Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 7th April 2021

 

 "THE RANGE"  Vol. 63 No.18

WEDNESDAY 7TH APRIL 2021

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker Madison Crane on YEP Experience.

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                        7th April          21st April        5th May   
Duty Officer     Phillip  S           Lionel T         Michael G
Assist DO          Ric T               ANO                Sherryl G     
Registration     James McC       Paulette S       Laurelle O
Fellowship       Chris B            John McL         Malcolm B

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
17th April
0730 -1030  TBA

1030 - 1330  TBA

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
(a) Health Updates

Its great to hear some very encouraging news with regard to Chris RS. Judy reports that “Chris has rallied and seems to be out of the woods.” Thank you to all of our members for your continuing support for Chris and Judi.

And the good news continues with Brian A who has returned home to make his recovery, albeit that it will take a bit of time. It will be 5/6 weeks before Brian can put any weight on his ankle. A huge thank you again to our members for your contact with Brian and Gillian and your offers of support.

And further good news. I was speaking with Marlene B this morning who confirms that Bill H is also back home after a successful knee operation and is hopping around on one crutch looking for Easter eggs.

On behalf of the Club, I also pass on my heart felt best wishes for Cilla and Rick V and their family as Cilla prepares to undergo a major procedure over the coming weeks.

(b) Our next meeting is at the Maleny Hotel on 7 April under Qld COVID-19 Regulations. A big thank you to our astute Mike G for organising Madison Crane to be our guest speaker at our next meeting. On behalf of the Club, we are all looking forward to listening closely to Madison’s recent experiences throughout Europe as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and the impact that the program has made on her future aspirations. Madison is the daughter of our newest member Des and wife Kelley. 

(c) Recent Club events and Community Service 

• Thank you to Des C, Chris B and other members for attending the Farewell Luncheon for Past President and former member of our Club Eddie Vann and Linda Vann from their outstanding and long-term leadership positions with our local TS Centaur Naval Cadet Unit on 27 March at the Maleny RSL. Eddie and Linda have been the glue that kept the Unit going, provided so many of our youth with opportunities that would never have otherwise been available to them and have been instrumental in the maturing of so many of our young teenagers into exceptional adults during their time with the Unit. It was also Eddie who had the vision for and was the inaugural Chairman of the annual Hinterland Aussie Day Expo on Australia Day at the Maleny Showgrounds and I also want to thank Eddie and Linda for all their time and support in organising and holding that event. I wish Eddie and Linda all the best on their retirement to Bribie Island.

• Another massive thank you to DG Neil Black and all his conference team for putting on an excellent last Rotary District 9600 Conference at Kingaroy on 26-28 March. It was my absolute pleasure to attend what was my first and last Rotary District 9600 Conference  with a tremendous band of local Rotarians. I have included a photo of our 7 strong contingent of Bernice and John McL, Paulette S, Craig S, Mike and Sherryl G and myself taken at the Gala Dinner at the Kingaroy Town Hall. We were blessed by the organisers with a fantastic array of speakers, mixed with serious networking with members and leaders of so many other clubs from within not only 9600 but also 9640, and so many opportunities for fun and laughter. Craig S found gold at Bethany thanks to a very generous John Bjelke – Peterson after nearly being flown away by the biggest Scotch Gray mosquitoes ever seen on the planet, and I have forever stamped into my memory the lifelike image of a Ford Cortina Hardtop stamping across the Kingaroy State High School Hall stage – all show but no go. 

And a huge thank you to Bernice and John for organising outstanding accommodation for Crag S, Paulette S and myself from where we enjoyed the best view in Kingaroy. 

We have come away with some great ideas on how to retain and grow our membership, and have been reminded of the important life-changing impact that Rotary can have on an individual life and career path and on the lives of so many here at home in Australia and around the globe. Sadly, I report that no member of our Club was successful with any of the great prizes on offer in the Conference Raffle.

The first 9620 District Conference is being held next year in Caloundra and I hope as many members of our Club as possible can attend for all or at least part of next year’s Conference.

