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
www.rotaryoceangrove.blogspot.com
Volume 25 No.7
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 22nd August 2006, 6.00 for 6.30.
Speaker Trevor Mueller Subject Fly fishing Chairman David Cooke
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Alison George Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Alex Magee
Birthdays & Anniversaries 22nd Judy and Rod Greer
24th David Tyrrell
25th Leigh Holloway
26th Margaret and Hamish Campbell
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Notice for the Meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 29th August 2006, 6.30 for 7.00.
This will be a very special partners’ night and you are urged to attend.
Speaker Richard Barras Subject ‘ My experiences in the Maldives following the Tsunami’ Chairman Alison George
Assistant Cashier & Thanker David Cornwell Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Bob Smith
Birthdays & Anniversaries 29th Hazel Ford
2nd James Turnbull, Rod & Patsy Bush
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More of those ‘non-bible’ stories from kids. Episode 6 of 9.
Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and also declared, “ A horse divided against itself cannot stand.” He was a naturalist for sure. Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
Abraham Lincoln became America’s greatest Precedent. Lincoln’s mother died in infancy, and he was built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation.
On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theatre and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was JohnWilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth’s career.
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I am going to resurrect the Quiz. With hope for a better response than last time.
Try these. They were used in the entrance examination for the Lithuanian Army. That is, I think it was them!
1 Who won the second world war? 2 Who came second?
3 Approx. how many commandments was Moses given? 4 Who invented Stevenson’s Rocket.
5 Do you understand Newton’s Law of Gravity? [yes or no]
6 Spot the deliberate error. – ‘An apple a day gathers no moss.’
7 Name the odd man out. – Shamus O’Toole, Michael O’Grady, Sean O’Connor, Mahatma Gandhi.
8 In the 1974 Irish Sheepdog trials, how many sheepdogs were found guilty?
Proposed Market Teams for the coming season, commencing 1st October
Co-ordination Judy Greer [leader], Rod Greer, Rod Bush and James Turnbull.
Publicity Marion Walton [Leader], Bill Walton, Ken Wyatt, Anne Brown.
Equipment Rod Birrell [Leader], Norm Elliott, Hans Franken.
Raffle Alison George [Leader], Margaret Campbell, Dodgshun, Kelly, Ford, Fox.
Site Management Leigh Holloway [Leader], Peter Hawthorne, Tony Haines.
Meat/ Cray spins Tim Kemp [Leader], Marion Walton, Charles Dawborn
Gate & Parking Col Brown [Leader] monthly at 7.30, Andrews – 10 in Dec & April, Brentnell – gate 8.30 in Nov & Mar, Calnin – gate 8.30 in Dec & April, Chandler – 10 in Oct & Feb, Cooke – 10 in Oct & Feb, Cornwell – 8.30 in Oct & Feb, Cullen – 8.30 in Nov & Mar, Geerings – 10 in Dec & Apr, Magee – 10 in Nov & Mar, McArdle – 8.30 in Jan & Easter M, Osbourne – 10 in Jan & East M, Steains – gate 8.30 in Jan & East M, Trigg - gate 8.30 in Oct & Feb, Tyrrell – 10 in Jan & East M, Webb – 10 in Nov & Mar, Wynn – 8.30 in Dec & Apr. If any of you can’t make it, you may swap, within your team, but let Brownie know!
Emergencies Richard Grimmett and Coral Barker. [available only to Judy Greer] CFA Bob Smith
Please wear your Rotary caps whenever you are on duty. Judy Greer has some beaut new ones for only $15
If you can’t ever do your rostered duty, advise your team leader. Swaps, within each team, are OK.
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The defibrillator project beats strongly
The presentation of an ex-Commonwealth Games defibrillator by triathlete Emma Carney on behalf of HBA last Wednesday morning went off very well and received excellent coverage in the local press. A poor attendance by our members, but it was a working day, and Geoff Ford did his best to swell the numbers by offering the odd shopper, a free look, listen and cuppa. President Richard was a fluent [and photogenic] presenter, and we got to meet our DG and his ADG.
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President Boyd encourages Rotarians to ‘Lead the Way’.
New RI President William B Boyd is encouraging Rotarians to Lead the Way in the 2006-07 Rotary year, calling his choice for the RI theme “ an affirmation of my belief in the power of Rotarians to change the world, one positive act at a time “.
Boyd, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga, New Zealand, stresses sustainability in Rotary projects. “As Rotarians, we understand the truth of the old saying that when you give a person a fish, you feed him for a day; when you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime,” he told incoming district governors at the International Assembly in February.
Boyd has selected water as his first emphasis. “ Without clean water, little else is possible. If you are thirsty, nothing else matters,” he says.
Citing high childhood mortality rates caused by illness and malnutrition, Boyd has chosen health and hunger as his second emphasis. “Without food, there is no health,” he says. “ And without health, there is no hope.”
His third emphasis, literacy, is fitting for Boyd, who used to work in his family’s bookstore. He sees literacy as “ the escape hatch from the cycle of poverty” and a natural complement to his emphases on water and health and hunger. “Literacy enables communities to take care of their water resources, address their own health and hunger issues, and teach the next generation,” he says.
Given Rotary’s need to think about the future, Boyd is also emphasizing the family of Rotary, which he says includes Rotaractors, Interactors, Rotary Youth Exchange students, Inner Wheel members, Rotary Foundation alumni, and Rotarians’ families.
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And next week, I will cover our membership development meeting and a plea for extra helpers at the transplant games in mid-September. The ‘donations-in-kind’ was a great success. More in about 8 weeks!
