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Vol.26 No.29
January 13, 2009
Notice for the social night in the gardens of ‘Galeforce Proteas’ [Al’s Place] on Tuesday 20th Jan at 6.00
Partners are welcome but must be booked in with Hans, [or in the Book], by noon, Friday 16th. [To be confirmed] Non-attendance must also be advised by that time. Caterers need to have ample advice of numbers.
Chairman Alex Magee Attendance Officer Bruce Gilbert
Assistant Cashier Bob Osbourne Thanker President John
Fellowship and nibbles in the garden on arrival, followed by an address by Siemens Science Summer School delegate Camden Tilley. Dinner at 7. BYO drinks, glasses and chairs.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
22nd Margaret Campbell 24th John & Shirley Dodgshun 25th Heather Grimmett
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Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was]
The Manson Family Murders
On a hot August night in 1969, young movie actress Sharon Tate was eight months pregnant and living in a secluded Los Angeles mansion. Her husband, film director Roman Polanski, was away shooting a film, and Tate invited three friends for an impromptu gathering. When the Polanski’s housekeeper arrived the next morning, she discovered the gruesome murders of Tate and her friends.
In November that year, while in prison in connection with a car theft, a woman named Susan Atkins, boasted to an inmate that she was responsible for the murder of Sharon Tate. Under police questioning, she named her accomplices as Charles ‘Tex’ Watson,, Patricia Krenwinkel and Linda Kasabian, All members of a cult known as The Family, led by self-styled guru Charles Manson. Atkins led Police to other murders committed by Family members.
Manson never killed any of his victims himself. He persuaded his followers to embark on the murder sprees of wealthy people in their homes and cast suspicion on black militant groups such as the Black Panthers. Seven months after the trial began, the jury took nine days to find Manson and his followers guilty, and they were sentenced to death, but in 1972, the California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty and all sentences were automatically commuted to life terms.
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Notice for the Meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel,, Tuesday, 27th January, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Tony Fox, CEO Subject The Amy Gillett Foundation
Chairman Gerry Spencer Attendance Officer Martin Geerings
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Bill Walton Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Geoffrey Cummins
Birthdays& Anniversaries
31st John Wynn 1st Feb. Peter Hawthorne 2nd Ken Fleay
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ROTASTAT Facts about Malaria
A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds. More than one million people die of malaria every year. About 40% of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. Malaria is both preventable and curable. More than 500 million people become severely ill with malaria every year. Most cases and deaths are in sub-saharan Africa, but Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe are also affected..
Osama and George
Osama Bin Laden decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was still alive. On opening the letter, George discovered it contained a single line of the following coded message;
37OH-SSV-0773H
George was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condoleeza Rice. Condo and her aides hadn’t a clue either, so they sent it off to the FBI. Equally stumped, they sent it off to the CIA, then MI6 and Mossad.
Eventually ASIO was asked for help, and within a few moments, they e-mailed the White House with this reply: “Tell the President he’s holding the message upside down”
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The Rotary-NO-Tomo
That is the name of the regional Rotary magazine for Japan, the equivalent of our ‘Rotary Down Under’. Shigeyuki Furuno, our friend and former exchange student of 1975, sent us a copy [in Japanese], of the edition which included an account of he and his wife Atsuko’s return visit to Australia in June/July last year, and then we also received an English text version.
The magazine, like ours, contains summaries of projects undertaken by Japanese clubs, and your editor has decided to reproduce some of those articles to demonstrate what our sister clubs are undertaking.
‘Charity Auction – Joining forces nets fabulous results
The Rotary Club of Tokyo Ginza sponsored a charity auction on February 20 2008. The site for the auction, necessary preparations and items to be auctioned were all provided by club members, with several members of the Rotaract Club of Tokyo Chuo, sponsored by Tokyo Ginza, turning out to lend a hand- truly a joining of forces.
With club members themselves acting as auctioneers, the room was soon buzzing with excitement resulting in every last item being sold and proceeds far exceeding expectations. Using the money earned from the auction, the club, as a community service project, donated 30 wheelchairs [more than originally intended] to Chuo Ward in Tokyo, as well as a gift of money to Banyan Home Foundation, an organization providing aid to children in Thailand who have lost their parents due to AIDS. The ward expressed its gratitude, saying the wheelchairs will be a great help to care workers. A note of thanks was also received from the Foundation.
By joining together the spirit and strength of all its members, the club was able to conduct such a fruitful community service activity – one worthy of commemorating its 50th anniversary.’
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The Gatorade Triathlon Series- Sunday 1st Feb.
My staff e-mailed 12 pages of the most comprehensive details to you on Monday morning. If you have no intention of joining our team of helpers, you should discard the lot.
If you are prepared to help,[and we get paid], please contact Trevor with your YES, and at least take note of the following. [If you are listed for market duties on that day, That takes precedent].
Our duties- positions 1-16 are designated at items 2 & 3 on the page headed ‘Marshal Group Details’
We are all located in static positions as shown, near the FINISH as per ‘Venue Marshals Map’
Our duties are described on the page headed ‘Race Kit Collection & Show Bag Collection Positions’
Our duties will last from 5.45am until 11.15am. Suggest you arrive at Portarlington no later than 5.30am
Suggest you read the two pages headed FAQ’s For Marshals
Trevor needs a team of 16. Let’s give it to him!
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Sorry- Bad planning, I haven’t left enough room for ‘This Day Tonight’!
The OG Fire Brigade provided us with a tour of inspection, dinner AND drinks and a demo. All A.1.
The Tom Cruise film for Rotary will be screened in Geelong on Wednesday 21st Jan. Contact Helen.
Our Guest speaker tonight, Ross Synot, introduced the 12th Australian Masters Games, which will be staged in Geelong, 20th Feb to 1st March this year. If you didn’t pick up a brochure, watch the Media!
Geoff Ford, with massive help from Wal Kelly, broke all records with Car Raffle Ticket sales this season. 1000 books sold, including 135 at last Tuesdays CP invasion, producing a gross of $20,110 and a net return to our club of $16,110. Those books were sold over a selling season of 35 days. Amazing!
Technical difficulties have delayed the mid-season market report but it will go to you tomorrow.
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