Highton News 8th March 2015 (Mar 10, 2015)

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No Meeting at Lyndon Grove this week

Don't forget - no meeting at Lyndon Grove this week.

You'll be coming to the "Days for Girls" fundraising Breakfast

at the Yacht Club on Friday at 7.00am won't you ?

From President Ian

Posted by Ian Campbell

Snr Sgt Tony Francis's presentation on the drug ICE (methamphetamine) and its impact in the community was a real shocker. The ongoing ICE epidemic is causing massive widespread problems in our Geelong and district community. This is the worst drug crisis that this community has faced. I believe that Rotary, as a key community group, has a role in helping to resolve this problem.
Some of the consequences of taking ICE on families, employers, ambulance, medical, hospital and police are a major cause of concern for all the community.

Following an Ideas Summit in October '14 the current 'Our Towns Ice Fight' initiative was launched as a series of projects in November. It was decided that the most effective solution to counter the impact of ICE is for the community to work together on implementing a series of projects to address the problem on an holistic community basis.
Check out http://www.icefight.com.au/

One solution being implemented is the "Clubs that Care" program where community organizations, sporting clubs, schools and other community groups are being encouraged to take a consistent approach to victims, a supportive, welfare based, non-punitive response to the problem.

I have requested that the 14 Rotary Clubs of Geelong unite to form a combined Rotary Community Action Taskforce to coordinate Rotary Community Service support for this very important community project. This support could be both financial and hands on support for this initiative.

I will keep the club posted on developments.
Regards,
Ian C

That was the week that was.

Posted by Paul Brewster

Ian welcomed our guests - Shaylee Peel and Keeley Morris (Rotaract), Mary Armstrong and Phil Bishop as well as our guest speaker and quite a few spouses/partners.

He then congratulated the organisers of the Days for Girls fundraising breakfast - over 100 registrations means it'll be a winner !!

More congratualations are in order for Ken and the International team for our participation in the Nepal Water project - we have a photo of the Foundation stone laying ceremony so things are underway. There will be an opportunity to view the completed project on completion - probably November. More news later.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Barb confirmed the DFG breakfast will be a great success - if you haven't booked yet you'd better get to it immediately.

Brenton let us know that Guess Who's Coming To Dinner will be on May 23rd. Specially arranged to avoid all Geelong Football Club games !! Please contact Brenton to say whether you'll be a host or a guest.

Don reminded us that February 23rd was Rotary's Birthday. He suggested we do something special for next year - maybe invite al Past Presidents.

Don also drew our attention to the Organ Donor flyers on the table. If you didn't get one see Don.

Ray Rounds is looking for volunteers for Red Cross Calling - tin rattlers and door knockers are required.

Terri reported that all is well with Marie Louise - seems to be settling into her new school well.

Terri also brought us up to date with the Breakfast Club at North Geelong Secondary College - our participation has now been taken over by Corio Bay.

Anne confirmed that the current Chef for a Month programme commenced yesterday and reminded us that the meeting on 26th March will be at the Davidson Restaurant with participants and their families.

Barry told us about the Lara Golf Day on 27th March in support of Autism Australia - flyer later in this bulletin.

Ross reported that the funeral of Geoff Betts - a long time member of Rotary with numerous positions and awards - was held at All Saints. His son Michael was a member of our club for a short time. Linda Kelly's father has had a stroke. Our thoughts and prayers are with Linda and her family.

Editor's turn

Posted by Paul Brewster

Nothing from me this week - put it down to being away for the long weekend and then internet woes which weren't fixed until Wednesday morning.

Back next week.

Ride the Bellarine

Posted by Paul Brewster

Please find the latest Volunteer Spreadsheets attached, both the detailed one for your benefit and the less detailed one for public distribution.

I have also modified the Volunteer calculator table so that you can track how your club is performing against target.

Please remember that this is event is a collaborative effort by the combined Geelong Clubs in a District project that you all committed to. We are pioneering new ground embarking on a project of this magnitude within our District and it is really our opportunity to show the Rotary world just what can be achieved when clubs join forces.

We are now less than 5 weeks from the event and the organising committee is getting down to the serious end of business. The greatest priorities for us all are:-

a. Promoting the event to attract as many entrants as possible for ultimately this is what generates the dollars for Rotary.

1 We have DL cards and A3 posters available for distribution (please contact Tony Stewart or John Paton for these) which need to be placed anywhere cyclists hang out in Shops, coffee shops, bike shops etc. If your members know of any suitable locations please help with this.

II. Ensure that the event is promoted in your Club Bulletins, especially the website and Facebook page (see details below)

III. Encourage Facebook users in your Clubs to please 'like' the event page and â€œshareâ€ it amongst their own friends

b. Make sure that your club is contributing your fair share of volunteers to the event. There are still lots of tasks available across all times and locations. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details.

