The Weekly Newsletter of Rotary Club of The Hills Kellyville

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Mon 15 Aug 2011 The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville
Weekly Bulletin
Issue 3. No. 7
Monday, 15 August 2011
Last Meeting: Monday
08 August 2011
Program: Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery
Essay Competition &
Duty Roster tonight: Door PP Keith Stapley
Principles Night
Minutes PP Ray Campbell Rotary Grace:
Rotary Grace PP Gordon Scoble
“O Lord our
• Apologies: Birthdays: 18 Aug IPP Wilf Van Emmerik giver of all good
14 Aug Mrs Leanne Haslam
 Toasts: 21 Aug Mrs Lyn Stapley We thank You
for our daily
Loyal Anniversaries: 21 Aug Michael & Shirley Griscti food,
PP Ian Pearce 24 Aug PP Gordon & Robyn Scoble
May Rotary
Rotary International Toasts: Loyal IPP Wilf Van Emmerik friends and
Rtn Bruce Pike Rotary International PP Rod Tilden Rotary ways,
Overseas Club Rtn. Bobby Redman
Overseas Club Help us to serve
Rtn. Bobby Redman You all our
Last Monday night we celebrated another very successful Writing
th days”.
Competition Awards and Principals Evening. This year was our 7 Year
of the competition and out of 16 schools invited to enter the comp we
had eight schools who participated with a total of 25 entries. The
evening was well attended with over 50 who attended the evening Rotary Four-
including special guests Councillor Greg Burnett representing The Hills Way Test:
Shire Council, ADG Mark Anderson, principals, assistant principals, Is it the TRUTH?
teachers, students, Rotarians and their partners.
Next Meeting: My thanks go to PP Gordan Scoble with his assistant wife Robyn, for the Is it FAIR to all
mammoth task of adjudicating and selecting the prize winners. This concerned?
Monday 22 August 2011 year Dylan Vom was our winner from Matthew Pearce Public School
A Manner of Speaking and his entry was outstanding. The talent of creative writing in our local Will it build
schools is indeed of the highest standard and we look forward to next GOODWILL and
(Presentation Skills BETTER
Coaching) year‟s competition. FRIENDSHIPS?
On Saturday we held our normal Dan Murphy‟s Barbeque and also we
Duty Roster: held a second BBQ at The Powerhouse Museum‟s Open Day at Castle Will it be
Door Hill. Although it was a slow start at the museum, business picked up BENEFICIAL to all
Rtn. Stephen Dinte and we ended up with a sell out which was a wonderful achievement concerned?
with PP Jim Sifonios doing two shop runs for more supplies. I‟d like to
Minutes thank PP Jim Sifonios, PP Alan Jones, PP Keith Stapley and Paul
Rtn. Bobby Redman Haslam who manned the BBQ at the Museum and also to PP Wilf Van
Emmerik and PP Alex Trail who ran the BBQ at Dan Murphy‟s.
Tonight we welcome Dr. Malcolm Glase to talk about minimally invasive
hip surgery. Many of our members are getting up there and as we age
our bones begin to deteriorate so the risk of the necessity to replace
joints from arthritis and falls, it will be interesting to learn of advanced
technology in the event of the need of a hip replacement.
Enjoy your day. Pres Pen.
