Chartered — 16th November 1961 Incorporated — 25th June 1991

Rotary Club of Blacktown City Inc.

R. I. President

K. R. “Ravi” Ravindran

District Governor 9675

Graham Wilson

Volume 55 Issue 36 19th April 2016

BUNGARRIBBEE

President

Tess Sayas

Meetings are held at the Marana room, Blacktown Worker’s Club, Campbell Street

Blacktown; Tuesday nights 6.00 for 6.30pm.

This week’s meeting

19th April

Guest Speaker

Robyn Burt

Musical Therapy for

children with special

needs.

This week’s duties

Dinner Fees

Atoy Sayas

Grace and Loyal Toast

Bob Gardiner

International Toast

Len Winter

Program Chair

Tess Sayas

Note Taker

Gary Raymond

ROTARY GRACE

O 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.

Next week’s meeting

26th April

Guest Speaker

PDG Paul Reid

Rotary Foundation

update

This week’s duties

Dinner Fees

Zena Shedden

Grace and Loyal Toast

Mel Gray

International Toast

Dee Zegarac

Program Chair

Tess Sayas

Note Taker

Megan Rogers

“Apologies and or guests

names” are required by

mid-day MONDAY.

Text or (if unable to text)

Phone Zena Shedden

0413 182 676

Last Weeks Meeting

Program Host: Tess Sayas

Guest Speaker/s: Ella Mar-

tinez, Generosa Dantoc,

James Burfitt and Nerissa

Burfitt

Other guests: Brooke

(Mannie’s daughter)

Note taker: Dee Zegarac

Tonight's apologies: Ken,

Bill, Roma, Bob, Rob

Grace & Loyal Toast: Ray

International

Toast: Dick

White - Zimba-

bwe- 18th April

Fines Sergeant:

Gary Raymond.

Club Business:

President- Wel-

comed room.

Recap of last

week and showed last

week’s speaker the watch

she gave to her late moth-

er. Reg fixed her watch

after Tess had to send all

the way to Switzerland.

Dinner

Len Winter -

Email from

last you ex-

change stu-

dent. Check

out letter in last week’s

Bungarribee from Lak-

shan Jayakody. President

Tess asked members to

keep an eye out for possi-

ble sponsorship opportuni-

ties for the National Youth

Science forum.

Mel - 'Adopt-a-road' poten-

tial dates include 15th or

29th May.

President - reminder that

27th May is our golf day

and members are encour-

aged to attend.

David B- no emails this

week. On Sunday was the

Workers Club AGM. The

current board

was re-elected.

Congratulations

to board. 1326

out of 50000

members voted.

Land owned in Arndell

Park moved to develop

retirement home. Another

motion was moved to hold

the AGMs bi-annually

(passed with 77%). Exiting

times for the workers club

with potential growth and

developments. Rotary

thanks the Workers Club

for $50,000 towards Graces Cont. over page

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Bungarribee

place.

Sergeant session held

Reminder to attend this week-

end’s catering event at "Back to

St Bart's" and another fundrais-

ing event for Eagle Raps on April

21.

President - introduced guest

speakers from the Philippine

Medical Mission. Club sponsored

Nelma to attend the mission

through Pharmaceutical sponsor-

ship.

Nelma - introduced James

Burfitt. James has worked at

Westmead hospital for three

years.

James Burfitt - discussed mission

experience in the Philippines.

Nerissa and James have been

self-funding charity trips in the

Philippines. James and Nerissa

are both nurses and have wanted

to organize a mission to the Phil-

ippines. They met Nelma who

helped them fund the project.

Idea of mission was to treat pa-

tients, run sports and nutrition

program in schools. Mission ran

for 4 days. P&A agreed to support

a group of diabetic patients for a

year pre-approved by doctors.

Governor’s office supported

transportation, certain food and

accommodation. 3 doctors, 1 local

doctor, 6 nurses, dietician and

optometrist were part of the mis-

sion along with 6 volunteers.

$13,000 of medication was given

away during the mission which

was donated by Alphapharm

(check spelling). Ran an educa-

tion center for a day and taught

local healthcare workers how to

use glucometers. Governor’s of-

fice provided facilities for educa-

tion centre. Nutrition packs, soc-

cer uniforms were donated at

local school. Volunteers ran a

games day at the school includ-

ing AFL and Soccer. Future pro-

jects include cleft palate clinic.

