Tuesday 24th August

Tuesday 24th August 2010

Bob Pardy introduced his guest, Scott Keen, a Corrective Services Officer in charge of the Outreach Program.

Apologies: Eric D, Dave N, Tim S, Sally B, Pete F, Steve E, Chris B, Arthur C, David W & Jack A.

Heads & Tails - there was quite a good chance to win this due to the small group on the night, but Nev D took out the crown and a bottle of wine.

Lucky Door - I seem to have not written this down for some reason, and it escapes me as to who won???? My apologies.

Reports
Bob again reminded everyone that Subs are due asap. Please get them to him as soon as possible fellow.
Bob also gave a quick update on the Shelter Box program and the response to the floods in Pakistan. There has already been close to 8,000, 8 person tents sent, with another 6,000 to be sent asap. As a club we donated $1,000 to the relief effort.

Adam gave a quick update on the house project. Both himself and Chris Bennett have been talking to a few builders, the main two which are under consideration are Hotondo Home and Jason McLaughlan. There still needs to be further investigatiojn into this project, Adam is working on some figures and will get those out asap.

Persident Pete asked for people to help at the Edgell Jog, this is on Sunday 12 September. There was a sheet passed around, if you weren't at the meeting please let Pres Pete know if you are available to help out for a couple of hours.

Also just to let fellows know that Arthur Cheers has been unwell and in hospital, but is on the mend. So please keep him in your thought.

GSE Team Leaders were selected last weekend, with one from a Murrumbidgee Club and one from an Orange Club. The teams will be selected this weekend 28-29 August.

Bob informed everyone that bot of our National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) applicants went well, one of them being selected to head to Canberra in January. Amanda Burbich from All Saint College, so we wish her all the best, and hopefully will hear how she goes early next year.

A very important reminder to everyone, the DG visit is this week (Tuesday 31 August), it was thought that the very low numbers last week may have had something to do with people thinking it was last week!!! So please make an effort to come along to the meeting tomorrow night to welcome the DG & his wife.

Nev D provided us with a 2 minute update about his recent holiday to Queensland. Sounded like the travel on the way there was just as much part of the holiday, with quite a number of stops along the way to visit family & friends. After starting in Sydney to visit his daughter and going to see West Side Story, the journey continued to Gosford, Kempsey, Ballina and their final destination Burleigh Heads. After enjoying the shoping, casino, sunshine and general balmy weather for a few weeks it was very hard to come back to our glorious weather! Welcome back Nev.

Finally our guest speaker Scott enlighted us with information about his role as a Correctional Services Officer at the Bathurst Gaol. He runs a program for up to abour 8 inmates which is a Mobile Outreach Community Service. They work Mon-Fri and help out community organisations or individuals with labouring jobs. They have a trailer that is kitted out with anything and everything any handyman or woman! would ever need. In 2008-2009 financial year alone Scott costed out they provided around $60,000 worth of free labour to the Bathurst Region community. This program is a great opportunity for inmates who are at a point where they trusted to go outside the prison walls to mis with the community and apply the skills they may have to some good. At first community members can be a little stand-offish with the group, but once they see the great work they can do, the support they receive and morning tea's is amazing.

Scott is keen to get the group helping with community groups such as Rotary on particular projects. The group thought this could be perfect for the work which the Riding for the Disabled are looking to do. A letter needs to be sent to the Govenor explaining and requesting the help, Scott can then schedule this in with his group. The group is currently working on building a community garden at St Jospeh's Mount, they have also done landscaping and gardening work at St Catherine's Nursing Home, and built large stables at one of the villages.

The program has been very succussful, and the Govenor has now requested that Scott assist to get another 8 programs just like his up and running in gaols across the state of NSW.

Scott was very interesting to listen to and is obviously passionate about the work he does, which shows in many ways. This program is highly important to prepare those inmates who are capable and ready to get back into the outside world and mix with community people.

Rob B gave a vote of thanks to Scott, and mentioned that we will definately be in touch for some assistance with the Riding for the Disabled project.

Mail received:

1. Foundation Seminar - Blayney
Possibly Wednesday October 13th as the date, timed to immediately precede the Dinner meeting (6 for 6.30 pm) to which all participants would of course be invited. We would need an indication of dinner mumbers at least a couple of days before the meeting. Foundation Month is November. The objective is to educate the Club Presidents, Foundation Directors and others interested in the Foundation so that they will be knowledgeable and stimulated to have programs in their Clubs about the Foundation during November. This leads to a greater understanding of the Foundation and its programs and will hopefully result in increased commitment to developing projects and contributions to the Foundation.

