The Weekly Newsletter of Rotary Club of The Hills Kellyville

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Mon 08 Aug 2011 The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville
Weekly Bulletin
Issue 3. No. 6
Monday , 08 August 2011
Last Meeting: Monday Program: Essay Competition & Principles Night
01 August 2011
Duty Roster tonight: Door Rtn. Bobby Redman
 Guest Speaker: Minutes PP Alan Jones
(Rotary Grace)
Robert Menzies - Rotary Grace:
'Memories, Mishaps Birthdays: 18 Aug IPP Wilf Van Emmerik “O Lord our
and Melodramas' 14 Aug Mrs Leanne Haslam
giver of all good
21 Aug Mrs Lyn Stapley
We thank You
• Apologies: Anniversaries: 21 Aug Michael & Shirley Griscti for our daily
24 Aug PP Gordon & Robyn Scoble
food,
Loyal
PP Alan Jones Toasts: Loyal PP Ian Pearce May Rotary
Rotary International Rtn Bruce Pike friends and
Rotary International PE Overseas Club Rtn. Bobby Redman
Rotary ways,
Glen Wilcox
Help us to serve
Overseas Club Rtn. You all our
Bobby Redman Last Monday night welcomed Robert Menzies as our guest days”.
speaker. Robert Gordon Menzies(do you recall the name?)
has had a very interesting life and spoke to us about his
adventures overseas as a young man, his career as an Rotary Four-
educator and then as an author recording his life experiences
Way Test:
in the form of three novels that he has written.
Is it the TRUTH?
Next Meeting: Tonight is one of our major events being the awards night for
our Writing Competition and also our Principals Evening. This Is it FAIR to all
Monday 15 August year 8 schools entered the competition. The standard as we concerned?
2011 have experienced in the past 6 years since the competition’s
inception is again very high. This being a special evening Will it build
Minimally Invasive dinner is going to be a buffet and it is a partner’s evening so if GOODWILL and
Hip Surgery you haven’t advised your attendance please email or phone
BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
Guest Speakers: myself or Alan Jones so he can finalise numbers for catering
for dinner and table setup.
Will it be
BENEFICIAL to all
Enjoy your day. concerned?
Duty Roster:
Door Pres Pen.
PP Keith Stapley
Minutes
PP Ray Campbell Better informed Rotarians are better
Rotarians, and the world needs all the
good Rotarians it can get.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Summary of Last week’s meeting
President Penny welcomed our Guest and Members. She also advised about her attendance, last Friday
night, to the inaugural dinner for women in service clubs hosted by the Soroptimist Club of The Hills. The
dinner was held at St. Joseph’s Baulkham Hills and attendees were encouraged to share details of their
Club’s fund raising methods and Community programs. She also advised about a District Symposium on Club
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Service and our participation at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre Open Day, on August 13 , when we will
require a few volunteers.
Bobby Redman advised that the Board will consider again supporting the Teachers for Timor program.
Our Guest Speaker tonight was Author Robert Menzies, who was introduced by PP Jim Sifonios.
'Memories, Mishaps and Melodramas' by Robert Menzies.
Tonight, Robert Menzies delighted us with an interesting presentation, talking about some interesting
characters and encounters, through his life, that have inspired him to write four novels. Two of these books
were acclaimed “Pick of the Week” by renowned book critics.
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Robert, or Bob as he is known to his friends, who was born on 20 December, was registered as Robert
Gordon Menzies and his parents were surprised when they received a telegram from the Prime Minister’s
department, for their excellence in family planning. By coincidence, Bob’s namesake, our famous ex Prime
Minister not only had the same name but shared the same birthday.
Bob grew up in Dorigo (NSW) where, a young neighbour inspired the novel “A culture shock”. The story
relates how her family reacted to her surprise pregnancy, her handling of a very stressful situation and
following the birth of her child, her relocation to Arnham Land, where she settled within an Aboriginal
community.
“A Culture Shock” has been acclaimed as a useful study, of benefit and motivation, for troubled teenagers
across the land.