Major sponsors include Johnson

& Johnson, Alphapharm and

Philippines nurses association.

Nelma - thanked rotary for their

support. P&A representative en-

couraged Rotary to continue

their supported and thanked

President Tess for her help.

Sports uniforms donated through

Churches association. Gary

asked if there were any trauma

patients - yes - appendectomy

was presented Arab sufferers in-

cluded young adults to middle

aged adults.

President - this is a project very

close to her heart. Diabetes is be-

coming an epidemic in the Phil-

ippines due to

poverty and fami-

lies seeking cheaper alternatives

such as high carbohydrate foods.

Blacktown City Rotary has par-

ticipated in this program for the

past 3 years.

General Business - Zena - Tues-

day 19th April BBQ at Prospect

from 9-2 if anyone is available.

100 people expected at Cares

(police facility where children

are taught road safety and cyclist

protection). Media will be pre-

sent for open day.

Apologies for next week - Tony

Ore

Meeting closed at 8:15pm

Clockwise from above, Joe giving Bob the fine money’ Zena and Mel in discussion; John Smith with

Bob Vincent and Gary before the meeting; Bob Gardiner and Dick discussing the IPAD and its virtues,

before the start of the meeting may I add; Mel and Ivan prior to the meeting, Tess, Nelma and Scotty;

Mannie and his daughter Brooke prior to the meeting starting.

Mel and David, taking a break Bob Smith acting as waiter and taking orders.

Bob Bensley, with Scotty and David in the

background and Rob cooking. This photo by

the way has been cropped greatly for vanity

standards. Bob and Scotty hard at work

“No Bob, I want to give them this one”

Hello, an Inner Wheel meeting during a break in the proceed-

ings. No not really, just three very dedicated wives waiting on

their husbands.

Russell overseeing the bread arrangements and wait-

ing with Zen for the rush.

Catering at the Back to St. Bart’s Day

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50 Things Every Rotarian Should Know About Rotary by Steve Garret, Rotary Club of Pico Rivera, District Governor District 5300, 1994-1995

19 - A BRIEF ROTARY HISTORY

The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February

1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly

spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of

rotating meetings among members' offices.

Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were char-

tered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and

the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.

As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving the professional and social interests of club

members. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve commu-

nities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: Ser-

vice Above Self. Rotary also later embraced a code of ethics, called The 4-Way Test, that has been trans-

lated into hundreds of languages.

(More to come) Mel

Cont.

Five Undeniable Facts of Life :

1. Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will

know the value of things not the price.

2. Best awarded words in London ..."Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medi-

cines as your food."

3. The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he or she

will find one reason to hold on.

4. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it.

5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, You have to manage!

If you just want to Walk Fast, Walk Alone! But if you want to Walk Far, Walk Together!

Hi Len

This month I enrolled in Keio University, and am majoring in commerce. It's been quite busy because I need to se-

lect classes and clubs. I'm thinking of joining clubs where I can meet student from overseas and try my English, and

also basketball team, of course :) Yesterday I met a student from Gold Coast !!! I was so happy to talk to Aussie ha-

ha a picture of us is attached to this email.

Since Keio Unit is far from my home, I started living all by myself and have to cook for myself.

How have you been? How is Black town rotary ?

Atsuki ITO

“Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The

greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an oppor-

tunity.” ~ Joseph Sugarman

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or

unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have

just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ~ Groucho Marx

Page 5

National Anthem

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We’ve golden soil and wealth for

toil;

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in nature’s gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history’s page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair.