• Local young Wootha adventurer Sam Hughes, the Travelling Jackeroo, departed Maleny on 21 March and has been camped at  Roma whilst his tractor underwent some minor repairs before taking on the real outback of Australia. Please keep looking at our Club facebook pages for further updates. Sam must be ready to set off as his tractor cracked about 45 kph on the Roma drag strip this afternoon on the way to raising more money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Dollys Dream.

• Another thank you to Rick V for his continued on-going work with the Maleny Show Society sorting out a plethora of COVID 19 compliance requirements, and especially with the complications arising from the 3 day lockdown of the past week. 

(d) Upcoming Events

• 6 and 7 April Carparking at Australia Zoo as per Roster from Ian Hope RC of Glasshouse.

• 17 April SC South Cluster Gala Dinner at Maroochydore RSL – (Wendy Gleeson)

• 24 April Hinterland Cluster 100 years of Rotary celebration breakfast at Beersheba Living Museum 8.30 am for 9 am. Lets celebrate this extraordinary milestone with our invited guests, fellow Rotarians, and their partners from within our cluster with a blend of fun, fellowship and our relaxed hinterland lifestyle.

• 8 May Assistance being provided by 6 Rotarians at Smart Living Society Limited Casino Gambling night at RSL. Club will be paid donation of $1000. 5.30 for 6 pm Free entry and a meal. Training provided. Other members welcome for a fun evening and a chance to win many prizes. Tickets on sale on Wednesday night.

• 12 May Rotary Scholarship meeting at USC.

• 16 May Town Meets Country Race Day at Corbould Park organised by Rotary Club of Brisbane . Laurelle O will provide more details at our next meeting 

• 29 to 30 May Maleny Agricultural Show . Calling all hands for Rotary car parking and Rotary Food stall

• 3-9 July Borderline Youth Camp

Alan Wilson has provided information on this camp for teenagers aged 15-18 which focuses on youth mental health. Alan’s daughter, Helen, is a leader for the camp and is willing to come to the Club to speak about it. Cost is $490 per person. As Sherryl has reported, “It sounds very good, however it is at Camp Laurence, Lake Moogerah near Boonah, so not sure if we could get interest from teenagers up here considering how far away it is? More information at www.borderlinecamp.com.

• 17 July Winter Blues Concert – subject to successful grant application to SCC.

• 28 August Pride of Workmanship Dinner 

• 18 Sep Kite Flying Event – Speak Up Now Collaborative Partners with MDSRC at Beersheba Living Museum and Ziza Field 

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 17TH MARCH

President Greg opened the meeting with a welcome to all Rotarians, and a special welcome to guests AG Wendy Gilson and AGFR Vern Gilbert who will be talking later in the meeting.

He passed on his best wishes on behalf of the Club to two of our Rotarians who have been laid low, Brian Allen and Chris Ross-Smith, and wished then a speedy recovery.
Updates were provided on the following events which had occurred since our last meeting.
Obi Obi Clean-up: The event was well attended by the community and three of our members made it to clean up a great deal of crap from the area.
Elder Abuse Forum for hairdressers and barbers was a success with over ten people attending. There was much interest in the speakers and some expressed an interest in doing the course on the recognition of elder abuse if fund can be found.
Fran and Sheryl attended the Interact Conference at Caboolture
Laurelle and Jeff assisted at the astronomer’s night which was appreciated by the organisers.
The travelling Jackeroo will be in the Maleny main street on Sunday about 9.00am for the start of his adventure.

Sargeant at arms was absent so there was a free-for-all making fines on each other. It was quite revealing how quickly members were willing to “dob” in each other.

Gala Dinner: AG Wendy Gilson spoke to us about a Gala Dinner being organised by the Sunshine South Cluster Group to celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand. It will be held on Saturday 17^th April, 2021 at the Maroochydore RSL at 6.30pm. Tickets $100 per head.  She hoped the Maleny Rotary could put a party together.
She also spoke about a Monument being planned to commemorate the centenary, location to be determined. All clubs in the Sunshine Coast Cluster would be depicted along with a time capsule in the base.
Annual Rotary Golf Tournament: Vern Gilbert invited members to join in the 43^rd Annual Golf Tournament being organised by the Maroochydore Rotary Club. It will be held on 16-21 May 2012, at the Maroochy River Golf Club and attracts Rotarians Australia wide.

