Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 17th January 2024

THE RANGE Vol 65 No 12

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

APOLOGIES

Apologies please to Bernice by noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER

                             17Jan       7Feb                   21Feb

Duty Officer         Chris B    Phillip S             Renee H

ADO                     Ric V       Greg W              Bruce K

Registration          Brian A    Berenice McL    Laurelle O

Fellowship            Bill H      John Mcl            Lionel T

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE

03Feb    0800 - 1100  Phillip S   Sherryl G   Murray A

             1100 - 1330  Rick V   Andy N   Neal A

02 Mar  0800 - 1100  Roly N   Fran T   Bruce K

              1100 - 1330  Greg W   John and Bernice Mclennan

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Welcome to everyone and I hope your year has started extremely well. Not much to say at this point. I look forward to seeing you again next Wednesday back at the hotel for our first Business Meeting of the year. We’ve got our visiting Rotary member Kim McDonald-Wilkes from Newfoundland filling us in with some language tips for when you visit there. It’ll probably be Kim’s last meeting with us they are moving to Brisbane for work reasons.

Our first 5th Wednesday of the year is 31 January. So, it’s a vocational night and we’ve had a bit of a change from what we originally planned. Craig has asked Rodney Millett from Maleny and Hinterland Real Estate to give us an update on the local property market and values. We’ll meet at their office at Riverside Centre and he has a large office, so there will be plenty of space inside.

After that we will have dinner at the Maleny Hotel bistro.

LAST MEETING OF 2023

Thanks to the generosity and catering skills of Roly and Kerry Neiper, members and associates of the Club enjoyed a memorable Christmas Party at their home in Reesville. The food was great and the attendees had a wonderful time,  A special voe of thanks to our hosts and their helpers.

SURPRISE VISITOR AT JAUARY'S SAUSAGE SIZZLE

The Travelling Jackeroo and our Sergeant share a snag and a yarn at Woolies

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

24Jan  No meeting

26Jan  Australia Day event at Showgrounds.

31Jan  Vocational Night at Maleny and Hinterland Real Estate.

07Feb  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker                  TBA.

14Feb  Board Meeting

WEDDING FOR JANUARY

1st  Malcolm and Nancy Baker

BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY

8th Paulette Steel  11th Sissel Kelly  21st Michael Gregory  25th Renee Harris  

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

CELIBACY?

Celibacy can be a life style choice or a condition imposed by circumstances. 

Whilst attending a Marriage Weekend, my wife and I listened to the instructor declare "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other."

He then addressed the men "Can you name and describe your wife's favourite flower?"

I leaned over, touched my wife's hand gently and whispered "White Wings Self Raising. isn't it?"

And thus began my life of Celibacy!

                    

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 4th May 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.19

WEDNESDAY 4TH MAY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal Conondale SS

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           4 May                   18 May              1 Jun
Duty Officer        Renee H               Jim A                 Peter McQ
Assist DO           Sherryl G              Paulette S         Phillip S
Registration        Bernice McL         Alan W              Laurelle O
Fellowship          James McC          Michael G         John W

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

14 May   0730 -1030 Rick V   Sherryl G   Des C

               1030 - 1330  Paulette S   Andy S   Greg W

11 Jun    0730 - 1030   Phillip S   Keith R   Peter McQ

               1030 - 1330   John & Bernice McL   James McC      

 PRESIDENT'S NOTES
I hope that all members and their families enjoyed a great May Day long weekend. Our meeting next Wednesday is a General  Meeting with no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App at the Maleny Hotel. We can all look forward to some good hearted Rotary fellowship and a presentation from Scott Willis, Principal of Conondale State School.

Our Rotary Calendar will be very busy over the next few weeks and right through May 2022. 

- Anzac Day  On behalf of our RC of Maleny, I presented 4 vouchers of $50 each to our local schools – Maleny SHS, Maleny SS, the River School, and Conondale SS at the main Maleny ceremony. 

- 10 May Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm. Our Speak Up Now collaboration will be hosting this domestic and family violence and elder abuse event and all members and partners are encouraged to attend to listen to some great speakers.

