The Next Meetings

Monday 26th June

Big Bash Variety Club

Monday 3rd July

Youth Night

Partners Night

Sarah's last night
​Inductions of Linda Barrett and Joseph Degabriele

Monday 10th July

Primitive Africa - Tony Makin

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​Duty Roster

Duty	Monday 26th June​	Monday 3rd July	Monday 10th July
Speaker Host	Tony Makin	Rosemary Clarke	Howard Fleming
Night Reporter	Peter Cleary	Douglas Lam	Colin McGowan
Front Desk	Bob Davison	David Turnbull	Carol Russell
Front Desk	Carol Russell	Nick Chuah	John Tchetchenian
Steward	Charlie McCartney	Steve Baker	Tom Westcott
Steward	Alan Paynter	Colin Baxter	Gino Savio
IT Guru	Andrew Little	Neville Hansen	Nick Chuah
Photographer	Peter Stanton	Ross Ballinger	Peter Stanton
Member Talk	-	Howard Fleming	Alan Paynter

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Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

Birthdays and Anniversaries
Humour

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1st July 2017

District Changeover

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Club Changeover

This photo is to whet your appetite.

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Pictures from Anna

Please find attached some pictures from Anna.
She went to a "cat bar" where you can have a drink and pat some cats.
Last weekend, she went to a place that looks a bit like Europe and did some fishing and other activities. Please note that the snow seems to be gone and crops are growing.
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Vivid 2017 - More Photos

Example photos from Paul.
​To see all of the photos from Paul, Andrew & Peter go to Vivid 2017.
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News from Howard

Hi All,

We in our day fifty of our motoring trip to Karumba in Far North Queensland. 
Our travel route took us north to the Hunter Valley, across the mountains to Colah and the Black Stump country, then onto Gunnedah. The next long stay was at Boggabri for the Drover Campfire Festival, then onto Narrabri to see the cotton fields in full bloom with the automatic motorised harvesters picking the cotton buds and being transported to the cotton gin. At Tamworth I have the Motorhome serviced and I under took the compulsory RMS aged driving test to maintain my HR driving licence. 
From Tamworth we traveled via Inverell to Moree for a week to visit the local sights and soak up the minerals in the artesian thermal pools. Heading north again across the NSW/Queensland boarder we camped by the river at Nindigully where the local pub had a welcoming sign, "Free Beer Tomorrow". Moving onto we stayed on the township of Surat which is famous for its museum depicting the last Cobb and Co mail run in Queensland, display the original 14 passenger stage coach and its artifacts. At Carnarvon Gorge we toned up our leg muscles for three days by walking up several trails of the Gorges natural formations. Then staying at Longreach claimed as the capital of the cattle country in central Queensland we visited the displays of an actual 707 and 747 aircraft and fished in the Thompson River that flows into the channel country rivers then to the Murray via the Darling River. Our current stay is at Winton which boasts the origin of the writing of Waltzing Matilda. Around the area we visited several finds and displays of dinosaurs. Well that's all for now. Must pack up camp and move onto Cloncurry.

Have a good meeting.
​Regards Howard and Megan 

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Recommended by Carol

Morning Keith.
Here is something of interest to our members to put in the bulletin,  I spoke to Rosemary and she suggested it would be good to go in there.
It is aimed at our Demographic and those with parents who are aging.  All sessions are at the Council Chambers at Columbia Court, Baulkham Hills…(alongside the Novatel Hotel) 
Cheers.   Carol.

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Spamalot presented by SYMT - Hornsby RSL Club - Friday, 14 July 7:30pm

Written by Eric Idle, and presented by Sydney Youth Musical Theatre, Spamalot is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. It retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

SYMT (Sydney Youth Musical Theatre) are renowned for tremendous quality shows featuring performers aged between 14 to 25 years. They have two productions pa with July for the older U25 age group and in November for the U18 age group.

Our club members and partners have developed a strong following over the past three years with usually twenty to thirty supporting each show. Combined with the recently refurbished bistro an affordable and enjoyable night out is readily achievable.
 
To book please deposit $32.00 per attendee into our Rotary General Account by Friday 23 June 2017 as follows:
 
BSB: 062 890
Account Number: 1005 2963
Please quote your surname and SYMT

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District Changeover

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June is Rotary Fellowship 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. 

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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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This Week's Humour

Sailor's Blush

A cab driver picks up a nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the cab driver – who is quite a handsome fellow – can’t stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring.
 He replies, “I have a question to ask you, but I don’t want to offend you”.
 She answers, “My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.”
 “Well, it’s like this, I’ve always had a fantasy to kiss a nun.”
She responds, “Well, let’s see what we can do about that, on two conditions:
1. you have to be single, and 2. you must be Catholic.”
The cab driver is very excited and says, “Yes, I’m single and Catholic!”
 “OK,” the nun says. “Pull off to the side of the road, we will see what we can do.”
The nun plants a whopper of a kiss on the cabbie! And when he begins to pull back after half a minute, she dives back in and gives him another kiss that would make a sailor blush.
 But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
“My dear child,” says the nun, “why are you crying?”
“Forgive me, but I’ve sinned. I lied. I must confess, I’m married and I’m not even Catholic.
”The nun says, “That’s OK, my name is Bruce and I’m going to a Halloween Fancy Dress Party.”
Colin S

Chinese Restaurant

A couple go for a meal at a Chinese restaurant and order the ‘Chicken Surprise’, The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot.

Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly and she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down.
‘Good grief, did you see that?’ she asks her husband. He hadn’t, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down..

Rather perturbed, he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening, and demands an explanation.
‘Please sir,’ says the waiter, ‘what you order?’
The husband replies, ‘Chicken Surprise'

‘Ah! So sorry,’ says the waiter, ‘I bring you Peeking Duck'

​Colin S

A few lighter moments.......

A SIGN IN A SHOE REPAIR STORE IN VANCOUVER THAT READ:
"We will heel you,
We will save your sole,
We will even dye for you."

AT AN OPTOMETRIST'S OFFICE:
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've
come to the right place."

ON A PLUMBER'S TRUCK:
"We repair what your husband fixed."

On an Electrician's truck:
"Let us remove your shorts."

On another Plumber's truck:
"Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber"

At a Car Dealership:
"The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."

In a Veterinarian's waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes.
Sit... Stay...

At the Electric Company:
"We would be delighted if you send in your payment on time.
However, if you don't, YOU will be de-lighted.

In the front yard of a Funeral Home:
"Drive carefully.  We'll wait."

In a Chicago Radiator Shop:
"Best place in town to take a leak."

Sign on the back of a Septic Tank Truck:
"Caution - this truck is full of Political Promises."
 
​Stan

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Bulletin Editor - Keith Ball