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THE OBJECT OF ROTARYThe object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the Ideal of Service as a basis of worthyenterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

1. The development of acquaintances as an opportunity for Service;

2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of worthiness of alluseful occupations and the dignifying by each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunityto serve society;

3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business andcommunity life;

4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a worldfellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The 4..Way Testof 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 FRIENDSIDPS?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Handy Make-up ClubsRotary Graceo 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.

Batemans Bay, Mariners Lodge HotelThursday at 6.30pm.

Moruya, Moruya Golf Club, Wednesdayat 7.00pm.

Bega, Bega RSL Club, Thursday at 6.00pm.

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DISTRICT 9710, AUSTRALIA

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derstaffed and underfunded. More than anything right now, what isneeded is a large group of Rotary volunteers ready to come to Niger towork in difficult conditions."

Mancus says there is an immediate need of at least one Rotarianwith experience in grants, fundraising, and public relations and a work-ing knowledge of French to provide technical support in dealing withthe famine crisis. More than 60 other volunteers are needed to help runa hospital in Loga set LIpby UNFPA.

"UNFPA has totally equipped and built a hospital that is emptytoday because there is no staff," says Mancus. "Based on our agreementwith UNFPA, they [UNFPA] call give a grant to local Rotarians who inturn can arrange for housing for all volunteers there,"

Immediate volunteer needs include surgeons, surgeon's assis-tants, nurses, public health doctors, human resources managers, andpharmacists, as well as specialists in the areas of budgeting, marketing,finance and accounting, hospital reform, pharmacy reform, mainte-nance, adrnin istrative management, project management, performancemanagement, information management, activity and project develop-ment, and youth and women's groups,

Niger Rotarians have brought much-needed integrity to the effortto address their country's humanitarian crisis. But Mancus says eventheir most generous contributions are just a drop in the ocean of needs.

"We need to reconfirm our call for cash donations to the NigerCrisis Committee's account so that they can act," says Mancus. "I urgeeveryone to please act for Niger. It is worse than you can imagine." Formore detai Is or to respond to the Niger famine reIief appeal, visit Ro-tary's World Community Service disaster relief efforts page or contactNicholas Manclls, chair of the District 9100 Health, Water and HungerTask Force. By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga

Rolory Club of Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconVol. 48 No. 14 6 October 2005

RI Pres: Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar District Governor: Noel Trevaskis

'R~~'R~

International Toast

Our thanks to Trevor King for his talk last week onheritage buildings in the Shire. Trevor's passion for thepreservation of buildings must be appreciated by all andsundry. I hope Trevor will return very soon with visual aidsto show us some of his achievements.

We were blessed with perfect weather for the BluesFestival last weekend. My thanks to all members and othervolunteers who gave both their time and effort to make ourcommitment to this event a success. A bottom line figure isyet to be established, but I feel it will be to our advantage inmoney terms.

Also I want to thank members for their efforts at Sun-day's market. I know we were stretched to man this event aswell as the festival. Well done everyone.

Tonight Peter Lynch will give us some insight into hisContinuing our tour of England, to-

night's internationa I toast is to the Ro-tary Club of Wickford in Essex, England,District 1240.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958and has 46 members.

life.

President Richard

VOCATIONAL SERVICE MO

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ProgramTonight: We're looking forward to hearing from Peter Lynch on

This is my Life' and AG Bob Aston will take us throughTowards 2000.A very happy birthday to George Barker (12th).

TASK 6 October 13 October 20 October

Greet/welcome/wheel Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey

Cashier Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley

Toast/thanks Jack Wightman Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson

4-way test Robert Wignall Bill Hardie Jack Wightman

3-minute talk Bob Aston' Kris Elphick Robert Wignall

FINES Bob Aston Chris O'Brien Kevin Young

Introduction George Barker Laurelle Pacey Bob Aston

Please organise a substitute if you wont be there and give your apology to Robert Wignall

NEXTWEEK: Mayor Neil Mumme on Narooma-Dalmeny CyclewayCOMINGEVENTS:18 October (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETING AT THE WHALE20 October Vocational Excellence Award presentation21-23 October District Conference in Goulburn23 October ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL27 October3 November

Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Exchange StudentGSEVisit

10 November Bernie Rogers returns with a ripper of a flying story15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETINGAT THE WHALE

-'---17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL

-1December8 December15 December

Louise Murkins TBCOur Annual meetingTBA

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Rotary World NewsRotarians help deliver famine relief

The crisis committee of NigerRotary clubs, Niger's government, andthe United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) are collaborating to assist vic-tims ofa severe famine affecting 3.5million people (30 percent of Niger'spopulation).

The three groups have formalisedthis cooperation by signing an agree-ment at the Niger prime minister's of-fice in the national capital Niamey 011

29 September. Beneficiaries will bethe most vulnerable cases, especially severely malnourished childrenand single mothers. Loga, one of the most devastated areas in Nigerjust 150 km from Niamey, will be a focus for their joint efforts.

"The condition in Niger is catastrophic," says Nicholas Mancus,chairman of the RI District 9 I00 Health Water and Hunger Task Force.Niger, the world's poorest country, is one of 14 West African countriesthat comprise District 9 I00. "Thousands of cll ildren have alreadydied ... I found the conditions to be more troubling than I thought."

A member of the Rotary Club of Cotonou-Centre in Benin,ManCLlStraveled to Niamey on 24 September to help the crisis commit-tee carry out its famine relief effort.

"At the stoplights in town, mothers just sit on the dirt with skele-ton babies," Mancus writes. "The [hospital] bed space is far beyondcapacity in Niamey; the [nuns] have run out of beds and have skeletonbabies [lying] on mats with feeding tubes and IVs, trying to keep themalive as best they can. If the situation is this bad in Niamey, I cannotimagine what it must be like in the more remote areas of the country."

Mancus praises the spirit of selfless volunteerism with whichmany of the country's 36 Rotarians have thrown themselves into reliefwork. "These Rotarians are doing the absolute best that they can, andperhaps even more than that," he says. "Everything here is totally un-

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News around the District The \'Jee" that \'Jas....A word from the DG ... Yet another very enjoyable

evening at the Whale with interest-ing guest speaker heritage consult-ant Trevor King. We had a fewapologies - from memory theyincluded Bob Aston, Kevin Youngand Bill Hardie. No Frank unfortu-nately.

This month is an exciting and busymonth with the District Conference. We alsowelcome the two GSE teams to the Districtplus we will hold the YARN conference onthe last weekend of the month.

It is not long to go to the District Con-ference. Sue and I are looking forward tomeeting up with people we have met during Pres. Noel and Sue Trevaskisour Club visits. We hope you have bookedyour accommodation as we will have to soon release the rooms thathave been held for us. Book now through Goulburn Visitors Centre.

We're pleased with Conference preparations and the range ofspeakers is first class. We are sure everyone will come away havingmade new friends and be enthused about Rotary and the ideal of Ser-vice Above Self. The Saturday night Woolshed Dinner dance is an in-formal night, in fact the whole weekend's informal, no need for a tie!

Sue and I would like to greet all of our friends as we 'Reach Outand Be a Friend'. We are sure you will enjoy yourselves.

DC Noel Trevaskis

Chris O'Brien spoke forthree minutes about her first fewweeks in Sydney when she arrivedfrom the UK as a teacher. Sheasked to be sent anywhere but Sydney, so the NSW Department of Edu-cation sent her to Fairfield Primary!

She spoke of tile culture shock because 70% of the children werenon English speaking. Her placement there ended up being really re-warding and she played a lot of music with the kids and assisted theprincipal. She spoke of the culture peculiarities of Australia, things likelamington drives.

An update on our combined Literacy ProjectOur Club is delighted that all babies born at Moruya Hospital

will be presented with a book, following the initiative of Moruya Clubwith the support of our Club and Batemans Bay Club.

Moruya Club president Steve Young and his wife Jan took 350copies of Jackie French's book 'The Diary of a Wombat' to her lastmonth to sign. Through a special deal, each book will only cost $6.24.

Narooma Club instigated a similar idea about five years agowhen Fred Doctor was Community Services Director but only for ba-bies south of the shire. Hospital staff say the idea caused a few prob-lems because mothers of babies from elsewhere also wanted a book, sothey were then distributed through Narooma Community Health Centre.Our Club then let the project lapse.

This combined effort is a great Literacy Project and an excellentinitiative by Moruya.

Laurelle Pacey started our grey matter training for next year'sCinders Trophy - it is always so close we need all the help we can!Moruya need not fear us at this stage; we obviously have a long way togo before we reach peak condition.

------~-----.---,~,-On the wheel, President Richard won both the eggs and wine

and Chris O'Brien the port.

Our guest speaker Trevor King is a registered heritage consult-ant who lives at Dignarns Creek and passionate about the heritage ofour region. He told us it is a broad and very challenging field in whichto work and of how heritage helps define a community's identity. Healso mentioned the increasing economic value of heritage tourism.

He proceeded to relate what he does to the Four Way Test, espe-cially where the almighty dollar comes into the question. He spoke ofthe process of determining a building's heritage value by assessing its

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cultural significance and raised the ques-tion whose significance are we talkingabout.

Since Trevor started in Central Tilbain 1986 he has done over 70 DAs in thearea. He wants his work to be invisible sothat it blends into what's there so that peo-ple don't notice that development has takenplace.

He told of how he looks to nature todiscover design, even to the shapes ofplankton. He has been working with council's strategic planners to de-fine the colours ofNarooma, looking to spotted gum and swamp ma-hogany trees for those colours.

Trevor also talked of the broad range of skills required as a heri-tage consultant. He is the Heritage Chairman of the Building DesignersAssociation ofNSW and a member of the Eurobodalla Shire CouncilHeritage Advisory Committee.

He approaches heritage work cautiously "do as much as nec-essary but as little as possible".

We sang the Blues!

