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By email to all members of Swindon Phoenix Rotary Club, and some members of Foothill Highlands Rotary

Club USA, Tappahannock Rotary Club USA, also Rotary Club Members in Australia, Indore and Bhopal

India and special supporters elsewhere

The comments expressed in this newsletter, if not credited to someone else, are the thoughts & opinions of the Editor and

therefore may not be the opinions of all the members of the Rotary Club of Swindon Phoenix.

Secretary; P.P.

John Flanagan

District Governor

P.P. Tony Horn PHF

The Rotary Club of Swindon Phoenix District 1100 England

The weekly bulletin (aptly named)

’The Birdy’ President

Geoff Beale

Issue number 198

Volume number 4

Number 38 of this Rotary Year (excluding special issues)

Next weeks host is

Rotarian Barbara Goulding

Editor; P P Peter Editor; P P Peter Editor; P P Peter

Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy.

P.H.F. Sapphire P.H.F. Sapphire P.H.F. Sapphire

Sub Editor 2; PP Peter

(Grumpy) Newson PHF

Y’aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal made it happen! yep another successful Know Your Blood Pressure Day thanks to the efforts of:-

Rotarians Geoff Beale, Nigel Causton, Elliott Causton, Charlotte Mudd-(Causton) , Dave Coe, John Fisher, Ian Gill, Peter Goldsworthy, Lynne Harper, Tony Horn, Nichola Horn,

Jan Kilby, Peter Newson, Paul Parfrey, Nicole Price, Chris Sims, Mike Slipper, Steve Weisinger.

Also Phoenix Wings; Julie Causton, Lynne Parfrey, Sarah Sims, Peggy Goldsworthy, Jen-

ny Wilson and of course special thanks to our great supporters and Nurses Anne & Con-rad Pike, Jacqueline Kerwan, Diana Yeoell, Caroline Rogerson and Carol Flinders, without whom we could not run such this event so streamlined and professionally.

We also extend our gratitude to The Brunel Centre management team for allowing us a prime shop position once again and to Peter Newson Electrical Ltd for the loan of the van

to transport all our kit (my word, we have a lot now!!) see page5 & 6

President Elect

Nicole Price

President Nominee

Nigel Causton

Immediate

Past President &

Club Treasurer

David Coe

Sub Editor; PP Paul

(Scoop) Parfrey PHF

Swindon Phoenix Rotary Club

Honoured Recipient;

2016 Pride of Swindon

Team Award

Sub editor 3; Rtn Chris

(Super Scribe) Sims

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What are the signs of high blood pressure?

How many rotary clubs are there in district 1100

Who said the following “Whatever Rotary may

mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.”

What year did Rotary’s fight against Polio

begin?

Where are the Rotary International headquar-ters?

How many members are there in Rotary Inter-

national? When did the first woman join Rotary?

How many years did the Hundred Years War

last? Who was the longest reigning Prime Minister of

Britain in the 20th Century? What Italian word for 'Scratched Drawing' can

be found on walls all over the world? Pigs are used to sniff out which delicacy in

some parts of France?

The Blue Meanies were the enemy of the Beat-les in which film?

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Rotary Meeting; 20/04/16 ______________________Host Rtn Ian Gill and trav-eling a huge distance to be our speaker we welcomed tonights Speaker none other than Rtn Ian Gill (yes I

just tried to pad it a bit

Grace; We receive this food in grati-tude to all beings that have helped to bring it to our ta-ble, and vow to respond in turn to those in need with

wisdom & compassion. Amen.

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Dinner was served and we had a very tasty chick-en soup for starter followed by lamb stew, mashed potato and veg (No Squeaky Beans

though) Hooray all of you can have ‘em after next week!)

Following dinner and a short coffee break I deliv-

ered this week’s quiz.

Quiz Night!

With it being KYBPD this Saturday I thought I would test the teams knowledge of the subject

as well as your general knowledge of Rotary and there some random Q’s thrown in too.

Both teams gave it a good go and a fair result

was a draw in the end. ( editor: No we won and only cheated a bit with the score)

Here are the questions if fancy having a go your-self, if anything it’s good prep for Saturday’s KY-

BPD at the Brunel Centre ;-)

How many Know Your Blood Pressure events were there during 2015’s KYBPD?

What is the estimated number of BPs tested

since KYBP campaign began in 2003?

What are the names for the first and second readings on a blood pressure reading?

President Geoff con-

gratulates Ian on a

well thought out

quiz and evenings

entertainment

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AOB

Golds reminded everyone about the KYBPD tak-ing place this Saturday. If any of the volunteers

has a friend or family member they wish to bring along to help at the event they are more

than welcome, the more the merrier!

Rtn Paul Parfrey updated the club on the new storage unit that we have secured. Darren

Crannis and Paul are visiting the unit to make it secure prior to moving our stuff into the lock up.

Paul also updated the club on the barge week which is due to take place between 14th – 20th May. All of the days have now been allocated

and the team will play host to a number of very worthy groups.

