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N N e e w w s s l l e e t t t t e e r r o o f f t t h h e e R R o o t t a a r r y y C C l l u u b b o o f f E E s s s s e e n n d d o o n n I I n n c c . . THE ROTARY CLUB OF ESSENDON D9800 President 2015-16: Peter Halaseh ABN 91036600532 P.O Box 161 Essendon 3040 Australia www.rce.org.au Contact us – [email protected] and follow us on facebook Editor – Sunil Perera Volume 81, Issue 08, 25 August 2015 Next week’s speakers 1 st September Lambis Englezos AM is a Greek born Australian art teacher and amateur historian who has devoted many years to uncovering truth and developing strategies to move officialdom to support this work. His extraordinary efforts have changed the lives of many people. Lambis was responsible for discovering mass war graves for some 250 lost Australian soldiers from the disastrous Battle of Fromelles from World War 1 near Fromelles in France where on July 19, 1916, Australian and British allied soldiers lost their lives at a small village in France called Fromelles. Melbourne-based Lambis delivers a factual and authoritative 30 - 40 presentation + Q&A about the journey of finding these lost soldiers in France. His presentation is supported by some quite moving images of lost soldiers, mass grave sites and those of soldiers whose families now know what happened to them. Tim Whitford’s will talk about his long and emotional journey tracing the missing Australian soldiers of the WWI battle of Fromelles. Tim's search was driven by the idea that some Australian soldiers had actually broken through the German lines and were not in fact missing – they’d been killed in battle and buried by the German army. Tim Whitford a great nephew of Private Harry Wills and a key figure in the push for an official search for the men killed in battle said recently that he had received an official phone call to say his great uncle Harry had been given a name. He decided to visit his grandmother immediately to tell her the news with Lambis Englezos, the Victorian school teacher whose dogged research led to the official search for the men. These two gentlemen will talk about their experience in finding the missing Australian soldiers. Meeting 18 th August 2015 Sergeant Michael Cariss opened the meeting and welcomed President Peter to speak to the members and guests present. President Peter reminded the members present of the new members night at the Valley Cellar door and requested all to be present to welcome the new members to our club. President Peter also spoke about men’s shed opening on the 29 th August and the BBQ (see below details) The members were also informed of the golf day in November, Alistair Fraser informed the members that the date once known will be informed to all members very soon. Peter also made mention of the fact that 243 million children have been vaccinated against polio and the help and assistance provided by Rotary. Jenny Foster will be packing a container on Thursday at DIK from 9.30am till 3pm if anyone wishes to help please contact Jenny on 0410 595 847 It was announced that Ian Thomas is recovering well after treatment, Rob Thomas is still undergoing treatment and his voice is still very weak and will be needing further treatment on his infected lungs, he has a long way to go yet and we offer our good wishes and prayers for his recovery. Rob Thomas had also informed Michael Cariss to sell daffodil day badges on behalf of the cancer council and these were sold out at the meeting.
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF ESSENDON D9800 President 2015-16: Peter Halaseh ABN 91036600532 P.O Box 161 Essendon 3040 Australia www.rce.org.au
Contact us – [email protected] and follow us on facebook Editor – Sunil Perera mmmmm
Editorial Logistics: Sunil Perera
Volume 81, Issue 08, 25 August 2015 Next week’s speakers 1st September
Lambis Englezos AM is a Greek born Australian art teacher and amateur historian who has devoted many years to uncovering truth and developing strategies to move officialdom to support this work. His extraordinary efforts have changed the lives of many people. Lambis was responsible for discovering mass war graves for some 250 lost Australian soldiers
from the disastrous Battle of Fromelles from World War 1 near Fromelles in France where on July 19, 1916, Australian and British allied soldiers lost their lives at a small village in France called Fromelles.
Melbourne-based Lambis delivers a factual and authoritative 30 - 40 presentation + Q&A about the journey of finding these lost soldiers in France. His presentation is supported by some quite moving images of lost soldiers, mass grave sites and those of soldiers whose families now know what happened to them.
