Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

(NB: Due to the evolving and unpredictable situation with COVID and the extension of lockdowns announced 14/07/2021, a decision has been made by Board to take September (and possibly beyond) meetings to Zoom format. We will review this should lockdowns ease. This decision has helped to provide some certainty for meetings as we move forward).
Ros Hogan is the Attendance Officer for face-to-face meetings at Springfield.  If bringing a partner or not able to attend, please notify Ros via email Ros Hogan hoganros@gmail.com by 12noon on the Thursday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.

Club Zoom Meetings
Alternate week
Springfield House
Suspended until further notice

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

6:30pm for 7:00 pm

​Mon 13 September 2021
Guest Speaker: Tim Moore
2023 Rotary International Convention Melbourne

Mon 20 September 2021
​Guest Speaker: Maggie Hamilton
Writer and Social Researcher
​"What Men Don't Talk About"

Mon 27 September 2021
​Guest Speaker: Greg Ross PDG District 9800
Lift The Lid - Rotary Supporting Mental Health

​Duty Roster

If you are unable to be at the meeting please contact the person doing your role the following week/s, arrange a swap and advise Janelle, so she can amend her records. Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Janelle of any upcoming known absences
​(e.g . holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

Do Browse Through This Website

This website is not just the bulletin. There are many useful information within. Please use the heading buttons at the top to the right of the Club's Rotary Logo and dropdown menus to navigate to other areas of interests. Just be aware that some information may not be up-to-date but come back often. It is a dynamic site and will be updated periodically.

Petition for Guest Speaker recommendations
Please contact John Caruana if you know of any prospective guest speakers of interest to the club
johncaruana500@gmail.com       Mob: 0417 394 854

Pop-Up Book Sale
No dates until further notice

​Social Calendar 2021

Friendship Lunches/Dinners -- The next round of Friendship Lunches/Dinners is postponed until Covid-19 Rules permit.
Exploring  alternatives such as outdoor gathering for BBQ or picnics when permissible.
Please notify Tony Coote if you would like to be a host or a guest.
​Pizza Night at a local restaurant​ -- Friday 22nd October
Day Trip by Car -- Sunday 21st November

​Tony Coote

​President Keith's Report 06 September 2021

 

​Tonight we encountered an extraordinary speaker Sharon Edington – Rotary Peace Scholar.  Sharon’s presentation was inspirational.
I wish to thank the members of two committees, appointed by the Board.

• Rosemary, Jim, Tony M and Douglas have reviewed and revised the Child Protection Manual.
• Janelle, Rosemary Tony M and Max have assembled a position paper on Acknowledgement of Country.

Have you enrolled for the Zone 8 Virtual Conference, 11-12 September?  The Speaker list is outstanding.
Next week our guest speaker is RC PDG Tim Moore – 2023 International Conference Melbourne.

​Stay Safe
Keith

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Learning And Development Officer

​2020-21 A Year To Remember
Contributed by President Keith

 Night Report - 06 September 2021

 

• Sergeant Colin McGowan called the meeting to order at 7:34 pm.
• Toast by Andrew Little – To Australia, Rotary and our Successful Para-olympians in Tokyo for their five years of hard training which paid off.  Special mention was made of Rosemary Little for her efforts in the “Shot Put”.  Well done
• Welcome and opening remarks by president Keith Ball – Welcome guest speaker Sharon Sedington and made mention of the 10 to 12 people who participated in the cheese and cracker Zoom get together on Friday evening. A lot of fun was had by all participants.
• Colin McGowan mentioned how Google has an impressive list of qualifications and achievements on our guest speaker Sharon.

Directors’ Reports

Rosemary Clarke (Youths)

1. Santos Science Experience - The September program has been postponed to some time in January and the 3 Coona girls have accepted a 1-day online course on Sept 23rd. Hopefully the January course will go ahead with the girls travelling to us as planned earlier.
2. Still to hear how Harashan has gone with his application to NYSF
3. ROTARACT The club is down to 6 members. They have chosen Zoomiverse as their next project.
4. RYLA - Applications are now open. I have contacted the 3 young people who approached us from the Dooral Round Up article. I have asked for applications to be to us by the end of September. Interviews will then follow. Youth committee members have been updated re RYLA.

