Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 20th July 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 65 No.2

WEDNESDAY 20TH JULY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           20 July          3 Aug             17 Aug
Duty Officer        Rick V           Jim A             Sherryl G  
Assist DO           Renee H       Chris B          Greg W
Registration        Malcolm B     Jeff C            Laurelle O
Fellowship          John McL      James McC   Lionel T

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
 08 Aug   0730 - 1030  Des C   Rick V   Fran T   

               1030 - 1330    Andy S   John & Bernice McL  

03 Sep    0730 - 1030  Phillip S   James McC   Peter McQ   

               1030 - 1330    Greg W   Keith R   Paulette S

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 6TH JULY
President Paulette opened her first meeting in that role by welcoming members and Guest Speaker Rachel Aspinall before the usual formalities. She highlighted the following upcoming events:
21 July RYDA - Rotary Driver Education in Caloundra:
This program will again be held at Corbould Park. MSHS students will be attending that day and it will be one of our leading Youth Projects for the year. We are expected to provide volunteers for that day and at least one of the other days of the program.

21 July Farewell to Rob and Sam Outridge at the RSL. 

31 August Pride of Workmanship Awards Dinner at the RSL.

Our guest speaker for the evening, Rachel Aspinall, was introduced by Fran Tickle. 

Rachael runs her own business, Hinterland Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc, located at Mapleton. The organisation supports locals with the rescue and rehabilitation of injured wildlife, aiming to promote a love of native animals and help when an injured animal is found. It provides information on what to do if a dead marsupial is seen and how to rescue any live joeys in pouches. Education is also offered to local schools and groups. Hinterland Wildlife also works closely with other wildlife groups, such as Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital and RSPCA.

Rachael was a teacher in England before locating in Sydney and Hervey Bay and later at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School. She has always been a volunteer, being in the Rural Fire Brigade and SES at Nambour which gave her entry into the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife. She has a private licence to care for koalas gained after 2 years’ experience through Australia Zoo. 

Referrals for the rescue of koalas and other wildlife have generally come because of articles in the Hinterland Times and Facebook or from Australia Zoo and the RSPCA and other wildlife groups. Most of the calls tend to be out of hours when other organisations are closed!

There are many healthy colonies of koalas around the hinterland and several calls are received from people trying to work out if the koala is sick and needs attention. Rachel’s advice is that if a koala is sitting at the base of a tree or on the road and it does not move when approached, the animal needs attention. 

Sometimes a sick animal is spotted and then is found up a tree. She has spent many hours at the base of a tree waiting for the koala to come down. She has recently been gifted a trap which can be set and has saved a lot of waiting hours. USC also have a dog trained in tracking koalas once a sighting has been reported.

Chlamydia is the most common infectious disease for koalas and, if not treated, the animal will deteriorate and die. Sick koalas must be treated by a licensed person and only healthy orphaned koalas are raised by carers. The orphans really bond with a carer, so it is important it stays with the same carer for the best chance of survival. Recovered koalas must be released in the same locality where they were rescued, after being checked by Australia Zoo to ensure they are fit for release.

Maintaining a food source for koalas under care is always a problem. Over 500 bushy trees are needed for one carer. Different leaves from many trees are needed at various times and Rachael spends about two hours a day sourcing leaves. She runs two enclosures as well as a secure perimeter on her property and cares not only for koalas but many other injured and recovering wildlife species.

Roly N gave the vote of thanks and the meeting closed at 8.30pm. 

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

13th Jul  Board Meeting

20th Jul  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

21st Jul  RYDA at Corbould Park

21st Jul  Farewell to Rob and Sam Outridge at 5:30pm at the RSL

3rd Aug  Maleny Hotel at 6.30 for 7.00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Nathan Dodd on                   coaching cricketers.

10th Aug  Board Meeting

BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY
11th Jacinta Townsend  26th Barry Tickle

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 18th May 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.20

WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           18 May           1 Jun                 15 Jun
Duty Officer        Jim A               Peter McQ         Ric T
Assist DO           Paulette S       Craig S              Phillip S
Registration        Alan W            Laurelle O          Lionel T
Fellowship          Michael G       John W               Neal A

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
11 Jun  0730 - 1030   Phillip S   Keith R   Fran T 

            1030 - 1330   John & Bernice McL   James McC

 

09Jul   0730 -1030   Malcolm B   Sherryl G   Roly N 

           1030 - 1330   Chris B   Bill H    Jim A

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
It has been a very wet past few weeks in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. I hope that all members and their families have remained safe on our roads and missed as many potholes as possible. Our next meeting at the Maleny Hotel is a Project Meeting. Whilst Covid 19 and flu are still about, there is no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App. Although we do not have an official guest speaker lined up, we can  look forward to a job talk from Alan Wilson plus reports from our Directors and some good hearted Rotary fellowship.

