The Fareham Flyer Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Fareham D1110 UK

President Duncan Colin – Jones

Service above Self Bulletin No. 358 MAY 2013

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Editor’s notes. As I write, there is still no sign

of the return of Spring– at least

not for some time yet. A blink

of sun at 7am gave us false

hopes of a pleasant day. Kay

and I met Geoff and Christine

Hillam at a garden centre,

eager to get started, but by the

time we left the rain was

already beginning to fall. Oh

well, it does give me an excuse

to stay in and get on with next

month’s issue of the Flyer!

Chris Thomas and I have been

busy putting together the final

touches for Rotarail2013, and

are confident that all will be

well! We managed a good

‘plug’ on Radio Solent last

week, when presenter Alex

Dyke hosted a programme on

model railways. A local

railway club member was

being interviewed, and as he

will be at Rotarail I asked if he

could give us a mention, which

he did! Meanwhile, I sent an

email to the programme

presenter with full details of

the event, and this was later

read out in full over the air!

The Rotary Club of Fareham

and Stubbington Study Centre,

whom we are supporting, both

had a good mention on air.

Reception at Winchester.

The reception gathering.

On Wednesday 17th

April

President Duncan, Gary

Willcocks and Dave Barclay

accompanied Chris Thomas, as

his invited guests to a

reception at Searle’s House,

Winchester. Searle’s House is

now the home of Hampshire

County Council leader, and

also of the Lord Lieutenant of

Hampshire.

This auspicious occasion was

an event hosted by the

Chairman of Hampshire

County Council, Andrew Joy

to honour those selected as

Hampshire’s nominations for

the Queen’s Award for

Voluntary Service. The eight

chosen projects, together with

their supporters, dignitaries,

local mayors and deputy

lieutenants gathered in the ante

room for a welcoming drink

and light refreshments.

The Chairman welcomed the

assembly on behalf of the

County, and introduced the

Lord Lieutenant, Dame Mary

Fagan. Dame Mary said how

pleased she was that

Hampshire showed such a

community spirit, and how

each nominated team should

be proud to have reached this

stage of selection. She stressed

that the award was a

community equivalent of an

MBE. Dame Mary then

mingled amongst the crowd,

and gave a good account of the

busy life of a Lord Lieutenant!

We were then invited into the

Assembly Room, where a

large and most appealing

buffet was laid out before us.

Everyone circulated, and the

conversation flowed, aided no

doubt by the plentiful supply

of liquid refreshment!

Group photographs were then

taken, and I fortunately was

able to record the event on my

mobile phone. (As usual the

camera was left behind!)

Chris, Gary and Duncan at the

buffet – Gluten-free provided!!

Results of the National

selections will be known on

2nd

June. We are all hoping

that Chris and the Rotary Club

of Fareham will be duly

recognised.

Goodbye to Chef Dave

At our lunchtime meeting on

Thursday 18th

April, we had

the sad occasion of saying

goodbye to Dave, who had

cooked our lunches at Cam’s

for the past two years.

During that time, Dave, in

liaison with PE Pam Bryant,

Betty Evans and Jean Tuck

had improved the catering

standards by a substantial

degree, giving us a varied

choice of menus, and also

catering for the special dietary

needs of members. Dave

always managed to find an

extra meal for late-comers, or

an omelette for those who

preferred something less

substantial than the main

choice.

President Duncan thanked

Dave on behalf of us all, and

gave two bottles of wine as a

token of our thanks.

Dave is moving off to

Alverstoke to raise the

gastronomic standards in that

most elegant part of Gosport!

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An old man lay sprawled across

three entire seats in the movie

theatre. When the usher came by

and noticed this, he whispered to

the old man, "Sorry sir, but you're

only allowed one seat. “The old

man just groaned but didn't

budge.

The usher became more

impatient.

"Sir, if you don't get up from

there I'm going to have to call the

manager." Once again, the old

man just groaned. The usher

marched briskly back up the aisle,

and in a moment he returned with

the manager. Together the two of

them tried repeatedly to move the

old dishevelled man, but with no

success. Finally they summoned

the police. The officer surveyed

the situation briefly then asked,

"All right buddy what's your

name?"

"Fred," the old man moaned.

