25/2009





News and information for Districts 9450. 9460, 9470
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November is Foundation Month

Week 2
In 1985 Rotary International committed to ridding the world of polio.
With the World Health Organisation, United Nations Childrens’ Fund
and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,
Rotary has immunised over 2 billion children and reduced the incidence by 99%.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed US$355million
and Rotarians have been asked to raise US$200m.
We are nearly half way in what we believe will be the crucial last hurdle
in meeting our promise to the children of the world.
For more details check the RI website: www.rotary.org/endpolio




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Rotarian Bio


George Booth.....Rotary Club of Fremantle
Joined Rotary.........2000
Married....................Josephine
Children...........Natalie, Sarah, George [ 5th]
Classification....Travel Agent, Tour Operator
Favourite drink......A good Shiraz
Favourite hoilday destination....India
Famous person or celebrity I would like to have dinner with.
.Barack Obama
If I could change one thing about Rotary..
Rotary should have a more clear focus on recruiting active business people
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Like to see your picture and bio here [or a member of your club]
Just email a photo plus the answers to the questions
Don't be shy. all in good fun
Phil
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103 years of Rotary Service in Quairading

Rotarians Jack Wilson [94], Cal Leeder[77], Mick Laycock[79]
The Rotary Club of Quairading was chartered in 1963.
Jack joined in 1964, Cal in 1966 and Mick in 1967
Last monday on the eve of the Melbourne cup
I travelled to Wamenusking for a joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs
of Corrigin and Quairading.
Wamenusking is a tennis club situated about halfway between the two Clubs
It is fellowship night with Melbourne cup sweeps and fun games played.
I have managed to attend in the past few years ,
but have been informed the night has been happening for almost the past 30 years

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THE 31th BLACKWOOD MARATHON RELAY. 31 October 2009


Following is a list of the 1st 10 teams to finish
Team Names...................................... Category
1 BRIDGETOWN TEARAWAYS............. OPEN
2 QUEEN BEES .......................................WOMEN
3 THE OLD & THE BEAUTIFUL........ OPEN
4 LUMBERJACKS #............................ OPEN
5 FAB 5 ...................................................OPEN
6 COMMERCIAL REALTY AGED PERSONS VETERANS
7 GEEGELUP RACERS.......................... OPEN
8 HAVANA CLUB ...................................OPEN
9 MT BARKER VETERINARY HOSPITAL CORPORATE
10 LUKATAJ ................................LADIES VETERAN




taken from the Rotary Club of Bridgetown website

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Don't forget
Special Preview
Wednesday November 11th
Greater Union Cinema
57 Liege Street Innaloo
6.30pm



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Over the past few weeks I have been putting together
a list of all the current Rotary Clubs in Western Australia
based on their Charter Date
If you see any errors, or something that needs to added or changed,
let me know and I will update the list
Phil


