Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
Winner of the Holmes Trophy for the best attendance by a Club at the 2006 District Conference
Volume 24 No. 38
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, on Tuesday April 4th, 6.00 for 6.30
A Club Assembly, chaired by President Helen, with Martin Geerings as assistant cashier and
Hans Franken, greeter and assistant sergeant.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Martin Geerings 8th, John Calnin 9th, Peter and Jo Hawthorne 10th.. .
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Coming Up
April 11th Speaker Peter Linaker, Barwon Assoc. for Freedom from Fluoride. Alison George Chairperson, Judy Greer greeter and assistant sgt., Rod Greer assistant cashier and thanker.
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A letter from Canada, [Which proves that I have at least one reader]
Readers of bulletin no.37, may recall that I sent greetings to Jan Howard, Keith Nixon and Robin Stevens, inviting them to respond.
Well, I got the following prompt reply from Keith, dated Friday, 24th March.
‘Hi, John:
We received a letter from Ron Smith, Chairman, Rotary Australia World Community Service acknowledging the RC of Southampton’s contribution to Ocean Grove’s project in Yanuca.
I read the letter out at last evening’s meeting and it was well received.
We still want to pursue a Friendship Exchange between our two clubs and, while it may be a little late, our club is still interested in hosting a group this July or August in Southampton. I can provide more details on the area to any who are interested. If that doesn’t work, a number of us would like to visit in 2007 and host a group in Southampton in our summer of 2007.
Hope this is of interest! Cheers Keith’
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Now then, if any of you would like to contact Keith direct, you can do so on Keithisaway@yahoo.ca, or, I am happy to be the co-ordinator for any of us interested in developing this fantastic idea. Contact me and I will keep Keith informed.
Southampton is located on the Eastern shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Ca. at 44-29 North, 81-23 West, 170 km NW of Toronto, 300 km NNE from Detroit, and 250 km NW of Niagara Falls.
Other nearby towns or cities include London, Stratford, Cambridge, Waterloo, Kitchener, Paris, Exeter, Zurich, and [wait for it!] Collingwood.
If you could picture yourself 44-29 South Latitude, you could be in New Zealand, halfway between Christchurch and Dunedin, but well south of any point in Australia.
Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice.
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I have one seat in the front row of the new Eastern Stand at Skilled Stadium for the first AFL match against Brisbane Lions on Saturday 1st April, which I cannot use. Free to the first applicant!
RI’s programs and service opportunities [5 of 10]
Interact
Rotary clubs organise and sponsor this service organisation for youth ages 14-18: over 10,000 clubs in 118 countries.
Rotaract
Rotary clubs organise and sponsor this leadership, professional development and service organisation for young adults ages 18-30; more than 7,800 clubs in 158 countries.
Rotary Community Corps [RCC]
Rotary clubs organise and sponsor these groups of non-Rotarians who work to improve their communities; more than 5,700 RCC’s in 71 countries.
Rotary Fellowships
Vocational, recreational, and service-related groups open to all Rotarians, spouses of Rotarians, and Rotaractors sharing common interests; 93 fellowships.
Rotary Friendship Exchange. [see Southampton on page 1]
Rotarians and their families make reciprocal visits to other countries, staying in each other’s homes and learning about the culture firsthand.
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More wicked wisdom
Contempt The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable to be safely opposed.
Convent A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Cough Something that you yourself can’t help, but everybody else does on purpose to annoy you.
Country Life Something you have to be born into to enjoy--- unless you’re a cow.
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Roster for the penultimate market on Sunday 2nd April
Main gate 0830 to 1030 Martin Geerings; 1030 to 1230 Ken Wyatt
Parking 0730 to 0900 Colin Brown 0830 to 1030 Cornwell, Chandler, Walton. 1030 to 1230 Brentnall,
Cook and Andrews
Signs Birrell, and/or Elliott, Franken and Tyrrell
Raffle 0845 to 1030 George and A Brown. 1030 to 1230 Dawborn and Magee.
Site Preparation: Holloway and Haines. Publicity: The Waltons.
Bookings and site managers : Two Greers and a Bush.
This is the latest and official list. Queries to Brownie re parking or the Greers otherwise
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Last Night and Last Friday
• We are grateful to the five Rotarians who helped Wal Kelly paint our temporary shop premises last Friday. Predictably, Webbie supplied the paint.
• Some of our members are going to provide lunch for a bunch of visiting Rotarians arriving at the Point Richards miniature railway site, on bicycles, next Friday, heading for a conference in Geelong.
• Little Anne is a mannequin which will help us train on our defibrillator. Contact Wal Kelly
• If you weren’t at last night’s meeting, contact Charles Dawborn re Pride of Workmanship forms.
• Anzac Day breakfast catering is a Club commitment. Contact JC
• Thursday 21st Sept. is the date of our committed assistance at the transplant games. Contact Peter H.
• We have 15 starters for the 1st Aid course. With 3 more applicants to David Tyrrell, she’s a goer!
Last night’s guest speaker, Brian Hewitt, Chairman and CEO of ‘Home Style Aged Care’.
32 members listened to this excellent speaker on a subject increasingly close to our hearts, [and the rest of what’s left]. Belmont Lodge at Grovedale was the 1990 start of a business which has grown to 8 centres, with 640 beds,the latest at Seaview Lodge in OG., Expected to grow to 1000 in short time. There are 41 residents here at OG as of tonight, but capacity is 120. To get in, you have to be old, means tested, put up an accommodation bond, [partly repayable], and be assessed for fair–dinkumness.
