Club Bulletin
Volume 32, Issue No. 11 - 17th September 2018
No Meeting - Public Holiday |
Monday 1st October
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Inside This Issue |
Upcoming Events13th-14th October Garage Sale ALL HANDS
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It is with great sadness that I advise of the death of Jim Kehoe.
Jim was a long time member of our Rotary Club, and was president in 2000-2001. Jim joined IBM in February 1967 as a Systems Engineer and retired in 1995. Recently, Jim and Muriel moved to Port Macquarie and intended to travel a little. Enjoying their travelling, they were walking on the beach in Noumea when he slipped and broke his hip. Surgery was performed but post-surgery Jim contracted an infection and sadly he succumbed to pneumonia. Click hereto view the death notice in the SMH. |
This years’ theatre fundraising performance, a classic comedy by Woy Woy Little Theatre sponsored by The Entrance Rotary Club (Clive Denmark’s club) is Saturday 20th October.
There is finger food & a free drink & a friendly pre show atmosphere with a chance to catch up & chat and Clive strongly recommends arrival between 7.00 & 7.30. Seating is being allocated on a 1st come first served basis. Clive has booked one block of 8 for family & Central Coast friends & am happy to book another block for our club members. There are only some 114 seats and even the ones at the end have good views and are a maximum of 5 rows back!! Funds raised are for the Aspect Autistic School in Terrigal to purchase two interactive white boards, their application for a $3,000 district matching grant $3000 has been approved. If you wish to attend (Saturday 20th October) please email Max and make your payment of $40.00 per person into the club’s General Account and identify your payment with your Surname and "Clive". |
Celebrating 40 years of the iconic movie, Grease is still the Word as Berowra Musical Society brings the classic story to the stage. With songs like Summer Nights, Greased Lightning, We Go Together and more, a cast of 40 promises a great night of song, dance, comedy and love.
If you wish to attend on Friday 26th October please email Max and make your payment into the club’s General Account and identify your payment with your Surname and "Grease". |
We have the opportunity to see the NSW premiere of Tarzan the Musical presented by Sydney Youth Musical Theatre at Hornsby RSL Club on Friday 23 November at 7:30pm. Tickets $32 (concession-senior). Tarzan features heart-pumping music by rock legend, Phil Collins.
Washed up on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Tarzan's life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribe's territory, and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. |
More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.
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MENTORING STUDENTS
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TEACHER TRAINING
We share our knowledge and experience with educators and other professionals who work with vulnerable populations
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ADULT LITERACY
Rotary members fight adult illiteracy by working with local advocates to offer community literacy programs.
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ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS
Rotary members invest in the future by giving scholarships to students who have the potential to change our communities
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EDUCATING REFUGEES
A university president and Rotary club fight Boko Haram to bring education and food to refugees in Nigeria.
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COACHING TEACHERS
Realizing that getting children into school isn’t enough, Rotary shifts to mentoring and coaching teachers.
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"When you teach somebody how to read, they have that for a lifetime. It ripples through the community, one by one."
Mark Wilson
Rotary Club Member |
Wanted - New MembersIf you know of someone who would benefit from Rotary, or, from whom Rotary would benefit if they were a member, then contact Tony C.
Click here for a PDF copy of the form to the right, and send or give it to Tony C. |
The Garage Sale
We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 7&8 October raising a record 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. |
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 Carol.
Phone 8850 6515 or email carol.russell@ybr.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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Tonight was a combined meeting with the Glenhaven Club. Both Colin and Mentie welcomed their members, partners and guests. A total of 38 sat down to another great Springfield House meal. Both clubs are low on numbers due to a high number of members away on holidays
The West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Guests, Partners attending were: Anne, Pamela, Rob, Julie, Rebecca, Roma and Indira. Noel Phelan was thanked for stepping in at short notice and giving a talk on the Halvorsen family – more about this in the Night Report. Business for this week. Bunnings BBQ. Thank you to Janelle, Bill, Kerry and Peter for leading the impromptu BBQ at Dural. Thank you also to the support team Paul, Angelo, Tony Coote, Keith, Bob and Neville. Another $200 donated specifically for drought relief and $560 for our fundraising account. Trivia night money. $17,000 and 30 ladies pamper packs have been given to Coonabarabran Rotary Club by the group of club members/partners (Peter, Julie, Andrew, Desley, Rosemary, Rob, Gino, Ros, Larissa) who travelled to Coonabarabran last weekend. Meeting with the Coonabarabran Club was awesome. We were made extremely welcome and this will be the start of a long-lasting relationship. |
We were warmly welcomed by the Coonabarabran club who joined us for dinner on Sunday night We enjoyed their hospitality again on Monday night at their regular club meeting. They are a club very similar to us – Do good while having fun. Their club meeting is quite different to ours but it works well. Club President runs all aspects of the meeting, setting up and packing up the venue and proposing the toast. They have no fines session or raffle. They have a door prize that allows the winner to select a playing card from a board showing those previously selected. If the joker is selected they win the jackpot which increases by $20 if not won. The meeting venue is as the bowling club and two course dinner is served by club members. Andrew has lots of photos to share.
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A doctor goes out and buys the best car on the market, a brand new Ferrari GTO valued at $3 million. He takes it out for a spin and stops at a red light. An old man on a moped pulls up next to him. The old man looks over at the sleek shiny car and asks, “What kind of car have you got there, sonny?”
The doctor replies, “A Ferrari GTO. It cost $3 million dollars!” “That’s a lot of money,” says the old man. “Why does it cost so much?” “Because this car can do up to 300 kilometres an hour!” states the doctor proudly. The moped driver asks, “Mind if I take a look inside?” “No problem,” replies the doctor. The old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then, sitting back on his moped, the old man says, “That’s a pretty nice car, but I’ll stick with my moped!” Then the light changes, so the doctor decides to show the old man just what his car can do. He floors it, and within 10 seconds, the speedometer reads 150kmh. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear-view mirror … and suddenly something whips by him going much faster! “What on earth could be going faster than my Ferrari?” the doctor asks himself. He floors the accelerator and takes the Ferrari up to 200kmh. Then, up ahead of him, he sees that it is the old man on the moped! Amazed that the moped could pass his Ferrari, he gives it more gas and passes the moped at 250kmh. WHOOOOOOOSHHHHH! He is feeling pretty good until he looks in his mirror and sees the old man gaining on him AGAIN! Astounded by the speed of this old guy, the doctor floors the gas pedal and takes the Ferrari all the way up to 300kmh. Not 10 seconds later, he sees the moped bearing down on him again! The Ferrari is flat out, and there is nothing that he can do! Suddenly, the moped ploughs into the back of his Ferrari, demolishing the rear end. The doctor stops, jumps out and, unbelievably, finds the old man is still alive. He says to the mangled old man, “Oh my gosh! Is there anything I can do for you?” The old man whispers, “Unhook my suspenders from your side mirror.” |
In the early days, everyone owned horses and only the rich people owned cars.
These days everyone owns cars and only the rich own horses. My, how the stables have turned! |
Celibacy can be a choice in life; or a condition imposed by circumstances.
While attending a Marriage Weekend, my wife and I listened to the instructor declare, 'It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.' He then addressed the men, 'Can you name and describe your wife's favourite flower?' I leaned over, touched my wife's hand gently and whispered, 'White Wings Self-Raising Flour, isn’t it?' And thus began my life of celibacy. Stan
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