Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 19th October 2016

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 58 No.8
WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2016

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Michael Gilles with an MCSR update.

APOLOGIES
Apologies to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                       
                               19th Oct         2nd Nov             16th Nov                 
Duty Officer            Andy S           CL C                  Phillip S                     
Assist DO              Roly N             Alan W              Chris R-S                      
Registration           Malcolm B      Bernice McL      Sherryl G
Fellowship             Keith R           John McL           Bernice McL     
        
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
22nd October
Mike & Sherryl Gregory (Leader)  Andy Shouteten

5th November
Phillip Stark  (Leader)  Roly Neiper  Ric Vickers

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
A near full house of members enjoyed a lively meeting on Wednesday and had the pleasure of welcoming Greg Williams of MDRSC, a replacement for Mike Norman, former President of MDSRC, who was in the throws of relocating to the Gold Coast.

An unexpected treat was a short story from Chris Brooker about the origins of the iconic Rotary Bridge over the Obi Creek, which sadly had been demolished that day having fallen into disrepair - see below.  Though replaced with a smart new bridge it is sad to see the old icon gone.

Various fines were administered by the Sergeant, including CL, who was celebrating her birthday; Bernice seemingly cat napping during last week’s meeting; Alan managing to con Bill into transporting his redundant kitchen from Bribie Island to the Historical Society’s premises for future pot boiling; Sherryl’s upcoming 50th High School Reunion – she looks too young; and the Scribe for peeping at two pythons getting very friendly in the Obi Creek one springtime morning.
 
Announcements included – the need for 4/5 volunteers to help with car parking for the opening of the Beersheba Museum on 29 October; that SSCC had announced intentions to rezone to community use, the land at the corner of McCarthy Road used by the Historical Society and the Men’s Shed etc.

Greg Williams gave an excellent presentation updating the Club on the development of the Maleny Precinct so far and future plans, with special reference to the unique Beersheba Museum commemorating the Light Horse regiments that bravely fought in WW1 and WW2 due to be opened on 29 October. The Museum building, which would be the home of the 5th Light Horse Troop in Maleny , would also be available for community groups.  A new extension was to be constructed for the Bridge Club together with a large car park. To expand the activities the horsey community had plans for “Eventing” events and the establishment of a cross country horse trail.
 
Greg also reported that the Golf Club had just got permission for the extension of the course to 18 holes. Greg finished by formally acknowledging the financial support of the Club for the Museum, which had come at a critical time when extra funds were needed to undertake the internal fit out of the new building; and then asking for volunteers to help with the painting of the inside of the building.  He kindly presented the Club with a Certificate of Appreciation.

President Jeff thanked Greg for the excellent talk and presented him with some Rotary literature and the Club’s unique Maleny Platypus bag.

ROTARY INFORMATION
Chris Brooker spoke of the history of the Rotary Bridge.  In early Maleny, access to the Showgrounds was from the other side of the Obi Obi creek by a log placed over the creek.  It is believed that the original log came from Cork's property in Reesville.  This state of affairs carried on until the early 1990s when Rotary decided to sponsor a bridge across the creek.  The original idea came from Winston Johnson who was tied up with the Show  Society and just out of Council.  Winston reports that he was in Orange NSW and saw a bridge in a park down there, took some photos, showed them to Lloyd Larney, who was our President at the time, and it was away.

The bridge was designed by Tom Moodie, a structural engineer and RSL member, built by Hoopers Engineering in Montville, transported to Maleny by semitrailer and lifted into place by George Moffat's crane. Not a big crane, only truck mounted.  The bridge fitted to a millimeter.

Jill Jordan who was local Councillor at that time attempted to get Council to fund the bridge but failed. So Rotary completely funded the bridge from the drawing up of plans to completion.  Rotary members and other volunteers set up the earthworks, placed the bridge in position and painted it.  At a later date, Council funded the walkway to the bridge.  A subsequent project in the mid 90's, using"work for the dole", provided the broadwalk from Coral Street to the Showgrounds.  If the bridge had not been built, the broadwalk would not be there today - another thing for which to thank Rotary.  Also when the broadwalk needed maintenance, Rotary played its part in clearing and weeding a section.

PP LLoyd and members in 2015

In 2004, Lloyd Larney was chosen as Caloundra City Council Citizen of the Year to honour his achievements as a volunteer.

Unfortunately over the years, age and rust contributed to making the bridge unsafe and Council eventually decided to replace it.  The new one cost about
$300,000 but does not have anywhere near the charm and charisma of the original.  Recently Maleny Golf Club applied to have the old bridge given to them
to be placed over a culvert. Council was happy with the idea.  However when the Golf Club arranged for an engineer to inspect the bridge, unfortunately it was found that the progress of the rust had rendered it beyond economic repair.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
26th October
Masonic Hall at 5:50 for 6:00pm for Club Assembly with nibbles.

2nd November
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Wendy Rosenfeldt on TM & Ayurvedic Health.

9th November
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

16th November
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker our own Dr CL Claridge on her visit to Ebenezer.

23rd November
Masonic Hall at 5:50 for 6:00pm for Club Assembly with nibbles.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR OCTOBER
26th Rick and Cilla

BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER
12th Gloria Rogers  14th Keith Rogers  16th Kerry Neiper  28th Bernice McLennan  30th Andy Schouteten 

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
TRAVELLING CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF AIR TRAVEL


 
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Terrorists Discovered        0

Transvestites                  133

Hernias                       1,485

Hemorrhoid Cases      3,172

Enlarged Prostates      8,249

Breast Implants         59,350

Natural Blondes                 3