Richard Johnston,

Recent Travels Duty Officers—Denis Hallworth, Jack Heffernan

The Board of Murwillumbah

Central Rotary Club

next meeting date—

at Michael Grisedale’s house

Monday Sept 2 at 6.00pm.

Tonight’s Muster

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A weekly news update for members and guests of

Rotary Club of Murwillumbah Central Inc. Rotary International Club Number 17900 100% PHF Club (2012) 100% EREY Club (2012)

Meeting—6.00 for 6.30 pm EST or DST, At Murwillumbah Golf Club Mail to—PO Box 33 Murwillumbah NSW 2484

108108 YEARSYEARS

Tuesday August 13 2013

In the spirit!

Polio Outbreaks in Africa

District Committee positions not filled

Quality Portfolio Presentations

GSE Team Leader to District 4180

Mexico – Congratulations to Margarita

Rickard (RC Mt Warning AM) who was

selected yesterday to lead the Group

Study Exchange Team to Mexico next

February. There were four outstanding

candidates, and each of them would be

an excellent team leader. It was a very

difficult decision for the District GSE

Committee. Margarita will now join the

Selection Panel to choose the four team

members on 17th and 18th August.

R.I.President 2015-16

The nominating committee has selected

for Rotary International President 2015-

16. K.R. Ravindran. He has served as

Trustee of The Rotary Foundation, 2006

-2010 Rotary International Director

2009-2011 Ravi is CEO of public listed

company with a worldwide clientele in

the tea packaging industry. He also

serves on the Board of several other

companies and charitable trusts. He is

the founding President of the Sri Lanka

Anti-Narcotics Association. As his

country‘s national PolioPlus Chair, Ravi

headed a task force consisting of the

Government, UNICEF and Rotary and

worked closely with UNICEF to

successfully negotiate a ceasefire with

the northern militants during National

Immunization Days. A Rotarian since

1974, Ravi is a member of the Rotary

Club of Colombo. He has served RI as

District Governor, International

Assembly Group Discussion Leader and

committee member. He Chairs the

schools Reawakening project sponsored

by Rotary clubs and districts in Sri

Lanka, which entails rebuilding 25

Tsunami devastated schools to benefit

11,000 children. Spouse: VANATHY"

Motorcycle Raffled and Really Rolled

The raffle of the Marshin motorcycle

was completed recently and half the

funds raised presented to the Mens

Shed in Murwillumbah. Photograph

above is a very happy ―Mad Dog‖

from the Mens Shed receiving the

cheque for $650 from President

David while treasurer Mike looks

on.

The motorcycle was donated to the

club by a member who wishes to

remain anonymous. It was almost

new, having only 26km on the

speedo but after three years of non-

use needed some attention to prepare

for sale. This was provided by

members of the Mens Shed who

dismantled, cleaned and reassembled

the machine.

Tickets were sold and the draw was

held at our regular Saturday morning

sausage sizzle.

The lucky winner was Tony Organ, a

local person, so we did not have to

arrange delivery to some distant

place.

Thank you to all connected with this

project, the original donor, the

friendly people at the Mens Shed for

their time and skills, and our

members who organised, bought and

sold tickets.

D9640 District Governor—

Tony Heading

D9640 Assistant Governor—

Anne Egan

Club Office Bearers BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President—

David Vickers-Shand

Vice President & Pres Elect—

Judy Mason

Immediate Past President—

Jack Heffernan

Secretary —

Peter Sochacki

Treasurer—

Michael Grisedale

Membership Director—

Len Mason

Public Relations Director—

Denis Hallworth

Club Administration Director—

Denis Hallworth

Service Projects Director—

Judy Mason

Rotary Foundation Director—

Anni Brownjohn

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES

Club Program Chair—

Richard Johnston

Community Service Chair—

Jack Heffernan

International Service Chair—

David Vickers-Shand

Vocational Service Chair—

Bob Shepherd

Youth Service Chair—

Diedri Shepherd

Social Activities Chair—

Bob Shepherd

Club Protection Officer—

Michael Grisedale

College of Presidents Chair—

Denis Hallworth

OTHER POSITIONS

Bike Ride 2011/12—

Michael Grisedale

Tony Worrad

Barry Lack

Noel Graham

Tweed Banana Festival—

Michael Grisedale

Sergeants—

Noel Graham

Ian Baker

Heads & Tails—

Noel Graham

Ian Baker

District Office Bearers FROM WHERE I SIT by David What a week. It started off with the very successful Casino Night at Jack

Heffernan‘s Deck, possibly the best we have ever had. I think so anyway, but

members present aver that I am a little biased. We made a profit of about $500.

