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Goodwood Park Hotel

75 Goodwood Road
Goodwood, SA 5061
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Mtg No. 1752 Wed 06Jun17

at Damien on Fisher

Guest Speaker:

The Great Debate

Calendar

Day	Date	Event

Wed	21Jun17	RCHP Change-over Night at Hyde Park Tavern 7:30pm; $35
Wed	09Aug17	District Governor to attend mtg.
Sat	02Sep17	Musical Concert by The 60 Four at Unley Primary School Hall
Wed	07Mar18	Women in Rotary breakfast

President

Michael McAuliffe

Secretary

Alan Moss

2017 Fundraising - RCHP Cabaret with The 60 Four

THE 60 FOUR in cabaret for RCHP

The Rotary Club of Hyde Park presents

THE 60 FOUR in cabaret

Saturday September 2^nd; 7.00 for 7.30pm

at Unley Primary School - Sports & Arts Centre

(Corner Cremorne and Rugby Street Malvern)

Tickets only available on-line from TryBooking

Only 250 available

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RCHP is once again excited to be fundraising with Peoples Choice Community Lottery following from the success of our first involvement last year when we raised $1,000 in support of our community projects.

2017 Fundraising - Entertainment Book

Fundraising with Entertainment™ is here again for 2017-18.

Use the links in this article to place your order.

Membership gives you over $20,000 worth of valuable offers valid through to 1 June 2018.

We look forward to your support of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park.

RYE Olivia Update June 2017

Olivia is on Summer Holiday

The following message was sent to Olivia this morning

Hi Olivia. 4 months ago today you departed for your Swiss adventure. It is also Winter Solstice here (Summer for you) and I got a note from Facbook to say we became FB friends 1 year ago today. Who would have thought - how time flies.
Hope the German Language course has set you up for better communication. Would love to hear how it is going.
Big night at Rotary tonight - Change Over for the new year.
Keep well.
Cheers. Allen S

Olivia's response

Hello Allen! I'm sorry I'm so poor at updating you, it's just incredibly easy to get carried away here. I can't believe how fast time has gone, it's crazy. I'm doing very very well. Currently I'm on a sport camp with my school, doing 4-5 sports a day including wind surfing and kayaking. I'm having a blast but not so much fun with sunburn. However, I don't think I've ever been happier in my life. The language course is going very well and I'm learning more every day. I even think 50% in German now!!! I don't have any lessons now till after the summer holidays, and shortly after that the exam itself. I'll be sure to let you know how that goes. I don't know what I'm doing these holidays but I have no doubt they'll be a blast :) I keep meaning to write a massive thank you for helping me out again money-wise, Hyde Park has been incredibly generous and I appreciate it in a way that words can not describe. All the best for the new start!!!
(A very happy) Olivia

RCHP supports ARH

Australian Rotary Health Certificate of Appreciation

President Michael McAuliffe recently received a letter and certificate from Australian Rotary Health chairman Jeff Crofts expressing appreciation for the support provided by the Rotary Club of Hyde Park.

The Club and members donated $2 000 in 20116-17 to enable ARH to maintain its position as the largest non-government organisation providing funds for mental health research in Australia.

The main emphasis for ARH is research into Mental Health of Young Australians with research aimed at early detection of mental illness leading to correct intervention and treatment.

We are urged to consider ongoing support for this very important research which will be given over $2m in 2017 by ARH.

Moment of Mirth - Clove Creek Dinner Theatre

Anyone for Dinner Theatre

We received an email last week offering Felicia DiNonno, the Creator & Owner of Clove Creek as guest speaker to talk about her lovely Dinner Theater in Fishkill, New York.

I responded in the affirmative with thanks and indicated that Felicia would have quite a long journey from NY with very little chance of enticing anyone to an evening of fine food and theatre any time soon.

