Vol: 36 No: 25

         

         

Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:

10/12/2017 – 16/12/2017 Judy Greer, 17/12/2017 – 24/12/2017 Marion & Bill Walton,

24/12/2017 – 30/12/2017 Janet Alexander, 31/12/2017 – 6/1/2018 John Calnin,

7/1/2018 – 13/1/2018 Norm Elliott, 14/1/2018 – 20/1/2018 Gil Morgan.

Report of Meeting: 19/12/2017

Visitors: Nil

Reports:

President: John Calnin is organizing a BBQ and entertainment in the main street on Australia Day. Volunteers are needed.

President John reported on several matters concerning specific people:

- Geoff Brentnall and Ann will come to the Christmas breakup.

- Vic Harnath is in SJOG having several tests.

- Foundation member David Cooke’s son, “Crockett’ Cook died earlier last week.

Crockett suffered from Motor Neurone Disease.

- Bill Steains has recovered from his back injury. It is rumored that an altercation with the tractor could be the next is in the running for the next event!

Fundraising: Car Raffle tickets selling in the Caravan Parks will be on 02/01/2018. Dinner following this exercise will be at the ‘sacred area’ at Bill Steains. Graeme Chamberlain will do his thing with the cooking, and a list was circulated for the supply of salads or sweet dishes. Members are required to bring glasses and liquids and maybe a seat.

Please note: Entry to Bill’s property will be from the Shell Road entrance after ticket selling is completed. The mystic way will be signposted.

Market: The next market will be held on January 7^th 2018.

Art Show Sub Committee: Representatives from Riding Develops Abilities (Di McCann) and Disabled Surfers Association (Nick Ansell) were presented with cheques for $3500.00 from the proceeds of the Art Show. Members are reminded that nominations of worthy causes for the remaining $3500.00 must be in writing to either John Calnin or Alison George.

Ann Geerings, President of the Neighbourhood Centre, now to be known as the “Bellarine Training and Community Hub” was presented with a cheque of $250.00 from the Club for the Young Artists Prize as well as a cheque for $1630.00 from the Gold Coin Donation at the last market.

Social: 3/3/2018. – Progressive Dinner,

- 17/4/2018 – Drive in Movie.

- 17/5/2018  - Car Rally.

Youth: Nominations of people aged between 18 – 25 years for the RYLA course to be held at Kangaroobi on April 8^th – 13^th 2017 were called for. Please notify Judy Greer if you know of someone who may be interested.

Guest Speaker: Unfortunately the speaker from ROMAC was unable to be present so Janet Alexander after some difficulty organized us into groups and tested our knowledge of Christmas facts and traditions. This was fun and hopefully our new knowledge will be remembered. Thank you Janet.

Thank you, AG.

 Some facts you need to know or mull over during the Christmas break:

- Baby African elephants throw themselves headfirst into mud when they are grumpy.

- Less than 1% of the earth’s water is fresh water.

- Even though they broke up over 25 years ago, the Beatles continue to sell more records each year than the Rolling Stones.

- Kilogram for kilogram, humans produce more heat than the sun.

- Count de Grisley was the first magician to perform the sawing of a woman in half.

- Teeth are the only part of the human body that can’t repair themselves.

- Sir Isaac Newton refused to eat with a spoon.

- Polar bears are left-handed.

- Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than at any other time of the day.

- When you blush the lining of your stomach also turns red.

- Right-handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left handed people.

- A person living to 75 years of age will have slept almost 23 years of their life – or about 220,000 hours.