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Director’s Roundup
- President Carmel
- Attended Leeton Central changeover – noticed a big difference between their protocols and ours!!
- Advised that we will notify Central in writing that our Club has resolved to move Rotunda to Rotary Park. George Weston to head a Committee with Alan Brumfield and members of Central. GW and AB agreed.
- Secretary Brian
- Stories of Resilience. Thanked Graeme Kruger for initiating the first of the Stories of Resilience and George Weston for being in the first Rotary Stories of Resilience. Also, those who attended and supported the Breakfasts
- The offer of a defibrillator for Rotary to use on our van at markets etc - see forwarded letter from Toyota’
- Meeting at Yanco Powerhouse Museum, 3pm to 6pm on Tuesday 27 August re Devlin’s Bridge Wind Farm – see forwarded letter.
- Treasurer Len
- The Ball was a very successful fund-raiser.
- All bar 1 subs paid and some paid twice.
- George
- Two examples of youth programme present tonight.
- Service Director Graeme
- Thank you to Barry for looking after the Market day. Barry reported that it was a bit quiet at the beginning but all but 2 hamburgers sold and the day made $216.
- A: If you place balls 11 and 13 into the holes, you get 24. Then, if you put ball 9 upside down in the hole, you get 24 + 6 = 30.
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Sergeants Session – Dan Cotter
Sergeant Dan introduced a competitive spirit to the fine session. Dan introduced us to a special plastic toy semi-automatic weapon and a competition to hit a target at the end of the room. The competition was won by our special guest who not only won by hitting the target more than once and set a very high bar. Dan had made a beautiful box as a prize and was graciously accepted by Anna.
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Member Update – Brian Munro
Brian spoke briefly about the changes of taking an Xray in veterinary practice.
As a student you would have to walk about 500 m and to another building to get x-rays developed.
His first practice did not have an Xray machine, and he would take animals across the road to the local hospital.
In his second practice he would take animals by car to a neighbouring practice for Xrays to be taken.
In Leeton, on arrival there was second-hand dental Xray machine. They then moved on from water tank developing to automatic processors.
Today, the Xray is sent to a computer and displayed on a screen within seconds and can be forwarded to specialist and clients by the internet.
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Stories of Resilience Breakfast #5. 7 August 2024.
The 5th Stories of Resilience Breakfast was a resounding success with four great speakers. Lyn Woods talked about the ups and downs of living with an elite sports person, Brent Lister talked about his life living with Brain Damage; Gillian Kirkup about her life’s ups and downs and about her successes in the business world, while Gary Walker talked about JumpStart in Leeton. A very uplifting morning for those in attendance. It was chaired by Court Sayer-Roberts with introductions by Brian Munro and Mary Errey. The Hydro laid on a great breakfast and the morning was well attended with more than 80 registered. These events were supported by Leeton Rotary, Leeton Connect and the Leeton Business Chamber and the final four sponsored under an Australia post Community Grants scheme. This whole series has been uplifting and a credit to all involved.
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Indian Weather Prediction
It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild.
Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.
But also being a practical leader, after several days he had an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is the coming winter going to be cold?”
“It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed,” the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared.
A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. “Is it going to be a very cold winter?”
“Yes,” the man at National Weather Service again replied, “it’s definitely going to be a very cold winter.” The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find.
Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service again. “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?”
“Absolutely,” the man replied. “It’s going to be one of the coldest winters ever.”
“How can you be so sure?” the Chief asked. The weatherman replied,
“The Indians are collecting wood like crazy.”
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Editor’s Note: A special thanks to Brian Munro for the stories and pictures so this Bulletin could be issued.
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