- 11 May Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF). Our Club will be attending the RUSCCF Scholarship Presentations at the University of the Sunshine Coast from 6 pm to 9 pm. It’s a great opportunity to catch up with Rotarians from all over the Sunshine Coast and learn about the world leading research being undertaken by PhD students at the University of the Sunshine Coast. My money is also on Alan W picking up another raffle prize.

- 25 May RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra for Rotarians considering participating in one or more of the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny State High School year 10s and other local schools during July. This project is one of our best and most impactful youth projects. 

- 27 & 28 May Maleny Agricultural Show with Rotary Food Stall and gate duties. Roly N and Jim A are circulating their rosters looking for Rotarian and partner volunteers. We need as many Club members and their partners to participate as possible in one of our main fund raising activities for the year. Roly N is confident that our magnificent steak burgers will be the talk of the Sunshine Coast again this year.

- Rotary Bowelscan Qld will also be manning a stand in the Education Building beneath the Main Pavilion during the Show – much like that at the recent 9620 District Conference at Caloundra - so keep an eye out for it at the Show and for some local publicity about the program through social media, Facebook, GC&MN, SVG and MDSRC News.

- 3 June  – respectful relationships and kite making workshop at the River Schoolby Speak Up Now. Sherryl G, Greg W and Val France will be involved along with teaching staff of the River School.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 20TH APRIL
President Greg opened the meeting with a ‘Welcome to Country’, with Ric T giving the Loyal Toast, and Neil A the Rotary Grace.  Greg then welcomed our Guest speaker for the evening, Jill Lillingstone, and her husband Kelvin. Jared introduced our special guest Sam Hughes, the ‘Travelling Jackeroo’.  We also welcomed Judy Frederiksen, and the partners Gillian Allen, Nancy Baker and Kelly Crane. David Arnot, President of RC of Katoomba, was also an apology due to COVID but a banner from his Club was presented to Greg W. 

Greg then thanked all the Rotarians who helped out with the parking at Australia Zoo over the holidays.

Ric T introduced our surprise Guest, Sam, who thought that Jared was taking him out to dinner, so needless to say it came as a complete surprise when he found himself at the Rotary meeting. Sam was invited to give us a run down on his adventures thus far. 

Sam left Maleny a year and a bit ago.  He eventually arrived in Darwin and has been there for about 6 months, waiting on parts and carrying out repairs on the tractor and the trailer.  He was a little behind schedule, but according to Sam this was because the Rotary calendars slowed him down.  He returned to Maleny when his Dad got sick with COVID, to help out on the farm for a couple of weeks over the Easter break.  He was amazed at how much Maleny had changed in that time.  The new garage did not escape his attention.  Sam did acknowledge that Maleny is a wonderful town to come back to.  So far in his travels he has covered approximately 7,000kms in his beloved tractor, reaching a top speed of 39kph.  Patience is a necessity. His tractor is now fully repaired with a new turbo, and the trailer is almost ready to go again.  Things move slowly in the NT.  Apart from the Northern Territory, the initials NT also mean ‘not today, not tomorrow, and next truck’.  The question was asked……How’s the dog?  Apparently the dog has steak every night for dinner, and in fact when people enquire after Sam, it is usually in the order of – how’s the dog, the bird, the tractor, and how are you?  So far Sam has raised just over $100,000 for his 3 charities.  The Flying Doctors is his primary charity and he has raised over $50,000 for them.  Dolly’s Dream is another of Sam’s passions and he has raised over $40,000 for this very worthy cause.  Sam has a lot of gear……there is the tractor, which has a boat on the roof and a gyrocopter.  The tractor tows the trailer which has a small car and a motor bike, and a plane on the roof.  He goes out to stations and properties in the outback and in remote areas.  Once there he sets up his movie centre at the local Pub, and spends his time sitting down and talking with the farmers about issues of suicide and depression.  This is all about ‘Mental Health Awareness’.  Some chats are short, and some can last for anything up to 5 hours.  Sam is there to listen.  He also goes to schools and talks to the students about bullying, hence Dolly’s Dream.  The southern states and the Politicians still lie ahead for Sam.  At the end of Sam’s talk, our Guest speaker Jill, paid tribute to him.

