Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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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 01 March 2021 - Zoom Meeting

Guest Speaker
TBA

Mon 08 March 2021 - Springfield House - Partners Night

Guest Speaker
Jacqui McLahlan
Soroptimist International

Mon 15 March 2021 - Zoom Meeting

Guest Speaker
TBA

Pop Up Mini Book Sale 13 March 0800-1200
Cherrybrook Rural Fire Service Forecourt

District Conference by Zoom 13-14 March 2021

​Masks are for sale for the special price of $5.00 - triple layered (front fabric, filter, backing fabric) - washable - many patterns to choose from
Contact:  Bev Davison or Ann Sharpe

​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.

Acting Pres. Keith's Report - 22 February 2021

Tonight some 24 members and guests/partners and guests were in attendance.  It was great to see Julianne Stanton and Ross Ballinger.

Bob Whyms gave an excellent discussion on “Reflective Photography”.

The essential piece of advice for the Polo shirts is to choose a size that is one above your normal size. To date there has been 11 responses and 22 shirts requested.  We need to achieve 51+ units to meet our suppliers costing.

Tree of Joy

It was a pleasure to receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Colin Baxter on behalf of Wesley Mission. 

This week we have also received, by mail, a Certificate of Appreciation from Parramatta Mission and an exceptional Thank You card from RC Coonabarabran.

Kerry is in the final stages of securing a guest speaker for next week’s Zoom meeting.

Stay Safe,
Keith

Night Report -  22 February 2021

• Sergeant Ros opened the meeting at 7pm
  
• Toast to Covid vaccine by Cawas
• Acting President Keith welcomed all to the meeting including guests Julie-Anne Stanton and Ross Ballinger as well as Guest Speaker Bob Whyms
• He advised members that the new T-shirts were the same colour for both male and female and indicated another more dressy shirt will be available, made of denim, at a cost of $60 for those interested
  

Sergeant Ros then asked for Directors reports

• Tony Coote, Social, advised there are 9 definite starters for the Hunter Valley trip and is waiting for 5 other members to confirm
• A day at the races is being investigated and asked for numbers interested. 8 members indicated interest so work will proceed, probably at Rosehill (Hawksbury had also been considered). Cost is $105 per head which includes 3 course lunch, parking and racebook. Possible dates are 22 May, 5 or 19 June. More information to come
  
• Friendship dinners are underway
• ANZAC meeting will again be held at WPH Sports Club in conjunction with Lions
• Colin Baxter presented a Certificate of Appreciation from Wesley Mission. He and Bernard attended a morning tea where the Mission expressed their thanks for the work the club does with the Tree of Joy

David Turnbull then introduced our Guest Speaker, Bob Whyms

• Bob has spoken to the club previously on cars and aircraft and tonight was speaking about photography, which came as a bit of a surprise to David. Bob indicated he is more than happy to come back and talk again about cars
• Bob has been involved in photography for more than 50 years
• The key things to look for are – foreground; main feature; background; contrast of colours
• If it looks good to your eye, then that’s how it should look in the photo. What you see is what you take in the photo. He is not a fan of photo-shop unless it is used for minor tweaks to the original
• There are 4 main essentials in photography – Aperture, the size of the opening in the lens; Shutter speed, the time the camera shutter opens to allow light in; ISO, light sensitivity rating; and White Balance, light setting to simulate what you can see with your eyes
• Focus the camera on foreground, not background
• Colours are important in your photo
• While Iphones and Ipads will take good quality photos they will not match a DSLR camera

A very interesting presentation well received by club members
 

• Sergeant Ros then ran a quick travel quiz which just highlighted how the impact of no travel due to Covid has caused a loss of knowledge to club members
• We had a real raffle for the first time in many months and it was appropriately won by Treasurer Paul. The investigation is underway
• A small but interesting fines session followed

Meeting closed at 8.45pm
Night Reporter Jim Simpson

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Trip to Hunter Valley
Details to follow after social committee meeting on 9th March 2021

Welfare Report

Nothing to report. Please let me know of any anomalies.

Appreciation Letters and Certificates

Message from Lane Cove Rotary Club regarding NTA

For a PDF full copy of Stephanie’s presentation please click HERE.
Also, their 2020 Annual Report can be found here: Annual Report 2019-20
NTA’s website can be found here:  www.nta.org.au

NTA   November Monitoring Visit 
​ from Peter Stanton

Our article in the Latest Dooral Roundup - thanks Carol

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Humour of the Week
Editor's disclaimer:
Uploaded as provided by Cawas

Below is contributed by Bob Davison

A recent study found that the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a  year, which means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud. I almost feel like a hybrid.

A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack.  ”Help me dear," she groans to her husband.
The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter, and lines up his putt.

His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him. "I'm dying here and you're putting."

• "Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you."
  

"Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly.  "No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play through.”
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A gushy reporter told Phil Mickelson, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the
course. What's your secret?"
Mickelson replied,” The holes are numbered."
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A young man and a priest are playing together. At a short par-3, the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole, my son?"

The young man says, "An 8-iron, father, how about you?"  The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray."

The young man hits his 8-iron and puts the ball on the green. The priest tops his 7-iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards.   The young man says, "I don't know about you, father, but in my church when we pray, we keep our head down.”
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Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 3-iron standing over a lifeless man.
The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?"
"Yes," says the woman.  "Did you hit him with that golf club?"

"Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club and puts her hands on her face. 
"How many times did you hit him?"
”I don't know -- put me down for a five."
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A golfer teed up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through.

Taking out his 3-wood, he took a mighty swing. The ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead and killed him.

As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter asked, "Are you a good golfer?"    The man replied:” Got here in two, didn't I?

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The bride was escorted down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standing there with his golf bag and clubs at his side.  She said: "What are your golf clubs doing here?"

He looked her right in the eye and said, "This isn't going to take all day, is it?"

Rotaract - Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Club
​Newsletter 29th January 2021

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Covid-19 and the Club

​Our Club Needs Training - Please Volunteer

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 Friday 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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