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APOLOGIES & GUESTS
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Thought for the week
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity - Albert Einstein
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.
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President Bev's Message.
Welcome to the new Rotary year of 2019-20.
I am looking forward to being your President for the year and working alongside you as we all work together for another successful Rotary year.
On Sunday some of the boarders from Waihi School gave us a helping hand loading the storage container with bags of firewood. They zoomed around with the sack barrows whilst we Rotarians loaded them up and the job was done in no time at all. Tony had some morning tea for them which was really appreciated. Doing some community service is a component of the Waihi School Curriculum. Thank you, Jess, for making that connection.
Sergeant Gilly got the ball rolling with her Ode to the Rotary Club of Timaru 2019-20. A fine effort.
Paul and Bruce followed that up by engaging Rob Dunn from ARA who spoke about the Predator Control Programme he has set up for the Otipua Wetlands. Rob spotted a stoat whilst using the tracks one day and the same happened in the following 2 weeks. Along with his students, TBHS pupils and the Timaru District Council enough data was collected to allow them to set up this programme in March 2019. It was vitally important for this to be in place before the bird nesting this spring. Most of the pests are rats and mice and were very pleased to catch a stoat. Their traps are purchased from DOC and the team have realized that they need to vary the baits to keep up the momentum.
During their work down here, this team of enthusiasts have also noted that the signs need to be updated or replaced, picnic facilities installed in the scenic spots to encourage the users/visitors to linger. They hope to set up a website so that the public can feed in what they have observed whilst visiting.
I will be using the Wetlands more often now, thanks to the care and enthusiasm of this team of people to make this area even more significant for the Timaru community.
Otipua means O - place of, tipua - goblin!
Next week we will be hearing from Judith Johnson JP and her 40 years plus with this organisation.
Stay warm, enjoy your week.
Bev.
This Week's Meeting
Tuesday 9th July
Judith Johnson (Justice of the Peace).
Speaking on '40 Plus years as a JP'.
Followed by a Director's meeting - for the 'Board of the Rotary Club of Timaru'.
(Director's meeting - for the 'Board of the Rotary Club of Timaru Charitable Trust' will be held 23rd July).
Next Meeting
Tuesday 16th July
Rene Vanden Bosch (Clinical Director General Surgery).
Speaking on 'Bowel Cancer'.
Upcoming Club Service Meeting & Club Service Night.
There will be a 'Club Service' meeting on 6 August following our Club meeting.
This is for the Committee Chairs, the Directors and Programme Directors
A 'Club Night' will be 13 August with an open forum. There is no guest speaker.
Project Starfish Fundraising.
QUIZ NIGHTS
Thursday 25th July and Thursday 29th August at The Bay Hill Brewery Bar (Old Monteiths Restaurant).
$40 per team, 4 players max. 7 pm Start.
There will be lots of raffle prizes to be won and also auctions - so bring your notes and coins!😊
Please let me know if you need a table booked for your team (preferred) or just show up on the night.
FOOD WRAPS
Anyone who missed out on ordering the food wraps, we will be placing another order in the coming weeks so it's not too late to make an order. We are selling cling film, tin foil and baking paper.
CHEESE ROLLS
We are taking orders for Cheese Rolls this month. We will be making them on the 11th August, pickup from Ponderosa function room at Bullock Bar and Restaurant (entry is downstairs in the carpark)
$6 for 1 Doz or $15 for 3 Doz white bread only.
SCRATCHIE RAFFLE
Win $50 worth of scratchie cards. $2 per number. We have had a very good response but we have a few unsold.
If you would like any orders please let me know, 021 886 812, at work 688 4805 or hewitson_jessica@hotmail.com. OR check out our facebook page: Jess &Keryn's Humanitarian Mission to Cambodia & Thailand.
THANKS! Jess 😊
St Josephs Pleasant Point School Dictionaries.
The following email was received by Peter after the delivery of the dictionaries recently:-
Hi Peter and Margaret
Lovely to see you today.
Thank you so much for the dictionaries for the children.
We very much appreciate Rotary's work with this project.
Cheers/Thanks
Kind regards
Claire McCarthy
Office Administrator
St Joseph's School, Pleasant Point
29 Afghan Street
Pleasant Point 7903
(03) 614 7202
Firewood Project on the Move.
Last Sunday morning Tony, Jim, John, Bruce Borrell, Paul, Stephen, Basil, Russell Finlay, Jess, Kirsten, Bev., Bruce Fraser & Dave Darling along with 19 pupils & 1 teacher from Waihi school finished loading a 40 foot container with 700 bags of firewood in preparation to move it to Robert Odey's yard on the port.
There are still about 200 bags that we couldn't fit in the container (& will be moved separately).
Why not join us Tuesday or Thursday mornings 9.30am at stadium car Park Morgan's Rd.
Rotary Working In The Community on Radio.
Ron Mackintosh from the Rotary Club of Dunedin has organised a series of radio programmes about Rotary working in the community.
These can be listened to on Otago Access Radio 105.4 FM on Wednesday’s at 5.30pm or by Podcast at oar.org.nz
Hot Dog Van roster - can you help?
We're are short of helpers at the rugby Saturday 13th & 20th July. If you can help please click HERE and enter your name on the "Hot Dog Van Duty Roster" (if you have a problem doing this contact Jenny Ensor).
A Riddle To Solve.
The answer to the last riddle:-
He wanted to see the waterfall.
The word "what" is spelt with four letters (w, h, a, and t). The word "sometimes" is spelled with 9 letters (s,o,m,e,t,i,m,e, and s) etc.
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We're are short of helpers at the rugby Saturday 13th & 20th July. If you can help please click 