This was followed by dinner and a very robust fine session.

MALENY SHOW:  Roly updated us on the Show rosters and the need for soup making.

ANZAC DAY:   Chris B advised that all the services would go ahead as normal.  The Dawn service at 4.28, followed by Witta Cemetery, then the Hospital, and lastly the main Service.  Our Maleny hospital is one of the two War Memorial Hospitals, the other being St. Andrew’s in Brisbane.

JOINT MEETING – USC:  This will be held at the Innovation Centre on the 11th May.  Four Scholarships will be awarded.  All recipients are female.  One of the Scholarships is in commemoration of the 100 year Rotary Centenary.  Maleny will be running the bar.  We have 8 members attending  -  Malcolm B, Chris B, Renee H, Paulette S, Greg W, Alan W, Rick V, and Jeff C.

DV WEEK:  Sherryl advised that the Candlelight Ceremony will take place at 5.00p.m. on 10th May in Tesch Park, and following this, food will be served at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre.

Chris B introduced our Guest speaker, Jill Lillingstone, who took us on a fascinating journey through history. Jilll’s grandparents, William and Jessie Lillingstone from London, selected land in North Maleny Road on the 30th June 1887. Her father, Bill, was born in 1900 in Maleny, leaving in 1928 to join the New Guinea Police.  In 1940, as an engineering draftsman on WW2 gun mountings, the Navy sent him to Melbourne. There he would meet the lady who was to become Jill’s mother.  Jill was born in 1943.  

The Lillingstones arrived in Maleny on 3rd October 1886, and in February 1907 William and Jessie took their younger children to Canada.  They returned in 1912.  Dr. Penny Edwards, who lives opposite the Lillingstone land, provided Jill with details and showed her the land that William and Jessie selected in 1887.  The exact spot of their home is still visible, matching her Dad’s old photos.  William Lillingstone was Oxford educated in teaching, book-keeping and articled.  He did the books for several Maleny businesses, was secretary of the Obi Obi Sawmill, and Schoolmaster for over 20 years.  

The first school in the Blackall Range is recorded as ‘Blackall Range State School’ in 1886, later becoming ‘Wootha State School’ which closed in 1914.  There is conflicting information about early schools, as they changed their name, or amalgamated, and also of course the outbreak of World War I in 1914 severely changed the scene.   In 1887 William Lillingstone selected land, and on part of this he built the Maleny Provisional school, which appears to have become the Witta State School in 1895.

Jill has been associated with Rotary from early childhood.  Her Mum’s Uncles were Tasmanian Rotarians from the late 1920’s.  Jill volunteered with Rotary at the Royal Melbourne Show, and continued assisting Rotary for many years.  Jill introduced her daughter to Rotaract in Melbourne.  She was also a leader for Rotary’s Youth Leadership Awards and worked tirelessly to establish the Monash Rotaract Club.  She was inducted as Charter President in 2010, resigning in 2011 to move to Queensland. She won ‘Near North Coast Showgirl’ 2013 representing Maleny, and in 2014 she won ‘Near North Coast’ Rural Ambassador.  Through country shows at this time Jill met Ivan Hankinson.  Their grandparents had adjoining selections in the 1880’s.  Jill has done an enormous amount of research and has gleaned information from far and wide.  It was very insightful and in-depth, and wonderful to hear the diary entries, where people told it how it was.

Fran gave a Vote of Thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

11th May  Joint Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarships Dinner

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

25th May  Possible Board Meeting

1st Jun   Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA    

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

SOME AMUSING ANAGRAMS

PREBYTARIAN            BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER            MOON STARER

DESPERATION            A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES                    THEY SEE

SLOT MACHINES        CASH LOST IN ME

AND PERHAPS MOST TOPICALLY:

ELECTION RESULTS        LIES - LETS RECOUNT

 

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 20th April 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.18

WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Jill Lillingstone on Early Maleny Selectors - Partners Night. 

