Highton News 7th June 2015 (Jun 09, 2015)

Stories

From President Ian

Posted by Ian Campbell

Another busy week with Chef for a Month on Thursday, and a variety of other meetings as well.

Ken Mansfield and I attended a RC Grovedale meeting to meet Greg Vero who visited our project in Nepal a month before the earthquake.

Greg from RC Booroondara, a club near Camberwell Melbourne, showed details of the project and attended the foundation laying ceremony pictured.

He attended our project foundation laying and another water and computer project in the same area. He was impressed with the integrity of the financial management of projects by Rotarians there.

RC Highton and RC Grovedale received recognition on the poster, and during the ceremony as supporters of RC Pokhara Fishtail. See the photo. The project will be completed in November.

The village and school were relatively un-damaged by the earthquake. They are 2.5 hours west of the regional centre of Pokhara.

Our project is to establish a 4km long piped water supply to the village of Huwas in Parbat province, and to Shree Janasewa Sanskrit Secondary School in the village.

Thursday was Chef for a Month with primary students from four primary schools. They were cooking a stir-fry with marinated chicken wings and noodles.

It looked great. Thanks to all Rotarians who have been along to witness the fun each week. Next Thursday we attend The Davidson Restaurant for our meeting and presentation to the students.

Thursday evening we had Directors Reports to the club. The review by each Director certainly gave us great detail of just how much has been achieved this year.

It was good also to see guests Merridee Cartledge, and Robert Johnson attending and to again have Marie Louise as our guest.

Marie Louise leaves Australia in July. If you have any opportunities to share some time with her in outings or other activities before she leaves, please let Terri know and she can arrange these with Marie Louise.

Friday evening we had the Ladies Evening with about 27 guests at our home. It was a great time for everyone to catch up and have a yarn.

Thanks to all who could come, and to Graham Blood and Colin Bayliss who were Jeeves the Butler for the night !

Regards,
Ian C

That was the week that was.

Posted by Paul Brewster

Ian began by welcoming Barb's guest Merradine Cartledge and David's guest Robert Johnston. Marie Louise was a guest also but has been to our meetings so often that she's hardly counted as a guest any more !

Chef for a month has almost finished again and next week's meeting is at the Davidson Restaurant for the presentation of the participants' certificates.

In announcements :

Colin announced that 32 entertainment books have been sold - still a few left if you want one.
Jim said that Circus Quirkus is only 8 weeks away on 5th August. Sales so far are a bit behind last year and stand at $33,358 to date.
Brenton thanked those who assisted at the Karingal BDO barbecue. There another barbecue on Sunday week (13th) - volunteers' names to Colin please and another 2 weeks after that for the Uniting Church.
Paul asked for all contributions to the Annual Report and Blue Book to be finalised as soon as possible.
Barry announced that the Bowelscan programme has been extended by 1 week.
Anne reminded us that next week's meeting is at the Davidson for "Chef for a Month" and that Matthew from St Joseph's College is our nomination for NYSF.
Stephen reported on the success of Star Search
Ross let us know that Elizabeth Allen had an operation last Monday - best wishes for a quick recovery.
Lastly David explained the current position with respect to finances and distributed a printed summary

Then came the directors' reports - and very impressive they were too !!!

Now some photo's

Meeting Venues

THIS WEEK'S MEETING IS AT THE DAVIDSON RESTAURANT

NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IS AT THE YACHT CLUB

Shelterbox

Polio this week

Posted by Paul Brewster

Polio this week as of 3 June 2015

This week, the Technical Advisory Groups of Afghanistan and Pakistan are meeting to evaluate progress on polio eradication efforts in recent months and to plan for the upcoming polio high transmission season.
As the poliovirus is more and more geographically limited, surveillance becomes increasingly important for ensuring that it cannot spread unchecked. Read more about polio surveillance and laboratories.
Polio staff continue to offer support to the humanitarian response to the devastating earth quakes in Nepal. Read more.
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	26	0	89	17	359	55
- in endemic countries	26	0	78	17	340	52
- in non-endemic countries	0	0	11	0	19	3

- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.3YcAeG55.dpuf

Recipe from Di Pearce

At the ladies drinks night last Friday a number of women asked me for the recipe of the fruit dip I brought, so I thought you might like to put it in the newsletter.

Vanilla Fruit Dip

250 g light cream cheese

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tab lemon juice

3 tspns vanilla essence

1. Blend cream cheese and sugar together until well combined and smooth 2. Blend in lemon juice and vanilla essence.

3. Refrigerate until required.

Serve as a dip with pieces of fruit. ( or I have also used it as a topping for fruit salad)

The next 3 weeks

Posted by Paul Brewster

11th June Chef for a month - session 2 - Davidson Restaurant

18th June Club Night - new Committees, Marie Louise presentation

Chair David Farnsworth AT THE YACHT CLUB

Welcome and Property David Sinclair & Paiuline Stewart

25th June CHANGEOVER DINNER

Inspirational Quotes

Posted by Paul Brewster

From small beginnings come great things. – Proverb

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus. – Carl Lewis, 1961-, American Track Athlete

Humour ?

Posted by Paul Brewster

A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with the boys?"

Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough."

The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, "If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"

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A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."

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Ever notice how a 4-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adult voices?

Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a storm hit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning.

As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two children in bed with my wife, Karey, apparently scared by the loud storm. I resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom that night.

The next day, I talked to the children and explained that it was O.K. to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but when I was expected home, please don't sleep with Mom that night.

They said OK.

After my next trip several weeks later, Karey and the children picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time.

Since the plane was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait for my plane's arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for their arriving passengers.

As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"

As I waved back, I said loudly, "What's the good news?"

Alex shouted, "Nobody slept with Mommy while you were away this time!"

The airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting area looked at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest of the area to see if they could figure out exactly who his Mom was.

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An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then 4-year-old daughter.

On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it.

"Be still, my heart," thought my friend, "my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!"

Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"