Taking another look ...

What a great if exhausting weekend and what about the fantasticweather! We should hear tonight how much we took at the markets andat the food van over the weekend - then we have to subtract costs. Iknow we took about $3,000 on Friday and Saturday at the festival butno idea at this stage about Sunday.

We had a great site this year next to the bar and highly visible-it would be good to try and secure the same site for next year.

Many thanks to everyone who helped over the weekend -PeterLynch was wonderful at helping set up and packing up (we couldn'thave done it without him) and to President Richard for the last minutedash to Batemans Bay for the extra bag of donut mix and assortedother bits and pieces we ended up needing.

Thanks to the van crew-Marilyn Gibson, Ian and MickiThomlinson, Jeremy Ferguson, Laurelle Pacey, Chris O'Brien, KrisElphick, Robert Wignall, Neil and Sally Burnside, Georgie Staley,Dave O'Brien, Richard and Diane Lovatt, Donna Keagan, DeniseCarter, Pam Rayner and Peter Lynch. Great to also have five teenagershelping out and enjoying it - Larissa Michelsen, Laurena Basutu, Ro-han Burnside, Katie Binstock and Zoe Deck. It was lots of fun allworking together and the shifts seemed to fly by (hopefully when weget more members we can work in the van on more occasions).

We sold about 200 sausage sandwiches, 260 steak sandwiches(not many takers for the deluxe), 170 egg and bacon sandwiches, andoodles of donuts (we used 60 kg donut mix!) and lots ofteas and cof-fees but not as many as expected-maybe we need bigger signs. Wecould interest few people in our chicken and gravy rolls. There is oo-dles of different food to choose from so it is quite com-

petitive.Many thanks to everyone too who helped

out for the markets ----especially market managerChris O'Brien, Jack Wightman, Marilyn Gib-SOil, Kris Elphick, Peter Lynch and LaurellePacey. Gate takings won't reflect the marketsuccess because this was the changeover mar-ket where we stopped advance payments. Themarket had a lovely feel to it and most tradersseemed happy with the results.Community Services Director Laurelle Pacey

Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code',while making Dan a fortune, caused greatoffence by claiming that Jesus marredand had chi Idren.

But now Moruya Rotarian MichaelGold is propagating an even more hereticalnotion-that Jesus might have been a woman. He lists three in-controvertible arguments:1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no

food.2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men

who just didn't get it.3. And even when he was dead, he had to get up because

there was work to do.Courtesy Moruya's bulletin

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News around the District The \'Jee" that \'Jas....A word from the DG ... Yet another very enjoyable

evening at the Whale with interest-ing guest speaker heritage consult-ant Trevor King. We had a fewapologies - from memory theyincluded Bob Aston, Kevin Youngand Bill Hardie. No Frank unfortu-nately.

This month is an exciting and busymonth with the District Conference. We alsowelcome the two GSE teams to the Districtplus we will hold the YARN conference onthe last weekend of the month.

It is not long to go to the District Con-ference. Sue and I are looking forward tomeeting up with people we have met during Pres. Noel and Sue Trevaskisour Club visits. We hope you have bookedyour accommodation as we will have to soon release the rooms thathave been held for us. Book now through Goulburn Visitors Centre.

We're pleased with Conference preparations and the range ofspeakers is first class. We are sure everyone will come away havingmade new friends and be enthused about Rotary and the ideal of Ser-vice Above Self. The Saturday night Woolshed Dinner dance is an in-formal night, in fact the whole weekend's informal, no need for a tie!

Sue and I would like to greet all of our friends as we 'Reach Outand Be a Friend'. We are sure you will enjoy yourselves.

DC Noel Trevaskis

Chris O'Brien spoke forthree minutes about her first fewweeks in Sydney when she arrivedfrom the UK as a teacher. Sheasked to be sent anywhere but Sydney, so the NSW Department of Edu-cation sent her to Fairfield Primary!

She spoke of tile culture shock because 70% of the children werenon English speaking. Her placement there ended up being really re-warding and she played a lot of music with the kids and assisted theprincipal. She spoke of the culture peculiarities of Australia, things likelamington drives.

An update on our combined Literacy ProjectOur Club is delighted that all babies born at Moruya Hospital

will be presented with a book, following the initiative of Moruya Clubwith the support of our Club and Batemans Bay Club.

Moruya Club president Steve Young and his wife Jan took 350copies of Jackie French's book 'The Diary of a Wombat' to her lastmonth to sign. Through a special deal, each book will only cost $6.24.

Narooma Club instigated a similar idea about five years agowhen Fred Doctor was Community Services Director but only for ba-bies south of the shire. Hospital staff say the idea caused a few prob-lems because mothers of babies from elsewhere also wanted a book, sothey were then distributed through Narooma Community Health Centre.Our Club then let the project lapse.

This combined effort is a great Literacy Project and an excellentinitiative by Moruya.

Laurelle Pacey started our grey matter training for next year'sCinders Trophy - it is always so close we need all the help we can!Moruya need not fear us at this stage; we obviously have a long way togo before we reach peak condition.

------~-----.---,~,-On the wheel, President Richard won both the eggs and wine

and Chris O'Brien the port.

Our guest speaker Trevor King is a registered heritage consult-ant who lives at Dignarns Creek and passionate about the heritage ofour region. He told us it is a broad and very challenging field in whichto work and of how heritage helps define a community's identity. Healso mentioned the increasing economic value of heritage tourism.

He proceeded to relate what he does to the Four Way Test, espe-cially where the almighty dollar comes into the question. He spoke ofthe process of determining a building's heritage value by assessing its

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ProgramTonight: We're looking forward to hearing from Peter Lynch on

This is my Life' and AG Bob Aston will take us throughTowards 2000.A very happy birthday to George Barker (12th).


Greet/welcome/wheel Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey

Cashier Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley

Toast/thanks Jack Wightman Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson

4-way test Robert Wignall Bill Hardie Jack Wightman

3-minute talk Bob Aston' Kris Elphick Robert Wignall

FINES Bob Aston Chris O'Brien Kevin Young

Introduction George Barker Laurelle Pacey Bob Aston


NEXTWEEK: Mayor Neil Mumme on Narooma-Dalmeny CyclewayCOMINGEVENTS:18 October (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETING AT THE WHALE20 October Vocational Excellence Award presentation21-23 October District Conference in Goulburn23 October ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL27 October3 November

Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Exchange StudentGSEVisit

10 November Bernie Rogers returns with a ripper of a flying story15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETINGAT THE WHALE

-'---17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL

-1December8 December15 December

Louise Murkins TBCOur Annual meetingTBA

4

Rotary World NewsRotarians help deliver famine relief

The crisis committee of NigerRotary clubs, Niger's government, andthe United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) are collaborating to assist vic-tims ofa severe famine affecting 3.5million people (30 percent of Niger'spopulation).

The three groups have formalisedthis cooperation by signing an agree-ment at the Niger prime minister's of-fice in the national capital Niamey 011

29 September. Beneficiaries will bethe most vulnerable cases, especially severely malnourished childrenand single mothers. Loga, one of the most devastated areas in Nigerjust 150 km from Niamey, will be a focus for their joint efforts.

"The condition in Niger is catastrophic," says Nicholas Mancus,chairman of the RI District 9 I00 Health Water and Hunger Task Force.Niger, the world's poorest country, is one of 14 West African countriesthat comprise District 9 I00. "Thousands of cll ildren have alreadydied ... I found the conditions to be more troubling than I thought."

A member of the Rotary Club of Cotonou-Centre in Benin,ManCLlStraveled to Niamey on 24 September to help the crisis commit-tee carry out its famine relief effort.

"At the stoplights in town, mothers just sit on the dirt with skele-ton babies," Mancus writes. "The [hospital] bed space is far beyondcapacity in Niamey; the [nuns] have run out of beds and have skeletonbabies [lying] on mats with feeding tubes and IVs, trying to keep themalive as best they can. If the situation is this bad in Niamey, I cannotimagine what it must be like in the more remote areas of the country."

Mancus praises the spirit of selfless volunteerism with whichmany of the country's 36 Rotarians have thrown themselves into reliefwork. "These Rotarians are doing the absolute best that they can, andperhaps even more than that," he says. "Everything here is totally un-

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derstaffed and underfunded. More than anything right now, what isneeded is a large group of Rotary volunteers ready to come to Niger towork in difficult conditions."

Mancus says there is an immediate need of at least one Rotarianwith experience in grants, fundraising, and public relations and a work-ing knowledge of French to provide technical support in dealing withthe famine crisis. More than 60 other volunteers are needed to help runa hospital in Loga set LIpby UNFPA.

"UNFPA has totally equipped and built a hospital that is emptytoday because there is no staff," says Mancus. "Based on our agreementwith UNFPA, they [UNFPA] call give a grant to local Rotarians who inturn can arrange for housing for all volunteers there,"

Immediate volunteer needs include surgeons, surgeon's assis-tants, nurses, public health doctors, human resources managers, andpharmacists, as well as specialists in the areas of budgeting, marketing,finance and accounting, hospital reform, pharmacy reform, mainte-nance, adrnin istrative management, project management, performancemanagement, information management, activity and project develop-ment, and youth and women's groups,

Niger Rotarians have brought much-needed integrity to the effortto address their country's humanitarian crisis. But Mancus says eventheir most generous contributions are just a drop in the ocean of needs.

"We need to reconfirm our call for cash donations to the NigerCrisis Committee's account so that they can act," says Mancus. "I urgeeveryone to please act for Niger. It is worse than you can imagine." Formore detai Is or to respond to the Niger famine reIief appeal, visit Ro-tary's World Community Service disaster relief efforts page or contactNicholas Manclls, chair of the District 9100 Health, Water and HungerTask Force. By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga

Rolory Club of Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconVol. 48 No. 14 6 October 2005


'R~~'R~

International Toast

Our thanks to Trevor King for his talk last week onheritage buildings in the Shire. Trevor's passion for thepreservation of buildings must be appreciated by all andsundry. I hope Trevor will return very soon with visual aidsto show us some of his achievements.

