District Governor

9465

2015/16

Melodie Kevan

Team 2015-16

President

Max Bird Secretary

Brian McCallum Treasurer

Bob Cooper

Attendance this week

Total Members 24

Apologies 4

Make-up 2

Attended 17

Honorary Member

LOA

Guests 2

Visitors 1

Partners

83.%

Facts & Figures

Raffle

Lee & Stephen C

Heads & Tails

Wendy

Birthdays:

Karen M 2nd

Anniversary:

Club Anniversary: Greg W 1

st July

Brian Mc 3rd

July

Bob C 6th

July

If you had any we hope

you had a good day

Meets Monday

6 for 6.30pm

At Rotary Hall

Brownell Crescent, Medina

Visitors always welcome

President Max

The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971

Coming Events July 2016

July 2016 Sat 2nd District Changeover Rockingham Mon 4th Club Meeting Sat 9th Club Changeover Darius Wells Mon 11th No Meeting Mon 18th Club Meeting Mon 25

th Club Meeting

Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834

Apologies by Saturday pm please

We welcomed incoming Rotaract President Jake Lipman to our meeting tonight, Jake

came along to keep us up to date with what he as President and the club have planned

for 2016/17. Jake intends to not only continue the great work done by Rotaract but hopes

to take the club to a new level. Jake invited our club Rotarians along to any of their

scheduled meetings.

We also welcomed Peter and Lisa Fry from Autobahn Kwinana, Peter came along to tell

us a little about himself and the Autobahn franchise he and Lisa operate in the Kwinana

Commercial Centre.

Our club will be operating the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle on the 2nd

Thursday of each

month until the end of December, Bob T is putting together a roster.

PP Mike Nella says the Bread Project is getting very busy, if you can assist please

contact Mike or Lorraine to offer your help.

Our club members who reach significant milestones this month are,

PDG Bob Cooper 31 years, PP Greg Williams 26 years, PP Brian McCallum 10 years.

Our sincere thanks for your very valuable contributions.

No 42 27th June 2016

Bulletin

Rotary International President

K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran

Rotary Club of Colombo

Club President 2015/16 Max Bird

President’s Pen

20th June 2016 President Report 1. The new roof has been put on thanks to the City of Kwinana, the old asbestos roof has finely been replaced, this may mean we lose the pigeons in the ceiling and the honey in the wall cavity (Bugger we have only talked about removing them for 4 Years) 2. Saturday morning Michael Nella, Lorraine Lucas, Diane Bird and myself attended the Daughters of Destiny grand opening at Baldivis, They are doing an extremely worthwhile service to the community 3. Diane and I attend the Rotary Club of Rockingham changeover (Ray Bath) on Saturday night and a great time was held by all attending 4. We will hold a club forum early in the new year to discuss a signature Rotary Club of Kwinana fund raising event with the view of raising at least a $10,000.00 net profit, please will all members put on their thinking caps about what activity can we carry out to meet this goal some thoughts already Corporate Golf day, Monster Raffle, Debutante Ball etc. 5. We have the opportunity to hold a Sausage sizzle at Bunning’s on the Second Thursday of each month from July 14th to December 8th 2016,please get behind Bob T and support him by adding your name to the roster 6. Project Director Ian urgently requires each director’s and service managers annual reports for the 2015/16 Rotary year, Allowing for the inclusion into the Rotary Club of Kwinana annual report 7. Busy Bee required to clean out the freezers and fridges somehow they were turned off and about $200.00 of meat spoiled and has now been thrown out, They need cleaning Now 8. District Change over Gary Holland Centre 2nd July, see Wendy for details International The international Committee has carried out the following. Our applications for Foundation Global Grants GG 1639026 & GG1640204 have been resubmitted and we are now waiting on the new Rotary Club of Dili Lafaek-Timor, carrying out further training 7th,8th & 9th July and gaining their qualifications to apply or partake in Foundation Global Grants Receive a report from Timor Leste on the School Computer Extract Below Prior to Rotary’s gift, we depended upon seriously out of date computers gifted from Malaysia - Many with Japanese or Chinese key boards, many with faulty keyboards or worse, almost all without working batteries, most slow

- For the first time, have machines which adequately support our programs, in time, TL will become computer literate!

Makes all the Blood, Sweat, and Tears all worthwhile to receive feedback like this, Thanks to all concerned

Max Bird

Secretary: PP Brian McCallum

Inward Correspondence.

City of Kwinana. Re-Naming of Lookout Tower. Rotary Wild Flower Reverse.

Water Corporation. Water Use & Service Charge Account.

