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| 17 March |
Malcom Price |
2 Mar 1970 |
Alan Bowes |
| 28 March |
Jim Dwyer |
5 Mar 1957 |
Ron Rauert |
| 31 March |
Duncan Stalker |
9 Mar 2010 |
Marie Bennett |
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20 Mar 1979 |
Ron Bishop |
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16 Mar 2010 |
Jane Chislett |
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Rotarians are reminded that if you are unable to attend on the night you are rostered, it is your responsibility to find someone to fill your role.
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10 March |
17 March |
| Invocation |
Gordon Curran |
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| Fellowship |
Jim Dwyer |
Jim Hanrahan |
| Attendance |
Graeme Ross |
Ian Cairns |
| Attendance |
Alan Bowes |
Tony Austin |
| Properties |
Richard Hawker |
Terry O'Neill |
| Properties |
Robert McNally |
John Nisbet |
| Fines |
John Hunt |
Doug Maclean |
| Chair |
Brian Trenery |
TBA |
| Reporter |
Isobel Siebel |
Jim Hanrahan |
| Reporters |
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| 1st Tuesday |
Andrew Womersley |
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| 2nd Tuesday |
Isobel Siebel |
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| 3rd Tuesday |
Jim Hanrahan |
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| 4th Tuesday |
Mary Fitzgerald |
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| 5th Tuesday |
Svet Lineham |
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 President Marie welcomed everyone to the meeting, including guests Patrick Purcell, his father Peter Purcell and Russ Goodyear.
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 Terry O'Neill introduced a remarkable young man, Patrick Purcell who is the Club's sponsored Youth Science Forum participant. Patrick, through a number of interviews, both by our club members and the National Youth Science Forum Committee, won selection to the Youth Science Forum which was held in Canberra mid-January. Patrick introduced himself to the club at a meeting in November, shortly after the National Youth Science Forum Orientation Program, held at Federation University, Ballarat. Patrick is 18, in Year 12 at Brauer College, studying Mathematical Methods, Advanced General Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, along with outdoor education. Patrick describes himself as having an inquisitive nature and a passion for science and maths. Patrick also has a keen interest in music, having played drums for five years and guitar for one.
Patrick also holds a CASA approved student pilots license and is currently able to fly both a light sport aircraft and a larger Cessna 172 aircraft and through his aptitude for flying and his passion for science, is hopeful to one day mix the two at a career level in the fields of aviation technology and aviation science.
Patrick then provided those present at the meeting with an interesting summary of background of the NYSF and the extensive selection process to end up one of 50 students selected from across Victoria. Patrick was lucky enough to be placed in the physics and engineering group with fourteen other like minded students from Australia and Germany.
Some of the laboratory visits his group went to were:
- Physics lab at ANU- heliac and plasma research facility, where he got to see Australia's plasma fusion research facility.
- Ion accelerator in the Department of Nuclear Physics at ANU
- Raijin Super Computer Facility (NCI) at ANU
- Physics Department Optics and Lasers
As well as scientific experiences students were given the opportunity to explore Canberra and the many famous sites it had to offer, i.e.
- War memorial which Patrick found to be a truly remarkable place and has recommended it to all his family.
- Parliament House where they had their opening ceremony, followed by a guided tour of both the Senate and House of Representatives, then took part in a mock senate enquiry.
- The Australian Academy of Science.
- Video conference with CERN at the Hadron Collider in Switzerland, where they got to visit Questacon to have a live video interview with a CERN physicist who taught them about the importance of the Hadron Collider Project. This rare opportunity was one that Patrick won't soon forget as inspirational and intriguing.
- Partner talks at which they met some partners of the NYSF, a brilliant opportunity to network and meet possibly future employers and contributors to the scientific world.
Patrick thanked the Rotary Club for providing him with this great opportunity to meet new people and take a giant leap towards his future. This has taught him some lessons that Patrick will keep for life and was more rewarding than he could have anticipated. Patrick said that when he went to Canberra, he learned that science isn't just about working in a laboratory, it's about working together and speaking in a global language to achieve one common goal to make the world a better place.
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Port Fairy Folk Festival
David Brown provided rosters to those who have volunteered to help out at the Folkie this weekend. To date 10 Rotarians have volunteered and 13 people from outside Rotary. They can look forward to seeing some terrific acts scheduled for Tent 1 as well as other acts throughout the weekend. Please let David know asap (Ph 0438 647 536) if there are any last minute changes.
Voices for Peace Concert - Thursday 5 March
Judy Ross reminded us that Voices for Peace will be held on 5 March at the Lighthouse Theatre at 7.30 pm. Tickets are $30 from Judy ($35 if you just walk in off the street). All profit to support the Rotary Foundation Peace Scholarships.
