The Next Meetings

Monday 24th July

Why Naval Heroes were not awarded a VC - Noel Phelan

Monday 31st July

Training to be a Cop - Tom Hartman (ex Springfield)

Monday 7th August

Graffiti Removal - Roger Norman

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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 and see if you can swap, or find another person to do the role and let Max know (so he can amend his records) who it is. 

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Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Humour

6th August

WPH Public School Fete

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West Pennant Hills: Family Fun Fair - Sunday 6th August

Some information for those interested

We will have two BBQs on site on the day with Lions running one BBQ and your Rotarians running the second. We will be locating the Rotary BBQ in a similar position to our 2015 fair i.e. near the school's cricket nets.
Number of volunteers
Up to you on number of volunteers but keep in mind the following:

• smaller team at 8:30am for set-up if you can bring your own trailer (see below) as we want all cars off site by 9am
• based on last fair, we expect your BBQ will be busy from 10:30am till 2pm

 Operating Time: 10am till 3:30pm

•  Gates open at 10am (arrival time at 8:30am)
•  The rides on the oval will shut down at 3pm so demand at your BBQ might drop off from that point

 Supplied Equipment

• In 2015 your team brought a BBQ on a trailer. Are you able to do that again?
•  the school & PC will supply sausages, bacon, eggs, bread and drinks, plus gas for the BBQ.
• ​ we will assign a member of our site team as your contact on the day to keep you supplied with sausages, bread, drinks etc

Other Equipment

• If you have access to any large eskies, that will be helpful
• We suggest than your team bring their own cooking utensils

Kind Regards
​Justin

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Hello from Vietnam and your cows

Hi everyone! 
 Just wanted to say thank you again so much for your donations to mission:nampossible. 
I am attaching a blog link with the stories and pictures of the cows you have generously donated. You have changed these families lives and a thank you doesn't even cut it! 

http://missionnampossible.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/start-where-you-are-use-what-you-have.html

Anna

"Cherry"

"Brooke"

"Penny"

Editor:  Keep an eye out for "chuc may man" courtesy of John T when viewing the link

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Car for Sale

Max’s daughter is off to the UK for a couple of years and has decided to sell her beloved Joey (rego CNJ O3Y) that she purchased new:
Toyota Yaris YRS (2013), 1.5L Petrol Manual, 5 Door Hatch.
Cherry Red with Alloys, in good condition and non-smoker.
 Only 23,000k and registered to May 2018.
Serviced by Toyota Pennant Hills, log book.
$12,000
Phone Max 0404 020 985
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Days for Girls Workshop

Become a Friend or Companion of Australian Rotary Health

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Rotary Foundation - Six Areas of Focus

Logos for the six areas of focus

Rotary’s 34,000 clubs and 1.2 million members serve communities around the world, each with unique concerns and needs. Rotarians have continually adapted and improved the way they respond to those needs, taking on a broad range of service projects. The most successful and sustainable Rotary service tends to fall within one of the following six areas:

• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
• Disease prevention and treatment
• Water and sanitation
• Maternal and child health
• Basic education and literacy
• Economic and community development

Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation recognize that focusing service in these areas of focus can

• Provide direction to Rotarians interested in developing service projects
• Improve Rotarians’ capacity to address needs
• Show the world that Rotary is a global leader in humanitarian service

The needs spanning Rotary’s six areas of focus are vast, ranging from lack of access to clean water to the need for immunizations that prevent deadly diseases. This article provides an introduction to each area, as well as ideas and suggestions for how Rotarians can address these needs locally and internationally.

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Peace Resolution

HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN

Through our service projects, peace fellowships, and scholarships, our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

REBUILD

We help refugees integrate and find jobs.

TRAINING

We help leaders learn how to prevent and mediate conflict.

IN ACTION

Rotary supports peacebuilding in communities and regions affected by conflict.

100
peace fellowships are offered each year at Rotary Peace Centers around the world

1,000+
students have graduated from Rotary’s Peace Centers program

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Disease Prevention and Treatment

Rotary's top priority is the eradication of polio, but our members take on far greater responsibilities to fight disease. They set up health camps and training facilities in undeveloped countries and in communities struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria. They also design and build the infrastructure for doctors, nurses, governments, and partners to reach the one in six people in the world who can't afford to pay for health care.

Disease prevention and treatment takes on many forms, from supporting studies to helping immunize people to improving drinking water and the sanitation infrastructure. The world relies on Rotary to tackle these global challenges, and to set an example for others to follow.
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Join Rotary and work on projects to prevent and treat disease.

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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. 

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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

Vale. A one-minute silence was held in memory of Past President Graham Cuthbertson who sadly passed away last Thursday.  We are deeply saddened by the death of PP Graham. We have lost a valued long-serving member of this club.  Our deepest condolences go to Judy and the Cuthbertson family.

Members were advised of the resignation of Ian Roberts and that a farewell would be held at partners meeting convenient to Ian and Jeanette.

Kiwi joke for the evening
Two Kiwis are walking down a street in Sydney.
One of the Kiwis happens to look in one of the shop windows and sees a sign that catches his eye.
The sign said: "Suits $5.00 each, Shirts $2.00 each, Trousers $2.50 per pair".
The Kiwi says to his mate, " look! We could buy a whole lot of those, and when we get back to New Zealund we could make a fortune!