President Greg closed the meeting with an invitation to our next meeting which will be a vocational night at the Maleny Chocolate Factory on 31^st March 2021.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
14th April Board Meeting

21st April Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Business Meeting

28th April No meeting

5th May TBA

12th May Rotary Scholarship Dinner at USC

19th May Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Business Meeting

BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL
1st Nancy Baker  4th Phillip Stark  12th Chris Brooker  23rd John McLennan  27th Chris Ross Smith & John Whan

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR APRIL
13th Jeff & Jan Cornfoot  16th Brian and Gillian Allen 26th Bill & Marlene Hankinson

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

RANDOM THOUGHTS - HOPEFULLY YOUR SMILES FOR THE DAY

When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison...

To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it...

Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight...

The older I get, the earlier it gets late...

I remember being able to get up without making sound effects. 

I had my patience tested. I'm negative...

When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing...

I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever... I run like the winded...

I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don't know whose side I'm on...

When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"

When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery???

Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out... (This Is The Truth!!!)

Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops...

My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb...  

 

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 5th June 2019

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 60 No.22
WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE 2019

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Sue Mackenzie on Surviving Polio

APOLOGIES AND MEALS
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS                
                               5th June        19th June       3rd July     
Duty Officer            Chris B          Ric T              Malcolm B                                   
Assist DO               Laurelle O     Greg W          Melinda M       
Registration            James McC   Phillip S         Lionel T       
Fellowship              Keith R          Jim A             Alan W       

SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
15th June
Jim A (Leader)  Michael and Sherryl Gregory

29th June
Bill Hankinson (Leader)  Ric Townsend  Keith Rogers

13th July
John and Bernice McLennan (Leader) Peter McGuirk

CLUB ORGANISATION
Details of the make up of the currrent Board and Committees can be found at the end of this bulletin.

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
The Annual Community Grants Awards Night was held at Tranquil Park.  We thank the Glasshouse Country and Maleny News for the following article.

TS CENTAUR COMMANDING OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT
• All TS Centaur Cadets are currently participating in the training for the Kokoda Challenge with six having been selected as candidates for the final team of four. It has been pleasing to see significant improvement in the fitness of many. We thank the Maleny RSL for their generous support by donating $400. We have received $400 from Maleny RSL, $100 from Quota and $50 from the Maroochy Waters Naval Association plus several personal donations. We have now reached the initial target but if anyone would like to boost the fund raising you can go to https://www.kokodachallenge.com/fundraisers/tscentaurmshs and donate online.
• ANZAC Day went very well with many favourable comments from RSL Members and the general community. We slept over at the unit the night before in order to ensure that everyone was at the RSL on time for the Dawn Service. Following this service we returned to the unit for breakfast and then proceeded to the Witta Cemetery, Maleny Soldier’s Memorial Hospital, Street March and finally the morning service at the Maleny RSL.
• On May 14th TS Centaur Staff and Cadets participated in the AHS Centaur Memorial Service at St Andrew's in Lutwyche. TS Centaur is named after the Hospital Ship Centaur which was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off Cape Moreton Queensland on May 14th 1943 with the loss of 268 lives. The 64 survivors were rescued by the American Destroyer USS Mugford.
• We are currently planning our activities for the Maleny Show. We will be having a Mexican Food Stall as we have had for the past two years. This has proved a successful fund raiser for TS Centaur. The Cadets are keen to make the most of this event as a recruiting opportunity and at last night’s parade came up with some great ideas to highlight the activities of Cadets.
• A Start Powerboating Course for Cadets is being held at TS Bundaberg in July.
• Last week Eddie and I were interviewed by Judy Fredriksen who has now composed an article for the June edition of the Hinterland Times. We hope that this may generate interest from prospective staff.
• As Eddie and I will be resigning from the Australian Navy Cadets at the end of this year finding replacement Staff is now a priority.
By LEUT Linda T. Vann ANC

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
12th June
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

19th June
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker TBA

26th June
Changeover Night at The Orangery.

