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Guest
Speaker:
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Mr John Barnes District Governor 9810
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Topic:
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District Governor’s
Annual Visit and Address to the Club
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Chairman:
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President Greg
Cooper
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Desk
Duties:
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Ian Port,
Tony Stokes, Lin
Martin
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Roving
Reporter:
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Ken Clark
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President Greg’s Report: The Week in Review
Whitehorse
Men’s Shed is now two years old. Assisted by Tony Stokes and Don
Sweeney, who manned the BBQ, the team running this wonderful initiative
hosted a celebration last Thursday. A generous turnout, including many of our
own members, local councillors and politicians, shared coffee, cake and
snags, whilst hiding from the steady rain. It is worth noting that this
valuable service would not have existed today without the tireless work of a
handful of Club members and Brian Martin in particular. Thank you to all
concerned.
This week
we welcome District Governor John Barnes for his annual visit to our Club. He
will share his vision and plan for the continued growth and development of
the Clubs in our District. A briefing and review with our Secretary,
President Elect and myself will follow.
Please
consider who you may be able to invite as a guest to the Club in two weeks
when our normal speaker program recommences. It’s time to think and
plan now.
President
Greg
Report
from Last week’s meeting (Aug 13th) by Roving Reporter
Ian Port:
Report on Last Week’s Meeting by Roving Reporter Ian
Port
Introduced by Chairman Ken Clark, our guest speaker
was Gus Koedyk, Executive Director of Nadrasca, an acronym for Nunawading
and District Retarded and Spastic Children’s Association. The
Association was formed in 1967 as an initiative of the Nunawading
Apex Club following a Foundation Meeting held at Mitcham
Memorial Hall when a small group of parents with children with intellectual
disabilities met together and elected its first President, Councillor Graham Walsh of Nunawading
City Council.
Nadrasca proudly celebrated its fortieth anniversary
in 2007.
Forty years on, Nadrasca now supports around 350 people with a wide range of disabilities.All receive ongoing training and support to
enable them to reach whatever goals they set.
Nadrasca is now
involved in a wide range of industry services including packing and assembly,
commercial printing and mailing. It has expertise in printing jobs and mail
distribution.
Three teams from Nadrasca participated in the Whitehorse Charity Golf Day convened
by the Rotary Club of Box Hill Central at Box Hill Golf Club on Monday 21
April 2008.
Nadrasca was one of
the beneficiaries and Club President, Greg Cooper expressed pleasure in
presenting to Gus Koedyk a cheque for $ 6,016 being
Nadrasca’s share of the
proceeds.
Speakers Aide Ken Clark introduces Mr Gus Koedyk
of NADRASCA
Mr Gus Koedyk impressed Club members with the scope of the NADRASCA
work and story
Attendance Report for Last Week’s
Meeting (20th August) by Geoff Limmer:
Listed
below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for the August 13th
meeting. Remember that to be counted towards attendance, Make-ups may
be made 14 days prior to, or following, a missed meeting date.
Notice of
Apology prior to a meeting should be made to Geoff Limmer,
email rotary@airportbus.com.au or Tel:
0419 329 218.
Likewise if
you are bringing a guest, similar notice would be appreciated beforehand if
at all possible.
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Apologies: (9)
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Maurice Benington, Rob Collier,
Tony De Fazio, Paul Evans,
Andrew Forgas, Alison Gregory, Craig Hoath, Brian McPhail, Garry Randall
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Leave of Absence: (8)
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Murray
Baird, Trevor Dalziel,
Peter Enlund, Vici Funnell, Jim Killeen, John
Maddock, Lesley Bell, Ken Rice.
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Absence: (1)
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Sam Pho.