Synergy. Electricity Account. Tax Invoice.

Rotary Down Under. Subscription Invoice.

Department of Transport. Receipt for Renewal of Vehicle Licence.

Aon. Renewal for Motor Fleet Insurance.

Outward Correspondence.

Nil.

Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary.

Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper

Bills paid, money in the bank

The club Profit & Loss Statement is available for members on ClubRunner.

See Club Documents

The proposed and accepted budget for 2016/17 is available for members to

peruse on ClubRunner, see Club Documents.

Club Service: PP Mike Nella

Please consider helping out with the bread project. Bread is continuing to be picked up and distributed around Kwinana, please help out

with this worthy project if are able, please see Mike or Lorraine to be placed on their

roster.

Club Changeover scheduled for Saturday 9 July at the Darius Wells (Ken Jackman

Room). Cost to be $35 per head.

Michael Metcalf is also organising another busy bee for the hall; Friday 1st July at

3.30pm. Our fridges need to be cleaned plus anything else deemed appropriate.

President Max with Lisa and Peter Fry

Peter Fry married Lisa in 1988, has 3 children, moved to Leda in 1992.

Joined Repco in 1989 worked through many positions and achieved the

position of WA State Sales Manager where he remained until further promotion meant leaving WA,

a move that Peter was not comfortable with.

When an opportunity became available to buy into a new AutoBahn franchise to be situated in Kwinana

Peter decided it could be just right for himself and Lisa.

The store has now been operating for 12 months, Peter is very happy with the results so far, he started

out employing 2 mechanical tradesman and has now employed a third.

Peter’s biggest surprise is the multicultural diversity of his customers where in many cases English is

not the first language and communication can sometimes be a challenge.

Peter’s business philosophy is to provide the very best customer service available, he is proud to say

that he believes he has a strong team around him.

Another plus is that he is able to involve the family, Lisa is an integral part of the team, the kids come in

and help out, it’s great that the family can be around as previously Peter was a 8 till 6pm corporate

worker away from home all day every day.

Already after just 1 year Peter is experiencing repeat business which is very encouraging because this

donates that people are coming back and were obviously happy with the services provided.

President Max thanked Peter and Lisa for their attendance tonight.

Club Projects Director

PP Ian Critchley

PP Bob Thompson

Foundation Dir.

PP Genevieve Carr

Vocational

PDG John Iriks

Community

Project Director’s Report.

New roof has been fitted to our club rooms by the COK, necessary because

the original roof was over 60 years old, in a bad state and contained

asbestos.

Project Director Ian wished to thank his ‘managers’ for their outstanding

contributions during the 2015/16 Rotary year.

Reminder that reports are now required to be included in our club Annual

Report document.

Kwinana Festival, Saturday 12 November. We need to put together our

involvement, Chocolate Wheel, Food Van etc.

Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings.

We have been allotted the second Thursday each month until the end of

December.

Bob T is putting together a roster, would the usual suspects please raise

their hands.

Andy and Rita Valk Foundation, funds available to support the youth of

Kwinana, our club needs to propose suitable candidates.

The next Wellard Village Markets to be held on Sunday 10th July.

PDG John Iriks wished to thank members for their assistance at the last

Markets.

Meeting with Colliers, they are keen to move the markets from Pimlico

Gardens to the Village centre.

NAIDOC Week will be during the first week of July; we will be providing

BBQ for $ payment on Friday 8th July.

Lorraine & Mike still looking for assistance with the bread project, currently

handling up to 700 loaves per week, we are able to help many disadvantaged

people in Kwinana.

Anyone able to help please see either Mike or Lorraine.

PR Director James continues to get our pictures and stories into Rotary Out

West, well done James!!

Visit your club webpage.

http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106

or type Kwinana Rotary Club into ‘Google’

Pres. Max Bird

International

Lorraine Lucas

Youth

PP Matt White

Membership

PP James Sharkey

Public Relations Dir.

Fine Session Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli

Genevieve: Had to be fined just because Collingwood won.

Bob T & James: Seen to engaged is some clandestine operation putting bags into James’s car.

John W: Unprepared when Max sprung the Loyal Toast on him.

John I: Sent out the Andy Valk financials by email, then claimed he had included a ‘deliberate

mistake’ when challenged on the content.

Brian Mc: Looking like he has received a significant ‘left hook’ from Colleen or shaved with a large

blunt instrument.

Bob T: Had a win in the Footy Tipping, tipped Collingwood to beat Fremantle.

Greg W: Has new neighbours, young guys, he confronted when driving a 4 wheel drive very rowdily

around the fire breaks right next to his house, apparently lectured them for so long when they went to

drive back to their house they had a flat battery.