We were blessed with perfect weather for the BluesFestival last weekend. My thanks to all members and othervolunteers who gave both their time and effort to make ourcommitment to this event a success. A bottom line figure isyet to be established, but I feel it will be to our advantage inmoney terms.

Also I want to thank members for their efforts at Sun-day's market. I know we were stretched to man this event aswell as the festival. Well done everyone.

Tonight Peter Lynch will give us some insight into hisContinuing our tour of England, to-

night's internationa I toast is to the Ro-tary Club of Wickford in Essex, England,District 1240.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958and has 46 members.

life.

President Richard

VOCATIONAL SERVICE MO

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Rotary World News Rotary Club ofNarooma Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconThis year, Rotary-UN Day is 5 November

The next Rotary-UN Day is next month- 5 November.The annual event at UN headquarters helps educate Rotari-

ans, their friends, and theirfamilies about the complemen-tary roles the UN and Rotaryplay in supporting humanitar-ian initiatives and promotinginternational understandingand peace.

Last year, much of theday was devoted to panel dis-cussions on health concerns,literacy, polio eradication, theRotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflictresolution, and water resources.

Although the 2005 program is still being planned, the RIrepresentatives encourage Rotarians to mark the event on theircalendar.

Vol. 48 No. 15 13 October 2005


Richard's Rambles

International Toast

Peter Lynch certainly held our attention in his 'This isyour Life' segment of the meeting. A number of us have seenPeter in action asfar as the van, blues festival, markets andother miscellaneous projects, linked now with his personalachievements. They certainly make him a very talentedmember. Thank you Peter for your very enlightening talkand look forward to working with you in the future.

Bob Aston has requested us to give him as soon aspossible names of anyone you feel may be interested in en-joying our company, good food and listening to one of ourinteresting guest speakers, as well as being prepared towork for both this and the wider community.

To-night we have thepleasure of Mayor Neil Mummeto talk with us about the proposed cycleway joining Dal-meny - Kianga - Narooma. Welcome Neil.

President RichardTonight's international toast is to

the Rotary Club of Kanta-Hollola inFinland, District 1380.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958but has 58 members. OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE MO

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ProgramTonight: We welcome Mayor Neil Mumme who is mak-ing his debut at a meeting in his mayoral capacity. Hewill speak about the Narooma-Dalmeny Cyc1eway.

Happy birthday to Fred Doctor (14th), and a happy anniversary toJack and Carolyn Wightman (19th). .


Greet/welcome/wheel Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey George Barker

Cashier Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson

Toast I thanks Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson

4-way test Bill Hardie Jack Wightman Neville Gough

3-minute talk Kris Elphick Robert Wignall Bill Hardie

FINES Chris O'Brien Kevin Young Frank McGovem

Infrndur.:finn Laurelle Pacey Bob Aston Chris O'BrienPlease organise a substitute if you wont be there and give your apology to Robert Wignall

NEXT WEEK: Vocational Excellence Award presenta-tion to Les Symons of SymonsCOMING EVENTS:18 October (Tues)WHALE

6pm BOARD MEETING AT THE

21-23 October23 OctoberOVAL27 October Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Ex-

District Conference in GoulburnROTARY MARKETS ON NATA

change Student3 November GSE Visit·10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flyingstory"15 November (Tues) 6pmWHALE

BOARD MEETING AT THE

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Through his Chaplaincy role, Don has developed skills in traumamanagement, critical incident management and grief counselling. Thishas been instrumental in creating awareness of the need to 'care for thecarer'.

Don's work as a Chaplain has been instrumental in other agenciesappointing their own chaplains. In 1995 the Salvation Army appointedDon to establish Chaplaincy Programs for the ACT, New South Walesand Queensland covering organisations including Police, Fire, Ambu-lance, Courts and Prisons.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1990 for serviceto the community through the NSW Fire Brigades. In 1991, Don wasnamed a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Hurst ville. A sap-phire pin was added by the Rotary Club of Hurstville in 1997. In 1998Don was awarded Rotary International's Service Above Self award onthe nomination of the Rotary Club of Canberra.

Fay Jackson lives by two mottos: 'A life lived in fear is a lifehalf lived' and 'Make your mark but don't ,-c------,leave a stain'.

She tours Australia as a motiva-tional speaker and educator and while heraim is to impart knowledge, her addressesare emotional and humorous.

Fay runs her own consultancy com-pany called Open Minds Consultancy. Sheoffers consultancy in Mental Health in thework place, public services and community for the Federal and Stategovernments and the corporate sector. Fay is renowned as a nationalmotivational speaker, educator, advocate and voice for mental health.

Fay is regularly engaged to advise the NSW and Federal govern-ments, NGOs, etc. on the state and condition of mental illness and men-tal health in the community, services, and workplace. Her model ofSuccessful Communication and Community Involvement is beingadopted by NSW Health.

Fay is a national media representative consulting to RotaryHealth Research Fund, SANE Australia, beyondblue, and the NSWCentre for Mental Health. Her aim is to de-stigmatise Mental Health inthe community and to ensure that it is seen as an integral part of OH&Sand performance outcomes in the workforce, services, education, etc.

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for the Saturday; and presumably Kevin and Maureen Young will alsobe there, being regular conference goers.

This year's conference is quite different to previous conferencesin that in the place of reports etc are several extremely fascinating moti-vational speakers. Check them out...

Journalist Mike Munro did his cadetship with The Australianand The Daily Mirror, stayed with The DailyMirror for seven years before joining Sydney'sChannel 10 News in 1978. Then rejoined NewsLitd and was posted to New York in theirAmerican bureau and The New York Post. Mikebecame a household name as feature presenter inWillisee, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair and Thisis Your Life. His autobiography, A Pasty-FacedNothing, was published in 2003.

Nic Feteris jumps off mountains and askshis audiences to do that too. He speaks about climbing and jumping off

mountains (plus other awe-inspiring pinnacles, likethe Statue of Liberty) in terms of the team work, plan-ning, and solution selling that makes his adventuresachievable. He does so while demonstrating the pio-neering spirit, tenacity, and sheer determination thatare very often necessary to transform our dreams, vi-sions or ideas into reality.

Nic runs Jump Pty Ltd, his marketing and pro-motions business based in Sydney. It promotes andcoordinates his adventures and is a consultant to stra-tegic and equity partners, like adventure travel opera-

tor Wild Holidays based in India.Donald Thomas Woodland rose through the ranks to become

a Lieutenant Colonel in the Salvation Army. He served 14 years as aChaplain with the Royal Australian Army including a 13 month stint inVietnam in 1969 with the 8th Battalion. He also served as a Chaplainwith the ACT's Police, making him the first Chaplain to a statutorybody in Australia.

He has been Chaplain to organisations such as the New SouthWales Fire Brigade, and attended numerous disasters including theGranville train disaster; Grafton and Kempsey bus crashes, Newcastleearthquake, the Port Arthur massacre; the Thredbo disaster; and theCanberra bushfires in 2003.

The week that was ....Again a few away-they must have realised there was work to

be done!Bob Aston, fresh from a holiday in the

Blue Mountains, did a fines session around theH V Evatt home at Leura which is apparently atrain and toy museum. So Bob decided eachmember's favourite toy that we would place inthe museum. Jeremy Ferguson had a toycooking set and a model 'Titanic'. NevilleGough had the first karaoke machine thatcould operate under water (or did I imaginethen last part?), but it only played Grace andthe national anthem, while Laurelle Pacey donated a toy tractor. BillHardie had a set of bagpipes, and Jack Wightman toy soldiers.

Then our most recently inducted member Peter Lynch gave ussome insight into his quite fascinating life. He seemed to be foreverchangingjobs! He grew up in Sydney and spent much of his youth onthe beach with the North Cronulla Surf Club. When he finished schoolhe had this vague idea that life in the country was the way to go. Hedidn't get into Hawkesbury at first. Went first from Lever & Kitchen to -McPherson Irrigation, tech at night (incredibly boring), then reappliedfor Hawkesbury and got in. He described going to Hawkesbury Agri-cultural College as "a tremendous experience" and while there won atrainees hip with the NSW Department of Agriculture.

Then worked at the Department's Wool Station at Leeton(incredibly boring), then to Trangie which was better, then to being theagronomy lecturer at C Alexander College at Tocal. He then joined'The Land' as a regional journalist covering the Hunter and New Eng-land and was run off his feet, covering over 100,000 km in the firstyear. Then to NBN Channel 3 and a steep learning curve, overseastravel for "some culture". Next to CSIRO Rangelands Division atDeniliquin and Alice Springs, then the Australian Centre for Agricul-tural Research and 13 fantastic years in publicity doing lost of travel insouth east Asia and the Pacific. They were concerned with identifyingproblems in developing countries .. Good budget, great people and a

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fabulous job. Now he and Margaret have retired to Narooma, but aswe've seen, Peter is not one to sit still!!!

It was certainly the Bob Aston night. Bob took us through theBeyond 2000 process and encouraged us to systematically think ofpeople who we thought would make good Rotarians. The aim is to tryand increase membership by 15% in the District, but our Club wouldlike to aim for a sustainable membership of about 25 which is the num-ber it had not so many years ago.

Bob urges anyone who has thought of any more names to makesure you send them on to him so he can follow them up with letters.

Take two cows ...SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows and yougive one to your neighbour

COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows; the Gov-ernment takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM: You have 2 cows; the Govern-ment takes both and sells you some milk.

BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows; theGovernment takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throwsthe milk away.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell oneand buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. Yousell them and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sellone, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later,you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow dropped dead.