In response I received the following:

Well, this gave me quite the chuckle. I Googled - Rotary Club, Hyde Park, NY and wound up on your 'doorstep'. Yes, unfortunately Felicia would be unable to speak to your group since it is rather a long trip. However, I think she should put it on her 'Bucket List' and take me along as her assistant.

Thank you so very much Allen for getting back to me and making my day much brighter. If you and your group are ever in our area, please do look us up.

Have a Great Day!!

If anyone happens to be in New York with a mind to a fun night out, check out the Clove Creek Dinner Theatre 2hr drive north of Manhattan.

Andrew Fletcher AO

RCHP Congratulates past member Andrew Fletcher AO

Andrew Fletcher, a member of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park from 01Feb84 to 02Sep87, became an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2017. As reported in the Advertiser, Monday June 12 2017, Andrew was honoured for his "distinguished service to business, particularly in South Australian defence related industries, through his senior roles in maritime facilities, major infrastructure projects and engineering". From his early engineering career with Kinhill, Andrew has had major roles with the SA Economic Development Board, Adelaide Entertainment Centre Board, establishment of the Techport ship building precinct, Port Adelaide Maritime corporation and Defence SA and is currently leading the Rheinmetall's bid to build reconnaissance vehicles for the Australian Army.

Bernie Boxer is particularly enthused by Andrew's role with Rheinmetall because the proposed vehicles will be powered with Boxer engines.

Congratulations Andrew. A well deserved reward for dedication throughout your engineering career.

St Jude School Update - June 2017

School of St Jude, Tanzania - Graduation of Josephine & Kassim

Marg & Ian Stewart travelled to Tanzania in Africa to represent the Charitable Trust at the May graduation ceremony for Josephine and Kassim.

The following poem written by Josephine on behalf of her and Kassim thanking us for our sponsorship was presented to Ian at the Graduation.

Congratulations Josephine & Kassim. We are so proud of your achievement and look forward to hearing about the next phase of your lives.

The Great Debate 2017

Celebrities Make Good Role Models

For the motion Unley Rotary Club (David Middleton, Valerie Bonython, Sheila Evans)

Against the motion Hyde park Rotary Club (Andrew Sullivan, Gerry Greenway, Peter Griffiths)

Adjudicator Tony Houey

The Teams & Adjudicator

Gerry Greenway, Peter Griffiths, Tony Houey, Valerie Bonython, Andrew Sullivan, Shiela Evans, David Middleton

The annual Great Debate between our mother club (Unley) and us (Hyde Park) took place on Unley Rotary club’s home turf at Damien on Fisher on Tuesday 6^th June 2017. After a brief introduction to the two teams and the adjudicator, President Ken Haines of the Unley club declared the debate open and the contest was led off by Andrew Sullivan valiantly putting the case against the motion.

This was followed by the first Unley speaker David Middleton endeavouring to make a good case for the motion.

The debate continued with Gerry Greenway skilfully driving RCHP's case further and was responded to by Val Bonython of the Unley club.

The final round consisted of Peter Griffiths, delivering a forceful summing up of the argument against the motion, and Sheila Evans responding.

The thrust of the Hyde Park strategy was to highlight the fact that the best known people in the world are not necessarily good people even though they excel in their chosen field. This strategy was pursued energetically by our team with numerous examples of wayward celebrities being demonstrated.

In his summing up adjudicator Tony Houey praised both teams for a most entertaining debate and after remarking that it was a close race awarded the honours by 3 points to Hyde Park.

The trophy was returned to Hyde Park who will hold it in safe keeping until next year.

The scores are now evenly balanced with both clubs having won the trophy 5 times.

Andrew Sullivan proudly displays the Trophy

LoV Guest Speaker

RCHP gets closer to LoV

Jan-Maree Wauer, chairperson of Ladies of Variety, addressed the Rotary Club of Hyde Park to tell us how LoV supports the efforts of

Brownhill Creek and Hyde Park Rotary Clubs have supported LoV for many years by cooking sausages for the annual picnic day for children with special needs and their carers, so it was great to get a first-hand insight into the incredible generosity of variety and its supporters.

