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Seaford – Carrum Down Inc.

Meets Tuesdays at 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

Sands Hotel, Hall Road, Carrum Downs

1. IS IT THE TRUTH? 2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED? 3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED?

PAST PRESIDENTS ROTARY CLUB OF SEAFORD

1971-72 Tony Gunn (Charter President) 1980-81 Jim Greig 1972-73 Charles McNicol 1981-82 Mike Orchin 1973-74 Terry Piggot 1982-83 Alywn Hind 1974-75 Ken Quilliam 1983-84 Jack Hart 1975-76 Jack Alkemade 1984-85 Lawrie Holley 1976-77 Ossie Cox 1985-86 Rod Ogilvie 1977-78 Tony Ogier 1986-87 Geoff Clark 1978 Ian Batson 1987-88 Kevin Tudor 1978-79 Ken Hedley 1988-89 John Hogben 1979-80 Ron Sparks 1989-90 Christopher Morton ROTARY CLUB OF SEAFORD ROTARY CLUB OF CARRUM DOWNS 1990-91 Bill Burgess 1990-91 Brett Naylor (Charter President) 1991-92 Charles Medwin 1991-92 Martin Vercoe 1992-93 Ian Batson 1992-93 Col Edwards 1993-94 Peter Harris 1993-94 John Williamson 1994-95 Gary Wake 1994-95 Peter Goodall 1995-96 David Kelly 1995-96 John Hogben 1996-97 Richard Ellis 1996-97 Gary Cheverly 1997-98 Jim Marshall 1997-98 Allan Page

ROTARY CLUB OF SEAFORD - CARRUM DOWNS 1998-99 Roger Griffiths 1999-2000 John Berends 2000-01 Stephen Shipp 2001-02 Garry Broughton, JP 2002-03 Garry Broughton, JP 2003-04 Tom Newman, OAM 2004-05 Marion Davis 2005-06 Fran Chambers 2006-07 Sam Graham 2007-08 John Berends 2008-09 Natalie Graham 2009-10 G.Broughton / N. Graham / J.Berends 2010-11 Louise Welbourn 2011-12 Louise Welbourn 2012-13 Andrew Ling 2013-14 Andrew Ling 2014-15 Peter Harris

June 14, 2016 Volume 45, No. 42

Apologies: Please telephone late apologies and expected guests

before 1pm Tuesday prior to the normal meeting to Judy on 9791 2494

Rotary International President: K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran District Governor: Merv Williams Assistant Governor: David Hanlon District Governor Elect: Lynne Westland

WHERE TO MAKE UP MONDAY

Mt Martha Benito’s 1196 Nepean Hwy 6.00 pm Mt. Eliza Langwarrin Langwarrin Hotel 7pm (1st & 3rd Mondays) 220 Cranbourne Rd. Langwarrin TUESDAY Mt. Eliza Toorak College, Mt. Eliza 6.00 pm Cranbourne Settlers Run Golf & Country Club 6.30 pm

Cranbourne Frankston Peninsula 2.0 Frankston South Community Centre 7.15pm (1st & 3rd Tuesdays) 55 Towerhill Rd. Frankston WEDNESDAY Frankston Sunrise Davey’s Bar, Frankston 6.45 am for 7.00 am Frankston North International Motel, Frankston 6.00 pm Mornington Mornington Golf Club 6.00 pm John Tallis Drive, Mornington Somerville/Tyabb Tyabb CFA, Tyabb 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm THURSDAY Frankston Long Island Frankston Lifesaving Club, Wells St 7.00 am (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 101 Wells Street, Frankston Frankston International Hotel, Frankston 6.00 pm 389 Nepean Highway, Frankston

June is Rotary

Fellowship Month

The Rotary Club of

SEAFORD-CARRUM DOWNS

Chartered 1 June 1971, DISTRICT 9820 Club No. 18426

PO BOX 14 Seaford, 3198 Email address: seafordcarrum downsrotaryclub@gmail.com Meets Tuesdays for fellowship at

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start Sands Hotel, Hall Road,

Carrum Downs, 3201 tel: 9788 9900

ABN 17 949 920 404 President: Peter Harris Secretary: Jennie Leslie Treasurer: Louise Welbourn