“Beyond the Labyrinth” was inspired by Bob’s horrific, four year experience, living as a vagrant. A very
funny story from the book tells of an encounter with a fellow vagrant who was approached by the local
constabulary, and when asked his name advised that he was Harold Wilson. The officers were not impressed
by the attitude from what they thought was a wise-cracking hobo. When Bob started sniggering, he also was
asked who he was and being afraid to say he was “Robert Menzies” said “Robert Peel”. It was no surprise that
the two reluctant acquaintances shared a cell in the local lock-up. Bob was very complimentary of how the
officers treated them and also recalled a story that Harold told, comparing the inability of an eagle to fly in a
vacuum (no resistance) to a person’s inability to excel in the absence of obstacles....”A life devoid of
obstacles is quickly reduced to zero”.
This encounter motivated Robert to rise above his empty vagrant life and to resume his studies.
Previously qualified with a Teaching Certificate, Robert was
encouraged to complete degrees, majoring in Politics.
During this period he worked as a teacher, where he was assigned
to direct a primary school musical. Bob told of a story where he
auditioned Hugh, a reluctant football star, who was encouraged by
his teacher to try for the musical, because his teacher thought he
was talented. To the boys delight, Bob advised the boy that he
should....”go back to the football field and tell your teacher that you
PP Alan Jones presenting the appreciation
have no talent”. It turns out that Hugh was none other than “Hugh
certificate to Guest Speaker Robert Menzies. Jackman”.
The book “Webs of Deception” was inspired during this time, not
by this story but from a situation when a conniving mother blackmailed a School Principal to enroll her
delinquent son, under the threat of spreading malicious lies about the Principal’s past.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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This book expands on the psychological impact this had on the Principal and the effect the situation had on
the school.
We enjoyed a very interesting presentation and PP Alan Jones thanked Bob, who had travelled from his home
near the Gold Coast, for sharing the evening and his encounters, with our Club.
For more information on Author Robert Menzies, you can go to his website at: www.robert-menzies.com.au.
Toast to Overseas Rotary Club
The Rotary Club El Progreso,
Honduras, Central America
(District 4250) was chartered
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on the 29 May, 1976. The 22
Club members meet at 7-30pm
on a Thursday night.
Honduras was formerly known
as Spanish Honduras to
differentiate it from British
Honduras which is now Belize.
It is a republic and is bordered
to the west by Guatemala, to
the southwest by El Salvador,
and to the southeast by Nicaragua.
Honduras was home of several important indigenous cultures, mostly notably the Maya. Much of the country
was conquered by Spain who introduced its predominant language and many of its customs in the sixteenth
century. It became independent in 1821 and has been a republic since the end of Spanish rule.
Rotary Foundation - District Simplified Grants.
District Simplified Grants allow Rotary clubs to identify, plan and fund worthy projects in their own
communities or internationally. Grants can fund improvements such as kitchen equipment for a community
food centre, assistance for after-school programs, dictionaries or encyclopaedias for primary school children,
or renovations to a playground. The more we contribute to our Foundation's Annual Programs Fund, the more
opportunities and funding we will have for such projects.
The Rotary Foundation allows us to "do good in the world" here in our own community, as well as
internationally.
In 2011-2012 District 9680 has just over AUD$20,000 available from our Rotary Foundation contributions of
2008-09 to fund District Simplified Grants. Ask the Club’s Foundation Director for details.
Joke of the Day
There was this little guy sitting in a bar, drinking his beer, minding his own business when all of a sudden this
great big dude comes in and -- WHACK!! -- knocks him off the bar stool and onto the floor. The big dude says,
"That was a karate chop from Korea." The little guy thinks "GEEZ," but he gets back up on the stool and starts
drinking again when all of a sudden -- WHACK!! -- the big dude knocks him down AGAIN and says, "That was
a judo chop from Japan." So the little guy has had enough of this... He gets up, brushes himself off and quietly
leaves. The little guy is gone for an hour or so when he returned. Without saying a word, he walks up behind
the big dude and -- WHAM!!!" -- knocks the big dude off his stool, knocking him out cold!!! The little guy looks
at the bartender and says, "When he gets up, tell him that's a crowbar from Bunnings.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Melbourne club partners with homeless agency to provide shelter for city’s poor
By Ryan Hyland Rotary International News -- 11 July 2011
More than 65 people in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, have a roof over their heads after moving into the
newly built Elizabeth Street Common Ground, a facility that provides affordable apartments, mental health
services, employment assistance, and medical referrals to the homeless.