2. RYDA
Brian Burke (Bathurst East) has said that he will take the job on, and he then immediately made enquiries to the Council about using the facilities at Mt Panorama, and found out that the Mount is booked until next March, so RYDA will have to go back until then. That may not be a bad thing as there would be a lot to organize if it were to be still in November. The Mount is apparently booked in Nov by some group which will pay, so our RYDA group wishing to use it without paying has to move to a time when it is not in use. I will provide more info as it comes to hand.


3. PAKISTAND DISIATER RELIEF FUND

THIS NOTE SENT TO ALL DISTRICT GOVERNORS IN AUSTRALIA

Further to my note of last Friday’s date, I just wanted to confirm that we can offer tax deductibility to individuals and corporations who may wish to contribute to The Rotary Foundation’s Pakistan Disaster Relief Fund. Just a few relevant points:

1. Contributions can be made using the attached form which will direct the funds through The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust. This form can be used for a contribution by cheque, direct debit or credit card and the contributor should simply write “Pakistan Disaster Relief” across the top to make his or her intentions known.

2. While these personal and corporate contributions are tax deductible, they will not attract PHF points. Club contributions will also not attract PHF credits.

3. All contributions will be consolidated in Evanston and used to fund matching grants that are specifically designed to restore normalcy to the lives of the Pakistan people and provide them with their basic requirements. These will be “second phase” programs and will not necessarily be of an immediate nature.

Please contact me if you have any queries on this program.


Joke:
At Pets this year our then DGE Neal suggested that he wanted to see fun throughout his year. So I am asking you members to adopt the same policy of that below. It will make an enjoyable night if this can be arranged. We have all experienced boring DG meetings as such and this could make it memorable. I should mention that Neals’ wife Barbara has a very open mind as she is a trained psycologist.
1st prize will be a bottle of my favourite port !

How to Stay Awake at Meetings
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all of that.

1. Before our next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 3" x 3" is a good size. Divide the card into columns - three across and three down. That will give you 9 one-inch blocks. i.e. just like noughts and crosses.

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block …. your pick.
* Rotary
* foundation
* club
* youth
* shelter box
* fun
* flood
* to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")
* disaster relief
* active
* benchmark
* win-win
* think outside the box
* result
* empower (or empowerment)
* knowledge
* focus
* game plan

3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.

4. When you get three blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"


TESTIMONIALS: from satisfied "BS Bingo" players:

• "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won.."
Adam W., Atlanta
• "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." -
David T., Orlando
• "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win."- Dan J., New York City
• "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G., Denver
* "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed BS!' for the third time in two hours. The BS Bingo Championship will be played at the next meeting." - Rod H.

Meeting of August 17, 2010

Guests
Danielle introduced her guest, Prof Warren Summerville though not much introduction was necessary as we all know of him.

Bob P introduced his guest, Mark. Mark contacted Bob with an interest in Rotary. Mark is a station officer with the NSW Fire Brigade.

We took apologies from Peter F (who was supposed to visiting us from the RC Beaumaris) Anthony J, Nev D, Adam S, David W, Chris B, and David N.

Reports
We got an update from Bob P regarding the Shelter Boxes. According to DG Neil, the shelter box program is now up and running again as a project of the Australian arm of Rotary rather than the UK. The issue has recently been forced due to the recent needs in Pakistan. We will send $1000 for the purchase of a shelter box.

Our banner had been purchased and is in our possession. It looks great, particularly with Prof Summerville in front of it with a PHF! Well done to Danielle for its design and to Pres Pete for finally getting this done… I know we’ve been talking about getting one of these things on and off for years (a banner that is, not Warren Summerville obviously).

Pres Pete let us know that the Duck Race is set and ready to go. All we need to do now is get the ducks out to be sold.

Steve E told us that the PCYC Breakfast Club will be back up and running soon. It caters for 30-35 kids on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. These are typically the only days these kids actually make it to school. He’ll be looking for good role models for these kids to sit and have a chat with over some brekkie.

