March Theme: Literacy Month
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove
Tuesday, 17/3/2015, 6.00 for 6.30pm
Guest Speaker: A Test of Your Sense of Adventure!
Chairman: Gerry Spencer
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: John Wynn
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Ann Hodgkinson
Weekly Raffle: Fred Andrews.
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 19/3 Gerry Spencer
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove
Tuesday, 24/3/2015, 6.00 for 6.30pm
Guest Speaker: Matt Flapper. "Commonwealth Games Experience"
Madelaine Baker. "National Youth Science Forum."
Chairman: Vic Harnath
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: TBA
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Ho Eng
Weekly Raffle: Coral Barker
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 30/3 Coral Barker
Notice of the Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove
Tuesday. 31st March 2015, 6.00 for 6.30pm
Speaker: TBA
Chairman: Peter Cullen
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: Rod Birrell
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Geoff Chandler
Raffle: Tony Haines
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Nil
Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster
14/3/2015 - 27/3/2015 Marion Walton, 28/3/2015 -10/4/2015 Margaret Campbell,
11/4/2015 – 245/4/2015 Adrian Schmidt
Report of meeting 10/3/2015
Guests: Lions Club- 7 members were present, Sarah Walton, Mary Clare, Ken & Liz Hamilton, as well as many partners of Rotarians.
Reports:
RI Lara are having a golf day on 27/3 and a Gala Dinner to follow. See Martin if interested.
Responsible Serving of Alcohol Course completed. There will be a Safe Food Handling Course on 21/3/2015. Five people are interested.
The Grove Performance Space will be open on 11/4/2015 from 10am – 2pm. All Rotarians are invited.
Youth: There is one student interested in attending RYPEN.
Our support has been requested for the Youth Festival held by the Bellarine Secondary College.
Market: The District Conference will be at Maryborough from 20th to 22nd March.
Polio Plus. "Ride the Bellarine" will be held on 19th April. Entries are being received. Fifteen volunteers are needed to do as they are requested on 18/4/2015 in the afternoon and on 19/2/2015 in the morning. Please see John Paton.
Footy Tipping is on again; we need 15 participants to make the competition viable. See Alex Magee.
Red Cross Calling: Those members who have not completed your collection please do so as soon as possible. The 17 bike riders hope to take their involvement further in the District
Social: there will be a movie night on 29/3/2015 at Readings. A meal is suggested prior. Don't know what the film is.
There will be a presentation to the culinary student at the Gordon on 25/3/2015.
Community: A shade house is to be built at the Surfside Primary School soon.
The Centurion gold coin moneyboxes will be collected in mid May.
DIK: There will be a collection 0n 22/3. Please let John Wynn know if you have goods to be collected. No bicycles please.
Guest Speaker: Senior Sergeant Tony Francis. "Our Town's ICE Fight."
Tony has been in the Police Force for 25 years. He lives in Point Lonsdale and has 3 children.
Ice is a methamphetamine and is like no other drug. It has been around since the 19th Century and used by housewives fairly commonly. It was given to Japanese Kamikaze pilots and Allied troops to ease the horror of war. Addiction of users was noted so it was banned. The substance has been modified over the last 20 years and purity levels are very high resulting in such wonderful feelings that the user becomes addicted to these and not the drug. Eventually the brain is affected and paranoia and psychoses follow. The user becomes very dangerous because they believe they are invincible and everyone is after them. Multiple police are required to restrain them so they can be taken to hospital.
Family, friends, police and whole communities are affected, and the situation will increase in the next 10 years. Robbery is the main source of finance. Dealers' main approach is through known friends or acquaintances especially in workplaces and Sporting Clubs. Ice is widely used in the COGG and the Bellarine Peninsular. It has displaced alcohol as the no.1 killer on the roads. It is difficult to convince Government of the need to appropriately finance a campaign, so the police have appealed to the community to come forward with solutions. An attempt is being made to change community attitude in workplaces, clubs sporting teams, coaches teachers, friends and family through an education program which stresses that harm minimization is not acceptable. Repetition of consistent messages and targeting of vulnerable areas appears to be having some effect in our area but much still needs to be done.
Rotary Clubs can provide support through talking about the problem with family, social groups, sporting clubs and in workplaces. Start the Conversation!
Twenty-eight days are required for some semblance of reasonable behavior. The Victorian Government has allocated 47 million dollars, mostly to health services to provide care and education. It is chilling to learn that Ice is more expensive in Australia and therefore our country has become a prime target.
Please note it is essential that apologies be recorded by 12noon on Mondays. Also the Club has to pay for members who have not apologized and not turned up!
Phone number is 0457 315 900. Thank You.
A Reminder… I would be very grateful if a hard copy of reports could be given to me at the meeting… My task would be made easier!
AG
