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President's Message
Jan Read
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Ian McKay and wife Sherril
Upcoming Events
Australia Day in the Gardens
Jan 26, 2018
 
Meals on Wheels- Jan R
Jan 26, 2018
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
 
No Events advertised.
 
President's Chat
Jan's Chat 27
Hello Daybreakers,    
 
This week our guest speaker was Dion Johnstone, Melbourne footballer, and Cheryl's grandson.
 
Dion was interviewed by Matty Stewart, who struggled to get a word in. It would seem Dion may have his grandmother’s gift of the gab. Dion told us of his journey, and some of the highlights of his football career to date. He is very determined and we all hope he can work his way into the senior team in the coming years.
 
 
Matty also gave us a brief update on the Standing Tall program which has expanded into Emmanuel College and the Warrnambool Special Development School. This is an excellent program which is helping many secondary school students who may otherwise become disengaged.
 
Harpo’s Market Report : Raised almost $1600
Sandra’s Movie Report : Raised around $800
(expenses are yet to be taken from these amounts)
 
 
Cheryl asked us to collect postage stamps for “End Trachoma”, if you have any, please pass
them on to Cheryl
 
Next week on Tuesday night at 6pm we will be attending a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Warrnambool, at The Warrnambool Gun Club at Lake Gillear.
 
“To get to the venue, travel over the Hopkins Bridge near Lyndoch until you reach a “T” intersection, turn right and follow the signage. Drive past the Motorcycle club on the dirt track until you reach the Gun Club on your left. If you drive into the ocean, then you’ve gone too far!!!!!” (Malcolm Price)
 

If you haven’t done so already, please let Chris know if you will be attending- 0409 141 017

 

There will be around 10 people attending our Wednesday morning meeting, so we will meet at 7am at Bohemia in Kepler Street. You will purchase our own meal, and we’ll pass around a cup to get some Rotary $.

 
Our next normal meeting will be at the Mid City on the 17th of January,
It will be a cooked breakfast and the cost will be $20.00
Please send apologies through to Steve on 0457 926 657 by Midday on the Tuesday.
 
Rotary - Making a Difference
 
Jan
 
 
A few of our Daybreakers enjoyed the races
on New Years Eve at the Woodford Cup
 
Cheryl caught up with Marg Morton,
our Peter John's Award recipient in 2017.
Marg is ok again now but has recently
been affected by the leukaemia condition she has.
This happens on a regular basis.
 
She is still driving, hospital visiting and
running the raffles at the RSL when she can. 
 

 

It's Barbecue Season

 
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Check out the daybreak Facebook page for the stories. 
 

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

My 6-year-old grandson, William, loves trains. One day I was asking him the names of different parts of an old steam engine. He told me, “That’s a cowcatcher,” and I asked him what it was used for. He said, “It’s to catch cows and scoot them off the tracks so Grandpa doesn’t have to chase them away.”
 
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My granddaughter was discussing the expected arrival of a new brother for her 4-year-old son, Matthew. She told Matthew that you can’t predict the exact date of birth.
“You were expected on Aug. 19,” she said, “but arrived on Aug. 11.” Matthew thought for a moment and then said, “Oh! I’m so lucky I was born on my birthday!”
 
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At an art gallery, a woman and her ten-year-old son were having 
a tough time choosing between one of my paintings and another artist’s work. They finally went with mine.
“I guess you decided you prefer an autumn scene to a floral,” I said.
“No,” said the boy. “Your painting’s wider, so it’ll cover three holes in 
our wall.”