President: Norm de Grussa 2013 - 2014

Rotary club of

WANNEROO 2 6 T H A U G U S T 2 0 1 3 B U L L E T I N N O : 9

VOCATIONAL EVENING

Colin Griffiths Property

26th August 2013

Wanneroo Rotary Club Committee 2013—2014

President: Norm deGrussa

Secretary: Graeme Smith

Treasurer: Andrew Kininmonth

Youth Services: Owen Douglas International Service: Debbie Singh

Vocational Service: Neil Cook

Membership: All Members

Sergeant: Phil Cousins Attendance: Jacob Etoka

Belgrade Village: Colin Griffiths

Program: Peter Miskelly Bulletin, Publicity

& Photography: Ray Perkins

President Elect: Andy Anderson

Apologies: If unable to attend meeting, an apology is to be lodged with Jacob Etoka before 12 noon Monday.

Contact details for Jacob email: mmungaetjab@yahoo.fr or mobile 0413104989

DISTRICT 9455

P.O.Box 47, WANNEROO 6946

Chairman Owen Douglas

Duty officer Jacob Etoka

Duty officer Rebecca Williams

Vote of thanks Colin Griffiths

Reserve Andy Anderson

Reserve Tom Drinkwater

Fellowship Laurie Duffy

Guest speaker Stephanie Lowndes

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Duty Roster 2nd September 2013

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Rotary Meeting at Colin Griffiths property 26th August 2013

President Norm: welcomed members and guests to Colin's property and thanked him for his hospitality and also for the forthcoming Wood Splitting demonstration after our evening meal of 1/2 a Tandoori Chicken, salads and baked potatoes followed by dessert. The evening started with a slight drizzle of rain but this quickly disappeared and everyone was kept nice and warm with Colin's open fire pits.

The cheesy sausages went down a treat as they were piping hot. A very nice relaxing evening had by all. The meal was superb, Colin and his wife are to be congratulated. There were 2 wood splitters to demonstrate, Colin's Beast Tried and true master of wood splitting. and Phil's new, unscratched 40 Ton self contained unit. This unit performs in the horizontal Or Vertical depending on the size of Block of wood to be split.

Colin explained that some old Western Power poles that had been in the ground for many, many years were surprisingly still green where they were in the ground. Colin showed us when these were split to be the case. We were shown a few various pieces of wood and how they were split with ease.

Kevin Wintergreen tried to compete with a normal axe and found it was hard to split. After 3 attempts recovering his stubby was more important.

Very handy pieces of equipment to have when you have big pieces of hard wood to split. Colin explained how much more character his unit had over the new machine, after sourcing all of the various components to make it function. A real masterpiece that does an excellent job.

We drew the club raffle for the Quairading Raffle ticket that we had for the Wanneroo Rotary Club members. We already knew the outcome of the raffle as this had been drawn on Saturday and Secretary Graeme had emailed everyone with the results. So we were raffling off a losing ticket but we had to know the outcome so that we could fine the member who was the winner of our raffle. Owen Douglas was the lucky recipient of the losing ticket. Owen exclaimed that was just great, the only time he wins something it's not worth anything. Good sport. Anson and Akin our exchange students had a good evening and I found Anson playing with an axe digging a big hole so I wondered if he was trying to get home lol. Both seem to be getting on really well in each others company and also are very relaxed in talking with everyone. Akin is finding it a bit difficult with the language but it is early days yet. After a wonderful desert of apple crumble and custard we drifted off into the black surrounds to find our cars and make our way home.

Colin's wife was in a rush to get packed and fly off to Sydney at midnight to attend the birth of a grandchild. The latest Grandchild was a girl born on Tuesday lunchtime.

Congrats Grandpa Colin and Grandma Alina.

DOLPHIN WISHING WELL—CLEANING ROSTER 2013

31st AUGUST CLEANING ROSTER

Kininmonth Andrew 0427084631

Jacob Etoka 0412104989

Hillarys (Supervisor)

MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS

NEIL COOK 11TH SEPTEMBER

ANDY ANDERSON 15TH SEPTEMBER

(PARTNER) TRIPHINE ETOKA 3RD SEPTEMBER

(PARTNER) PENNY DeGRUSSA 6TH SEPTEMBER

(PARTNER) ANNE CONTI 10TH SEPTEMBER

ANNIVERSARYS

GRAEME & SUE SMITH 12TH SEPTEMBER

PAUL & ANNE CONTI 22ND SEPTEMBER

Subject: It's all in the translation...

A friend went to Beijing recently and was given this brochure by the hotel. It is precious. She is keeping it and reading it when-

ever she feels depressed. Obviously, it has been translated directly, word for word from Mandarin to English���.