The Sausage Sizzle took the highest amount of money for some months, at well in

excess of $300.

The Festival of Performing Arts, organised this year by their Committee and by

the Lions, was another exposition of the outstanding talent to be found amongst

the young people of this Coast. The overall winner was the Woolgoolga Dance

School, who were unable to attend but provided a brilliant video of their entry.

Two pianists were amazing. A 10 year old delivered a very difficult piece - a

Beethoven Sonata, which could have been played by a mature Conservatorium

student - and a teenager performed a medley of very difficult pieces. Violinistes

(I‘m old fashioned - a young lady), singers, dancers. They were all good, and it

must have been a terrible job to pick the award winners this year. Our trophy went

this year to the Gold Coast, to a primary student at All Saints School, for an

excellent Speech and Drama entry.

Well, that was the good news. On the other side of the ledger: Judy and Len had

just returned to us from their son‘s serious illness, just getting their lives together

again, when this blow struck, told in PE Judy‘s own words:

I am so sorry that I have had to cancel the high tea. Len is unwell with a broken

neck. It is his c2 and broken in two places. He fell outside the back door and came

down so heavily on his head and that caused the fractures. It is not as bad as

before when he also broke his neck but is still very serious. We are waiting for a

special brace to be made for him which will enable him to move safely. At the

moment he is in the Allamanda hospital. Tonight (Wednesday) he has a severe

pain in his ear and hallucinating. The nurse thinks it is the medication but as he

was taken off the endom early yesterday morning I am still concerned as he hit the

back of his head very hard.

I will keep you updated and I am truly grateful for the care and concern you and

The Club have shown to us. It was a great shock after my son being so ill and I am

feeling the effects of it now but will bounce back again.

We extend our thoughts to Judy and Len, and trust they will soon be restored to

us. Meanwhile, Bob Shepherd has taken Len‘s duties and for this we thank Bob.

Kiara James, Rotaract‘s Banana Festival Queen entrant, has a BBQ (Sausage

Sizzle) at the Kingscliff Markets this weekend. She needs some help, and Bryan

Threlfall has kindly agreed to be there. If there are any other members who may

be available to help, please go to Kingscliff beach on Saturday morning and find

the Rotaractors at the markets. This is a real example of outreach: this Club, small

though it is, will assist the younger Club in its plans. I think that‘s a really good

show.

This week we have Richard talking about his latest journey round Australia. Many

will recall his descriptions of the Canning Track a couple of years ago. So we‘ll

be looking forward to this trip.

That‘s it for this week. Let‘s keep leading the way to ENGAGE ROTARY AND

CHANGE LIVES.

Thought of the day

"Men have become the tools of their tools."

- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

THE OBJECT OF

ROTARY

To encourage and foster

the ideal of service as a

basis of worthy enterprise

and, in particular, to

encourage and foster

1 The development of

acquaintance as an

opportunity for service

2 High ethical standards

i n b u s i n e s s a n d

p r o f e s s i o n s ; t h e

recognition of worthiness

of all useful occupations;

and the dignifying by each

Rotarian of his occupation

as an opportunity to serve

society

3 The application of the

ideal of service by every

Rotarian to his personal,

business and community

life

4 The advancement of

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

understanding, goodwill

and peace through a world

fellowship of business and

professional men united in

the ideal of service

NOTES

of the things

we think, say or do.

1 Is it the TRUTH ?

2 Is it FAIR to all

concerned ?

3 Will it build GOODWILL

and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS ?

4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to

all concerned ?

With more than 100 polio cases between them this year, we were concerned about the outbreak in Somalia and Kenya – and we figured you probably were too. So we asked the World Health Organization for some more information, and were surprised when the head of the polio program globally responded! ―It is absolutely heart-breaking when children are needlessly paralysed by polio. But here’s the encouraging thing: we’re still on track to completely eradicate this virus,‖ said Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio Operations and Research at WHO, pictured below.

