16th August 2011
August Theme: ‘Membership and Extension’
Committees
Public Relations: John Flett (c),
Bulletin: Alison George, Rod Greer.
Web Site: Richard Grimmett, Rod Bush and John Flett
Membership: Heather Wallace(c), Richard Trigg and Judy Greer
Notice of meeting for The Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
Club Grove, 18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove.
Tuesday, August 23rd 6.00 for 6.30 p.m.
Subject: Building Bellarine Connections. Speaker : Peter Hibbert.
Chairperson: Marion Walton
Assistant Cashier: Trevor McArdle
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: John Fox
Wine Raffle: Rod Bush
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 23rd Trish Emselle, 24th David Tyrrell, 29th Hazel Ford, Marg and Hamish Campbell.
Notice of meeting for The Rotary Club of Ocean Grove
Club Grove, 18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove.
Tuesday, August 30th 6.00 for 6.30 p.m.
Subject: Team Meetings (Not football!)
Chairperson: President Margaret Campbell
Assistant Cashier: Mick Cummins
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Peter Cullen
Wine Raffle: Judy Greer
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 2nd Geoff Elgin, 3rd Fay Eglin, 4th John Eyles, 2nd Rod and Patsy Bush.
The Meeting (August 16th) and what went on.
- Guests. Mary and Steven Clare
- ANZAC Day Breakfast. Judy Greer has volunteered herself and Rod Greer to run the tea and coffee. There is still a need for a couple of other helpers. Early start and early finish!) See John Calnin or Judy to volunteer.
- Social Event. Movie and Pizza at Readings, Waurn Ponds Cinema for the screening of “RED DOG”. Marion would like numbers. Meeting at 5.30 for pizza and pasta before the screening at 6.50.
- International. Geoff Brentnall has taken another load of goods to DIK from StVincent de Paul in Ocean Grove.
- Youth. Ann Hodgkinson reported that our student for National Youth Science forum has been officially accepted, and she and Judy Greer will be visiting Bellarine Secondary College to discuss the Roy Rose awards and VCE support program this week. There has been an invitation for us to have a display at the College’s Awards Night in December. (Take note Publicity…. A big opportunity).
- September Market. John Paton has lost the counter! (1, 2, 4, 7, 3, 6, etc…) Help him find it! There are also vacancies for several jobs at the market. The roster will show your ‘windows of opportunity’. See John P to offer to help.
- Blues Train. On January 28th Richard Grimmett is organizing the booking of a carriage. It’s a great night and shouldn’t be missed. 50 tickets available.
- Hans Franken sends his best wishes from Broome and also some examples of his photography were shared.
- Art Show Raffle tickets. At the Pt Lonsdale Market we sold 4 books and two bears!
- Club Grove is having a wine night next Wednesday ($55 a head). If you are interested contact the club.
- Angela Di Sciascio
- ‘Finding Valentino’. Angela Di Sciascio was our guest speaker. What a terrific presentation. Angela had spent a year (2008) in the Abruzzo region (east central Italy) where her father had lived before migrating post war to Australia. Like many families, they didn’t talk much about the past and so her father’s heritage was all a mystery. With the onset of her father’s alzheimer’s disease, her journey back was to discover as much about her Italian heritage as she could. The book she wrote “Finding Valentino” is the story of that journey, the culture, the language, cuisine, and above all the connection with family. It was a thoroughly enjoyable presentation including several passages from the book. The sales of her book were testament to how much we enjoyed the evening.
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“Never lose your heritage”
It helps make sense of the present and the future.
From the District.
Our District was one of three nationally to have grown in the last year. Four of our clubs are participating in pilot projects on membership. The district newsletter has some details and this can be accessed on the district website: www.rotary9780.org There are also articles on Australian Rotary Health, Organ Donor awareness and other project around the district.
Stuff and Nonsense…
For the pill pushers: Pharmacists find their work to be very encapsulating.
For the gardeners: When I bought some fruit trees the nursery owner gave me some insects to help with pollination. They were free bees.
Club shutterbugs: A photographer was great at botany because he knew photo synthesis.
Rod G .
