Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Club Zoom Meetings
alternate with 
Springfield House

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 7 June 2021
Guest Speaker:
Adam Blatch -- Organisational Transformation

Mon 14 June 2021 - Queen's Birthday Informal Zoom Meeting

Mon 21 June 2021
PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARDS
Partners Night

Pop-Up Book Sale - Sat 12 June 2021
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Changeover Lunch -  Sun 27 June 2021
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​Social Calendar May to July 2021

Ferry Trip and Lunch at Sydney Rowing Club Sunday 20th June. Meet at Rydalmere Ferry Wharf. More details soon. Please notify Tony Coote if you would like to attend.
 
Sydney Youth Musical Theatre Friday 9th July at Hornsby RSL The Addams Family. Tickets $37 each Please contact Max Henderson if you would like to attend.
 
Friendship Lunches/Dinners The next round of Friendship Lunches/Dinners is scheduled for around Sunday 31st July. Please notify Tony Coote if you would like to be a host or a guest.
 
Tony Coote

​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 Keith, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

Pres.  Rosemary's Report - 02 June 2021

On Wednesday evening we attended Pennant Hills Rotary meeting to hear an excellent speaker DPP  Lloyd Babb. A very enjoyable meeting and Max took out first prize in the raffle.

The Coonabarabran Equestrian event is on this coming weekend and there are bound to be many stories to tell from the 17 people who are helping.

Please think about helping with the mini-Book sale on Saturday  June 12. It is the Saturday of the long weekend, but we would appreciate a couple of hours help from as many as possible. Thank you to Neville and Andrew for the organisation. It is Neville’s swan song before he heads off into the wide blue yonder in his caravan! Thanks Neville.

The social lunch organised by Tony Coote at Sydney Rowing Club on June 20  should be very enjoyable. We hope for fine weather!

The Pride of Workmanship evening is our regular Monday meeting at Springfield on June 21. It is always a great  evening so be sure to come along. Partners are always welcome. The dress is Business Casual.

And finally, our Changeover in on Sunday 27 at Springfield for lunch. Please come along to celebrate the year that was and to welcome in the new President and board. The dress is lounge suit/jacket with tie optional.
Stay warm, stay safe and keep well.

Rosemary

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Night Report -  07 June 2021 

Meeting opened by Jim Simpson at 7.34pm - 17 attending

Toast by Colin McGowan in Memory of Nick Chuah, a previous member of our club who has past away far too early.
Directors Reports

Neville Hansen     Pop Up Book Sale
                             Pick up books on Friday 3pm
                             Set up at Church Sat. 7am to 9am
                             No parking in car park

Tony Coote           30 people booked in for lunch at  Sydney Rowing Club  Sunday 20th June
                             Meet at Rydalmere Wharf at 10.30am.  Don’t be late, 1hour between ferries

Max Henderson    Sydney Youth Musical Theatre, Friday 9th July, Hornsby RSL

Edwina Ruff          Pride of Workmanship  21st June, Springfield.

Peter Stanton       West Timor . Peter reported on inspections of progress by Nusa Tenggara Association.

Carol Russell       Dooral Round Up published a report on our Youth activities.

Jim Simpson       Peter Cleary still in hospital,  temporary kidney failure.

Guest Speaker   Adam Blatch who specialised in business administration with various charities incl YMCA for
                           15 yrs, Camp Quality, Ronald McDonald House and Civic, a Southerland Shire based Disability
                           House organisation.
                           He is now heading "Feel the Magic"
                           Feel the Magic offer assistance for children and families affected by deaths, including suicide.
                           He stated that  1 in 20,  7 to 17yr olds are affected
                           The organisation  runs camps for the children and families to help them with the loss of parents and
                           siblings and offer them strategies to deal with grief.

Adam was thanked by Douglas for his inspiring talk.
More Information on this worthwhile charity is to be published in our bulletin
Jim Simpson then ran another true or false quiz , won by Bernard.
Reminders -
Mini Book and tool sale, 12th June
BBQ at West Pennant Hills School   Thurs 17th June   Contact David Turnbull
Informal Zoom meeting 14th June
Change over Lunch.  Sunday 27th June, 12.30pm at Springfield.
Meeting closed 9pm

Alan Paynter

HUNTER VALLEY TRIP PHOTOS

Bunnings BBQ 22 May 2021

Jill and David Turnbull's 50 Anniversary

Pop-Up Book Sale now at Cherrybrook Uniting Sale
(waterproof since now indoors)
Next Sale:  Sat 10th July

​West Pennant Hills Public School - Walkathon 17 June

We need 4 - 6 volunteers from about 10am till 2.00 on  Thursday 17th June.
Everything will be  provided (including BBQs), but we should bring our own tools.
Please respond directly to David Turnbull .
(If you want to be a sponsor - the form is below.)

