Highton News 5th April 2015 (Apr 07, 2015)

Stories

From President Ian

Posted by Ian Campbell

Last Thursdays breakfast meeting at 7:00am gave a good opportunity to hear Pam Carroll and Linda Kelly relate their experience at the Rotary Leadership Institute. They enjoyed the RLI experience and were very appreciative of the Club making the opportunity available. They also encouraged other members to attend RLI in future as a wonderful opportunity to experience the depth and breadth of Rotary’s world of influence.

Pam also summarized her experience at the recent District Conference which she enjoyed immensely. Linda spoke also of her work at recruiting 15 Rotary Youth Leadership Award participants from around Geelong. She will take 6 of these participants to the camp at Kangaroobi near Princetown on Easter Monday, and will participate in camp activities with the students over the following 5 days. Great work by both Pam and Linda.

We also heard a number of reports from participants at the recent District Conference in Maryborough. It was a resounding success and an inspiration to all our participants.

Please consider sponsoring our intrepid cyclists in the ‘Ride the Bellarine’ event on 19^th April. Consider also making a donation to The Rotary Foundation in support of this appeal – remember The Gates Foundation donates $2 for every $1 you donate.

Please keep Anne Cox in your thoughts and prayers for her recent loss of her brother.

Regards,
Ian C

Polio this week

Posted by Paul Brewster

Polio this week as of 1 April 2015

Every day health workers around the world do heroic work on the frontlines to engage parents and provide children with polio vaccines.
- April marks 60 years since Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was launched, enabling children to be protected against polio for the first time.
- National Immunization Days are planned in Madagascar on 27 April to 1 May.
- The GPEI is currently accepting applications from students and recent graduates interested in summer 2015 internships at the World Health Organization.

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	21	0	51	7	359	54
- in endemic countries	21	0	44	7	340	51
- in non-endemic countries	0	0	7	0	19	3

- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.SD4ubwUe.dpuf

Ride the Bellarine

Posted by Paul Brewster

It's not too late to register as a volunteer or rider.

Please also consider donations either direct to the cause or by way of sponsoring one of the riders.

Join the pledges given to Tony at the last meeting to make Highton's contribution meaningful.

Light up Rotary - or your home !

Posted by Eeon Macaulay

Are you aware that the State Government has a free Halogen downlight replacement program.

This is not a gimmick as I have just had 27 50 watt downlights replaced with 6.5 watt LED ones – by a licensed installer – absolutely free!

Details on leaflet below. In my case my downlights used 1350 watts (a lot of this going in wasted heat into the ceiling space) compared to the replacements using only 175 watts (which run cool).

Not only do you reduce your power bill you are helping to reduce atmospheric CO².

NOTE THAT THE ADVERT BELOW IS INTENDED TO SHOW THAT THE SCHEME REALLY EXISTS, NOT TO ADVERTISE THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY. THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICE - YOU MAY EVEN HAVE SEEN THE ADVERTS ON TV AND WONDERED WHAT THE CATCH IS - THERE ISN'T ONE !!!!!

The next 3 weeks

Posted by Paul Brewster

9th April Heather Ploegar Commission for Children

Chair Terri Bosna

Welcome and Property Peter Jackman & Malcolm John

16th April Club Meeting - Forum - Budget process for 2015-16

Chair Ian Campbell and David Farnsworth

Welcome and Property Linda Kelly & Eeon Macaulay

23rd April Bart Ziino - Anzac Day

Chair TBA

Welcome and Property Ken Mansfield & Malcolm Marquardt

Celebrations 3rd April to 9th April 2015

Posted by Paul Brewster

This week's easy - there aren't any birthdays or anniversaries to celebrate. So we'll just have to celebrate the fact that we belong to a great Rotary Club !!

Inspirational Quotes

Posted by Paul Brewster

There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few we can solve by ourselves. - Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908-1973

There are certain inessential activities--moths of precious time--and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing. - Baltasar Gracián, 1601-1658

Man is a plant which bears thoughts, just as a rose-tree bears roses and an apple-tree bears apples. - Antoine Fabre D'Olivet, 1767-1825

Humour ?

Posted by Paul Brewster

Do you have any chocolate left over after Easter. If yes then take heart from the following

The Rules of Chocolate

If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

The problem: How to get two pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car.
The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal.
It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.

A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous?
Because no one wants to quit.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

Chocolate is a health food. Chocolate is derived from cacao beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived either from sugar beets or cane, both vegetables. And, of course, the milk/cream is dairy. So eat more chocolate to meet the dietary requirements for daily vegetable and dairy intake.