Rotary Clubs of Western Australia

Club...... ...........Charter Date
1.Perth ....................15th April 1927
2.Fremantle ...........26th September 1928
3. Bunbury....... ......19th June 1939
4. Kalgoorlie...... ........4th July 1946
5. Northam .............30th August 1946
6. Victoria Park...... 5th August 1948
7. Mount Lawley ......28th June 1949
8. Subiaco ..............28th June 1949
9. Swan Districts..... 4th August 1949
10.Geraldton........... 2nd October 1950
11.Manjimup ..........12th February 1952
12.Bridgetown........10th April 1954
13.Collie...................15th April 1954
14.York.....................14th June 1954
15.West Perth ........28th June 1954
16.Mount Barker .....15th April 1955
17.Narrogin ..............15th April 1955
18.Armadale ............21st December 1955
19.Scarborough.......... 1st August 1956
20.Busselton Geographe Bay...... 27th October 1956
21.Katanning .............26th September 1957
22.Moora ..................26th September 1957
23.Wagin ...................24th October 1958
24.Harvey .................17th December 1958
25.Melville................... 24th August 1959
26.Nedlands................ 2nd November 1959
27.Gosnells................ 8th February 1960
28.Margaret River .......17th February 1960
29.Belmont ...................13th May 1960
30.Mandurah ...............27th June 1961
31.Boulder ...................30th October 1961
32.South Perth/Burswood ......17th May 1962
33.Esperance .................12th June 1962
34.Kalamunda ................27th June 1962
35.Carnarvon ..................15th April 1963
36.Quairading.................30th June 1963
37.Corrigin ......................18th May 1964
38.Morley..................... 28th October 1964
39.Cunderdin.............. 22nd January 1965
40.Cannington............. 25th September 1965
41.Wongan Hills ...........15th June 1965
42.Kojonup.................... 19th February 1966
43.Rockingham............ 28th February 1967
44.Pinjarra ..................10th March 1967
45.South Bunbury........ 23rd June 1967
46 .Albany East ...........17th October 1968
47.Ascot...................... 26th February 1969
48.East Perth................ 9th June 1969
49.Cockburn ..................18th June 1969
50.Cambridge............... 30th June 1969
51.Geraldton North .....21st October 1969
52.Gnowangerup............. 8th October 1970
53.Port Hedland ..........30th December 1970
54.Mundaring .............7th January 1971
55.Kwinana ..................22nd April 1971
56.Aplecross............... 3rd June 1971
57.Wanneroo................ 23rd July 1971
58.Welshpool ..............29th December 1971
59.Mosman Park .........17th March 1972
60.North Perth ...........17th April 1972
61.Rossmoyne ............30th June 1972
62.Karrinyup ...............1st May 1974
63.Osborne Park .........26th May 1978
64.Bunbury Central .......24th August 1978
65.Esperance Bay....... 4th November 1978
66.Matilda Bay ...........11th January 1979
67.Karratha ................2nd February 1979
68.Albany Port .............29th May 1979
69.Balcatta ....................25th January 1980
70.Fremantle Port........ 24th March 1980
71.Bunbury Leschenault .....24th December 1980
72.Kenwick...................... 9th March 1982
73.Palm Beach ................12th April 1982
74.Attadale ......................12th May 1982
75.Maddington ..............11th June 1982
76.Willetton...................... 25th June 1982
77.Armadale/Neerigen Brook ......28th June 1982
78.Bentley/Curtin............ 14th July 1982
79.Thornlie ......................7th August 1982
80.Como........................ 24th November 1982
81.Darling Range........... 14th March 1983
82.Booragoon................... 21st June 1983
83.Northbridge ..............17th April 1984
84.Dalkeith ....................24th April 1984
85.Midland ........................14th June 1985
86.Western Endeavour..... 19th February 1986
87.Hillarys .......................11th April 1986
88.Mandurah Districts ....11th April 1986
89.Joondalup ..................12th September 1986
90.Kununurra................ 26th September 1986
91.Geraldton-Greenough ....17th October 1986
92.Mill Point ....................11th March 1987
93.Heirsson.................... 9th November 1990
94.Hannans/Kalgoorlie ......28th May 1994
95.Mandurah City ........19th April 1993
96.Swan Valley............. 9th June 1993
97.Byford and Districts..... 5th August 1998
98.Fremantle City ........16th June 1999
99.Broome ..................18th October 2000
100.Ballajura/Malaga .......1st October 2007
101.Freshwater Bay.......... 19th December 2008

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News from Africa



Swaziland: more boreholes, no water
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:26 AM PST

In Swaziland over 3,000 boreholes have been drilled in the country since 1986,
but over 40 per cent of the population have no access clean water
and about 90 percent of the community water projects are not functioning.
Many boreholes have broken down and the communities,
who were supposed to maintain them,
lack the know-how or money to carry out repairs.