The 4-WAY TEST

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all con-

cerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL

and

BETTER FRIENDSHIP?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL

to all

Closest Make up clubs

Mt. Druitt Wednesday 6.15 for

6.45pm Rooty Hill RSL

St. Mary’s Tuesday 6.30pm

St. Mary’s RSL, Ex Servicemen's

club

Holroyd Monday 6.00 for 6.30pm

Merrylands Bowling Club

Date joined

Rob Smith 18-04-2000

Bob Vincent 26-04-1983

Birthdays

Hari Misra 08-04

Peter deVries 14-04

Roma Price 23-04

Partners birthdays

Joanne Stanwell 13-04

Elizabeth Russo 25-04

Anniversary’s

Rob & Leigh Smith 04-04

Peter & Juanita de-Vries 13-04

Joe & Elizabeth Russo 19-04

Peter and Mary Makinson 29-04

This weeks Bungarribee ably assisted by Tony Orr photographs, Mike

Hills meeting duties, Dee Zegarac note taker and Mel Gray

Date

Dinner Fees

Grace/loyal toast

International toast

Program Chair

Note taker

Meet and Greet

Scotty McInally

Date Speaker Topic

19th April CARES Catering event 11am to 2.00pm

19th April Robyn Burt Lalor Park school

26th April PDG Paul Reid Rotary Foundation update

Saturday 14th May BBQ Bunnings

17th May Lyn Bamford Philip of Macedon

26/4/2016

Zena Shedden

Peter Garske

Dee Zegarac

Tess Sayas

Megan Rogers

26/4/2016

Zena Shedden

Peter Garske

Dee Zegarac

Tess Sayas

Megan Rogers

03/05/2016

Rob Smith

Bill Geracia

Russell Ashley

Tess Sayas

Joe Russo

5/10/2016

John Smith

Mel Gray

David Bamford

Tess Sayas

Atoy Sayas

A little girl was given a little Tea Set as a gift, and it was one of her favorite toys. Her dad was in the living room

engrossed in the evening news when she brought him a little cup of "tea" which was just water, of course. After sev-

eral cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, her Mom came home. Her Dad made her wait in the living

room to watch his little Princess bring him a cup of tea, because it was, "Just the cutest thing!"

Her Mom waited, and sure enough, here she come down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy.

She watches him drink it up and then says, "Did it ever occur to you that the only place that a toddler can reach to

get water is the toilet?"

Word of the week

CHIMERA

An object, place or event, or combination of things so

strange, odd, and improbable that it logically should

not exist in the real world—and yet, it does.

“What a CHIMERA then is humankind. What a novel-

ty! What a monster, what a chaos!”

Blaise Pascal, French philosopher

This weeks Trivia.

COUNTRY ROADS

“In proportion as we travelled further inland every

trace of civilization disappeared, and soon a violent

jolt announced that we left the made road altogether.

There we were, hurtling at full speed through the vir-

gin forest, brushing under branches and between

trunks. Suddenly catapulted from the seat, I was

hurled into the arms of the traveler sitting opposite;

the Count soared up to the roof where his top-hat was

flattened like a pancake; my neighbor disappeared

under the seat as he threw the baby into it’s mother’s

lap”-

Description of a coach journey in Australia in the

1870’s by a French traveler.

God comes and says, “I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men that dominated their wom-

en on earth and the other line for the men that were dominated by their women. Also, I want all the

women to go with St. Peter.”

With that said and done, the next time God looked, the women are gone and there are two lines. The line

of the men that were dominated by their women was 100 miles long, and in the line of men that domi-

nated their women, there was only one man.

God got mad and said, “You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in my image and you

were all whipped by your mates. Look at the only one of my sons that stood up and made me proud.

Learn from him! Tell them my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?”

And the man replied, “I don’t know, my wife told me to stand here.”

Classification suggestions for April

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Dry English humour

In a train from London to Manchester, an Ameri-

can was berating the Englishman sitting across

from him in the compartment.

“The trouble with you English is that you are too

stuffy. You set yourselves apart too much. You

think your stiff upper lip makes you above the

rest of us.

“Look at me. I'm me! I have a little Italian in me,

a bit of Greek blood, a little Irish and some Span-

ish blood. What do you say to that?”

The Englishman lowered his newspaper, looks

over his glasses and replied, “How very sporting

of your mother!”

Building my kizuna with Rotary and Japan

When I arrived at International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo as a new Rotary Peace Fellow in

the summer of 2010, I had no idea it would be the beginning of an ongoing relationship with both the

University and Rotary.

I had lived in Japan before through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program and as a U.S. Ar-

my veteran, and was happy to return almost a decade later, thanks to Rotary.

