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President
Allen Richards & wife Lesley at Changeover Dinner.
Meets Tuesday at 6.00pm
for 6.30pm start at Fiasco’s Restaurant, Parkwood Tavern, Olsen
Avenue, Parkwood.
Bulletin for Tuesday 19 August 2008
Reports of Meeting held on 12 August 2008:
From
the President
Immediate Past President Karyn
Joyner chaired the meeting in my absence, thank you. Nineteen
attended including Visiting Member Peter Lucas (St.
Leonards), guests : Dr. Jon Murphy, Jacqui Mengler (GSE
applicant) and guest speaker Megan Illmer from the Spinal
Injuries Association. Apologies from myself, Ken B and Teresa.
Sergeant Charmaine conducted a fun fine
session. Margaret bragged about her Award from the Police
Commissioner for her Contribution to Crime Stoppers (a worthy brag
and even worthier award!) Karyn bragged about the pleasure
she has had with her 13 yr old stepson visiting from the USA and
mentioned that Craig is enjoying Sydney. Harry bragged
about a rather dubious Olympic connection – his partner Kay’s son’s
fiancée is riding in the Equestrian team for Australia!
Heads & Tails was won by Margaret (who
left her bottle of wine for Mike B to purloin) and Brian Knowles
won the ‘number off’.
A reminder to Board members – Board Meeting
Monday 18th August at 5.30pm at Fiasco’s.
See you then.
Allen
Directors Reports
Ron Wilson - GSE
nominees and leaders are needed for 08/09 trips to Taiwan and the
Caribbean. More information is available on our web site.
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
– Brian Knowles - more information by email.
Bravehearts
The Mowerthon send off was a huge success – thank you to
those members who contributed prior and to those who helped on the
day. Reports on the fund-raiser so far have been very good – with
the project targeting $1m to be raised from this event. Parkwood
Rotary Club was awarded a special ‘thank shoe’ at the meeting via
David Rolle.
Bravehearts
also has its White Balloon Day coming up – businesses can
help by selling the balloons at their businesses. More to come
Claude – the Mowerthon Man – with Parkwood Rotary members at the
morning tea send off at Bravehearts last Saturday.
Medical Mission to Kenya
– Charmaine White leaves on September 20th
as a volunteer participant with the Medical Mission being organized
by Rotarians for Fighting AIDS – A Rotarian Action Group. Charmaine
would like to take some gifts that would be useful to the local
people – in particular non-prescription sunglasses and reading
glasses with magnification. Also small gifts for children such as
pencils, small balls, crayons etc will be accepted.
Membership Seminar - DG Tony Hayes
and the D9640 membership committee invite you to this important
seminar at Robina State High School on Sunday 24th
August at 9.30am – 2.30pm. Tea/coffee on arrival and sausage
sizzle lunch, nominal cost $10. Please contact Bill Pavey if
interested in attending.
Rotary Toast
Naperville, Illonois, USA – Karyn Joyner.
Karyn met members of the Naperville Club when she travelled there
for the Rotary Convention in Chicago, 2005. The Club was founded in
March 1941 with 15 members – it now boasts 166 members and meets at
noon on Thursdays. This club has ‘birthed’ 3 more clubs in
Naperville.
Joker Raffle
John Smith
conducted the Joker Raffle – with Susan holding the winning
ticket – however the six of spades was drawn. The ‘pot’ will jackpot
to next week – currently around $190.
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker Megan Illmer with Brian Knowles and Karyn Joyner
Megan Illmer,
Communications Officer for the Spinal Injuries Association,
spoke to us about SEAT (Spinal Education Awareness Team). Megan
started in her role four months ago after working as a journalist
for several years.
SEAT has been
running for 21 years in Queensland and in that time, the presenters
have spoken to more than a staggering 1.2 million children.
Longest-running presenter Wayne Leo has been with SEAT since day one
and in that time he’s spoken to almost a quarter of a million
children. He’s a volunteer, isn’t that amazing?
There are
currently 14 SEAT presenters, based in Brisbane, the Gold Coast,
Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay, Townsville, Cairns and
Stanthorpe. All presenters are volunteers. All of them say they do
it because if they save at least one child from ending up in a
wheelchair, then it’s worth it. In Queensland 90 people each year
have spinal injuries –that’s one every four days! Ongoing care can
be very expensive – around $800 per day at the PA Hospital in
Brisbane – around $12m for one person for their lifetime. Around 40%
of injuries are caused by road trauma.
The Spinal
Injuries Association promotes independence for all and provides peer
support officers, employment options and over 600 personal care
attendants in Queensland. In the last 10 years Queensland has the
lowest rate of spinal cord injuries in Australia. There is no cure
currently – so this prevention program is one of the best!
Duty Roster – 19 August
Registration
– Klaus G,
Welcome
– Charmaine,
Sergeant
– Karyn,
Intro/thank Guest Speaker
– John T,
Rotary Toast
– Doug T
Club Calendar
(Partners and
members of the Rotary family are always welcome)
The club enjoys 30 mins of fellowship prior to each meeting.
Monday 18th August
Board Meeting at 5.30pm
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 19th August
Linda Walk – Blue Care
Visit from AG – Sandy Doumany
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 26th August
Peter Davidson – Donations in Kind
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 2nd September
Robert Knight & Leo Beutal – Bendigo Bank
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 9th September
DG Tony Hayes
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 14th October
Taryn Harvey – Guide Dogs
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 11th November
Peter Lucas - Turkey
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
Tuesday 25th November
Lauren Skaskiw – USA Ambassadorial Scholar
@ Fiascos, Parkwood Tavern, Parkwood
All members are reminded to contact, Charmaine White
0418121963
or charmainetwhite@yahoo.com.au
to confirm numbers for each event. All local, national and
international Rotary News is available on our web site. Members,
please check the website for your Monthly Duty Roster.
All
local, national and international Rotary News is available on our
web site:
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/index.html
Members, please check the following webpage for your Monthly Duty Roster,
Bulletin Archive, Make-up opportunities, etc:
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/bulletin3.htm
Club
Details
Club President:
Allen Richards
Club Secretary:
Margaret Grummitt
Telephone:
(07)
55378984
Address:
P.O. Box 99, Labrador, QLD 4215
Email:
parkwood@rotarnet.com.au
Website:
http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/96452/index.html
District
Governor:
Tony Hayes
R.I. President:
Dong Kurn Lee
The
Cabbie & the Nun:
A cabbie picks up
a Nun.
She gets into the
cab and the driver won’t stop staring at her. She asks him why.
He replies “I
have a question to ask you but don’t want to offend you”
She answers “My
son, you cannot offend. When you’re as old as I am and have been a
Nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about
everything. I’m sure there’s nothing you could say or ask that I
would find offensive.”
“Well, I’ve
always had a fantasy to have a Nun kiss me”
She responds
“Well, lets see what we can do about that:
Number one – you
have to be single, and
Number two – you
must be Catholic.”
The cab driver is
very excited and says “Yes, I am single and I’m Catholic”
“Ok” the Nun says
“Pull into the next alley”
The Nun fulfils
his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get
back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
“My dear child”
says the Nun “why are you crying?”
“Forgive me, but
I’ve sinned. I lied. I must confess, I’m married and I’m Jewish.”
The Nun says
“That’s Ok, my name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party.”
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