· Welcomed by President Rod and Chairman Marion, serenaded by Wilma and Jean, ho-hoed by a mystery Santa and waited on by a multitude of Rotarians, our 74 senior citizens were a happy bunch!
· Our DIK collectors and the various raffle ticket sellers are all congratulated by President Rod.
· Judy Greer still urgently seeks hosts for the visiting Thai students 17-21 January.
Car Raffle Sales Duties
Sat 5/12 Ocean Grove Park 0830 – Clay, Ford & Paton. 0930 – Calnin, Cummins, Paton & Richini. 1100 – Dawborn, Fox & both Waltons. 1400 – Clay [to pack up]
Sat. 5/12 Torquay market Wal. Kelly & John Eyles
Sun 6/12 Our market Andrews, Ford & Bill Walton.
Sun 13/12 APCO Barwon Heads AM Ingrid & Geoffrey Cummins PM Peter Cullen and a mate?
Market duties for Sunday 6th December
OC Phil Edwards 2IC Rod Bush Main gate, car counters, donations bin 0830-1200 Heather Wallace 0830-1030 Richard Trigg, John Fox. 1030-1245 Peter Cullen, John Paton
Parking 0730 Colin Brown 0830 Richard Grimmett, Mick Cummins 1000 Hans Franken, Tony Haines, Bruce Gilbert Site Preparation Bill Walton Signs & Equipment Dick Clay, John Eyles
Raffles 0830-1030 Alison George, Judy Greer 0930-1130 Helen Trigg, Bruce Gilbert 1030-1230 Peter Hawthorne, Coral Barker. Car Raffle Geoff Ford, Wal Kelly, Fred Andrews.
Publicity Richard Grimmett, Charles Dawborn
Landmarks and turning points in Rotary’s history
1911 The National Rotarian launched [Predecessor to The Rotarian.
1912 Rotary becomes international with Winnipeg, Canada, followed later by Great Britain & Ireland.
1916 Rotary club established in Havana, Cuba, first non English-speaking club
1917 Rotary Endowment Fund announced, predecessor to The Rotary Foundation of RI
1919 First Rotary club established in Asia [Manila, Philippines]
To be continued
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 8th December, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Mick Cummins Subject Policing in Iraq Chairman Geoff Chandler
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Ian Downing Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Tony Haines
Birthdays & Anniversaries James & Pam Turnbull [9th], Kerry Richini [11th], Jan Brown [12th], Trevor McArdle [14th].
Some amazing stories of Polio
· Polio is an intestinal virus that enters the environment through faeces. When lack of sanitation was a problem every where, nearly everyone caught polio.
· It is spread through person-to-person contact, especially in situations of poor hygiene, and enters the body through mouth.
· The poliovirus is a single positive strand of RNA enclosed in a protective coating called a capsid. It can survive for up to two months outside the body. It is in the same virus family as the common cold.
To be continued.
Notice for the meeting commencing at the Calnins, 15th December, 6.00 for 6.30
This is our annual Christmas party, which is to be a progressive dinner, with partners. It all kicks off at the Calnins, but full details will be provided next week
Birthdays & Anniversaries 15th Judy Eyles, 17th Ian Bent. 20th Peter & Annette Cullen. 21st David & Helen Cooke.
If you are offended by Irish jokes, substitute ‘Pakistani’ for ‘Irishman’.
Have you heard about the Irishman who waited outside a brothel for hours because the red light wouldn’t turn green?
Of Student Exchange
Many of our members will join me in memories of very successful exchanges in this traditional programme of Rotary. We may be getting a bit old for current participation, but there are outstanding examples of how successful this continuing programme has been.
My fondest memory is that of Japanese student from Sapporo, Shigeyuki Furuno. Yuki turned 17 during his visit to my first Rotary club, Robinvale, in 1974/75, with no English and travelling outside Japan for the first time. He attributes his success in business to his year at Robinvale on student exchange..
Now one of Japan’s leading businessmen, he attended our annual change-over dinner in 2008 with his very talented wife Atsuko [pianiste, chef and wine consultant]. Yuki joined Rotary in 1999 and is club secretary of Sapporo RC. 125 members, [average age 63], but a paid secretary is also employed. There are 14 Rotary clubs in Sapporo, 3 of which do not have lady members, including Yuki’s club, which also has only one partners night, [Christmas]
John Fox, 2125, 01/12/2009
Our roving social sub-editor reported an evening of wine, food, fun and pampering at Chateau Wallace last Thursday, featuring skin care products from the house of Arbonne. Host Heather provided a door prize- won by Judy, and donated 10% of the gross to Polio Plus. There is to be a repeat performance on Sunday 13/12 at 2.30, directed not only at Rotary ladies, but relatives, neighbours and even partners!! Bring your own skin. Arbonne Xmas hampers will be on special.
District 65 Governor Harry Cummins, 1931-3 RI President Sydney Pascall, and Club President Spencer Nall at a Distict 65 Conference in Geelong, Australia.
