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Vol.26 No 16
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 21st October, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Junior Community Awards Chairman Tony Haines
Attend. Officer Rod Greer Ass. Cashier & Thanker Bruce Gilbert Greeter & Ass. Sgt. Wal Kelly
Birthdays & Anniversaries 23rd Bill Walton 25th Jo Hawthorne 27th Norm & Elaine Elliott
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was]
21/10/1805 Admiral Lord Nelson leads the Royal Navy to defeat the French & Spanish fleets at Trafalgar.
22/10/1797 Andre-Jaques Garnerin makes the first recorded jump with a silk parachute, 1,000m. over Paris.
23/10/0425 Valentinian 111 becomes Emperor of Rome at the age of six.
24/10/1929 “Black Thursday” at the N Y Stock Exchange is one of the worst days of the stock market.
25/10/1415 Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France.
26/10/1958 Pan Am flies the first direct commercial flight, a Boering 707, from New York to Paris.
27/10/1997 Stock markets around the world suffer a ‘mini-crash’, the Dow Jones plunging 554 points
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 28th October, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Simon Angliss [Professional Golfer] Chairman Norm Elliott
Attend. Officer Bob Smith Ass. Cashier & Thanker Wal Kelly Greeter & Ass. Sgt. John Eyles
Birthdays & Anniversaries 1st Nov. Elaine Sanders 2nd John & Jan Fox
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Bacon and eggs………….A days work for a chook, a lifetime commitment for a pig!
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was]
The Rhine turns red
In the 1880’s, salmon and no less than 50 other species of fish could be found in the Rhine river, flowing across four countries in Europe. As pollution from agriculture, industry and sewage grew, the fish disappeared and the river became too toxic to swim in. In the 1970’s, huge efforts went into cleaning the river, but in one night, its road to recovery was undone.
During the early hours of November 1, 1986 a fire broke out in a chemical factory in Basl, Switzerland, near the river’s head. Firemen poured water on the blaze and captured the run-off behind a containment wall. The wall gave way and 30 tons of agricultural chemicals and heavy metals poured out. A deadly red soup swept downstream, killing aquatic life and land animals that drank the water. In 10 days it had traveled the length of the Rhine and entered the North Sea.
It took until 1996 for salmon to return to the river to breed, but it is estimated it will be 2020 before the river will be clean enough for people to swim in.
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Legal Stuff
ATTORNEY: “What was the first thing your husband said to you this morning?”.
WITNESS: He said “Where am I Cathy?”
ATTORNEY: “And why did that upset you?”.
WITNESS: “My name is Susan”.
Do you know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out. {}
The Ibis Part 3 of 6
The breeding habits of the Ibis, and in particular the Straw Necked Ibis, are of somewhat peculiar nature. Their habitat is the very key to their survival and breeding performance. These birds can exist for long periods without breeding, having no desire to mate and breed until the onset of a flood, either natural or by manipulation of flows. When these circumstances are favourable, the Ibis testes and ovaries develop and the Straw Necked Ibis will lay in five weeks, building their nests in lignum, cumbungi or reeds, often in tiers if space is restricted and lay usually 3, sometimes 4 eggs. Incubation period is approx. 3.5 weeks. There are 4 more weeks to fledgling stage and two more of being fed by their parents.
As considerable distances have to be traversed from the rookery to the feeding grounds, both males and females accept equal responsibility for sitting on the eggs and the feeding of the young.
Field and Game Association of the Kerang Distict.
Ed. Comment I don’t know how this relates to Swan Island, but the local population do fly west in the morning and back home at night. We haven’t had a flood for many years. Does that mean the local Ibis are getting very randy?
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Even ‘though I do say so myself……We do that sort of thing rather well
Our twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations were very well planned, arranged and conducted. We shouldn’t, but we take Geoff Chandler’s skills as a chairman for granted, but how many times have we witnessed an immaculate performance with absolute certainty that it would be just that! Imacculate.
Our guests included District Governor Ted and Pat Gaffney, Pres.elect Chris and Christine Sims, Assistant Governor Helen and Richard Trigg, Past District Governor Henry and Isobel Hudson, four OG Charter members and their partners, 6 visiting Rotarians and their partners [apart from Henry & Isobel] , and quite a few others – 90 plus in all.
We partook of copious nibbles, soup, beef and four veg., and sweets, interspersed with lots of social intercourse. From 6.00 to 10.30 was a marathon for your poor old bully-ed, and I turned into a pumpkin on the way home. There will now be a short interlude for a word from our sponsor!
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Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled ‘Gentleme Only,…Ladies Forbidden….
And thus, the word GOLFentered into the English language.
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Today Tonight Part 2
Helen Trigg proposed a toast to Rotary International and DG Ted responded. Presentations were made to our five remaining Charter Members.
David Cooke and Bill Steains were both rewarded for outstanding service to our club over many years, with Paul Harris Fellowships, two of the best kept secrets ever guarded by this club. Their awards were loudly acclaimed and richly rewarded. For members with reputations for being men of few words, they responded predictably, briefly, but with great warmth and appreciation.
They were followed by a similar award to my proof reader, with her and me being completely gob-smacked. Secretive buggers! – nobody tells me anything. She wants a salary increase and a promotion!
Seriously, her 45 years as my support and constant wise head and ardent supporter of Rotary has been the cause of keeping me enthused and active, during my years on various projects. Always there and a constant guiding hand and supporter. Thank you Jan, I could never have survived 50 years in Rotary without you.
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Guest Speaker Jodie Lowe [nee Disney] was an inspiration, returning after her year as our outward exchange student to South Africa in 1990. Recently, an ABC broadcaster and part of the Beaconsfield mine episode a few years back, Jodie clearly demonstrated why the Student Exchange program is not always a success, but when it is, it can be very rewarding, both for the clubs involved, and the student. Well done JODIE
DG Ted had a hard act to follow, but he showed why he was chosen as an able district leader for 9780.
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