President: Peter Draper
District Governor: Andrea Grosvenor
Editor: Laurie Lewin
Rotary Club of Leeton Bulletin
Volume: 84          Edition: 05         Date: 10 August 2023
Stories
Javian
In The Chair: PDG Greg Brown
 
Members: 14
 
Guests: Lyn Brown,  Mary-Anne Lattimore, Jan Munro, Annette Wade
Exchange Student Javian
 
Speaker: Javian Niewöhner
 
 
Javian is 16.
His sporting interests are soccer and water skiing. Water skiing for Javian does not include a boat but he is towed around a lake by a specialized machine.
He has a father (Domenic), mother (Sina), a younger brother (Vin) and much younger sister (Pauline). The family are currently hosting a Brazilian youth exchange student (Alice) and Javian counts himself lucky to have overlapped with her visit before leaving for Australia.
 
He lives in Werther, a smallish town (by German standards).  It has around 30,000 inhabitants and so is bigger than Leeton.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
His home is on a 9 ha ‘hobby farm’ where his mother keeps chickens; they make hay and pick apples for juice.  Javian really enjoys the hay making and apple picking because friends all turn up to help with the work.
 
 
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His school is in Werther.  It is for years 5 to 10 and caters for 700 - 1000 students
 
The journey to Australia was 22 hours (Dusseldorf, Dubai, Sydney).  He was met at the airport by Len and Annette and their daughter Sarah. His first sight of Sydney was surprising because he had not seen such tall buildings. He was also surprised at the 7 hour trip to Leeton – particularly so much of nothing on the trip.
The ball was only one day after arriving in Leeton.  He had never experienced anything like it.  He did enjoy the night.  He has now been around 2 weeks in School.  It is similar in many ways to school in Germany.  Although he likes maths he is struggling a little with the maths in English here.  He has done some Soccer training here (not so impressed at the standard).
 
Javian was thanked by PDG Greg, who also presented him a banner.  Thank you and well done Javian!
 
 
 
 
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The Brain Teaser
 
Q. What kind of ship has two mates but no captain?
 
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Director’s Roundup
 
  •  Dan Cotter: A good day at the markets. Javian was a great help but he takes the record for the number of snags consumed. Thanks to Erin for the donation of the Bain Marie. We now have a box to protect it.
  • Barry Patten. We are catering for the breakfast at Yanco Institute on 27th August. We probably need to start at about 8.30/ 9.00 for a breakfast at 10.00. A: A relationship.
  • Board meeting at Greg Brown’s Tuesday 15th August.
  • Jennifer Newton: Recreation vehicle Rotary Muster will be in Corowa. Raised the issue of a return visit to our club from them?
  • Jennifer Newton: Regionalisation is moving along.
 
 
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Sergeant’s Session
 
Sergeant Kerry Dowley was very systematic in making sure we all felt included.
Some of those fined were:
 Matt Rhodes for not helping Australia at the Bledisloe;
 Bill Aliendi for removing the trees at the Showground but not before extracting the Bardi Grubs (and he doesn’t fish!);
George Weston – late for next week; just returned from his boat trip;
Barry Patten – stole the power all day Tuesday.
Kerry himself for the long story about work in Robinvale/ no Balranald/ no – Robinvale again.
 
 
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Jokes?
 

 

1.   Two blondes walk into a building - you'd think one of them would have seen it
2.   My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.
3.   What do you call a fish with no eyes?   A fsh.
4.   A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, 'Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!'
The doctor replied, 'I know you can't, I've cut your arms off'.
5.   I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a muscle.
6.   Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
7.   'Doc I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home'
'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. '
'Is it common?'
'It's not unusual
 
 
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Upcoming Events
Guest: Dr Georgina Pengilley, Rice Breeding Aust
Historic Hydro Motel
Aug 17, 2023
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
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Aug 24, 2023
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Sergeant
Kruger, Graeme
 
24th August
 
Sergeant
Patten, Barry
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
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August 18
 
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Betty Aliendi
August 16
 
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August 29
 
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Carol Weston
August 10
 
Brian Munro
Jan Munro
August 14
 
Matthew Rhodes
Lynda Rhodes
August 21
 
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