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Monday 3rd July
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Youth Night
Partners Night
Sarah's last night
Inductions of Linda Barrett and Joseph Degabriele |
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Monday 10th July
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Primitive Africa - Tony Makin
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Monday 17th July
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Club Assembly
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Duty Roster
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1st July 2017
14th July
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District Changeover
Spamalot presented by SYMT
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Latest News on Anna
Hi,
Anna turned 16 last week and the Club made a cake decorated with a picture taken when she was a little bit younger.
She went to Sapporo for the Flower Carpet festival.
Also, they are experiencing a heat wave, with temperatures up to 27 degrees.
See you at next meeting.
Kind Regards,
Paul
Anna turned 16 last week and the Club made a cake decorated with a picture taken when she was a little bit younger.
She went to Sapporo for the Flower Carpet festival.
Also, they are experiencing a heat wave, with temperatures up to 27 degrees.
See you at next meeting.
Kind Regards,
Paul
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
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
District Changeover
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
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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 Jilda.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] before 11am on the day of the meeting.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] 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.
President's Report
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Tonight was Ricardo’s first night and it is obvious he is going to grow into his role quickly and be a great Sergeant. Members were reminded that fines are an essential part of funding guest costs. Raffles and the $1 per meal surcharge will not do it.
Stuart Telfer from Variety was welcomed as our only guest tonight. The Rotary information topic was an update on Polio eradication. There have been outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio reported this month. At least 17 cases were identified in Syria and at least four in Congo. Vaccine-derived cases are rare, and they differ from wild cases. Wild cases of polio are caused by poliovirus that is circulating naturally in the environment. Only six cases of polio caused by the wild virus have been reported so far in 2017. That’s the lowest number of polio cases in history. Vaccine-derived polioviruses are extremely rare and exist under specific circumstances. Oral polio vaccine contains live virus that is weakened so that it will prompt the body’s immune response without causing paralysis. The vaccine is ingested, and the weakened virus replicates in the child’s gut and is then excreted. In areas with poor sanitation, this excreted vaccine virus can spread to other children. This can actually be good because it then immunizes them. When the strain no longer finds susceptible children, it dies out. The problem occurs in areas of low vaccination coverage. There, such vaccine-derived strains of the virus can continue to circulate as long as they continue to find unvaccinated or otherwise susceptible children. To prevent the virus from spreading further, investigations and immunizations are also being strengthened in neighbouring countries. Guest host Tony Makin was an apology tonight so the President hosted Stuart Telfer. Stuart gave us an insight to the amazing fun Big Bash entrants have while raising funds for making gifts to thousands of children who are sick, disadvantaged, or have special needs. I can not resist quoting from the book of NZ Jokes about Australians. What do you call an Aussie who farms both sheep and goats? Bisexual. Please remember next week is Sarah’s last, a youth night and a partners night. Have a great week until we meet again for fun and fellowship. Colin |
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Night Report
New Sergeant Ricardo Raad brought the meeting to order at 7PM. Introduced Incoming President Colin Sharpe at his first General meeting. Colin welcomed the Guest Speaker Stuart Telfer from Variety Bash. Colin also reminded members to sign up for the Rotary Leadership training if they have not already been through the training.
Directors Reports-
We farewelled the Chef from Springfield. He is retiring. We have all enjoyed the great meals every Monday. Dinner tonight was an impressive farewell meal from the chef.
President Colin Introduced Stuart Telfer, who is the Motoring Events Manager for Variety – The Children’s Charity.
Stuart started his association with Variety in an HR Holden. He is now employed by Variety to run their events in NSW. Variety raises about $12 Million per year in NSW and last year spent over$10 Million on projects to benefit children. Over the years, some 39,000 children have been directly impacted by their work. 35% of the money is spent regionally. Variety purchases and donates 12 and 22 seat coaches for special schools and organisations. The coaches share signage with Variety and all the sponsoring organisations. Variety have also installed Liberty Swings in playgrounds so young people in wheelchairs can have the enjoyment of riding a swing. Also a $15,000 playground for a school in Bourke who only requested a simple swing set.