―We knew that outbreaks would happen and we’ve planned and budgeted for them. Despite what you may have read recently, at the moment we have enough resources to look after the outbreak and continue to make inroads in the endemics. And we’re definitely making inroads – all three endemic countries have seen a reduction in cases

this year, and there hasn’t been a single case of type 3 polio reported since November last year. ―This is why what everyone involved in The End of Polio campaign has been doing is so important. We need the new polio eradication strategic plan to be fully funded so that we can deal with new outbreaks without pulling resources from the important ongoing work in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Alongside Rotarians, you’ve helped convince the Australian, British and Canadian governments to commit to funding the plan through to completion in 2018.

“Your efforts to encourage world leaders to fund our program mean that we can continue our efforts to reach vulnerable children with the polio vaccine. Thank you and keep up the great work.”

Want to know more about the outbreak in the Horn of Africa? Read this blog post from our superstar Communications Assistant, Mohamed Khairat. All the very best, Michael, Lauren and the rest of The End of Polio crew PS. It looks like we’re on the cusp of convincing the US Congress to make an increased commitment.

Polio Outbreaks in Africa

President David has been advised there are still

vacancies for positions on District Committees.

Members are asked to consider seriously

nominating for positions on these committees as

by doing so a whole new world of Rotary opens

to you.

The time required for most committees is not

onerous, meetings are held at convenient times

and locations.

PLEASE NOTE—The date for contact with the school to

offer your assistance is Thursday August 15. If you are able to

give your time to Wollumbin High School for this worthy

cause please advise Chris Brooker, Karen Connell or Susan

Turner by that date.

So What do the Canadians Have to be

Proud of ? EH

1. Smarties (not sold in the USA )

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp (not sold

in the USA )

3. The size of our footballs fields, one less

down, and bigger balls.

4. Baseball is Canadian - 1st game June 4,

1838 - Ingersoll, ON

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

8. Apple pie is Canadian

9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers

10. Tim Horton's beats Dunkin' Donuts

11. In the war of 1812, started by

America , Canadians pushed the

Americans back past their White House.

Then we burned it, and most of

Washington ... We got bored because

they ran away. Then, we came home and

Partied...rumour has it with Molson

Canadian lager and Labatt's Blue

pilsener....

Go figure.

12. Canada has the largest French

population that never surrendered to

Germany .

13. We have the largest English

population that never Ever surrendered

or withdrew during any war to anyone,

anywhere. EVER!

(We got clobbered in the odd battle but

prevailed in ALL the wars)

14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and

lasted a little over an hour.

15. The only person who was arrested in

our civil war was an American

mercenary, he slept in and missed the

whole thing. He showed up just in time to

get caught.

16. A Canadian invented Standard Time.

17. The Hudson Bay Company once

owned over 10% of the earth's surface

and is still around as the world's oldest

company.

18. The average dog sled team can kill

and devour a full grown human in under

3 minutes. (That's more information than

I need!)

19. We know what to do with the parts of

a buffalo.

20. We don't marry our kin-folk...

21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro,

zippers, insulin, penicillin and the

telephone. Also short wave radios which

save countless lives each year.

22. We have ALL frozen our tongues to

something metal and lived to tell about it.

23. A Canadian invented Superman.

24. We have coloured money.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT !

The handles on our beer cases are big

enough to fit your hands in, with mitts

on.

OOOoohhhhh..... Canada !!

Oh yeah... And our elections only take

one day!

Two men are sitting next to each

other in an Irish-style pub in New

York City. They both order pints of

Guinness. One of them turns to the

other and says "So where are you

from, then?"

"I'm from Ireland."

"Me too! I'll drink to that." They

both finish their pints and order two

more.

"Where in Ireland are you from?"

"Dublin."

"Me too! I'll drink to that." They

both finish their pints and order two

more.

"Where in Dublin are you from?"

"The East Side."

"The East Side? Me too! What a

coincidence! I'll drink to that!" They

both finish their pints and order two

more.

"Where on the East Side are you

from?"

"McDonagh Street."

"Me too! This is incredible! I'll drink

to that."

As the bartender pours them another

two pints, another customer at the

bar says to him, "That's amazing! I

can't believe they're from the same

street in Dublin. What's going on?"

"Oh, it's nothing amazing," says the

bartender,"it's just the Ferguson

twins getting sloshed again."

An American businessman is

entertaining some overseas business

guests on the golf course.

The first guest, who is from Italy,

tees off and hits a good shot 200

yards down the fairway. As the

American businessman knows a

small amount of Italian he says:

―Buon tiro‖, which means ―Good

shot‖. The Italian businessman

replies: ―Grazie‖.