Your Rotary Ticket to Good Health: Its time again to get your Rotary Ticket to Good Health. Fiona Barthlomew, Practice Manager at our local Maleny Star Discount Chemist, has confirmed that her first order of Rotary Bowelscan Queensland test kits is now available for purchase at $22.

Koala fodder tree project at Spring Pastures Drive Mapleton:  Paulette S and I attended a meeting last Friday at the Nambour offices of the Sunshine Coast Council with Cr David Law, together with Rod Tunstall, Treasurer, RC of Nambour, Rachel Aspinall, Registered Koala Carer,  Jan Lawton, ADG Malouf Cluster and President RC of Woombye/Palmwoods and Bruce Lawton, Treasurer RC of Nambour 76.  There is a  prospective environmental Rotary project to plant an initial 500 eucalypt trees consisting of a variety of species for koala fodder trees on Sunshine Coast Council bush reserve parkland at Spring Pastures Drive, Mapleton.  The trees will be used by local koala carer Rachel Aspinal and other koala carers. We have also attended a joint Rotary Club meeting last Wednesday night with Nambour 76, Nambour and Woombye/Palmwoods to further discuss and advance the proposal with all 3 clubs.  Earlier in the evening we also attended the home of licensed Koala carer Rachel Aspinal to inspect her facilities and met up with 1 year old Ash – a female Koala recovering from Chlamydia and conjunctivitis. 

Maleny Education Support Fund (MESF):   Six applications have been approved so far in 2022 to support students at our local schools. Youth Director Fran T has been very proactive contacting the participating school principals. Fran T and I will be attending a Maleny Apex meeting on 22 May to seek their further support for this project.

Speak Up Now Say No to Domestic and Family Violence: Huge congratulations to Sherryl G and all the team from Speak Up Now who have been very busy planning events and activities during and/or shortly after the Domestic Violence Month of May as evidenced by the SUN calendar for May and June. Events will include the following:

8 May –  Unveiling Red Bench at Montville Uniting Church.

10 May – Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park, Maleny.

22 May – Unveiling Red Bench at Palmwoods Uniting Church.

3 June – Respectful relationships and kite making workshop at River School.

14 June – Adair Donaldson presentation/workshops at Maleny Chamber of Commerce (business), Maleny State School (primary school students), Maleny State High School (high school students) and at Beersheba Living Museum (coaches, managers and sports administrators).

Draft National Plan to end Violence against Women & Children 2022-2023:  Speak Up Now have submitted feedback to the draft plan and are asking that best practice/successful community intervention by community groups such as SUN be included in the plan as an appendix.

Rotary University Sunshine Coast Community Fund:  This meeting was cancelled because of the weather and will be rescheduled. The Scholarship recipients will be:

Centenary of Rotary  $5,000 Charlotte Raven – Animal Ecology                                                        Rotary  $4,500 each   Lisa Musgrave – Biochemistry, Kirsten O'Callorhan – Human Geography, and Lisa Randell -  Biological Science.                                           

Maleny Interact Club:  Our Club has financially supported four registrations and a teacher of our MSHS Interact Club to attend the District 9620 Interact Conference on 15 May at St Aiden's Anglican School, Corinda. 

Rotary Youth Driving Education:   MRC is now proudly part of RYDA Caloundra incorporating Caloundra, Caloundra Pacific, Glasshouse Country and Maleny Rotary Clubs. Our club representative Paulette S will be attending the next meeting at Corbould Park on 25 May from 9.30 am – 11.30 am with other members intending to help with the RYDA program. Our Club will be involved with the MSHS attendance at Corbould Park on 21st July and on another date to be worked out.

Changeover Dinner: Our changeover has been booked for 29 June at the Maleny RSL. 

Maleny Agricultural Show: I have kept our best news to last. The Show is going ahead on 27 and 28 May. It will be a case of all hands on deck. Jim A is arranging the Gate Roster. Roly N in conjunction with Bernice and John McL (before their departure for well-earned holiday) have been circulating  rosters for the Food Stall. Spots are filling quickly. I hope that all members can be involved at some stage during the event. We need up to 10 volunteers at the Food Stall at busy times throughout the Show.  I am hearing on the grapevine that Roly N, Bernice McL and John McL are putting together another great menu for our Rotary Food Stall which has become the annual Maleny Agricultural Show focal point for the best-priced and tastiest steak burger and an array of other delicious burgers, rolls, soups and soft drinks. 

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 4TH MAY

President Greg opened the meeting with the usual formalities before welcoming our Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal of Conondale School.  Greg then thanked all the Rotarians who helped out with the parking at Australia Zoo over the holidays. He then highlighted upcoming events:

- 10 May Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm, organised by Speak Up Now. 

- 11 May Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF).  