Finally, a brief update on the dragon boat event, we are now up to 11 boats that have signed up and the banners are now present at Coate Wa-

ter. Please everyone; keep promoting this event to make it the biggest and best one yet!

Next week’s host is Barbara Goulding.

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Answers to the Quiz; (Don’t hold me to these)

(162)

(1,000,000)

(The systolic reading is first, followed by the

diastolic reading. For example, if your systolic reading is 120mmHg and your diastolic reading is 80mmHg, your blood pressure is 120 over 80. This is commonly written as 120/80.) (Editor; see page 4)

(People often say headaches or dizziness

when in fact, the only sign is to know your numbers and have a test!)

(67)

(Paul P Harris – Founder of Rotary)

(1979)

(Evanston, Illinois, United States)

(1.22m)

(The first women joined Rotary in 1987. To-day, more than 196,000 woman are members of Rotary International.)

(115 Years (1337-1453)) (Margaret Thatcher) (Graffiti) (Truffles)

PP David Coe

with his guest

and possible

future Rotarian

David Owen

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The Editor reproduces this guide by the Stroke Association for all our readers who were not at the

KYBP day and therefore may be unaware of how this silent killer strikes — Advice; buy yourself

a personal monitor, get your reading and then take them at least every 3 months

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I repeat the thanks from our Front page, as you are the team that made the event so successful, not only taking the BP readings of around 200 folk but also the superb PR you gave to Rotary and to our Club in particular, with your friendly approach and hap-py manner which led to interest from, prospective members, from possible extra teams in our Dragon Boat Race, then to top it off the possibility of interesting speak-ers who wish to come along and indeed may even want to join us as members at a later date. This was an event that worked for Swindon Phoenix on so many levels WELL DONE ALL! Y’aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal made it happen yep another successful Know Your Blood Pressure Day thanks to the efforts of:- you know who you are but I salute you all again, Rotarians Geoff Beale, Nigel Causton, Elliott Causton, Charlotte Mudd-(Causton) , Dave Coe, John Fisher, Ian Gill, Peter Goldsworthy, Lynne Harper, Tony Horn, Nichola Horn, Jan Kilby, Peter Newson, Paul Parfrey, Nicole Price, Chris Sims, Mike Slipper, Steve Weisinger. Also Phoenix Wings; Julie Causton, Lynne Parfrey, Sarah Sims, Peggy Goldsworthy, Jenny Wilson and of course special thanks to our great supporters and Nurses Anne & Conrad Pike, Jacqueline Kerwan, Di-ana Yeoell, Caroline Rogerson and Carol Flinders without whom we could not run such this event so streamlined and professionally, you are all stars! Also our gratitude to The Brunel Centre management team for allowing us a prime shop position once again and to Peter Newson Electrical Ltd for the loan of the van to transport all our kit (my word we have a lot now!!) although the empty shop had been left with bare walls, our event posters certainly cheered it up, judge for yourself here and overleaf. Proud to be a Swindon Phoenician Rotarian!

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Finally In the interests of

men’s health; This in from

an anonymous source sug-

gesting one of the reasons

men should have their

blood pressure checked

regularly. (thanks Paul)

The group photo

of the set up and

early team

Below; Just One of

the Perks of being

a President

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Reeeeely looking

forward to seeing

you all there!

Have you booked

your place at Pres-

ident Geoff’s End

of Year Party yet?

Three course meal

live music that will

get all jigging and

all for only £40.

per head

c’mon see him off

in style!!

This is the band—

they are so good

they were booked

a year ago!

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A lovely piece in Foothill Highland Bulletin this week on their relics!!! These are members who have been in Rotary for a certain amount of time this

all complied by Rtn Sam Morgan with help for her sister in Law Gail Shaffer who were both over here on the last exchange it was especially poignant when I spotted a picture of an ex-change in 1997 which I have copied and popped in here (sorry the quality is not too good due to reproduction problems) but you can just make out the folks in it which include our very own Hon Member Margaret parsons and her late dear husband P P Leslie, PHF and some other Brits I seem to know quite well— Tony Horn, Alan & Gill Jefferies, Peggy Goldsworthy and her toy-boy all pictured with folk we are still in touch with and with whom we have shared so many great times.

The Americans pictured; John & June Hallsten Carla Curran her late husband Bob who is also pictured in 2008 when he introduced Annie Hallsten to Rotary ( John & Junes Granddaughter who has since been one of their Presidents)

Hey does this make some of us Brits Relics

too?? Nah! silly thought really!

Well done Sam Morgan, wish we had been there also with y’aal on Dicks boat this weekend for your Clubs fundraiser, hope it all went well

Please delete old Email for Hon Member Kevin

Brown and use this new one from now on thank

you. Please use:- anita.kev18@gmail.com

This is my last Birdy for a while now as early on

Thursday Peggy and I together with Alan & Gill

Jefferies of Swindon Thamesdown Rotary Club will

be spreading joy and happiness whilst pioneering in

Obama territory, of course following President

Obama’s lead, we will not hesitate to tell them how

to run their Country too! We may point out that we

may also actually put them ‘at the back of the

Queue in future! However as non political folk we

will just keep it on a purely personal level!