The volunteer charity raises millions of dollars each year through events such as The Bash, The 4WD Challenge, The V2 Motorcycle Run, The Variety Ball, The Variety Luncheon, Footy Jet, and The Radiothon, raising more than $53m since 1983.

In excess of 12,000 children attend variety events each year. The Zoo picnic was attended by 2,800 people. The Christmas Party caters for 3000.

From a revenue in 2016 of $3.265m, variety provided 209 grants to individuals and organisations, supplied 30 modified vehicles and 12 Sunshine Coaches and supported 37 talented children through the scholarship program.

This mighty volunteer charity organisation returns 83% of all funds raised in support of their mission - TO EMPOWER CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK, DISADVANTAGED OR HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS TO LIVE, LAUGH & LEARN.

Please take a moment to check out the Variety SA 2016 Annual Review from the links in this article.

Geoff Hudson proposed a vote of thanks to Jan-Maree and offered her our on-going support for the Annual Picnic that gives so much joy to the children and carers who attend and to the many volunteers who make the event possible.

District update from ADG Klar

District update from ADG Tim Klar

Assistant District Governor Tim Klar attended Hyde Park Rotary Club meeting No. 1750 on 24 May 2017 to give an update of District news.

We were encouraged to get involved at the District Assembly for training of next years office bearers being held in Murray Bridge on Sunday 29th May. Attendance by a Club member at the session about Global Grants is mandatory for eligibility to apply for a grant.

The future for Districts 9500 and 9520 was briefly discussed. At this stage the Districts will merge in 2020, the year after Tim is DG.

The District Governor will attend RCHP on 09Aug17.

Tim will be an apology for our Change-over as he will be in Perth.

Bandung Update - May 2017

Bandung Street Kids Project Update - computers for the school

Thanks to the generosity of Dean Calvert, Principal of Calvert Technologies, the Rotary Club of Hyde Park has provided 2 laptop computers for the education program at the Bandung Street Kids School.

Rodger Thomas, Club member responsible for the BSKP, will visit Bandung in the next couple of weeks to hand over the computers, two flat screen TVs to be used as monitors for the computers and a sizeable donation from the Club in support of the growing work being done on the Project.

Support through friendship of people like Dean and his company is highly valued by RCHP and allows us to commit to ambitious projects like BSKP.

Thank you Dean.

The Discovery of the Olympic Dam Deposit

Posted by Geoff Hudson

The Discovery of the Olympic Dam Deposit

The discovery of the giant Olympic Dam Copper-Uranium-Gold Deposit by Western Mining Corporation (WMC) in mid 1975 resulted from the application of good geoscience backed by a supportive management and a measure of good luck. Geoff Hudson (pictured) came to Adelaide from Kalgoorlie in 1977 to head up the exploration team and was with the project through the joint venture process, after which he managed the Stuart Shelf Joint Venture for a number of years.

WMC had been exploring for sediment-hosted copper deposits in Western Australia with little success and the focus moved to South Australia which has a long history of copper mining at Moonta and Burra. Model-based exploration draws together the characteristics of the deposit type being sought and the Stuart Shelf region met many of the those associated with sediment-hosted copper deposits such as the famous Zambian Copper Belt. As the prospective area is covered by unrelated sedimentary rocks, magnetic and gravity surveys provided the only method of focussing the exploration interest.

Two diamond drill holes were scheduled to determine the thickness of the sedimentary cover and the nature of the underlying prospective rocks. RD1 was drilled near Olympic Dam, so named because it was constructed during the Melbourne Olympic Games, and passed through 325m of barren cover before entering brecciated, hematite-rich rocks that appeared to be of little interest The drilling rig moved 22km to the SW to drill ACD1 at Appendicitis Dam, now called the Acropolis prospect.

