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Team 2017-2018

President

Michael Nella

Secretary

Cheryl D’Souza

Treasurer

Bob Cooper

Attendance this week

Total Members

Apologies

Make-up

Attended

Honorary Member

LOA

Guests

Visitors

Partners

80% Attendance

Facts & Figures

Raffle Brian Mc, Mike Metcalf

Heads & Tails Edd Samut

Birthdays 18 Sept Gail Critchley 18 Sept Max Bird

18 Sept Mike Metcalf

19 Sept Gabriela

Greenslade

21 Sept Greg Williams

Anniversary

If you had any we hope

you had a good day

Meets Monday

6 for 6.30pm

At Rotary Hall

Brownell Crescent, Medina

Visitors always welcome

President Michael

The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971

Coming Events

September – Basic Education and Literacy Month

Mon 18 Sept Club Meeting @ Rotary Hall

Wed 20 Sept Board Meeting

Mon 25 Sept Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday – No Meeting

Sat 30 Sept Bunnings BBQ

Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 0435 083 069

Apologies by Saturday pm please

Greetings to all,

My thanks to Club Service Director Stephan Castelli for taking notes for me at this

week’s club meeting whilst I was elsewhere undertaking parental duties. Thanks also

to PDG Bob Cooper for being Guest Speaker. To extend his thumbnail presentation I

decided to revisit his “Personality of the Week” profile which, by coincidence,

appeared in the ninth edition of the 2016-2017 Club Bulletin.

At this point in time our thoughts and support are with Gail and Ian Critchley as

Gail is currently in hospital. We wish Gail all the very best. Thoughts also go out to

our Bevan Piper who had a fall last weekend.

The predicted stormy weather for the upcoming weekend has caused the Bertram

Punjabi Club to postpone their Sports and Multicultural Festival until a later date.

Disappointing for them after all their preparations and planning, but no doubt it was

the wisest decision. Hopefully the event can take place in the near future.

If anyone fronts up to club meeting next Monday they will have a very quiet

evening! Queen’s Birthday long weekend, which means no club meeting on Monday

evening due to the public holiday. My family in Victoria are always somewhat

bemused that we enjoy a long weekend the first weekend in June for WA Day, but

still get to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday at a later date.

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Bulletin

2017-2018

RI President

Ian Riseley

Rotary Club of

Sandringham (Vic)

District 9810

2017-2018 DG

Bruce Lynch

Rotary Club of

South Bunbury

District 9465

Club President 2017 – 2018 Michael Nella

President’s Pen President’s Report

1. Welcome to members and partners.

2. A very successful R U OK? day was held on Friday 15 September at Gilmore College.

Thanks to all who participated.

3. Thoughts are with Bevan Piper and Gail Critchley at present.

Secretary: Cheryl D’Souza

Inward Correspondence

Synergy account

Account for National Science Summer School

Supply of Australian Rotary Health flyers from District 9465

Outward Correspondence

No report

Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper

All bills have been paid.

We have money in the bank.

PP Edd Samut

Membership

PP James Sharkey

Public Relations

PP Ian Critchley

Foundation

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Club Service: Stephen Castelli

Wine tour scheduled for Saturday 21 October: we have two vacancies remaining for anyone wishing to attend. $10 per head for bus hire; other costs according to your own purchases!

As per recent email, have changed the luncheon venue from Millbrook Winery to the

Jarrahdale Tavern. See detailed itinerary next page.

“Soup Saver” night scheduled for Monday 23 October.

On Monday 6 November we are planning another restaurant meeting. A suggestion was made by Edd for it to be a BBQ evening at his home; members and partners to bring their

own meat and drink, while Edd and Ann would provide salads and sweets; people to pay $10

per head, with monies going towards the Christmas party.

Christmas party to be held on Sunday 10 December from 9am to 12 noon at the Kwinana Adventure Park. Members are encouraged to bring along their children and grandchildren.

We will be inviting 8-10 disadvantaged families.

Membership

No report

Public Relations

467 “likes” on our Facebook page!

Our next Bunnings BBQ will be on Saturday 30 September. Looking for helpers to cover both morning and afternoon shifts.

Foundation

On Monday 23 October we will be having a “Soup Saver Night” at Rotary Hall as a fundraiser for End Polio Now. The cost will be $20

per head.

Food and Wine Trip

Saturday 21 October 2017

Itinerary Collect Bus Keys. keys for the bus must be collected from the Kwinana Recquatic Centre

during their opening hours prior to arriving at Ridleys. Sat Opening hrs 08:00 to 17:00. The bus

is located at Ridleys - Holden Road, Bertram 9419 2980.

Bus to be returned Sat. We have permission to return keys to Recquatic 09:00 on Sun 08/10

09:00 Pickup Bus. Holden Rd Bertram

??Kms to pick up passengers

09:15 to 09:45 Pickup Travellers. Cannot take too long, so must limit pickup route.