2011 tsunami

My initial peace fellow research focused on Japan’s role in UN Peacekeeping, but changed after the ter-

rible triple-disaster on 11 March, 2011. I volunteered in the disaster recovery efforts in northeast Japan

and shifted the focus of my work on Japan’s contributions to both domestic and international disaster

response. My thesis analyzed how Japan’s civilian and military agencies coordinated with international

partners during earthquakes in Sumatra in 2005, Haiti in 2010, and Japan in 2011. I found that Japan

improved its response times, search and rescue capabilities, and collaboration each time.

I was contacted by an official at the Japan ICU Foundation in New York who wanted to interview stu-

dents who had volunteered in the disaster recovery effort in Japan. The interview was featured on the

foundation’s website, and as luck would have it, a position opened up at the foundation. Just two weeks

after my ICU graduation, I was happy to begin a new job as program director.

We were shocked and saddened (by the terror attack in Paris), but strengthened in our resolve to delve

further into our peace studies and find ways to make it relevant in our conflict-ridden world.

Since then, I have been very honored to be working directly with colleagues in New York City support-

ing ICU’s global programs. I help raise funds for grants and scholarships, recruit international students

(including two new Rotary peace fellows), and develop global programs in partnership with ICU.

As a peace fellow and ICU alumnus, I enjoy building my kizuna (“connections” in Japanese) with Rotary

and ICU. I took part in our Rethinking Peace Studies (RPS) seminar in Sri Lanka. It’s a partnership be-

tween the Japan ICU Foundation, ICU, and Rutgers University that grew out of the Aspen Cultural Di-

plomacy Forum on the ICU campus in 2012.

Rethinking Peace Studies seminar

From left: Professors Giorgio Shani of ICU and Alex Hinton of Rutgers, and Flanigan during the Re-

thinking Peace Studies seminar in Sri Lanka.

Need for peace

There have been two previous seminars in Tokyo and New York City. For the final RPS seminar, a

group of international scholars met at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka to discuss peace and

dialogue. It is a country that has suffered so much from its bloody civil conflict. Readings from Mahat-

ma Gandhi, Hannah Arendt, and others were all the more relevant as we heard news of the terror at-

tacks in Paris. We were shocked and saddened, but strengthened in our resolve to delve further into

our peace studies and find ways to make it relevant in our conflict-ridden world.

A culminating conference will be held on the ICU campus in June,

and it will be a special kind of homecoming for me. My experience

has brought me full-circle: from prospective applicant, to peace fel-

low, to active ICU alumnus. It’s been a pleasure for me to meet and

work with successive generations of peace fellows at ICU. They are

forging their own paths of peace and justice. It is truly an honor and

privilege to be living out Rotary’s pledge of Service Above Self.

By Mark Flanigan, Program Director, Japan ICU Foundation, and a

2010-12 Rotary Peace Fellow at ICU, Tokyo

From left: Professors Giorgio Shani of ICU and Alex Hinton of Rut-

gers, and Flanigan during the Rethinking Peace Studies seminar in

Sri Lanka.

Did you know?

Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He

was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to

murder.

Al Capone had a lawyer nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He was Capone's lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was

very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal manoeuvring kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.

To show his appreciation, Al Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got spe-

cial dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help,

and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City

block.

Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on

around him.

Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his

young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object.

And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Ed-

die wanted his son to be a better man than he was.

Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on

a good name or a good example.

One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done.

He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up his tar-

nished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against

The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified.

Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes,

he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police re-

moved from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.

The poem read:

'The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at

late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For

the clock may soon be still.'

STORY NUMBER TWO

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare. He was

a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.

One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge

and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.

He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.

His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed

back to the fleet.

As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Jap-

anese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet.

The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenceless. He couldn't reach his

squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching

danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.

Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he'd over into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-

mounted 50 calibres blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another.

Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his

ammunition was finally spent.

Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of dam-

aging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly.

Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.

Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.

Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-

camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his

fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.

This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II,

and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honour.

A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the

memory of this WW II hero to fade, and, today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the cour-

age of this great man.

So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memo-

rial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honour. It's located between Terminals One and Two.

SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?

Butch O'Hare was 'Easy Eddie's' son.

(Now how’s that for a story, I bet not all of you knew, Mel).