Rotary Year 2014 – 2015 President Rotary International: Gary C.K. Huang

Governor Rotary District 9685: Ian Scott AM President Rotary Club of Berowra: Trevor Bailey PHF

Rotary International Theme for 2014 - 2015: Light Up Rotary

The Rotary Club of Berowra Inc. Chartered 10 May 1977 First Meeting 25 May 1977

Meets Second and Fourth Wednesdays 6:30pm for 7:00pm Berowra RSL Club, 997 Pacific Highway, Berowra NSW

Website Address: www.berowra.net/rotary Address: PO Box 30, Berowra, NSW 2081

Attendance Officer:

Please ring Allan Smith if you are unable to

attend a meeting, you will be bringing a guest, or if you would like to be a visitor at meeting.

Tel: 0412 619 773

Inside this Bulletin Programme of the Club This Month District Changeover Bulletin date Report from May BowelCare Rotary Blood Drive Lao Movie and Trivia Night TVET Hospitality Student Award Members’ Page Member dates Birthdays and Anniversaries Stamp Collection ABC Q & A Lovedale Long Lunch

Kalori The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of

Berowra Inc.

Kalori means the message stick used by the Aboriginal Tribes which lived in the sandstone ranges

surrounding the Hawkesbury River. Berowra is situated above a major area of the Hawkesbury.

Berowra Waters—one of Sydney’s well known beauty spots—is depicted on our Club Banner.

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Rotary Grace

For food, friendship

and the opportunity to serve through Rotary,

we give thanks.

Vol 38 No 10 — June 2015

Wednesday 10 — Farewell to our Exchange Student, Iida-Lotta Mattila

Wednesday 27 — Berowra Rotary Changeover Dinner

Changeover from Rotary year 2014-2015 to Rotary year 2015 –2016

PROGRAMME, MEETINGS AND GUEST SPEAKERS

Rotary Year 2014—2015

From 2 May—27 June Bowelcare Program

June 2015

Wed 10 Farewell to Iida-Lotta Mattila, Exchange Student

Wed 24 Berowra Changeover Dinner

Rotary Year 2015—2016

July 2015

Wed 8 TBA

Wed 22 Jennah Bakker — Rotaract REMI Project

August 2015

Wed 12 Pride of Workmanship/Community Service Awards Presentation Dinner

Wed 26 TBA

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The Rotary Club of Berowra meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, and at the Berowra RSL Club at 6.30pm for 7.00pm, unless otherwise indicated. Visitors, both men and women, are very welcome at the Meetings of the Rotary Club of Berowra. Details of the meetings and guest speakers are listed. Please call one of the members of the Rotary Club listed below, or just turn up.

The next Bulletin will be published for July 2015. Please submit your contributions to the Editor, Peggy Sanders, for the next Bulletin by Thursday 25 June @ 5pm psanders@ozemail.com.au

President: Trevor Bailey 0400 999 226

President –Elect: Tom Borg 0407 274 757

Administration: Allan Smith 0412 619 773

Public Relations: Jan Childs 9456 1482

This Month — June 2015 Wednesday 10 June: We will farewell our Youth Exchange Student Iida-Lotta Mattila, who arrived from Finland on 22 July 2014 and leaves us in early July 2015. Iida-Lotta will sum up her year in our midst. We look forward to having her perspective on the year that is drawing to a close. The Club will also have the opportunity to thank those who have been her host parents. Wednesday 24 June: Berowra Rotary Changeover Dinner

Changeover from President Trevor to President-Elect Tom. Thank you to Trevor and congratulations to Tom.

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Report from May: 1. The Community Service/Pride of Workmanship Presentation: was postponed for various reasons;

the NEW DATE is Wednesday 12 August 2015.

2. Mothers Day Plant Sale — sunny day, excellent plants at very fair prices. Profit: $2,600. There are

a number of possible reasons for lower total return. Delay in advertising posters/banners (very bad weather, health and personal difficulties, available space etc.) Clash with Mount Kuring-gai Com-munity Hall protest. However we had a pleasant day and our suppliers were extremely helpful. Berowra Rover Crew assisted in the morning. Susan Hunter’s assistance was greatly appreciated.

3. After 35 continuous years of the Berowra Rotary Art and Craft, having made the decision that the

2014 Art and Craft would be the last, we have now cancelled the booking of the Berowra Community and Cultural Centre for A&C .. a sad end to an era. When can we have the final figures for 2014 A and C Exhibition?

The disposal of the A&C equipment is to be organised soon. 4. Science and Engineering Challenge 28

May Ausgrid, Silverwater. A really enjoyable day with 7

State and Private High Schools. The students were enthusiastic, well behaved and polite and demonstrated a high degree of competency. Next session: 20

July at Masada College, St. Ives.

Helpers are needed. 5. ABC Q&A live production Monday 1

June. Yvonne and Tom Borg, Nola Van Huissteden, Rich

Moore, Frank and Jan Childs attended with Berowra Probus Club and some people from Wahroon-ga. Q&A.was an excellent experience, very well organised. Tom Borg,s question was selected and Tom responded very well A cold night but a warm trip both ways and not too late. (See page 5)

6. Daffodil Day 28

August Berowra Railway Station ….. details later.

7. Fathers Day/Spring Plant Sale — Saturday 5

September at Hunt Reserve. The Hornsby Council

BBQ Trailer has been booked, a $200 Bond was required. 8. District Changeover will be held on Saturday 27

June 2015, Hornsby RSL Club. $50 6.30pm for

7.00pm. Who will be supporting PE Tom and Yvonne and DGE Gina Growden? 9. Andrew Muirhead a past RYLArian has adviced us that he is on the Facilitator team for RYLA next

year. 10. Best Wishes to our members and friends who are having health problems, including Alice

Lovegrove in Hornsby Hospital.

