Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 7th January 2015

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 12

WEDNESDAY 7TH JANUARY 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Barry Smith on Art 4 Place.

APOLOGIES

Please tender apologies to Bernice by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                            7 Jan                 21 Jan                 4 Feb                 
                   
Duty Officer        Rick V             Malcolm B         Alan W            

ADO & Scribe     Jeff C              Sherryl G           Keith R
  
Registration        Bernice McL    Robin T             Chris B  

Fellowship          John McL         Bill H                John W
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

17th January
Jim Atkinson (Leader)  Chris Brooker  Robin Thorne

31st January
Keith Rogers (Leader)  Jeff Cornfoot  John Whan

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 3RD DECEMBER

The guest speaker was Jocelyn Morgan from the Caloundra Family History Research Inc.  Jocelyn, who lives in Peachester, gave an overview of the activities of the group and the resources that it has at its Library which is situated in a building at the Courbold Park raceway. The Library is opened to the public on Thursdays from 9.30am till 4pm and on Saturday mornings, provided there are no races being held.

Jocelyn explained the difference between Genealogy and Family History. Genealogy being the study of the dates of Births, Deaths and Marriages and putting those dates into a Family Tree, while Family History is the research into who people were, where did they live and where did they travel to.

She also suggested that the best place to start to search was to start with yourself and work back, using information from State Birth, Deaths and Marriage registers, State and Federal Archives, State Libraries like the John Oxley Library as well as the many web sites that specialise in Ancestry research.  The Group has in their Library over 1500 books and 3 computers as well as microfiche, maps and journals covering the world, for the use of their members, and for a small fee can also be used by the public. They also offer beginner's classes for those who wish to start researching their Family History/Genealogy.

Jim moved a vote of thanks to Jocelyn for a very interesting and informative presentation.

REPORT ON CHRISTMAS STREET CARNIVAL

Well the weather cleared around 3pm on the Friday night of the Maleny Christmas Street Carnival and the rain held off until after closing time, which allowed the big crowd that attended to have a very enjoyable evening. Thanks to all who helped on the Rotary food stall. The Club made a profit of $617 on the night and there are 28 steaks left, so a good effort by everyone involved. There was over $3000 raised by the organizing committee of Maleny Commerce, which will be used to purchase a piece of equipment for the Maleny Hospital.

MEETING OF 17TH DECEMBER

The Club  held an end of year celebrations at the Maleny Bowls Club, and members, partners, families and friends of Rotary members enjoyed a game of bowls with the experts from the Bowls Club as tutors. Much fun was had during the night and some action shots were recorded.

We thank the members from Maleny Bowls Club for their patience in showing us how to bowl and for the  meal served on the night.

 The highlight of the night was the induction of a new member into the club. Chris Ross-Smith and his wife Judith joined our club that night. Chris has been a member of  a Rotary Club in New South Wales, and most likely will join Jim in supporting New South Wales in the state of origin football games in June 2015 !

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS

14th Jan
Masonic Hall for Board Meeting.

21st Jan
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Dr Richard Mochelle on the Housing Survey.

26th Jan
Australia Day “Come and Try Day” at Maleny Showgrounds - Club tent and parking duties.

28th Jan
Project Meeting at the Masonic Hall with $10 meal.

4th February
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Ron Palmer on Medical Research.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR JANUARY
1st Malcolm and Nancy

BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY
1st Jan Cornfoot  21st Mike Gregory

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

FROM OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT

Subject: Life in the Australian Army

Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of  Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland )   

Dear Mum & Dad,

I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the station - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody horses to get in, no calves to feed, no troughs to clean - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing! 

At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or goanna stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the bullock paddock!!

This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody dingo's arse and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the  Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of p...!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload!

Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.

Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. 

I can't complain about the Army -  tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is.

Your loving daughter,

Susan