A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengi-neer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milkthemselves.AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but youdon't know where they are. You break for lunch. Via RL

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News around the DistrictFrom the Moruya bulletin

Moruya Rotary President Steve Young recently attended the in-augural Moruya Outstanding Business Awards hosted by Rural Pressand judged by the Chamber of Commerce and Moruya Rotary. Therewere approximately 200 at the Gala Dinner at the RSL Hall.

Moruya Rotary Vocational Director Paul Caruana and his com-mittee were on the judging panel with members of the Chamber.

Interesting that Batemans Bay PP Bruce Gruber spoke toMoruya Club recently about BowelScan. Our Club has been doingBowleScan very successfully fro many years-we need to talk aboutour experiences with both Moruya and Batemans Bay clubs and coor-dinate our efforts to ensure we are all working in the same direction.

District Conference a week awayDG Noel reminds us that the District Conference is rapidly

drawing near. It is on in Goulbum from Friday 21 October to Sunday23 October. He asks that if you intend going, please register now tomake sure you will get in to the Wool shed Dance on the Saturdaynight.

We have a few going from our Club AG Bob Aston and Presi-dent Richard Lovatt; Ian Thomlinson and Jack Wightman will go just

Who for Narooma Citizen of the Year?The Australia Day Narooma Committee invites

nominations for the award of Narooma Citizen of theYear to be presented on 26 January 2006.

Nominees must be residents in the area Bodallato Akolele and who, as volunteers, have made a sig-nificant contribution to the wellbeing and/or develop-ment of particular fields of interest or organisations.

Citations to be a maximum of 150 words andsubmitted to the Australia Day Committee, PO Box332,

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for the Saturday; and presumably Kevin and Maureen Young will alsobe there, being regular conference goers.

This year's conference is quite different to previous conferencesin that in the place of reports etc are several extremely fascinating moti-vational speakers. Check them out...

Journalist Mike Munro did his cadetship with The Australianand The Daily Mirror, stayed with The DailyMirror for seven years before joining Sydney'sChannel 10 News in 1978. Then rejoined NewsLitd and was posted to New York in theirAmerican bureau and The New York Post. Mikebecame a household name as feature presenter inWillisee, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair and Thisis Your Life. His autobiography, A Pasty-FacedNothing, was published in 2003.

Nic Feteris jumps off mountains and askshis audiences to do that too. He speaks about climbing and jumping off

mountains (plus other awe-inspiring pinnacles, likethe Statue of Liberty) in terms of the team work, plan-ning, and solution selling that makes his adventuresachievable. He does so while demonstrating the pio-neering spirit, tenacity, and sheer determination thatare very often necessary to transform our dreams, vi-sions or ideas into reality.

Nic runs Jump Pty Ltd, his marketing and pro-motions business based in Sydney. It promotes andcoordinates his adventures and is a consultant to stra-tegic and equity partners, like adventure travel opera-

tor Wild Holidays based in India.Donald Thomas Woodland rose through the ranks to become

a Lieutenant Colonel in the Salvation Army. He served 14 years as aChaplain with the Royal Australian Army including a 13 month stint inVietnam in 1969 with the 8th Battalion. He also served as a Chaplainwith the ACT's Police, making him the first Chaplain to a statutorybody in Australia.

He has been Chaplain to organisations such as the New SouthWales Fire Brigade, and attended numerous disasters including theGranville train disaster; Grafton and Kempsey bus crashes, Newcastleearthquake, the Port Arthur massacre; the Thredbo disaster; and theCanberra bushfires in 2003.

The week that was ....Again a few away-they must have realised there was work to

be done!Bob Aston, fresh from a holiday in the

Blue Mountains, did a fines session around theH V Evatt home at Leura which is apparently atrain and toy museum. So Bob decided eachmember's favourite toy that we would place inthe museum. Jeremy Ferguson had a toycooking set and a model 'Titanic'. NevilleGough had the first karaoke machine thatcould operate under water (or did I imaginethen last part?), but it only played Grace andthe national anthem, while Laurelle Pacey donated a toy tractor. BillHardie had a set of bagpipes, and Jack Wightman toy soldiers.

Then our most recently inducted member Peter Lynch gave ussome insight into his quite fascinating life. He seemed to be foreverchangingjobs! He grew up in Sydney and spent much of his youth onthe beach with the North Cronulla Surf Club. When he finished schoolhe had this vague idea that life in the country was the way to go. Hedidn't get into Hawkesbury at first. Went first from Lever & Kitchen to -McPherson Irrigation, tech at night (incredibly boring), then reappliedfor Hawkesbury and got in. He described going to Hawkesbury Agri-cultural College as "a tremendous experience" and while there won atrainees hip with the NSW Department of Agriculture.

Then worked at the Department's Wool Station at Leeton(incredibly boring), then to Trangie which was better, then to being theagronomy lecturer at C Alexander College at Tocal. He then joined'The Land' as a regional journalist covering the Hunter and New Eng-land and was run off his feet, covering over 100,000 km in the firstyear. Then to NBN Channel 3 and a steep learning curve, overseastravel for "some culture". Next to CSIRO Rangelands Division atDeniliquin and Alice Springs, then the Australian Centre for Agricul-tural Research and 13 fantastic years in publicity doing lost of travel insouth east Asia and the Pacific. They were concerned with identifyingproblems in developing countries .. Good budget, great people and a

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ProgramTonight: We welcome Mayor Neil Mumme who is mak-ing his debut at a meeting in his mayoral capacity. Hewill speak about the Narooma-Dalmeny Cyc1eway.

Happy birthday to Fred Doctor (14th), and a happy anniversary toJack and Carolyn Wightman (19th). .


Greet/welcome/wheel Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey George Barker

Cashier Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson

Toast I thanks Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson

4-way test Bill Hardie Jack Wightman Neville Gough

3-minute talk Kris Elphick Robert Wignall Bill Hardie

FINES Chris O'Brien Kevin Young Frank McGovem

Infrndur.:finn Laurelle Pacey Bob Aston Chris O'BrienPlease organise a substitute if you wont be there and give your apology to Robert Wignall

NEXT WEEK: Vocational Excellence Award presenta-tion to Les Symons of SymonsCOMING EVENTS:18 October (Tues)WHALE

6pm BOARD MEETING AT THE

21-23 October23 OctoberOVAL27 October Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Ex-

District Conference in GoulburnROTARY MARKETS ON NATA

change Student3 November GSE Visit·10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flyingstory"15 November (Tues) 6pmWHALE

BOARD MEETING AT THE

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Through his Chaplaincy role, Don has developed skills in traumamanagement, critical incident management and grief counselling. Thishas been instrumental in creating awareness of the need to 'care for thecarer'.

Don's work as a Chaplain has been instrumental in other agenciesappointing their own chaplains. In 1995 the Salvation Army appointedDon to establish Chaplaincy Programs for the ACT, New South Walesand Queensland covering organisations including Police, Fire, Ambu-lance, Courts and Prisons.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1990 for serviceto the community through the NSW Fire Brigades. In 1991, Don wasnamed a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Hurst ville. A sap-phire pin was added by the Rotary Club of Hurstville in 1997. In 1998Don was awarded Rotary International's Service Above Self award onthe nomination of the Rotary Club of Canberra.

Fay Jackson lives by two mottos: 'A life lived in fear is a lifehalf lived' and 'Make your mark but don't ,-c------,leave a stain'.

She tours Australia as a motiva-tional speaker and educator and while heraim is to impart knowledge, her addressesare emotional and humorous.

Fay runs her own consultancy com-pany called Open Minds Consultancy. Sheoffers consultancy in Mental Health in thework place, public services and community for the Federal and Stategovernments and the corporate sector. Fay is renowned as a nationalmotivational speaker, educator, advocate and voice for mental health.

Fay is regularly engaged to advise the NSW and Federal govern-ments, NGOs, etc. on the state and condition of mental illness and men-tal health in the community, services, and workplace. Her model ofSuccessful Communication and Community Involvement is beingadopted by NSW Health.

Fay is a national media representative consulting to RotaryHealth Research Fund, SANE Australia, beyondblue, and the NSWCentre for Mental Health. Her aim is to de-stigmatise Mental Health inthe community and to ensure that it is seen as an integral part of OH&Sand performance outcomes in the workforce, services, education, etc.

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Rotary World News Rotary Club ofNarooma Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconThis year, Rotary-UN Day is 5 November

The next Rotary-UN Day is next month- 5 November.The annual event at UN headquarters helps educate Rotari-

ans, their friends, and theirfamilies about the complemen-tary roles the UN and Rotaryplay in supporting humanitar-ian initiatives and promotinginternational understandingand peace.

Last year, much of theday was devoted to panel dis-cussions on health concerns,literacy, polio eradication, theRotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflictresolution, and water resources.

Although the 2005 program is still being planned, the RIrepresentatives encourage Rotarians to mark the event on theircalendar.

Vol. 48 No. 15 13 October 2005


Richard's Rambles

International Toast

Peter Lynch certainly held our attention in his 'This isyour Life' segment of the meeting. A number of us have seenPeter in action asfar as the van, blues festival, markets andother miscellaneous projects, linked now with his personalachievements. They certainly make him a very talentedmember. Thank you Peter for your very enlightening talkand look forward to working with you in the future.

Bob Aston has requested us to give him as soon aspossible names of anyone you feel may be interested in en-joying our company, good food and listening to one of ourinteresting guest speakers, as well as being prepared towork for both this and the wider community.

To-night we have thepleasure of Mayor Neil Mummeto talk with us about the proposed cycleway joining Dal-meny - Kianga - Narooma. Welcome Neil.

President RichardTonight's international toast is to

the Rotary Club of Kanta-Hollola inFinland, District 1380.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958but has 58 members. OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE MO

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they specialise in, ready to dispatch aid to disaster scenes almost assoon as Rotary clubs and districts around the world request assistance.

