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Rotary Club of Stawell Newsletter :
International Pres: Garry Huang – District Pres: Geoff James
Club Pres: Vaughan Williams – Club Sec: PE Pauline Sherrifs
December 9, 2014
Club General Meeting
Club very pleased to welcome back Dr Norm who has been ill and alos away in Adelaide at 61st anniversary of his graduation as a doctor.
We also welcomed young Nathalia – another RYE from Brazil who had come to spend some time with our Raquel and travel to Sydney with her.
Sec Pauline reported that that a recommended nomination for the Shine On Award had declined. Information sent to Pinnacle.
Woolworth Sausage Sizzle raised around $120 towards Swags for Streets. Part of Raquel’s commitment.
Discussion on coming array of Sausage Sizzles and the lack of shelter for workers.
PP Ken moved/Seconded PP Kim “that the Club purchase a suitable transportable Gazebo”. – Motion carried.
PP John L reported on a) the latest Skene Street Project donations – now total of around $5000 dollars. Still awaiting advice from Ararat re visit to Moyston Hall to view chairs they have recently purchased. b) article on Conoco-Phillips students. c) meeting Monday 16 with Carly to consider projects in Cambodia for the proposed 2015 Student Discovery Tour.
PP John Artz – noted that we already had an involvement Disaster Aid projects and saw no need to follow up on the Water Filtration Life-Straw.
PP John Artz willemail out directions to his home for our Christmas get tpgether next Tuesday 16 December.
Reminder re Toys for Tots now give direct to PP Ken Agnew at the Salvos, and Christmas Hampers – last day 16th December.
Keep Australia Beautiful – Sec Pauline and PP John L met with Gary Mogford from KAB to discuss our involvement to keep a section of the Highway clean. Gary (a Rotarian from Preston, gave us details on what has to be done to satisfy ViC Roads and safety training. We should be accredited in the new year. PP John L will prepare a Power Point to carry out the necessary training. We will have a 4 km stretch of the Highway as our domain.
PP John Artz was invited to give personal Vocational Talk about his life and career.
John was born in 1945 in Holland and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1956.
On leaving school he joined the PMG as a Technician in Training, moving to Melbourne to attend the PMG Course over 5 years which was well respected as many who graduated were invited to join Commercial TV stations.
In John’s case his work took him around Victoria to places such as Horsham, Kilmore, Shepparton (Radio Australia). In those days technicians climbed 550 foot towers as he did to change aviation lights – without safety harnesses – now adays they are highlighted by ground based strobe lights. Also at the time they did not switch the transmitters off – you could light fluorescent globes with the radiation.
He also took part in the building of the micro wave links from Melbourne to Sydney and Melbourne to Adelaide. He was also involved at work on Mt Cole TV transmitters then at Swan Hill and saw the technology develop from valve transmitters through solid state to digital transmission.
In 1992 he took redundancy rather than go to Melbourne – he took two years off and built their house at Halls Gap. Then he and his wife Judy purchased a Book City Shop in Swan Hill, the first of the book nfranchise, of which there were eventually 36. Along came Collins Boks who bought the Book City.
In 2013 John and Judy retired to Halls Gap, much to our good fortune in Stawell.
John’s Vocational talk was a very interesting one as it covered a very important development stage in the growth of communication technology.
Rotary Christmas Party : Dec 16 at John Artz, follow his email instructions off Grampians Rod Stawell side of Halls Gap . Gals bring sweets, Guys bring salads. Rotary to supply snags.
“ Our address is 11 Thryptomene Court, and the property name is “Bergdromen”.
From Stawell travel towards Halls Gap, then approximately 300 mtrs past the Pomonal Road junction, turn left into Reids Lane, then turn left at the second court – Thryptomene, proceed right to the end of court and on your right you will see our drive, with metal sign (Bergdroman) to left of gate.
We will put balloons on the gate post, just follow the track to our house, plenty of parking around the house.”
In the Pipeline >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
12/12 Sausage Sizzle – Stawell Biz 5.30 – 8.00pm in front of Stawell Club
13/12 Sausage Sizzle – Stawell Race Club – 11am -2.30 pm – Club supplies everything – also raffle ticket selling.
16/12 Christmas Break-up at John Artz –last day for Christmas Hampers – 16 items of same.
18/12 Thursday North Park Little Aths BBQ Set up from 3pm. BBQ from 5:30pm. Meat, Bread, Sauce etc all purchased and provided by NGSC.
January 10 2015 : Raquel’s 18th birthday
Jan 25 – Great Western Races BBQ
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Baptising An Irishman
An Irish man is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river.
The drunk proceeds into the water, subsequently bumping into the preacher.
The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon, he asks the drunk, “Are you ready to find Jesus?”
The drunk shouts, “Yes, oi am.”
So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water. He pulls him back and asks, “Brother, have you found Jesus?” The drunk replies, “No, oi haven’t found Jesus!”
The preacher, shocked at the answer, dunks him again but for a little longer.
He again pulls him out of the water and asks, “Have you found Jesus, me brother?” The drunk answers, “No, oi haven’t found Jesus!” By this time, the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk again — but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds, and when he begins kicking his arms and legs about, he pulls him up. The preacher again asks the drunk, “For the love of God, have you found Jesus?” The drunk staggers upright, wipes his eyes, coughs up a bit of water, catches his breath, and says to the preacher,
“Are you sure this is where he fell in”?