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Vol.26 No.26
Notice of the fact that there is no meeting next Tuesday, 30th December, 2008
The primary purpose of this bulletin is to alert members to the market roster for Sunday, 4th January, and the car raffle ticket sales roster for Tuesday 6th January, to be followed by a BBQ at Calnins.
Market Roster, Sunday 4th January 2009
O.C. Phil Edwards 2.I.C. James Turnbull
Main Gate car counters and entrance fee collectors 8.30 to 11.00 Geoffrey Cummins
11.00 to 1.00 Noel Emselle
Car Parking 7.30 Colin Brown. 8.30 Trevor McArdle, Fred Andrews, Dick Clay
10.00 David Tyrrell, GeoffChandler, Heather Wallace
Site Preparation Bill Walton.
Signs & Equipment Dick Clay, Ian Bent
Raffles 8.30 to 10.30 Alison George, Ingrid Cummins 9.30 to 11.30 Margaret Campbell
10.30 to 12.30 Marion Walton
Publicity Richard Grimmett, Charles Dawborn
THIS ROSTER WILL BE REPEATED NEXT WEEK
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Changing the Global Map
On the windswept beaches of North Carolina in U.S.A., two brothers named Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903 actually flew a heavier-than-air machine a distance of 852 feet. In Zurich, Switzerland, a young teacher of physics by the name of Albert Einstein published a thesis expounding some kind of a special theory of relativity. And before a decade had passed, the Wright invention was beginning to recast the whole global map of communications and transportation. The new theory expounded by the physics teacher was destined to set up a series of chain reactions which also had reached global proportions by mid-century.
Among those millions of people in cities and towns throughout the world who welcomed in the new year of 1905, not one person had heard of;
‘Talking’ motion pictures, or listened to a radio program, or seen a television show, or traveled in an airplane, or belonged to a service club, or witnessed a Boy Scout parade,
or read about an atomic explosion, or heard of the United Nations.
On 23rd February that year, Hiram Shorey, a tailor, Silvester Schiele, a coal dealer, and Paul Harris, a lawyer, met in the Chicago office of Gus Loehr, a mining engineer, to discuss Paul’s idea for a new kind of club. Thus, Rotary was born.
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I’ve sure gotten old
I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, prostate cancer and diabetes.
I’m half blind, can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
I have bouts of dementia, have poor circulation: I hardly feel my hands and feet any more.
I can’t remember if I’m 85 or 92, have lost all my friends, but, thank God, I still have my driver’s licence.
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My memory’s not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory’s not as sharp as it used to be.
The Trots! Both internal and external
Editorial staff extend best wishes for the festive season, and trust that the usual over-indulgence on 25th December will not lead to any intestinal disturbances.
And whilst alluding to the subject, our President has informed me that tickets for the Trots at Beckley Park on Friday, 23rd January are now available from Trevor McArdle at $35 each. Please purchase before 6/1/2009.
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Christmas! [an historical rather than a religious version]
‘The festival of Christ’s birth has been celebrated in the Western Church on 25 December from about the end of the 4th century; in the East, it was originally held on 6 January in conjunction with the Epiphany.
There is no biblical or other direct evidence of the season of Christ’s birth, and the date of Christmas may have been chosen to facilitate the conversion of followers of older religions, many of which held festivals around this time.
Many of the customs now associated with Christmas were taken over from the Roman Saturnalia and from pre-Christian festivals celebrating the winter solstice [21 December]’
Quoted from the Oxford English Reference Dictionary.
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MARGARET CAMPBELL, PETER CULLEN, & BRUCE GILBERT
These are the names of the members who have failed to return car raffle books [with money] to Geoff Ford, despite several urgent requests and at least two warnings that the absolute deadline was two weeks ago.
Job Ad. Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.
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We are sponsoring a Mental Health Forum on Tuesday, 24th Feb in partnership with Barwon Health
So, you don’t think you need to show any interest because the subject doesn’t effect you!! Think again!
Statistics clearly reveal that 1 in 5 of the population will experience some form of mental illness in the next twelve months. That could include you, and it will certainly include at least 4 of your fellow Rotarians.
The forum will be held at ‘The Wave’, Lake Avenue, Ocean Grove, 6.30 for 7.00, with supper provided but admission free. There will be three keynote speakers, and advance publicity was provided by tonight’s guest speaker, Tania Lewis of Barwon Health. You will hear plenty more about this important project over the next few weeks, and you are urged to promote the event with your friends and relatives. 45% of them will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetimes.
Coral Barker, Dick Clay, Peter Cullen and Richard Grimmett form the nucleus of a local organising committee. Did you know that mental illness is the third highest cause of death after cancer and heart disease?
We didn’t give Tania adequate time to fully cover the subject of her talk, but attending on 24th Feb. with guests, is the best tactic to support this worthwhile project. BE THERE!
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Other Bits
With the ‘terrorists’ [sorry, ‘tourists’] in attendance, we got served second – first plate at 7.10.
Judy Greer announced that Wedderburn RC has advised five families will arrive for our hosting in April.
Wal Kelly urgently needs a helper for car raffle ticket sales at the Portarlington market next Sunday. The three recalcitrants who haven’t returned their sold books are very naughty, but they are only 5.7% of the club. Did you know that 46% of our club members have not yet volunteered to do any selling of tickets to the public? Piss poor, ladies and gentlemen!
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