Whenever RIBI coordinators receive a request, they issue an ap-peal to local clubs and districts to sponsor and fill up new boxes thatare used to replenish the stockpile or fulfill outstanding orders.

For instance, an additional 200 ShelterBoxes are scheduled fordelivery in Islamabad on 14 October, and 300 Emergency Boxes areready for dispatch, according to an RIBI press release. Also, 2,000empty boxes are available for distribution to schools, church groups,and Rotary clubs that wish to sponsor and fill them.

Rotary clubs and districts in the RIBI area are also supportingnon-Rotarian volunteers currently working in Pakistan under the Inter-national Rescue Corps, a humanitarian organisation that deploys rescueand recovery experts to disaster scenes.

At some point, Paver says, RIBI will ask local Rotarians tosponsor reconstruction projects. "I do try and encourage our clubs anddistricts to think of the medium- and long-term whenever a disasterstrikes," he explains. "[But] at this stage, we will stay where we are,continuing to collect Shelterlsoxes, Aquaboxes, and Emergency Boxesuntil we get feedback that we need to do something different."

New Washington monument honours HarrisRotary Founder Paul Harris is among 20 Americans recognised

in a new US national monument honouring pioneers in service, dedi-cated this week by former US president George Bush.

The "Extra Mile - Points of Light Volunteer Pathway" is a seriesof bronze markers along a one-mile stretch of downtown WashingtonDC, that tell the stories of selfless Americans who turned their dreamsof helping others into great movements that have created enduringchange. For more information, hrtp:iiwww.extramile.usi.

International ToastTonight's international toast is to the

Rotary Club of Kearuu in Finland, District1380.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958but has 30 members.

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Rotory Club 01 Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The ReacoDVol. 48 No. 16 20 October 2005


7<Wuvzd 4 i<am&e4Many thanks to Neil Mumme and Gail Knight for their

presentation last week on the Dalmeny+Narooma cycle-way / pathway project. We can see the vision. It will be agreat addition to our community assets. The Board will con-sider a possible contribution to the fundraising in thefu-ture.

I have just had word that the GSE Team visit fromEngland is off, even though we expressed some interest inhosting the team. But many other clubs also showed an in-terest and we missed out. We will put up our hands for nextyear's GSE visitfrom Germany.

We all welcome tonight well known local businessmanLes Symons who will be presented with our VocationalExcellence Award.

President Richard

ATIONAL SERVICE MONT

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ProqramTonight: We extend a very warm welcome to Les Symons of

Symons Bus & Coach Service and his guests for ourVocational Excellence Award presentation.

We have no celebrations recorded for club members or partners this week.

TASK 20 October 27 October 3 November

Greet/welcome/wheel Laurelle Pacey George Barker Chris O'Brien

Cashier Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey

Toast I thanks Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley

4-way test Jack Wightman Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson

3-minute talk Robert Wignali Bill Hardie Jack Wightman

FINES Kevin Young Frank McGovern Robert Wignall

Introduction Bob Aston Chris O'Brien Kevin Young


* Denotes Rotary talk

NEXT WEEK:21-23 October23 October

COMING EVENTS:District Conference in GoulburnROTARY MARKETSON NATA OVAL

27 October Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Exchange Student3 November Louise Murkins TBC10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flying story"15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETING AT THE WHALE17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL1 December NYF8 December15 December18 December22 December

Our Annual meetingChristmas party at Taylors $25 a head.ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL PMNO MEETING TBC

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Rotary World NewsBritish and Irish help earthquake victims

The first consignment of emer-gency relief aid for earthquake disastervictims in South Asia from Rotaryclubs and districts in Great Britain andIreland arrived in Pakistan this week.

Two British Rotarians accompa-nied the shipment, a total of 626 as-sorted packages of emergency kits de-livered at no cost by Pakistan Interna-tional Airlines. The payload included426 Aquaboxes and 200 ShelterBoxes.The collection was coordinated by thedisaster and international service com-mittees of Rotary International inGreat Britain and Ireland (RIB!).

"We heard the news on Saturday evening and set our relief op-eration in gear after I spoke to the RIBI disaster coordinator and RIBIPresident Mike Webb on Sunday," says Keith Paver, chair ofRIBI'sinternational service committee. "The international service chairmen ofall our 29 districts are coordinating the [disaster] appeal."

An Aquabox, which comes in two sizes, is a sturdy, plastic con-tainer filled with water purification sets (filtration cartridges and tab-lets). The standard-size container can produce 1,100 litres of water,enough to last a fami Iy of four for three or four months, The larger one(known as Aquabox30) can provide 33,000 litres of clean water and isdesigned for use in hospitals, clinics, schools, and other social serviceinstitutions or by groups offamilies.

A ShelterBox includes a IO-person tent, 10 sleeping bags, waterpurification tablets, plastic water carriers, plastic bags, cookware, amulti fueled stove, flashlights, and an assortment of tools packed in a49-gaJlon reusable plastic box.

Rotary clubs in Britain and Ireland set up ShelterBox andAquabox as official RIBI disaster-preparedness projects. Paver ex-plains that the box organisations usually stockpile the emergency kits

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Moruya club goes camping on the TurossMoruya Club has come up with a

novel way to celebrate the 'Family Month'of December. They are all off camping atFerg Thomson's property at Belowra besidethe Tuross River on the weekend 17/18 De-cember.Their latest bulletin urges all members withtents, caravans and campervans to take fam-ily and friends and muster at Ferg's propertythat weekend. They have called for expres-sions of interest.

The Club had a busy time last weekend with the Jazz Festival.The Club organises the street parade each year, and a number of mem-bers also volunteered to manage venues.

Sega focuses on Mental HealthThe release this week of the damning report on the state of men-

tal health management in NSW is timely. Next month the Rotary Win-nebago focusing on mental health issues will visit the coast, and BegaRotary Club is holding a Mental Health Forum on 19 November atBega High School Hall. More details later for anyone who may be in-terested in going.

Moruya does well at the racesIt is always good to keep up with what's happening at Moruya

through their bulletin, edited by John Sewell. President Steve Young inhis recent Scribbles talked about a recent Friday's races when the Clubagain manned the kiosk for the day and took $3,360!! I think they dohave exclusive rights to food at the races (Ed: I think I'm right there butnot 100%) but even so, that's a great figure.

He also said, "I am always pleasantly warmed to see the fellow-ship that goes on at the Kiosk". The Cheshers as always coordinate thelot. It was great at the Blues this year to experience that same feeling-we should do more (once we get some more members!!)

Moruya Club must have a few members with Rileys. There is ajoke in the last bulletin about these grand old cars:Traffic pol iceman: Can you go a bit faster? You're holding up traffic.Riley Driver: Well yes 1could, but 1don't want to leave the car.

The wee" that was....We had a few people away - Chris Elphick, Georgina Staley,

Bill Hardie (on three months leave), and Frank McGovern. Our guestswere Mayor Neil Mumme and Gail Knight, and visiting Rotarian KenLowbridge from the RC of Central Blue Mountains which he describedas "a go ahead club".

Vocational director Ian Thomlinson brought us up to speed withthe Vocational Award presentation which is of course tonight.

Chris O'Brien furthered our training fro the Cinders last weekwith a Trivia quiz drawn from the pages of'Narooma News'..------

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Neil Mnmme commended our Club for the work we do in thecommunity. He spoke about how when he first became involved inCouncil, he took great interest in the success of the Tuross CyclewayProject which is a joint project between council and the community.

He then sat down with Council engineer Warren Sharpe about J 2months ago to see if we could do something similar to complete thelong talked about cycleway between Dalmeny and Narooma. In June hegot the Council feel on it, and the n the community's.

Neil said he was really delighted with the 60 people who turnedup at the meeting to discuss it. A small working group was appointed.

Basically it involves about 4.2 km of path costing about$600,000 which could include around headlands. The idea is also to getkids off the roads. It would be funded jointly by council and the com-munity including some "in kind' work. He said community fundraising

has already started-$l ,200 was raised atthe Gospel Church Service at the Blues.He spoke of the huge tourism benefits.

Gail Knight said she is very proudto be associated with this project. She isorganising fundraising (target is$180,000 plus $70,000 grants). First raf-fle starts next month, drawn on AustraliaDay. The idea is to hold a raffle everythree months. It could take a couple of

F 4\::: ; years.

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This will be a tricky markets to man, what with the confer-ence and others away,FRIDAY:

Market roster for 23 October News around the DistrictEnglish GSE team is in District 9710

The GSE team from Englandis currently visiting our District 9710(Oct 16 to Nov 12), They are fromDistrict 1090 covering the countiesof Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,Middlesex and Oxfordshire in cen-tral southern England, Web page ishttpc/zwww.rotary l Ovfl.org/.

Team members are RotarianAlan French, Bonnie Martel, ChrisBigland, Tom Clarke and Gavin Vol-lans. The host Clubs for their visit, as listed on the District web page,are BowrallMittagong, Goulburn Clubs, Tumut, Canberra Sunrise,Berry-Gerringong and Narooma. President Richard has since found outthat we will not be hosting the team, but Batemans Bay Club will. Noone seems to know why.

The Australian team from District 97 I0, including our nomineeKim Close, will travel to England I I March- 8 April 2006.

It is interesting to note that this year is the 40th Anniversary ofGSE and so it is a great time to focus a little on the GSE program.

Who for Narooma Citizen of the Year?

Jack Wightman,Peter Lynch

Marking out:

SUNDAY:6-9: Chris O'Brien, Marilyn Gibson,Tow van in: Jeremy FergusonBreakfast: Jeremy Ferguson?Put signs out: ?9-noon: ?12-2 and pack up: ?TOW VAN BACK: Richard Lovatt ?