Tim Whitford’s will talk about his long and emotional journey tracing the missing Australian soldiers of the WWI battle of Fromelles. Tim's search was driven by the idea that some Australian soldiers had actually broken through the German lines and were not in fact missing – they’d been killed in battle and buried by the German army. Tim Whitford a great nephew of Private Harry Wills and a key figure in the push for an official search for the men killed in battle said recently that he had received an official phone call to say his great uncle Harry had been given a name. He decided to visit his grandmother immediately to tell her the news with Lambis Englezos, the Victorian school teacher whose dogged research led to the official search for the men. These two gentlemen will talk about their experience in finding the missing Australian soldiers. Meeting 18th August 2015 Sergeant Michael Cariss opened the meeting and welcomed President Peter to speak to the members and guests present. President Peter reminded the members present of the new members night at the Valley Cellar door and requested all to be present to welcome the new members to our club. President Peter also spoke about men’s shed opening on the 29th August and the BBQ (see below details) The members were also informed of the golf day in November, Alistair Fraser informed the members that the date once known will be informed to all members very soon. Peter also made mention of the fact that 243 million children have been vaccinated against polio and the help and assistance provided by Rotary. Jenny Foster will be packing a container on Thursday at DIK from 9.30am till 3pm if anyone wishes to help please contact Jenny on 0410 595 847 It was announced that Ian Thomas is recovering well after treatment, Rob Thomas is still undergoing treatment and his voice is still very weak and will be needing further treatment on his infected lungs, he has a long way to go yet and we offer our good wishes and prayers for his recovery. Rob Thomas had also informed Michael Cariss to sell daffodil day badges on behalf of the cancer council and these were sold out at the meeting.
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Dr Peter Condos read the fellowship details and informed the members present that there were no birthday announcements but it was Connie Maina’s anniversary. Peter reminded all present that the meeting on the 15th September will be a night meeting and a Pizza night (see events calendar). Each committee to give a 5 minute presentation on their years objectives Speaker for the day - Police Superintendent Cindy Millen Richard Lawrence introduced the speaker for the day Police Superintendent Cindy Millen, Cindy participated in the Rotary club mentor program 5 years ago. The Audrey Fagan Memorial Award winner, recognising outstanding women who have shown exceptional qualities as a mentor, role model and leader of men and women in policing and law enforcement and chosen
by a selection panel from all of this year’s nominees was awarded to Cindy. Cindy had shown herself to be an outstanding leader and positive role model for Victoria Police, she is supportive, unselfish, challenges the thinking of any person, leads by example and demonstrates to people, in particular women, that there is no obstacle too big to stop you from achieving your goals and dreams, the award presenter said. Cindy said that she joined the Police force at the tender age of 19 and had very little life experience and she was keen to learn from the experience of others and especially mentors, she said this was one of the main reasons she joined the Rotary mentor program. Cindy mentioned that she has done the Moonee Valley Police Kokoda program and also worked with the returned soldiers from Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Cindy stated that there is a human face to the Police men and women and that there are Police members suffering from PTS and unfortunately some of the men in particular are reluctant to take treatment until it is too late.
She said that people should be made more aware of mental health issues. Cindy said that she now works in the city and travels from her home in Geelong and tries to get back home to her children at a reasonable time but is often called out at night if there is an emergency as she is responsible for all the crimes that happen in the city of Melbourne and Yarra and need to prepare statistics of these crimes for analysis. Cindy spoke about the recent reclaim Australia demonstrations in the City and how she had to control the two groups by instructing her Police men & women on the scene to avoid a clash between the two groups. Cindy mentioned that she is currently working on a few projects one of which is the “home safe” program for late night trains with the PSOs, and another was a study at Deakin University about the drug problem in the city especially ice and the work she is doing with the Australian drugs foundation. Cindy stated that she is currently involved in planning for the Spring racing carnival the tennis and the football finals. Cindy finished by saying that her passion is helping women in the Police force moving through the ranks. Veronica O’ Sullivan said that she has known Cindy Millen for a long time and that she was an exceptional officer that we can all be proud of to have in our Police force.
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Mens Shed The Men’s Shed at Mascoma St Strathmore will open at 10am Saturday 29 August 2015 for our first
information session for the public. Our members Lisa Lowcock, Alistair Fraser, Lino Airo-Farulla and Karyn
Clarke have volunteered their services to assist on the day. We at Essendon Rotary are also responsible for the
BBQ and we need some more helpers. Please contact Alistair (0411 117 881) if you can assist cook a good
snag!!
A formal application has been lodged with Moonee Valley Council for a Grant to assist with funding The Great
Moonee Valley Discovery which we hope to run in March 2016. The Grant application process is quite
exacting. President Peter has thanked Alistair Fraser for preparing our submission and we hope for the right
outcome.
Strathmore Mens Shed (SMS) will have its first open session at 10am, Saturday 29/8/2015 and we need
volunteers to assist on this day and into the future. SMS will be run on a day to day basis by 3 Rotary Clubs:
Essendon, Essendon North and Strathmore. Moonee Valley Council will provide support as required.
