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British stockbroker’s kindness and determination
helped nearly
700 children escape Prague
in advance of Hitler’s armies in 1939.
In September,
he became the first inductee into
the Rotarian Peace Hall of Fame exhibit
at
the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
in Skokie, Illinois.
Visit the Rotary Peace Hall of Fame
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Rotary Club of Mill Point
Welcomes Ian Kremmer
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Rotary Club of Belmont
President Michele Alexander awards Glynn Schragger his second Paul Harris Fellow
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AROUND THE CLUBS
On October 2nd the
Rotary Club of Geraldton
celebrated its 63rd birthday
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Rotary Club of Armadale
Guest speaker Linda Bettanay
gave a very stimulating talk
tonight about her new book, "Secrets Mothers
Keep".
Also gave some great advice to budding authors.
— with Graham Sampson, Linda
Moore and Alan
Thompson.
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Rotary Club of West Perth
A long time supporter of the "Life Education" van
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Rotary Club of Como
Greg Williamson receiving a cheque from RC Como
to go towards his fundraising efforts for the
Prostate Cancer Foundation's
Perth
to Margaret River Prostate Cancer Awareness Cycle.
Greg rode from Perth
to Margaret River last weekend.
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Rotary Club of Belmont
60 years of Service celebration
Past District Governor Alan Briant [1990/1991] and Doris
Past President Glynn Schragger and Diane
Pres and Pres Elect enjoying todays meeting
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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts
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Rotary Club of Mundaring
'On the 21st July, I, with nine other
Australians,
flew to London to attend the London
International Youth Science Forum.
LIYSF is program for 350 students from across the
globe
aged seventeen to twenty-one
who are either
studying science in high school or in
university.
I didn’t entirely know what to expect from
the forum,
but was amazed by the lectures we
were given
and the scientific research establishments
we visited.
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Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin
President Peter Snell with this years winner of the Ron Letch Award
at the Rotary Residential College
Winner for 2013 Ruben Thomas-Miller
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
At
tonight's meeting we had a second visit
from Vitor, Rotary Club of Mosman Park
hosted inbound District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Brazil.
Vitor presented Carolyn with a banner from his sponsor club,
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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
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For all Interactors
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Funny Photo
Little Miss Red Riding Hood was seen at the Rotary Club of Hillarys
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Coming Soon.............
Climb for a Smile
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HAT DAY
Hat Day
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ROTARY RAMBLE
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Can you Help????
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The Rotary Club of Cunderdin
is taking orders from all Western Australia Rotary Clubs
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D9455
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D9465
Handicamp
It might be some way off, but remember to put
the 2014
#Handicamp
Ron Sloan Dinner in your diary.
It's a fun night and a great opportunity to
support Handicamp
and catch up with friends.
When: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Where: Point Walter Recreation Camp, 1 Stock Rd Bicton
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AUSTRALIAN JAPAN
YOUTH CULTURAL EXCHANGE 2014
This Cultural Exchange is between Australian Rotary District 9455, WA;
and the
Japanese Rotary District 2570, Saitama;
and has been operating successfully for
thirty-nine years.
This program is for young adults (18-30yrs),
interested in visiting Japan to
experience International fellowship
and goodwill and appreciate the cultural
values of another country...
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The Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin
has a sister Club agreement with the
Rotary Club of Tempe Rio Salado in Phoenix Arizona USA D5510
They know all about fun and fellowship within their club
In December 2014, JAXA will launch a rocket
holding an
asteroid exploration probe to an asteroid 169 million miles from earth.
It will
arrive at its destination in June 2018
and spend the next 18 months flying next
to, orbiting, photographing,
and scanning the asteroid to determine its
composition and history.
It will land on the surface to place a mini-land rover
and take several samples of both the interior and exterior of the asteroid.
During one of its landings,
it will leave a permanent monument on the
asteroid’s surface commemorating the mission.
That marker contains this
picture,
proclaiming the asteroid as the official satellite meeting site of the
Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club,
listing all of our club members and honorees.
In
December 2019, the ships four ion engines will ignite
and carry the samples and
data back to Earth,
where it should arrive in December 2020.
Besides the
scientific importance of this mission,
this will not only be the most distant
Rotary presence in history,
but also the first extra-terrestrial Rotary Club.
video
Happy Oktoberfest from the Tempe
Rio Salado/Camelback Crossroads Rotary Club,
District 5510, Tempe, Arizona USA
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Tasmanian of the Year 2012
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CLUB PROMOTIONS
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OCTOBER
Rotary Club of
Matilda Bay’s
Subiaco Craft
Collectibles and Community Fair 2013
Creative artisans and talented entertainers
on show at
this year’s Fair
This year
artisans products include ceramics, fashion, glass
and home
wares, jewellery, kids and collectibles products
for you to browse and purchase
an early birthday or Christmas gift.
Free raffle draws will take place on
the hour with the lucky winners
taking home baskets of product to the value of
over $500 each.
Food and coffee vans; and a sausage sizzle located in the
“Snack Food Village”
to nibble on while browsing along the avenues of
craft.
Be entertained by the Opening Act,
the Scotch College
Band followed by the Blue Duck pluckers 10.45 to 11.15
( wandering around the
fair),
WA Police Pipe band with the Legacy Teds being sold,
WA Performers
School, Kizzie and the jazz quartet,
and Punch N Judy for the Kids.