District Conference is on this weekend

The change in timing of the District Conference and possibly thenature ofthe conference has certainly attracted a few more people fromour Club, Not sure if it's an all time record-Kevin would know-butwe have Bob and Therese Aston, Richard and Di Lovatt, Kevi andMaureen Young, Ian Thomlinson, Jack Wightman and Peter Lynch.Please guys, a full report for the bulletin next issue-you can drawstraws!

DG Noel is really looking forward to seeing if his changes to theDistrict Conference work. Theycertainly seem to have forNarooma Club. He is sure eve-ryone will come away from theConference having made newfriends and be enthused aboutRotary and the ideal of ServiceAbove Se1f1

The emphasis is on infor-mality for the whole weekend.Sounds like good fun.

The Australia Day Narooma Committee invitesnominations for the award of Narooma Citizen of theYear to be presented on 26 January 2006.

Nominees must be residents in the area Bodallato Akolele and who, as volunteers, have made a sig-nificant contribution to the wellbeing and/or develop-ment of particular fields of interest or organisations.

Citations to be a maximum of 150 words andsubmitted to the Australia Day Committee, PO Box332,

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Moruya club goes camping on the TurossMoruya Club has come up with a

novel way to celebrate the 'Family Month'of December. They are all off camping atFerg Thomson's property at Belowra besidethe Tuross River on the weekend 17/18 De-cember.Their latest bulletin urges all members withtents, caravans and campervans to take fam-ily and friends and muster at Ferg's propertythat weekend. They have called for expres-sions of interest.

The Club had a busy time last weekend with the Jazz Festival.The Club organises the street parade each year, and a number of mem-bers also volunteered to manage venues.

Sega focuses on Mental HealthThe release this week of the damning report on the state of men-

tal health management in NSW is timely. Next month the Rotary Win-nebago focusing on mental health issues will visit the coast, and BegaRotary Club is holding a Mental Health Forum on 19 November atBega High School Hall. More details later for anyone who may be in-terested in going.

Moruya does well at the racesIt is always good to keep up with what's happening at Moruya

through their bulletin, edited by John Sewell. President Steve Young inhis recent Scribbles talked about a recent Friday's races when the Clubagain manned the kiosk for the day and took $3,360!! I think they dohave exclusive rights to food at the races (Ed: I think I'm right there butnot 100%) but even so, that's a great figure.

He also said, "I am always pleasantly warmed to see the fellow-ship that goes on at the Kiosk". The Cheshers as always coordinate thelot. It was great at the Blues this year to experience that same feeling-we should do more (once we get some more members!!)

Moruya Club must have a few members with Rileys. There is ajoke in the last bulletin about these grand old cars:Traffic pol iceman: Can you go a bit faster? You're holding up traffic.Riley Driver: Well yes 1could, but 1don't want to leave the car.

The wee" that was....We had a few people away - Chris Elphick, Georgina Staley,

Bill Hardie (on three months leave), and Frank McGovern. Our guestswere Mayor Neil Mumme and Gail Knight, and visiting Rotarian KenLowbridge from the RC of Central Blue Mountains which he describedas "a go ahead club".

Vocational director Ian Thomlinson brought us up to speed withthe Vocational Award presentation which is of course tonight.

Chris O'Brien furthered our training fro the Cinders last weekwith a Trivia quiz drawn from the pages of'Narooma News'..------

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Neil Mnmme commended our Club for the work we do in thecommunity. He spoke about how when he first became involved inCouncil, he took great interest in the success of the Tuross CyclewayProject which is a joint project between council and the community.

He then sat down with Council engineer Warren Sharpe about J 2months ago to see if we could do something similar to complete thelong talked about cycleway between Dalmeny and Narooma. In June hegot the Council feel on it, and the n the community's.

Neil said he was really delighted with the 60 people who turnedup at the meeting to discuss it. A small working group was appointed.

Basically it involves about 4.2 km of path costing about$600,000 which could include around headlands. The idea is also to getkids off the roads. It would be funded jointly by council and the com-munity including some "in kind' work. He said community fundraising

has already started-$l ,200 was raised atthe Gospel Church Service at the Blues.He spoke of the huge tourism benefits.

Gail Knight said she is very proudto be associated with this project. She isorganising fundraising (target is$180,000 plus $70,000 grants). First raf-fle starts next month, drawn on AustraliaDay. The idea is to hold a raffle everythree months. It could take a couple of

F 4\::: ; years.

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ProqramTonight: We extend a very warm welcome to Les Symons of

Symons Bus & Coach Service and his guests for ourVocational Excellence Award presentation.

We have no celebrations recorded for club members or partners this week.

TASK 20 October 27 October 3 November

Greet/welcome/wheel Laurelle Pacey George Barker Chris O'Brien

Cashier Georgie Staley Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey

Toast I thanks Ian Thomlinson Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley

4-way test Jack Wightman Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson

3-minute talk Robert Wignali Bill Hardie Jack Wightman

FINES Kevin Young Frank McGovern Robert Wignall

Introduction Bob Aston Chris O'Brien Kevin Young



NEXT WEEK:21-23 October23 October

COMING EVENTS:District Conference in GoulburnROTARY MARKETSON NATA OVAL

27 October Andrew MacPherson, former Rotary Exchange Student3 November Louise Murkins TBC10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flying story"15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARDMEETING AT THE WHALE17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL1 December NYF8 December15 December18 December22 December

Our Annual meetingChristmas party at Taylors $25 a head.ROTARYMARKETSON NATA OVAL PMNO MEETING TBC

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Rotary World NewsBritish and Irish help earthquake victims

The first consignment of emer-gency relief aid for earthquake disastervictims in South Asia from Rotaryclubs and districts in Great Britain andIreland arrived in Pakistan this week.

Two British Rotarians accompa-nied the shipment, a total of 626 as-sorted packages of emergency kits de-livered at no cost by Pakistan Interna-tional Airlines. The payload included426 Aquaboxes and 200 ShelterBoxes.The collection was coordinated by thedisaster and international service com-mittees of Rotary International inGreat Britain and Ireland (RIB!).

"We heard the news on Saturday evening and set our relief op-eration in gear after I spoke to the RIBI disaster coordinator and RIBIPresident Mike Webb on Sunday," says Keith Paver, chair ofRIBI'sinternational service committee. "The international service chairmen ofall our 29 districts are coordinating the [disaster] appeal."

An Aquabox, which comes in two sizes, is a sturdy, plastic con-tainer filled with water purification sets (filtration cartridges and tab-lets). The standard-size container can produce 1,100 litres of water,enough to last a fami Iy of four for three or four months, The larger one(known as Aquabox30) can provide 33,000 litres of clean water and isdesigned for use in hospitals, clinics, schools, and other social serviceinstitutions or by groups offamilies.

A ShelterBox includes a IO-person tent, 10 sleeping bags, waterpurification tablets, plastic water carriers, plastic bags, cookware, amulti fueled stove, flashlights, and an assortment of tools packed in a49-gaJlon reusable plastic box.

Rotary clubs in Britain and Ireland set up ShelterBox andAquabox as official RIBI disaster-preparedness projects. Paver ex-plains that the box organisations usually stockpile the emergency kits

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they specialise in, ready to dispatch aid to disaster scenes almost assoon as Rotary clubs and districts around the world request assistance.

Whenever RIBI coordinators receive a request, they issue an ap-peal to local clubs and districts to sponsor and fill up new boxes thatare used to replenish the stockpile or fulfill outstanding orders.

For instance, an additional 200 ShelterBoxes are scheduled fordelivery in Islamabad on 14 October, and 300 Emergency Boxes areready for dispatch, according to an RIBI press release. Also, 2,000empty boxes are available for distribution to schools, church groups,and Rotary clubs that wish to sponsor and fill them.

Rotary clubs and districts in the RIBI area are also supportingnon-Rotarian volunteers currently working in Pakistan under the Inter-national Rescue Corps, a humanitarian organisation that deploys rescueand recovery experts to disaster scenes.

At some point, Paver says, RIBI will ask local Rotarians tosponsor reconstruction projects. "I do try and encourage our clubs anddistricts to think of the medium- and long-term whenever a disasterstrikes," he explains. "[But] at this stage, we will stay where we are,continuing to collect Shelterlsoxes, Aquaboxes, and Emergency Boxesuntil we get feedback that we need to do something different."

New Washington monument honours HarrisRotary Founder Paul Harris is among 20 Americans recognised

in a new US national monument honouring pioneers in service, dedi-cated this week by former US president George Bush.

The "Extra Mile - Points of Light Volunteer Pathway" is a seriesof bronze markers along a one-mile stretch of downtown WashingtonDC, that tell the stories of selfless Americans who turned their dreamsof helping others into great movements that have created enduringchange. For more information, hrtp:iiwww.extramile.usi.


Rotary Club of Kearuu in Finland, District1380.

Like us, it was chartered in 1958but has 30 members.

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Rotory Club 01 Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The ReacoDVol. 48 No. 16 20 October 2005


7<Wuvzd 4 i<am&e4Many thanks to Neil Mumme and Gail Knight for their

presentation last week on the Dalmeny+Narooma cycle-way / pathway project. We can see the vision. It will be agreat addition to our community assets. The Board will con-sider a possible contribution to the fundraising in thefu-ture.

I have just had word that the GSE Team visit fromEngland is off, even though we expressed some interest inhosting the team. But many other clubs also showed an in-terest and we missed out. We will put up our hands for nextyear's GSE visitfrom Germany.

We all welcome tonight well known local businessmanLes Symons who will be presented with our VocationalExcellence Award.

President Richard

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ever been. And Nic Feteris, an unassuming guy, who has performedfeats in real life bigger than the plot of many Hollywood megabuckaction dramas, was inspirational and entertaining. And there weremore.

My guess is that some Rotarians of years standing may have feltlectured to on occasions. But, overall the Rotary fellowship, the ex-change students, the project coordinators, team members past and pre-sent and goodwill within and amongst Clubs totally outweighed anynegatives.