DIRECTORS Vice President: Richard Ellis Club Service: Natalie Graham International Service: John Berends Community Service: Sam Graham Bulletin, Birthdays & Anniversaries Judy Berends Sergeant-At-Arms: Andrew Yarnton

BOARD

Peter Harris, Jennie Leslie, Richard Ellis, Louise Welbourn, Sam Graham Natalie Graham, John Berends

Membership list John Berends # * ++ (Judy) Phone: 8787 7018 BH: 9791 2494 Mobile: 0419 535 459 Email judy@johnberends.com.au Fax: 9794 5568 Judy Berends * + (John) Contacts as for John Berends John Blazé (Annette) Phone: 5995 9417 Mobile: 0400 401 804 Email: johnlblaze@gmail.com dannetteblaze@gmail.com Steve Cernotta # * Email: scernotta@gmail.com Mobile: 0438 114 600 Richard Ellis # * (Jan) Phone: 9787 5175 Mobile: 0438 355 242 Email: richardellis@netspace.net.au

Natalie Graham # * (Sam)

Phone: 9776 8948 Mobile: 0405 464 746 Email: nooni0405@hotmail.com Fax: 9771 8941

Sam Graham # * +++ § (Natalie)

Phone: 9776 8948 Mobile: 0421 653 865

Email: samgraham8@gmail.com Fax: 9776 8941

Peter Harris # * Mobile: 0425 857 152 Email: pjh5@ netspace.net.au Phone: 9787 3420

Jennie Leslie *

Phone: 9789 1306 BH:9552 3704 Mobile: 0418 179 269

Email: jennie.leslie@sewl.com.au Fax: 9552 3001

Andrew Ling # * + (Marleen) Mobile: 0418 170 448

Email: andrewsmling@me.com BH: 5996 9000

Charles Medwin, OAM # * (Jean) Phone: 9786 8996 Email: charlesmedwin@live.com.au

Tom Newman , OAM # * Phone: 9017 0904 Email: twnewman@optusnet.com.au Mobile: 0421 273 178

Louise Welbourn # * Phone: 9785 2667 Mobile: 0419 107 744

Email: piklet2009@gmail.com

Andrew Yarnton

Phone: 8751 4013 Mobile: 0466 248 042

Email: andyarn@live.com.au

Past President # Paul Harris Fellow *

PHF Sapphire + Paul Harris Society §

Attendances June 7 10 Plus Grandma Chris, PDG Kel & Jill Hobby Make-ups Sam, Andrew Y. Apologies Tom, John Blazé, June 14 Board meeting

after the meeting Sunday, June 19, 12.30pm

Meet RI President Nominee Ian Riseley

Some members have booked in. June 21 Rotary Foundation

Sam Graham June 28 Club Changeover

At the Sands Hotel 6.30 for 7pm

Usual bistro meals Numbers needed next week.

July 3 District Changeover Warragul Country Club,

41 Sutton Street, Warragul 12 noon for 12.30pm

$40 per person Two course meal,

drinks at bar prices Numbers & payment tonight

July 5 Club Forum July 12 TBC July 19 TBA July 26 Special Birthday

Rotary Thanks For good food, good fellowship

and the opportunity to serve through Rotary,

we give our most grateful thanks. Amen

Annual Reports now due

Reminder for your diaries Bunnings dates at Frankston

Sunday, July 24 Sunday, October 16

Saturday, November 19

What do these two dates have in common? 1444 and 1666 (Hint: no need to know your history!) No prizes this time.

President’s Report Louise Welbourn, Andrew Ling and I met last Wednesday with Melissa Kendal at Carrum Downs Secondary College. We were very pleased that here are now eleven students interested in forming the new Interact club at the school. They have elected their executive, and the paper work is expected to be completed by the end of the week to form the club. They have participated in one project and are organising the next. Within the next couple of weeks they will be making a presentation to the school assembly to encourage other students to be part of the new club. All going well we will schedule an inaugural meeting by the end of July. Last Sunday was our first BBQ at Carrum Downs Bunnings. We were very fortunate with the weather and we had more than enough manpower. As expected it wasn’t as lucrative as the Frankston location but we still managed to make a profit of $750 on the day. Together with previous funds raised we will be able to donate close to $1,000 for “Mothers Supporting Families”. Once again many thanks to Richard Ellis for liaising Bunnings, arranging dates and organising the BBQs. Also many thanks to all the members who supported the project and helped out on the day. Our changeover meeting is only two weeks away so please get your reports in to enable the production of the Annual Report.

