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New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9455! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 3, Issue 30 21st - 27th February 2011
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Letter from the
President
It is with great sadness that I
report that Rob Rohrlach has
resigned as President Elect,
and has requested a leave of
absence from the club.
As such, we now need a new
President Elect, to take office
as President on July 1st.
Please rest assured that
comprehensive training and
support is available, with a
President Elects Training
seminar next month, Rotary
Leadership Institute seminars
available, and a District
Assembly closer to the new
Rotary year. It is not
necessary to know
everything there is to know
about Rotary to become club
President.
Yours in Rotary, Photo (L-R): Dr David and Jan Steinberg with Sue Hassell and Ken Collins
Simone
Members indicated support
It was agreed to discontinue for a Quiz Night in early This Week's
Last Week's holding committee meetings
on the 3rd meeting of the
April
holidays
(prior to
starting).
school
Any Meeting
Meeting month. Instead, it will be up
to each committee to decide
s u g g e s t i o n s
recommendations are most
o r
As Rotary will turn 106 years
how best to communicate welcome. old on Wednesday, 23rd
With many Directors not able and conduct their projects. It February ( Wo r l d
to make the last Club is hoped that this will better We welcomed Dr David Understanding and Peace
meeting, rather than splitting allow those with interests Steinberg and his wife Jan to Day in the Rotary calendar),
into separate committee which span different the meeting and look forward we will celebrate the occasion
meetings, President Simone committees to participate in to them being with us again with a special speaker and a
and Director Ken reported on the activities that interest next week. cake.
the projects in each them the most.
committee, with input sought
The Very Reverend John
from the whole club.
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19,000. So right now Water
Ro- System is quite good and
for children to have safe and
clean water.”
The cost of both of these
converts to A$476.00 and our
member Warren Milner has
very generously offered to
cover the full cost. A huge
thankyou Warren.
The Angel Academy School
in Nepal is listed as a Rotary
World Community Service
Project, which is a tax
deductible arm of Rotary.
Shelter Boxes
Margaret Stuart, our Shelter
Box champion, advised that
due to the Queensland
floods, all Shelter Boxes in
Australia have been
depleted.
Photo: Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay The Rotary Club of Dee Why
Warringah has organised an
Shepherd Dean of Perth (and http://ryda.org.au/html/ have been working with
Australia Post Shelter Box
a member of the RC of Perth) annual-report.html Didier Mercer (Tanzanian
stamp to raise funds for
will be our speaker and his Consul) who has a project for
ShelterBoxes, which is an
wife Joy Shepherd, Principal The report records many cleft lip and pallet in
outstanding PR exercise. You
of St Hildas will also be significant achievements and Tanzania. Around a hundred
can find them at:
joining us. John will be significant growth in the of the students and parents
http://
talking about Rotary’s major number of students have visited the project in
www.rotarynews.info/
achievements over the past attending the RYDA Tanzania and raised around
Club4204/r.i
106 years, providing us with Program. $70,000 towards it. Bill
a serious message in his own Cordner suggests these
Remember, Shelter Boxes can
‘humorous’ fashion. students may be interested in
Interact joining Interact and working
be funded tax deductably by
individuals or organisations.
Please bring your spouse and through Interact with this
friends along to this meeting Interest project. The Angel Academy
as John will not disappoint
you. Meeting
School in Nepal would also
be an ideal project to link the
Assistance for
Interactors up with. Manna
RYDA An interest meeting to form a
Industries – a
community-based Interact
Club has been arranged for
Water purifier
Thank you to Jen and
Hamish for organizing a
Thursday, 24th February at
7.00pm at Christ Church for Angel Great News
fundraising dinner
Annalakshmi in support of
at Grammar School.
members interested
Those
in Academy Story
RYDA. It was the first time attended are most welcome
most of us had been to that and do not require a Debbie Cash has received a Bev Lowe from Manna
restaurant. To the members ‘Working with Children’ card photograph and quote from Industries is celebrating a
who supported the night to attend this meeting. Jotik, principal of the Angel ‘significant birthday’ in a
despite not really being fans Academy School in Nepal, couple of weeks and was
of spicy food and Claire who Emma Court, Head Girl at for a water purifier for the talking with Ken on the
was feeling less than best, MLC will be attending and school. phone, saying how she and
your attendance was much bringing a number of John are finding more and
appreciated.With 30 guests in Prefects. Jotik wrote, “I chose a water more needs with children
attendance, we raised $300. filter which gives 10 litre per needing clothes, shoes, and
Bill Cordner from Scotch hour and it’s good and not breakfasts, and that she
The RYDA Australia Limited College contacted Ken and expensive. This is Water RO- urgently needs three boxes of
Concise Annual Report for arranged for him to address Eco system and its price is fruit a week.
2010 has been published and their Assembly on Friday Rs. 16,000. And another
may be viewed on the RYDA 18th February. Some 24 water purifier with For many years the
website at: students from the school water store tank is Rs. Rotaractors have run a ‘Dial
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6 : 3 0 p m
fellowship for
7 : 0 0 p m
meeting. Cost
will be advised
once menus
have been
received and a
decision made.
DGE Liz and
Ian Westoby
have accepted
the invitation
to attend the
function as the
Club’s guests.
