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APOLOGIES & GUESTS
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Thought for the week
A life making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
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.
Greetings,
Geoff Cloake delivered an excellent presentation on New Zealand titled, "At the End of the Road".
It was a New Zealand at the time of his developing interest in photography. He had photographs of clusters of cribs/baches with their mismatched window frames and peeling paint, churches in the middle of nowhere, rarely holding a service. With his acute observation skills, the landscape scenes were outstanding.
He explained that the combination of images makes photographs interesting, e.g. the clouds, the light, the silvered tree stump, the gently curving road climbing up into the hills ahead of you.
We were also shown some beautiful shots of our native flora and fauna, and beach scenes with various concretions.
I'm, looking forward to Damien Bromwich from Geraldine speaking on another local feature- the long-tailed bat.
Enjoy your weekend.
Bev.
This Week's Meeting
Tuesday 6th August
Damien Bromwich (Department of Conservation, Geraldine).
Speaking on 'Ecology - Long Tail Bats'.
After the tea meeting, there will be a 'Club Service' meeting.
Next Meeting
Tuesday 13th August
No Guest Speaker.
'Club Night' with an 'open forum'
ROMAC and Interplast are two charities Rotary associates with to provide life-changing medical aid to children from the Pacific region.
The Club's Charitable Trust has made donations of $5,000 to each of these charities in the name of Bill McKay, a former Club member whose major bequest to the Club is held in the Charitable Trust.
ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children)
All surgical and medical staff working in the programme are voluntary - donations fund air fares, visas, and other external costs of the programme.
Interplast sends teams of volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training in 17 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Our District Governor Tania Lowery has sent a video message and asked for it to be played to all members.
Tania's message is 20 minutes long and will be played at our club meetings in segments over three meeting nights as time allows.
For those who missed the first and may miss future segments please click here... to access the entire video.
Membership.
At the 'Membership & Social Committee' meeting it was highlighted that (in an attempt to introduce potential members to Rotary) all members should be looking at upcoming speakers to see if any of them would be of interest to someone they know (and if so) invite them along to hear that speaker.
Upcoming Club Service Meeting & Club Service Night.
There will be a 'Club Service' meeting this week 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 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 😊
Hot Dog Van roster - can you help?
We're are short of helpers at the rugby Saturday 24th August & 7th September. 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:-
'EDAM' which is a 'cheese'.
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.