Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 7th June 2023

                                        

 "THE RANGE" VOL 64 No. 22                           

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker our own Rick Vickers on the Sunshine Coast Ecologicical Park.

DUTY ROSTER
                         7Jun             28 Jun              5Jul
Duty Officer      Neal A           Change           Sherryl G
ADO                 Rick V            Over               Fran T
Registration      Laurelle O     Night               James McC
Fellowship        John W                                 John Mcl

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
 10Jun     0830 - 1100  Andy S   Bernice and John McL

               1100 - 1330  Paulette S   Greg W   Ric T

8th Jul    0830 - 1100  Peter McQ   Jim A   Des C

               1100 - 1330  John & Berenice McL  Neil A

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Whilst all our thoughts and efforts are focussed on the Maleny Show at the end of the month, there are other activities following on after the Show.

Tree Planting - Glasshouse Country Rotary Club

Tony Long rang to tell me about a tree planting that’s taking place on Tuesday 6th June at Endeavor Bark Drive, Glasshouse Mountains, The area is in behind the Glasshouse Sports Club. Specific trees have been selected and a plan drawn up as where each tree goes. The Council is preparing the holes so it’s just a case of placing the trees in their designated spot. He’s asked if our Club would like to get involved on the day. Then, we could share the kudos from planting 100 trees to mark the 100th anniversary of Rotary in Queensland with a plaque erected on site.
Tony is only looking for about 3 people to join in this tree planting. Contact me please if you want to get involved on the day, so I can let him know.

 Koala Fodder Plantation - Mapleton
It’s with great pleasure that I can announce that the Sunshine Coast Council finally signed off on the MOU for the Koala Fodder Plantation in Springsure Drive, Mapleton to go ahead. This means that 500 various eucalyptus seedlings will be planted shortly.  Nambour, Woombye/ Palmwoods and Maleny Rotary Clubs met with councillor David Law in his office approximately a year ago. So, it’s fabulous to see this is finally going to commence. The council are contributing some money towards the preparation of the land I understand, as their delay caused the Koala Carer Rachel Aspinall to miss out on a small grant that had to be used by end of last year.
Once established the branches from the trees will be harvested and used by trained carers who assist orphaned Koalas. These young koalas are cared for outside of Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital until they are a certain weight and healthy. Their mothers died because of car strikes, dog attacks or infections such as chlamydia. When they recover, the koalas are returned to the wild where they were found.
Jan Lawton from the Rotary Club of Woombye Palmwoods has invited Rachel, the volunteer Australian wildlife carer, to be a guest speaker at a meeting to get local interest for planting. It’s to be held on Tuesday 6 June at 6.30pm at the Woombye School of Arts Lower Hall.
Shortly, we will be asking for some members from our Club to help with the planting of the 500 specifically chosen eucalyptus seedlings. Once again, the ground will be prepared and the holes dug. There will be garden stakes and protection to be installed. 

Australia Zoo Parking
Australia Zoo parking is coming up on the 24thJune to 19thJuly and Glasshouse Country Club would appreciate our Club’s assistance once again. The roster will be available as soon as possible.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 17TH MAY
President Paulette opened the meeting by welcoming members and guest speaker Tim Bagshaw.  

Fran T gave a report on the Interact District Conference, Nathaniel’s presentation there, and the DG’s visit to our Interact Club.  

Sherryl G launched the new Speak Up Now booklet, Safe and Savvy Seniors, and had copies available for any members who wanted one.  This received much interest from members with orders for supplies to be placed in businesses and community.  

Roly N reported on preparations for the Show where the new freezer is working well. He also mentioned that the Golf Day promotion would start next month.  

Jim A needed more volunteers for the Show Gate roster and gave an update on the new Gate procedure. He also reported that the Club had received a generous donation from Jack Wilcox following the sale of his book at the last meeting.

P Paulette updated members on Greg W's medical episode requiring a night in Maleny Hospital. She reported on the Casino Night which was a great success despite low numbers - thanks to the hard work of Ric T and Jacinta.  She also mentioned the Xmas in July event at Yarraman and there are still a few cabins available – see Craig S if interested.  The R&USCCF meeting at the University had lower numbers than previous years but had a superb guest speaker on mental health (with tips to avoid its problems) and the scholarship recipients were duly grateful. She also noted that we will be required for parking duties at Muscle on the Mountain in July.  Finally, meetings in August, October, and November have been changed from the third Wednesday to the fourth Wednesday.

After Acting Sergeant Roly had led a lively fines session, Phillip S introduced our guest Tim Bagshaw who wanted to talk about his latest initiative – a Local Pain Collective to address the fact that persistent pain is not as well treated as acute pain, and we need to have more community discussion to develop a better understanding and therefore better management.  He is forming a multi-disciplinary team and hopes to hold a community Q & A. Later in the year Tim is planning a Pain Revolution Rural Outreach Tour to take the message to more distant communities. This is scheduled to include a gruelling cycle ride in north Queensland. He is seeking funds to pay for the hire of venues and concluded by saying that Sociology is as important as Biology.

Tim was thanked by Michael G.

The meeting closed at 8:40pm.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
14Jun Board Meeting.

28Jun Maleny Hotel for Changeover Night

05Jun Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker to be announced.

12Jul  Board Meeting

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR JUNE
16th Alan and Mary Wilson

BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE
1st Mike Edwards  13th Laurelle Owen

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
SOME WISDOM FROM AN OLDER MEMBER

As I get older I’ve come to realise the following 10 things:

1. I talk to myself because I sometimes need expert advice.
2. Sometimes I roll my eyes out loud.
3. I don’t need anger management. I need people to use a bit of common sense and stop being so silly.
4. My people skills are just fine. It’s my tolerance for stupidity that might need some work.
5. The biggest lie I tell myself is “I don’t need to write that down, I’ll remember it!”
6. When I was a child I thought nap time was punishment. Now, it’s like a mini-vacation.
7. The day the world runs out of wine is just too terrible to think about.
8. Even duct tape can’t fix silly, but it can muffle the sound.
9. Wouldn’t it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for 10 minutes; come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?
10. ‘Getting lucky’ means walking into a room and remembering why I am there.