Eric D (sorry to refer to myself in the third person) attended the meeting for the Edgell Jog. This year’s event will be held on September 12. The big change this year is that each runner will have an electronic timing chip laced into their shoe. Runners will get a $50 fee in the mail if they leave with their chip so it will be our job to ensure they do not leave the finish area with their chip. This is obviously different from last year where we’d sit behind a desk to record times and it is the responsibility of the runner to come to us. This year, we’ll have to catch them! Here’s the plan to do it:

The finish gate will be only 5 meters across but will open into a Y about 15 metres wide… like a corral area. Chairs will be set up on the sides with a Rotarian at each chair; there will be a few Rotarians in the middle to marshal runners over to the chairs as they cross the finish line. Rotarians on the chairs will untie the runner’s shoe, take the chip and tie the shoe again. Runners will still need to drop their bib in the barrel to be in for the prizes draw so we should also remind them to do this.

This is obviously going to be a huge operation. Last year there were over 1200 runners. Helping in this exercise will be the three Rotary clubs, Quota, and Little Athletics. As a club, we’ll need AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE. We’ll meet at 10:20 (at the absolute very latest) outside the courthouse. Pres Pete: can you please start collecting names since I’ll be an apology at the August 24 meeting.

Pres Pete then presented Prof Summerville with the Paul Harris Fellow pin and certificate. Professor Summerville is a 40 year veteran of Rotary himself so was well aware of the significance of the award. Prof Summerville began collecting fossils and minerals at the age of 7 years old digging through piles of excavated earth at mining sites. “The disease got worse as time went on” to study geology at university. It was during this time that he was on the Canowindra Fish Fossil Find in which they found 3500 fish fossils in a single day of digging. The era of these fishes became known as “The Age of Fishes” and was of a richness similar to that of a find in Eastern Canada.

Warren is known as an “Expert Visitor” at 35 museums around the world, including ones in Russia, China, North America, and Europe. When he introduces himself as an Expert Visitor at the museum, museum curators will usually drop whatever they are doing to “talk shop”. It’s a huge honour to be named as an Expert Visitor at any museum, let alone 35 of them around the world.

Prof Summerville’s collection accumulated and he had it on show at an orchard in Orange. When he sold the orchard he was going to sell his collection too. He’d received an offer of $15 mil from China. However, he negotiated with the Vice-Chancellor of CSU to go on permanent display in Bathurst. The Australian Museum wanted and inland campus to form “The Australian Fossil Trail” from Sydney to Bathurst to Canowindra to Lightening Ridge.

To “pay” Prof Summerville for his collection CSU gave him his professorship. The agreement was they it was to be co-funded by the Bathurst City Council and the Australian Museum. CSU paid it for a few years and then asked other parties to kick in. This degraded into a sad story in which nobody is willing to honour the original agreement and Prof Summerville lives as a pensioner. He can’t even access his own collection which is now, technically, not his anymore.

I think we were all horrified at how, what started out as a wonderful story, turned into an absolute nightmare. I think we were all willing to help Prof Summerville in whatever way we can. This sounds like a horrible legal mess, but we should all put our heads together and see if we can come up with anything we can do to help.

I was proud to move the vote of thanks to Prof Summerville, noting that it was a significant matching between he and Paul Harris, both having wonderful vision that established a lasting legacy.

Tuesday 10 August 2010

Tuesday 10 August

Guests: Hayden Schembri (Adam's son), James Hundy (Macquarie Tutorial Centre), Ruth Aubin (Jack's lovely wife), Laura Arrow (Young Citizen of the Month for August) with her parents Ann & Kevin Arrow.

Apologies: Steve Ellery, David Nicolls (OS), Eric Drinkwater, Peter Francis (extended leave) & Jack Aubin (sick, but on the mend)

Heads & Tails: Bob Pardy, which was kindly donated to our guest Ann Arrow who smartly chose the bottle of white.

Reminders & Upcoming Events

David Weekes informed us about a Membership Seminar which will be held on 28th August in Young. Thanks Adam and Anthony for putting your hands up with interest. If you could let either Ros Ceddia (crceddia@bigpond.com.au) or PDG John Egan (johnandmariaegan@gmail.com) know if you are going to attend asap. They would appreciate a reply by Friday 13th August (this date has already passed!), but I'm sure there are still places if anyone is keen.

Bob Pardy again reminded everyone that subs are due asap, although he did own up to not having paid his own!

Anthony read out some correspondence from the Rotary Club of South Wagga Wagga. They are celebrating 50 years on 18th-19th September. See Anthony for more details if anyone would like to attend.