- 25 May RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra for Rotarians considering participating in the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny State High School year 10s and other local schools during July.  

- 27 & 28 May Maleny Agricultural Show with Rotary Food Stall and gate duties.

- 3 June  – respectful relationships and kite making workshop at the River School by Speak Up Now. 

Roly N outlined the need for additional volunteers on the Food Stall roster and asked for volunteers to provide both pumpkin and pea and ham soup.

Jim A asked for more volunteers for the gate on the Friday.

There was then a change of tone as Roly proved to be a ruthless stand in Sergeant.

Renee H introduced our Guest Speaker Scott Willis, the Principal of Conondale State School.  Scott Willis became the Principal at Conondale in April 2021. This is a small rural school with 70 pupils spread over 7 grades in an historic building - in contrast, there are 400 students at Maleny State School.  As an aside, Conondale was the favoured location for our Bike Ed teams when that programme was running.

Scott, who after growing up in Mooloolah Valley, chose to go into education and found his niche in small schools. For Conondale, he spoke of his goals of not only helping his pupils but also building relationships with the teachers, the community and the parents. 

Scott also outlined a case where a grant from the Maleny Education Support Fund had made a vital difference for one of his pupils.  He spoke in praise of the Fund and thanked the Club for its creation.  There was a lively question and answer session from an appreciative audience, 

Phillip gave the Vote of Thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
18th May  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

25th May  Possible Board Meeting

27 & 28th May  Maleny Agricultural Show

1st Jun   Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Jodie Nolan of Queensland Country Bank  

8th Jun  Board Meeting

15th Jun  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

29th Jun  RSL at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Club Changeover 

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY
4th Angela Griffin  15th Greg Williams  18th Cilla Vickers  22nd Peter McQuoid

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR MAY

4th Barry and Fran Tickle

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

MORE TALL TALES FROM QUEENSLAND ?

1. FROM A MEMBER WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS

I went fishing one morning, but after a short time I ran out of prawns. Then I saw a redbelly black snake with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good barramundi bait.     Knowing the snake couldn’t bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket. Now the problem was how to release the snake without getting bitten. So, I grabbed my bottle of Bundy Rum and poured a little in its mouth. Its eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the creek without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.  A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot.  It was that bloody snake with two more frogs. 2. FROM ANOTHER MEMBER WHO SHOULD REMAIN ANOMYNOUS

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 2nd June 2021

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 63 No.22

WEDNESDAY 2ND JUNE 2021

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker Kate Huth,  a Rotary Peace Fellow.

Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                        2nd Jun          16th Jun        7th July
Duty Officer      Roly N            Chris B          Jim A 
Assist DO          Phillip S          Keith R          Michael G   
Registration      Paulette S      John McL        Sherryl G
Fellowship        Lionel T         John W           Bill H

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
26 Jun     0730 - 1030    TBA

                1030 - 1330    TBA

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
1. Zonta Seeds of Change Forum on Sat 22 May 2021
It was a privilege to attend this forum against domestic and family violence and Elder Abuse held at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The key note speaker was Rosie Batty. And our own Sherryl G gave a magnificent presentation outlining the background,  approach to and numerous projects that have been completed and are planned for tackling this issue in the Sunshine Coast hinterland by our collaborative partnership of local service clubs under the banner of Speak Up Now. Sherryl also challenged other communities around Australia to adopt our grassroots model to effect change and make a real impact on community attitudes to respect.

2. A huge thankyou also to Ian Demack and the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre as our partner in Speak Up Now for organising a fantastic Candelight Ceremony/ Vigil against Family and Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse at Tesch Park Maleny on Thursday 20 May 2021. Speakers included Cr Winston Johnson, Member for Glasshouse Andrew Powell and Federal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace who recently chaired a commonwealth investigation into the issue delivering 81 recommendations to tackle D&FV&EA.

Andrew Wallace also spoke of the extent gravity and pernicious impact of pornography on all levels of society, how it is impacting on respect in Australia between family members and steps he sees as necessary to stop our children from being flooded with it through inadvertent searches.
3. The 2021 Maleny Agricultural Show
Wow. The words "Best Show Ever" are already being thrown about. As your President, I am so proud of the selfless involvement of so many of our club members and their partners, past members and their partners, and prospective members in the  planning for, and the tireless and dedicated volunteering of their time and undertaking of enormous contributions to the operation of the Friday Gate, the Parking at Maleny Pioneer Village and Hoppers land, at the guess the weight of the bull competition, and at our Rotary Food Stall.

And apart from the tremendous value for money fare we have provided to so many Show attendees, it was just so satisfying to witness so many people return time and time again for our Maleny Show Stopper Steakburgers , pea and ham soup or pumpkin soup, hamburgers, egg and bacon burgers, hot dogs,  tea or coffees, sausages in a blanket, and wide range of pizzas.
Thank you one and all for making your contribution to a great Maleny Show.
And now it's off for the clean up on Sunday morning.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 19TH MAY

President Greg opened the meeting with the usual formalities.

