Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:
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: Partners of Rotarians.
President John introduced a new member, Chris Foster and his wife. Chris is an Accountant and he will serve on the International Committee. Chris was warmly welcomed to the Club by members.
John then presented Alex Magee and Bill Walton to the ‘hallowed’ Membership of the Paul Harris Fellowship. Warm congratulations are extended to them both. Well done!
Reports:
President: John Calnin is organizing a BBQ and entertainment in the main street on Australia Day. Volunteers are needed.
- Geoff Brentnall and Ann were at the Christmas breakup. It was good to see Geoff looking so well.
- Vic Harnath is home and plans on a quiet Christmas with a return to hospital in early January.
Fundraising: Car Raffle tickets selling in the Caravan Parks will be on 2/1/2018. 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 7th 2018.
Art Show Sub Committee. Members are reminded that nominations of worthy causes for the remaining $3500.00 must be in writing to either John Calnin or Alison George.
Social: 19/12/2017 - Christmas breakup will be at McGlashens Winery. Please bring a gift not exceeding $10, girls for girls and boys for boys. The theme is red and white. The cost will be $25.00 plus drinks.
- 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 8th – 13th 2017 were called for. Please notify Judy Greer if you know of someone who may be interested.
Christmas Breakup:
This very happy event was held at McGlashens Winery where we were treated to their usual fare on platters as well as very good pizzas made on the property. There were many varied and inventive gifts exchanged with the supervision of Mother? Christmas and her helper. Thank you to Richard for organizing this final meeting for 1017.
Merry Christmas and a Happy productive New Year.
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 trick of sawing 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.
- Starfish do not have brains.
- Giraffes cannot swim.
- 23% of all photocopier worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their bottoms.
- The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders.
- In Texas it is illegal to graffiti a cow.
- Every person has a unique tongue print.
- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
- Cola would be green if colouring wasn’t added.
- Every year, millions of trees grow thanks to squirrels forgetting where they buried their acorns.
- Snails can sleep for three years.
- During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax. (I wonder if the Fed. Treasurer knows this.)
- Chickens will not walk on ice.
- In a deck of cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.
- The average cob of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.
- French fries are originally from Belgium.
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedallophobia is the fear of long words
- Sheep will not drink from running water.
- China’s Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9000 people at a time.
- Horseracing regulations require no racehorse’s name to contain more than 18 letters.
- Butterflies can taste with their feet.
