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Vol.26 No.41
April 7, 2009
Notice of the duty roster for our Easter Monday Market, 13th April 2009
O/C Phil Edwards 2 I/C James Turnbull Car counter [0830 to 1300] Heather Wallace
Car Parking [0730] Colin Brown [0830 Trevor McArdle, Fred Andrews and Dick Clay
[1000 to 1230] David Tyrrell, Noel Emselle and Peter Cullen
Site Preparation Phil Edwards Signs & Equipment Ken Fleay and Geoffrey Cummins
Raffles [0830 to 1030] Alison George & Geoffrey Cummins [0930 to 1130] Ingrid Cummins
[1030 to 1230] Margaret Campbell
Traffic Control [0830 to 1030] Rod Birrell [0900 to 1130] Rod Greer [1030 to 1230] Bruce Gilbert
Public Relations Richard Grimmett & Charles Dawborn
The Stella Awards – Second Place
Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a nightclub in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the nightclub had to pay her $12,000, plus dental expenses.
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 14th April, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject All Creatures Great &Small Speaker John Paton Chairman Helen Trigg
Attendance Officer Judy Greer Assistant Cashier & Thanker Rod Greer
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Wal Kelly
Birthdays & Anniversaries 15th John Dodgshun 18th Geoff & Hazel Ford, Bob Smith
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Another extract from that brilliant Mallee publication ‘Blowflies and Bulldust’
A busload of politicians was driving down a country road, when suddenly the bus ran off the road and crashed into an old farmer’s shed. The old farmer got off his tractor and went to investigate. Soon, he dug a hole and buried the politicians.
A few days later, a policeman came out, saw the crashed bus and asked this old farmer where all the politicians had gone. The old farmer told him he had buried them. The policeman expressed surprise that they had all died.
The old farmer said, “Well, some of them said they weren’t, but you know how them crooked politicians lie
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 21st April, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Sponsors thank you night Chairman Phil Edwards Attendance Officer Bill Steains
Assistant Cashier & Thanker James Turnbull Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Trevor McArdle
Birthdays & Anniversaries 21st Dennis & Elaine Sanders 23rd John & Nan Calnin 25th Anne Tyrrell
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Rotary at work – Brightening Peruvian smiles
About 350 people in Peru received dental care from a team supported by the Rotary club of Grand Cayman-Sunrise, Cayman Islands. Club member and dental surgeon Bert Thacker headed the group’s third visit since 2005 to isolated villages along the Amazon and in the Andes. Thacker sealed and filled molars, extracted teeth, and provided preventive care in makeshift clinics set up in four villages during the nine-day trip.
The club plans to start supporting two teams of dental professionals and Rotarian volunteers so the villages can receive care twice a year.
The breeding habits of the Ibis With thanks to Peter Hawthorne
Breeding only in the southern parts of Australia, the Ibis is capable of breeding in any month, but generally only when conditions are right, which is when there is running water passing through suitable habitat requirements. With more than ten years of drought, they must be getting very randy.
During the entire mating and breeding period, the white Ibis displays a vivid red colouring under the wings, and the straw-necked Ibis, a yellow colouring. The eggs, generally 2 or 3, are laid above the water line in reeds or lignum.
Both male and female birds take turns in sitting on these eggs for the incubation period of 7.5 weeks. During this breeding period, each bird in turn may have to travel 30-40 kms to secure adequate food, and when the chicks hatch, both birds travel far and wide to gain food for the chicks. After 4 weeks, the young are fully feathered and attempting to fly. For a further two weeks, the parent birds have to assist and train the young to forage in the field. It is commonly thought that most water birds breed in Northern Australia, but the Ibis is an exception.
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Safe stoves in Guatemala
On a four day trip to San Jose Maxbal in Guatemala recently, members of the Rotary club of Sedro Wooley, Washington, USA, installed wood-fired cooking stoves in each of the village’s 64 homes. The stovepipes vent outside the homes, reducing indoor air pollution, and clay fireboxes help efficiently burn wood. The Rotarians, who also delivered quilts made by members of a Washington church, partnered on the project with the ‘Hands for Peacemaking Foundation’, a non-government organization.
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Prospective Member and New Member DVD’s are available in one set from RI for just $US10.
Of wine & food, but mainly wine
Peter Fryar commenced his talk by suggesting that there are about 1000 grape varieties in the world, but then corrected that to Italy alone. Wine appreciation has a great deal to do with the glass it’s in. We should look for brightness and clarity in a wine, particularly if we are seeking a young wine; swirling the wine around the inside of the glass concentrates the flavors, and decanting can enhance the appreciation, but really, personal preference is the best method of judging. Screwcaps vs. corks will remain a subject of debate, but the nasties in corks are all imported. Decant an old wine for 30 minutes, down a funnel is advised. Matching the wine to the food is traditional, and sometimes life-saving, as James Bond discovered in ‘From Russia with love’. We should continue to support Peter’s shop. He knows his wine!
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This day tonight
Rod Greer’s plea on Judy’s behalf to record willingness to support the drought relief project next week fell on mainly deaf ears. The list didn’t get beyond my table all night. We will do it again next Tuesday.
Rotary’s ARHF division awarded our club a certificate for excellence with the Mental Health Forum.
Pres.John Calnin seeks names of young professionals for a potential new local club.
RC Southampton, Ca.is going to use us as a conduit for $1000 towards the Victorian bushfire appeal.
Sarah Goette, a visitor tonight, graciously thanked us for her nomination as a RYLA awardee.
Our social night out at Geelong student restaurant Davidsons, set down for 6.30 on Tuesday 12th May, will undoubtedly prove to be a gastronomic delight, and a bargain at $25 per head. Book with Heather.
The Good Friday seafoodfest involves, for the AM shift, 2 Cummins, 2 McArdles, a Brentnall, a Cullen, and a Bent. PM for Ford, Fox, Harnath,Campbell, George and Osbourne. Volunteers are desperately required for a Saturday clean-up.
The Mirabooka project, the subject of the first dot point above, Wed. 15th to Sat.18th this month, involves your loan of blankets and doonas, [delivered to the Greers], your bed-making on Wednesday morning, lunch on Wednesday, breakfast on Thursday &, Friday, and your attendance with partner, at a BBQ on Friday evening at 6.30, when you need to bring cutlery, crockery, drinks, glasses and chairs. Due to poor circulation of the list, these details will be reprinted or revised next Tuesday night.
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