Carol  Russell (Public Image)

Did not attend meeting

Janelle Craig – (Club Services)

1. Zoom Meetings are likely to continue till at least end of October.
2. John Caruana is now sourcing guest speakers for our meetings and appears to be sourcing some interesting speakers
3. Any members with ideas and suggestions for guest speakers, please contact John

Edwina Ruff (Vocational)

Nothing to report

David Turnbull (Foundation)

Nothing to report

Cawas Sahukar (Community Services)

1. Still no response from CBRE despite further follow up on the “Tree of Joy” for Cherrybrook Village.
2. Spoke to ARV and they are keen for us to have the BBQ, but we will have to await developments with COVID

Peter Stanton (International)

Nothing to Report

Tony Coote (Treasurer/Social)

1. All membership dues are now in
2. Received sponsorships/donations from Cherrybrook Pharmacy, Dental Touch and some spare money from Cherrybrook Village outgoing.  Still awaiting sponsorships from major donors such as the WH Sports Club
3. For Social, we should start thinking about restarting friendship dinners, etc as we come out of COVID

Max Henderson (Fund Raising)

Nothing to report 

Guest Speaker

Edwina Ruff introduced our guest speaker for the night Sharon Sedington, Rotary Peace Fellow.  Sharon has a lot of academic and work experience in a lot of conflict areas around the world, such as Palestine, India, Jordan, Chile and Africa.  She currently lives and works from Tribliza in the Republic of Georgia.

In her presentation Sharon described the role of Rotary Peace Fellows as being global peace builders, who build their skills and experience to become catalysts and leaders in social skills for the benefit of displaced people around the world, especially in third world countries.  She provided a number of real life examples of her classmates who changed career to help their communities by using the Rotary Peace Fellowship opportunity.  Where they were given the tools to effect change in peoples’ lives without violence.

It was a very interesting and thought provoking presentation.

Sergeant’s Session

 A rather quick session based on music was conducted with no eventual winner.  Typical of us not knowing much about musicians and popular music

President’s Closing Remarks

• Keith thanked Sharon once more for her impressive presentation
• Next week Tim Moore will talk to us about the 2024 International Conference in Melbourne
• Board meeting on Wednesday

The meeting was closed at 8:35 p.m.


George H Chenouda
Night Reporter

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R100 Garden

Three months have passed  since the formal “opening “ of our R100 garden at the RFS/Girl Guide site. With some tender love from Anne and Tim Sharpe who covered the garden with leaf mulch and Rosemary who often weeds it on her local walks, it is flourishing.
Every plant is doing well, the DG’s plant is flowering along with several others. When you are in the area pop in to check up on it. It adds to the attractiveness of Cherrybrook.

Westmead Institute of Medical Research
“COVID -19 Variants and Vaccines, the Lockdown update”
COVID-19: Variants & Vaccines, the Lockdown Update - YouTube      

The presentation was accurate as of 9th July 2021. Some widening of the age group acceptability for the AstraZeneca vaccine have been made since that presentation date.
The 2 main speakers were Internationally renowned experts in immunology and vaccine development, Professor Tony Cunningham and Professor Sarah Palmer.
I have attached a link to that presentation. It is well worth watching.
I also took some Notes and attach for those who only wish to get a quick grab - but the notes don’t do the presentation justice.

Kind Regards
Colin McGowan

Welfare Report

​Peter Cleary is out of hospital following surgery to remove his gall bladder. All went well and he is on the way to a full recovery. It’s certainly been an interesting journey for him.
There has been no change for Steve Baker so far. It’s taking a bit longer than expected but both he and his neurosurgeon are confident he will get through but it could take 12 months or so. He is hopeful of joining us in a zoom meeting soon.

Howard and Megan in exile

​We are enjoying our restricted freedom while we can. We are having dinner at the Football Club next door to our camp site. We took our masks off to eat. To enter the club we must register with the QR code with our phones and wear our masks all the time. The South Australian Regs requires us to wear masks all the time when outside. 
We are working our way home after the state borders open. Howard and Megan. 

