The Next Meetings

Monday 14th August

Make Bullying History - Brett Murray

Monday 21st August

PNG and Days for Girls - Lynne Shori

Partners Night

Saturday 26th August

TRIVIA NIGHT

Monday 28th August

No Meeting after Trivia Night

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​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 Max, so he can amend his records.

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Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Humour

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20th August

26th August

11th September

Radio Active Live

Trivia Night

John Hewko - General Secretary to RI & Foundation
Joint sitting at Pennant Hills Golf Club with Beecroft and other clubs.
​Timing 6:30pm for 7:00pm

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"Time to tune in to Radio Active Live"

The social committee is offering you the opportunity to go to see a series of “Radio Plays” performed live at the Hills Lodge on Sunday 20 August at 3pm. We have been a couple times before. They are extremely funny and enjoyable, enacting short radio plays and radio advertisements complete with sound effects. The sort of thing our parents (or Grandparents) enjoyed.

The cost is $27.50 including a full afternoon tea. See the attached flyer and the following email.

If you would like to come please pay at our next Rotary meeting. If you are an apology and would like to come please email me asap and transfer the funds to WPHC Rotary General Account BSB 062 890 Account No 10052963 With ”Radio and your name” in the description. Please ensure that you have the correct account.  








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Legacy Trivia Night

A community fund raising project of

​THE WEST PENNANT HILLS CHERRYBROOK LIONS CLUB
 
Come & support Legacy – a worthy cause
 
WHEN          Saturday 1 2th August 2017  
START           7 pm for 7.30pm start
WHERE        West Pennant Hills Sports Club – 103 New Line Road , West Pennant                                    Hills
​COST            $ 2 5 per head and all proceeds will go to Legacy   
​                      Tables of 8 can be booked , email the secretary.lions@outlook.com or
                       phone Peter at 0411 174 905 . ( See payment details below)  Please note
                       that this cost does not include any food or drinks. Food can be
                       purchased and eaten only in the club bistro (not in the Trivia Room).
                       Drinks can be purchased at the bar at your own cost 
RSVP            Friday 5th August  

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Trivia Night

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Certificate supplied by Anna Papoutsakis

Colin has forwarded this certificate - editor

Keith could you please add the attached appreciation certificate from Anna Papoutsakis in recognition of the three cows Cherry, Brook and Penny that the club donated to her cause Mission: Nam-Possible. 

A cow produces calves and provides an income for the family. A cow costs $AU 750. The family can sell the calf and earn equivalent of 9 months’ salary with the money thereby regaining their dignity.
 
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Days for Girls Workshop

Become a Friend or Companion of Australian Rotary Health

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Top Five Reasons to End Trachoma

​Top 5 Reasons to support EndTrachoma by 2020
 
Clubs around Australia support many worthwhile charities and projects. But EndTrachoma by 2020 is something particularly special for Rotary Australia.
 

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August is Membership Month

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Significant Club fundraising events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2017.​  As the result of a lot of hard work the April Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Max Henderson, Andrew Little and Clive Denmark.  Funds raised were circa $13,000.  Well done.

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2016 Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support. 


                            2017 Event is on 26th August

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The Garage Sale
We have just had a very successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 8/9 October raising a record gross of over $30k. The combination of good planning and benign weather contributed to this result.

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Barbecues
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.. 

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Meetings

Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Jilda. 
Phone 8484 7106 or email  jilda.coles@wge.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting.

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

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President's Report

Presidents Report – August 7th

President Colin welcomed fellow Rotarians partners and guests.  Guests this week were Alison Chuah and our speaker Roger Norman.
President Elect Charlie was thanked for running a great meeting last week. 

Business Items
Cawas was thanked for co-ordinating the Club BBQ presence at West Pennant Hills Primary School.  His experienced and trainee assistants Keith, Paul, Joseph, Ross, Bernard, David, Peter C, Nick, and Anne Sharpe were also thanked for a sterling effort to generate more than $2000 takings for the school. The Club’s BBQ Alumni awarded competence certificates Nick (Egg Cooking), Paul (plating), Joseph (cashier) and Cawas incompetence in egg cooking.  President Elect Charlie made a heart-felt apology for forgetting the event and made a significant contribution to the fines take.
 
RI President Ian Riseley has said “Ïn this Rotary year, I am asking each club to provide Rotary Headquarters with tow numbers: the amount of money, both in cash and in kind, spent on humanitarian service, and the number of hours of work performed in Rotary’s name”

The Board has set a policy for advertising items for sale, give away, wanted, and business promotion.  The policy is to send a PDF of the add to the Bulletin editor with a request to send it out using the Bulletin mailing list.

Australian Rotary Health has recently introduced a new fundraising initiative called Lift the Lid on Mental Illness. For the next three years, the Lift the Lid campaign will be celebrated in October Mental Health Month, including World Mental Health Day on 10th October.

ARH has set up a relationship with Bunnings who are excited by Lift the Lid and are encouraging Rotary Clubs to access their 277 plus stores on the weekend 7 & 8 October, and to collect funds and raise awareness through our national Lift the Lid campaign.  Unfortunately Oct 7 & 8 clashes with our Garage Sale so it is unlikely that the club can participate this year.

West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Lions Trivia night to support Legacy is on this Sat Evening August 12th.  This Club supports our Trivia night so it would be great if we could put together a table of 8 ($25/person).  See the Bulletin for details.

This night also clashes with the Woy Woy Musical that 8 of us are going to.

