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. 44
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, on Tuesday May 16th, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Elaine Janes, Olympic Weight-lifter Chairman Peter Hawthorne
Assistant Cashier & Thanker James Turnbull Greeter & Assistant Sergeant David Tyrrell
Birthdays & Anniversaries 17th May Anne Brown
18th May Karen Kemp
20th May Prue Webb
22nd May Joan Steains
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Tuesday 23rd May at the hotel, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker To be advised Chairman Fred Andrews
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Tim Kemp Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Alex Magee
Birthdays & Anniversaries 24th May Anne Geerings
27th May John & Prue Webb
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Don’t turn up at the Barwon Heads Bluff walkway next Sunday, 14th May at 5.00 pm, unless you are keen on lonely vigils!
After the e-mail distribution of last week’s bully no. 43, your editor was contacted by PresHel with advice that the Board of Directors had always planned to have an official opening of this significant club project, but were waiting for the installation of seats on the walkway, which are being constructed by workers from Barwon Coast.
When that final stage of the project has been completed, a luncheon function will be arranged, and you will all be given ample warning. Don’t bother turning up next Sunday.
But that exciting cultural event on Sunday 28th May at Leopold is still on [I think]
‘The Camels are coming, hoorah, hoorah’. I think that’s how the song goes!] As mentioned last week, there will be a special viewing of the classic film ‘Sleeping Camels’ at the Moolap theatrette at 3.00 pm on Sunday 28th May. The cost is $10 and you need to get that to JC by next meeting, 16th May.
Not included in the $10, understandably, is the evening meal and dance at the Italian Club which JC has arranged as his ‘swan-song’ for social season 2005/06. You need to book for this with JC.
If I haven’t got all of this ‘spot-on’, I will undoubtedly be told. Watch this space. Yu know,I think it may be ”Weeping Camels”. Watch this handkerchief!
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More wicked wisdom
Dancing A perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. [It was George Bernard Shaw said that]
Death A wonderful way of cutting down on your expenses.
Declining years That period when you can decline all invitations to dull parties by pretending to be too old and feeble.
Delicatessen A shop selling the worst parts of animals more expensively than the nice parts.
There are times when live television coverage provides a very moving experience.
I have no hesitation in admitting that I shed a tear when Channel 7 brilliantly covered the emergence from the Beaconsfield mine at 6.00 am today of Todd Russell and Brant Webb after being ‘entombed’ almost one kilometre down in a space about the size of a double bed.
To see them walk out of the mine after that 14 day ordeal so clearly demonstrated the extraordinary strength of the human spirit. The media got it right.
The Centurian Club
A commitment of $100 p.a. to the Rotary Foundation, fully tax-deductible and directed 100% to the ‘coal face’ of charitable causes, gets you membership. Geoff Brentnall was our first, but we now have five contributors, [who will remain anonymous unless they direct me otherwise].
If you want to join, forward your donation to PP Bob Pullin, 6 Roycroft Avenue, Highton, 3216 or, if you like, I can post it on for you.
Of mines, [as if we didn’t have enough ‘inside’ info. already]
The six deepest mines in the world are all located in South Africa, the deepest being the Western Deep Levels goldmine, almost 4000 metres deep. The temperature at such levels is 55o [131o F]. For miners, the air at that level needs to be refrigerated.
In millions of tonnes, the most-extracted minerals per year, [worldwide] are iron ore [988], salt [185], bauxite [111], and potash [20]. Silver is about .014, and gold, .002 – [that’s about 2000 tonnes].
South Africa is the world’s top producer of gold, [over 500 tonnes annually]. Australia is no. 3, Indonesia no.7.
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Tonight’s Speaker- Alan McConnell
National coach AIS/AFL U17 footballers, with a budget of 750K, heading a team of 10 specialists plus 3 assistant coaches. There are currently 30 scholarship holders under his wing, commanding annual costs of up to $30,000 PA each. These talented kids spend 1week with Alan in Melbourne to 8 weeks at their home venues and are generally proficient in at least one other sport. Leading coaches from AFL teams are constantly accessed for additional input. Perhaps 10% on average are indiginous, compared to the AFL 12% and national population 3%. Alan thinks that defence has become the modern footy style, [unfortunately!]
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The Canadian Exchange
The Geerings, Georges, McArdles, Dawborns, Foxes, Holloways, Greers and Hawthornes are invited to get together after next weeks meeting to plan possible hosting in January 2007.
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News in Brief
• We welcome back Peter Cullen.
• The ‘Pride of Workmanship Awards are deferred until 30th May
• If you can lend a hand at Mirabooka, please turn up next Saturday on site at 9.00 AM.
• Martin Geerings has kindly offered to do the Epilepsy Foundation brochure distributions to local primary schools.
• The market committee will shortly ask us to help re-mark the sites. Many hands make light work!.
• If your partners want to hear Elaine next Tuesday, register with Hans
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End Bit, [If you don’t mind the unintended pun]
Dave decided to take Mabel to the Snake Gully café for lunch. Dave looked at the menu and said, “They’ve got sheep tongues on the menu, Mabel. I think I’ll have that. What about you?
Mabel said, “No Dave, I couldn’t eat anything that came out of an animal’s mouth”.
“What would you like then, Mabel?” Asked Dave. Mabel said, “ I think I’ll have an egg.”