RI have approved the Club Builder Award. This new award honors those Rotarians who have made a significant impact in supporting and strengthening their Rotary Clubs, and fits in well with the goals of the Rotary Coordinators to help create Bigger, Better, Bolder clubs. District Governors may nominate one candidate from their districts each year. To be eligible a Rotarian must have be active and in good standing, with at least 10 years of membership, they must have served as a club president, and have been a member of a Rotary club with at least 30 members in the 3 years immediately preceding nomination.The specific criteria for the award are as follows:

Personally recruited at least five members who are active Rotarians at the time of nomination
Participated in Rotary training in their club
Participated in at least one meaningful club-level vocational service project
Attended at least two district meetings in the three years immediately preceding nomination
Fellows, if this sounds like you, then please notify Pres. Pete.

Again it is obviously the wrong time of the year for Birthdays, Anniversaries etc …. as we don’t have any. There was a debacle with some incorrect information on this subject so I have now emailed out for new correct information. Day and month being compulsory fellows. There is no need to blame anyone, we just need to correct it before the sergeant cleans up again!

Bathurst Regional Council are investigating the matter raised in relation to the erection of a new service clubs sign. They will in due course make contact to discuss this matter further. As a community service project the Rotary Clubs would like to be involved in the preparation of the design, and possibly even the construction of the signs at each entrance to the city.

There is a good number of excellent candidates who will be interviewed this Sunday (15th) for the GSE teams to the Philippines (Feb 2011) and Oklahoma (Mar 2011). Final selection will be at Young on 28/29 August.

DG Neal Fogary to attend our club meeting August 30.

Eric D will represent the club for information on the upcoming Edgell jog this coming Wednesday. The Edgell Jog is again on Sunday, September 12.

Next it was time to present our Jack Aubin Young Citizen of the Year, Laura Arrow with her award. Rob Barlow read out some of Laura's achievements which are very commendable and highlight as to why she was chosen to fulfill this role. Laura is an enthusiastic person in all aspects of her life who volunteers her time freely for many things including Legacy and Red Sheild, College Yearbook Video Committee and the combined college service group addressing social issues. She attends MacKillop College and is a Welcoming Prefect, along with a peer support leader and also uses her hospitality skills for community projects.

Bob Pardy then gave us an update on the Shelter Box program, it is up and running again. He also investigated the Disaster Aid website which didn't give much information about this project. Might be best to chat with the DG when he vists to gather some more information on both of these projects, and then as a club decide which is the best way to go.

Raffle time: the lucky winner was one of our guests, James Hundy from the Macquarie Tutorial Centre with ticket number 61. Anthony did try and claim the prize as he was handed both tickets and kindly gave 61 to James, good try Anthony!

Congratulations to Danielle B. who became a ‘friend’ through our contribution to Rotary Health. All our club members are friends of the fund. Danielle was given her certificate and badge.

The group then had a quick discussion about the new mobile speed camera's which are popping up all over the place. So just a warning to be careful, they are mostly all Ford Territory's and as of the 19th August the warning period will be over, so watch your speedo.

Now for the guest speaker, none other than our very own gliding extrodinare, Mr Chris Bennett. Chris explained that he would probably take a bit longer than usual as he had a video to show the group called "Windborn". It is the story of a family of 4 generations of gliders, and focusses on the father teaching his daughter to glide and take her first solo flight. Chris told us about "attitude" when gliding and to watch out for the two types in this movie; the angle of the glider to the horizon (technical term) and the attitude of the daughter towards the father as he is trying to teach her (I can definately understand this, it was very similar when I was learning to drive!).

My eyes, along with nearly everyone else's were glued to the screen for the entire 45 minutes of this documentary. It was fascinating to see how these planes with no engines "glide" through the air relying on bubbles of hot air in the atmosphere called 'Thermals" to stay up. Basically the gliders ride the pockets of air like waves in the ocean.

After only a very short period learning how to fly a glider, the daughter attempted her first solo flight and did a great job. She started off very nervoulsy, but glided through the air with ease and made her landing very easy, bouncing along the ground finishing up not far from her father.

The next part of this movie was about the father and daughter teaming up with her uncle, a world famous glider to tackle the never before attempted Milford Sound. Quite amazing actually, and nail biting stuff at the end when the father & daughter had to land on the beach, just making it to the sand!

This movie was a great insight into the world of gliding, and now we can understand the passion Chris has for his hobbie. After first learning to glide 30 years ago, he has passed on his skill to both his children. His son is now an aircraft mechanic working on helicopters, taking the hobby and turning it into a career.