PP Jan Childs PHF

Berowra Rotary is once again participating in this important Community Service project to 27 June 2015.

PE Tom Borg

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Jennah Bakker will speak to the Club on this project on 22 July 2015. In the meantime she asks that we consider supporting the Trivia Night. - I am a member of the Lower North Shore Rotaract club. Recently along with fellow Rotaractors, I went on an overseas trip to Lao, as part of a RAWS project our Rotaract club started. The aim of the project is to improve the standard of living and implement new renewable technologies into the villag-es of Lao. The REMI (Renewable Energy and New Materials Institute) has been developing new water filters; thermal power; energy efficient wood fired cooking stoves; biofuels; solar power and; other renewable technologies. We are currently raising money to help implement these technologies into rural Lao villages. In order to raise funds for the project we are holding a trivia and movie night. We are holding the trivia and movie night on Saturday the 13

th of June 2015, at 7pm. It will be held at the

Dougherty Community Centre, 7 Victor St Chatswood. There is free parking in Westfield across the road after 6pm. We are asking for $20 per person for a fun night of Trivia, movies and prizes. We would like to have tables of 8 to 10 people, so please bring along some friends for a good night out. Looking forwards to seeing you at our upcoming trivia night. Feel free to contact me for further information. Jennah Bakker Contact number: 0416 566 388

TVET Hospitality Award

The Northern Sydney Institute (part of TAFE), recently conducted its Ryde Campus TVET Graduation and Awards presentation for Tourism, Hospitality and Events. TVET is Tafe-delivered Vocational Education and Training and is designed for people still in school who take on additional studies with a view to getting a jump-start on a career.

For several years our Berowra Rotary has sponsored a special award for the best performed TVET Hospitality student. The award entails the student being recognised with his or her name on a plaque on permanent display at Ryde TAFE along with a monetary award ($250) to assist the student with further education.

The recipient of this year's award was Natalia Dou, a lovely young lady who was described to me as being decidedly the best student in this program.

PP Rich Moore PHF

MEMBERS’ PAGE

June 2015

Saturday 27 District Changeover (see page 2)

July 2015

Monday 20 Science and Engineering Chal-lenge @ Masada College, St. Ives.

August 2015

Friday 28 Daffodil Day @ Berowra Railway Station

September 2015

Saturday 5 Father’s Day Plant Sale @ Hunt Reserve

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Birthdays, Anniversaries and Congratulations.…….. 1 - 30 June Berowra Rotary Anniversary Happy Birthday to: Judy Hopwood (19/6); Jeanette Bakker (25/6); Rhonda Stokes (27/6) Happy Anniversary to: Nil Happy Anniversary of Induction to: Trevor Bailey (22/6/83); Nola Van Huissteden (24/6); Hugh Thomas (27/6)

Stamps can bring money to Rotary—Jan P has left some self addressed stamped envelopes so that you can forwarded to: PP Jan Polczynski PHF PO Box 4197, Marayong 2148

The Gods were on our side weatherwise, as we anticipated a fun filled day in the Hunter Valley on Sunday 17

May for the Lovedale Long Lunch.

We were a mixed bunch of happy revelers, some Rotarians, family, friends and friends of friends who boarded the bus for a day of fine food, wine and dancing ….. and that was just ON the bus!! Nothing like starting the day eating dolmades, olives, salmon dip and listening to Nola’s jokes!! Stopping for coffee half way throughout the trip is always an adventure especially when the bus driver, aka Tracker Trev, decides to lock me in the bus, using the excuse that he didn’t see me in there …..hmmmm I must have lost a lot of weight in an hour!!! The three wineries we attended were Allandale, Emma’s Cottage and Gartleman and immediately we felt right at home, grabbing every chair we could and settling onto hay stacks drinking and eating some of the Valley’s finest wine and local produce. …. and then there’s the dancing to music from the sixties, seventies, eighties …… I wont go on …you get the picture …sadly, we recognised every song!!

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Tom, Rich, Frank, Nola, Jan and Yvonne attended a session of Q&A at the ABC Studio in Ultimo and it was an interesting experience. Tom got to ask his question and interact with the Panel.

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Lovedale Long Lunch: Hunter Valley Sunday 17 May 2015

Continued from page 5 …… And we wont mention any names but for those guys who announced they never get up to dance because they can’t, suddenly found superhuman strength to get up off their

chair at breakneck speed to dance when a stunning blond in a vivid white crocheted mini-jumpsuit appeared on the dance floor scene!! Seriously that outfit has more holes in it than Oscar Pistorious’ alibi!! Lol!! Needless to say, a good time was had by all as we wined, dined and danced our way through all three wineries this way and no Lovedale event is complete without stopping at The Brewery on the way home ….. for ….. ummm

…. Coffee!! To our bus driver extraordinaire, Trevor, and his very informative (or is that talkative) offsider, Tom, we say a big thank you both for delivering all 18 of us and the bus, back home safe and sound, and by the look of the garbage bin full of leftovers, lolly packets, and wine bottles, we all entered la la land contented and happy!! In the words of a 6 year old I was looking after at school, it echos the thoughts of many a sore head on Monday when he said “I think my brain is broken”! Same time next year methinks. …it’s too good a day to miss!!!

Yvonne Borg