Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Meetings

Pride of Workmanship Awards

Monday 27th May

Pride of Workmanship is an approved Rotary project instigated in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills (NSW, District 9685).
 
The Pride of Workmanship Program enables people in our society to help other people achieve the goal of job satisfaction, and publicly recognise them for their efforts.
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Participating businesses promote the Pride of Workmanship theme of 'Do it once - do it well' throughout their organisation and nominate employees worthy of recognition, not only within the organisation, but the wider community.

Rotary 101 - Rosemary Clarke
Winter RYPEN Student - Tegan McHugh

Monday 3rd June

Upcoming Events

St Gabriel’s School Castle Hill – Another Project for Us.

Following on from our successful funding and installation of a Sporting Equipment Shed and Shade Sails installed by Tom Westcott for St Gabriel’s in 2018, we asked if our club could support a new project this year.

The Board believes that St Gabriel’s is our best local community Service Opportunity and fits well with the criteria we developed for the “Next Big Thing” project.

At the board meeting on 13th March, the Board decided to go ahead.  With this commitment in place, work will take place during the second school term and we will be looking for volunteers to assist.

Details from St Gabriel’s are below.

Sustainability is a focus for the school this year and one of the projects we want to get off the ground and particularly involve the new year 7 seven students is a school community vegetable garden. Part of the new year 7 curriculum in Food Technology is a focus on Life Skills (home cooking).  We think having a vegetable garden in this area will be a very good way to teach the life skills cooking program from a wholistic approach.

We’ve had some meetings with our Deputy Head and the year 7 teacher and drawn up a concept of what we would like to do and how we would like to organise it. The area we are looking at is next to the new modular classrooms (see Vege Bed Area pic attached). Attached is a scale plan and a breakdown of elements and costings for the project.

We’d like to make the area self-contained, so that everything we need is right there and can also be packed away. So we’d start with a small storage shed for tools, we can harvest water from the classroom roofs into a tank, we could compost. Teachers could also use an outdoor blackboard to plan lessons in the area. We’d have a range of bed heights for our students to access as well as colourful beds and a welcoming sign for the area that maybe our art department can help out with.

​In terms of a project cost, we estimate that it would be in the range of 4-5K to purchase everything but there would also a few man-power days in erecting the timber shed, setting up and filling the beds, setting up the water tank and reworking the gutter, so it is definitely a project that you can get your hands dirty on.  
 
David Turnbull and I will lead the project for our club.
 
Tony Coote

Salvos Red Shield Appeal

18/19th and 25/26 May 2019

(1) VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED for helping Red Shield Appeal by Rotary Club of Pennant Hills.

     Actual doornock is on Sunday 26th May starting 9 am to 12pm from Barry Smith Holden at Pennant Hills. Volunteers are required as drivers for kids. Working With Children     (WWC) is required.

(2) Salvos have also organised STATIC COLLECTION points, which does not require WWC, as follows:

         1.  Thornleigh Market Place

         2. Pennant Hills Market Place

         3. Bunnings Thornleigh

Shifts are 9am-12pm and 12pm-3pm whichever is convenient. Dates are 18th/19th May and 25th/26th May .

Please advise your availability to Jaswant.

Jaswant Thakorlal

Community Services Director

Changeover Lunch

Sunday 23rd June

SYMT - The Producers

Friday 19th July

Completed Events

Travel Tales 

Hi All Rotary Members. It’s this time of the year for us to escape the Sydney winter and head North to the warmer climate. I’ve had all my medical tune ups and vaccinations completed, so I am heading in my Motorhome to Darwin starting in the first week of May, planning to arrive there 27 June 2019. My route plan is departure Sydney,heading south to Wagga, camping at Hay, Renmark, Petersborough onto Port Augusta. Up the Stuart Highway to Coober Pedy, Alice Springs to Darwin. From Darwin then down to Three Ways Roadhouse across to Mount Isa, then Townsville and to be at Hervey Bay in  August. Then as the weather warms up head back to Sydney. 
Thanks to Colin Mc.Gowan for his support while I had my medical procedure. 
Regards Howard and Megan ​

​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.

Wanted - New Members

If 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.​

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2019

As the result of a lot of hard work the MarchBook Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $19,000.  Well done.

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2018 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 25 August 2018 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,250 towards the charities we support. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2018

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 13 & 14 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.​​

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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.. 

