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District Conference Early Bird Registration |
Boxed Gift Pens Available Now $15.00 each. District Conference Early Bird Registration It has recently been discovered that the Online Registration Form could not be submitted and any attempts at registering on line prior to 19 December would have been unsuccessful. If you have attempted to register online prior to this date you will need to register again. The Early Bird Registration Date has therefore been extended to 31 January 2003. You can now register on line at rotary.tnq.biz by completing the Registration Form and clicking on the Send Registration button, or complete the Registration Form on District Directory page 104. Remember that for every 10 tickets sold prior to 31 January 2003 your Club will receive one free Registration. Col has sold the car park!! Congratulations Col but we need ideas for the show. Members please bring them to the meeting. Our meeting fees will increase to $25 from February. Still great value of course. Congratulations to us all - the 2002 Relay for Life won the Community Event of the Year at the Australia Day Awards in Cairns. I went to Yorkeys for Australia Day breakfast this morning with my family and ventured over to the Relay for Life stall which was there and was told. Bryanne Prizeman - the lady in Mark Bousen's job was on her way to the official function at the Council to accept the award. It is a pity that the 2002 committee weren't told - it would have been nice to have us all there to hear it win - but I guess that is in a perfect world. I guess I would have read about it in tomorrows Cairns Post had I not ventured out in the rain for a sausage on a roll! Well done to us all - once again we can stand proud. Sandy From Rotary Down Under, December2002/January 2003 Awareness for Cairns-Mulgrave: Still on Rotary Awareness Week, the Rotary Club of Cairns-Mulgrave, Qld., showed considerable initiative in planning a newspaper feature in the Cairns Post. The feature carried the usual articles on the club's local achievements, along with Rotary International's worldwide programs and strong support from advertisers. However the real impact came with individual photographs of the club's members and two exchange students. Beneath each photograph, there was the name, classification and a telephone number. A bold headline across the center of the page urged people who may want to know more about Rotary to contact any of the people pictured. Thirty-five people were recognised for outstanding contributions to their communities in District 9690's annual Recognition of Youth at Panthers World of Entertainment in Penrith, N.S.W. More than 200 people attended the presentation to continue a 24-year proud tradition in the western Sydney Rotary District. The young people inspired everyone present with their global understanding and dedication to their communities. Citations were read on the achievements of all the young people as they were presented with a certificate of recognition. Some awardees entertained the audience displaying exceptional talent. Six members of the Rotary Club of Rockingham, W.A., spent three days in October walking 137 kms from Rockingham to York to raise funds for Camp Quality. With support from club members and their wives, they walked through near 30degree heat as well as hail, rain, thunderstorms and clearing showers. However, after three days and much fun, the team achieved their goal by raising $A10,000 through individual sponsorship and rattling donation tins through towns, shops and hotels en route. The Rotary Club of York W.A. treated the walkers and support crew to a well earned barbecue. Support for St John Ambulance: Rotary clubs about Perth, W.A., have given sustained support to the St John Ambulance Service. During five years, six clubs have donated nine defibrillators to the service, Thornlie leading the way with four. The Rotary clubs of Applecross, Attandale, Booragoon and Fremantle have donated one each and the Rotary clubs of Rockingham and Rockingham Districts combined resources to raise more than $A3,000 for another defibrillator. Proof of the need for defibrillators came only recently when a newspaper report revealed that a man's life had been saved by access to a defibrillator in an ambulance that came to his assistance. Rotary continues to assist the Ambulance Service in many other ways, with a number of St John cadets and young adult members invited to take part in Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camps. Immediate Past R.I. Director Ken Collins has been commissioner for the St John Ambulance Service for five years. He explained that Rotary and St John Ambulance had much in common, members giving many hours of voluntary community service. A resounding report has surface following the article in rotary Down Under about the dung beetles project by the Rotary Club of Taree North. (July 2002, The Rotary World). Firstly, the Rotary Club of Taree North has won the Planet Earth award two years in succession and secondly our dung beetle project combats more than flies with significant benefits environmentally. Taree North Rotarians have released 13 species of dung beetles in the Manning Valley Catchment with about one-quarter of the catchment seeded. It has been found that the project has helped to reduce soil erosion, the breeding of flies and water pollution. Blue green algae have been deprived of nutrients and parasitic worm infestations and the incidence of pink eye in livestock greatly reduced. This means a reduction in use of chemicals and eliminating of remedial work. The greater earthworm population increases the absorption of moisture to the soil and at the same time breaks down nutrient concentration. The general health of residents and stock must be improved from the above facts. Clive Woolcott. Beetle Co-ordinator Rotary Club of Taree North. N.S.W. A reporter was doing a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. She noted that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked several yards behind their wives. The reporter approached one of the women and said, "This is marvelous. Can you tell the free world just what enabled women here to achieve this reversal of roles?" "Land mines," said the Kuwaiti woman. You make over $1000,000 per year and still can't afford a house. You never bother looking at the train timetable because you know the drivers have never seen it. You order organic fruit and veggies online, but eat out every night anyway. You spend $400+ per week for your room in an apartment with stunning harbour/beach views and European Appliances; and then spend a total of 40 hours each week there (of which 37 are spent sleeping). You spend 30 minutes in a traffic jam next to a car with more power to its speakers than its wheels. You know everyone's e-mail and mobile number but not their last name or home address. You can roll sushi, make pasta and keep your red curry paste recipe under lock and key… but couldn't roast a chicken to save your life. Your co-worker tells you he/she has 8 body piercings but none are visible. You can't remember… is dope illegal? You've been to more than one baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor. A rally great parking space can move you to tears. Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay and your Avon Lady is a drag queen. . |