3rd July
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker TBA.

BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE
1st Mike Edwards  21st Peter Wilkinson

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR JUNE
1st Chris and Judi Ross-Smith  16th Alan and Mary Wilson

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE HAVING A BAD DAY!!

1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.
At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers.
A minute later, in full view, they were both eaten by killer whales.

2. In 1992, Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record.
Suffering from the flu he came down eight hours short of the 400-day record, meantime his sponsor had gone bust, his girlfriend had left him and his phone and electricity had been cut off.

3. A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle.
Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by the back door, breaking his arm in two places.
Until that moment, he had been happily listening to his iPod.

4. Two animal rights protesters were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

And finally...

5. Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb.
It came back with "Return to Sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

 THERE NOW!  YOUR DAY'S NOT SO BAD, IS IT?

MALENY ROTARY CLUB EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR 2018-2019

BOARD MEMBERS
 President  -   Alan Wilson
Vice President  - Michael Gregory
Secretary  - Bernice McLennan
Treasurer  -  Jim Atkinson
Vocational - Ric Townsend
Club Admininstration / Membership - Philip Stark  
International/Foundation - Angela Griffin/ CL Claridge
Community Relations/Youth - Greg Williams
Service Projects - Rick Vickers/Chris Ross-Smith
 
Other Roles
Guest Speakers  - Michael Gregory                                          
Bulletin Editor - Keith Rogers

MALENY ROTARY CLUB COMMITTEES   
1.Grants Committee            2.RAWCS - Ebenezer Zambia 
Confidential                         Angela Griffin
                                            CL Claridge
                                            Jim Atkinson
3.RAWCS-Nepal               
Chris Ross-Smith                4.Show Committee
Jim Atkinson                        Bernice McLennan
CL Claridge                         John McLennan
               
5.Social Committee             6.Calendar Committee
Phillip Stark                         Lionel Tilley
Roly Neiper                          Rick Vickers
                                            Jeff Cornfoot 
7.High School Project         Jim Atkinson  
Chris Brooker                         
Jeff Cornfoot                        
Greg Williams               

8.Membership/                     9.Qld Australian Cross Country Athletics Title
USC Project Committee       Rick Vickers
Phillip Stark                          Greg Williams
CL Claridge                           Chris Brooker
Angela Griffin
Roly Nieper                          10.Plan for Maleny Education Support Fund
Chris Ross-Smith                  Angela Griffin
Rick Vickers                          CL Claridge
                                               Roly Nieper   
                                               Jeff Cornfoot

 

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 29th April 2015

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 20

WEDNESDAY 29TH APRIL 2015

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm to award Rotary Community Grants.

APOLOGIES
Please tender apologies to President Ric by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                               29 Apr            6 May               20 May        
                   
Duty Officer          John W           Michael G         USC Meeting     

ADO & Scribe       Keith R          Sherryl G

Registration          Chris R-S       Bernice McL           

Fellowship             Ric T              John McL
      
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
9th May
Lionel T (Leader)   Robin T   John W

23rd May
Malcolm B (Leader)   Philip S   Rick V

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 15TH APRIL
President Ric welcomed guests Steve Miskin from the RC of Home Hill, our ADG Ian Hope from Glasshouse and, after prompting, CL Claridge who had visited us previously.

We were given reminders of the upcoming events including the District Conference on Bribie Island 2/3 May, the help needed with the Interact sausage sizzle at Bunnings and the cross country running event at the precinct both on 26th of April. The recently held garage sale at the Baptist Church was a bit of a fizzer, netting only $200 while Jim and Elaine managed private sales of $180 (less the $40 fee gives a profit of $160 according to Jim – go figure). Show rosters were circulated, a reminder of the USC Combined Rotary Meeting on 20th May, a letter from our sponsored Ebenezer student Kenedi Lucas brought us up to date on his achievements & Jeff C mentioned a forthcoming Rotary tour to South Africa. Lionel called for help in distributing flyers advertising BowelScan.

