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Liza McCosh
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Dr Liza McCosh President 2019/2020
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Hello Daybreakers
 
Our first official meeting for the 2019-20 Rotary Year was memorable with a new member inducted and an existing member receiving level 4 Paul Harris recognition. Ann Barker introduced our new member Andrew (Drew)  Giblin. Drew is Human Resources Manager at WDEA and has already shown through his volunteer community work that he will be a valuable member of Daybreak into the future. Drew who is married with three children is warmly welcomed by our members and we hope he and his family enjoy the friendship and fellowship our Club offers.
 
 
 
Steve Bellamy returned to the podium to present member Chris Preston with a Paul Harris recognition pin. This is the fourth level Paul Harris Award that Chris has received. Congratulations on a great achievement Chris. I also presented Chris with his Vice President badge for the coming Rotary year.
 
 
In her absence, we congratulated Janey Preston as winner of the 2018 Benchmaster Championship. Janey is pictured with the large and impressive trophy she was awarded at the recent Target Rifle Victorian 2018-19 Presentation night at the Victorian State Championships held in Hamilton.  More accolades go Janey’s way as she is the first female to win this title!

 
Glenn Rundell and his team have submitted a grant application to the WCC Community Development Fund for a $3000 grant to assist in the purchase of a new marquee for our Daybreak Club and to carry out repairs on our existing trailer. Many thanks for the time you spent doing this application Glenn. Let’s hope we are successful as our busy Christmas period of fundraising is just around the corner and the improvements will make it easier for all our members to carry out their community work.
 
Glenn is also currently updating our list of member qualifications and will be addressing the Club on this topic next week.  Could members check on their Working with Children expiry dates and also update Glenn on any qualifications gained such as Food Handling or Responsible Serving of Alcohol?
 
On Thursday evening I attended the final changeover dinner in our region for the Rotary Club of Warrnambool East. Congratulations to Colin Brinkman for stepping up as East’s new President. As President of Daybreak I have found these are are valuable nights for networking and getting to know other members and Presidents of the Clubs that we work with in our region. An enjoyable night was had by all and hopefully I can get back to the weight I was before all the changeover dinners commenced!
 
Next week we have guest speaker Janet McDonald who will inform us on the operation of the Warrnambool Historical Society and History House. Janet, who is the current President of the Warrnambool Historical Society, has a wealth of knowledge regarding the history of Warrnambool and is a very engaging speaker; have your questions ready, she is a speaker not to be missed.
 
The 2019-20 theme Rotary Connects the World, begins in our community.  While we currently have two members participating in overseas projects, what we do here and the image we project as Rotarians also has far reaching effects in the broader context. 
The following member rosters are in place for the coming week:
 
Sunday July 7 - Care Program -  Chez Bellman, Janey Preston, Glenn Rundell
Wednesday July 10 - Meeting – Attendance table, Steve Bellamy - Fun session, Barry Moran
Friday July 12  - Meals on Wheels – Janey Preston
 
Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy your work and have a great week
Liza
 

 
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Check out the daybreak Facebook page for the stories. 
 
 

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After awhile, one guy looks at the other and says, 'I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland.'
 
 The other guy responds proudly, 'Yes, that I am!'
 The first guy says, 'So am I! And where about from Ireland might you be'?
 
The other guy answers, 'I'm from Dublin, I am.'
 
 The first guy responds, 'So am I!'
 
 'Sure and begorra. And what street did you live on in Dublin?
 
 The other guy says, 'A lovely little area it was. I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of  town.'
 
The first guy says, 'Faith and it's a small world. So did I! So did I!
 
And to what school would you have been going'?
 
 The other guy answers, 'Well now, I went to St. Mary's, of course.'
 
 The first guy gets really excited and says, 'And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate'?
 
 The other guy answers, 'Well, now, let's see. I graduated in 1964.'
 
The first guy exclaims, 'The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it? I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self!'
 
About this time, Vicky walks into the bar, sits down and orders a beer.
 
Brian, the bartender, walks over to Vicky, shaking his head and mutters, 'It's going to be a long night tonight.'
 
 Vicky asks, 'Why do you say that, Brian'?
 
 'The Murphy twins are drunk again.'
 
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Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day the dog died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked, "Father, me dog is dead. Could ya' be saying' a mass for the poor creature?"
 
Father Patrick replied, "I'm afraid not; we cannot have services for an animal in the church. But there are some Baptists down the lane, and there's no tellin' what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the creature."
 
Muldoon said, "I'll go right away Father. Do ya' think £5,000 is enough to donate to them for the service?"
 
Father Patrick exclaimed, "Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! Why didn`t ya tell me the dog was Catholic?
 
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A young engineer was leaving the office at 5.45 p.m. when he found the CEO standing in front of the shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
 
“Listen,” said the CEO. “this is a very sensitive and important document,and my secretary is not here. Can you make this thing work?”
 
“Certainly,” said the young engineer. He turned on the machine, inserted the paper  and pressed the start button.
 
“Excellent, excellent!” said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine, “I just need one copy.”
 
Lesson: Never, never assume that your boss knows what he is doing.