Some of the major Variety events include-
· B-B Bash
· NSW Bash
· 4WD Adventure
· Postie Bike Bash
Nationally Variety raised $223 Million in 2016.
Variety the Children’s Charity. Care for Kids. They are our future.
Colin thanked Stuart and asked him to draw the wine raffle. Winner Tony Coote.
Heads and Tails was won by Neville Hansen.
A Reminder from President Colin that next week is a Youth Night and a Partner’s Night.
Sergeant Ricardo Closed the meeting with the National Anthem at about 8.45PM.
Tony C
Directors Reports-
- David Turnbull notified members of a working bee at the Cuthbertson residence on weekend of 22 and 23 July. Strong show of hands for volunteers.
- Tony Coote. The first phase of the “Next Big Thing” project is drawing to a close. A meeting is planned for Thursday 29th June at Coote residence at 7.30 to finalise the recommendations. They will be presented to the Board Meeting on Wednesday 12th July and the Club Assembly on Monday 17th July.
- Charlie McCartney asked all members to pass photos and articles to her for club marketing on Facebook. She will arrange social media training for members in the near future.
- Keith Ball spoke about the very high level of interest in the website especially following the Pride of Workmanship event.
- Rosemary Clarke reminded members of the Youth Night on Monday 3rd July. Also on that night there will be 2 inductions and Neville Hansen will receive his Paul Harris Fellow. Sarah flies out for Switzerland on Tuesday 4th July at 9.10PM. Those wishing to farewell her should plan to be at the airport about 6.10. Contact Rosemary regarding car-pooling.
- Dinner at the Mean Fiddler
- A trip to Newtown with friends
- A Sherlock Holmes exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum
- Luna Park
- A farewell party with 14 friends at McCartneys.
- Bridge climb yesterday
- Farewell parties in classes at school.
We farewelled the Chef from Springfield. He is retiring. We have all enjoyed the great meals every Monday. Dinner tonight was an impressive farewell meal from the chef.
President Colin Introduced Stuart Telfer, who is the Motoring Events Manager for Variety – The Children’s Charity.
Stuart started his association with Variety in an HR Holden. He is now employed by Variety to run their events in NSW. Variety raises about $12 Million per year in NSW and last year spent over$10 Million on projects to benefit children. Over the years, some 39,000 children have been directly impacted by their work. 35% of the money is spent regionally. Variety purchases and donates 12 and 22 seat coaches for special schools and organisations. The coaches share signage with Variety and all the sponsoring organisations. Variety have also installed Liberty Swings in playgrounds so young people in wheelchairs can have the enjoyment of riding a swing. Also a $15,000 playground for a school in Bourke who only requested a simple swing set.
Some of the major Variety events include-
· B-B Bash
· NSW Bash
· 4WD Adventure
· Postie Bike Bash
Nationally Variety raised $223 Million in 2016.
Variety the Children’s Charity. Care for Kids. They are our future.
Colin thanked Stuart and asked him to draw the wine raffle. Winner Tony Coote.
Heads and Tails was won by Neville Hansen.
A Reminder from President Colin that next week is a Youth Night and a Partner’s Night.
Sergeant Ricardo Closed the meeting with the National Anthem at about 8.45PM.
Tony C
Night Photos
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This Week's Humour
Whew
This will really scramble your brain. Long ... but read to the end.
Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.
You think English is easy??
I think a retired English teacher was bored...THIS IS GREAT!
Read all the way to the end.................
This took a lot of work to put together!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are animal organs. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to writeUP a report?
We call UP our friends.
And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and cleanUP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP,
so.......it is time to shut UP!
Now it's UP to you what you do with this email
This will really scramble your brain. Long ... but read to the end.
Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.
You think English is easy??
I think a retired English teacher was bored...THIS IS GREAT!
Read all the way to the end.................
This took a lot of work to put together!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are animal organs. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to writeUP a report?
We call UP our friends.
And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and cleanUP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP,
so.......it is time to shut UP!
Now it's UP to you what you do with this email
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