Tuesday night was Melbourne Cup, and it was a great night, and it was great to see a lot of guests. We had best dressed, and the winner was Gwen a friend of Margaret Ross. Thank you to Terry who organised a sweep and the winners were:
1st place Val McDonald (Rob McDonald’s wife)
2nd place Peter Smid
3rd place Jo Kenny (Sharon Kenny’s son)
Last place Leon De Villers
Consolation prizes to Wendy Gosden, Alan Bowes, Robbie Blackmore, Ariele Ross, Kelly Curran and Phillip Ross.
$70.00 will be donated to the Interplast organisation. A big thankyou to the Red Cross for making a us a fantastic meal, they did a wonderful job.
On Sunday we had the Garden Expo and if was a fantastic day. Thank you to all who helped out on the day. A big thank you to Anne who put a lot of effort into making the day so successful. We received a lot of feedback saying how wonderful it was and quiet a few said it’s the best one yet. Thank you to all the owners who opened up their homes to show there wonderful gardens. Well done all.
Member announcements:
- Anne thanked everyone for helping out at the Garden Expo and we raised $4,800. Anne is currently organising an appreciation night which will be on November 19th.
- Judy Ross thanked everyone for all the donation towards the raffle. Judy also spoke about the Dirty Warrny and received a message from Richard Adams and said there are a few more spots and if anyone can help out, please contact Judy. Judy will be sending out a roster.
Apologies: Rob McDonald, Svet Lineham, Rachel Furnell, John Hunt, Janet Blackley, David Brown, John Beks, Trevor Williams, Angela Wheeler, Ann and Andrew Body.
It was great to see Cathy Bligh back!
Next week is Remembrance Day and Adam Kent will be out guest speaker for the night.
Hope you have a great week.
Take care,
Kelly Curran
President
Next Meeting
12th October
Remembrance Day
Guest speaker Adam Kent (Veteran) will be coming to talk about the various projects he helps coordinate for veterans in the area.
6pm for a 6:15pm start.
Warrnambool Bowls Club,
75 Timor Street, Warrnambool
A reminder, if you cannot attend the meeting; please contact David Brown via 0438 647 536 or dljb3280@gmail.com
Meeting Jobs
Sargeant:
Ann Body
Fellowship:
John Hunt
Attendance:
Greg Lee
Invocation:
Tony Austin
If you are unable to fill this position, please contact Anne Adams on 0418 528 787 or
adamsanne49@gmail.com
Member Announcements
Judy Ross
Bread Tags
The bread tags have been going to Bakers Delight in the coles carpark at the rear of Target. Feel free to drop them in if you are in the area. However, if you still want to bring them to Rotary, I am happy to deliver them on your behalf.
Robbie Blackmore
Empty Medicine Blister Packets
Robbie will be collecting empty medicine packets to be recycled. You can also drop them off at one of the participating Pharmacies as a part of our environmental project (Ask Graham about locations).
Ann Body
Bottle Top Collection
Ann will happily take your plastic bottle tops. Please make sure they are washed and dried before you give them to her. They are sent to the lids for kids program in Mt Gambier.
Rachel Furnell
RYLA 2025
will take place in the April 2025 school holidays. We are seeking participants to attend aged between 18-25 at the time of the camp. Applications will open around October. If you have anyone in mind, please contact Rachel.
Upcoming Speakers
November 12th - Remembrance Day at the RSL 19th - Garden Expo Celebration 26th Camp Quality
December 3rd - Lesley Sheddon -
District Governors visit 10th - Ray Welsford - Pioneer Board 17th - Christmas Break up
Have ideas for the program over the next Rotary year? Talk to Anne Adams!
Upcoming Events
November
3rd
Garden Expo 15th
Social Night at Anne Adams 16th
Noorat Show 22nd
Social Night at Anne Adams
December
7th
Warrnambool Rodeo
Upcoming Meeting Jobs Roster
Date
Sargeant
Fellowship
Attendance
Invocation
Nov 12th
Ann Body
John Hunt
Greg Lee
Tony Austin
Nov 19th
Greg Lee
Brian Trenery
Graeme Ward
Terrence O'Neill
Nov 26th
Ann Body
Judy Ross
Glenn Brotchie
Svetlana Lineham
Dec 3rd
Ann Body
Keith McLeod
George McLeod
Sharon Kenny
Dec 10th
Ann Body
Cathy Bligh
Kelly Curran
Ann Body
Dec 17th
Ann Body
Alan Bowes
Ann Donaldson
Greg Lee
Dec 24th
Greg Lee
Rachel Furnell
David Brown
Andrew Body
Additions to the Bulletin
Please contact Brooke and Sarah to add items to the bulletin
brookeemmajensen@gmail.com and sarah.adams2509@gmail.com
RYLA applications are now open!
We are on the hunt for 18-25 year olds.
For further information about the program visit our website: https://ryla9780.org/
Please see Rachel about any information or if you have someone interested. Rachel also has physical copies of the flyer if you would like one.
Wisecrack of the week
From John Beks
Euro-English
The E.C. (European Commission) has just announced an agreement, whereby English will be the official language of the E.U. (European Union), rather than German, which was the other possibility.
Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase in plan, that would be known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz year, ze uneseary "o" kan de droped from vords containing "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer.
ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU!
AND ZEN VE VIL TAK OVER ZE VORLD!
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DISTRICT CONFERENCE 2025
Time to put March 21 - 23 in your diary and get ready to head to the Surf Coast for District Conference. Numbers are strictly limited to 200 attendees, so hop online and register now to get the Early Bird Special price! https://rotary9780conference.com.au/
Platy-cam from the Glenelg Hopkins CMA
The world's only livestream of platypus in the wild is back online!
Platycam has had a little upgrade after delivering us the views of the Grangeburn almost non-stop for the last 2.5 years! We can't wait to see our resident platypus swimming around, along with the other regularly viewed animals on Platycam, like the big white goose (we still don't know where it came from!), the dozens of ducks cutting laps of the waterway at all hours, the occasional flipping fish, and the turtle who turns up after 1am every.single.day.
Head to platycam.com.au to check out the camera
Reminder about the Container Deposit Scheme raising money towards our Early loss memorial project.
If you are able to use the app, you will be able to find our cause under charities. If the app is being too difficult, you can use the barcode below. Simply scan the barcode at any of the return depots, then start inserting your bottles.
If technology is not your friend, feel free to drop bottles at Brooke and George's place which can be taken out to the depots (Kelp street).