"Where ya from, Fred?" asked the

police officer. With terrible pain

in his voice," and without moving

a muscle, Fred replied, “THE

BALCONY!”

Report on Polio Position

16th April 2013 On 11 April, the 58th

anniversary of the

announcement of Jonas Salk’s

polio vaccine, experts from 80

countries cited the time-limited

opportunity to endorse the

GPEI Polio Eradication and

Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-

2018. Internet and social

media supporting comments

on this have cascaded in. At

the RIBI Conference in

Harrogate Bruce Aylwood

featured it in his presentation.

For those who may not have

had the opportunity to read the

declaration that was included

in the polio report last week,

here is a summary. More than

400 signatories urged

governments, international

organisations and civil society

to do their part to seize the

historic opportunity to end

polio and protect the world's

most vulnerable children and

future generations from polio.

The declaration calls for full

funding and implementation of

the new comprehensive plan to

end the disease entirely by

2018 for a cost of

approximately $5.5 billion.

The declaration was housed

online by Emory University at

vaccines.emory.edu/poliodecla

-ration. The declaration

emphasises that achieving

polio eradication requires

efforts interrelated with

strengthening routine

immunisation. The resources

and learning from these efforts

can be used to strengthen

coverage of other life-saving

vaccines, including for

children who have never been

reached with any health

interventions before. In light of

recent attacks on health

workers in some endemic

countries, the declaration

stresses the need to protect

polio vaccination teams as they

do their work. The GPEI plan

includes a series of risk-

mitigation strategies for

insecure areas, including

deepening engagement with

community and religious

leaders. The GPEI plan will be

publicly shared with the

immunisation community at

the Global Vaccine Summit

taking place 24-25 April 2013

in Abu Dhabi.

On 15 April Sir Tony Baldry

MP is to table an Early Day

Motion on the Government’s

commitment to the eradication

of polio. This has already been

circulated to all districts in

RIBI with a request that clubs

and individual members

contact their MP to support the

EDM. For those who may not

yet have seen the EDM a copy

is attached.

In summary the number of

polio cases reported in 2013 to

16 April is:

19 WPV1 cases compared to

47 at the same time in 2012 or

40% of the number last year.

No WPV3 cases vs. 8 in 2012.

The countries with WPV cases

reported this year are:

Nigeria 12 vs.23 at the same

time in 2012.

Pakistan 6 vs. 15 last year.

Afghanistan one vs. 6 last

year.

Chad has had no cases

reported but had 3 last year.

There was also one cVDPV

cases reported so the cVDPV

chart has been updated.

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And whilst on the subject,

Geoff Hillam has provided the

following details:

INDIAN NID It has now been confirmed by

the Rotary Polio Office in

Delhi that there will be a sub

NID in November 2013, BUT

THE ACTUAL DATE IS

NOT YET FIXED so no

reservations can be made until

we have confirmation of this

by late August or early

September. In a full NID the

aim is to immunise 172 million

children under 5 years old. In a

sub NID only the children in

the high risk states of Uttar

Pradesh and Bihar plus the

cities with a highly transitory

population like Delhi and

Mumbai are targeted when 68

to 70million children will be

immunised and there will

definitely be an RIBI group

going to help.

Although the date is not fixed,

we can think about some

preliminary planning. The

mass immunisation is always

on Sunday which cuts it down

to 4 dates in November. There

are public holidays on 3rd

and

17th

, meaning it must be on

10th

or 24th

. As it is usually

nearer to the beginning of the

month, I will outline a

preliminary programme based

on the date being 10th

November but you must accept

that the programme could slip

back by two weeks. We are

now assuming we will get 30

to 50 volunteers as opposed to

67 in February 2013 when we

were joined by 15 from Rotary

Clubs in Belgium and

Luxembourg. The Rotary

Office in Delhi will now

allocate two locations where

our volunteers will help the

local Rotarians. These will be:

Badaun: A poor town situated

a six mile drive from Delhi in

Uttar Pradesh. A group not

exceeding 24 will be required.

Delhi: The Delhi area can take

unlimited volunteers as

District 3010 has 130 Rotary

Clubs.

A full programme has now

been prepared. Geoff Hillam

can provide further details

should anyone wish, or

alternately -

Full details are to be found on

http://www.rotary-

ribi.org/districts/page.php?PgI

D=358049&DistrictNo=1110

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Now this IS spin!