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 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.

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President's Report  20th May

I was happy to start the meeting and welcome all of our guests Varo & Sonia Tchetchenian, Rob Wansbrough and Roma Chandra all who came to see our guest speaker, who became ill and notified us that he will be absent.  Let’s hope we can re-schedule a future visit.
Other guests were Clive Matthews, a potential member, and Brian Furrer, an honorary member of the Club.

Kerry Mann gave an excellent impromptu session on Cranbrook Care as a replacement speaker.

Next week is a Partners Night and Ricardo will oversee the Pride of Workmanship Awards.  RC Pennant Hills have accepted our invitation to join us for the night.

The various committees are in flux as we approach Changeover.  Don’t be surprised if you are asked to reconfirm membership of a committee and/or switch to a new committee.  The committee structure is a wonderful way to be involved in the Club.
Rotary Rocks
Keith

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Night Report 20th May

Opening: President elect Keith opened the and welcomed members, partners and 5 guests. Rosemary managed the meeting as Acting Sergeant. We were advised the guest speaker for the night (Dr Clayton King, Medical Director, Brain Injury Unit, Royal Rehab) was ill and Kerry Mann would fill the spot on the “Wonders of Cranbrook” (Cranbrook Care Retirement Village and Aged Care Facility)
Toast: Stan proposed the toast to Rotary International and another individual.
President Elect Keith’s Report
Refer President’s report in bulletin.
 
Reports
Tony Coote gave an update on the successful BBQ at the Coonara Rd (Eurambnie Park) Polling station. A slow morning start was reversed in the afternoon by a continuum of hungry voters which enabled gross sales of $1,400 and around $1,300 net. A note of appreciation from the Electoral Commission Team Leader at the Eurambie Park Polling Place was also acknowledged
Col Baxter reported on a very successful car outing last Sunday (Mangrove Mountain) and was especially pleased to report that no one got lost.
Janelle gave an update on the Youth portfolio including two interested candidates for outbound exchange. Suitability interviews to be carried out shortly prior to the 3rd June District ones.
Jaswant mentioned that he was one short for the static Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal collection post at Bunnings Thornleigh (for Sun 26th May) and a volunteer stepped up.
John Tchetchenian reminded members they only had 1 month remaining to contribute to this year’s Centurion Appeal.
 
Neville advised that all the BBQ equipment was now stored at the Church and if anything is used please return it in a clean condition and make sure it is put back neatly.
 
Max gave a reminder of the Changeover on Sunday 23rd Jun 12 for 12.30. Refer Bulletin for more information.
 
David Turnbull invited interested members to attend his place on Tuesday 28th May at 7.30pm to discuss the upcoming garage sale.
 
Keith Ball also extended an invitation to members interested in running the Clubs Web site to touch base with him prior to an evening meeting at his place on Thursday 30th May.
 
Kerry Mann then gave a very interesting and informative presentation on Cranbrook Care at Bella Vista which offers luxury retirement apartments as well as aged care living. Kerry is the CEO of Cranbrook Care. In the 2019 Property Council of Australia Awards they were awarded first place for the “Best Retirement Living Development”. For more information and a very worthwhile read, refer to their web site “bellavistagardens.com.au”
 
Heads and Tails was won by Rob Wansbrough
 
Colin McGowan, Night Reporter.

Night Photos

Editor Note:  Click on a photo to see a larger version.

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This Week's Humour

Wonderful English from Around the World


In a Bangkok Temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.

Cocktail lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctor's office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Dry Cleaners, Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
TAKE NOTICE:  WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom, Nairobi:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ?  IF SO WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

In a Cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.

On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
In a Tokyo Bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Hotel, Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.   

A Laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.
And finally the all-time classic:
Seen in Abu Dhabi in a Souk shop window:
IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE…

 Jim
 
A teacher asks her class, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Little Johnny says, "I want to be a billionaire, go to the most expensive clubs, take the wife with me, give her a Ferrari worth over a million bucks, an apartment in Hawaii, a mansion in Paris, a jet to travel through Europe, an Infinite Visa Card and I want to make love to her three times a day."
The teacher, very shocked, decides not to dwell on what Johnny had just said and asks, "And you, Susie?”
Susie says, "I want to be Johnny's wife."

Bev D

Joke Bank content is 5.

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please click here.

Bulletin Editor - Mighty Duo of Neville & Keith