Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Meetings

Tom Sweeney
- Willoughby Theatre Company
- optional PARTNERS NIGHT -

Monday 30th September 

Labour Day Holiday
- no meeting

Monday 7th October

​No Meeting
- Following Garage Sale         

​Monday 14th October

Upcoming Events

Train Ride to End Polio

Thursday 24th October

Recent Club Activities:
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Rotary Leadership Institute

18 August

John and Janelle just completed the two day Rotary leadership institute course

An International article on:
PEACEBUILDING THROUGH CROSS-BORDER LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

​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 Douglas, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Douglas of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

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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Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Membership donation form.

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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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 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  23 September 2019

Tonight I welcomed Edwina Ruff, Lyn Paynter and our guest Speaker Lyndal Carter.  Lyndal is from National Acoustics Laboratory and gave an interesting talk on the laboratory and the continued needs for volunteers (both hearing able and disabled) so that research can continue.
Peter S gave a “job talk” on Lithuania.  We learnt that Peter’s predecessors came from that part of the world.
It is Garage Sale time.  Please assist by attending the preparation sessions that you indicated that you would attend.  I advise that Rosemary will keep an eye on this part of the event.


Rotary Rocks

Keith

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Night Report 23rd September

Opening: Sergeant Tony opened the meeting.  Tony Makin proposed a toast to Rotary, Fellowship and The Queen. 
President Keith welcomed Edwina and Lyndall Carter (speaker) to our meeting.
Attendees: 25 + 1 speaker.   

President Keith’s Report
Refer President’s report in bulletin
 
Directors reports:
 
Community: Neville informed the meeting that there were three (3) barbeques – BSI after the garage sale, ARV – Thursday, 5 December 2019 and Cherrybrook, Saturday 30 November 2019.  Neville confirmed Tree of Joy collection between 11 & 16 November, 2019.  Gift wrapping 19 & 21 December 2019.  We have been approached to volunteer as Mrs Claus for a Story Telling Night on either 12 or 19 December 2019.  Volunteer to be sourced.  Neville has someone in mind!
 
Garage Sale: David Turnbull thanked those who had assisted over the weekend including assisting with the erection of the awning and collection of goods from John’s families home consisting of goods from one (1) truck and one (1) trailer load.   David asked that those who had not confirmed their assistance at the Garage Sale to please contact him asap.  David reminded the meeting that Friday, 11 October is particularly busy setting up for the Garage Sale on 12 & 13 October 2019. Any questions or concerns to go to David. 
 
Member talk: Peter Stanton presented an interesting talk and photo presentation on his and Julianne’s visit to Lithuania where he has family ties. Peter shared photos of their visit and explained the areas they visited including KGB, missile bunkers and Uzupis (a self-declared republic), which is a neighbourhood in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Peter handed out The Uzupis Constitution written by Uzupis residents which has 41 humorous rights including ‘everyone has the right to appreciate their unimportance’, ‘everyone has the right to understand’, everyone has the right to understand nothing’, ‘no-one has the right to have a design on eternity’. 
For more details regarding the background to the Uzupis “Republic and Constitution”:
   https://eternalarrival.com/travel-blog/europe/lithuania/uzupis-republic-constitution-vilnius/ There is a copy of the constitution below.
Peter said that Julianne enjoyed their Scotland visit!
 
Speaker Presentation: Dr Lyndal Carter from NAL (National Acoustic Laboratories) has worked in the field of audiology for over 30 years and is currently a Senior Research Audiologist with NAL. Lyndal had suffered hearing loss since she was 17 year old. Lyndal told the meeting that NAL has been a Government funded hearing research centre since 1942 and is supported by the Commonwealth Department of Health and a research arm of Australian Hearing Services closely linked to clients, clinics and audiologists. Lyndal spoke on how hearing loss has a significant impact on quality of life, socially, emotionally and physically , that hearing loss affects the individual and communication with partners and is a very common condition which increase with age.  The statistics showed that hearing loss was higher in males than females which resulted in comments such as ‘was that a function for protecting men against their wives’!  Lyndal presented research evidence on the effectiveness of different approaches in managing hearing loss including hearing aids, communication strategies, listening devices and auditory training.  She said that auditory systems can take 4-12 months to acclimatise to the hearing aid sound.  In conclusion, Lyndal said that hearing loss is lifelong – and so are the strategies necessary for its successful management and that the experience of having hearing loss is dynamic – needs change, priorities change and available treatments change.

Sergeant Tony ran a lucrative fine session focussing on positives by giving out awards such as Adrian for being the best dressed at the garage sale  collection, Angelo for being the best steward, Bill for always receiving phone calls on blocked toilets.  Raffle won by David Turnbull and Heads and Tails – Carol Russell.
 
President Keith concluded the meeting and thanked our speaker Lyndal Carter and prospective new member Edwina for attending and Lyn Painter for reading the program ….
 
Night Reporter
Bill Mann

Night Photos

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

This Week's Humour

The Deaf Accountant

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Guido, has cheated him out of   $10 million dollars.
His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that Guido would hear nothing so he would not have to testify in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing  $10 million, he takes along his lawyer who knows sign language. The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the money is! 
The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, "Where's the money?" 
Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about."
The lawyer tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about".
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's head and says, "Ask him again or I'll kill him!"
The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him."
Guido trembles and signs back, "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno's house.
The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?"
The lawyer replies, "He says you don't have the guts to pull the trigger."

Tony 

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

Joke bank is at 6

Club Calendar

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

Bulletin Editor - Bob