16Kms to Borrello Cheese

10:15 to 11:00 – Borrello Cheese – 59 Rice Rd Oakford

13.4Kms to King Rd Brewing

11:15 to 12:00 – King Rd Brewing – King Rd Oldbury

10.3Kms to Necessiteas

12:15 to 12:45 – Necessiteas Tea Merchant – Lot 24 Jarrahdale Rd Jarrahdale

6.3Kms to Tavern

12:50 to 14:30 – Jarrahdale Tavern for Lunch – Tables booked in Dining Room

14:30 to 15:25 - Travel via Serpentine Dam to Peel Estate Winery

51.4Kms to Peel Estate via the scenic route

15:25 to 16:00 - Peel Estate Winery - 290 Fletcher Rd Karnup

($5/head for those tasting. $5 comes off the purchase of 1st bottle of wine)

3.0Kms to Stakehill Estate

16:05 to 16:30 – Stakehill Estate – 91 Stakehill Rd Karnup

16:30 to 16:50 – Travel to Kwinana Town Centre

17.9Kms to Kwinana

16:50 to 17:20 – Return Travellers to Pickup points and refuel bus prior to return to

Ridleys.

??Kms to return passengers

Return Bus Keys to Recquatic Centre 09:00 on Sun 08/10

COST:

Bus Hire = $111.47

124.6 Kms + Pickup and drop off distance. If we assume 10Kms for Pickup and 10Kms for drop

off, Total distance to be travelled = 145Kms.

Mileage Cost payable to COK @ 41c/Km ~ $60

Fuel Cost = $26 (Avg fuel consumption is 15.7L/100Kms ~ 20L) 20L @ $1.30/L = $26

TOTAL COST ~ $200

PDG John Iriks

Club Projects Director

PDG John Iriks

PP In Crithley

Foundation Dir.

PP Genevieve Carr

Vocational

Michael Metcalf

Community

Project Director’s Report

Community

Thanks to all those who helped with the new Bendigo Bank sign.

Vocational

Vocational Visit: Due to the weather forecast of rainy weather for

the upcoming weekend, the Punjabi Sports and Multicultural

Festival scheduled for Sunday 24 September has been postponed.

Will advise of the new date as soon as it is available.

International

The International Committee is carrying out the following:

We had to postpone the Gari-Uai job as the 3 phase connections to

the pumps has not been completed,.

All work planned for 2017, apart from a couple of weeks at Gari-

Uai, is now complete.

Now the hard part: write the bloody reports and close two Global

Grants!

See photos on Page 9.

Youth

RYPEN weekend held in Jarrahdale last weekend was a great

success.

Conference Report (Wendy Cooper)

The District conference will be held on 16-18 March 2018 at

Margaret River. The hotel where the conference is being held is

already booked out for accommodation. Would encourage members

planning to attend conference to organize alternative

accommodation as quickly as possible.

Costs are as follows:

- “Early Bird” special: $275 *closes Sunday 31 December

- $295 for payment in 2018

There are 10 options for payment; some options add up to $365.

Visit your club webpage.

http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106

or type Kwinana Rotary Club into “Google”

PP Max Bird

International

Lorraine Lucas

Youth

Fine Session

Sergeant Norm was in fine form this week as he attempted to extract monies from members. Some

notable fines included:

Ian Critchley: Dirty weekend with the family?

Steve Castelli: Raffling Finlandia “Water”!

Bob Cooper: Winning the raffle of “water” (i.e. vodka!!!)

Brian Mc: Commiserations over West Coast Eagles’ loss

Smallpox is the only human disease ever eradicated. Let’s make polio the second. Help us celebrate World Polio Day and end the disease for good: endpolio.org

Personality of the Week Bob Cooper

Name: Robert George Cooper

Place of Birth: King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, Western Australia

Favourite food: Salt and pepper calamari

Favourite movie/TV program: Ice Age / Anything with David Attenborough

Hobbies: Fishing, wine appreciation, making things work

Who you admire: Wendy Cooper

Best present ever received: Second chance at life after heart attack

What you dislike most in life: Religious fanatics and criminals that cause mayhem to ordinary people

Most exciting/memorable day of life: Too many to choose!

What you know now that you wish you knew at 16: If it’s got wheels or boobs it’s going to cost you!

Guest Speaker

Bob Cooper

Our very own Bob Cooper acted as Guest Speaker by giving a thumbnail presentation of himself. It

has long been known that Bob has had a very eventful life, and thus any presentation from him would

be most entertaining.

Some highlights covered by Bob about his life included:

Father was in Fremantle on two weeks’ leave; during that time Bob was conceived.

Lived in Kalgoorlie for a while.

In one year he entered sixteen group certificates.

Spent some time in the RAAF.

Worked fishing for crayfish in the “hard old days”

He worked in the air-conditioner industry for a while, then gave it up to join the police force.

Believed that he probably chose to join the police force because he had been bullied in his younger days.

Spent 33 years with the WA Police.

After 33 years he then investigated corruption within the police force as it was a safer occupation.

Moved to Kwinana with his former wife. At that time Kwinana had a bad reputation, which Bob feels is totally unfounded.

Served as Rotary District Governor for the year 2012-2013, with the support of the Rotary Club of Kwinana.

Still very grumpy! (His own words)

Always very active within Rotary!

Recent Activity in Timor

Thanks to PP Max Bird for providing an update of his activity in Timor

Maybe Rotary can learn about the wash system from these people View from Afalari village

What we are working for, they now have to walk back to the village

Makeup opportunities

Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Rockingham RSL Club

Palm Beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre

Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle

Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy

Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: gendam@bigpond.net.au