Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
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Volume 26 No 13
September 25 2007
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Volume 26 No 13
September 25 2007
HyeSuk, Shin (Shindy), Rotary Club of Korea and President Alison George.Subject Professional Development opportunities for school principals Speaker Mark Donehue
Chairman John Fox
Assistant Cashier & Thanker David Tyrrell Greeter & Assistant Sergeant John Wynn
Anniversaries 5th Fred & Wilma Andrews, Bill & Marion Walton.
There were quite a few historical events on this day, including
• 1905 The pioneer of flight Wilbur Wright sets a world record in Flyer 111 with 39 minutes in the air for a flight of 24.5 miles [39 km.]
• 1947 U.S. President Harry S. Truman gives the very first White House address, in which he asks U.S. citizens to refrain from eating red meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving Europeans.
• 1962 The Beatles release their first hit, “Love me do”.
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 9th October, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Alan Beckhurst Chairman Peter Hawthorne
Subject Underwater Photography. Alan is involved with the project to sink the de-commissioned Aust. Naval vessel ‘Canberra’ as an artificial reef and recreational diving facility.
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Bruce Gilbert Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Coral Barker
Birthday 11th Patsy Bush [ also Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte 1815, Eleanor Roosevelt 1884, and Bobby Clarlton 1937]
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Geelong Friends of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
I mentioned at tonight’s meeting that this new organization has been formed to promote the Orchestra and to ensure that it continues to conduct five performances annually at the Costa Hall.
Several committee meetings have now been held, culminating in the distribution of several hundred brochures outlining the proposed activities of the ‘Friends’ during the next twelve months. The official launch will be held on 1st November as outlined in the brochure, and members joining by 24th October 2007, will be designated foundation members.
Those of my fellow Rotarians who lodged with me an application form with an initial subscription of $10 may re-apply using the revised application form which carries a full year’s subscription from 1/11/2007, and the amount already paid may be deducted from the single membership fee of $30, or the ‘couples’ fee of $50.
I am the honorary treasurer, and will ‘square off’ about that arrangement with the secretary, but those applications should be submitted to me with the appropriate sub.
At the scheduled conclusion of last Friday night’s concert, the MSO played a rousing rendition of Georges Bizet’s ‘Toreador’s Song’ from Carmen, a.k.a. the ‘Cats’ theme song
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Draft plans for the reciprocal trip to Southampton RC.
Rod Greer has announced that he and Judy will be flying to Toronto on 27/8/2008, and plan to attend the RC Southampton meeting on Wednesday 3rd September. They plan to be there 4-5 days. Anyone interested in joining them should contact Rod.
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Patient “Doc, I can’t stop singing ‘The green, green grass of home’.” Doctor “That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome”.
Patient “Is it common?” Doctor “Well, it’s not unusual.”
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I know I’m OK, but I’m not too sure about you
John Lessor was our guest speaker tonight, and he reminded us that worldwide statistics reveal that one in four or five of us have some form of mental illness. Most of those illnesses are pretty harmless, but there are a lot that are not. There is probably more than one Martin Bryant out there! In a population of 21 million in Oz, one in four of us being ‘not quite right’, is scary.
John is one of up to 100 Churchill Fellowships awardees annually, who are granted 4-8 weeks overseas study tours.
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Rotary Mottoes
The first motto of Rotary International, ‘He Profits Most Who Serves Best’, was approved at the second Rotary Convention, held in Portland, Oregon, in August 1911. The 1989 Council on Legislation established ‘Service Above Self’ as the principal motto of Rotary, since it best explains the philosophy of unselfish voluntary service.
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Aren’t you glad you don’t rely on farming for your livelihood?
Jan and I recently traveled north to visit clients and friends, via Ballarat, Avoca, Birchip, Ouyen, Mildura, Robinvale and home via Wycheproof. Crops that were green and healthy just a few short weeks ago are dead or dying. Vine fruit properties in the Sunraysia district have been cut back to 5% of their irrigation water entitlement.
Lakes, such as Wendouree [which hosted the 1956 Olympic rowing events], are empty. You can walk across the Murray river in many places. Adelaide, which relies largely on the Murray for drinking water, is facing dire consequences of the most severe drought in Austalia’s history. There is no end in sight. Think of these people as you complain about our stage four water restrictions.
Desalination plants are only in the planning stage throughout Oz. Overseas countries have had them in use for years. Are we the lucky country, or just the stupid country?
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Notice Board
• Tonight we welcomed visiting Rotarian Shindy (HyeSuk, Shin) from a Rotary Club in Seoul. Shindy brought greetings from her Rotary Club and arrangements were made for her to return with a banner from the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove. (sub-Ed.)
• On Sunday 14th October, the Barwon Health Foundation will be hosting a floating lantern ceremony down at Eastern Beach to help raise funds for the Andrew Love Cancer Centre and Cancer Services.
• The DIK centre at North Geelong is OK for bikes at present, but wheel-chair repairs are a current alternative. A reflection on the aging population?
• Public Relations Guru, PP Richard Grimmett invites your ideas to improve the quality and general effectiveness of the town signs, particularly those featuring Rotary.
Practice Safe Eating – always use Condiments.