Stephen C: Fined himself for his new haircut, on a cost saving exercise, facing retirement.

Eric B: Talking while our President was trying to get our attention.

Ed S: Changed seats.

Wendy and Bob T: Welcome along tonight.

Fined all those parked inside the hall grounds, you are all suspects in the ‘who run over the retic’ crime.

Pres. Max Fined for actually wearing his badge tonight, for the first time in living memory.

Polio This Week 21st June 2016

On 24 June, stakeholders of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

including member states and donors are gathering in Geneva at the

meeting of the Polio Partners Group to review progress and discuss

the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine switch, transition planning

and the financial resources urgently needed to see eradication

through to the end.

The knowledge, skills and infrastructure built to end polio are

helping to make dramatic progress on improving children’s health

more broadly. In this factsheet discover how the eradication

infrastructure is expanding the reach of health services, improving

disease surveillance and building health worker capacity. By

planning now, we can keep the world polio-free and ensure that the

investments made in ending polio have a broad and lasting impact

on children’s health and development, long after polio is gone.

This Week in History

1789: Governor Arthur Phillip sets out to trace the course of the Hawkesbury River. 1790: Father of the Australian wool industry, John Macarthur, first arrives in Sydney. 1835: The Port Phillip Association is formed for the purpose of settling land in the area that later becomes Melbourne. 1836: Snow falls in Sydney in the only significant snowfall event to occur in that city to date. 1838: Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey, a year after her accession to the throne. 1850: Work begins on the first NSW railway line from Sydney to Parramatta. 1851: Victoria separates from New South Wales. 1965: William Booth and his wife establish the organisation that later becomes the Salvation Army. 1880: Bushranger Ned Kelly's siege of Glenrowan begins. 1880: The first telephone exchange in Australia opens in Melbourne. 1886: Karl Benz drives the first automobile in the world, reaching a top speed of 10 kilometres per hour. 1897: Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives his first patent for a wireless telegraph 1917: The accident of stockman Jim Darcy causes a chain of events that eventually leads to the founding of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia. 1919: The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI. 1922: Queensland becomes the first state to abolish the death penalty. 1937: England implements the world's first telephone emergency system. 1937: Female aviator Amelia Earhart goes missing. 1959: "Mr Squiggle" first airs on ABC TV in Australia. 1960: 45 men are killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Monmouthshire, Wales. 1964: US President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Bill, outlawing racial discrimination. 1971: A Russian space mission ends in tragedy when three cosmonauts are found dead in their space capsule, despite a perfect landing. 1985: 39 Americans being held hostage in Beirut are released after 17 days in captivity. 1988: 290 civilians, including 66 children, are killed when their commercial flight operated by Iran Air is shot down by the USS Vincennes. 1997: After more than 150 years of British administration, Hong Kong is returned to Chinese control. 2001: The British Government announces that a memorial in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, is to be built in London's Hyde Park. 2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world.

Makeup opportunities

Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre

Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle

Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy

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Bruce normally drives his 6 year old to school every day on his way to work. But he's been to his mate's Robbo's birthday barby the night before and got so hammered there that he's

got a massive hangover and decides to chuck a sickie.

His wife Sheila grabs the keys to the ute and drives the daughter to school.

The teacher notices and later in the day during a chat she asks the girl; I see you mum drove you to

school today.

Yes, says the girl, daddy was sick today, it was quite different today.

The teacher says; different? How do you mean different?

Well, says the girl, Mum and I .... didn't see a single tosser, blind bastard, dickhead, moron, Asian prick

or wanker anywhere on the whole way to school today!

A 70 year old millionaire brags at the golf club that soon he is getting married to a gorgeous 20 year old

blonde.

His mate says how the hell did you get a 20 year old sheila at your age, you're bloody 70, did you lie

about your age?

Yes, he admits, I did, I told her I was 90 !!

Bruce's teenage son had just passed his driving test and asked his dad if he could borrow the ute. Bruce was not all that keen on his pisshead son hooning around in his beloved V8 Holden so he set

some conditions;

You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your bible a little, and get your hair cut. Then

we'll talk about the ute'

The son thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the offer, and they agreed on it.

After about six weeks his Bruce said, 'mate, you've brought your grades up and I noticed that you have

been studying your bible, but you haven't had your hair cut.

The boy said, 'You know, Dad, I've noticed in my studies of the bible that Samson had long hair, John

the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair...and there's even strong evidence that Jesus had long

hair.'

To this his Bruce replied, 'Yes, and did you also notice they all walked everywhere they went?'