Jack managed to network with everyone present on the Saturdayso anyone wanting more info might start by asking Jack.

Peter Lynch

So we asked Jack ...

RotOfY Club of Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconVol. 48 No.17 27 October2005


Saturday's program was a good mix of Rotary promotions(ARHRF, Rotary Down Under, TRF, RAM, and Beyond 2000 ofcourse) and inspirational presentations.

Fay Jackson who suffers from bipolar disorder, yet runs a con-sultancy in Mental Health, impressed us with her endeavour to de-stigmatise mental illness.

Nick Feteris, a pioneer of base-jumping, had us on the edge ofour seats describing his exploits, a great example for Rotary of bring-ing your dreams to fruition.

Salvation Army Lt Col Donald Woodland spoke to the theme ofthe Conference, Reach Out - Be a Friend, enlightened us about balancein the personal attributes of Mind, Body and Spirit - the make-up ofone's IQ (Intelligence Quotient), EQ (Emotional Quotient), and SQ(Spiritual Quotient).

Altogether a very satisfying day.

ieiduvtd'~ie~


Rotary Club of Hellerup in Denmark,District 1480.

It was chartered in 1958 but has61 members.

Hooray! Our Club has won the much coveted 2005 District9710 Annual Conference Attendance Award. Thank you to allwho attended - Bob and Therese Aston, Kevin and MaureenYoung, Jack Wightman, Ian Thomlinson, Peter Lynch, and DianeLovatt. DG Noel Trevaskis will attend one ofour meetings in thenear future, to present the award Well done team.

The world could do with afew more 'Les Symons' typepeople. What a pleasure for me to enjoy his company and sharethe admiration with Club members of this man's achievements inthe transport industry. Vocational Director Ian Thomlinson'snomination ofLes couldn't have been better. Thankyoufor yourefforts in making this presentation the success it was.

I announced last meeting that I would not be present to-night because of a commitment in Sydney. Wrong (seniors mo-ment) - next week.

To-night, we welcome Andrew MacPherson who is a for-mer Rotary Exchange Student.

Jack Wightman

President Richard

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ficult and sad childhood to where he is today, a passionate and highlyregarded journalist. As a chi Id, Mike suffered mental and physicalabuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother.

The two themes Itook away from Mike's keynote were that de-spite the abuse by his mother, he still loved her and thanked her for themany positive values she was able to impart and the education and am-bition she gave him. She also taught him, you can't go through lifeblaming others, you just have to get on with it.

And yes, we won the gong for the best attendance at the Confer-ence! A great achievement.

Don't forget next year's conference at the Bay on the last week-end in October. By my calculations, it's not a market weekend.

Bob Aston

From Peter Lynch ...Being my first conference, I can't make comparisons with those

that have gone before. I mention this up front because DO Noel prom-ised "a conference with a difference". And I on Iy attended the Saturdaysessions so my observations are limited.

So what did I think? It was certainly worth attending. My guessis there were 400 or so delegates probably drawn from all clubs in ourDistrict. The venue - Trinity, St Pat's Campus - was ideal. Easy park-ing, adequate staging and audio-visual gear, and room for people tomove around and network in the breaks. More female loos would havehelped the ladies but this was about the only downside.

The speakers ranged from Rotarian 'heavies' talking about ad-ministrative stuff, to those representing the beneficiaries of Rotary'sendeavours, to a number who by theirpersonal achievements were truly inspi-rational.

I had a lump in my throat onmore than the odd occasion. Fay Jack-son's battle with mental health afflic-tions (that have lead to a raft of lifethreatening conditions she now bears)yet her determination to educate and ad-vocate for change was most moving.

Lt Col Don Woodland (SalvationArmy) certainly got me to think furtheroutside my square than I have probably

ProgramTonight: We welcome Andrew MacPherson, a former Rotary

Exchange Student

Happy anniversary today to Kris and Stephen Elphick.

TASK 27 October 3 November 10 November

Greet/welcome/wheel George Barker Chris O'Brien Bob Aston

Cashier Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey George Barker

Toast I thanks Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley Kris Elphick

4-way test Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson Jeremy Ferguson

3-minute talk Bill Hardie Jack Wightman Marilyn Gibson

FINES Frank McGovern Robert Wignall Neville Gough

Introduction Chris O'Brien Kevin Young Laurelle Pacey



NEXT WEEK: Louise Murkins TBCCOMING EVENTS:

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MINTH10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flying story"15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARD MEETING AT THE WHALE17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL

DECEMBER IS FAMILY MONTH1 December NYF8 December Our Annual meeting15 December Christmas party at Taylors $25 a head.18 December ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL-afternoon22 December NO MEETING TBC27 December TUESDAY ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL

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work to remove the stigma associated withmental illness and to continue to pressuregovernments to provide more money totackle mental health issues.

We were then addressed by NicFeteris. Nic basically freefall parachutejumps of very high objects such as the Stat-ute of Liberty, EI Capitan (a very big cliffface at Yosemite National Park) and the21,000 foot high Great Trango Tower inPakistan! (Fay Jackson thought N ic wasmad.)

N ic spoke to us about the team work and vision required to makehis ideas happen and he related his team work and single minded visionto that of Rotarians and their charity and volunteering work within thecommunity. Once again a compelling and inspirational speaker. If everyou get a chance, listen to N ic.

After lunch we heard from Lt Colonel Donald Woodland. Donaldhas served the Salvation Army for over forty years. He has been aChaplain for the Army, serving in Vietnam as well as the ACT Policeand the NSW Fire Brigade. Don has provided support and counsellingat the Granville train disaster, Newcastle earthquake, the Port Arthurmassacre, numerous bushfires including the Canberra bushfires in 2003and the Thredbo disaster.

Don has developed skills in trauma management, critical incidentmanagement and grief counselling. The stories told by Don were mov-ing and stirring, and the faith of the man is wonderful.

After Don we heard from our outgoing and incoming GSE teams.Therese and I then adjourned to our room at Trappers, especially

booked by Richard. Richard spared no expense booking us into theKing size spa room - in Goulburn in the middle of a drought!

The bush dance on Saturday night was great. Kevin, Maureen,Therese and I had a great deal of fun remembering dances from a longforgotten past. Yes, Richard almost made it on to the floor to demon-strate that funky sixties bush dance style - only to be held back by abad back!

The next morning was the presidents' breakfast followed by an-other keynote speaker, this time Mike Munro. As had been the casewith our previous speakers, Mike had a great story to tell, One of a dif-

8

The wee\( that ~a5 ....What a great partners' night last week for the presentation of-

Narooma Rotary Club's Vocational Excellence Award for 2005 to Sy-mons Bus and Coach Service. Full credit to Vocational Service DirectorIan Thomlinson for a most successful evening.

Our guests of honour were Les Symons, his daughter Lois andher husband Greg Sampson. Another guest was Barry Brown who coin-cidentally drives buses for Symons, and partners Heather Ferguson,Micki Thomlinson, Therese Aston, Maureen Young, Margaret Lynch,and Peter Baltis and our honorary Rotarian Pam Rayner.

There were several highlights of the night, but the biggest wasRotary President Richard Lovatt presenting the Vocational ServicesAward to a delighted Les Symons who is the founder of Symons Busand Coach Service.

Les said he felt "very honoured" adding the award was unex-pected but greatly appreciated by him, his family and staff.

Our Vocational Services Director Ian Thomlinson said Symonsmore than met the Award's strict criteria:

• by serving the local community in an exemplary manner;• by demonstrating and maintaining high ethical standards in

business;• by providing good employment opportunities;• by having an outstanding reputation for service and safety;• by showing dedication and flexibility to provide service and

community support beyond normal business expectations."For the record, Symons is a fam-

ily based partnership which has oper-ated in Narooma since 1979. It employsfive permanent and eight casual staffand runs a fleet of 15 buses, 12 of

l. which are mainly used for local schoolrt; runs with three available for longer

haul charters.

Robert Wignall gave us a three-minute plus speech on the changes

5

Last Sunday's market report News around the DistrictSunday was a beautiful day in Narooma

with beautiful sunshine. Apparently businesswas not brisk but the busker was very popular.

We took $785 at the gate, thanks in abun-dance to our market manager Chris o'Brien, andabout $334 at the food van.

Many thanks to George Barker for put-ting out the sign, Jack Wightman and RobertWignall for marking out on Friday.

Many thanks to the intrepid Sunday teamof Chris O'Brien, Marilyn Gibson, Jeremy Fer-guson, Kris Elphick, Neville Gough, RobertWignall, and then Richard and Stuart Lovattwho returned the van late on Sunday.

Interesting to note in Narooma News that the P & C made$835.75 from the Rotary food van at the Garden Expo which was a fan-tastic effort. Not sure if that's before or after van expenses.

District Conference was inspirationalLast weekend Kevin and Maureen Young, Bob and Therese As-

ton, Richard and Diane Lovatt, Ian Tomlinson, Jack Wightman and Pe-ter Lynch attended the District Conference in Goulburn.

Although that was farfrom being a record attendance/rom theClub, as Micki Thomlinson and Pam Rayner explained last week, it wassufficient/or our Club to win the best attendance at the conference! Ap-parently it is worked out using aformula that takes into account num-ber there, number 0/members and distance travelled. A great effort!

Another remarkable thing was the number of reports offered/orthe bulletin from those who attended. How amazing is that!

in Australia since he arrived here in October 1967. He said how deadSydney's CBD was at the weekend, the paucity of restaurants after liv-ing in New York and Chicago, and how having a counter lunch in apub was like eating in a urinal. Women then weren't allowed in publicbars, although he could never understand why they would want to any-way. He reminded us of the give way to the right rule even on a majorhighway, and how retailers would sh lit at 12 on Saturday regardless.

First, from Bob Aston ...It was one of the biggest and best conferences I have been to.

The atmosphere was great and the range of guest speakers outstanding.DG Noel did a great job by getting the mix between quality guestspeakers and the Rotary message right.