Chris kindly offered everyone to head out to the airfield and experience the rush that is gliding.

I for one am still sceptical about being in a plane up very high with no engine, but would be willing to take the plunge I think.

Thank you so much Chris, from what I could tell everyone enjoyed this talk and opened our minds to the world and thrill that is gliding.

Next Week: Professor Warren Somerville will be at our meeting to accept his Paul Harris Fellowship and also have a chat to the club. He is always an interesting man to listen to, so please bring someone along with you to "partners" night.

Did you know?????
Here are some real uncanny resemblences:
In 2006 Bathurst had a population of 12,714.
- Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
- Settled: 1600’s
- Town Status: 1912
- City Status: 1966
- Dwellings: 6,158
- The community was named by the Governor, Sir Howard Douglas (1823-1831), in honor of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Secretary of State for the Colonies of the British government.
- English and French is spoken throughout the city.
- is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay.
- It is the site of Canadas first electric street light.
- Bathurst International Airport is just outside of Bathurst, about 3 KM north of the city.
- Paul Joseph James Martin also known as Paul Martin, Sr., noted lawyer, politician and father of former Prime Minister Paul Martin was raised in Bathurst.
- Bathurst has many murals depicting local history and culture located around the city.
- Located just 20 minutes from Bathurst, the Recreational and Tourist Center at Atlas Park is located on the edge of an old quarry thirty meters deep with a surface of 26,000 square meters filled with cool, clear water offering a great number of activities. During the summer, Atlas Park offers the following activities: scuba diving, fishing, rowboats, paddle boat tours, walking paths, an amusement park for children, barbecues, and picnic grounds.
- New Brunswick has a mining & mineral interpretation centre.
- Farmers market on Saturday mornings.
- The city is home to the annual Old Time Fiddling and Step Dancing Festival that happens Labour Day weekend at Riverside Park. There are often up to 1400 RVs parked there for the week preceding the event. Award-winning fiddler/step dancer April Verch is a Bathurst native.
- The opening of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada in 1876 provided a fast connection from the port of Bathurst to the rest of North America which was essential for developing the region's principal industries in forestry and zinc mining.
- Highest elevation: 62metre or 203 ft
- Lowest elevation: 0 – sea level

- At present the temp range is 15 to a top of 24 with 72 % humidity.

For the record; Pres. Pete has been in contact with the Rotary Club of Bathurst – Canada.

Report from Meeting of August 3, 2010

Last week’s meeting (August 3)

Apologies received from:
David N …. (Europe)
Jack A …. Sick bed, though we’ve received an update that Jack is in good spirits and will re-join us when it’s a bit warmer.
Danielle

We welcomed back the holiday makers:
Nev D …. (Burleigh, Qld.);
Sally B …. (Moruya, South Coast);
Karl M …. (Maroochydore,Qld.);

The evening was abuzz with the roll-up to the new CWCC inspection. We had a contingent present and accounted for. There was only one problem… apparently nobody had told the CWCC! There was no finger food, no chaperone, and no key. All we had was a bunch of eagerly awaiting Rotarians shouting out “let me in”. Had anybody been told that the inspection had been postponed? PP Adam certainly paid for the little indiscretion. Well thank goodness that we were within a short walk of the RSL…we needed the exercise anyhow.

In the singing of Rotary Grace, we have found another singer in Anthony J (that is now 2) who joins Rob B in the ask-them-only list.

Frank S won the H&T while later in the night the door prize was won by Anthony J (only took him 3 years).

Anthony J let us know that we’ve received a thankyou from the PCYC for our $250 donation.

Anthony J gave us an update on the Macquarie Tutorial Centre. The money we donated has been spent: 50% going on their new woodworking set-up and the other 50% purchasing camping equipment. The lads could not wait to christen the new tents so their fearless leader gave in and took them. The moral to the story is that it is highly recommended that one should not go camping without firstly checking on the weather forecast. Wind, rain, winter and fist-fights are not a good mix. Their “emergency” car got bogged in the mud for an hour-and-a-half. All I could say about this situation is that is why Anthony J is still at school – he is a slow learner (hahaha). Anthony again asked for volunteers to drop in to help with his woodwork programme.






We have now got a new friend in Sally B. The club pays Rotary Health for the privilege of all members being a friend; no need to phone or ask; Sally – welcome. Photos were taken but were of such low quality that they could not be published... well, okay, here's the better of the two taken so we can (again) fine Adam S as the photographer.