President Ric announced that the Board had agreed to make the following grants to local community organisations:
* Art for Space/Golf Club $1600 to be used for seating & art on the precinct walk. The Golf Club will pay for public seating on their grounds, our funds will be used for the general public seating.
* Croquet Club $1000 for the purchase of lightweight mallets and balls to enable elderly, youth and handicapped people to play.
* Friends of the Library $960 for the purchase of 6 CD/DVD/MP3 readers to enable Erowal Aged Care Facility patients to listen to ebooks.
* Pattemore Historic House $1000 to purchase foldaway outdoor furniture to be used on the verandas during functions.
* Neighbourhood Centre $1000 for mental health awareness training for centre volunteers.
* International Day Against Homophobia Event – $1000 to help with the running a public awareness /education event.
* TS Centaur $450 to pay for cadets to attend an outdoor survival course.
* Maleny Players $960 to assist financially the placement of two students at the Maleny Youth Theatre Classes.

These projects will attract District Grant funding of 50%. Representatives of the successful applicants of the scheme to be invited to our meeting on 29th April when they will be presented with cheques.

Heads and tails was won by Chris Ross-Smith and Chris B managed to extract funds from all in attendance through some amusing although not quite truthful stories. Has an amazing imagination does our Chris.

"The Opal Cutter” was the theme of the talk by our guest speaker Barbara Lamont who was ably assisted by Edi Heide.

As a young adventurer Barbara arrived in Australia in 1982 and ventured forth to the opal fields of Coober Pedy as she wanted to see people living underground. Her initial short sojourn turned into a 26 year odyssey, having married a local miner 2 months after arriving. The time spent in Coober was one of many trials and tribulations with the ever hopeful thought of striking it rich ‘next day’. Her skills evolved over the period from hand digging pits to developing tunnelling machinery and vacuum lifts for rock to being the ‘powder monkey’ for the blasting operations (shooting).

In 1990 she expanded her operations by opening a cutting and designing shop in Coober which proved a very satisfying venture, being recognised as once of the best. A move in 2008 to a mining lease in Bolder near Cunnamulla saw several years once again scrabbling for a living but enjoying it. A recent move to Montville (retirement?) to open an opal jewellery shop is proving successful and finally no more digging holes in the ground.

Barbara was thanked by Lionel T. and presented with a calendar and copy of ‘Humanity in Motion’.

President Ric thanked everyone and said go home, so we did.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS
6th May
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Michael Wearing on Mens' House.

13th May
Board Meeting at the Masonic Hall.

20th May
Combined Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarship Awards - Partners welcome.

27th May
Project Meeting at the Masonic Hall with $10 meal.

29&30th May
Maleny Show.

24th June
Changeover Dinner.

BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL
1st Nancy Baker  4th Phillip Stark  12th Chris Brooker  23rd John McLennan  27th Chris Ross Smith & John Whan

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR APRIL
6th Lloyd & Shirley Larney  13th Jeff & Jan Cornfoot  26th Bill & Marlene Hankinson

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
A GOLFER'S CONFESSION

Wife - "Where the hell have you been?  You said you'd be done with golf by noon!"

Husband - “I'm so sorry, Honey, but you probably don't want to hear the reason."

Wife - "I want the truth, and I want it NOW"

Husband “Fine.  We finished in less than 4 hours, quick beer in the Clubhouse; I hopped in the car, and would have been here at 12 on the button.   On the way home, I spotted a girl half our age struggling with a flat tyre.  I changed it in a jiffy, and next she's offering me money.  Of course, I refuse it - then she tells me she was headed to the bar at the Sheraton - and begs me to stop so she can buy me a beer.

She's such a sweetie, I said yes.  Before you know it, one beer turned to three or four and I guess we were looking pretty good to each other.  Then she tells me she has a room at the Sheraton less than 50 steps from our table.

