Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
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Volume 26 No 28
January 22nd 2008
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 29th January, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Training the trainers Speaker Paul Gleeson
Chairman Richard Grimmett
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Leigh Holloway Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Peter Hawthorne
Birthdays& Anniversaries
22nd. Margaret Campbell. [also George Washington 1732, Lord Byron 1788, and Michael Hutchence 1960]
24th . John & Shirley Dodgshun. [and it was on this day in 1972 when Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in a Guam jungle where he had been in hiding since 1944, when U.S. forces liberated the island during World War 11.] Silly bugger!.
25th. Heather Grimmett. [also Robert Burns 1759, W Somerset Maugham 1874, and Virginia Woolf 1882.]
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Dinner Specials: Turkey $3.25. Chicken or Beef $2.75. Children $2.00
Errata
In last week’s bulletin, I described our friend Shigeyuki Furuno’s business as ‘constructing garage doors’. As ‘Yuki’ and his wife Atsuko will be with us in just a few months, I put him on my bulletin e-mail list, and Yuki responded to the vocational bit as follows; “The main product of my business is automatic sliding doors for buildings [airport, hospital, supermarket so on. Sorry, I should have made it clear.”
The apology is mine, Yuki. That is all a lot more ‘upmarket’ than garage doors!
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 5th February, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject The Queenscliff seafood festival and the part we play in it Speaker Grant Talbot
Chairman Geoff Ford
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Anne Brown Greeter & Assistant Sergeant John Calnin
Birthdays & Anniversaries
31st Jan John Wynn [also Franz Schubert 1797, Zane Grey 1872 and Queen Beatrix [Netherlands] 1938.]
1st Feb. Peter Hawthorne [ also Clark Gable 1901, Boris Yeltsin 1931 and Lisa Presley 1968.]
3rd Alex Magee [also Felix Mendelsshon 1809, Norman Rockwell 1894 and Val Doonican 1927.]
3rd Tim & Karen Kemp. On this day in 1967, Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, was hanged in Pentridge Prison.
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Estate Planning Submitted by Margaret Campbell
Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business, when he found out that he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died. He decided he needed a wife to share his fortune. One evening at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Her natural beauty took his breath away. ”I may look like just an ordinary man”, he said to her, “but in just a few years, my father will die and I’ll inherit twenty million dollars.”
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.
“Women are so much better at estate planning than men”, says Marg.
A real newspaper ad. ‘Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink’ (cont’d by PresAl)
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Simplified RI Website is easier to navigate
42 of our 49 members have access to the www. With streamlined navigation and a striking new look, the RI website allows visitors to find and access Rotary-related information more efficiently. The revamped site, which commenced last October, has six main sections:
About Us Students & Youth
About Rotary International * Interact
About the Rotary Foundation * Rotaract
Joining Rotary * Educational Programs
Our history * Rotary Youth Exchange
Financials * Rotary Youth Leadership Awards News/Media
Rotary Leadership [RYLA] Breaking news
Contribute * Alumni Rotary graphics & photos
Funds Members RI newsletter
Ways to give * New members Rotary International Interactive
Donor recognition * Events Rotary World
Service & Fellowship * Running a club RVM [The Rotarian Video Mag.]
Start a Project * Running a district The Rotarian
Polio * General information Press centre
Disaster relief * Training
Fellowship * Policies & procedures
EXPERIENCE ALL THIS AT www.rotary.org
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At $1,500 per hour for non-members, who would be so crazy as not to pay an ambulance subscription?
Our session at the local ambulance station tonight was a visit not to be missed. The Ocean Grove depot averaged 200+ jobs on average each month in the two years to 31/12/07. Max. was over 250 in Aug. 07. The Bellarine Peninsular services handled 5200 ‘jobs’ in the last year. The staff get rostered for a 12 hour day or a 14 hour night shift, then time off, but it takes 15 staff to cope with the demand. The equipment is very sophisticated, but, predictably, they need an upgrade.
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Some more extracts from the little booklet ‘Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942’
Whacks Dutch Treat Beano A gala affair Sarvo This afternoon tea Supper Lubra Squaw
Dinner Lunch Supper Late snack Pudding Dessert Barrack To root [ed. Comment; I bet that would have raised a few eyebrows!] And there’s a lot more to come, if I need a ‘filler’
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Notice Board
The following members must get their car raffle books back to Fordie by Friday or face a $40 penalty and disgrace. Brentnall, Brown[A], Cullen, Dawborn, Emselle, Fleay, George, Gilbert, Gleeson, Kelly, Sanders, Trigg, and Tyrrell.
The Gatorade Triathlon 0n Sunday 3rd Feb clashes with our market. So what, Brownie announced tonight that he has a 95% full booking sheet for both events. Well done, boys and girls.
The Red Cross collection for us will be in Feb.
The District property acquisition at Great Western is, at best , controversial, and under legal advisement.
A Geelong Footlight Production of ‘Cats’ is being promoted by Coral B, 22/2 to 8/3, for a club outing.
As previously advertised, the visiting GSE team from Denmark can be joined at the Grovedale Hotel for dinner on 11th Feb.
Booked rooms are available for the Swan Hill Dist. Conf. at the end of Feb. if you contact Hans quik