Bob P let us know that the $1200 cheque we sent to Shelter Box Australia has been returned. Apparetly, about 4 months ago, SBA terminated their affiliation with Shelter Box UK and are now referred to as Disastar Relief Australia. We’ll ask the DG during his visit if we should simply re-donate to Disaster Relief Australia.

Steve E has been contacted by Nicole Cullen, a Para-Olympic equestrian. She needs to raise $20,000 for her next competition in Kentucky, USA but can’t raise anything without the appropriate license. Nevil Barlow has previously given her a lot of assistance in fund raising in cooperation with our club but the club has never directly supported her. We have a general rule to avoid supporting individuals, no matter how needy or how good the cause, as it sets a dangerous precedent. We’ve decided to forward it on to the board for discussion.

Adam S let us know that no progress has really been made on the house in the past week as he’s waiting for prices from builders.

“the best recycler ever” were the words voiced by Steve E when our treasurer Bob P reached into the club coffers to pay a fine. I know that at times we all run a bit short but to “borrow” club money that had just been placed in front of him some 20 seconds earlier is going to the extreme. I guess one just had to be there to appreciate the magnitude of such an occasion.

Eric D will be the club representative for the Edgell jog meeting come August 18th. Edgell Jog is again on Sunday, September 12. Your help will be appreciated.

Rob B. has the programme list under control (see below) and it is filling fast. Fellows, if we could keep it at the month in advance then we would be doing really great!

Speaking of the upcoming program, Greg S has raised the idea of his son (a.k.a. Tom Cruise) to host a cocktail party. There was some discussion if we’d open it up to the public and make it a fund raiser or if we’d just have it as a partners social night. The liquor licensing would probably get complicated if it was a public event so we might just keep it as a members-only event with full frocks and suits.

A big thanks from me (Eric) to Pres Pete for his ongoing contributions to the blog.

This week (August 10)
There is going to be a lesson in Flying / Gliding from our fellow member Chris B. Chris will also have a short video to be watched and has advised us that the presentation will run overtime. I just hope that no-one is scared of heights.

Unfortunately, the blog editor Eric D will be an apology (I’ll do an online make-up, I promise). Next week’s blog will be a combination effort between Danielle and Pete.

In the coming weeks:

August (Stand in Sergeant, Steve E)
August 10 - Chris B - Flying / Gliding Basics
August 17 - Danielle B - Warren Summerville to accept the PHF
August 24 - Bob P - Wires – Kerry Pearce
August 31 - DG Neal Fogary to attend our club meeting

September (Stand in Sergeant, Peter F)
September 7 – Rob B - Rick Foster - BRC
September 12 – Edgell Jog
September 14 – Adam / Karl - Wine tasting night
September 21 - Arthur C
September 28 - Nev D

October (Stand in Sergeant, Anthony J)
October 5 - Eric D
October 12 - Steve E
October 19 - Peter F
October 26 - Anthony J

November (Stand in Sergeant, David N)
November 2 - Alan B
November 6 - Chris B - Carrington House Dinner
November 9 - Danielle B
November 16 - Frank S
November 23 – Greg S - Reliance merger – John May
November 30 - ???

December (Stand in Sergeant, Bob P)
December 7 - David N – Dec 7
December 14 - Sally B – Dec 14
December 21 - Danielle B - Christmas get together


Joke: For all of you who are seniors - for all of you who know seniors - and for all of you who will be seniors.

The Sunday Paper
"WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?" The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was.

"Madam", said the newspaper employee, "today is Saturday.
The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday".

There was quite a long pause on the other end of the one, followed by a ray of recognition as she was heard to mutter, "By golly gosh, that's why no one was at church today"

Received mail:
The District 2030 is sponsoring a new interesting initiative, aimed to help young people, musically gifted and longing to follow the art of singing and to celebrate at the same time the memory of the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, unfortunately dead on September 6th 2007.

The competition, according to the personal wishes of Luciano Pavarotti, is open to all young singers with the age between 18 and 28 years in the course of 2010; it will be held from the 16th to the 18th of December 2010, being the Final Round and the Prizes distribution broadcasted in a video--‐conference.

The announcement of the Competition has been sent already to all musical Institutions worldwide, but I think that a direct involvement of all the Districts of Rotary International around the world will help not only to reach young singers, who perhaps have no link with the official Institution of their country, but also to show the world a Rotarian program, of which we can only be proud, as it offers another positive example of the attention of our Association to the needs of the young generations.