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On a visit to our Club recently Jill Hobby mentioned the need of making hospital gowns (for which she supplied the pattern) for young patients in Timor Leste. On the night Robyn, a guest of John’s volunteered to make a few. As a result a presentation was made last week to Jill of six gowns , for which she was most grateful. If you have an over- locker or know of someone who does, it is quite easy to make these gowns. The pattern will be supplied.

At the Bunnings BBQ on Sunday

Lunch with Rotary International President Nominee

Ian Riseley

Whitehorse Club 298-336 Burwood Highway, East Burwood

12.30 for 1.00pm Sunday, June 19 Two course lunch including drinks

Cost: $45 per person Dress Code: Smart casual.

Bookings have closed. Some of our members are going.

Rotary District 9820 Changeover Sunday, July 3

Warragul Country Club, 41 Sutton Street, Warragul 12.00 noon for 12.30 p.m.

$40.00 per person (Two course meal, drinks at bar prices) Payments not accepted on the day of Changeover.

Definite Numbers and Payment tonight please.

A husband went to the police station to report that his wife was missing. Husband: My wife is missing. She went shopping yesterday and has not come home. Sergeant: What is her height? Husband: Gee, I’m not sure. A little over 1.5 metres tall. Sergeant: Weight? Husband: Don’t know. Not slim, not really fat. Sergeant: Colour of eyes? Husband: Never really noticed. Sergeant: Colour of hair? Husband: Changes a couple times a year. Maybe dark brown. Sergeant: What was she wearing? Husband: Could have been a skirt or shorts. I don’t remember exactly. Sergeant: What kind of car did she go in? Husband: She went in my truck. Sergeant: What kind of truck was it? Husband: Brand new 2015 Ford F150 King Ranch 4X4 with eco-boost 5.0L V8 engine special ordered with manual transmission and climate-controlled air-conditioning. Custom leather six-way seats and “Bubba” floor mats. Full GPS navigation, six cup holders, a USB port and four power outlets. trailering package with gold hitch. DVD with navigation, 21-channel CB radio. Added special alloy wheels and off-road Michelins. It has custom running boards and indirect wheel well lighting. Wife put a small scratch on the driver’s door. At this point the husband started choking up. Sergeant: Don’t worry buddy. We’ll find your truck.

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Bunnings BBQ at Carrum Downs on Sunday. This was the first time that we held our BBQ at the Carrum Downs Bunnings store. Thanks to members who volunteered - John & Judy, Sam & Natalie, Peter, Louise, Andrew Y., Andrew L., Charles and especially our organizer Richard.

A Toast to the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, Cayman Island

The Club was chartered in January 1966. Major projects have included the construction of Boys and Girls Homes whilst major annual events organised by the club include the Senior Citizens Party and the Christmas Tree Lighting. The Club has provided a kidney dialysis machine, a learning booth and 2 mobile dental units. The dental clinics in the schools were proving inadequate and the cost of refurbishing several of them would have been enormous. With a mobile dental clinic in an easily movable, self-powered configuration, it could serve all the schools, and could also be used in emergency situations since it would have its own power supply, kitchen and bathroom facilities. The Club also organised he island’s first fishing tournament as a fund raising event. This is still held annually, and has become as well, a favourite pastime event.. The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea. The 264 sq. km. territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman (the largest island) Cayman Brac and Little Cayman located south of Cuba, northeast of Costa Rica, north of Panama and northwest of Jamaica. Its population is over 60,000 and its capital is George Town.