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Present:
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17 / 35
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Visiting Rotarians:
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Nil
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Visitors:
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Guest Speaker –
Gus Koedyk - NADRASCA
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Make-ups
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District
Rural Relief –
13/8/08:
Tony Stokes
Eastern
Emergency Relief – 16/8/08: Michelle
Hart, Bruce McEwen, Bernie Millane, Tony Stokes
RC
Manningham –
18/8/08:
Brian Martin
RC
Warrandyte –
19/8/08:
Brian
Martin
Whitehorse Rotaract –
13/8/08:
Malcolm Chiverton
District
New Generations – 14/8/08: Malcolm Chiverton
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Date
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Speaker
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Subject
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Chairperson
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3
September
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Club
Assembly
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Greg
Cooper
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10
September
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Ms Ann Buik, Consultant in Executive and Workplace Coaching
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Managing
generational differences in the workplace
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Michelle
Hart
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17
September
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Ms Naanki Pasricha, Operation
Cleft Project Manager
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OCA Speech Therapy Camps in Bangladesh
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Brian
Martin
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August Theme
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Membership and Extension
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Wednesday 27/8
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Visit
by DG John Barnes
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7.15
for 7.30am
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Box
Hill Golf Club
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September Theme
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New
Generations
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Wednesday 3/9
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Club
Assembly
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7:15
for 7:30am
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Box
Hill Golf Club
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Monday 8/9
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Board
Meeting
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6:30pm
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253c Burwood Hwy
Burwood
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Sunday 14/9
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Farmers Market
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7.30am
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Behind
Whitehorse Council Buildings
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Friday 19/9
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District
Conference Launch
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Saturday 20/9
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Eastern
Emergency Relief Roster
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9.00am
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1/10 Thornton Crescent Mitcham
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Birthdays:
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19 August
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Anita Sweeney
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29 August
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Stephen Funnell
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Anniversaries:
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19 August
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Lindsay and Barbara Mackay
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21 August
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Michelle and David Hart
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27 August
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Lesley and John Bell
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Rotary Inductions:
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17 August 2005
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Jim Killeen
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30 August 2006
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Tony De Fazio
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Members Input Corner: From Bernie Millane.
TIMOR-LESTE
in 2008 is a near neighbour in need
of friends.
- What’s behind
the recent unrest in Timor-Leste,
particularly in DILI ?
- Does it have an economy - ie. one that offers
employment, generates incomes and security for its citizens?
- How can it be one of the
poorest countries in the world when it has huge resources of
underground oil ?
Timor-Leste is our northern neighbour, one and a half
hours away by plane. In 2008, it still has little infrastructure –
what it did have was destroyed during the events of 1999 and more recently
(in Dili), in 2006. In simple terms, our near neighbours
in Timor-Leste need fair dinkum friends and a big
dose of private and public Capital and Social investment’.
Since 2002 I have travelled a number of times to Timor-Leste,
visited a number of Regional locations including Dili,
Ermera and the Oecussi Enclave and to various Suco’s, Villages and international borders. Present day conditions still display a
beautiful landscape - one that is interspersed with the aftermath of damage
– damage to the land, homes and major infrastructures. I now
understand more of what was done to this small nation and the challenges
these wonderful people must take on board AND overcome.
OECUSSI
Enclave is a large land-mass, approx. 800 sq.kms
(City of Whitehorse
is 64 sq. kms.) It has close to 12,000 households
with a population of 63,000 citizens (grown rapidly since the mid
1990’s). Apart from a few unregistered sedan Taxi vehicles in OECUSSI Township,
there is no formal public transport system. A 30km
journey can take up to 3 hours to complete - one way!! ALL forms of communication are a
challenge; more often than not impossible! When considering Project work, therefore,
it is a good idea to focus on an Aldeia (village)
or perhaps a Sub-District (Succo).
I look
forward to elaborating on the above two paras for the Club in September.
Bernie
Millane
Convenor
- Whitehorse Community - Friends of OECUSSI Enclave
The "new" Primary School in QUESI Aldeia (village).
Approx 30 kms out of OECUSSI Township, fully
funded by Whitehorse
Community “Friends of Oecussi”in 2007/8.
'Home-sweet-home in 2008' for
a refugee family, a stones-throw from the entrance to DILI International Airport.
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Desk Duties/Greeting Roster 2008:
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September
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Ralston Wood, Andrew Forgas, Kerry Barrett
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October
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Maurice
Benington, Trevor Dalziel, Jim Killeen
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November
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Michelle Hart, Vici
Funnell, Lesley Bell
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December
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Geoff Limmer, Alison Gregory, Andrew Forgas
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3 September
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Ken Clark
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10 September
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Bruce McEwen
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17 September
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Michael
Kirk
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24 September
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Tony Stokes
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1 October
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Bernie Millane
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8 October
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Alison Gregory
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15 October
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Ian Port
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22 October
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Bruce McEwen
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29 October
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Ken Clark
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5 November
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Michael
Kirk
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12 November
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Tony Stokes
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19 November
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Bernie Millane
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26 November
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Alison Gregory
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3 December
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Ian Port
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10 December
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Ken Clark
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Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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14 September
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Alison Gregory, Owen Jenkin
Malcolm Chiverton, Murray Baird
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12 October
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
Eggs & Bacon (7.30-10.00am)
Eggs & Bacon (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Peter Enlund, Jim Killeen
Andrew Forgas, Tony De Fazio
Lin Martin,
Tony Stokes, Sam Pho
Lesley Bell, Maurice Benington, Bernie Millane
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9 November
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Ken Clark, Brian Martin
Don Sweeney, Michael Kirk
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14 December
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Ralston Wood, Murray
Baird
Michelle Hart, Alison Gregory
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Eastern Emergency Relief Roster:
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20 September
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Michael Kirk, Ian Port,
Garry Randall, Lindsay Mackay,
Rotaractor
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18 October
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Brian Martin, Don
Sweeney, Rob Collier, Lesley
Bell, Rotaractor
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Name
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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Total Tips
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Total Margin
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Jeff Enlund
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7
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7
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6
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4
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4
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7
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5
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2
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6
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5
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5
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7
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124
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Tony Enlund
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7
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7
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6
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5
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3
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5
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5
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3
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7
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5
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7
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7
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122
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Ralston Wood
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7
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7
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6
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4
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3
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6
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5
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2
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8
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6
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3
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5
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120
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keith rooney
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
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6
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4
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3
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7
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6
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6
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6
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119
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Lesley Bell
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6
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7
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5
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4
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4
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7
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6
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3
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8
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6
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6
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6
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118
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Brian McPhail
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6
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7
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6
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5
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4
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6
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4
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3
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7
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5
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4
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6
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118
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sticky
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7
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7
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6
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5
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3
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5
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6
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2
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7
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5
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3
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5
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117
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Tony Stokes
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6
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7
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6
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5
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3
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6
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5
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3
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8
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6
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4
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6
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116
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Michael Kirk
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6
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7
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5
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4
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3
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4
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5
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2
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8
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6
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6
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7
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116
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Phillip Enlund
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6
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7
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6
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4
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4
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4
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5
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4
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8
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6
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6
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6
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115
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Lynette Milton
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6
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7
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7
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4
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5
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6
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5
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1
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8
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7
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5
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2
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115
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Michael Dean
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7
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7
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5
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5
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4
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5
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4
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2
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7
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5
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4
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5
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114
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Ken Clark
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7
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7
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5
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5
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5
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6
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5
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3
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5
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5
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4
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7
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114
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craig hoah
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6
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7
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6
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3
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3
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5
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6
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4
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6
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5
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6
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5
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114
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Greg Cooper
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7
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7
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7
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6
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3
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7
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4
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4
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6
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5
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2
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5
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114
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Bruce McEwen
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6
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7
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6
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4
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4
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6
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3
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3
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7
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6
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5
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7
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112
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Peter Enlund
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7
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7
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3
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5
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4
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4
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3
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4
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6
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6
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5
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5
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110
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Cat 09
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6
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7
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5
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4
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4
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5
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1
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5
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6
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4
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5
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7
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110
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Ian Milton
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6
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7
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4
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5
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4
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7
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3
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3
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7
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5
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5
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2
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104
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Steve Rice
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7
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7
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5
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5
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5
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6
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3
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2
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3
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1
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5
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2
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102
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Malcolm Chiverton
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3
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5
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8
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4
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5
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5
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4
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3
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5
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3
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2
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6
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100
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Sue McPhail
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2
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4
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6
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5
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7
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7
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3
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3
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1
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6
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5
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5
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97
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Sue Korevaar
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5
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5
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2
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5
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5
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4
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5
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5
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1
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3
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4
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2
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88
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Vishwa Prakash Chandrasekharan
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2
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5
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2
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5
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5
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3
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1
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5
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1
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1
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5
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2
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72
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Rotary Grace:
Rotary Grace:
For good food
Good
fellowship
And the
opportunity to serve through Rotary
We give
thanks.
District
9810 website
- for all the news in our Rotary district
Rotary eClub
one -
Rotary eClub One
Calendar of Events - check it out regularly as it is
UPDATED on a regular basis
Board of Directors - President Greg Cooper, Club Directors 2008/09 and their
Committees
Club Service List - All the other Club duties
For contributions and improvement
ideas please email the editor, bmcewen@optusnet.com.au
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