Shayna Finlayson was one of 12 students from
Ocean Grove Primary School to receive the
Graham Bath Junior Community Award.
Ocean Grove Primary School to receive the
Graham Bath Junior Community Award.
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Volume 26 No 17
October 23, 2007
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 30th October, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Vietnam to Australia Speaker Hong Trinh Chairman Noel Emselle
Assistant Cashier & Thanker David Cooke Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Geoff Brentnall
Birthdays & Anniversaries
1st Nov. Elaine Sanders. [also Gary Player 1935, Larry Flynt 1942, and Toni Colette 1972.]
2nd. Jan & John Fox. [also marks the day when D.H.Lawrence’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was cleared by a British Court for publication in its unexpurgated form by Penguin Books, 1960.
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Never forget that you are unique, like everyone else.
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 6th November, 6.00 for 6.30 A PARTNERS NIGHT, so you’ve got to book ‘em in with Hans. I bet most of you will stuff that up.
Subject Celebration of the Melbourne Cup [One flu over the cuckoo’s nest]
Caller, chairman or chief steward To be advised
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Geoff Chandler Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Noel Emselle
Birthdays & Anniversaries
8th Helen Trigg [also Edmond Halley 1656, Margaret Mitchell 1900, and Christian Barnard 1922]
11th Bill & Joan Steains [also, the end of WW1 1918, and Gough Whitlam got the big A 1975,]
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When we are born, we are naked, wet, hungry, and we get smacked on the arse. From there on, life gets worse.
SecRod missed last weeks bully deadline by just a few minutes, but here is his copy Belated!
The Rotary Friendship Exchange team from District 1100 will be visiting RC Queenscliffe for dinner at the Lonsdale Golf Club on Monday 5th November, 6.30 for 7.00. $20 per person We and our partners are invited. RSVP to Henry Hudson on 5258 2496 no later than Thursday 1 Nov.
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Mujibar was trying to get a job in India
The Personnel Manager said, “Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it, you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said “I am ready”
The Manager said,” Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green.”. Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, “ Mister Manager, I am ready”. The Manager said, “go ahead”.
Mujibar said, “The telephone goes green, green, and I pink it up, and say, ‘Yellow, this is Mujibar,’”
Mujibar now works as a technician at a call centre for computer problems. No doubt you have spoken to him.
I think I have. Have you?
[ Thanks to Keith Nixon for that one. Incidently, the one liners over this and last week, are Noel Emselle’s.]
Like……………Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
Sharing Rotary with new members continued from last week.
The RI Constitution states, “Each club shall have a well-balanced membership in which no one business or profession dominates.” One merely has to glance through the pages of the local telephone directory to realize that most clubs have not invited qualified members of all businesses and professions into Rotary. One of the founding principles of Rotary is a fair and equitable representation of the professional and business population of the community it supports. To remain relevant, Rotary clubs must be inclusive of all professions and businesses within a community.
Well, that’s what the ‘ABC’s of Rotary’ states, but personally, I believe that the use of the word ‘all’ above, [the bold type is mine],represents an aim which is impossible to achieve. If we had a membership representative of every vocation in Ocean Grove, we would surely lack a venue large enough to accommodate us all!
I think our club is a happy and cohesive club, but perhaps, on reflection, not a well-balanced one, in the context of representative membership. We have no practicing doctors ,dentists, solicitors physiotherapists or chiropractors in our club, but Ocean Grove has at least two of each!! And that is just a quick look at the professions. How about the trades and businesses?
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Sex is like air. It only becomes really important when you aren’t getting any.
Friends of the MSO has proved a success
Your editor is grateful to those of my fellow Rotarians who have become members of this new organization aimed at promoting and supporting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s five-concert annual series in Geelong. We currently have 177 members, and 15 of those joined yesterday! We expect to have over 200 members by the time of next week’s official ‘launch’ of the 2008 concert program.
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This Day Tonight The 2007 Graham Bath Memorial Community Service Awards
The Rotary Club of Ocean Grove does this sort of thing extremely well, [thanks to the superb planning and chairmanship of Tony Haines]. We had 4 staff from the local primary school as our guests, outnumbered by the awardees, who, in turn, were outnumbered by their proud parents. I lost count at 45, but there could have been 60 guests present, but certainly, more guests than Rotarians.
Those marvelous kids, of an average age of 12, and all in year 6, addressed an audience of about 90 at a microphone on a dais, with all of the aplomb of mature and experienced speakers. Coached by Jenny Lander, and with help from their parents and teachers, [including Lauren Baker and my footy mate Ross Herbert] and watched with pride by Principal Lindy Judd, those students had to volunteer for 10 weeks of community service, 10 of a physical recreation program, 10 learning a new skill, and be committed to 5 separate social experiences – community commemoration, meetings, different cultures, a different religion and an arts activity.
The awardees who addressed the gathering were Chelsea Taylor, Laura Ellis, Jasmine Pearson, Loretta Kelly King, Jake Taylor, Bradley Fendyk, Rebecca Cahill, Shayna Finlayson, Chelsea Quigly and Rachel Hagger.
Absentees were Declan El Hage and Shane Walker. Their mums, dads and teachers can be very proud of them all. It was a ‘feel good’ night.
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Other bits
Tim Kemp wants two of us for service on the O/S water project, SecRod has Xmas cards, and Marion & Bill are cooking up something on the 3rd at Lonsdale GC next Monday. Judy reminds market duty rosterees for 4/11, and our AGM is on the 13th.