I look forward to reading the Birdies from Scoop,

Grumpy and Super Scribe during our holiday and as

you will realise we will both try to keep out of the

way of all animals with 4 legs especially in races!

Golds!

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This in from Past President Peter Tompkins and Kate at this fun event for all the family

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Mon 18/04/2016 09:36

Dear event organiser,

Best of luck for your Know Your Blood Pressure

event, we hope it’s a big success!

Thank you so much for organising a Know Your Blood

Pressure event for 2016. 2015 was a great year for the

campaign; with over 1680 events registered, it was our

best year yet. We’re hoping that this year’s Know Your

Blood Pressure Campaign will be even better!

By holding this event, you are helping to raise aware-

ness of the link between high blood pressure and stroke

and ensure that people at risk get appropriate treat-

ment.

Freepost RSZL-SAUL-GRBK

The Know Your Blood Pressure Team

Life After Stroke Centre

Church Lane

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

B61 8RA

We’d love to see any photos you take on the day, par-

ticularly photos that you would be happy for us to share

in a gallery on our website and our social media

sites. Showing people just how much fun the events

can be is a great way to encourage more people to

take part. Please send any photos to the email ad-

dresses above or tweet them on the day of your

event using our Twitter handle @TheStrokeAssoc

and the hashtag #KnowYourBP.

Please accept our thanks once more for the enor-mous and valued contribution you make to both the campaign and to preventing stroke nationwide. If you have any other questions relating to the relation-ship between our two organisations then please con-tact us on rotary@stroke.org.uk.

With very best wishes,

The Know Your Blood Pressure team

Danielle Bates Marketing Assistant Telephone 01527 903729 stroke.org.uk Life After Stroke Centre Church Lane Bromsgrove Worcestershire B61 8RA Helpline 0303 3033 100 Textphone 18001 0303 3033 100

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The Royal College of Nursing has weighed in

on Prime Minister David Cam-eron's health care proposals for the

National Health Service.

The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had a sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Admin-istration had a lot of nerve. The Obstetricians felt they were all labouring un-der a misconception. Ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted. Pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while thePaediatricians said, "Oh, Grow up." The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it. The Surgeons were fed up with the cuts and de-cided to wash their hands of the whole thing. The Ear Nose and Throat specialists didn't swallow it, and just wouldn't hear of it. The Pharmacists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, "This puts a whole new face on the matter...." The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea. The Anaesthetists thought the whole idea was a gas, but the Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no. In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the ar**holes in Whitehall.

Thank you to Andre Whiting for these

A group of primary school infants, accompanied

Jokes

‘on the B

irdy’s

win

g’ by two female teachers,

went on a field trip to Huntingdon races to see and

learn about thoroughbred horses.

When it was time to take the children to the toilet, it

was decided that the girls would go with one teacher

and the boys would go with the other.

The teacher assigned to the boys was waiting outside

the men's toilet when one of the boys came out

and told her that none of them could reach the urinal.

Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys

with their underpants, and began hoisting the boys

up, one by one,

holding their willies to direct the flow away from their

clothes.

As she lifted one, she couldn't help but notice that he

was unusually well endowed.

Trying not to show that she was staring, the teacher

said, 'You must be in year four.'

'No, love,' he replied. "I'm riding Vinegar Hill in the

2.15

Thanks to Rtn Chris Durie in Oz for this Two nuns were shopping at a 7-11 store. As they passed by the beer cooler, one nun said to the other," Wouldn't a nice cool beer or two taste wonderful on a hot summer evening? The second nun answered, "Indeed it would, sister, but I would not feel comfortable buying beer, since I am certain it would cause a scene at the checkout stand." "I can handle that without a problem," the other nun replied, and she picked up a six-pack and headed for the checkout. The cashier had a surprised look on his face when the two nuns arrived with a six-pack of beer. "We use beer to rinse our hair after washing," the nun said, "back at our nunnery, we call it Catholic Shampoo." Without blinking an eye, the cashier reached under the counter, pulled out a package of pretzel sticks and placed them in the bag with the beer.

He then looked the nun straight in the eye, smiled, and said: "The curlers are on the house."

Thanks Grumpy for this one

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Saturday 23rd April

(St Georges Day)

Know Your Blood Pressure Day Brunel Centre

Sunday 26th June

Our 4th Dragon Boat Race 2016

Coate Water

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of

service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to

encourage and foster:

1)The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for

service;

2) High ethical standards in business and professions, the

recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and

the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity

to serve society;

3) The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s

personal, business, and community life;

4) The advancement of international understanding, goodwill,

and peace through a world fellowship of business and profes-

sional persons united in the ideal of service.

(It is not usual to read the numbers aloud when reciting the object)

That’s all Folks !- but remember, we are a

Rotary Club of the 21st Century

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Fri 1st July 2016

President’s

End Of Year Ball

We DUN GOOD!