Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 3rd February 2016

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 57 No. 16
WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2016

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Terry Day on Space Age Technology.

APOLOGIES
Apologies to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                       3 Feb            17 Feb          2nd Mar
                   
Duty Officer   Ric T              Phillip S        Mike G                          
Assist DO      Sherryl G       Allan W         Angela G         
Registration   Angela G       Andy S          Bernice McL
Fellowship     Bill H              Roly N          Jeff C
          
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
13th February
Malcolm Baker (Leader)  Phillip Stark  Roly Nieper

27th February
John & Bernice McLennan (Leader)  Chris Brooker

MEETING OF 20TH JANUARY
An excellent roll up of members enjoyed a fairly noisy night with the usual fun with our AV equipment. Visitor Bruce McNaught from the RC Albany Creek gave us a short rundown on the Rotary Global Awards scheme followed by Ric Townsend who spoke of the Vocational Service aspects of Rotary.

Chris, as well as conducting his usual litany of fables and extracting funds from the unsuspecting, hit us all with one of those numbered cards. Melinda won and no doubt will celebrate.

Our guest speaker Nooreen Harris, who is now the Manager of the Maleny Neighbour Centre, gave a most interesting address on her background. Growing up in Kenya in the early 70’s, with an Asian ethnicity and the political unrest in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya saw the Moslem family migrate to Australia. A month in Melbourne then a transfer to Sydney. Interestingly she mentioned that the education standard was higher in Kenya than Australia resulting in her and her siblings jumping two grades. Her parents realized the conflict of cultures but insisted the children obtain a decent education. She graduated as radiographer & worked in that profession for 12 years.

She maintained her Islamic faith to eventually become the leader in her community for 20 years. Her parents were keen for an Islamic husband & sent her on 3 month trip to Canada & USA where she spread her wings and had a ball. A non-Muslim but very understanding husband eventuated and a daughter ensued. A short workshop at the Theological College in London strengthened her faith and she returned to work within her community to assist those in need.

A move to Brisbane/Caboolture saw her managing the Multicultural Centre there and some months ago she was appointed to the position at the Maleny Neighbour Centre.

Given her interest and work with migrants and refugees and what she has achieved, it appears as though she attended the University of Life rather than a sandstone Uni to develop her many skills.

A great talk.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
3rd February
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker

10th February
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

17th February
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Gustavo Cerqueira on Biotechnology.

24th February
Masonic Hall at 5:50 for 6:00pm Project Meeting with cheese and biscuits.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR FEBRUARY
1st Malcolm and Nancy

BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY
18th Jeff Cornfoot  28th Marlene Hankinson

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
FROM OUR MILDLY DERANGED FINE ART CORRESPONDENT

FAMILY  TREE OF VINCENT VAN GOGH (always pronounced as GO)
   
   His dizzy aunt ------------------------------------------ Verti Gogh

   The brother who ate prunes------------------------------- Gotta Gogh

   The brother who worked at a convenience store ----------- Stop N Gogh

   The grandfather from Yugoslavia ------------------------- U Gogh

   His magician uncle -------------------------------------  Where-diddy Gogh

   His Mexican cousin -------------------------------------  A Mee Gogh

   The Mexican cousin's American half-brother -------------- Gring Gogh

   The nephew who drove a stage coach ---------------------- Wells-far Gogh

   The constipated uncle ----------------------------------- Can't Gogh

   The ballroom dancing aunt ------------------------------- Tang Gogh

   The bird lover uncle ------------------------------------ Flamin Gogh

   An aunt who taught positive thinking -------------------- Way-to-Gogh

   The little bouncy nephew -------------------------------- Poe Gogh

   A sister who loved disco --------------------------------- Go Gogh

   And his niece who travels the country in an RV ---------- Winnie Bay Gogh

    

                              I saw you smiling . . .. there ya Gogh