Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 2nd November 2016

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 58 No.9
WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2016

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Wendy Rosenfeldt on TM & Ayurvedic Health.

APOLOGIES
Apologies to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS                       
                                 2nd Nov           16th Nov               7th Dec                
Duty Officer             CL C                 Phillip S               Malcolm B                     
Assist DO                Alan W              Chris R-S             Mike G                   
Registration             Bernice McL     Sherryl G              Ric T
Fellowship               John McL          Bernice McL        John W     
        
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
5th November
Phillip Stark  (Leader)  Roly Neiper  Ric Vickers

19th November
Lionel Tilley  (Leader)  John and Bernice McLennan

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
Our guest speaker October was Michael Gillies from the Department of Environment with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council who is heading the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Building Renewal.  Michael acknowledged the long involvement of Maleny Rotary with the Mary Cairncross Reserve which started with the very early days when the land was first made available by the Thynne family, and continues to this day.

The building renewal is a $4.5 million project funded jointly by the SSC Council and the Queensland Government. It will combine the café with an educational/discovery centre and a 150 metre walk area which will take visitors into the park and link the café with the discovery centre.

Currently there are over 260,000 visitors to the reserve each year and it is anticipated that this will increase quickly with the new building development. The main driver of the redevelopment was to improve the educational facility for those visitors who do not take the walks through the reserve. The new educational facilities will utilise modern technology made up of interactive visual displays and with limited text to read. It is hoped that displays will be changed every three months.

Planning for the redevelopment started about ten years ago with wide consultation on what would be required in a new facility. Actual work commenced slowly in April 2016, with the relocation of flora and fauna away from the building site, even the rats and echinococcus. Over 20 endangered species were relocated into the reserve. Fortunately, only one tree had to be removed to accommodate the building and walk way.

Michael showed the meeting a considerable number of pictures of the artist impressions of the new building, which will be two stories with café on the bottom and the educational centre on the top level overlooking the Glass House Mountains. It will be a modern structure but designed to tone in with the natural environment with time. Visitors will enter through two large wooden doors made of cedar. Epiphytes will be encouraged to grow on the exterior of the building to help blend it in with the natural features of the reserve.

It is estimated the project will be completed by mid 2017, possibly earlier around Easter. Interested parties will be invited to inspect the redevelopment which may provide Rotary with a chance of a preview.

Roly gave a vote of thanks for this presentation.

CHARITY CRICKET MATCH
The Club was mentioned (in glowing terms) quite a few times during that day. The donation was much appreciated. Not sure about the proud owners of the duck trophies being reminded why they won them.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
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 and Annual General Meeting.

29th November
Rotary Foundation Centennial Dinner at Eatons Hill.

30th November
Meeting cancelled.

7th December
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Rae Guyder on Interplast.

14th December
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR NOVEMBER
19th Mike and Sherryl

BIRTHDAYS FOR NOVEMBER
2nd Sherryl Gregory  4th Elaine Atkinson  11th Ric Townsend  25th Bill Hankinson 

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT A VISIT TO A VET

YOUR DUCK IS DEAD

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out her stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook her head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."

The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet.

"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."

The vet rolled her eyes, turned around and left the room. She returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom.

He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later she returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck." The vet turned to her computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which she handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.

  "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."