Rotary Lights Project - Monday 23 March
10 volunteers are needed for this project. There will be a meeting after our regular meeting on 17 March for anyone interested in helping out.
Long Lunch in the Garden - 12 March
“Long Lunch” in the Garden at Bill and Lydia Sinclair’s, 105 Banyan St at 12.30 pm Sunday 15th March.
Tickets $95 Last Bookings: 12 March (unless sold out prior), contact Carolyn Monaghan 5562 3185.
Rotary Foundation Movie Night fundraiser for "End Polio Now" - 13 March
Mary Fitzgerald advised that this film evening is to be held on Friday 13 March at 7pm at the Capitol Cinema in Kepler Street. Mary advised us that the film “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" actually opens on the 26 February and she asked Rotarians to hold off seeing it until the fund raiser night. Tickets are $20 (of which $11 goes to the END POLIO NOW program). The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere and many other well-known actors and is the sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Both movies are based on the novel “These Beautiful Things” written by Deborah Moggach. Google “Marigold Hotel” and you can find out much more about both movies.
Rural Urban Night at Mailors Flat Community Hall - 24 March
All are welcome and members are encouraged to invite guests. Terry O'Sullivan is the guest speaker and he will be talking about the redevelopment of the Warrnambool airport.
If any members have a Responsible Serving of Alcohol certificate, please let Gordon Curran know because your help may be needed on this night in serving alcohol. If anyone is interested in getting their RSA, TAFE regularly runs these short one evening courses for around $90.
Lyndoch Auxiliary Annual Fete - Thursday 19 March
in the Hostel Activities Room at 1:00 pm.
Cakes, biscuits, slices, jams and relishes, books, CD's, vinyls, plants, craft, produce and much more. Raffle $1. Spinning wheel and afternoon tea.
All welcome and any donations of cakes or produce on the day would be greatly appreciated.
All proceeds to Lyndoch Living
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An auction of fine produce raised $40 for Astrid's charity. John Hunt was the successful bidder.
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 Ian Cairns introduced Russel Goodyear who is the Managing Director of Good Idea Advertising Pty Ltd, a regional based advertising, media, marketing and event management company. In recent years Russel has worked in collaboration with the Victoria Police on Community Safety projects, including Alcohol & Violence, and the Under 25's Road Safety Challenge. Russel is presently planning "Our Town's ICE Fight" which he spoke about tonight. Russel was born in Castlemaine and educated at Geelong College and Geelong Teacher's College. He came to Warrnambool in 1989 to open his business. Russel is actively involved in the music industry and has been a member of a number of bands that have played at music festivals, including the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Tamworth Country Music Festival and Koroit Irish Festival. He has been involved in raising funds for charities and was named the 2014 Warrnambool Citizen of the Year. Over the past 2-3 years Russedl has worked with a team of local enthusiastic community members to plan and develop the Aus Music Festival for Warrnambool.
Russel has been involved in a large number of community activities, a few of which are: Peter's Project, Prostate Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Research, Movember, Beyond Blue, Warrnambool Diabetes Resource Centre, Under 25's Road Safety Challenge, Banksia Investors Support Group and many others.
Russel spoke about the growing problem of ICE addiction and how it is being produced in garages and the like all over Australia. Motorcycle gangs and organised crime are heavily supporting this extremely dangerous drug. It is highly addictive because of the instant rush of Dopamine to the brain and studies reveal it can cause addiction in at least 91% of people that experiment with this product. It causes aggressive anti social behaviour and users often need to be restrained when admitted to hospital. It was suggested that 12-15% of our young people are experimenting with this drug. Russel provided Rotarians with a brief summary of a project being launched to fight the ICE problem in Warrnambool. The project is run on a "Collective Engagement" model which involves members of the community, police, council, businesses, and others (including Rotary) who have an interest and can all contribute in some way. The project will focus on: awareness, education, action and prevention.
Russel also spoke about a new initiative which will bring a music festival to Warrnambool in October to coincide with the Warrnambool agricultural show. The event will be held in the foreshore precinct and is aimed at highlighting great acts from the past and showcasing the new acts of today.
It is getting a lot of support from the Australian music industry and also Tourism Victoria. The desire is to plan it well so it will be better before it is bigger.
Ian thanked Russell for his interesting presentation and presented him with a certificate representing a mosquito net to be donated on his behalf to a family in Papua New Guinea.
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 District 9780, 2015 Conference is fast approaching and Rotarians and partners are reminded to register as soon as possible. If accommodation is required, it is suggested you book, as availability is very limited. Please refer to the Conference website for registration and accommodation arrangements.
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A phenomenal 2 letter word. I never knew one word in English language that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.
UP
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election (if there is a tie, it is a toss UP) and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP..
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with (UP to) a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, now . . . My time is UP!
Oh . . One more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U
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Did that one crack you UP?
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