Getting There: Our representative will make you wait at the airport. The bus to the hotel runs along the lake shore. Soon you will feel pleasure in passing water. You will know that you are getting near the hotel, because you will go round the bend. The manager will await you in the entrance hall. He always tries to have intercourse with all new guests. The hotel: This is a family hotel, so children are very welcome. We of course are always pleased to accept adultery. Highly skilled nurses are available in the evenings to put down your children. Guests are invited to conjugate in the bar and expose themselves to others. But please note that ladies are not allowed to have babies in the bar. We organize social games, so no guest is ever left alone to play with them self. The Restaurant: Our menus have been carefully chosen to be ordinary and unexciting. At dinner, our quartet will circulate from table to table, and fiddle with you. Your Room: Every room has excellent facilities for your private parts. In winter, every room is on heat. Each room has a balcony offering views of outstanding obscenity. You will not be disturbed by traffic noise, since the road between the hotel and the lake is used only by pederasts. Bed Your bed has been made in accordance with local tradition. If you have any other ideas please ring for the chambermaid. Please take advantage of her. She will be very pleased to squash your shirts, blouses and underwear. If asked, she will also squeeze your trousers. Above all: When you leave us at the end of your holiday, you will have no hope. You will struggle to forget it."

Dear Friends & Supporters of BCMF:

Welcome to the August 2013 edition of the BCMF newsletter! We have several updates to share as we continue to work to provide needed health care to patients from Burma with complex medical conditions. Evaluation Report BCMF has completed its latest evaluation report discussing the program’s achievements, challenges, and lessons learned. The evaluation report also presents a number of performance indicators BCMF has established in order to track the pro-gram’s progress and determine the effectiveness of its work. These indicators allow BCMF to provide regular program pro-gress information to donors, to make appropriate program decisions, and to collect sufficient information to enable BCMF to assess and report on project outcomes and impacts. Have a look at the Evaluation Report on our website here. Patient House In addition to funding patients’ medical treatment and providing support services, BCMF also provides patients with food and accommodation for as long as they are undergoing treatment. In Chiang Mai, BMCF currently partners with the Migra-tion Assistance Program (MAP) Foundation, paying per patient for accommodation and food provided by the MAP safe house. However, given the significant and continuous increase in BCMF’s patient caseload in recent years, our needs have expanded beyond what our partnership with the MAP Foundation is able to provide. BCMF has now reached a point where it is essential to establish a house exclusively for BCMF patients, allowing us to better serve our patients’ needs and stabi-lize our costs. The BCMF patient house will be a key aspect of the services we provide to patients. It is essential that patients and their caregivers have a safe place to stay in Chiang Mai and a social support system while undergoing treatment. Patients un-dergoing long-term treatment or scheduled for multiple follow-up appointments may need to stay in Chiang Mai for weeks or even months at a time. We are asking donors if they would consider making a contribution to help cover our start-up costs. Initial work on the house will consist of a clean-up of the identified site, minor renovations, and some small construction projects including building of a bathroom block, shower, and outdoor kitchen. For 250,000 baht (about $7,800 USD or $8,700 AUD), these projects will be completed and we will be one step closer to finishing our BCMF patient house. If you are able to make a contribution, please go our website to make a donation. On a Final Note... BCMF would like to say a big thank to our two summer volunteers. Chloe Lanzara is a student from Columbia University in New York that came to work with BCMF as part of her summer internship while she completes her Master's degree in Pub-lic Health. Viju Hullur, a business analyst from Chicago, Illinois decided to spend some time volunteering for BCMF while traveling in southeast Asia. They both made an invaluable contribution to our work during their time at BCMF. Because BCMF is such a small organization, we are dependent on volunteers like Viju and Chloe to help with our ever-increasing workload. We will miss them and wish them both the best in their future endeavors. Don't forget to follow BCMF on Facebook and Twitter for more updates and news from the Thai-Burma border! Best Wishes, The BCMF Team

August Patient Spotlight: Nyein Shin is a little girl from Burma who has been receiving treatment for hydrocephalus and spina bifida. She also has clubbed feet, and because of the nerve and muscle damage caused by the spina bifida, she will never be able to walk on her own. Earlier this month in Chiang Mai, she was given a wheelchair from Wheelchairs for Kids Incorporated. Wheelchairs for Kids was founded in 1993 by the Rotary Club of Scarborough in Western Australia and works to produce and distribute specially designed wheelchairs for children in under-resourced countries. BCMF would like to thank Wheelchairs for Kids and Debbie Singh, the Past President of Wanneroo Rotary Club, for facilitating the donation and making Nyein Shin's gift possible!

By Pam Ayres of course.. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - (a husband's point of view)

The missus bought a Paperback,

down Shepton Mallet way,

I had a look inside her bag;

... T'was "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Well I just left her to it,

And at ten I went to bed.

An hour later she appeared;

The sight filled me with dread...

In her left she held a rope;

And in her right a whip!

She threw them down upon the floor,

And then began to strip.

Well fifty years or so ago;

I might have had a peek;

But Mabel hasn't weathered well;

She's eighty four next week!!

Watching Mabel bump and grind;

Could not have been much grimmer.

And things then went from bad to worse;

She toppled off her Zimmer!

She struggled back upon her feet;

A couple minutes later;

She put her teeth back in and said

I am a dominater !!

Now if you knew our Mabel,

You'd see just why I spluttered,

I'd spent two months in traction

For the last complaint I'd uttered.

She stood there nude and naked

Bent forward just a bit

I went to hold her, sensual like

and stood on her left tit!

Mabel screamed, her teeth shot out;

My God what had I done!?

She moaned and groaned then shouted out:

"Step on the other one!!

Well readers, I can tell no more;

Of what occurred that day.

Suffice to say my jet black hair,

Turned fifty shades of grey.