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Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
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Vol.26 No. 13
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 30th September, 6.00 for 6.30
Speakers Dick Clay, Ken Fleay and a mystery speaker, yet to be named Chairman Trevor McArdle
[I think Brownie must be looking for a name that rhymes with Clay and Fleay].
Subject Who am I, where am I from and where am I going etc. ? Attendance Officer Alex Magee
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Gerry Spencer Greeter & Assistant Sergeant James Turnbull
Birthdays & Anniversaries 5th Oct. – Fred & Wilma Andrews, Bill and Marion Walton
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was]
In a race for faster public transport, Japanese Shinkansen first went into service on 1st October 1964, in time for the summer Olympics in Tokyo. The high-speed passenger train carried excited commuters from Tokyo to Osaka in a record time of four hours and traveled at a speed of 321kph. The network now links most major Japanese cities, but an even faster train has been developed – called the Maglev. The train levitates above the track, and without the friction to slow it down, reaches speeds of up to 580 kph!
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Notice for the Market duties at Kingston Park, Sunday, 5th October
Manager & Assistant Phil Edwards, Rod Bush. Main Gate 0900 John Fox 1100 Vic Harnath
Parking 0730 Col. Brown 0830 Geoff Chandler 1000 Alex Magee, David Cooke
Site Prep’n Bill Walton Signs etc Ken Fleay Raffles 830-1030 Margaret Campbell, Judy Greer
0930-1130 Gerry Spencer 1030-1230 John Dodgshun.
I you haven’t completed your designated letter-box drop already, now is the time to do it.
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He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn’t like it. In fact, you can see it all over their faces.
Basketball analyst at the Olympics.
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 7th October, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Helen Trigg Subject The Kokoda Trail Chairman Dick Clay
Attendance Officer Margaret Campbell
Assistance Cashier & Thanker David Cooke Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Peter Cullen
Birthdays 11th Patsy Bush 13th Ingrid Cummins
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was] The Andes flight disaster of 13/10/1972
Of the 40 passengers and 5 crew aboard Uruguayan Flight 471, only 16 survived the crash of a chartered aircraft of a rugby union team, their families and friends. The aircraft crashed while descending through mountains between Chile and Argentina. 12 people were killed outright, but in the following days, with no medical equipment or appropriate clothing, more died. On the seventeenth day, another eight died when an avalanche engulfed the plane’s fuselage, where survivors had taken refuge.
With rapidly dwindling supplies, the remaining passengers were forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
After 62 days, two men, Fernando Perado and Robert Canessa, trekked for 10 days before finally finding help, and on December 22and 23, helicopters airlifted the other 14 survivors to Santiago. The dead were buried in the mountains.
Have you ever wondered…….why the sun lightens our hair but darkens our skin?
New Directors and Trustees of Rotary International
Eight Rotarians who were elected at the 2007 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, joined RI President Dong Kurn Lee on the RI Board of Directors on 1st July 2008 for two-year terms. John Kenny of Scotland became President-elect at the RI Convention in June. Those eight came from Finland, Taiwan, Australia [John Lawrence from Queensland], France, Mexico and USA.
Nine Rotarians, elected at the 2008 RI Convention, will begin two-year Board terms on 1st July 2009, domiciled in Brazil, Japan, Korea, England, Germany, Sri Lanka and USA.
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Beautiful Things that bloom in the Spring
In the twelve years Jan and I have lived here, the flowers have never been more beautiful, particularly, the wattle. Down here on Ocean Throughway, even the tea-tree blossom is excelling itself. What a very beautiful part of the world in which to live!
And how about the birds? An article in today’s ‘Age’ decries the loss of ‘waders’ from the Australian scene, and refers to the loss of at least one in eight species, perhaps permanently. Dick Clay phoned me the other day to ask where all the Ibis came from and where they are heading. I was flattered to think he regarded me [erroneously] as an expert.
So, I seek, on behalf of both Dick and myself, your expert opinions. Whither do they come, and whither are they going? For the edification of the ‘inlanders’ amongst us, these generally large, sometimes huge, flocks follow the coast, always flying east to west, generally in tight V formations and apparently, with great intent and determination, but only in early spring, and only flying west! I have never seen them returning.
Recognition will be given, in these pages, to even the most unlikely explanations.
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From Jumbo Jets to Tiger moths in 40 years, and less than 40 minutes
Mike Killingsworth’s informal talk to our meeting tonight gets my vote for the best program this year. He had complete command of his audience, with or without the use of a microphone, and the clarity of his expression was truly remarkable, [and almost entirely without notes]. Mike was clearly enthusiastic in his mastery of a very wide range of skills required of an airline Captain, and remains in great demand in the industry, as indicated by him being sought after by Qantas in an advanced trainer capacity, some two years after retirement from Cathay Pacific.
He was a navy pilot before moving to Hong Kong to become a 747 Captain, and can claim the unusual distinction of having gone solo for the first time in a jet! Landing a fighter jet on the deck of an aircraft carrier would not be my idea of fun, but it was his!
A very entertaining and informative talk about a very exciting and rewarding career. Thank you ,Mike.
The other bits of tonight
Ian Bent was inducted as our 50th current member, with at least three more to come!
Our DIK team will pack more books at North Geelong again next Wednesday, 1st October.
We will be one of seven clubs contributing to a joint water tanks supply project in India as part of our contribution to Rotary’s matching grant overseas aid program.
There are still a limited number of rooms available for District Conference accommodation in Ballarat for the weekend of 13/14 March next year, but if you have not already booked, you will need to contact Hans a.s.a.p.
14th October is our 25th anniversary, the DG’s visit and a partner’s night, 15th November is our progressive dinner, and 23rd January is our night at the trots in Geelong.
President John won’t reach 49 bottles in the ‘Polio plus’ appeal, but he will be happy to accept an extra bottle or two. Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?
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