We currently have more than 80 people who have indicated that they wish to use the SMS and we expect a
large turn-out on the 29th so we need your help to ensure this day is successful. This would involve managing
the enrolment procedures, but not matters related to handling tools or machinery.
After this day we require volunteers to assist with running the hands-on sessions and this will involve tools and
machinery. Lino Airo-Farulla has already volunteered and we are seeking more members, or friends of
members, who might enjoy being more closely involved with this significant Rotary community project. For
more information contact Alistair Fraser, 9379 4836 or 0411 117 881.
Note from Lino
Lino stated that the food at Anglers is improving a bit and hoped that this improvement will continue.
Help Hats Help Heads on World Mental Health Day
Hat Day is Australian Rotary Health’s national fundraising and awareness day for mental health research,
celebrated each year on World Mental Health Day - Friday October 9, 2015. Since the inaugural Hat Day in
2011, Hat Day has claimed two Guinness World Records (most people wearing paper hats & most people
wearing red hats). Hat Day recently launched a new logo, as well as a new website with social fundraising
features.
Hat Day has acquired a number of high profile ambassadors in its five years of running, including actors Elle
Dawe, Matt Lee and Pauly Fenech. Most recently, we were joined by Dr Happy – Dr Tim Sharp, Chief
Happiness Officer at the Happiness Institute. Since 2014, Hat Day has also partnered with the ABC to promote
mental health research in Australia.
Rotary Clubs have been our biggest supporters to date, and with your help we are reaching an increasing
number of organisations who are hosting Hat Day events in their workplaces. This year, clubs in Hobart,
Sydney and Melbourne will be hosting corporate launch events with high profile guests and speakers,
including Dr Happy, sharing insights on happiness.
Some other great Hat Day events and initiatives have included:
• Trivia nights – many clubs have held successful events using our trivia host kit available upon request;
• A pirate-themed river cruise;
• Taking posters and collection boxes to local business receptions;
• The Melbourne Cup Milliner’s cocktail and showcase evening;
• A photo-booth in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney;
• Stalls at local shopping centres or community events (some with cupcakes);
• Official fundraising at train stations;
• The annual Australian Rotary Health Wine, Food & Race Day.
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What will your Club do? Register your Club for Hat Day at www.hatday.com.au.
Rotary Club of Essendon door roster
August 2015 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask, Wal Dibben.
September 2015 – Darly Lee, Roger Leask, Sam Tartaglia
October 2015 – Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Jack Honson
November 2015 – Daryl Lee, Roger Leask, Michael Pepi & Maurice Mollica
December 2015 – Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
January 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
February 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
March 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
April 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
May 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
June 2016 - Daryl Lee, Roger Leask & Maurice Mollica
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A widely held view throughout Rotary is that the Foundation is the "engine room" of Rotary and DG Julie firmly hold that view. Therefore to learn more about the wonderful humanitarian and educational programs which your club can participate in, we recommend to you this popular seminar which will be an interactive forum for you and any Rotarian in your club. The financial support of each club to OUR Foundation throughout our District is so important for us to be able to continue to carry out the humanitarian and educational programs that Rotary is renowned for. We would also like to remind you that attendance at this seminar is essential for your club to participate in the District and Global Grants. Please come and learn more about OUR Foundation Bookings can be made online through the following link http://goo.gl/EJcIYd
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EVENTS CALENDAR DATE SPEAKER/EVENT VENUE
1st Sept 2015 Lambis Englezos & Tim Whitford The Anglers Club 12.30 to 2pm
8th September
TBA The Anglers Club 12.30 pm to
2pm
15th September Gourmet Pizza night @ $25,
drinks at own cost,
Each committee to give a 5
minute presentation on their
years objectives
Fellowship & door prize
The Anglers Tavern, 2 Raleigh
Road Maribyrnong. 7pm to 8pm
22nd September TBA The Anglers Club 12.30pm to
2pm
29th September Helen Cooney - Caroline
Chisholm Society
The Anglers Club 12.30pm to
2pm
Thoughts for the day
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” - Marilyn Monroe
“I have walked the long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended” - Nelson Mandela – Long walk to Freedom
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Help yourself and help the Club by banking with
Strathmore Community Bank. For example,
take out a home loan and the club will receive
up to $500. Take out a 3 month fixed term
deposit and the club will receive up to $50.
For more details drop into the branch at 337
Napier St or call branch Manager Philip Stewart
on 9374-2607.
John L Gregory
Certified Practising Accountant
272 Keilor Road,
North Essendon, VIC 3041
Telephone: 03-9379 1705
