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President’s Piffle.

The new look Christmas Party at the Jericho Cup was a very enjoyable day. We had such a good turnout that I am tempted to have all future meetings at the track!!  Congratulations to the Warrnambool Racing Club, supporters and sponsors for getting the right balance between remembrance and racing. The Quaddie Club started well and was going great guns until the money was invested!!

Thanks to those who turned out on Saturday to run a BBQ for the competitors in the Light Horse Games at the racecourse. Unfortunately, there were few spectators to feed, but we did feed the contestants.

On Thursday night I caught the Rotary Central bus to hear Mark Balla present at East’s meeting at the Warrnambool Footy Club. Mark is doing some great work in India installing operating toilets in schools.

Tickets are now available for the Charity Raffle, so if you know of a community club that can do with some funds, let them know to collect raffle tickets from Junior.

Cheers

Lew

p.s. Daybreak Rotary are having a stall at the summer markets and are looking for second hand books to sell.

If you have any old books you no longer require, put them in a box and call Steve Bellamy on 0457 926 657. He will collect them.

Appologies.

If you cannot attend our meeting it is important for catering purposes to let us know. 

Please call Clive on 5562 2967 (H) or 5562 5852 (W) or ‘reply’ to this Central Spoke email.  It is important that you let us know before 4.30pm on the Tuesday before the meeting. 

Late apologies should be communicated directly to the venue; Central Court Motel 5562 8555

Minutes.

Robbo reports;

Brendan was away but stand in Sgt Matt Northeast opened with a series of truly Rotary Jokes. As highlighted by perhaps the pick of them, "What happens if life gives you melons?"…. Answer: "You’re dyslexic"….

President Lewis reported the board had considered the fact that our membership subscriptions are $70 greater than Warrnambool and East Warrnambool. But we use that additional money to fund the Community Raffle, having previously utilised the wine levy to do so. And the raffle means that unlike other clubs, we are not committed to undertaking barbecues and event gates etc throughout the summer.

We noted David Wiese has just been appointed President of the Victorian Meat Industry Council. Congratulations David.

Arrangements were confirmed for supporting the Jericho Cup race meeting on Sunday, with our club marquee fittingly erected over near Moore Street, in other words on the Western Front of the course.

Quincy MacPherson was selling his famous Quince paste for $10 a tub to fund Janick & Lea’s safari next year. Lea was selling cupcakes, and having eaten (but not yet paid for) one on the way back to the office, I can thoroughly recommend them! I should record here that I owe Malcolm $10, and Lea whatever the cupcake cost….

A somewhat Clooney-esq Nooka Taylor reported 35 members in attendance, congratulating Lewis on the upward trajectory.

We then enjoyed an address from Fred Chatfield, assistant manager of the Warrnambool District Hospice. Brian Dillon is the President this year having taken over from a long running presidency of Dr Eric Fairbank. Congratulations Brian for taking on that responsibility, and being involved in such a wonderful enterprise. It was fascinating to hear how the hospice effectively fills in inevitable gaps in palliative care. 50% of people in their care die at home, as opposed to the nationwide average of 15% of those who want to. There are 70 volunteers, and the hospice is always training more with the current waiting list of about eight or nine in Warner. A lot of recruitment is by word-of-mouth, and Fred was open about the fact that it's not for everybody. But those involved get an enormous amount out of it. I think a link to "Angels on Legs" is going to be put in the Bulletin. Fred described the various ways people can become involved in volunteering, even to something as simple as calling in to take the client for a drive and a chat.

This report is being dictated after the weekend of the Jericho Cup which by all accounts was an outstanding success, and we look forward to hearing a report on the club's involvement on Sunday, at this week's meeting.

Walk for a Cure.

A few meetings ago I advised there was a walk to cure brain cancer coming up. My son Matthew wanted to support this cause and so we registered a team called Team Mattyo.  On the 25th November 2018 the Walk to Cure Brain Cancer event was held at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. 

On the day there were about 3000 participants doing the walk. Team Mattyo had about 50 turn up and support Matt on the day. 

A link to the team page is here http://www.walk4braincancer.com.au/my-fundraising/11851/brendan-s-team

Matt had great support on the day and leading up to the event with a goal to raise $1000 for brain cancer research. 

To date there have been 124 individuals donating to Team Mattyo to help find a cure and we raised $10,112 to date. This was a great effort and is a testament to the great friends and support Matt has.Thanks to anyone that supported this event.

Victoria raised $360K and across Australia there was $1.2 million raised. Lets hope and pray a cure is found soon!

Regards

Brendan O'Neill

Boré’s view:
Several weeks ago, Steve Hickman was bitten by a tiger shake while riding his bike near Portland.  Fortunately, there was no long-term damage as a result of the incident; the snake was drunk for a week, but otherwise recovered okay.  Of course, Steve is not the first Rotarian to sustain a bad injury while attempting to live a healthier lifestyle.  It remains a statistical fact that very few people have been bitten by snakes while attending Rotary meetings.  The Central Court’s ‘no shoes, no service’ policy seems to have been effective at keeping the snakes away.  The point we are making Steve, is that if you should ever want a brief reprieve from the unrelenting slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, you are more than welcome to come and spend some time with us again at Rotary.
 
‘To go, or not to go, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by going to Rotary, defer them?’
-        PDG William Shakespeare

We thank Boré for another great cartoon.

Furthermore…
‘…to die, to sleep
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,’
-        Pretty much any guest speaker organised by Les.

Jericho Cup.

On Sunday a terrific number of members, partners and guests of the club enjoyed a day out at the Warrnambool races.  We thank Peter Lynch for organising the whole day for us.  The marquee was terrific and its position right next to the bar was spot on.  Thanks also to all those who brought food – it was all great even if it was a bit too much.  The event itself was fantastic and will no doubt become a regular event on the sporting calendar.  We will be able to say we were at the first one.
 
On a personal note, your correspondent backed The Compass’ horse, which pulled up lame and came in last.  Dillo then claimed his horse was a sure thing before it finished about a quarter of an hour behind the winner.  I had learned my lesson and avoided backing Blainey’s horse in the Jericho Cup.  Predictably it threw a horseshoe, pulled up lame, and finished last.
A big thanks to Macca for sending us these photo’s;
 
Us; blue and white, the bar; red.  Perfect.
 
I know Lorraine, I felt the same way after watching Matt’s horse run.
Les gets a tip from our Charter President.
To be fair, Bruce didn’t realise he was at the raced until the eighth race.
Les gets a better tip from an owner.
Les checks out the odds in the bookies ring.
Les hands his winning ticket to the bookie.
Will the bookie have enough cash to pay Les out?
Les’ $2 each way bet really paid off.
 

A dog's life; send in a pet snap.

This week Potholes sent us in this snap of himself with his pet horse, FloFo;

Thank you to all those who contributed this week.
Please send contributions to;
 
bulletin.warrnamboolcentral@gmail.com