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Tuesday September 1st 2020
 
Speakers
Sep 01, 2020
Steve Wills
Life after a stroke
Sep 08, 2020
Dave Jack
Genealogical Research and benefit of DNA
Sep 15, 2020
Jessica Hewitson
Club night
Sep 22, 2020
Jessica Hewitson
Altrusa Quiz night
Sep 29, 2020
Kieran Parsons
Police Armed Offenders Squad
Oct 20, 2020
DG Dylan Murray
DG's visit to Club
Oct 27, 2020
Gilly Oppenheim & Lionel Wilson
Polio Plus presentation.
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Upcoming Events
Board Meeting
Sep 08, 2020
 
Charitable Trust Meeting
Sep 22, 2020
 
Board Meeting
Oct 13, 2020
 
Charitable Trust Meeting
Oct 27, 2020
 
View entire list
DUTIES ROSTER
 
If you're unable to do your duty please arrange a replacement.
On duty? Click HERE for a list of your tasks. To see the full duties roster, click HERE
 
The Club's Helping Hands project aims to

help overcome disadvantage,
help people who face challenges,
provide community facilities and
support worthy organisations.
 
Click HERE for more information,
and to download a form for proposing a project.
APOLOGIES & GUESTS
 
Remember to let us know if you're
going to miss a meeting,
or if you're bringing a guest.
(Click the button below)
Executive Email Addresses.
 
 
Also, the club uses the email address timaru.rotary@gmail.com for the public to contact us with enquiries.
Thought for the week
 
 Don’t count the days, make the days count. - Muhammad Ali.
 
THANK YOU KING STREET MOTORS
 
Thanks to King Street Motors for carrying out a Warrant of Fitness inspection of the Hot Dog Caravan at no cost to the Club, and then carrying out some maintenance work, again at no cost to the Club.  What great support of our efforts for the community.
 
 
Members might like to return the favour by supporting King Street Motors; you'll find them at 143 King Street.
Thank You 
Major sponsor of the
Rotary Club of Timaru
Hot Dog Caravan
raising funds to support our community.
Birthdays & Anniversaries this month
Member Birthdays
Bev Slooten
August 9
 
Anne Carnie
August 10
 
Andrea Lord
August 22
 
Malcolm McDonald
August 27
 
Jenny Ensor
September 20
 
Roy Evans
September 22
 
Robyn Baldwin
September 30
 
Anniversaries
John Barton
Adrienne Barton
August 23
 
Lionel Wilson
Lynette Wilson
September 9
 
Greg Sugrue
Melissa Sugrue
September 14
 
Join Date
Robin Peterson
August 5, 2014
6 years
 
Robyn Baldwin
August 10, 1999
21 years
 
Greg Sugrue
September 14, 2010
10 years
 
Lionel Wilson
September 15, 1992
28 years
 
Bulletin Editor
Stephen Don
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)
President Jess's Message.
 
 
Bonjour à tous  (French for hello everyone)
 
We had our Mayor Nigel Bowen talk to us this week. He gave us some insight into the processes the Council is going through at the moment with strategic planning, some of the challenges they are facing over the coming years and some of the projects they looking at. I learnt some new things and I was relieved to hear I will have a final resting place and it won’t be eroded away before I get there! Haha!
 
Don’t forget to let me know your “Worst Jobs”  and also a “Fun Fact” or something the club wouldn’t know about you. You can email me, or let me know at Rotary, or give me a call, or text.
 
We had some great news that our District Grant Applications have been approved 😊
  • First was our Teacher in Nepal through Classroom in the Clouds (have a look at their page on Facebook) TGHS is also contributing $1000 towards this project.  
  • The second project was Dictionaries in Schools with Timaru North, Waimate, Temuka-Geraldine Clubs.
  • Finally our own Julie Dockrill’s Maternal Health Project over in Nepal, a joint application with Waimate.
 
Thought of the week is from the Dalai Lama, “Happiness is not something readymade.  It comes from your own actions.“
 
Have a great weekend 😊
Jess
This Week's Meeting
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Steve Wills - talking on 'Life After A Stroke'.
 
 
Members are reminded to put in an apology for the meeting by noon on Monday (otherwise they are liable to be charged) - click on the following link to apologise:-
 
Next Meeting
Tuesday 8th September 2020
Dave Jack - talking on 'Genealogical Research and benefit of DNA'.
 
 
Followed by a Directors Meeting for the Board at Lynette & Lionel's home (166B North  St).
 
Members are reminded to put in an apology for the meeting by noon on Monday (otherwise they are liable to be charged) - click on the following link to apologise:-
Host Duties.
 
When doing Host Duties (i.e. Duty Roster), please remember that you set tables, raffles etc up for the night.
Then at the end of the meeting you need to pack up again and return table numbers etc. into the box and put away.
The large sign outside door must also be packed away (this part isn't always been done). 
It then falls to those leaving last.
RAFFLE PRIZES
 
For this Rotary year, President Jess would like members to take turns at providing the raffle prize (no alcohol please), either by buying a prize to the value of $10 to $15 (keep the receipt and ask Treasurer Jenny for reimbursement using the claims form click here...) or maybe you have a suitable prize you'd like to donate.
 
To make it simple to keep track of whose turn it is, the person on Host Duty 2 will be asked to provide the raffle prize for the week.
 
When it's your turn to provide the prize:
  • Please put the prize on the Host table no later than 5:30 pm.
  • Make sure there's a raffle sheet (from the host bin) and a pen on the table.
  • If you are unable to attend Rotary, and you are unable to find someone to swap, please contact Robyn Baldwin so she can arrange cover for the night.
Kindling Chopping Sat 5th September.
 
You are invited to come to a kindling woodworking bee on Saturday 5th September, starting at 9 am and finish at 12 noon.  The location is a shed (the sign above the sliding door is 'STORE 2) on LHS of Hayes St (when coming from wharf end).
We have boxes of wood to cut into kindling. We need people with tomahawks and some people to stack boxes with the cut kindling.
Regards
Tony Henderson
 
Africa Declared Free Of Wild Polio Virus By WHO.
 
Africa has recently been declared free of the Wild Polio Virus by WHO.
What an incredible success. Thanks to all governments, partners, helpers and Rotarians who have worked tirelessly to achieve this - Read More...
 
'LEXOPHILE' - A Play On Words.
 
Examples:-

They tried to upgrade the software, but it was just window(s) dressing.

The baker threw the shortening across the kitchen to her sous chef because they wanted to watch the butter fly.

When the horse showed up in my bedroom at 2 a.m. it was a night mare.

When the east coast doctor suggested hot bath soaks for her sore rib muscles, he was recommending the intercostal water way.

The guy who tested deodorants for a living worked in the olfactory.
Hot Dog Caravan Upcoming Events
 
Because of the concerns pertaining to the 'Corona Virus' all operations are suspended until we return to 'Level 1'.
 
Editors Humour.
 

Italian MaMa

Mrs. Ravioli came to visit her son Anthony for dinner. He lives with a female roommate, Maria.

During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate was.

Over the course of the evening, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Maria and I are just roommates.''

About a week later, Maria came to Anthony saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl.

You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."

Dear MaMa, I'm not saying that you "did" take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not saying that you "did not" take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.

Your Loving Son, Anthony.

Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his MaMa which read:

Dear son, I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Maria, and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with her.

But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now.

Your Loving MaMa

Moral: Never Bullshita your Mama
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