In partnership with HomeGround Services, the city's largest homeless support
agency, the Rotary Club of Melbourne raised US$32,000 to furnish rooms in
the facility. More than 40 club members each spent 35 days last year moving
and assembling furniture and preparing apartments for the tenants.
"This project brings the community together in so many ways," says Philip
Endersbee, 2010-11 president of the Melbourne club. "Businesses, neighbors,
and tenants have all become involved. Everyone in the community feels a bit
of ownership."
The Elizabeth Street Common Ground opened in August with 161 apartments
on 11 floors, and a 24-hour concierge. The initiative, based on projects in New York City, provides housing for
The Elizabeth Street Common individuals who became homeless
Ground facility in Melbourne has because of drug addiction, mental
provided more than 65 homeless illness, physical disability, or job loss.
people with affordable housing. Endersbee says helping the homeless
is now one of his club's top priorities, and will be a backbone of its
community involvement for years to come.
"The cooperative partnership between the Melbourne club and
HomeGround Services provides a wonderful opportunity for hands-on
experience for members in contributing to the eradication of long-term
homelessness," he says.
Under its 2009 agreement with HomeGround Services, the Melbourne
club has committed to
Members of the Rotary Club of
Melbourne assemble furniture at the
 Raising $300,000 a year toward maintenance costs and facility in 2010. Photo courtesy of the
operating expenses, including funds for care workers, rehabilitation Rotary Club of Melbourne
specialists, and medical staff
 Assisting HomeGround in raising funds from individuals and corporations, and seeking funding from
local, state, and federal governments to support the Elizabeth Street project
 Promoting supportive housing among local authorities, businesses, community organizations, and
local Rotary clubs
 Exploring job opportunities for Elizabeth tenants
"This project has been a real positive for Rotary's public image," says Endersbee. "There is no doubt that
Rotary is seen as a beacon among nonprofit organizations in our city."
The Melbourne club's work with the homeless was nominated as a ProjectLINK model project.
http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/ProjectResources/ProjectLINK/Pages/ridefault.aspx
The magic of Rotary is that it allows ordinary people to achieve the
most extraordinary things. By using the powerful synergy of one,
people unite to achieve exceptional global change. Many ordinary
member of Rotary have developed projects that brought significant
change to the world. Around the world there are 1,210,047 Rotarians in
32,774 clubs and 34,000 Rotarians in 1164 clubs in Australia .
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Club Calendar
August Membership and Extension
Mon 8 Essay Competition & Principles Night
Sat 13 Powerhouse Discovery Centre - Open Day BBQ.
Mon 15 Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery
Wed 17 Board Meeting
Thur 18 Zone Presidents Meeting
Mon 22 A Manner of Speaking (Presentation Skills Coaching)
Mon 29 DG David Rands visit
Dan Murphy Roster
Saturday 13 August 2011
IPP Wilf Van Emmerik
PE Glen Wilcox
Saturday 20 August 2011
PP Alan Jones
Rtn. Bobby Redman
Duty Roster
Monday 15 August 2011
Door
PP Keith Stapley
Minutes
PP Ray Campbell
Note: Apologies must be in to Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays so numbers can be confirmed for dinner.
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The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Club Members
Name Classification
Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary
Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies
Col Davis Accounting Taxation
Stephen Dinte Financial Planning
Russ Evans PP,PHF Finance
Henry Grech PP Legal Practice
Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician
Paul Haslam Steel Distribution
Penny Hill P, PHF Customer Service
Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy
Malcolm Leathley PP,PHF Real Estate Sales
Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution
Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services
Ian Pascoe PP Gas Fitting
Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy
Bruce Pike Nursery Retail
Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research
Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support
Bobby Redman Psychology
Michael Richardson Honorary Member
Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy
Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution
Gordon Scoble PP,PHF Education Primary
Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development
Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry
Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales
Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance
Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport
Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction
Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating
P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow
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The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153