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Lee's Chitchat
Last week had the pleasure of attending the Country Universities Centre located in Pound St.  Melanie Lamb and Susan Morgan are running a fabulous centre and are very enthusiastic about the services provided.  They are a not-for-profit organisation established with the aim of making higher education more accessible for regional and remote communities.  Based on a model which delivers supported learning to students, providing them with access to campus-level technology, facilities, tutors and a network of fellow students.
 
Lets help get the word out for this and tell your friends, like their page on Facebook and recommend a drop in to have a chat with these lovely ladies.
 
 
We have been invited by the Grafton Rotary Club to join them on Monday the 9th March at the Grafton Rural Fire Brigade Shed to help support them.  The cost of the night is $25 per person and the proceeds go to the brigade.  There will be a raffle also - it would be great to see as many members as we can - numbers for the night will be taken closer to the time.
 
The Great Gatsby Movie night has been confirmed for the 21st March - Dress up and have a fun night - I did notice that the cheap shop near Big W has loads of props available.....more information to come - our committee will be working on this very soon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Events
Assembly Meeting
Roches Hotel Captains Room
Feb 12, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Feb 12, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Guest Speaker - Nigel Dawe
Feb 19, 2020
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Feb 19, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Rotarian Speaker - Patty Hewitt
Feb 26, 2020
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Feb 26, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Guest Speaker - Wayne Koppel
Roches - Captains Room
Mar 04, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Mar 04, 2020
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Dougherty Villa Luncheon - volunteers required
Dougherty Villa
Mar 05, 2020 12:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
Roches Hotel
Mar 05, 2020
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
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Guest Speakers
Feb 19, 2020 1:00 PM
Literary Analyst
Mar 04, 2020 1:00 PM
Personal Development
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Rotary Grace
 
Oh Lord and Giver of all Good
We thank thee for our daily food
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways
Help us to serve thee all our days
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Trivia at Roches - Our team were full of knowledge on Wednesday - we came equal 1st - worked out with a Tie Breaker question - where we came runners up! A fun night yet again - if you would like to join in please let us know all welcome.  Drew and Lee enjoying a cuppa.....with Australian sugar on the side...
Stories
Change of Board Positions
Our current leader Bob Booth who has achieved so much over the last 19 months regrettably submitted his resignation as Club President.
 
Bob has been a significant driver behind the club and many projects would never have been achieved without his valuable contributions. 
 
Bob is always there to assist and support our community from raising money for the defibrillator at GBH - and more recently the funding grant for the installation of 6 defibrillators into the Grafton CBD, cooking up BBQ snags, attending functions, selling the most RAFFLE tickets ever, marshalling events, organising guest speakers.  Bob should be proud of all his achievements as we are - THANK YOU BOB for all your efforts.
 
Bob will remain as a regular member Bob has advised that he will continue with projects he is currently managing (such as the CBD Defibrillators) 
 
In accordance with Bylaw 3 Section 3 (which provides that a vacancy in the board shall be filled by action of the remaining directors) current Vice President and President Elect for 2020/21 Robert Blanchard will be noted as now acting in the vacant role.  Current President Elect for 2021/22 Lee Taylor will now be acting in the Vice President role. 
 
Both Robert and myself want to Congratulate Bob and know we have massive boots to fill and hope we can do a good job.  We look forward to our new roles and will be seeking the invaluable advice from our mentor Bob.
Youth Exchange Program - Drew Tuttle

In the past two weeks I have been on many adventures starting with Lee's 50th birthday, we spent the weekend along the river on South Grafton. The party was great and went till late. The next morning we kayaked to a rope swing on Susan island and jumped off although falling most times it was great fun.

Following I started basketball on Mondays with a few of my friends from school and we tied for our first game.

School follows as usual footy on Tuesday and Thursday and Rotary and violin in between.

On Friday I received an award for 100% attendance at Vines.

Finished the following weekend with heaps of skim boarding and getting wet!

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A Musical Feast at the Cathedral
 
This is a new Black-Tie Fundraising Event during Clarence Valley Council’s 2020 Plunge Festival in April, with proceeds going to the Cathedral Church Organ Restoration Project and BackTrack Youth Works (programs that work with troubled kids from the Clarence Valley & New England Areas). A documentary about BackTrack Youth Works was recently shown on SBS TV.
 
Click the link here to find out a little more about what BackTrack Youth Works are doing  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdkxeTuBOiA&feature=emb_logo
 
Arrive 6:30pm at the Cathedral for a welcome glass of bubbly, then a 3 course meal prepared by local Chef Erin Brown (from Vines Café) served in amongst cabaret style interludes by the Clarence Valley Orchestra. There will be dancing towards the end of the night with jazz, rock & disco music till 11:00pm. Fine wines from the Barossa Valley & Western Australia, with Boutique Beer from Byron Bay will be on sale during the night.
 
Local Businesses can also contribute and sponsor the event by way of a $25-$35+ Gift Card (Service or Product) placed on the Gift Tree, for ticket holders to purchase during the night (see invitation letters for more details).      
 
A Great Story:
One of the boys who was in the recent SBS Documentary, has actually served a little time in jail as a troubled youth, however is back on his way to a better life because of the BackTrack Youth Works Programs and is now actually working as an electrician on our new Clarence Correctional Centre just outside of Grafton.
 
Details:
Date: Saturday 18th April 2020
Venue: Christ Church Cathedral
Address: 8-12 Duke Street Grafton
Time: 6:30pm–11:00pm
Dress:  Black-Tie/Dark Suit/Formal Evening Wear
Tickets: 186 Available Only. Early Bird $140.00pp (before Feb 14th) General $150.00pp
 
Clink link to purchase tickets (from 14th January 2020): https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/a-musical-feast-at-the-cathedral-tickets-59868148243
 
 
 
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Welcome to our Club!
Grafton Midday
Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 12:45 PM
Roches Family Hotel
85 Victoria St
Grafton, NSW  2460
Australia
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Joke Corner
Two men go on a fishing trip. They rent all the equipment – the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods.

The first day that they go fishing, they don’t catch anything. The same thing happens on the second day, and on the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their vacation, one of the men catches a fish.

As they are driving home they both feel quite depressed. One guy turns to the other and says: “Do you realise that this one lousy fish we caught cost us fifteen hundred bucks?”

The other guy says: “Wow! Then it’s a good thing we didn’t catch any more!”
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Let Richard Nichols know if you cannot make it to the meeting
0431 512 063 before 11am Wednesdays.