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           20 Apr           4 May                   18 May
Duty Officer        Chris B         Renee H               Jim A
Assist DO           Fran T           Phillip S                Paulette S
Registration        John McL      Bernice McL         Alan W
Fellowship          Roly N          James McC           Michael G

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

14 May   0730 -1030 Rick V   Sherryl G   Des C

               1030 - 1330  Paulette S   Andy S   Greg W

11 Jun    0730 - 1030   Phillip S   Keith R   Peter McQ

               1030 - 1330   John & Bernice McL   James McC      

 PRESIDENT'S NOTES
I hope that all members and their families are enjoying a happy and safe Easter. Our meeting next Wednesday is a Business Meeting. For the first time in a very long time there is no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App at the Maleny Hotel. We can all look forward to some good hearted Rotary fellowship and a presentation by local historian Jill Lillingstone about the early Maleny selectors. It’s a Partners night, but also keep a lookout for and give a warm RC of Maleny welcome to visiting RC of Katoomba President David Arnott and his partner Ruth Achurch. Also our own young Maleny adventurer and fundraiser extraordinaire Sam Hughes, the Travelling Jackaroo, who is on a lightning visit back to Maleny.

 Our Rotary Calendar will be very busy over the next few weeks and right through May 2022. 

1. Our Australia Zoo Parking team are finishing their duties this morning. I want to pass on my sincere thanks for their volunteer work over the Easter School holidays. Australia Zoo has been very busy over the past few days and several of us have needed to rest our feet after busy sessions at the Zoo. 

2. Anzac Day 25 April. On behalf of our RC of Maleny, I will be presenting 4 vouchers of $50 each to our local schools – Maleny SHS, Maleny SS, the River School and Conondale SS at the main Maleny ceremony. I encourage as many members as possible to participate in and/or attend one or more of our local marches and ceremonial services. 

3. 10 May. Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm. Our Speak Up Now collaboration will be hosting this domestic and family violence and elder abuse event and all members and partners are encouraged to attend to listen to some great speakers.

4. 11 May. Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF). Our Club will be attending the RUSCCF Scholarship Presentations at the University of the Sunshine Coast from 6 pm to 9 pm. It’s a great opportunity to catch up with Rotarians from all over the Sunshine Coast and learn about the world leading research being undertaken by PHD students that University. My money is also on Alan W picking up another raffle prize.

5. 25 May. RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra. For Rotarians considering participating in one or more of the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny SHS year 10s and other local schools during July 2022. This project is one of our best and most impactful youth projects. 

6. 27 and  28May. Maleny Agricultural Show – RC Maleny Rotary Food Stall and gate duties /parking. Roly N and Chris B will have their rosters ready for Rotarian and partner volunteers. We need as many Club members and their partners as possible to participate in one of our main fund raising activities for the year. Roly N is confident that our magnificent steak burgers will be the talk of the Sunshine Coast again this year.

7. Rotary BowelScan Qld will also be manning a stand in the Education Building beneath the Main Pavilion during the Maleny Agricultural Show– much like that at the recent 9620 District Conference at Caloundra - so keep an eye out for it at the Show and for some local publicity about the program through social media, facebook, GC&MN, SVG and MDSRC News.

8. 3 June. River School are holding a respectful relationships and kite making workshop run by Speak Up Now. Sherryl G, Greg W and Val France will be involved along with teaching staff of the River School.

On behalf of all members, I wish Paulette a speedy recovery.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 6TH APRIL
President Greg opened the meeting with the usual formalities with Mike G giving the Loyal Toast and Renee the Rotary Grace.
Greg briefed us on the District Conference and thanked those members who attended.
Roly asked for volunteers to assist with parking at the Maleny Golf Club on 13th April 0700 – 0830.
Paulette briefed us on the 2022 Combined Rotary & University of Sunshine Coast meeting on 11th May; Chris B will organise the bar and nominated a team of ‘so called volunteers’.
Roly confirmed that the 2022 Maleny Show is ON and the Club will be running the usual Food Stall all day Friday and Saturday 27th & 28th May. Many volunteers will be required.
Jim confirmed that, as tradition demands, Maleny Rotary will man the main entry gate for the show on 27th from 0600 to late evening. Again many volunteers required.
Sherryl briefed us on activity with the Domestic Violence group and the availability of promotional cards.
Fran covered recent Maleny High School Interact activities.
Following the meal Sergeant Chris then entertained members with ridiculous fines. All were received with the usual good humour.