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Humour of the week

 

Why Irish Eyes Are Full Of Laughter

Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, 'Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whiskey!'
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Paddy looked up again and said, 'Never mind, I found one.'
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Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and asks the first man he meets, 'Do you want to go to heaven?
The man said, 'I do, Father.' The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.'
Then the priest asked the second man, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' 'Certainly, Father,' the man replied.
'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest. Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and asked, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' O'Toole said, 'No, I don't Father.'
The priest said, 'I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?'
O'Toole said, 'Oh, when I die , yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.'
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Paddy was in New York ..
He was patiently waiting and watching the traffic cop on a busy street crossing. The cop stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, 'Okay, pedestrians.' Then he'd allow the traffic to pass.
He'd done this several times, and Paddy still stood on the sidewalk.
After the cop had shouted, 'Pedestrians!' for the tenth time, Paddy went over to him and said, 'Is it not about time ye let the Catholics cross?'
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Gallagher opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly phoned his best friend, Finney. 'Did you see the paper?' asked Gallagher. 'They say I died!!'
'Yes, I saw it!' replied Finney. 'Where are ye callin' from?'
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An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut .. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, 'Sir, have you been drinking?'
'Just water,' says the priest. The trooper says, 'Then why do I smell wine?'
The priest looks at the bottle and says, 'Good Lord! He's done it again!'
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Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman.' 'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?'
'When it was over,' Mike replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.'
'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch! What did she say?'
She said, 'Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.'
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Paddy staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Finney. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Kathleen. He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful.
Managing not to yell, Paddy sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding. He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood.
He then hid the now almost empty Band-Aid box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed..
In the morning, Paddy woke up with searing pain in both his head and butt and Kathleen staring at him from across the room. She said, 'You were drunk again last night weren't you?' Paddy said, 'Why would you say such a mean thing?
'Well,' Kathleen said, 'it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly , it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror.

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Rotaract - Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Club
​Newsletter 30th March 2021

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Covid Safe food handling

Training is on-line and takes about 20 minutes – so a few could do it
https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-awareness-food-service-training
 
The training has been developed for anyone working in NSW food retail and food service businesses and covers key measures recommended for COVID-19 control. Key topics addressed:

• COVID-19 Introduction and background
• Infection, signs and symptoms
• Self-protective measures
• Protective measures for premises and personal hygiene
• Cleaning and sanitation practices
• Social distancing measures
• Record keeping.

The course is self-guided and will take participants approximately 20 minutes to complete.
There is a 20 question multiple-choice quiz at the end.
A ‘COVID-19 awareness for food service’ acknowledgement certificate will be emailed to all participants who complete the quiz.

... and We Should be Covid Safe at Our Activities

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

We are now in a new Rotary Year. Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Program Donation Instructions for WPHC Rotary Club - 2020.

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please click here.

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Bulletin Editor - Douglas

Meetings

​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Monday 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks 
​- see Club Program for details.

Apologies

For Springfield meetings, If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Ros. Email: hoganros@gmail.com before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.

If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year
TO BE UPDATED POST COVID LOCK DOWN

The Book Sale March 2020

As the result of a lot of hard work the March Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $15,000.  Well done.

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2019 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 17 August 2019 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,600 all of which will go to assist drought relief. Click this link to read more. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2019

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 12 & 13 October raising a gross - north of $35k.

​Excellent Project Management and a large number of dedicated volunteers, some putting in hours of effort, in the weeks before the weekend contributed to this result.​​

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Barbecues
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The club runs fund raising barbecues throughout the year, mainly at Bunnings  (both Dural and Thornleigh)  Here are Barry, Tony, Nick and David hard at work. at Thornleigh.. 

What it takes to be a Rotarian

There are members of the community who may have some misunderstandings about what it takes to be a Rotarian.
We are always looking for new members and, in fact, it is new people joining that keeps us alive as a Service club.  From time to time I hear people say things that make me think they don't consider joining or even visiting Rotary for all the wrong reasons.
​This article is about the things you don't need to join Rotary, and the things you do, just in case you are not sure.  The other thing you should know is that we are a very friendly bunch of men and women and we have a lot of fun, as well as achieving some pretty good things in the community.

Don't need:

• ​to be invited
• to be of a certain age
• to be male
• to be a business person
• to be retired
• to attend meetings every week
• to be available on weekends.

Must have:

• ​a sense of humour
• a willingness to give back to your community
• a willingness to pitch in when required
• some time available to help out on the occasional weekend event
• an interest in the life of the West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook communities
• a desire to contribute in some way to the running of the Club.

​If you would like to come along as a guest to see what it is all about just call either:-
Carol Russell (0418 431 157) or President Keith (0478 599 155)

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every other Monday for Dinner at Springfield House (Suspended until further notice due to Covid)
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

Welcome to call Carol or Keith to get log on details and join us on Zoom instead

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