The drill core from RD1 was routinely sampled and returned assays of 35m at 1% copper. Not economic at that depth, but very encouraging. In the following 2 years 8 more drill hoes were completed that contained minor copper, but then RD10 demonstrated the true potential of the area with an intersection of 145m at 2.2% copper together with uranium and gold. The geology was baffling and did not fit any known ore deposit model.

RYPEN 2017 Kaelah Owens-Fleetwood

Kaelah Owens-Fleetwood has been RYPENed

The Rotary Club of Hyde Park RYPEN candidate for 2017, Kaelah Owens-Fleetwood, was a guest speaker at the Club meeting held on 17May17.

The Rotary Youth Program of ENrichment, held at Woodhouse near Stirling this year, was attended by 90 young people interested in effective leadership and personal development. The program of formal presentations, group sessions and recreational activities addresses leadership, team work, problem solving, communication, public speaking, motivation and goal setting.

Kaelah was empowered by the experience of presentations from inspiring speakers on career counselling, problem solving exercises, group brain storming session about the plight of refugees, making new friends and having fun at a bush dance. The key "gains" for Kaelah from the weekend were new friendships and confidence in public presentation.

Wishing her every success for Year 9 studies at Concordia and continuing enjoyment of her music, debating and drama, President Mike McAuliffe presented Kaelah with her RYPEN Certificate of Participation and expressed a hope that she will take up the challenge of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) in the future.

Thank you Kaelah. It was a pleasure to have you share you RYPEN story with us.

Julian Lugg on Jury Duty

The Jury Is In

Most people are in Rotary because of a desire to serve and step up when the chips are down.

In a classic example of "stepping up", Julian Lugg filled the breach when the guest speaker for the RCHP meeting on Wednesday 03May17 had to withdraw at the last minute due to ill health.

Julian was recently selected randomly from the electoral roll to undertake jury service. Any person aged between 18 and 70 years registered on the electoral rolls for the jury districts is qualified and liable to be summonsed to attend for jury service. Serving is compulsory but you can request deferment or exemption if there are valid reasons.

Julian was called up for a month but if trials were not finished in that time he would be required to complete the trial (some murder trials can go for several weeks or more). Jurors are allocated a number and placed in groups. About 150 new jurors are called each month (5 groups of 30). They start with an induction process, including being sworn in for new jurors, and are notified daily whether attendance is required on the next day. Court usually sits from 10am – 4.30pm with a break for lunch (and usually morning and afternoon tea). There is a base payment of $20 per day plus travel allowance and up to $135 per day can be claimed for monetary loss (except for state government employees who can apply for special leave with pay).

When presenting for a trial Jurors are asked if they know any of the people involved so they can discuss any possible exemption with the judge. Numbers are drawn to select the jury and the defence counsel can challenge. The jury is impanelled immediately and the trial begins. The jury needs to select a foreman to manage the jury discussion processes and to speak to the judge or court on behalf of the jury. The jury is looked after by sheriffs.

Thank you Julian for sharing your valuable learning experience in the court process.

REPLAS Recycled Plastic Products

REPLAS - Recycling plastic for a better environment

Robbie Westley, Director of Awesome at REPLAS SA, addressed the meeting of Hyde Park Rotary on Wednesday 19Apr17 about his passion for improving the environment by producing a diverse range of building and landscape products from recycled plastics.

Driven by the principles of the Pull Through Effect (demand for well designed durable products generating the right environment for a comprehensive supply chain of discarded material to be used as feed-stock for recycling), REPLAS has become Australia's lowest price manufacturer of ethically alternative products made from recycled plastic. Australia collects 200,000t of plastic waste each year, most of which is shipped off shore to China. 3,000t is kept out of land fill to run through the REPLAS plant.

Collection bins for waste soft plastics (bread bags, plastic wrap, etc) at Coles and Woolworths are an initiative of REPLAS in conjunction with REDcycle. Plastic discards from the supermarkets and their customers are the raw material for part of the REPLAS process which recycles plastic type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Polystyrene, (type 6) is the only plastic that cannot be used by REPLAS.