Members had a warm welcome for CL Claridge who has returned from an extended stay in NZ. We also welcomed a visiting Rotarian from Melbourne who is also John Whan’s brother.

The meeting received a very comprehensive briefing from President Greg covering a number of topics/events including:

• A student from Maleny Senior High is attending the RYPEN Camp at Coolum,

• Greg, Sheryl, Paulette and Jeff attended the RYDA course at Corbould Park Racecourse. Students from Maleny High and the Maleny Flexi School attended and were all impressed with the program.

• On the 12th May a strong contingent of Rotarians from Maleny attended the dinner at the Sunshine Coast University. Maleny Rotary ran the bar which resulted in a nice profit to the Club

• The Candlelight Vigil and Walk for domestic violence awareness is to be held at Tesch Park on the 20th May.

• Sheryl is to be a key note speaker on the Domestic Violence Awareness program at the the Zonta ‘Seeds of Change Forum’  on 22nd May,

• Jill Morris is holding an environmental day at her property and requested some assistance with car parking.

• President Greg announced that the 2021 Changeover Dinner will be  on 23rd June at The Orangery.

Karen Heading from the Maleny Show committee spoke about the complex issues for the Maleny Show this year. There are significant restrictions and requirements that all members rostered for Show Gate duties needed to be aware of in order to comply with the Show Society’s COVID safe plan. There were a number of questions from the floor and Karen was left with a few extra issues to consider.

After Karen left a number of members spoke briefly on their recent activities including:

• Jeff on a Shelterbox display planned for Sunday 27th June,

• Jeff reported on discussions with Council staff at Mary Cairncross about the number of donated bench seats and plans for their installation somewhere in the Park,

• Bernice spoke about and passed around a roster for the Rotary food kiosk at the Maleny Show.

• Jim spoke about the roster for the Show Gate at the Show.

Sergeant Chris was an apology for the meeting so members were left to self-reflect on their misdeeds and redirected their fines money to the Polio Pig.

Unfortunately the meeting was running over-time so the presentation from CL on the projects in Nepal was held over to a later meeting. CL very graciously accepted the apology from President Greg. We look forward to hearing from her very soon.

The meeting was closed shortly after 8:30.

A MESSAGE FROM ANGELA WITH AN UPDATE ABOUT THE EBENEZER CHILD CARE TRUST

EASTER CELEBRATIONS

The mothers and children joined the rest of the Christian community across the world to celebrate the death and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. They gathered in the chapel to share the word of the Lord and discussed the importance of Easter. The children and the mothers sang and danced in fulfillment of this wonderful occasion.

OUR WONDERFUL DONORS FUND HOUSEWARES 
ECCT Executive Director, Owen Lisulo thanks donors for the ability to purchase 8 mattresses, 2 washing machines, 2 upright fridges and 1 stove for the homes. "It could not have come at a better time than this. We highly appreciate your continued donations to support our mothers and children. These items will help to make work very easy for our mothers” he said.
WELCOME TO RECEPTION CLASS 
Last year only three babies were going to school. Before the beginning of the school term, 6 babies were assessed in order to see if they were ready to start attending school. This has brought the total number of 9 children attending school from the baby's home leaving only two children at home; Brian and Elliot who are less than 2 years old. The children are very excited about this new development. ECCT endeavors to foster an early love of learning in the children. 
NEW VOLUNTEER SOCIAL WORKERS 
We have three Volunteer Social Workers who are currently working with Sunford Muchindu - the permanent Social Worker. We have Beauty, Chinyama, Mulenga, Mumba and Heather Nkobaika who are now working closely with the children. The volunteers have certificates in Psychosocial and Child Counseling.

HEALTH TALKS WITH THE CHILDREN 

Social workers Heather and Sunford sat with the toddlers, older boys and girls to discuss various issues that affect them. The topics which were covered during the discussion were; prevention of accidents, hygiene, family values and importance of education. 

Thank you for your continued support and generosity. You have given health, education and hope to over 500 severely disadvantaged Zambian children. 

FUTURE MEETINGS  AND EVENTS

9th June Board Meeting 

12th June RSL at 10am for the launch of Jack Wilcox's new book - Maleny Weather 1880 - 2016

16th June Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:30pm for Business Meeting with Nepal update from CL.

23rd June Changeover Night at The Orangery.

30th June Vocational visit to the Chocolate Factory at 1630h followed by pizzas in Finbars.

BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE

1st Mike Edwards  

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR JUNE

1st Chris and Judi Ross-Smith  16th Alan and Mary Wilson

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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