Rachel Cody - Books for Children

In the Chair: President Jennifer

Members: 12

Guests:  Rachel Cody – Guest Speaker

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Rachel Cody

Rachel is the Supervisor at the Leeton Shire Library.  She applied for an Australia-wide grant from Australia Reads (a not-for-profit initiative of the Australian books industry to get more people reading more books, more often). The Leeton library was one of 27 libraries Australia-wide to get a grant.  She used this to entice Meredith Costain, a children’s author from Gippsland to come and talk to Primary School children from the area.  This proved a little difficult because the Melbourne/Wagga flights had just been cancelled so they had to bring her from Melbourne to the area via Sydney.

She talked with students from all schools in the area (including the small schools) except for St. Josephs who had another engagement on the day.  She was an absolute delight and very successful in encouraging children to read.

Meredith did not charge the full amount for the visit and there are funds left over from the grant. Rachel is hoping to add to this amount by appealing to service clubs so that she may be able to purchase a book for each primary student in the area, so that every child will have an opportunity to own a book.  There are currently 1151 such children so it is a big task. She is requesting help from the Rotary Club and Jennifer promised we will talk about this at the next Board meeting.

Rachel also talked about some initiatives at the Library - such as linking with the Yanco Store to locate some books there.  They also provide a home library delivery service (manned by volunteers).

She also talked about a library survey being conducted to help improve its service to the community. The form can be accessed at the library or through the link: https://form.jotform.com/261260572882056

There was some robust discussion following her talk and it was generally agreed that the library is very important to this town

 Rachel was thanked by President Jennifer.

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Brain Teaser

What is the probability of obtaining either a 6 or a 7 when throwing a pair of dice?

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President Jennifer

  • Reece Caburong is our nomination to attend RYLA.

  • Brian

    • A Board meeting will be at Jennifer’s on Wednesday 13th at 7pm.

    • Peter Errey’s funeral is on Tuesday.

  • Laurie

    • A Sincere thank you to all who helped with the BBQ at SunRice on Wednesday 6th. A great effort and we have received a thank you from Gail Campbell – “We would like to thank you and the Rotary team for the fantastic job you did catering our event yesterday.  The team were extremely happy with the lunch and the smooth operation you all provided. Regards, Gail”

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Sergeant Alan

Alan conducted a traditional Sergeant session and was particularly determined that we all ‘shared the pain’.

Len supported him with a’ Dittonism’ to end the session.

Barry won the raffle (it obviously paid to be last in).

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         Catering at SunRice 6th May.

The Service Line

Some Happy Customers

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Vale Peter Errey

May be an image of text that says 'In loving memory of Peter William Errey Late Echuca and formerly Leeton. Beloved husband the late Estella (2023). Dearly beloved father of Michelle, Nicole and Renee. Cherished grandfather Mitchell, Dominic, Mia, Josiah, Tori, and Sela. Dear brother Joe, Geoffrey and the extended family. Aged years. Requiem Mass for the repose the soul of Peter Errey will held St. Joseph' Catholic Church Leeton Tuesday 12th May 2026. Following the service commencing 1.00pm the funeral proceed to the Leeton Lawn Cemetery. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. flowers, donations be gratefully on behalf Wharparilla Lodge Echuca. the church 69533499'

 

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Mmm – Maybe Not (It just passed the Censor)

On a flight over the Atlantic, the pilot spoke to the passengers going through the usual things before settling back in his seat, but unfortunately, forgetting to switch the intercom off. The passengers could hear everything that was being said on the flight deck. "So, what do you intend to do with yourself once we get to JFK?" the co-pilot asked the pilot. "Well first of all, I'm going to have a long soak in the bath, then I'll go to Bernie's restaurant for a big steak, and then I'm going to give that pretty new stewardess a good seeing to". The stewardess in question heard this and was horrified and ran down the aisle to the flight deck, but she was stopped by a little old lady sitting in the front row. "Don't hurry dear. He's got to have a bath and dinner first".

 

A: The probability of throwing either a 6 or a 7 is 11/36.

Explanation: There are 36 possible throws of two dice because each of the six faces of the first die is matched with any of the six faces of the second one. Of these 36 possible throws, 11 produce either a 6 or a 7.

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