She suggested we get some privacy while pulling me by the hand.  Now I'm in her room, clothes are flying, the talking stopped and we proceeded to have sex in every way imaginable.

It must have gone on for hours, because before I know it the clock says 5:30.  I jumped up, threw my clothes on, ran to the car, and here I am.  There. You wanted the truth, you got it."

Wife - "What complete and utter baloney!! You played 36 holes, didn't you?"

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 3rd September 2014

"THE RANGE"  Vol. 56 No. 5

WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Melissa Borich on Healthy Lifestyles.

APOLOGIES

Please tender apologies to Bernice by noon Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTERS
                                  3 Sep              17 Sep          
                    
Duty Officer              Jim A              Jeff C           
 
Registration              Robin T          Andy S

ADO & Scribe          Chris B           Angela G
          
Fellowship                John W          Alan W  
  
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

13 September
John Whan (Leader)  Andy Shouteten   Ric Townsend

27 September
Lionel Tilley (Leader)   Rick Vickers   Angela Griffin

MINUTES OF MEETING OF LAST MEETING

President Ric opened the meeting with 15 members present including our Guest Speaker Alan Wilson.  Business matters raised were:

- The Historical Society are running a Music Muster from 22 to 28 September and are requesting help.  A representative is to attend the project meeting.

- The initial budget for the Mens' Shed is $35,000.   A grant will needed.

- MNC have gone ahead with the Affordable Housing Survey without consultation.

- Lionel reported that the calendar has been printed. 1,400 need to have price stickers attached; to be done at 27 August meeting.

- Jim reported that charges for Kennedi's fees and DIK had been paid.

- Rick V announced that MCP's new buildings plans will be provided on 27 September for community feedback.

- He also reported on his visit to Solomon Islands where a global grant had been used to install water connections, sanitation and solar powered vaccine refrigerators in schools.

- Chris flagged the need for volunteers for parking duties for the Real Food Festival on 13/14 September.

- He also noted that TS Centaur had been judged the best unit in the local flotilla.

Chris then put on his Sergeant's stripes and extorted money from the attendees.

Our Guest Speaker, PP Alan Wilson spoke about his 44 years working for ANZ, with much of that time as a mobile lender.  He had spent 18 years overseas, mostly in PNG but also in the Solomons and Vanuatu. He showed a video of his time at the new branch in Wewak.  This also showed how he got out and about into the local villages offering loans for houses, cars and business.  It was fascinating to see him with a laptop explaining his services in very basic rural surroundings.  His target was also to provide the villagers with basic financial education.

Apart from his bank work, he has also been very active in Rotary in PNG, including being a Past President. He has pioneered the provision of computers, books and magazines for schools.  His latest project has been to provide laptops to Popondetta High School to replace ones that had been stolen.

Alan received a warm vote of thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS & EVENTS

10th Sep
Masonic Hall for Board Meeting.

13th Sep
Malany Community Centre AGM at 10:00am.

13th/14th Sep
Parking for Real Food Festival at Maleny Show Grounds.

17th Sep
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm with Guest Speaker Leo Phelan of Eco-Goats. Please go to www.ecogoatsqld.com.au for background information.

24th Sep
Vocational visit to IGA.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR SEPTEMBER
4th John & Bernice  18th Andy & Mia  28th Keith & Gloria

BIRTHDAY FOR SEPTEMBER
29th Mia Schouteten

NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

SHORT MEDICAL EXAM

When I took the entrance exam for medical school, I was perplexed by this question:

"Rearrange the letters P-N-E-S-I to spell out the part of the human body that is most useful when erect."

Those who spelled SPINE became doctors.

The rest are in Parliament.

Rotary Club of Maleny - End Of Year Is Award Time

TS CENTAUR ROTARY HELMSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

President Ric Townsend presents the TS CENTAUR ROTARY HELMSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD to Cadet Abi Batista.

ROTARY SES COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD 

President Ric Townsend presents this award to James Drake.

31 December 2013