Weekly Message

Our meeting was called to order by a different Sargent tonight – Judy Ross. Thank you to Judy for being the Sargent for the night.  It was a special night for our club as we had District Governor Ian McKay come to speak to us about Rotary.  We also welcomed Assistant District Governor Janey Preston and we had in our midst already Past President and Past District Governor, a member of our club, Brian Trenery accompanied by Friend of Rotary Jenny Trenery.  Along with these Rotarians we had Lola, who is becoming a familiar face, Friend of Rotary Leanne accompanying Trevor Williams, Friend of Rotary Joan Austin with Tony. We welcomed, Graeme Broderick who along with Leon de Villiers undertook risk management assessments for the Garden Show and garden owners Don and Susanne Wallace, Trisha and Jim Blakesly, Julie King and Vince Callaghan and volunteer Peg Wood.  Lyn Skilbek was an apology.

Greg Lee was an apology, and we had four members who are on leave including Svetlana Lineham, Glen Brotchie, Brooke and George McLeod. 

Anne Adams thanked all garden owners and volunteers as well Graeme Broderick for their participation and generosity showing their gardens and helping with the Garden show. We are very thankful for their efforts. 

I only had a few announcements for the evening. The Noorat Show is on this weekend and please for these on the roster ensure you are there on time. Tony will be away this week until Saturday afternoon so contact me on 0414454527 if there are any changes.  We're proud to support the Orange Door with a Walk Against Family Violence this coming Thursday 25 November.  We will combine with all Warrnambool Clubs and walk together.  All members are encouraged to join in the walk.

The Board meeting is cancelled for November so please ignore my announcement that said we are having a Board meeting next week. 

DG Ian McKay presented five of our Club members with letters from Rotary International President Gordon McNally recognising their amazing length of Rotary service.  Keith McLeod and Alan Bowes for over 50 years and Ian Sharman, Ron Bishop and Jim Hanrahan for over 40 years.

These gentlemen have 236 years of Rotary experience between them, and we are privileged to have such wonderful members who continue to be actively involved in Rotary setting such a high standard of commitment and dedication. Congratulations. 

DG Ian spoke to us about the direction of Rotary and RI Presidents Gordon McNally’s dream for the future. Gordon McNally who is a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland, created our 2023-24 presidential theme, Create Hope in the World. He also said Rotary members should offer hope to those affected by mental health challenges — a crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and Ian encouraged us to support the Australian Rotary Health who are involved in mental health research. 

Ian’s message about Polio was that the eradication of polio is one our longest standing and most significant efforts and we are nearly there.  Along with our partners, we have helped immunise more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries.  We have reduced polio cases by 99.9% worldwide and we will not stop until we end the disease for good.  He encourages us to become a member of the PolioPlus Society in District 9780 you will help to achieve that goal. Check out the district 9780 website for more information about this.

A final reminder for the week was that its Terry O’Neill’s birthday so I hope you had a joyful day, Terry!

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson

That is all for this week.  Hope you have a great week.

 

President Janet Blackley
Bulletin News
Next Meeting 21st November 
 Next week on the couch with Peter Smith 
Member Announcements
Judy Ross
Lids for kids:
Please continue to bring along your washed milk bottle tops. Svet and her Girl guides are working with Lauren,  who came and spoke to us. You can give the lids to Svet or Judy. Bread tags are also still being collected.
 
Robbie
Empty Medicine Packets
Robbie will be collecting empty medicine packets from now on to be recycled.
If you would like to know how 'blister packs' get recycled, you can watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4IOv58Y4Xg
Fellowship Roster
Meeting DateSergeantFellowship 1Fellowship 2Invocation
     
21st NovLeon De VilliersBrian TreneryGraeme WardTerry O'Neil
28st NovLeon De VilliersJudy RossGlenn BrotchieSvet Lineham
     
5th DecLeon De VilliersKeith McLeodGeorge McLeodSharon Kenny
12th DecGeorge McLeodCathy BlighKelly CurranAnn Body
19th DecLeon De VilliersAlan BowesAnn DonaldsonGreg Lee
 
Upcoming Speakers
November
21st: On the couch with Peter Smit
28th: Levi Geebung, Gunditjmara men's group
 
December
5th: Christmas Function
 
Have ideas for the 2023 - 2024 program? Please talk to Sharron, Cathy and Kelly!
Upcoming Events
November  26th         Joint Xmas party with Rotary Warrnambool Daybreak.
March 8-11th              Port Fairy Folkie
March 24th                       Say No to Domestic Violence - details to follow
Bulletin Additions
If you would like to add to the bulletin, please email sarah.adamss2509@gmail.com or brookeemmajensen@gmail.com
 
-Brooke and Sarah
 
Kings College have travelled up to Sydney and competed in the finals of the science and engineering challenge. They placed 8th overall in the day, but we are still very proud of them.
 
After talking with the head of the challenge, Mick mentions that all teams were well behaved and very motivated on the day. Competitive spirits were at a high level, and it was a tough challenge. The challenge final next year will be in Townsville on Oct 25th.
 
For now, we can take the bragging rights to 8th in the country!
 
WISECRACK of the Week from John Beks
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE 1% ERS:
 
99% of people born between 1930 and 1946 (GLOBALLY) are now dead.
If you were born in this time span, your ages range between 77 and 93 years old (a 16-year age span) and you are one of the rare surviving one-percenters.
You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900's.
You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.
 
You are the last to remember ration books for everything from tea to sugar to shoes. You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into cans.
You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" at the front door. Discipline was enforced by parents and teachers. You are the last generation who spent childhood without television and instead, you “imagined” what you heard on the radio.
With no TV, you spent your childhood "playing outside". There was no city playground for kids. The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like. 
 
We got “black-and-white” TV in the late 50s that had 3 stations and no remote.
Telephones (if you had one) were one to a house and hung on the wall in the kitchen (who cares about privacy). Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked. Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon. INTERNET and GOOGLE were words that did not exist.
Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and your dad would give you the comic pages after he read the news. The news was broadcast on your radio in the evening. The radio network gradually expanded from 3 stations to thousands. 
New highways would bring jobs and mobility. Most highways were 2 lanes and there were no Motorways. You went downtown to shop. You walked to school.
Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into working hard to make a living for their families.
You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus. They were glad you played by yourselves. They were busy discovering the postwar world. You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves. You felt secure in your future, although the depression and poverty were deeply remembered.
 
Polio was still a crippler. Everyone knew someone who had it.
You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our country. World War 2 was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life. Only your generation can remember a time after WW2 when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty. You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better.
More than 99% of you are retired now, and you should feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!" If you have already reached the age of 77 years old, you have outlived 99% of all the other people on this planet. You are a 1% 'er!
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