Keith, as the Duty Officer, introduced the guest speaker with a brief introductory bio. Dr Adrian McCallum is a Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at USC with great ‘hands on’ experience in remote area science and engineering.

It is not possible to adequately cover Adrian’s life experiences and qualifications in a few lines so if you are interested please go to www.arcus.org/researchers/43225/display.

Adrian explained that he had an early age ambition to be a polar explorer and at the Brisbane Expo 88 he met Tim MacCartney-Snape, the first Australian to summit on Mt Everest. Inspired, Adrian then wrote to Sir Ranulph Fiennes and asked how he could achieve his ambition. Refer http://www.ranulphfiennes.co.uk/
Adrian has the rare distinction of having served in the Australian Air Force, Army and Navy. He became a Navy meteorologist and climbed Mt Everest as part of a Navy team in 2001.  Three Australians died on Mt Everest at that time and this led to Adrian’s interest and expertise in oceanography and in particular  the behaviour of ice/snow in order to predict avalanches.
Adrian presented some fascinating photos and short videos of life on Antarctica and within the Artic Circle.
A wonderful 30+minute presentation to a rapt audience.

Jeff gave the vote of thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

4th May Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal Conondale SS

11th May Joint Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarships Dinner

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

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

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

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

A BAGPIPER'S LAMENT?

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the bush. As I was not familiar with that area, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.

I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played "Amazing Grace", the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.

Though my head was hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 5th May 2021

  "THE RANGE"  Vol. 63 No.20

WEDNESDAY 5TH MAY 2021

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker Neil Andison on Platypus Whisperer. 

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

DUTY ROSTER
                        5th May           19th May              2nd Jun  
Duty Officer      Michael G         Fran T                 Roly N 
Assist DO          Sherryl G          Jeff C                  Phillip S    
Registration      Laurelle O        Bernice McL         Paulette S
Fellowship        Malcolm B        Alan W                 Lionel T

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
15th May  0730 - 1030    Jim A       Fran T     ANO

                1030 - 1330    Lionel T    ANO      ANO

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
(a) Health Updates
I was able to catch up briefly with Judy RS this morning. She expressed her heartfelt thanks for the support from our club members. Many thanks to Jeff C and Chris B who delivered a small table to Erowal so Judy could put photos, cards and flowers on in Chris’s room; and for Jeff C for taking a couple of old garden chairs for her to the dump. Judy was also thankful for those members who have been able to call in to visit Chris and mentioned that Sherryl G had just been in to see him. Thankyou to all of our members for your continuing support for Chris RS and Judy RS.
And we have some good news from Rick V who has thanked all who have asked after Cilla's health. Cilla has now moved to a cardiac ward and is much improved. She is eating a little more and small assisted walks up/down corridor, but still tired. Visits limited to Rick only for some time yet. On behalf of all the club we wish Cilla a full and speedy recovery.
(b) For our next meeting at the Hotel on 5 May under Qld COVID-19 Regulations our mercurial Mike G has organised Maleny’s own Platypus Whisperer Neil Andison to be our guest speaker. We are all looking forward to hearing about Neil’s long term care of and connection with our local platypus. 
(c) Recent Club events and Community Service 
• 6 Apr and 7 Apr Carparking at Australia Zoo as per Roster from Ian Hope RC of Glasshouse. Many thanks to all of our members who helped out with parking at Australia Zoo. It has proved to be a solid source of revenue when so many of our usual other parking activities have been cancelled due to COVID 19.
• 21 Apr While absent in Victoria, I understand I missed a corker of an evening’s celebrations and many tall stories with Past President David Wilson at our meeting at the Maleny Hotel. 
• 24 Apr Hinterland Cluster 100 years of Rotary in Australia celebration breakfast at Beersheba Living Museum. A huge thank you to Bernice M and John M for organising the food and setting up the tables, Bernice M and Sherryl G for organising the kitchen and to John M and Roly N for working the BBQ, to Paulette S for her computer, to Games Director Ric V for leading us all astray at throwing cards, and to John Whan for leading our club representatives in the R100 Hinterland Cluster Baton relay in the 1919 Essex Speedster on the Ziza Field and to all Cluster Rotarians and guests who joined us to celebrate this extraordinary Rotary milestone.

