Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
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VOL 26 no. 51
JUNE 16, 2009
Notice for the meeting at the Collendina Hotel, Tuesday 23rd June, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker & Subject Luciano the opera singer or Geoffrey Cummins on charities & cancer research.
Chairman Colin Brown Attend. Officer Ian Downing Ass’t Cashier & Thanker Caron Zillwood
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant John Eyles Birthdays Zinedine Zidane on 23rd, but none of us.
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An origin In the 1800’s, when you were dismissed from your job, you were given a bag to carry home your possessions. This was called ‘Getting the Sack’
Notice for the meeting at the Barwon Heads Golf Club, Tuesday 30th June, 6.30 for 7.00
Annual report to members by President John Calnin
Induction of President-Elect Rodney Malcolm Greer as the 27th President of our Rotary Club
Registrations Gerry Spencer and Ian Downing.
Paul Harris Fellows are requested to wear their medal and short ribbon.
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Indonesian clubs help 2,000 kids with cleft lips
Syahrul Gunawan looked in the mirror and touched the reflection of his nose and lips. The seven-year.old boy, who had received surgery for clefts on both sides of his upper lip, smiled at his mother and exclaimed how handsome he was. Thalca Hamid from the Rotary club of Surabaya Central, Indonesia recalls how the boy’s mother told Hamid she had given her son a normal life.
Gunawan was among the first children in 2001 who received cleft lip or palate surgery through the efforts of Hamid and the Surabaya Central club. Since then, 2,000 children have undergone surgery with help from Australian, Dutch and Indonesian Rotarians, among others.
Two matching grants have aided this effort, the most recent of which was co-sponsored by district 1610 [The Netherlands]. This second US$45,000 project provided surgeries to 149 impoverished children in 2006/07. Hamid, an orthodontist, and two other Surabaya Central Rotarians arranged patient transportation, educated parents about post-surgical care, and provided children with books and toys. Rotarians also recruited local villagers to talk to rural families who may not realise the benefits of the surgery.
“The children and their families have unbelievable pressure and stress because many feel that such defects are a curse”. Hamid says. “Previously, few in our community realized how complicated this defect is.”
More military alert levels
The Germans also increased their alert state from ‘Disdainful Arrogance’ to ‘Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs’. They also have two higher levels ‘Invade a Neighbor’ and ‘Lose’.
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holidays as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Americans, meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all their allies, just in case!
Another origin At the time of the bubonic plague, ships were kept in isolation in port for forty days. This is the origin of “Quarantine”
And more about Bill’s Cows
Facism You own two cows. The State takes both and sells you a little milk.
Nazism You own two cows. The State takes both and has you shot.
European Union You own two cows. The State takes both, slaughters one of them, milks the other and throws the milk away.
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A hideous historical fact
Human bodies dumped into bogs are sometimes preserved for thousands of years. When workmen in Cheshire, England dug up the body of a man, they called the police immediately. It turned out the murder had happened 2,000 years ago! He had been sacrificed by the Romans who smashed his skull into his brain, slit his throat and strangled him. [In a thrice?] If done in that order, strangulation would have been a messy business.
Still another origin
In the early days of England, people would spread straw over the floor, which was called the thresh. There needed to be a piece of timber across the doorway to stop the thresh from falling out. This was called the ‘Threshold’.
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A sign posted in Germany’s Black Forest
It is strictly forbidden on our Black Forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women,, live together in one tent unless they are married to each other for this purpose. So there!
Last night! I hit the wrong key at about 9.15, lost the lot, and went to bed in disgust
RC Queenscliffe will hold its change-over night next Monday at the Royal Hotel, 7.00 for 7.45.
Bill Walton gave us a rundown on progress with the planning for the Ocean Grove Heritage Park, to which the COGG has allocated $6,000.
Judy Greer referred to the 7 day ‘Adventure in Citizenship’ project to be held for year 11 students in Canberra during September.
A new member will be inducted at our C/O night on 30th June, provided there are no objections.
Heather Wallace is preparing a new market roster. You will need a medical certificate to escape inclusion..
The two Edwards have hogged the footy-tipping winning list for the past two weeks. Poor old Foxy picked 8 winners for the second time this year, and still didn’t get the wine! But the saddest story comes from Ian Bent who claims to have picked all 8 last round, and also, the correct winning margin for the 1st game, but forgot to bung in his picks until the first bounce.
Rod Greer gets the nod for producing the most drawn-out FF [friverless fine] of the Rotary year, lambasting the recently published report that the Moon and Mars will be about the same size in August, and had support from a fellow chalky and a mere schoolgirl! [Just you wait, Henry Higgins] Anyway, its not those celestial bodies which will be comparable in August. Its Geelong & St Kilda! So there!
Bruce Wood on Men’s sheds
Your editor spent the first half of Bruce’s well constructed and excellently presented address, thinking it was some sort of ‘send-up’, and then realised that he [the ed.] had completely missed the message.
Frankly, I was thinking of Jeff’s shed on the Yarra bank, the many shearing sheds I have seen in my travels, the ‘packing’ sheds that were such an integral part of the dried fruits industry in the Sunraysia District, and of course, the machinery sheds of farming fame. Bruce didn’t mention them.
And he missed the most famous sheds of all – the ‘shelter sheds’ of my early school days. This is where I realised Bruce and I were on the same wavelength after all, when he referred to ‘social enjoyment’ and ‘ongoing learning’. They don’t seem to have those sheds any more! Pity.
