Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 18th February 2015

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 15

WEDNESDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with our own Chris Ross-Smith telling his story as Guest Speaker.

APOLOGIES

Please tender apologies to Bernice by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                              18 Feb             4 Mar               18 Mar             
                   
Duty Officer           Jim A              Alan W             Angela G      

ADO & Scribe       Angela G         Mike G             Lionel T

Registration           Donna C          Bernice McL    Malcolm B            

Fellowship             Ric T               Rick V              John McL
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

28th February
Lionel T (Leader)   Rick V   Donna C

14th March
Michael G (Leader)   Sherryl G   Chris B

28th March
Jim A (Leader)   Bill H    Ric T

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 4TH FEBRUARY
The President opened the meeting with a stroll down memory lane, inspired by having discovered in a forgotten draw the 1982/83 year book of the Rotary Club of Parramatta, which he had joined the previous year.  He read out a list of the rules which were somewhat different to those actually applied by us today. In that year, he was the Programme Secretary and arranged for a guest speaker from Charlie Perkins' office.  The speaker concluded that talk by claiming that the Club and its surrounding town were illegally on aboriginal land.  The next day he was asked to meet the President at lunch time and arrived to find the whole Board in session.  After counselling, he survived and is still a Rotarian to this day.

The business of the meeting began with a welcome to two guests including the guest speaker Dr Ron Palmer.  He then gave an update on Donna's shopping bag project and the possibility of sponsoring a Blackall Range Care Group vehicle.

Chris spoke about the activities of the Interact Club.  They have a membership of 11 and a full programme planned.  This year's conference is in Caboolture and we will consider sponsoring the transport costs.

Angela reported that she had formed a sub-committee for the Time Capsule project. A letter is to be sent to community groups for their input. The deadline for completion is 30th June.

Bernice advised that 8 grant applications had been received and the forms had been despatched.

Rick V reported that the Aussie Day Expo had been a success.  No decision has been taken to repeat the event next year;  the organiser has been MSRC but an Advisory Board is to be appointed.

Sergeant Chris performed his usual mixture of humour and truth distortion to the attendees detriment.

Sherryl introduced Dr Ron Palmer who has had a full and interesting life.  The following is a quote from "The Westerner".     "" Throughout his colourful life, Ronald Palmer has rubbed shoulders with war hero Weary Dunlop, artist Pro Hart and body-builder turned Hollywood star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  The Cashmere resident has headed up a global health organisation, helped develop an anti-venom for the box jellyfish, climbed the Himalaya mountains, and run marathons.

But there was one event, more than any other, that shaped his life.  He was involved in an horrific near-fatal motorcycle crash at D’Aguilar, near Woodford, in 2000.  “A truck deviated across the road, crossed the double white lines and took me out with the bull bar,” Mr Palmer recalls.  “There was massive brain damage and multiple injuries; I had 110 (bone) fractures and 40 fractures in the jaw alone.”

He was unconscious for 32 days. A massive rehabilitation program followed a near 11-hour facial reconstruction operation. He was in hospital for three months, and then confined to a wheelchair for nine months.  It took a year for him to learn to speak adequately again.  Soon after the world-renowned expert in muscular skeletal medicine was presenting lectures across Australia and abroad. “Following all that recovery I was still able to give international lectures with up to 1600 doctors in the audience,” Mr Palmer said.  He hopes to inspire other people facing difficulties in life with his story, which is detailed in the new book, Lose? No Way!

“There is no such thing as a rehabilitation specialist. This is a misnomer,” the 75-year-old said.  “Anybody can tell you what to do. But the only person who rehabilitates you, is you. They can tell you what to do... but if you don’t do it and you don’t practice it, you don’t get better. That’s the basis of the book."”

Ron told how he met with Dr Jack Barnes in Cairns, whilst working as a locum. They carried out investigations into box jelly fish and their stings. Dr Barnes went on to discover the irukandji jelly fish which is named after him - see http://lifeinthefastlane.com/jack-barnes-and-the-irukandji-enigma/.
Ron concluded by describing his new book and his hope that it would be a help to those who read it.  Keith gave a vote of thanks on behalf of members who warmly applauded Ron.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS

25th February
Vocational visit to The Falls Rainforest Spa Cottages - Partners' Night.

26th February
The Second Best Marigold Hotel screening at Sunshine Plaza with proceeds to Polio Plus.

4th March
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Rich Hungerford on Bush Lore Australia.

11th March
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

18th March
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker George Trembath on the Pachacuti Project

BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY

2nd Shirley Larney  18th Jeff Cornfoot  28th Marlene Hankinson

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
GENESIS BROUGHT UP TO DATE
A woman ran a red traffic light and crashed into a man's car.  Both of their cars are demolished but amazingly neither of them was hurt.

After they crawled out of their cars, the woman said, "Wow, just look at our cars!  There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days."

The man replied, "I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God!".

The woman continued, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished, but my bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then she hands the bottle to the man.

The man nods his  head in agreement, opens it, drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.

The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"

She replies, "Nah. I think I'll just wait for the police..."

Man never learned - Adam fell for the same trick.