Teresa is extending leave of absence and will return from Poland on Oct 9th

Board members were reminded of the meeting on Wednesday at 7.30pm at Tony Makin’s place.

Pommy Joke – specifically for our Yorkshireman

• Tony decided to lookup his friend Alf, who was a tight-fisted Yorkshireman.  He found Alf at his bungalow in Huddersfield stripping the wallpaper from the dining room.  Rather obviously, he remarked, "You're decorating, I see."  To which Alf replied, "Nay Tony lad, I'm moving 'ouse to Bradford."
• At an antiques auction in Leeds, England a wealthy American announced that he had lost his wallet containing £5,000, and he would give a reward of £50 to the person who found it.  From the back of the hall a Yorkshire voice shouted, "I'll give £100!"

 President Colin thanked everyone for coming too this evenings meeting and wished all a great week making a difference. until we meet again next Monday for more run and fellowship and when our Speaker is Bret Murray talking about bullying. 
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Colin

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Night Report

Night Report – 7th August 2017

Sgt Ric opened the meeting on time, with Peter S commencing Rotary Grace and Jim S proposing the toast.

President Colin welcomed all the members as well as partners (well there was just one - Alison Chuah. He also welcomed out guest speaker Roger Norman from Turramurra Rotary.

President’s Report - Refer President’s report in bulletin.

Director’s Reports
 
Membership – Keith advised that there will be a meeting on the 5th September at Charlotte McCartney’s place.

International – Peter Stanton updated members about the Next Big Thing. They are looking at what values/criteria are important for the project. From a cost and proximity perspective we’ll probably target a project in South East Asia.

Marketing – Charlie presented President Colin and John T with the framed certificates that Anna Papoutsakis had presented the club last week in appreciation for the donation from our club, with the funds being used to purchase Cherry, Brooke and Penny.

Club Service – Max encouraged members to support the WPH Lions Club Trivia Night, which is being held on Sat 12th August at WPH Sports Club (if possible), as they have supported our Trivia Night for the past couple of years.
Club Service (cont.) - Ross  reminded members that the Radio Active Live Show will be held at the Hills Lodge on Sun 20th Aug at 3:00 pm.  It should be a fun afternoon with the show recapturing the magic of the Golden Age of Radio.

Youth – Rosemary advised that they are looking for RYLA candidates (18 to 27 yo) who are actively involved in the community. She also mentioned that her school will happily accept any Earn & Learn stickers from Woolworths.

Community Service – Cawas provided members with a summary of the BBQ which was held at the WPH Public School Fete on Sun 6th August. Please refer to President’s report for more details.

Members Talk
Paul Laroumanie spoke about his interest in Music Composition. He played a composition and posed a number of questions to the members. What is it called? Who was it composed for? Who was it composed by? It is called Eliza’s Aria and is a song from the ballet ‘Wild Swans’. It was composed by Elena Kats-Chernin in 2002 for the Australian Ballet and Sydney Opera House. The composition has been used in a number of TV and cinema ads by British bank Lloyds.

Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker for tonight was Roger Norman from Turramurra Rotary who presented on their Graffiti Removal project.
He gave a comprehensive overview of how the project came about and what issues we need to consider if our club wanted to start something similar. Roger talked about the various techniques and materials required to remove graffiti from many different surfaces eg; metal surfaces, bricks, wood etc. He also talked about how to fund a graffiti removal project – Local Councils, Department of Justice, businesses who have premises that are graffiti targets.

Roger also described the materials/equipment such a project would require – water blaster, prep lock paint, removal solutions. Apparently Dulux will supply FREE paint for graffiti removal projects.
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If you see any graffiti and wish to report it – go to the following website: www.vandaltrak.com.au
 
Sergeant at Arm’s
Sgt Ric used some rather dubious methods to relieve member’s of some hard currency.
Raffle won by: John T
Heads & Tails won by: Peter C
President Colin thanked all the members in attendance, partners and guests for another entertaining evening.
Reporter: Nick Chuah

Night Photos

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This Week's Humour

​A couple of short ones

​A couple are sitting in their living room, sipping wine. Out of the blue,
the wife murmurs, "I love you."

"Is that you or the wine talking?" asks the husband.

"It's me," says the wife, "talking to the wine."

I called an old Sydney Uni engineering classmate and asked what he was doing.

He replied that he was working on "Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics,
aluminum and steel under a constrained environment."

I was impressed...Upon further inquiring, I learned that he was washing
dishes with hot water under his wife's supervision.
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Jim

​Irony             .....there's something here for all of us!

Colin S

Fluffy Toy

I came home from work to find my dog playing with a fluffy toy, tossing it in the air, rolling on in, etc.  A closer check revealed the toy to be my neighbour's pet rabbit. 

There was already a bit of tension between us and the neighbours, so I didn't want them to know my dog had killed their pet.  I took the rabbit inside and cleaned him up.  Not badly damaged, his fur looked okay, once the dog slobber and dirt was removed.

Nobody was home next door, so I sneaked into the backyard and carefully propped the rabbit up in its hutch.  It looked pretty good, apart from the fact that it was dead.

About an hour later I heard the lady next door arrive home, then a scream.  I put my head over the fence and calmly inquired, what was wrong.  She was a bit hysterical and sobbing and just kept saying, "my rabbit, my rabbit . . . ".

I said oh, has he died.

She said, he died two days ago and we buried him.

David​

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Club Calendar

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Bulletin Editor - Keith Ball