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
Rotary Club of The Hills-Kellyville
2011 Writing Competition
Schools that responded with entries:
1. Baulkham Hills North Public School
2. Ironbark Ridge Public School
3. Jasper Road Public School
4. Kellyville Public School
5. Matthew Pearce Public School
6. Our Lady of the Rosary School Kellyville
7. Rouse Hill Anglican College
8. Rouse Hill Public School
Child’s name Place School
Dylan Vom 1st Matthew Pearce Public School
Gemma Clabby 2nd Rouse Hill Anglican College
Abbey Gardner 3rd Kellyville Public School
Shanarah Sosa HC Rouse Hill Anglican College
Alicia Han HC Baulkham Hills North Public School
Other Students who participated
Jane Lamaro Kellyville Public School
Jason Lambe Kellyville Public School
Emily Rozic OLOR Kellyville
Christianne Fernandez OLOR Kellyville
Tommaso De Battista OLOR Kellyville
Jeremy Han Ironbark Ridge Public School
Michelle Kim Ironbark Ridge Public School
Banishri Suppiah Ironbark Ridge Public School
Kasey Vesperman Rouse Hill Anglican
Fabian Robertson Matthew Pearce Public School
Timothy Choi Matthew Pearce Public School
Joel Ronayne Jasper Road Public School
Becky Macrae Jasper Road Public School
Caitlyn Hicks Jasper Road Public School
Jeremy Byrne Rouse Hill Public School
Sam Gillard Rouse Hill Public School
Emily Galdes Rouse Hill Public School
Aidan Tobin Baulkham Hills North Public School
Yayna Lee Baulkham Hills North Public School
Ryan O‟Hare Baulkham Hills North Public School
Winning Schools Honour Board
2005 – Rouse Hill Anglican College
2006 – Kellyville Public School
2007 – Kellyville Ridge Public School
2008 – Rouse Hill Anglican College
2009 – Our Lady of The Rosary Primary School
2010 – Ironbark Ridge Public School
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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School awards:
 The winning school receives the Perpetual Trophy and will retain for 1 year plus a monetary prize of
$500.00 plus certificate.
 The second place school receives a monetary prize of $200.00, Plus certificate
 Third place school receives a monetary prize of $110.00, Plus certificate
Student awards:
 1st place student - Trophy + prize to the value of $100.00
 2nd place student – silver medal + prize to the value of $75.00
 3rd place student – bronze medal + prize to the value of $50.00
 All non-placed finalists receive a book gift voucher
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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Toast to Overseas Rotary Club
o The Narayanganj Rotary Club in Bangladesh has 25 members and
meets Monday nights at 7pm at the Narayanganj Club.
Narayanganj is situated on the banks of the Shitalakshya River and
is near the capital city of Dhaka.
The club is involved in many projects – two of which they have reported on recently
include a wheelchair distribution program, and a tree planting ceremony that they
organized at the Al-haj Amizuddin Rotary Orphanage.
The Club members of this Club send greetings to our Club Members.
Rotary Foundation - Bringing smiles to those in need.
Mother Theresa said "Peace Begins with a Smile" Rotarians around the world put that into action everyday.
An example of this is a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant that helped the Rotary Clubs of North Sydney and
St Ives and Rotary Clubs in District 3150 to provide 182 milch cows to villagers in India.
North Sydney contributed US$19,600 and Chilakaluripet in D3150 gave $7,067. With the match from The
Rotary Foundation of $13,333 and a total budget of $40,000 they bought 100 cattle. The second Matching
Grant saw the Rotary Club of St Ives $5,800 combine with RC Berri SA $6,120 and Parchur India $5,947 and
the District Designated Fund of D9680 US$3,000 gained the match from The Rotary Foundation of $11,933
for $32,800 to buy 82 milking cows.
As the song goes „from little things big things grow‟ and this type of matching grant exemplifies the current
world president‟s Rotary Theme “Reach Within and Embrace Humanity”
D9680 has over $22,000 in District Designated Funds to contribute to Club Matching Grants in 2011-12.
Upcoming Rotary Events of Our Neighbouring Clubs
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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How did it all begin?
Some 30 years ago an American Plastic Surgeon, Dr Don Laub, went to Mexico for a holiday. Whilst there, he was
asked to have a look at a child with a cleft lip. Dr Laub was so moved by the fact that this child was being brought
up in a chook house because his parents were ashamed of his appearance, he took the child back to Stanford
University and operated to repair the cleft lip.
When the child was returned to his home some weeks later, Dr Laub was surprised to find there were many, many
more children suffering the same condition because plastic surgeons were not available. He gathered together
volunteer surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses and established Interplast America which then provided programs to
this part of the world and, eventually, into South America. It was on a program to Central America, a plastic
surgeon from Melbourne, Mr Leo Rozner joined the team. On his return he spoke at the Cheltenham Rotary Club
on his experience as a member of the American Interplast team to Central America.
