March RYDA at the Wagga Wagga Showgrounds. Coolamon on duty Friday 13th March see Ian Durham.
Monday March 9th Have-a-Chat followed by the monthly Directors.
BINGO Thursday 12th March, Neil Munro (Captain), Dick Jennings, Don Dyce, Henk Hulsman
*Monday March 16th Guest Speaker Craig Riley “Changes in the Meat and Butchering Industry”
Saturday 21st March to Sunday 22nd March D 9700 CONFERENCE at Cowra. Book Now.
*Monday 23rd March 2015 Guest Speaker Vanessa Warren Agronomist with Delta Ag worked 12 months in the USA.
Saturday April 4th ROTARY EASTER MARKETS in COOLAMON.
BINGO Thursday 9th April, 2015 Ian Jennings (Captain), Ted Hutcheon, John Glassford, Mark Reardon
Saturday 11th April – Sunday May 10th Mount Kenya ANZAC Day 2015 Climb in Kenya.
April 13th-April 20th RYLA Camp
Sunday May 3rd D9700 Assembly at Grenfell
BINGO Thursday 14th May, Grahame Miles (Captain), Paul Weston, Wayne Lewis, Dick Jennings
Saturday 6th June – Tuesday 9th June 2015 RI Convention Sao Paulo BRAZIL.
*Partners and Guests Night.
Apologies for Monday meetings call Christine Atkinson on 0427 880 158 or 6927 3521 BY FRIDAY 12.00 pm.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT GARY HUANG
Above the full Rotary International Board how many Directors can you name?
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE
MARCH 2015
In Rotary, we have the opportunity to build bonds of friendship with fellow Rotarians around the world. And once a year, at our international convention, we have the chance to get together with all of our Rotary friends, to share new ideas, plan new service, and just have fun.
What better way to celebrate the end of the 2014-15 Rotary year, and Light Up Rotary with your friends, than to travel together to the 106th annual Rotary International Convention in São Paulo, Brazil? Whether you have never been to a convention before or are an experienced convention goer, this will be one you won’t want to miss. Preregistration pricing ends on 31 March, so plan now for the biggest Rotary party of the year.
The convention will begin on Saturday, 6 June, and after the opening ceremony there will be a traditional Brazilian Carnival party and a Samba School Parade at the Anhembi Sambadrome. Even if you think you have no rhythm or can’t carry a tune, you will find yourself dancing, singing, and laughing all night long. The party and parade will feature the bright colors, feathers, and sequins of Carnival costumes as well as the sights and sounds of samba, the Afro-Brazilian music and dance, and the delicious food and drinks of São Paulo.
Presidents Elect Training Seminar was held in Young over the weekend. Can anyone see PE Wayne Lewis?
DGE Gary Roberts and team carries out the training over two days and one night. The theme for 2015-2015 is:
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Restaurant
A group of 40-year-old friends discuss where they should meet for dinner.
Finally the men decide that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the waitresses there….have low-cut blouses and nice boobs.
10 years later, at 50 years of age, the group once again discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the food there….is very good and the wine selection is good also.
10 years later at 60 years of age, the group once again discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they can…eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant has a beautiful view of the ocean.
10 years later, at 70 years of age, the group once again discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the…..restaurant is wheelchair-accessible and they even have an lift.
10 years later, at 80 years of age, the group once again discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant……because they have never been there before!
ROTARY INFORMATION
Double click on the above graphic to be able to read it.
Donations to The Rotary Foundation make it possible for Rotary clubs to tackle some of the world’s most pressing needs. See how your gift to the Foundation provided clean water to a village in Peru, promoted peace to displaced young people in Australia, brought prenatal care to a remote area of Haiti, helped exploited workers in India, rebuilt a flood-ravaged school in the United States, and nurtured a family of orphans in Uganda.
ONLY IN AFRICA
OUT OF AFRICA
Baled Python
MOUNT KENYA 2015 ANZAC DAY CLIMB
This will be a permanent section for the next 12 months in our weekly bulletin and I will update stories to this article as and when we get them. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs have approved our application to be part of the Centenary for ANZAC and we are allowed to use the logo below with some rules on it’s use:
The Mount Kenya 2015 web site can be found here on clicking the banner below:
So looking forward to going home. We will be attending the Dawn Service for ANZAC Day on Point Lenana in honour of all ANZACS and especially my father, a Kiwi, who landed at Gallipoli on April 25th 1915. There will be 10 of us including one Kiwi. We will have the service play the Last Post and toast our ANZAC heroes and they are heroes. We are looking for a Turkish climber or two to shake hands with us. George Glassford migrated to Kenya in 1919. We could see Mount Kenya every day from the coffee shamba he developed, now Karanguru Coffee Estates.
Pippa RichardsAs an Aussie, I love this amazing tribute you are going to do!!
FOOTNOTE
FRIDAY NIGHT BOWLS IN COOLAMON.
Congratulations to Craig Corrigan now President of the Coolamon Sports and Recreation Club.
LATEST NEWS FROM RAGES.
THEMBI
Dr William Fowlds said today “We have decided to name Thandi’s rhino calf Thembi, meaning hope in isiXhosa. The name seemed to fit best given that this little calf has brought fresh hope and energy to those who struggle to secure the future of our rhino. She is a new generation of life, one we hope will never experience a poaching incident like her mother and namesake Themba.”
Dr William Fowlds of Investec Rhino Lifeline commented at event: “The name Thembi seemed to fit best given that this little calf has brought fresh hope and energy to those who struggle to secure the future of our rhino. She is a new generation of life, one I hope will never experience a poaching incident like her mother and namesake Themba.”
Dr Fowlds continues: “This story has become one of the most successful awareness building campaigns that this crisis has generated to date. These rhino have taken the brutality of poaching into the living rooms of people all across the world and they have stirred us to action in ways that we could never have hoped for. And now, when rhino poaching is more than twice as severe as it was back then, both Thandi and little Thembi remind us about the value of life for this species.
Thank you all for your suggestions and wonderful support over the past 3 years. We can’t believe that today is three years on from the horrific poaching.
T SHIRTS
We are making T Shirts for RAGES members to invest in. These are being made in Wagga Wagga and shipped all over the world. Get your order in to John Glassford. We start printing them this Thursday.
Several well known conservationists are about to sign the poster and as soon as we have the photos we will share them with you. In the meantime Besureis are composing and recording the song “Africa” to go with the poster campaign; it is amazing!
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