RI World President ’s June Message

British writer and Royal Air Force pilot Roald Dahl was also an avid photographer who carried his beloved Zeiss camera on his many adventures. At a time when each photograph had to be laboriously developed by hand, on film or glass plate negatives, he amassed a collection of hundreds of images. In later years, these photographs served as a visual record of his travels, a way to document his experiences and share them with others. Yet he always spoke of his memories as being far more vivid than the photographs could ever reflect. So many events and experiences, he said, were simply impossible to capture; they could not be adequately conveyed in images or words. Language may fail, and photographs fade; minds are fallible, and details are lost. But some experiences, as Dahl said, never dim; they stand out in our memories, even after decades, as a wall of flame. They rear up forever over the landscape of our past, dividing our lives into what came before and what came after. That metaphor has stayed with me throughout the past year as I have travelled the world for Rotary. For indeed, this entire year has stood, and will always stand, as a wall of flame in my mind, dividing my life into before and after. When I think back over these 12 months, I see a bright kaleidoscope of images cascading before my eyes, day after day, week after week. The anxious parents in Chandigarh, India, hovering at the bedside of the child recovering from lifesaving heart surgery. The bright flags of Nepal fluttering over an entire village that had been rebuilt after the devastating earthquake. The feeling of awe in St Peter’s Square at the Jubilee of Rotarians celebrated by Pope Francis. Joyful gatherings around the world, in so many countries, in so many languages — with friends I had never before met, my brothers and sisters in Rotary. To serve as President of Rotary International is a colossal undertaking, one that cannot be truly conveyed in images or words. It is a wall of flame that will burn forever in my memory, dancing with light, shifting in shadow. A thousand images jostle together in my mind, a thousand recollections, a thousand emotions. Together, they form a great mosaic; together, they show the bright and glorious work of your hands. As this Rotary year draws to a close, I am prouder than ever to be part of this great organization: one that makes the world not poorer, but richer; replaces despair with hope; raises up those whom fate has brought low; and is a gift to so many, while allowing each of us to Be

a Gift to the World.

K R Ravindran President, Rotary International

Celebrating Rotary

Fellowships Month! By John A. Bernaden, member of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, USA Did you know that Rotary Fellowships can provide a great way to make new friends around the world and enhance your Rotary experience?  Rotary Fellowships are international, independently organized groups of Rotarians, family members, program participants and alumni who share a common passion. The oldest fellowship dates back to 1947 when a group of Rotarians who loved sailing began flying the Rotary flag from their boats, calling themselves the International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians. Today, more than 3,300 Rotarians sail together in one of 109 Rotary fleets in 37 countries. Currently, more than 60 other fellowships similarly unite Rotarians in friendship and expand opportunities to enjoy their favorite recreational activities, sports, and vocation. These groups range from cycling to skiing, Latin culture to jazz, doctors to photographers, and even wine-tasting to beer. I recently joined the Recreational Vehicle Fellowship of Rotarians and rallied for a week in Tucson this past February with a dozen couples from Rotary clubs in Canada, California, Colorado, Texas and Arizona. We toured local attractions together, shared meals and enjoyed the comradery of like-minded leaders including two past district governors. My wife Kathleen and I also hope to someday join the thousands of Rotarians in the United Kingdom who caravan together in recreational vehicles across Europe every summer. The Rotary Wine Appreciation Fellowship is a learning tool for those who are interested in expanding their knowledge and sharing ideas regarding all aspects of wine appreciation. Like most fellowships, the group has an email newsletter and members are encouraged to visit an interactive wine website frequently for updates, features, articles and information on wine events and trips.

While most day-to-day fellowship activities may take place online or through correspondence, the most successful fellowships facilitate regular opportunities for members to interact in person. For example, sporting fellowships hold regional matches and world tournaments, fellowships related to travel or excursions plan destination trips, and vocational fellowships often plan get-togethers at professional conferences and seminars. A growing number of vocationally oriented fellowships have been formed during the past decade. Rotarians who are doctors, lawyers, educators and other professions have started sharing their expertise and experiences with fellow Rotarians in the same professional field around the world. Many fellowships also use their special interests to serve others. The Fellowship of Canoeing Rotarians has organized cleanups of polluted rivers; members of the International Computer Users Fellowship of Rotarians have conducted training sessions for Rotarians and others in their community; and members of the International Fellowship of Rotarian Scuba Divers join local Rotary clubs to undertake service projects on each of their diving trips. Lastly, developing acquaintances and even friendships by participating in one of the Rotary Fellowships can help improve your understanding of the world.  “The best way to cultivate international understanding is through business and social intercourse,” said Paul Harris at the Pacific Rotary Conference in Tokyo, 1928.

International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians

IFFR IFFR originated in 1965 in Seattle, Washington, USA. To be a member you don’t have to be a pilot or have a plane, but an interest in aviation, which includes travelling and meeting new people. Some of our Club members are IFFR members. We enjoy meeting twice a year with members from all over Australia and New Zealand sometimes. John & Judy, Sam & Natalie and Louise would be only too willing to tell you more.