BULLETIN of the ROTARY CLUB of OCEAN GROVE INC.
Volume 24 No.32
Notice for the meeting at ‘Mirabooka’,Kingston Park on Tuesday, 21st February at 6.00 for 6.30 PM. Best access is from ‘The Mex’ carpark, but the south gate to Kingston Park will be open. Bring drinks and glasses. The staff and volunteers will provide the meal.
Mirabooka is a Girl Guide’s centre and the building may become the next ‘hands-on’ project for our club as it needs a bit of maintenance.
Chair. Coral Barker. Ass’t cashier and thanker Geoff Brentnell. Greeter and ass’t Sgt Anne Brown
Anniversary John & Shirley Dodgshun, 25th.
COMING UP
28th Feb The Red Cross Calling night, [if you haven’t already done your route], to be followed by a social night and barbeque back at the pub. No other specific duties.
3rd to 5th March-- District conference at Portland.
7th March. Speakers – Tim & Karen Kemp; ‘Our two years afloat on the British canal system’
Chair. John Fox. Ass’t cashier & thanker John Calnin. Greeter & ass’t Sgt Margaret Campbell. This will be a partners’night. _______________________________
The progressive dinner/ auction night was a huge success
The quick-fire auction of 17 items by our resident pro.’ auctioneer Trevor McArdle was only one of several highlights of a really ‘fun’ night out last Saturday, thanks to the efforts of John and Nan Calnin and a few able helpers. About $4500 was raised towards our defibrillator project.
The auction items ranged from a package for two of buffet dinner, accommodation and breakfast at Geelong’s Four Points Sheraton Hotel, [knocked down for a bargain $380], to a football signed by all of the Geelong 2006 footy team. We are grateful to many generous donors, including members and their partners. Door prizes and raffle goods were much sought after and surely, no-one could have gone home hungry. The fare was quite outstanding and excellent value for $30.
Generous serves of pizza at the Calnins, a wide range of horses doovers at the Triggs, and a further two courses of high quality at the hotel surely made us all replete!
Accolades to the hotel, which provided the venue rent free and let us all BYO which is a big concession for licensed premises.
Local geography is not a strong point for some members. The Birrells were seen entering the wrong house in Halibut Avenue, [charming hosts, according to Rod], and Foxy, despite being armed with a map, led a dozen cars to the wrong address in Drysdale.
Special thanks to the Calnins and the Triggs for letting 100 people invade their homes. I lost one of my guests when we were due to adjourn to the hotel, and found him admiring Richard’s fleet of cars!
But this may be the last such function to be arranged by JC. Support by our members was poor.
Perhaps, it’s the cost
In my draft of this bulletin, I was going to enumerate the costs of Rotary, but VP John Calnin talked me out of it. I think he’s right, but we should debate it some time.
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Tonight’s meeting – Neil Callaghan and his DVD of Reunion Island – The Isle of Fire!
Tonight, I saw the best geographical DVD I have ever seen. Absentees missed a treat. I am sure exchange teacher Neil’s talk was great, but frankly, I was too busy looking at those amazing images.
Avalon Airport is a goer
Your editor was one of 440 attendees at the Geelong Chamber of Commerce ‘after five’ function at Skilled Stadium last Thursday, featuring Tim Anderson, General Manager of Linfox Airports, and Simon Westaway, Corporate Relations for Jetstar.
Having started just two years ago, they will fly their one millionth passenger in about 7 or 8 weeks time and expect 650,000 patrons in the next twelve months. 50,000 passengers per month is a great success story. There are already 5 return flights per day to Sydney and two to Adelaide. Daily return flights to Perth commence at the end of March. They have spent $7M in the last two years on further development, and extensions are ongoing. The A320 Airbus replaces the 717 aircraft, and Jetstar is confident of a 15% market share from June this year, [but not entirely using Avalon]. Jetstar has 18 destinations in Australia and can fly you to Christchurch for $189 one way, from Tullamarine.
More Wicked Wisdom
Camping Nature’s way of promoting the motel business.
Cavity A tiny hole in your child’s tooth that takes many dollars to fill.
Celebrity One who is known by many people he is glad he doesn’t know.
Censor A man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
More on the early history of Rotary in Australia
In July 1921, the Rotary Club of Melbourne appointed a committee to survey the resources available to help under- priviledged boys; but while this investigation was in progress, the members engaged in their first recorded community service activity; a picnic at Carrum for 200 children from the Queensberry Street State School. The children were taken to the picnic site in members’ own cars.
Sydney’s first such activity came on 9th November 1921 when there was an outing for 120 children and their nurses from the Royal Alexandra Hospital for children.
So it can be said that the first Rotary projects in Australia were directed at youth!
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Unpalateable as it may at first appear, you will all have to inure yourselves to doing without the bulletin next week as your editor and his proof-reader will be in Mildura. And I don’t have a deputy! Anyway, No 33 will appear on your breakfast table on 1st March. Don’t forget Red Cross Calling on the 28th.
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News in brief
• The dinner at the pub after ‘Red Cross Calling’ will commence at 7.00PM
• Funds in hand at 31/1/2006 total $18759 - $4546 in admin., and $14213 in Charities.
• A bushfire relief data base has been set up to list equip’t available from Rots. Contact ADG Tim.
• We will not be involved in inward or outward student exchange in 2007.
• Past president Peter Robinson’s wife Helen is gravely ill. Our thoughts are with them.
When a cubicle can become a crucible.
A lady had barely got herself seated in a public toilet when she heard a voice from the next cubicle say, “Hi, how are you?”. Not really the type to start a conversation in a public toilet, she answered, “I am doing just fine”. And the other person says, “So, what are you up to?” She thinks, what kind of a question is that, this is too bizarre, but she answered, “uh, I’m like you, just travelling”.
At this point, she’s trying to get out fast when she hears another question, “can I come over?”. Wanting to end the conversation quickly, she replies “no- I’m a little busy right now”.
From next door she hears, ”Listen, I’ll have to call you back. There’s an idiot in the next stall to me who keeps answering all my questions!”. And that is just about the end bit for this week!.