Kids’ Activities co ordinated by Subiaco Rotaract Club
kids
activities include:
Face painting, Colouring in competition, Mask making,
Balloon sculpting, and a life sized cardboard cubby house
that the kids can
climb into and paint/draw.
The Rotary
Club of Matilda Bay
hosts the annual Subiaco Craft Collectibles and
Community Fair 2013
on Sunday 27 October 2013
on the Oak Lawn at the University of
Western Australia,
Hackett Drive, Crawley; from 9am and
4pm.
An entry donation of $5 per adult applies and children under
12 years free.
The fair is
the community project and the major fundraising
event by the Rotary Club of
Matilda Bay.
The beneficiaries are the University Camp for Kids,
Rotary and projects including Rotary Youth Driver Awareness program (RYDA),
Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN),
Rotary Youth Leadership Award
(RYLA),
Australian Rotary Health including Mental Health,
Rotary Wheelchairs
for Kids, and Rotary Shelter Boxes.
Local projects: the maintenance
of King Edward Memorial Garden,
Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal.
Kids’
Activities are supervised by the Rotaract Club of Subiaco –
including face painting, colouring in competitions, cubby house games.
For further
information contact:
Enquiries to
- enquiries@subiacocraftfair.org.au
To book a stall
visit the craft fair website
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DECEMBER
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CLUB BIRTHDAYS
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Make Handicaps disappear
One of the major soft drink conglomerates decided it was time to re-invent
the way they sold their product.
After months of discussion and deep thought
an unmistakable idea of genius
appeared.
It is being test marketed in a secret location
somewhere in the world and
the results are being analysed at the moment.
The unique selling idea is to have several different
container sizes in the
very same six-pack
. The most successful packages has two 250 ml bottles,
two
500 ml bottles, and two 1000 ml bottles.
To the bottler’s surprise, after purchasing the beverage,
most people are
choosing to drink from the 1000 ml container first.
Postmarketing research is showing why.
It is the liter of the pack
We have all been there
When I was a little boy, my family
did not have a lot of money.
My father had a reasonably well paying job,
but
with four kids and a dog, money was often tight.
This is not to say that we
were deprived or unhappy.
Our family did many activities together,
but our
favorite was camping, which we did year-round,
blazing heat or freezing cold.
It was a great site to see the whole
clan scrambling
to get everything together for a weekend trip.
The whole family
then piled into our Chevy station wagon
with a dog bigger than the three
smallest children put together.
Dad would then tie down our trusty tent
to the
top of the Chevy and off we would go.
Our tent was amazing in and of
itself.
It was a army surplus tent large enough for the whole family plus dog.
It had survived though rain storms, snow storms, wind storms.
It had twice been
uprooted from its stakes in high winds.
(Makes me wonder why we went camping in
so much terrible weather.)
It had blown off the Chevy a couple
of times,
but it had always survived.
At least it survived with mother's help
at the sewing machine.
It had patches over patches but it was still our
faithful camping tent.
But alas, canvas can only last so
long,
so after about ten years of steady service,
my Dad admitted one summer
that our tent was no longer usable.
We didn't go camping at all the following
fall.
The only thing that kept us kids controllable
was that Dad promised we
would get a new tent at Christmas,
and we could go camping all winter.
So Mom and Dad went on a savings
program
to get the money for our new tent.
They even got us kids to pitch in a
little.
Money was tight, but the savings accumulated,
and we all had visions of
a great winter outdoors.
That is, until disaster struck in
late November
and my little bother Johnny broke his arm.
Dad hadn't counted on
an emergency,
and the hospital and doctor bills completely depleted our tent
saving.
We were all downcast at the prospect of no winter camping.
Even I was
almost sorry I pushed Johnny off the roof.
So as Christmas approached, we were
all pretty glum.
There weren't as many presents around the tree as usual,
because the extra money had gone into my bother's arm.
Finally, Christmas Eve was here,
and
our month long depression was lifted a little,
because we could open our presents.
Dad had to work, but he was late, and hadn't called.
Mother began to worry,
and
just before she called the police,
Dad drove up.
We couldn't believe our eyes!
There
on top of the Chevy was a brand new shiny tent,
even larger than Old Faithful.
Instantly, five voices started
asking Dad question after question,
so he ushered us all into the living room,
around the Christmas tree to tell us what happened.
It seems that Dad had seen an
advertisement
for a store called SURPLUS CITY (all caps required).
Last week he
had gone by to see if they had any tents that we could afford
. There was one
perfect tent (the only one actually) for $60.
So Dad worked a little overtime
and scrimped a little on his Christmas gifts
and he scraped together about $45.
That night he had gone to SURPLUS
CITY with his $45
and tried to get a bargain on the tent.
He had managed to
chisel the manger down to $50 for the tent,
but from there the manager wouldn't
budge.
There was no credit or lay-away at SURPLUS CITY,
either, just cold hard
cash.
So Dad went back out to the car,
and
thought about how hard it would be to come home empty handed.
In a flash of
inspiration,
he got the spare tire from the car and went back in.
He asked the
manager if he would take the spare tire for $5
so he could buy the tent.
With that act of desperation, the
managers heart softened.
What with it being Christmas and all,
and my father
being so intent on getting the tent,
and stopping in several times over the
past week,
he let Dad have the tent for $40.
When Dad finished telling this
story,
we all cheered and hollered and generally made fools of ourselves.
That
was the happiest Christmas I have ever had.
And that was the best winter of
camping
we ever had too
, in the winter of our discount tent.
Hot Air Balloon over the Avon Valley
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