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​Club Changeover at Springfield House - 27 June

SYMT Presents "The Addams Family" on Friday 9 July

“The Addams Family” presented by Sydney Youth Musical Theatre at Hornsby RSL Club, 7:30pm on Friday 9 July 2021 Tickets $37.00.

The Addams Family have lived in their unique values for hundreds of years; however, the family encounters an unforeseen obstacle when Wednesday, now eighteen years old, decides to introduce her new “normal” boyfriend, Lucas Beineke, to the family. Wednesday has found herself experiencing a surprising new sensation, one that frightens both her and her family; she has fallen in love. In protest, Uncle Fester enlists the help of the Addam’s ancestors to call an end to the young budding romance. Morticia, Gomez and Pugsley worry about her changing ways. As the Addams and Beinekes come together for dinner one fateful evening, chaos ensues, and the two families find themselves admitting deep secrets and come together in ways they never would have imagined. The Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.

Guests welcome, eg grandchildren. As with previous productions the suggestion is we dine in the bistro prior to the show, say 6.00pm.
​Please make your payment ($37.00pp) into the club’s General Account by 30 June and identify your payment with your Surname and "SYMT".

NTA Update Please follow this link to read

Friendship Dinners/Lunches
Photos from these events will be placed here

Welfare Report

Peter Cleary -- Update From Ross Ballinger
Peter is gradually improving but is still in Concord Hospital. There is no suggestion as to when he can come home yet.
He was a very sick boy for a while having had Pancreatitis, Problems with his Gall Bladder and  Kidneys, a brush with sepsis and being treated for Gout. He is now off most antibiotics and no longer needs dialysis. He is very gradually getting his strength back. He is still in an isolation room with only the family as visitors.  I will send out an update when there are any developments as Julie is snowed under with necessary communications. He thanks every one for their thoughts and concern but is finding phone calls very wearing.

Ros Bushell (partner of Dick Bushell - ex-member of the club) is suffering from Myeloma.
She had a stemcell transplant and recovering well in hospital.

Steve Baker is being diagnosed of suffering from Ocular Myasthenia Gravis. he started medication on !st June. The doctor is hopeful that it will restore his vision but it will take time.

Colin McGowan Shingles problem is still vexing but manageable.

Humour of the Week
Thanks to Tony Coote, Neville Hanson, Tony Makin -- readers to work out who contributed what!!

His name was Bubba, he was from Mississippi ... And he needed a loan, So ... he walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan Officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an International Redneck Festival for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000; and that he was not a depositor of the bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Redneck handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Redneck produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest.
Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Redneck from the South for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Two weeks later, the Redneck returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dun & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from Ole Miss University, a highly sophisticated investor and Multi-Millionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater, Texas.
What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
The good 'ole boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"
His name was BUBBA....
Keep an eye on those southern boys!
Just because we talk funny does not mean we are stupid.

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Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he could find.
After arriving in Paris , he visited with some manufacturers and selected a line that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the new acquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of wine.
as he sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place was quite crowded, and that the other chair at his table was the only vacant seat in the house.
Before long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came to his table, she asked him something in French (which Murphy could not understand), so he motioned to the vacant chair and invited her to sit down.He tried to speak to her in English, but she did not speak his language. After a couple of minutes of trying to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a picture of a wine glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a glass of wine for her.
After sitting together at the table for a while, he took another napkin, and drew a picture of a plate with food on it,
and she nodded. They left the bistro and found a quiet cafe that featured a small group playing romantic music.
They ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and drew a picture of a couple dancing.
She nodded, and they got up to dance. They danced until the cafe closed and the band was packing up.
Back at their table, the young lady took a napkin and drew a picture of a four-poster bed.
To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out he was in the furniture business.

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

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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 Julie.   Email  admin@altitudecapital.com.au before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.
​Please no communication via phone (either verbal or SMS)

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

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

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:-
President Keith (0478 599 155) or Tony (Membership) (0412 812 624) 

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every Monday for Dinner at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

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