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Rotarian builds his
own iron lung replica
to teach a new generation about polio
Dispatched to Ghana with a fellow British Rotarian
to scout club
service opportunities,
Roger Frank hadn’t planned their visit to coincide
with
National Immunization Days,
but the pair – Frank and Dr. Carl Hallam –
jumped,
unhesitating, into the thick of inoculations.
During a four-day stretch in
October 2016
nearly 2,000 children in the area were protected from
poliomyelitis.
The effort galvanized Frank,
who brainstormed for a way to do
even more at home:
How could he promote polio eradication when few
of his
countrymen gave much thought to the scourge?
Recalling the fear that gripped the UK, the U.S.,
and elsewhere
during the height of the polio epidemic
in the early 1950s, Frank,
a past
president of the Rotary
Club of Upper Eden,
thought of the iron lung,
a device
largely relegated to museums and history books.
The lifesaving mechanical
respirator was a potent,
if depressing, symbol of the debilitating disease.
An
iron lung, Frank reasoned,
would educate younger generations who grew up free
of the fear created by polio,
a virus that is spread easily,
during the 20th
century.
He hoped to borrow a model to put on tour to serve
as a reminder
that the polio fight remains unfinished.
“I spent the last three months of 2016
looking for an iron lung in hospitals, etc.,”
says Frank, 65.
“I had hoped to
source an original unit,
but they have all been scrapped and
those that remain
are in museums,
and they would not part with them.
Being fully committed to the
project,
I had no other option than to build an iron lung myself.
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New Members
Rotaract Club of South Perth
Rotary Club of Southern Districts
Our own Donald F King has been formally recognised
by the
Republic of Korea with the awarding of an
Ambassador For Peace medal for his
servic
e to the Republic during the Korean War.
Congratulations Don.
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New Club Promotions
Rotary Club of Bridgetown
Blackwood
Tour Committee chair Bill Anderson in training for the ride
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Rotary Club of South Bunbury
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Rotary Clubs of
Attadale
Fremantle
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Rotary Club of Elizabeth Quay
Perth Convention Centre
March 11
18.00 hours to 2300 hours
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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough
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Rotary Clubs of
Mandurah
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Rotary Club of Mill Point
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Around the Clubs
Rotaract Club of Subiaco
This morning our member Danielle is raising money
at the Stirling
Farmer's Market, selling gourmet burgers.
With the Rotary Club of Subiaco
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Rotaract Club of City of Gosnells
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Rotaract Club of Mandurah
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
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Rotaract Club of South Perth
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Rotary Club of Kwinana
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Rotary Club of Ascot
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Rotary Club of Joondalup
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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
Jack McKinnon has just returned from India
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Rotary Club of Kenwick
Samantha Chang [centre] will be sponsored to exchange
with Japan later this year
Pictured with
Eddie Lee [Rotary Club of Kalamunda]
Past District Governors Brian Guest and Phil Cordery
and former student Jason Ji who exchanged
with Tennessee in 2015/2016
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Rotary Club of Willetton
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PRID Ken Collins at Perth Airport
with the Rotary Vocational Training
Team en route to Raipur, India.
With PRID Ken are Gynaecologists Dr. Barry
Mendelawitz
and Dr. Catherine Douglass plus Midwives Belinda Jennings and Clare
Davison.
Mission is to train the locals to assist them with their very high
mortality rate
of mothers and babies due to childbirth.
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Rotary Club of Attadale
annual crabbing day held in Mandurah on Sunday, February 5.
The Rotary Club of Attadale’s annual Crabbing Day,
hosted by
Jim and Jenny Calcei,
is one of the highlights of the year.
Around fifty members, past members and friends
enjoyed a
feast of crabs and delicious salads
followed by sumptuous desserts.
Fine food, fellowship and fun were the order of the day.
The crabs were a little harder to find than in previous
years
but the boaties persevered and ended up with a good haul.
Jim and Jenny are fantastic hosts and worked tirelessly
to
ensure that the day was a huge success
and everyone had a great time
part of the crowd enjoying some fellowship
Mick Donnes, Jim Celcei and Yvonne Rate with the first crab
Yvonne Rate displays her catch
Rod Rate with the catch from his boat
Mal Bennett gleefully delivers his box of blue manna's
The ladies share the crabs out onto platters
President Elect Colin McCulloch thanks hosts Jim and Jenny Celcei
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Rotary Club of Elizabeth Quay
Fellowship meeting in Kings Park Botannic Gardens
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Rotary Club of Manjimup
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Rotary Club of Perth
Big thank you to the Hon Dr Mike Nahan for sharing his thoughts at this
busy time
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
Rotary Club of Palm Beach
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Rotary Club of Mindarie
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Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts
Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings
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Rotary Club of Midland
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Rotary Club of Mount Lawley
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Rotary Club of Fremantle
This line up from our Roaring Twenties Progressive Dinner Night.
We got
all our bangles ,beads , feathers and fringes out
and what a classy bunch.
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Rotary Club of West Perth
pictures from last week's meeting
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Rotary Club of Rockingham
enjoying some fellowship
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"Picture of the Week"
unknown Rotaractor enjoying some onions
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District and Club Promotions
February
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March
link https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-rotaract-games-2017-tickets-2994978661800
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Bellvue Ballroom
Perth Convention Centre
March 11
6.00pm -11.00 pm
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April
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May
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June
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August
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October
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Backseat Italians
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LE SAUT DE 7,6 KM
DE LUKE
AIKINS SANS PARACHUTE
EN ENTIER.
madness!!!!
Once
upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing.
He called the royal
weather forecaster
and inquired about the weather forecast for the next few
hours.
The weatherman assured him that there was no chance of rain
in the
coming days.
So
the king went fishing with his wife, the queen.
On the way he met a farmer on his
donkey.
Upon seeing the king the farmer said,
“Your Majesty, you should return
to the palace at once
because in just a short time I expect a huge amount of
rain
to fall in this area”.
The king was polite and considerate, he
replied:
“I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard.
He is an extensively
educated
and experienced professional,
and I pay him very high wages.
He gave
me a very different forecast.
I trust him and I will continue on my way.”
So
they did.
However, a short
time later a torrential rain fell from the sky.
The King and Queen were totally
soaked
and their entourage chuckled upon seeing them
in such a shameful
condition.
Furious, the king returned to the
palace
and gave the order to fire the weatherman at once!
Then he summoned the
farmer and offered him
the prestigious and high paying role of royal
forecaster.
The farmer said,
“Your Majesty, I do
not know anything about forecasting.
I obtain my information from my donkey.
If
I see my donkey’s ears drooping,
it means with certainty that it will rain.”
So
instead, the King hired the donkey on the spot.
And thus began the ancient-old practice
of hiring asses to work in the government
and occupy its highest and most
influential positions…
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Western Australia
Emma Gorge
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