Please put the
date in your
diary as it is
Photo: Water filtration / purification equipment one of the
major events in
a Santa’ and for several years her generosity and kindness of 1989 the Rotary year for a club.
Ken and Di spent much of was well remembered, and while we There is a large hall which can be
November and all of would have helped with fruit in any divided in half, another smaller
December ‘Santering’. An case, we will bend over backwards to room, an outside area plus a Correction
annual Santa visit was to the ensure that we do all we can to professional kitchen. The cost of
Select Fresh Christmas party support John and Bev in their most using the facility for our weekly Warren Milner’s email address
for all of their staff. Select important of tasks – feeding hungry meetings would be minimal; a was incorrect in the latest
Fresh are fruit and vegetable people. We will have fruit at Tranby platter of nibbles could still be bulletin. It should be
wholesalers so Ken contacted School tomorrow, and every other organised if we wish, and wines warren@milner.wa.edu.au
Mike and Michelle Qunisee week that school is in session, and it are able to be taken in as we do
from Select Fresh for assistance is our privilege to do so. now. Plenty of car parking is
for Manna Industries and the available. The 7th Rotarian
following email was Many thanks for remembering us,
immediately received. Michelle Quinsee” The Rev. Ryan Green (email Week of Ibla
rgreen@perth.anglican.org) is a
“Dear Ken,
Meeting Venues
young, enthusiastic minister who Baroque
should be coming along to our
Thank you so much for giving us meeting this week. He is keen to
Dear friend,
the opportunity to help such a With the storage area at Bethesda work with our club with needs
worthy cause as Manna Hospital being turned into in the community. If interested We would like to invite you to
Industries. It is an awfully small Specialist Consulting rooms and in taking a look at the attend the seventh Rotarian
world, as we do indeed have a our storage cupboard being put community centre, please do so. week held in Ragusa (South-
connection with Bev and John into a passageway, our days at eastern Sicily) on May 14th - 21th
Lowe. Bethesda may be numbered. Another option is the Nedlands
2011. This event will take place
Golf Club. Competitions are held
again in Ragusa after the success
Way back in 1989, when Michael Last week a phone call was there on Wednesdays and of last year and will be hosted by
and I were young adults, received from Jim Gallagher trophies are presented at 6.00pm, the local Rotary Club. Aptly
scratching for a penny and about (phone 9384 7396) to say that a however, apparently this is all named the Rotarian week of Ibla
to be married, my co-worker at Community Centre alongside the over by 6.15pm. We could either Baroque, the event intends to
the W.A Deaf Society, Bev Lowe, old St Oswald’s Anglican Church meet there a little later on a introduce Rotary club members
offered generously to make the in Shenton Rd, Swanbourne, is Wednesday, or at our regular of the whole world to this
bouquets for our very budget almost completed, after a fire meeting time on a Thursday. beautiful part of Baroque Sicily,
wedding as a wedding gift. They some seven years back. It has recognized by the UNESCO as
were glorious. Her generosity in been renamed the Church of the Please pass your feedback and world heritage site.
practice and in spirit was in Resurrection, and they are preferences on to President
abundance even then. And Bev seeking Community Groups to Simone. The program begins upon your
and John were there as Michael use the facility. arrival at Catania airport on
and I, wide eyed, innocent and
broke, embarked on our lives They have applied for a Changeover Saturday 14 May, and ends your
departure from Catania,
together. Lotterywest Grant, who will not
consider it unless community Function Saturday 21 May.
As you well know, that life groups use the facility. It will be Programs, itinerary and booking
together has been blessed. brand new and it is the hope of The Nedlands Golf Club has form on www.rotaryragusa.it
those concerned that the Church been booked for the annual Club
I called Bev tonight and it gave and Centre will be ready to move Changeover on Thursday, 30th Participation is limited to 120
me great pleasure to tell her that into for Easter Week. June, 2011. The time will be
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persons. Reservations can be Rotary International News 2 Listen to the 2
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Foundation. Instead losses Social Media 1 Listen to the 9 webinars about developing a
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club. Webinars other webinars RI offers.
Host - Introduction & Thank You Program for Febraury
Date Name Date Details
23rd February Di Collins 23rd February John Shepherd - 106 Years of Rotary
2nd March Max Hipkins 2nd March Ms Cody - MLC Principal
9th March Ken Collins 9th March Marilyn Krawitz - Rotaract
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Rotary Year 2010-11
Date Name Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
Simone Carot Collins — President
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au PO Box 168,
23rd February Jenny Gill Nedlands,
Di Collins — Secretary / Vice President Western Australia, 6909
2nd March Robert Pearce secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Meetings
vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
9th March Max Hipkins
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
TBA — Club Administration Director Queenslea Drive
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Claremont
Email
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 Toni James — Treasurer
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bulletin Award for 2009/10 treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Phone
08 9385 0471
TBA — President Elect / Projects Fax
Director
Bulletin Contributions projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 9385 0472
Website
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are Claire Forsdyke — International Director www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
sought from members of the club. foundation@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Facebook
Why not use the bulletin to update the club http://www.facebook.com/
on the projects your committee is working Ken Collins — Membership Director freshwaterbayrotary
on or promote the clubs next fundraising membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
event. Chartered 19 December 2008
TBA — New Generations Director
Please forward articles and photos to newgenerations@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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