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PRESIDENTS
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Last
Week
Ron gave a report on our “Rotary Blitz”
on the Sunday before. “ A very successful and rewarding Rotary Project”
Ted presented his 65 to 135 million
year old Dinosaur egg!
Sandy spoke about the upcoming Tennis
and Tequila night and about our Anzac Day Barbecue
Our Guest was Elizabeth from the Cairns
Regional Gallery
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Rotary 4-Way Test
1.
Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Our
Paul Harris Fellows
Rotarians
Sandy Astill, Max Bryant, Graham Cossins,
David Court, Jeff Crofts, Rupert Crossland, Herman Ehrlich, Bob
Fowler, Col Koppen, Bernie Mullins, Jim Watson, Denise Mitchell,
David Kirchner,
Honorary
Members
Ted Elliot OAM, Brian Fowler, Beres
McKeown, Bernie Mullins, Les Trevenan
Past Club
Members
Geoff Canton
Non
Rotarians
Christine FairbrotherMargaret Jarvis
Geoff GuestLou Piccone Lionel Williamson
Hello
from Belgium!!!
Thank you so much for your email...
I am having the time of my life here in Belgium, thankyou very much!!!
I am presently living in the small
village of Falmange which is just a short drive from the city of
Dinant, which is about the size of Innisfail, maybe a bit bigger...
Dinant is in fact the home town of Adolf Sax the man who invented
the saxophone, just a bit of trivia for you... and then Dinant is
situated in the province of Namur, which is then in Belgium... now
you know exactly where I am...
School life is great, there is three
other exchange students, two Mexicans, Victor and Gibran, and a
New Yorker, Kimberly... at my school. I am attending Belle Vue college
in Dinant, my French is coming along but not as fast as I would
like it to, my French teacher says that for the time that I have
been here I can speak a lot of French... but it is still frustrating
when I don’t know a word or phrase in French...
I have been offered a brilliant opportunity
by my Rotary club, they have lined up lessons for me at the Brusselles
conservatoire... they are going great, my trumpet teacher, Hervé
Nočl, say I only have to fix two elements in my trumpet playing
and then I will like be the best in the world... hahaha...that’s
a bit exaggerated, but yeah it still sounds hopeful...
My Rotary is really cool they take
me to all kinds of places, last month my host family along with
other Rotarians went on a holiday to Ireland with me, it was sooooo
cool! We saw the titanic bar at Cohb the town where the Titanic
last docked, its pretty freeky... but still cool... as well we saw
many other sites in Ireland like a whiskey distillery and the western
most point of Europe...
Well thankyou for this fantastic opportunity,
and I will look forward to further future contact....
Merci beaucoup!
Christopher Graham - abroad in Belgium
From
the First Ten Club Bulletins
I have picked out some interesting
items from the beginning starting with the origin of the bulletin’s
name.
The first issue had no formal name
but was headed as “Number One of a Long Series” which shows how
prescient the editor was. The same editor invited the members to
submit suggestions for a snappy name for the Bulletin and offered
a prize for the winning entry. In the end no one won the prize which
guaranteed the winner would not be appointed editor for the next
year.
Bulletin Number three had the editor
discouraged by the lack of response for a name and decided the next
week’s publication would be called “The Dead Issue” and when this
proved very unpopular, the desperate editor tried nursery rhymes
and came up with “Friday’s Child” (is loving and giving which Rotary
is all about).
 However
Chris Lord, who had a deprived childhood couldn’t see the subtlety
of that choice, vetoed it and David Court kindly covered an awkward
silence by suggesting “Cairns Clarion” and Jim Watson modified this
to include an Anglo-Saxon biological term not usually aired in public.
(At least not in 1983 [Ed])
Bulletin Number 6 was titled “The
Lead Balloon” and Number 7 was “The Vocal Minority” after the silent
majority continued to exercise its right to ignore the issue.
Finally, in number 8 the inspiration
gelled and here it is quoted in full:-
Random Rotary Ravings
I was lying in bed idly thinking of
some possible acronyms that might make suitable titles for our weekly
bulletin and came up with some horrible combinations based on the
Cairns-Mulgrave theme. “CAMUL” – the last straw? “CAIRNSGRAVE” –
sounds pretty dead “CAMROT” – A disease in rotary engines “CAMBULL”
– Scots con man “THE CAM” – converts rotary movement into straight-forward
action I like it ! I suppose to be strictly accurate it should be”THE
ECCENTRIC CAM”, but that could be misconstrued.
The First Social Function President
Graham held a barbeque on Saturday November 5th 1983 at his house
and invited everyone to bring (1) Wife (2) Grog (3) Steak (4) Chair,
with the theme, “Let’s get to know each other better”.
Ted Elliott volunteered to chef (Mylanta
supplied by the host) and entertainment was in the form of couples
competing in childish games supplied by the president’s four-year-old
grandchild. And how they competed!
The next bulletin noted:-
Barbeque Reflections It was
good to see how quickly strangers joined together into a friendly
compatible group without too much coaxing. I believe a number of
permanent new friendships were formed that night. Thanks to all
those members who assisted and particularly to Nikki Bogart, 4 years,
whose loaned party games sometimes had the adults guessing. We must
do it all again some time with all the members. (The last sentence
could have been written last week, Ed)
Job Talks
These were started weekly to quickly
allow everyone a chance to introduce themselves and were scheduled
for five minutes only, but this timing was shot by the first speaker,
Ted Elliott, whose loquacious style was then an unknown factor.
Next came Bob Fowler whose topic “Retirement
Planning” was a little inappropriate for a Club only three weeks
old.
Number three talk was “Peter Sexton
Plays it Cool” and number four was, “Peter Sexton Tries Again” and
number five was, “For the Third and Last Time - - Peter Sexton!”
then number six was entitled “Peter Sexton (last chance) and Barry
Keane Try to Out-do Each Other”
The last job talk before the Christmas
break was Chris Lord’s demonstration on how to burn your house down
and still collect the insurance.
Incidentally, the Guest Speaker that
day was Archdeacon George Tung Yep who delivered a Christmas Message.
(When did we have the last one? Ed)
Weekly Meal Costs It was noted
in Bulletin number 2 :- We have been paying $5.50 which is the hotel
charge for the meal.
Now we are starting to have guest speakers,
we need a little bit more to cover the cost of their meal too and
I suggest the weekly collection be increased to $6.00 to cover these
costs.
From Graham Cossins
Notes
Monday March 15, 2004 A
Darwin man caught driving without a licence told police he was urgently
delivering condoms to his cousin. Fined $100, he was described by
a magistrate as "better than the Good Samaritan".
Friday March 12, 2004 A man
who stole a till containing more than $3000 from a shop assistant
in Germany returned it an hour later, saying his wife nagged him
to take it back. Police are still looking for him.
Friday March 12, 2004 Unwanted
pet fish will be put up for adoption in Singapore in an attempt
to spare them from being flushed down the toilet. Unloved fish can
be offered to new owners at a four-day fish show next week.
Thursday March 11, 2004 A woman
in Georgia tried to buy $US1675 in goods from a Wal-Mart with a
$US1million bill. Alice Pike, who asked for change, was arrested.
Police found two more "million-dollar bills" on her.
Wednesday March 10, 2004 A Welsh
firm has come up with a way to get men to do the ironing. It is
marketing ironing board covers featuring a picture of British model
Jordan in a bikini. The bikini disappears as the cover heats up.
The universe is fair and just. We get back from life only what we
put into it.
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