The second guest, who is from

France, tees off and hits a fantastic

shot that lands on the green thirty

feet from the hole. As the American

businessman knows a small amount

of French he says: ―Tir fantastique‖,

which means ―Fantastic shot‖. The

French businessman replies:

―Merci‖.

The third guest, who is from Japan,

tees off and amazingly the ball goes

straight in the hole, a hole in one!

The American businessman doesn‘t

know many Japanese words or

phrases but when he dated a

Japanese girl during his overseas

business trips she used to moan

when he made love to her and she

would shout out ―Ura-ana, ura-ana‖,

and which he repeats to his Japanese

guest. The Japanese businessman

replies: ―What do you mean, wrong

hole?‖

A priest and a rabbi were sharing a compartment on a train. After a while, the

priest put down his book and said to the Rabbi, "I know that in your religion

you're not supposed to eat pork... but have you really never ever tasted it?"

The rabbi closed his newspaper and replied, "I must tell you the truth. Yes I

have, on the odd occasion."

The rabbi then had his turn to interrogate. He asked, "I know that in your

religion you're supposed to be celibate... but..."

The priest interrupted, "Yes, I know what you are going to ask, and yes, I have

succumbed to temptation once or twice."

The two continued with their reading and there was silence for a while.

Then the rabbi peeked past his newspaper and said, "Better than pork, isn't it?"

ROTARY GRACE

Oh Lord and giver of all good

We thank thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve thee all our days

NEXT WEEK’S MUSTER

TBA

Duty Officers

Judy Mason, Len Mason

Apologies and guests must be phoned or faxed to Noel Graham Farm Machinery by 2.00 pm on the day of the meeting or meal paid for. Phone 6672 2555 or fax 6672 2063.

Any late apologies or invitees (after 2.pm) must be phoned direct to Hot Wok Restaurant 6672 4041.

Rotary websites

Club This is the new web site. www.murwillumbah-central-rotary.org.au Club (Facebook) http://www.facebook.com/murwillumbah.central.rotary District—www.rotary9640.org Australia—www.rotary.org.au International—www.rotary.org

Meeting Make-up locations Murwillumbah Monday 6.00pm

Greenhills Reception Lounge Mt Warning AM Wednesday 6.45am

Imperial Hotel

South Tweed Monday 6.30pm South Tweed Sports Club

Tweed Coast Contact for details

Kingscliff Tuesday 6.15pm Cudgen Leagues Club

Coolangatta Tweed Thursday 6.00pm

Greenmount Resort Mullumbimby. Thursday

1st & 3rd—7am Sandbar Café, Brunswick Hd

2nd & 4th—7pm Brunswick Bowls Club

On-Line - Rotary Eclub Next Gen Qld Australia

www.rotaryeclubnextgen.org

Coming programs details

Aug 20—TBA

Aug 27—Rotary Art Show, Jessie MacMillan Hall, snacks before

official opening.

Sep 3—TBA

Sep 10—DGE Wendy Scarlett

Sep 17—TBA

Sep 24—TBA

Oct 1—TBA

Oct 8—TBA

Oct 15—TBA

Oct 22—TBA

Oct 29—District Governors Official Visit

Nov 5—TBA

Nov 12—Vocational Excellence Awards

Duty Officers

Aug 20—Judy Mason, Len Mason

Aug 27—Bob Shepherd, Diedri Shepherd

Sep 3—Peter Sochacki, John Stainlay

Sep 10—Anni Brownjohn, Noel Graham

Sep 17—Denis Hallworth, Jack Heffernan

Sep 24—Judy Mason, Len Mason

Oct 1—Bob Shepherd, Diedri Shepherd

Oct 8—

Oct 15—

Oct 22—

Oct 29—

Nov 5—

Nov 12—

Nov 19—

Birthdays— None this week

Anniversaries— None this week

The Club Song

We‘ve come to introduce you to the Murwillumbah Central boys,

The way you know that we‘re around is when you hear the noise,

There‘s tenors, basses, inbetweens, and some just here for show,

But all the same we‘ll sing to you, so boys just ‗Let ‗er go‘.

When Governor Georgie, gave us our charter,

He kissed our Rotaryannes to make it right,

We‘ve come to greet you, because we‘re after,

All the fun and fellowship that‘s going tonight.

So put it there!