Amongst the membership present was Dr Gerald Duff, a General Practitioner who was impressed by the
presentation. Dr Duff spoke to Rotary District 980 (now 9800), District Governor Doug Mills about what he had
heard and suggested this was something he thought Rotary in Australia could be interested in and assist with. Mr
Mills suggested he talk with Mr Keith Walter who was the Chairman of Rotary District 980 International Committee.
In August 1982, direct contact was made with the USA and included a meeting with Keith Walter and the Interplast
America Board at Palo Alto where USA embraced the concept of an "Interplast Australia".
This linkage gradually moved to Prof Donald Marshall who was Chairman of the Plastic and Reconstructive Division
of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons at the time and consequently Interplast Australia, a non profit
company (inc Vic) was founded in 1983 as a partnership between the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and
Rotary District 980. Interplast Australia was established to provide voluntary medical teams to carry out plastic and
reconstructive surgery in developing countries. Programs are actively supported by Rotary Districts and Clubs
throughout Australia and New Zealand. Rotarians are Members of the Company, the Board and the Interplast
Committee of Rotarians.
The first Interplast Australia program was conducted to Samoa in 1983, fully funded by Rotarians. The next
program, funded by Rotarians, was to Fiji and it was there the Australian Government recognised the importance of
such a worthwhile foreign aid program. This resulted in partial funding being allocated for Interplast programs
through the Pacific Islands.
With further assistance from Rotary Clubs and Districts Australia-wide, along with growing corporate support,
Interplast programs today extend to Bangladesh, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,
Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam. The types of operations performed by volunteers has increased
and changed over the years to cope with the needs of the community they serve and they now perform many more
surgeries than just cleft lip and palate.
In 2007 the name of the organisation was changed from Interplast Australia to Interplast Australia and New
Zealand to recognise the collaboration with New Zealand volunteers and harness future support.
Interplast is very grateful to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for providing office space free of charge to
assist
in minimising administration expenses. This, with the voluntary contribution of surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses
enables Interplast to provide a cost effective humanitarian program.
Over the 25 years Interplast has
 Trained hundreds of overseas surgeons, anesthetists, nurses and allied therapists and
 Sponsored over 70 to continue their training in Australia.
 Sent nearly 600 volunteers, on
 Nearly 500 programs, in 24 countries.
 Provided over 30,000 consultations, and
 Performed over 18,000 instantly life changing operations.
Interplast is an incredible success story of humanitarian and development work that can be achieved by Australian
and New Zealand volunteers.
Interplast Australia & New Zealand is a project supported by Rotarians from
Clubs and Districts in Australia & New Zealand
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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Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Club Calendar
August Membership and Extension
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 20 August 2011
PP Alan Jones
Rtn. Bobby Redman
Saturday 27 August 2011
PP Ian Pear
Rtn. Michael Griscti
Duty Roster
Monday 22 August 2011
Door
Rtn. Stephen Dinte
Minutes
Rtn. Bobby Redman
Note: Apologies must be in to Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays so numbers can be confirmed for dinner.
MONTH AHEAD
September Youth Service
Mon 5 Anzac Dawn Service in Gallipoli - Representing Rotary
Mon 12 Club Assembly
Mon 19 NSW Parliament
Wed 21 Board Meeting
Thur 22 Zone Presidents Meeting
Mon 26 “The Baggy Green Cap”.
Joke of the Day - Women Think of everything
An old man and woman were married for many years, even though they hated each other. Whenever there was a
confrontation, yelling could be heard deep into the
night. The old man would shout, 'When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for
the rest of your life!'
Neighbors feared him. They believed he practiced magic, because of the many strange occurrences that took place in
their neighborhood. The old man liked the fact that he was feared. --- To everyone's relief, he died of a heart attack when
he was 98. His wife had a closed casket at the wake.
After the burial, she went straight to the local bar and began to party, as if there was no tomorrow. Her neighbors,
concerned for her safety, asked, 'Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt
you for the rest of your life?'
The wife put down her drink and said, 'Let him dig. I had him buried upside down.'
And you know men won't ask for directions...
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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RI Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders
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