Be careful when researching

your family tree – you never

know what might turn up!

Judy Rudd, an amateur

genealogy researcher in south

east Queensland, was doing

some personal work on her

own family tree. She

discovered that ex-Prime

Minister Kevin Rudd's great-

great uncle, Remus Rudd, was

hanged for horse stealing and

train robbery in Melbourne in

1889. Both Judy and Kevin

Rudd share this common

ancestor.

The only known photograph of

Remus shows him standing on

the gallows at the Melbourne

Jail.

On the back of the picture Judy

obtained during her research is

this inscription:

'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent

to Melbourne Jail 1885,

escaped 1887, robbed the

Melbourne-Geelong train six

times.

Caught by the Victoria Police

Force, convicted and hanged in

1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed ex-

Prime Minister Rudd for

information about their great-

great uncle, Remus Rudd.

Believe it or not, Kevin Rudd's

staff sent back the following

biographical sketch for her

research:

"Remus Rudd was famous in

Victoria during the mid to late

1800s. His business empire grew

to include acquisition of valuable

equestrian assets and intimate

dealings with the Melbourne-

Geelong Railroad. Beginning in

1883, he devoted several years of

his life to government service,

finally taking leave to resume his

dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a

vital investigation run by the

Victoria Police Force. In 1889,

Remus passed away during an

important civic function held in

his honour when the platform

upon which he was standing

collapsed." NOW That's how it's done,

Folks!

NOW THAT'S POLITICAL

SPIN !

Two Irishmen looking through

a mail order catalogue.

Paddy says "Look at these

gorgeous women! The prices

are reasonable too."

Mick agrees "I'm ordering one

right now" Three weeks later

Paddy says to Mick "Has your

woman turned up yet?"

"No" said Mick "but it

shouldn't be long now though.

Her clothes arrived yesterday!!

Thanks to Tony Cove

Wykeham House School is

busily celebrating its

centenary, with a host of

activities, including their own

production of the Wykeham

House Musical! Consequently,

our Interact Group are in

demand from two directions –

school and Rotarail. However I

am delighted to say that three

21st-Lyndon & Lettice

Palmer

22nd – Mike & Ann

Swinburne

25th– Duncan &

Carol Colin – Jones

28th – Norman &

Joanne Chapman

girls have nobly agreed to

come to Fareham College on

Saturday to sell programmes.

A big day of celebrations

follows on Wednesday 1st May

– and finally by a Grand

Centenary Ball at HMS

Collingwood on Friday 3rd

.

I’m sure that we all

congratulate the School on this

great occasion and wish them

many more years of success.

Particular thanks go to Head

Teacher, Lynn Clarke for her

enthusiasm in setting up the

Interact Group.

Know Your Blood Pressure.

President Duncan, Jean Tuck

and Geoff Hillam assisted the

Rotary Club of Fareham Meon

in this most worthwhile

exercise on Saturday 20th

April. Meon’s Jim Johnston

sent the following email-

‘Thank you very much for

helping to make the day I think

more than worthwhile..

I appreciate you giving up

your time on a Saturday to

make so successful.

154 people had BPs taken of

which 5 were recommended to

see doctor within seven days

and another 21 to visit a

Doctor within a month.

'Once again, a big Thank You.’

GRACE LIST - MAY

2nd KEITH SOUTHERN

9th

DAVID SPENCER

16th

MIKE SWINBURNE

23rd

CHRIS THOMAS

30th

REBECCA

TRAYNOR

MAY PROGRAMME

2nd

AGM

9th

SPEAKER

MEETING

11th

DISTRICT

ASSEMBLY

16th

MAYOR’S VISIT or

FELLOWSHIP

21st COUNCIL

MEETING

23rd

BUSINESS

MEETING

30th

CLUB ASSEMBLY

MENU for MAY

2nd – Liver & Bacon, with

mashed potatoes,

vegetables & Onion

Gravy

9th – Honey Baked

Gammon, Roast

potatoes, vegetables &

Gravy

16th – Turkey & Ham Pie,

Saute potatoes,

vegetables & Gravy

23rd – Grilled Salmon,

White wine & Dill Sauce,

New potatoes &

vegetables.

30th – Ham Salad &

Jacket Potato (Evening

Meeting)