A full suite of photos is shown on the Club's Facebook page.

• 25 Apr Anzac Day in Maleny.  A mega thank you to Chris B and all his team at the Maleny RSL for organising and running a series of fantastic and very well attended Anzac Day Remembrance ceremonies throughout Maleny and Witta. There should be no doubt that the Anzac Spirit is alive and well in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and that our community does not forget the sacrifices made by so many in the Great War and all the others that have followed for us. Lest we forget.
• I hope Club members are continuing to follow our local young Wootha adventurer Sam Hughes, the Travelling Jackeroo, on his travels and experiences on our facebook page and look forward to an update from Ric T at our next meeting.
• Another huge thank you to Rick V for his continued on-going work with the Maleny Show Society sorting out their COVID 19 compliance requirements. The Show is a goer.
d) Upcoming Events
• 6 May Rotary RYDA Caloundra Volunteers 
Sherry G, Jeff C, Paulette S and myself will be assisting as Student group Leaders for our loca
l Maleny SHS which has come on board the Rotary RYDA program.
• 12 May R&USCCF meeting at USC.
Its still not too late to make your booking for the Annual Joint meeting of Sunshine Coast Rotary Clubs at USC  Innovation Centre in support of the Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund. I have attached an invitation with the booking link. I hope we have a strong turn up by our club. Cost is $30.
• 14 – 16 May RYPEN Camp at Coolum 
Nathaniel Audley who is in year 10 at Maleny SHS and has been in the Interact club since year 8 is our attendee.  
• 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. Expect a quiet word or a shoulder tap over the next few weeks.
• 26 Jun  Maleny Rotary Changeover at a local venue to be decided.
• 17 Jul Winter Blues Concert – subject to successful grant applic to SCC.
• 1 Aug Kenny Cluster Joint meeting with new 9620 DG Wendy at Australia Zoo.
• 28 Aug 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 21ST APRIL
With President Greg being interstate, this special meeting was opened by PP Sherryl.  She began by welcoming members and guests.  These included Charter Member and PP David Wilson with his wife Danni, three Honorary  members and six Partners - a great turnout of 35 in all. She asked Jack Wilcox to talk about the paper which he had circulated for the meeting with excerpts from his book "Rotary in Maleny". This showed that there were more references to David Wilson than any other member by a factor of 50%. 
There was were business matters to cover:

Rick V reflected on the changes over the 100 years of Rotary. He announced that the Board was proposing that the possible inclusion of an Acknowledgement of Country before each meeting should be discussed.

Bernice asked for volunteers for the Show Stall with cooking to start at 0800h.

Jim asked for volunteers for the gate at the Show on Friday.  Apparently admission is to be by prepaid ticket.

Chris B thanked those who had volunteered as marshals for the Anzac Day Parade.  He also sought volunteers for the bar at the Rotary and USC Scholarship Night.

A ShelterBox is to be erected beside Peace of Green on 2 May.

If all goes well, it should look like this effort in 2014!

The highlight of the evening was a talk by David Wilson on what may be his final trip to Maleny.  He listed the original Charter Members and noted the presence at our meeting of David Burnett and Chris Brooker who are sons of Charter Members. He then went through each member's category and noted how many of those occupations had ceased to exist in the town today.  He had some fun describing how the dairy farmers were squeezed into the rules of that time.

David then reverted to his popular role of producing humour and had the room in happy fits of laughter.  Sadly this special evening had to come to an end.  Keith R gave the vote of thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS  AND EVENTS
2nd May ShelterBox on display beside Peace of Green 

12th May Rotary Scholarship Dinner at USC

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

26th May Board Meeting

28th and 29th May Maleny Show

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

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

THE DERIVATION OF SOME OLD ENGLISH SAYINGS

DID YOU KNOW ???

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery - if you had to do this to survive, you were "Piss Poor".

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot - they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500's:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell , brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

The country is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring?