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Narooma Rotary's 2018-2019 Board: Laurelle Pacey, front left, President Rod Walker, John Rungen; Bob Aston, back left, Lynn Hastings, Ang Ulrichsen, John Doyle
Eurobodalla Shire Mayor Cr Liz Innes, Narooma Rotary Past President Bob Aston and President Rod Walker and Member for Bega Andrew Constance reflect on Narooma Rotary’s 60 years of service to the community.
Helping feed the Kidney Kar Rally participants were Sandra Doyle, left, Ang Ulrichsen, Iris Dormeier, Chris O'Brien Lynn Hastings and Laurelle Pacey
At Mama Mia - Here we go again: Heather Ferguson , left, Sandra Doyle and Chris O'Brien
Sandra Doyle presents Brendan Constable with a $500 donation from the Busking Festival proceeds for musical instruments for Bermagui students.
In the final in the 'Rotarian presents' series, Lynda Ord spoke about her career as a celebrant. Cup cakes courtesy of her friend Carol Holland.
Table winners Derek Anderson of Moruya and our own Rod Walker with the table trophy, courtesy of President Bob Aston's recyclables, this time an old netball trophy.
2018 Busking Competition
2018 Busking Competition
Peter Bull and Karen Bull were pounding the pavements spruiking Busker Votes.
President Bob recognised Bob and Merinda Antill as Paul Harris Fellows
Our 2018 Rotary Tertiary Scholar Alicia Bate with President Bob at the Australia Day presentations on Thursday.
Hello
all, we have cancelled this week’s meeting due to a number of factors
converging that meant holding a meeting was no longer practical.
Our
guest speaker John Griffiths from the Kinema will be rescheduled to a later
date. Hopefully we can draw a much bigger crowd for him then. John would have
been feeling low anyway after the Wallabies were beaten by the Pumas Saturday
night.
Last
week’s meeting whilst the numbers were small a good time was had by all
with much laughter and merriment. This will be the last meal from the Golf Club
Bistro in its present state with it undergoing major renovations over the next
week.
The
Whale Watching raffle was drawn this week the winner being Crystal
Atkins from Batemans Bay. Here is the article I have submitted to the media.
ROTARY
CLUB OF NAROOMA WHALE WATCHING RAFFLE WINNER
Last
Saturday saw the drawing of the Rotary Club of Narooma’s annual Whale
Watching raffle donated by Narooma Charters. Nick Ingersoll and family were
on hand at the Narooma Wharf to draw the winning ticket which belonged to
Crystal Atkins of Batemans Bay. Crystal volunteers with the Animal Welfare
League and was delighted to be this year’s winner. The whales are already on
the way south and pods of up to 10 whales are a common sight on Narooma
Charters tours. Narooma Charters has been a long-term supporter of Rotary and
this year the raffle raised over $1,700 for Rotary’s charity partner Muddy
Puddles. Muddy Puddles provides services to children with disabilities that
assist them in reaching their full potential. President of the Rotary Club of
Narooma, Rod Walker, congratulated Narooma Charters for their continued support
and added that the assistance we receive from across the Narooma business
community is outstanding and the main reason Rotary can do the work it does.
President Rod presents the Whale Watching prize to Crystal Atkins at the Tailwaggers day at NATA oval on Sunday
President Rod and Sandra Doyle oversee the drawing of the Whale Watching Raffle with the help of Narooma Charters
September
is Literacy Month
and Ange has organised for the 27th September two guest speakers
from Narooma Primary School Katrina Cross & Tania Hextell. The title of
their presentation is A Peek into
Literacy and Numeracy in 2018.
Rod
The doctor is in (from Rotary Weekly)
Tyrone ‘Doc’ Bledsoe has a prescription to ensure that
young black men attend and finish college: the Student African American
Brotherhood. Bledsoe, past president of the Rotary Club of Reynolds
Corners, Toledo, Ohio, USA, believes that with SAAB, he has made a
breakthrough in solving the quandary that has bedevilled educators,
sociologists, and politicians for decades: how to tear down the walls of
institutionalized racism that have blocked the path of achievement for so
many young men of colour. Click here to read the story
It seems that it was all quiet on the front this week with President, Rod and Vice president Laurelle away travelling. It was left to Past President Bob to run the show.
We were fortunate to have Cate McMath the CEO of Muddy Puddles with us as out guest speaker. Cate gave us a great insight into the growth and development of the organisation. Muddy Puddles was started by parents and community volunteers in the Batemans Bay area to support young people with a disability. The aim of Muddy Puddles is to build a ‘Community where all children are encouraged and enabled to reach their unique potential’
Muddy Puddles has just completed a state of the art Therapy Centre in Batemans Bay. The Centre was made possible through a grant provided by the NSW Government. Services provided by Muddy Puddles include:
· Assessment and development plans
· Individual therapy sessions
· Group programs
· Parent/carer support
Muddy Puddles provides support to children across the early years (0 – 6), primary years and teens and young adults (to 18 years).
Muddy Puddles will be a very worthy recipient of funds raised at the Eurobodalla Rotary Clubs Christmas Race Day.
Travel as a force for peace
By Rick Steves (From Rotary Weekly 7 September 2018)
Rick Steves, author of travel guidebooks and host of the public television series Rick Steves’ Europe, explains why he has come to view travel as a force for peace in the September issue of The Rotarian. Steves believes encouraging young people to travel, such as through Rotary Youth Exchange and Peace Fellowships, is one of the most practical investments we can make in peace. Says, Steves, “people to people connections help us learn that we can disagree and still coexist peacefully.”To read the full story click here
Some more humour (Thanks to Peter Bull and Diane Lovatt)
Notices in church bulletins
Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled Proceeds will be used to cripple children. The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water. ‘The sermon tonight: ‘Searching for Jesus.’
Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM – prayer and medication to follow
This week’s Ramble comes from Carwoola where we are celebrating my grandson Callum’s 18th birthday. Boy how the time flies. They had 10mm of rain the day we arrived which was very welcome, and it was good to see that there were significant falls in other areas. Already the countryside here has a green tinge. Let’s hope there is more rain on the way in the right places. Our club has made a $1,000 donation through a Rotary RAWCS project set up to help drought effected farmers. It is the same project as that being heavily promoted on Channel 9. The Drought Relief Appeal has been an incredible success. So far $9,487,377 has been raised to support drought-stricken farmers. The donations are being administered by our good friends at Rotary Australia and are being distributed to farmers in need with the help of the National Farmers’ Federation. For more detail on where the funds are going double click here.
We have sold all the Whale Raffle tickets raising just over $1,700 for Muddy Puddles our charity partner this year for the Moruya Races fundraiser involving Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma Rotary Clubs. Thanks to all who sold or bought tickets. I have to single out the efforts of Ange and Michael O’Connor who sold over 50% of the tickets. I am attending a joint meeting next week where I will have more detail on how we can assist on the two race days this year. Our guest speaker this week is the CEO of Muddy Puddles Cate McMath.
The First Four
On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting. Harris’s desire for camaraderie among business associates brought together these four men and eventually led to an international organization of service and fellowship. Double click here to read about each of the first four Rotarians and about Harry L. Ruggles, who is often called the “fifth Rotarian.”
Cheers
Rod
The Editor
Laurelle, along with Steve, has jetted off to Europe for a couple months of touring and catching up with friends – we wish them well on their journey. I am filling in for a couple of weeks until Peter Bull returns from Queensland, so if you have an article for the Beacon please let me know.
Bob Aston
The Week that Was (Thanks to Frank for providing some information)
Frank and Iris’ long time friend, Peter Kasper at last week’s meeting
Forgetting that I was the fill in editor last week I forgot to take notes, so I have had to rely on my memory. We were fortunate to have Frank And Iris’ friend, Peter Kasper, with us. Peter gave us a great insight into his life growing up in Austria and travelling to many parts of the world including Australia. He also told us about some of the loves he has had along the way. Peter makes regular trips back to his second home – Australia.
Frank tells me he and Iris first met Peter when he joined the Canberra City Band about 20 years ago. He was studying his Masters at ANU at the time. Peter currently works for Pantec, an automation company that writes software to control big industrial machines like printers, weaving machines or robots. He plays clarinet in the Symphonic Wind Orchestra Vorarlberg and does very well at it. You can listen by clicking here (you will need an iTunes account to hear it all).
Frank also tells me that he drives a Renau Zoe (Click the link to check it out it is a pretty cool car).
Rod also updated us about our links to the virtual world including our webpage, Facebook page and You Tube presence.
Attendance
A reminder that if you are an apology or if you are bringing guests please let me know by 4:00pm Tuesday, preferably by email.
Thanks Bob
Semi Annual Dues
If you have not paid your semi annual dues, please do so as soon as possible.
Getting Older (thanks to Diane Lovatt and Peter Bull)
Senior Driving
As a senior citizen was driving down the motorway, his car phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Vernon, I
just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on I-25.
Please be careful!”
“Hell,” said Vernon, “It’s not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!”
Becoming a Senior
Barb was lying in bed one night. Larry was falling asleep but Barb was
in a romantic mood and wanted to talk.
She said: “You used to hold my hand when we were courting.”
Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get
back to sleep.
A few moments later she said: “Then you used to kiss me… “
Mildly irritated, Larry reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek
and settled down to sleep.
Thirty seconds later she said: “Then you used to bite my neck…”
Angrily, Larry threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed.
It was wonderful to catch up with our 2016 Tertiary Scholarship holder Melanie Miller at the markets on Sunday. She is currently doing a Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at UNE.
I really enjoyed last week’s meeting where Dianne McInnes gave us an introduction to palmistry. It was a lot of fun.
This week we don’t have a formal guest speaker but encourage you all to come along with a story you are prepared to share. Perhaps the theme can be ‘My most Memorable Moment’.
Thanks to all involved with Sunday’s market. Takings were Gate $770, Van $394.20, Wishing Well $158.65.
In preparing for our 60th Anniversary celebration, I read the history prepared for our 40th year by PDG Jack Ings. President at the time was Ian Thomlinson; in his message he said:
“The capacity of the Club to give service to the local community and the wider world over a period of 40 years is based on the strength and fellowship of its membership, a reputation that began in the Narooma Club with the Charter Dinner on 15 November 1958.”
Twenty years on these sentiments still ring true.
Cheers Rod
Out and About
President Rod thanks last week’s guest speaker Dianne McInnes.
Last week
A good crowd enjoyed another great speaker last week, thanks to Angie’s diligence. Dianne McInnes (mother of our own David McInnes and of course mother-in-law of Rachael) kept us well entertained with the basics of palmistry. She had us all checking out the shapes of our hands, the length of our fingers etc, and of course the various lines on our palms. Another very enjoyable night.
October Rotary Markets hosts Club information day
Narooma Lions and Narooma Rotary Clubs are inviting various community clubs and organisations to join them in a Club Information Expo at the October Rotary markets on Sunday 28 October. The aim is to try and recruit new members.
Charmaine White is coordinating it our end. She said the aim is to let everyone in the community know what is available in our area and particularly how much service organisations like Rotary and Lions contribute to our community. ‘Our clubs do make a difference; we are the quiet achievers and could not meet our objectives without the many hours of volunteering by our members.’
She said many service clubs in our area are finding it difficult to recruit new members which makes it difficult to meet services and objectives.
Moruya Rotary has its own Drought Relief project
Moruya Rotarians have really got behind their own drought relief project with $6,000 being distributed with the help of the Rotary Club of West Wyalong. Moruya’s Board made $2,000 available from its Charity Account and various donations and a bucket collection raised a further $4,000.
Moruya’s Col Jay identified that the Rotary Club of West Wyalong serviced one of the worst affected areas; he’s working out details with West Wyalong Rotarian Pat Cleary who runs their Service Projects. Several Moruya Rotarians have gone over there with their caravans – Col and Bronwyn Jay, Steve Young, Rohan and Pauline Gleeson.
West Wyalong Rotarians, with possible help from local firms, will identify the worst hit families. The standard gift will be $200 in the form of a voucher for the local supermarket or possibly a cash cheque. Each envelope contains a letter signed by Moruya President Hack Ward that reads:
We are thinking of you.
Please accept this small gift from the members of the Rotary Club of Moruya. As the current drought spreads and worsens, the people of Australia are becoming more aware of how it impacts on our neighbours further inland. We hope that by sending some money to be spent with your local businesses that this will help you and your family as well as the district economy. Importantly, when things get better, our Club would encourage you to get in touch (contact details at our website www.moruya.rotaryd9710.org.au) and we will help you arrange a holiday in our beautiful district on the South Coast of NSW. Some members have properties suitable for camping and caravans and others will find you a bedroom I am sure. On behalf of all the members of the Rotary Club of Moruya, our best wishes to you and your family in these difficult times.
The Moruya convoy is expected back by Thursday.
Rotary Australia Drought Relief Appeal
The recent Channel 9 ‘Farm Aid’ Telethon, part of the national fundraising drive ‘Fighting for our farmers – Drought Relief Appeal’ was very successful. This appeal is a partnership between Rotary Australia (RAWCS), the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Channel Nine. So far the Appeal has raised over $8.65m since it was launched on 2 August.
Donations are being administered by Rotary Australia and distributed to farmers in need with the help of the National Farmers’ Federation. It has already distributed $1m through three organisations: $500,000 to Lions Club’s Need For Feed project to bolster hay runs (hay plus fuel) from Victoria up to NSW, including bringing hay across from Tasmania, and $250,000 each to the Queensland and New South Wales Country Women’s Associations to help farmers pay household bills and/or providing domestic water trucked from nearby towns.
NFF President Fiona Simson said the contribution was a great demonstration of the public’s support for Australia’s farmers; they recognised the importance of balancing the need for immediate relief with the need to handle the donated funds with extreme care.
“These funds have, by and large, been donated by everyday Australians wanting to support the bush through a tough time,” she said. “Our primary objective is to ensure relief is delivered in a way that is targeted, transparent, and beyond reproach. That’s why we’re thrilled to also be partnering with the CWA and Lions. Both organisations have a proven track record in the bush and a strong commitment to working with farmers through hard times. We will continue to work with RAWCS on charitable initiatives and with government on ensuring formal assistance programs are more accessible to those in need, and to increase our industry’s resilience for future droughts.”
Narooma Rotary Club has contributed $1,000 to this appeal.
Renewable Energy Expo
Moruya Rotary will host this year’s Renewable Energy Expo on Saturday 20 October. It’s in St Mary’s Hall from 7.30am. It would be great to have some Narooma Rotarians drop by, and even help.
For those who love word plays, courtesy Peter Bull
A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Police were summoned to a day-care centre where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired.
He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.
Guest speaker last week was Narooma Public School music teacher Michelle Garcia, seen here with Year 4 student Evie Reakes
Last meeting was full of energy. This was thanks to our guest speaker Michelle Garcia, music teacher at Narooma Public School, and her fellow presenters who included David Manning (yr 6 – a grandson of former Narooma Rotary President Kevin Young) and Evie Reakes (Yr 4). Kevin’s daughter also attended. It made me think that we should make more of an effort to maintain contact with former members and their families, maybe an annual dinner. What do others think?
Please return all Whale tickets to me at out meeting this week or before. We want to sell any remaining tickets at this Sunday’s Market. Thanks to all ticket sellers, the raffle has gone very well.
This week:
Our guest speaker is Dianne McInnes (mother of our own David McInnes and of course mother-in-law of Rachael). Her subject: ‘Palmistry – understanding your characteristics, personality and abilities by looking at your hands.’ Dianne is a perpetual ‘course taker’ so has learned about many interesting subjects. Her last sojourn into education was completing her PhD in 2016. Her thesis analysed the long-term effects of the Tamworth Institution for Boys on those incarcerated there in the 1960s and 1970s. She has had 127 books published on various subjects including biographies, histories and a four- volume encyclopedia on Papua New Guinea.
A REMINDER: Please ensure you email Bob Aston by 4:00pm on the Tuesday prior to a meeting if you will be away from that meeting or if you are bringing guests.
Out and about
Kevin Young’s grandson David Manning, right, was accompanied by guitar teacher Rob Cove
Last week
Michelle Garcia showed us some of the different music programmes she has developed at Narooma Public School in recent years, and some of the range of musical instruments the school now has. There are lunch time and after school programmes.
Evie Reakes performed ‘Amazing Grace’
Kevin Young’s grandson David Manning, accompanied by guitar teacher Rob Cove, gave an impressive very first public performance, followed by Evie Reakes playing the piano and singing ‘Amazing Grace’ (and she is only in Year 4!). In thanking Michelle, Chris O’Brien expressed what many of us felt, ‘I am thrilled with the development of music programs and musical appreciation at Narooma School’.
We also had an impressive line-up of musical guests – Frank Eden’s daughter Lara Dodds-Eden )professional concert pianist from Canada, her good friend Katie Zagorski (freelance flautist and piccolo player en route from Hobart to Sydney to take up a new contract) and partner Matthew Wade (forensic psychologist), and a friend of Chris O’Brien’s guitarist Steve Benic (of Kianga).
At last week’s meeting were Frank Eden’s daughter Lara Dodds-Eden )professional concert pianist from Canada, her good friend Katie Zagorski (freelance flautist and piccolo player) and partner Matthew Wade (forensic psychologist)It was lovely to have Enid Holmes join us last week, seen here with Charmaine White
Coming up at Batemans Bay – the Duntroon Military Band
There are still tickets left for Bateamsn Bay Rotary’s Cabaret Dinner this Saturday evening but get in quick . Numbers are needed for catering and seating. Doors open at 6.30 and the Band will commence at 7pm. This is the Bay’s major community function for the year.
A thought from (a distant) Peter Bull
Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice.
Come Along!
We meet Thursdays at 6.00 for 6:30pm Golf Club Narooma, NSW
Word Sorts, writing fluency, CARS & STARS, Five minute frenzies, TENS and Matific- it sounds like a randomly generated collection of strategies we use to build and enhance student knowledge of both literacy and numeracy.
Tania will share her knowledge of literacy/numeracy for Kindergarten to Year 3. Katrina will focus on the complex skills and understanding developed in our Year 4-6 learners.