Companies like REPLAS devote significant effort to encouraging the use of recycled plastic products as alternatives to traditional timber and metal when the structural limitations are not a concern. Products are long lasting, colourfast, aesthetically appealing, generally maintenance free and can be recycled at the end of effective life.

REPLAS products include Bollards, Access Path Panels, Signage, Wheelstops, Speed Humps, Playground Edging, Fencing, Fitness Trail Equipment, Outdoor Furniture, Garden Products, Decking, Stairs, Wharf & Jetty Components. They provide 3-D design and Project Management services for project using their products.

If you need more information about the REPLAS product range, check out their website at www.replas.com.au

We should all be prepared to take up opportunities to use recycled products.

Thank you Robbie for your enthusiastic informative insight into a world that obviously excites you as it should excite us.

Unley Business Breakfast 04Apr17

April Unley Business Breakfast - disruptive technology

Mr Todd Clappis of the Department of Premier and Cabinet made a presentation on a recent Government initiative "SHARE- Collaborative Economy Challenge"

The success of Uber and AirB&B in recent years is based on providing convenient access to assets that were previously under-utiised, and the Government is making available a prize pool of up to $100,000 to encourage the submission of proposals that, if acceptable, will go through a process of incubation and conclude with a presentation and awards. For further information go to share.yoursay.sa.gov.au

In essence, the concept is to create new value from existing assets by simplifying processes, introducing trust, removing middlemen, and liberating access.

The breakfast was attended by an estimated 75 local business people and the presentation stimulated a lively question and discussion period following the presentation.

Yoshi Ikeda story

Yoshi Ikeda tells his story

The newest member of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park was guest speaker at the Club on Wednesday 12Apr17 when he told us his story.

Yoshi's family discovered Adelaide when his sister came from Japan for a school exchange. His father, Mark, realised that the city offered very good business opportunities and moved the family here in 1991. Mark made many friends in the RCHP when he joined the Club shortly after arrival. Many of the longer serving members were included in the guest list for the sister's wedding, which was held at Eagle On The Hill Restaurant following Shinto traditions.

Yoshi returned to Japan in 1991 for the first year of University in Kagoshima but found it really difficult to support himself while studying. He was fortunate to transfer to Adelaide University in 1993 where he quickly realised his desire for teaching. On completion of the degree at UofA in 1996 he returned to his home country to complete the course at Kagoshima University where his application for a scholarship was refused because he was deemed to be taking a second degree. Driven by a strong need to complete the degree in Japan, Yoshi realised that to quit without challenging would make him feel a loser so he raised the $1500/month required for fees and living by working in the evenings after lectures and on weekends. Jobs included McDonalds, tutoring, translation, labouring and decorating at exhibitions. After graduating in 1999 he returned to Australia to complete a graduate diploma in Education specialising in high school mathematics and special maths, again through Adelaide University. Table tennis was Yoshi's leisure pleasure and he was ranked 10th in SA.

In 2001 Yoshi commenced his teaching career during which he taught at Reynella East, Seaview and Taperoo High Schools while continuing his role at the Japanese Community School. He also became an agent for the Department of Education International Student Services recruiting students from Japan.

LoV Zoo BBQ 2017

2017 Ladies of Variety Zoo BBQ

Hyde Park Rotary joined the Brown Hill Creek Club again this year to cook 2100 sausages at the 9th annual Easter Picnic held at Adelaide Zoo by the Ladies of Variety (L.O.V.) for children with disability and their carers.

Our team of four (President Mike McAuliff, Bernie Boxer, Geoff Hudson and Allen Stanley) shuffled 1000 sausages over the BBQ trailer in a non-stop frenzy of activity that ran from 09:15 until 13:00.

Mike Reilly and his team of 20 cooked the other 1100 sausages and many kilograms of onions and served the hungry hoard while the L.O.V. team served hot-cross buns.

