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Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club
Boxed Gift Pens
Available Now
$15.00 each.
Please see Secretary Mike if you would like one
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
No message this
week.
CHANGEOVER 2003
$65 per person Saturday July 5th
6.30
Champagne and nibbles on the platform at Cairns Central Station
6.45 Board the train for the Freshwater Connection with the Barrier
Reef Jazz Band
7.00 Arrive Freshwater Connection. Enjoy a beautiful 3-course dinner,
dancing and formalities
10.30 Board the train for Cairns Central Station Dance to the Barrier
Reef Jazz Band back to your car It's elegant, fun and different
Theme for the evening
CHICAGO
Please add you name and number of people who will be attending to
the next page
Please note all money has to be paid by Friday 27th June - as it
will be too difficult to collect the money on the platform of the
train!!
Our Coming Convention
What an exciting time for Rotary clubs and Rotarians
down under…
At the end of May, the 94th annual Convention of
Rotary International will be held in Brisbane, Qld., and we will
have the opportunity to host Rotary friends from all over the world.
At the time of writing, reports indicated that more than 17,000
had registered for Rotary's most important annual event and there
is little doubt that, come June 1, the final figure will be at least
19, 000 to 20,000 Rotarians, partners and friends.
Congratulations to the Convention Chairman, Past
R.I. Director John Carrick, and all of those wonderful men and women
who have worked so hard to make this a memorable R.I. Convention.
Special praise to those magnificent Queenslanders on the Host Committee,
brilliantly led by John Puttick and John Blake.
World events in recent times have not made their
tasks any easier, but their excellence in organisation has guaranteed
success of the Convention and that is the only reward they seek.
And let's not forget the R.I. staff who work so quietly and efficiently
behind the scenes, year after year, to make these major events happen.
Fittingly, the efforts of all these wonderful people
will ensure that the 2003 Convention will be a suitable tribute
to one or the greatest Rotary leaders of all time - Bhichai Rattakul!
As a Rotarian who has been privileged to take part
in many R.I. Conventions in the past two decades, I will make one
special prediction …… those who make the effort to attend the Brisbane
staging will have been to one of the all time great R.I. Conventions
and that the Brisbane Convention Centre and South Bank venue will
be acclaimed as perhaps THE best R.I. Convention venue of all time!
So the message to ALL Rotarians down under - New
Zealanders, Pacific Islanders and Australian - who have not planned
to attend is that IT'S NOT TOO LATE. You will never have a better
chance to taste the real internationality of Rotary - and there
many not be another R.I. Convention in Australia for 20 years. DO
IT TODAY …. REGISTER NOW.
Bob Aitken. Magazine Editor.
Rotary Down Under
Friends in Rotary
In my opinion, the major input Rotary has made
to the world has been its stand on ethics in the business life of
communities.
I recall not so long ago when, if a Rotarian was
pointed out, then all would know that here was a person who stood
for the highest levels of integrity in business, family and service
in the community. We need to continue that interface with business
as it fits with each community.
Many places will have to change - Paul Harris made
just such an observation. We may need to identify high profile Rotarians
and nudge them into representing our organisation a little more
when being interviewed on television or in the boardroom, for instance.
The simple practice of wearing our Rotary pin with pride at all
times does make sense.
The lack of ethics in business does impact dramatically
on each community. The lessons are legion from the past few years.
This is apparent in government, big business and small.
Our 4 Way Test is meant entirely to be a personal
measure, not one we hold against another's performance, but if we
all give it a try we all benefit. I feel that the positive progress
of the Corporate Alliance Program in both New Zealand and Australia
is a sound way of interacting with businesses across both countries,
and all other countries in our Zones, showing that we still believe
in straight dealing, honest negotiations and service within our
workplace as well as our home and community.
The R.I. Convention in Brisbane will be truly wonderful
for all of us. Please say "hello" as you go by.
John Thorne Rotary Club of North Hobart, Tas.
Rotary International Director 2002-2004
Did you know ...?
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you
would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months,
enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now
that's more like it!)
The human heart creates enough pressure when it
pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!)
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (In my next life,
I want to be a pig.)
A cockroach will live nine days without its head
before it starves to death. (Creepy.) (I'm still not over the pig.)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories
an hour. (Do not try this at home ...... maybe at work.)
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its
head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping
the male's head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the ....?!")
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's
like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes
... lucky pig ... can you imagine??)
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could
be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want
to be a pig in my next life ... quality over quantity)
Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I
always wanted to know.)
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm ........)
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years
longer than left-handed people. (If you're ambidextrous, do you
split the difference?)
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(OK, so that would be a good thing....)
A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder
who was paid to figure that out?)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know
some people like that.)
Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like
that too.)
Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll
live a lot longer.)
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have
sex for pleasure. (What about that pig??)
Rotary at a Glance
Down Under there are 1, 198 clubs and 36, 333
Rotarians in Australia and Papua New Guinea and 254 clubs and 10,
211 Rotarians in New Zealand and the Pacific nations.
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