Now when we go into the shop, you be quiet, OK? Just let me do all the talking, cause if they hear our accent, they might not be nice to us, so I'll speak in my best Aussie accent."

They enter the shop and the Kiwi says, "I'll take 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each and 50 pairs of trousers at $2.50 each. I'll back up my ute and..."

The owner of the shop interrupts. "You're from New Zealund, aren't you?"
"Well... Yes," says the surprised Kiwi. "How the hell did you pick that?"

The shop owner replied, "This is a bloody dry cleaners, mate!

The Assembly Agenda. 
Twenty nine members attended the Club Assembly.  The major item for the assembly was a presentation updating progress on the Next Big Thing.  An explanation was given about the membership survey sent out by Keith last week along with changes made to the Website/bulletin as a result of the club moving to comply with the Privacy Act.  Max advised members of the new process for assigning members to the duty roster for each meeting. 

Have a great week making a difference and until we meet again next Monday for more fun and fellowship and listen to why Navy Hero’s did not receive VCs.

Colin

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Night Report

Sergeant Ricardo called the meeting to order.
 
Grace was said by Rosemary and the toast was given by Paul.
 
Vale. A one-minute silence was held in memory of Past President Graham Cuthbertson who sadly passed away last Thursday.  We are deeply saddened by the death of PP Graham. We have lost a valued long-serving member of this club.  Our deepest condolences go to Judy and the Cuthbertson family.
 
Members were advised of the resignation of Ian Roberts and that a farewell would be held at partners meeting convenient to Ian and Jeanette.
 
President Colin started the meeting with his usual Kiwi joke:
Kiwi joke for the evening
Two Kiwis are walking down a street in Sydney. One of the Kiwis happens to look in one of the shop windows and sees a sign that catches his eye. The sign said: "Suits $5.00 each, Shirts $2.00 each, Trousers $2.50 per pair". The Kiwi says to his mate, "look! We could buy a whole lot of those, and when we get back to New Zealund we could make a fortune!
Now when we go into the shop, you be quiet, OK? Just let me do all the talking, cause if they hear our accent, they might not be nice to us, so I'll speak in my best Aussie accent."
They enter the shop and the Kiwi says, "I'll take 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each and 50 pairs of trousers at $2.50 each. I'll back up my ute and..."
The owner of the shop interrupts. "You're from New Zealund, aren't you?"
"Well... Yes," says the surprised Kiwi. "How the hell did you pick that?"
The shop owner replied, "This is a bloody dry cleaners, mate!
 
There were no directors report on the night.
 
The Assembly Agenda.
Twenty-nine members attended the Club Assembly. The major item for the assembly was a presentation updating progress on the Next Big Thing.  The members that spoke about The Next Big Things were Colin Baxter, Tony Coote, Peter Stanton and it was wrapped up by President Colin.
 
Keith Ball explained about the membership survey that he sent out. Keith also explained about the changes made to the Website/bulletin as a result of the club moving to comply with the Privacy Act. 
 
Max advised members of the new process for assigning members to the duty roster for each meeting. 
 
David Turnbull provided an update on the funeral arrangements for PP Graham. The ceremony is to be held next Monday 24th July at the Castlebrook Memorial Park Crematorium at 3pm.
 
Winners:
Raffle – John Tchetchenian (courtesy of Ricardo who won the prize but offered a redraw)
Head & Tails – Linda Barrett
 
Sergeant started the fine session with 2 terrible jokes and then he got rolling into the fines.
Meeting closed at 9pm.
 
John Tchetchenian

Night Photos

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This Week's Humour

Giggles
 
 A young blonde girl in her late teens, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a "handywoman" and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighbourhood.
 
 She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.
 
 "Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint the porch.
 
 How much will you charge me?"
 
 Delighted, the girl quickly responded, "How about $50?"
 
The man agreed and told her that the paint and brushes and everything she would need were in the garage.
 
 The man's wife, hearing the conversation, said to her husband  "Does she realize that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?"
 
"That's a bit cynical, isn't it?" he responded.
 
 The wife replied, "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes."
 
 A few hours later the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
 
"You're finished already??" the startled husband asked.
  
"Yes," the blonde replied, "and I even had paint left over so I gave it two coats."
  
Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50 and handed it to her along with a $10 tip.
  
"Thank you," the blonde said, "And, by the way, it's not a Porch, it's a Lexus."
 
 Barry

Be Quiet

Phil and Jill had been married for many years but now were in divorce court.
 The judge asked "Phil, is it true that the last three years of your marriage, you did not speak to Jill?"
 Phil replies "Yes Judge that is correct".
 "And how do you explain this unusual conduct?" the judge inquires.
 Phil replies "I didn't want to interrupt her Your Honour".
Stan

Lexi

Looking for a good home

This is Lexi, she’s an 8-week old German Shepherd. I bought Lexi as a surprise for my wife, but it turns out she is allergic to dogs, so we are now looking to find her a new home.
 
She is 69 years old, a beautiful and caring woman who can drive, is a great cook, and keeps the house spotless.

Colin McG

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Club Calendar

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