Your Club will be visited by one of the event committee soon to update your members about the event so if you have any questions do not hesitate to ask them.

Yours in Rotary

Greg Plumridge

Rotary Club of Torquay

Lara Golf Day

Posted by Barry Stokes

Preserve Planet Earth

Posted by Eeon Macaulay

Two must read reports on the impact that Climate Change and Sustainability problems are having on the

World’s population and importantly the health of the environment.

Living Planet Report 2014
World Wildlife Fund, 30 September 2014

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/

Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF
The Guardian, 30 September 2014

The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans kill them for food in unsustainable numbers, while polluting or destroying their habitats, the research by scientists at WWF and the Zoological Society of London found.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/29/earth-lost-50-wildlife-in-40-years-wwf

Interplast Fund-raiser

Posted by Paul Brewster

The Ice Fight

Posted by Paul Brewster

Organ Donation

Posted by Paul Brewster

See Don for a copy of this complete booklet

Polio this week

Posted by Paul Brewster

Polio this week as of 4 March 2015
On the 27 February the Director General accepted the recommendations made by the Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations concerning the international spread of wild poliovirus. The statement of the recommendations from this fourth meeting can be found here.

The polio legacy is being demonstrated in action through the work of 26 surveillance experts from the National Polio Surveillance Programme in India who have been deployed to Sierra Leone to support the Ebola outbreak response.

Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases

Total cases	Year-to-date 2015		Year-to-date 2014		Total in 2014
Total cases	WPV	cVDPV	WPV	cVDPV	WPV	cVDPV
Globally	14	0	28	4	359	54
- in endemic countries	14	0	28	4	340	51
- in non-endemic countries	0	0	0	0	19	3

Case breakdown by country

Countries	Year-to-date 2015		Year-to-date 2014		Total in 2014		Onset of paralysis of most recent case
Countries	WPV	cVDPV	WPV	cVDPV	WPV	cVDPV	WPV	cVDPV
Pakistan	13	0	24	4	306	21	03-Feb-15	13-Dec-14
Afghanistan	1	0	3	0	28	0	21-Jan-15	N/A
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	6	30	24-Jul-14	16-Nov-14
Somalia	0	0	0	0	5	0	11-Aug-14	N/A
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	5	0	03-May-14	N/A
Iraq	0	0	0	0	2	0	07-Apr-14	N/A
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	5	0	09-Jul-14	N/A
Syrian Arab Republic	0	0	0	0	1	0	21-Jan-14	N/A
Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	1	0	05-Jan-14	N/A
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	12-Sep-14
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	1	N/A	29-Sep-14

Celebrations up to 6th to 12th March 2015

Posted by Paul Brewster

Ian Campbell has a Presidential Birthday on 12th

Elizabeth Allen joins the birthday honours list on 8th

And that's about it until next week

Inspirational Quotes

Posted by Paul Brewster

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid. - Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC
Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. - John Ruskin, 1819-1900
Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

The next 4 weeks

Posted by Paul Brewster

12th March NO LYNDON GROVE MEETING

Days for Girls - Yacht Club Breakfast on Friday 13th

19th March Ellish Long - Gordon Scholarship winner

Chair Terri Bosna

Welcome and Property Peter Hudson & Colin Hunt

26th March NO LYNDON GROVE MEETING - CHEF FOR A MONTH AT DAVIDSON RESTAURANT

2nd April BREAKFAST MEETING AT LYNDON GROVE - fellowship

Humour ?

Posted by Paul Brewster

Two policemen call the station on their radio.

"Hello. Is that the Sarge?"

"Yes?"

"We have a case here. A woman has shot her husband for stepping on the floor she had just mopped clean."

"Have you arrested the woman?"

"No sir. The floor is still wet."

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At Wollongong University, there were four students taking chemistry and all of them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go to Sydney and visit some friends and have a big party. They had a great time but, after all the partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to the Uni until late Monday morning.

Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they would explain to their Professor why they missed it. They said that they visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tyre and found there was no spare in the car. As a result, they missed the final.

The Professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.

The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought!

Each one in separate rooms, thought this was going to be easy ... then they turned the page. On the second page was written.

For 95 points: Which tyre went flat?

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One day two blokes (of whatever nationality you like to assume) were paging through the Sears Catalog and admiring all the beautiful models.

Bert said to Fred, "Have you seen the pretty girls in this catalogue?"

Fred replied "Yes. They sure are beautiful, an just look at the prices!"

Bert said "Jumping Jimminy. They ain't very expensive. At these prices I'm buying one."

Fred smiled, patted Bert on the back and said, "by golly Bert, if she's as pretty as she looks in the catalogue, I'll get one too."

Three weeks later Fred came by and asked Bert, "did you ever get that girl you ordered from the Sears Catalogue?"

Bert replied, "no, but it won't be long now, her clothes came yesterday!"

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