Another incredibly enjoyable activity that we hope to be involved in again next year.

2017 Quiz Night Success

The ROTARY CLUBS of

Hyde Park, Eastwood and Adelaide Parks

thank the 240 supporters of our joint fundraising Quiz Night for their part in an outstandingly successful night of fun and fellowship under the tutelage of Quiz Master Gerry Greenway at the Unley Primary School Sport & Art Centre on April Fool's Day 2017.

With generous support from a multitude of donors, a diverse array of items for Quiz winners, Raffle, Door prizes, Silent Auction, Heads & Tails, True or False, Who Am I, there was plenty for the punters to aim for.

Congratulations to the winners of prizes, raffle, coin slide and silent auction. Hopefully, everyone, regardless of degree of success, had a great evening of fellowship. Open Read More... Perhaps you can find yourself in the photos.

We look forward to your support at our 2018 Quiz Night. Watch this space for details early next year.

Optometry Services in APY Lands

Taking Optometry Services to the APY Lands

Murray Stanley (left with white shirt) was guest speaker at meeting 1743 on 29Mar17 to tell us about his involvement in the provision of optometry services to the communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.

Twice each year for nearly 20 years, Murray has travelled to "The Lands" with a team of "eye doctors" to check eye health and treat eye conditions for the 2500 indigenous people living in scattered communities of the 103,000 square kilometre self determined zone in the semi-desert north-west corner of South Australia where access is strictly controlled by the local managing council.

Cataracts, trachoma and diabetes related issues are prevalent in the APY communities. The work by the "eye doctors" (Murray the Optometrist, Michael Lane the Ophthalmologist and others before them) has seen the occurrence of trachoma reduced to almost negligible. Diabetic eye damage continues to be a major problem.

RYE Olivia - Thank you RCHP

Thank You RCHP, from Olivia

Hello Hyde Park,

Firstly I would like to apologise for the lateness of this. It has been truly hectic over here in Switzerland, but I should have addressed this sooner. I wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone for supporting me thus far, but especially in regards to the two-week German Course that I attended with the other new Inbounds in our first two weeks here. I was stressed over the cost of it, as everyone knows Switzerland is incredibly expensive, but thanks to your generosity it was paid for and took a massive weight off my shoulders. So again, thank you so much for your support, it means everything to me.

Also, I thought you might like a little update. I'm writing this on Saturday the 18th of March, a few days from my two month anniversary and how the time has flown. I can hardly fathom that it has been two months, because every day still feels like the first. Despite this, I have loved every second of my Exchange thus far. Admittedly, there have been some challenges and not every day is perfect, but most are wonderful. I go to a great School (Gymnasium Kirschgarten), have wonderful friends and a lovely Family. It's interesting to see the differences between Australia and Switzerland, but I'm already feeling at home here. I got to try snowboarding for the first time which was fun (but mostly terrifying), and I just happened to fracture my wrist, but all is well! Last Weekend I went on a Rotex organised Winter weekend which was also a whole lot of laughs and fun, and most important, the sun is coming out for the start of Spring!

Once more, thank you so much for your support and I hope all is well in Australia :)

Olivia Barnes, Switzerland.

Here are some photos from exchange so far:

Our trailer BBQ comes with 2 cooks.

To book, or to discuss your requirements, please phone: MIKE McAULIFFE on 0417855182 OR email Mike here.

Before you call, check our Calendar (under Activities) in case it's already booked.

We do not hire out the trailer BBQ without Rotarians in attendance.

Do You have Time for Rotary? Are you new to Rotary? Rotary welcomes women and men.

Interested in joining Rotary, or simply wish to hear one of our excellent guest speakers? Just email your request and contact details to: hydepark@rotaryclub.org.au or call Secretary Alan Moss (+61 0418 845 141) or President Mike McAuliffe (+61 0417 855 182) for an invitation to a meeting. It's as simple as that.