It started with Heather Yarker. She spoke with passion about thepositive contribution Rotary has made across the world.

Following Heather, we were addressed by Fay Jackson who suf-fers from bipolar disorder. She's worked for Federal and State Govern-ments and the corporate sector advising on mental health. Her addresswas outstanding, being both funny and sad, relating to LIS her depressing

lows and manic highs andthe sobering statistics on thedepilating effects, includingsuicide of mental illness.

While many of uswere feeling totally inade-quate because of society'slack of action over mentalhealth, she also gave ussome hope for the future.Fay believes we must as anorganisation continue our

The. \'Je.e\(that \;Jas continued ....

Kevin Young had a call from Melbourne asking for NaroomaRotary Club's assistance for the Melbourne Cup, and he volunteeredour services.

Among our tasks, Richard Lovatt would be acting President ofthe Victorian Racing Club and also double as Clerk of the Course, BobAston would be in charge of the jockey training school which wouldoperate according to Nyngan rules, Kris Elphick was the owner of theCup favourite Melbourne Which Bank, while Peter Lynch would puthis financial skills to good use as a bookmaker.

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work to remove the stigma associated withmental illness and to continue to pressuregovernments to provide more money totackle mental health issues.

We were then addressed by NicFeteris. Nic basically freefall parachutejumps of very high objects such as the Stat-ute of Liberty, EI Capitan (a very big cliffface at Yosemite National Park) and the21,000 foot high Great Trango Tower inPakistan! (Fay Jackson thought N ic wasmad.)

N ic spoke to us about the team work and vision required to makehis ideas happen and he related his team work and single minded visionto that of Rotarians and their charity and volunteering work within thecommunity. Once again a compelling and inspirational speaker. If everyou get a chance, listen to N ic.

After lunch we heard from Lt Colonel Donald Woodland. Donaldhas served the Salvation Army for over forty years. He has been aChaplain for the Army, serving in Vietnam as well as the ACT Policeand the NSW Fire Brigade. Don has provided support and counsellingat the Granville train disaster, Newcastle earthquake, the Port Arthurmassacre, numerous bushfires including the Canberra bushfires in 2003and the Thredbo disaster.

Don has developed skills in trauma management, critical incidentmanagement and grief counselling. The stories told by Don were mov-ing and stirring, and the faith of the man is wonderful.

After Don we heard from our outgoing and incoming GSE teams.Therese and I then adjourned to our room at Trappers, especially

booked by Richard. Richard spared no expense booking us into theKing size spa room - in Goulburn in the middle of a drought!

The bush dance on Saturday night was great. Kevin, Maureen,Therese and I had a great deal of fun remembering dances from a longforgotten past. Yes, Richard almost made it on to the floor to demon-strate that funky sixties bush dance style - only to be held back by abad back!

The next morning was the presidents' breakfast followed by an-other keynote speaker, this time Mike Munro. As had been the casewith our previous speakers, Mike had a great story to tell, One of a dif-

8

The wee\( that ~a5 ....What a great partners' night last week for the presentation of-

Narooma Rotary Club's Vocational Excellence Award for 2005 to Sy-mons Bus and Coach Service. Full credit to Vocational Service DirectorIan Thomlinson for a most successful evening.

Our guests of honour were Les Symons, his daughter Lois andher husband Greg Sampson. Another guest was Barry Brown who coin-cidentally drives buses for Symons, and partners Heather Ferguson,Micki Thomlinson, Therese Aston, Maureen Young, Margaret Lynch,and Peter Baltis and our honorary Rotarian Pam Rayner.

There were several highlights of the night, but the biggest wasRotary President Richard Lovatt presenting the Vocational ServicesAward to a delighted Les Symons who is the founder of Symons Busand Coach Service.

Les said he felt "very honoured" adding the award was unex-pected but greatly appreciated by him, his family and staff.

Our Vocational Services Director Ian Thomlinson said Symonsmore than met the Award's strict criteria:

• by serving the local community in an exemplary manner;• by demonstrating and maintaining high ethical standards in

business;• by providing good employment opportunities;• by having an outstanding reputation for service and safety;• by showing dedication and flexibility to provide service and

community support beyond normal business expectations."For the record, Symons is a fam-

ily based partnership which has oper-ated in Narooma since 1979. It employsfive permanent and eight casual staffand runs a fleet of 15 buses, 12 of

l. which are mainly used for local schoolrt; runs with three available for longer

haul charters.

Robert Wignall gave us a three-minute plus speech on the changes

5

ficult and sad childhood to where he is today, a passionate and highlyregarded journalist. As a chi Id, Mike suffered mental and physicalabuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother.

The two themes Itook away from Mike's keynote were that de-spite the abuse by his mother, he still loved her and thanked her for themany positive values she was able to impart and the education and am-bition she gave him. She also taught him, you can't go through lifeblaming others, you just have to get on with it.

And yes, we won the gong for the best attendance at the Confer-ence! A great achievement.

Don't forget next year's conference at the Bay on the last week-end in October. By my calculations, it's not a market weekend.

Bob Aston

From Peter Lynch ...Being my first conference, I can't make comparisons with those

that have gone before. I mention this up front because DO Noel prom-ised "a conference with a difference". And I on Iy attended the Saturdaysessions so my observations are limited.

So what did I think? It was certainly worth attending. My guessis there were 400 or so delegates probably drawn from all clubs in ourDistrict. The venue - Trinity, St Pat's Campus - was ideal. Easy park-ing, adequate staging and audio-visual gear, and room for people tomove around and network in the breaks. More female loos would havehelped the ladies but this was about the only downside.

The speakers ranged from Rotarian 'heavies' talking about ad-ministrative stuff, to those representing the beneficiaries of Rotary'sendeavours, to a number who by theirpersonal achievements were truly inspi-rational.

I had a lump in my throat onmore than the odd occasion. Fay Jack-son's battle with mental health afflic-tions (that have lead to a raft of lifethreatening conditions she now bears)yet her determination to educate and ad-vocate for change was most moving.

Lt Col Don Woodland (SalvationArmy) certainly got me to think furtheroutside my square than I have probably

ProgramTonight: We welcome Andrew MacPherson, a former Rotary

Exchange Student

Happy anniversary today to Kris and Stephen Elphick.

TASK 27 October 3 November 10 November

Greet/welcome/wheel George Barker Chris O'Brien Bob Aston

Cashier Jeremy Ferguson Laurelle Pacey George Barker

Toast I thanks Marilyn Gibson Georgie Staley Kris Elphick

4-way test Neville Gough Ian Thomlinson Jeremy Ferguson

3-minute talk Bill Hardie Jack Wightman Marilyn Gibson

FINES Frank McGovern Robert Wignall Neville Gough

Introduction Chris O'Brien Kevin Young Laurelle Pacey



NEXT WEEK: Louise Murkins TBCCOMING EVENTS:

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MINTH10 November Bernie Rogers returns with "a ripper of a flying story"15 November (Tues) 6pm BOARD MEETING AT THE WHALE17 November Joan Landon on her life24 November Ambassadorial Scholar Shohei Yamamoto from Japan27 November ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL

DECEMBER IS FAMILY MONTH1 December NYF8 December Our Annual meeting15 December Christmas party at Taylors $25 a head.18 December ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL-afternoon22 December NO MEETING TBC27 December TUESDAY ROTARY MARKETS ON NATA OVAL

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ever been. And Nic Feteris, an unassuming guy, who has performedfeats in real life bigger than the plot of many Hollywood megabuckaction dramas, was inspirational and entertaining. And there weremore.

My guess is that some Rotarians of years standing may have feltlectured to on occasions. But, overall the Rotary fellowship, the ex-change students, the project coordinators, team members past and pre-sent and goodwill within and amongst Clubs totally outweighed anynegatives.

Jack managed to network with everyone present on the Saturdayso anyone wanting more info might start by asking Jack.

Peter Lynch

So we asked Jack ...

RotOfY Club of Noroomo Inc. weekly bulletin

The BeaconVol. 48 No.17 27 October2005


Saturday's program was a good mix of Rotary promotions(ARHRF, Rotary Down Under, TRF, RAM, and Beyond 2000 ofcourse) and inspirational presentations.

Fay Jackson who suffers from bipolar disorder, yet runs a con-sultancy in Mental Health, impressed us with her endeavour to de-stigmatise mental illness.

Nick Feteris, a pioneer of base-jumping, had us on the edge ofour seats describing his exploits, a great example for Rotary of bring-ing your dreams to fruition.

Salvation Army Lt Col Donald Woodland spoke to the theme ofthe Conference, Reach Out - Be a Friend, enlightened us about balancein the personal attributes of Mind, Body and Spirit - the make-up ofone's IQ (Intelligence Quotient), EQ (Emotional Quotient), and SQ(Spiritual Quotient).

Altogether a very satisfying day.

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Rotary Club of Hellerup in Denmark,District 1480.

It was chartered in 1958 but has61 members.

Hooray! Our Club has won the much coveted 2005 District9710 Annual Conference Attendance Award. Thank you to allwho attended - Bob and Therese Aston, Kevin and MaureenYoung, Jack Wightman, Ian Thomlinson, Peter Lynch, and DianeLovatt. DG Noel Trevaskis will attend one ofour meetings in thenear future, to present the award Well done team.

The world could do with afew more 'Les Symons' typepeople. What a pleasure for me to enjoy his company and sharethe admiration with Club members of this man's achievements inthe transport industry. Vocational Director Ian Thomlinson'snomination ofLes couldn't have been better. Thankyoufor yourefforts in making this presentation the success it was.

I announced last meeting that I would not be present to-night because of a commitment in Sydney. Wrong (seniors mo-ment) - next week.

To-night, we welcome Andrew MacPherson who is a for-mer Rotary Exchange Student.

Jack Wightman

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