In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying
to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours.
With a baby on her back and two more buckets to fill up,
19-year-old Maziya says she walks to this well at least three times a week
to get water for her family of 15.
Siteki, a small town in the eastern part of Swaziland,
has not had water for decades.
“Sometimes I spend the whole day waiting for the water to surface,” said Maziya.
“You have to get here very early in the morning,
otherwise you can go back home empty handed.”
Sometimes when she comes to the well,
there are more people than water available.
Besides spending so much time waiting for water
and walking for three kilometres to the well,
she still has to immerse a bucket inside
and has to pull up the heavy water-filled bucket by hand.
Surprisingly, Maziya is standing next to a hand pump borehole
and two hundred metres away there is another one.
“All these boreholes are not working because they have broken down,” she said.
The hand pump boreholes stopped working because of a mechanical failure.
And there was no one around who could fix it.
“For about two years now, the community has been relying on this spring for water.”
A lot of people in the country, especially those in the Lubombo Region,
are still travelling long distances,
and have to compete with livestock drinking at the streams for the water.
Others rely on springs and wells.
But hand pumps and electric powered boreholes
are a common sight throughout the lowveld and dry middleveld.
According to the director of the Department of Water Affairs, Obed Ngwenya,
over 3,000 boreholes have been drilled in the country since 1986
but more than 40 percent of the country’s one million population
still does not have access to clean water.
In fact, said Ngwenya, about 90 percent of the community water projects
are not functioning because many boreholes have broken down
and nobody wants to take responsibility.
He said the idea is that once government or a development agency
has put up a borehole at an area, the community should maintain it.
“Although government and development agencies have tried
to drill boreholes in many places to make water more accessible to the people,
but we haven’t been very successful so far,” said Ngwenya.
“Communities fail to repair these boreholes.”
The reasons for this vary.
But mostly communities say they do not know how to repair the boreholes.
And they are too poor to afford the services of a trained mechanic.
He said the country has only tapped onto only ten percent
of its ground water resources although 90 percent of its people,
the majority of which are from rural areas, depend on groundwater.
Many communities, said Ngwenya,
using electric powered pumps fail to pay the electricity bills
and the Swaziland Electricity Company cuts them off and they remain with no water.
A lot of community boreholes have run dry after pumping water for a few months.
It is a sign that no proper assessment of available underground water
at those places has been done,
said Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Forum chairperson Jameson Mkhonta.
He admitted that there is poor management of groundwater in the country.
“Until a year ago when the WASH Forum was established,
there has been a lot of duplication of activities with regards
to the supply of ground water at rural areas,” said Mkhonta,
“Non-governmental organisations have been drilling boreholes
in the same areas within a very short distance without any proper coordination
which is the reason why some boreholes have run dry.”
The WASH Forum, which comprises of non-governmental organisations;
United Nations agencies; government and companies that provide water services,
has received about 1.5 million dollars.
The money will be used to repair damaged boreholes
and drill more boreholes throughout the dry areas
so that people like Maziya could easily access water.
The forum has realised that,
besides the fact that a lot of boreholes have broken down,
some of them have not been installed properly in the first place,
a blame Mkhonta attributed to some private companies
whom he said cut corners when installing the pumps.
Another identified loophole, according to Natacha Terrot,
the communications officer at Yonge Nawe Environmental Conservation Group,
is that some companies drill beyond the stipulated six inch diameter.
“The haphazard manner at which boreholes are drilled in the country
could mean we’ll find ourselves depleting the water table,” warned Terrot.
“We need proper monitoring to ensure that people adhere
to legislation and the stipulated guidelines.”
In the meantime, the management of groundwater resources
is not only a challenge for Swaziland
but for the whole Southern African Development Community (SADC).
According to Barbara Lopi,
the Communications Specialist
SADC Groundwater and Drought Management Project, because groundwater is not seen,
there is very little awareness around its importance
at all levels of society and government.
“The real value of groundwater is not visible enough to influence
policy decisions and resource allocation that could lead to improved use,
development and management of the resource within the region,” said Lopi.
As a result, SADC is establishing a regional
Groundwater Management Institute in South Africa
which will be operational next year.
Source: Mantoe Phakathi, IPS, 28 Oct 2009





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In Istanbul, Turkey, a FireFly mobile classroom,
provided by the Rotary Club of Istanbul,
brings literacy instruction and computer training
to young students in outlying areas of the city.
IPTC - Creator:
Monika Lozinska-Lee
IPTC - Credit:
© Rotary International
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Tri District Calendar
November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK
November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 11th...Wednesday......"Amelia" movie preview Innaloo
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address
November 28th.....Saturday.......Rotary Club of Applecross Jacaranda Festival
November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride
December 4th......Friday...............Storm the Stage @ the Burswood
February 24th...Wednesday......Australian Rotary Health Tri District Seminar
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference










SMILE!

24/2009

News and information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470


November is Rotary Foundation Month

The Rotary Foundation has brought hope to millions of people
throughout the world as it has worked to fulfil its Mission Statement:
“To enable Rotarians to advance world understanding,
goodwill and peace through the improvement of health,
the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.”
Through a wide range of educational and humanitarian projects lives
have been changed and endless opportunities have been opened up
to men and women across the globe.
For more details check the RI website: www.rotary.org/foundation
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Special Preview
Wednesday November 11th
Greater Union Cinema
57 Liege Street
Innaloo

This Special Preview will also support Polio Plus.
Check out the trailer
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/amelia/

See What The Hollywood Reporter Says About AMELIA!

"Bottom Line: A top-flight portrayal of the aviator by Hilary Swank
is an instant bio classic...
It ranks with recent real-life portrayals of Ray Charles by Jamie Foxx
and Truman Capote by Philip Seymour Hoffman
and could be similarly awards-bound...
Earhart wanted to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds,
and director Nair and star Swank make her quest
not only understandable but truly impressive."
Tickets can be arranged through Ken Collins as below.
We still have plenty of tickets
and I would ask your members to phone me on 9385 0471
and I will arrange to get tickets to them.
Each ticket sold will create a donation of $8
from the member's club to the Gates Challenge.
Kind regards,
Ken Collins


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Rotarian Bio

Phil Cousins......Rotary Club of Wanneroo
Joined Rotary.....................1989
Married................................Kerry
Children..............................Jarrad and Danielle
Classification.......................Builder
Favourite drink...................Beer
Favourite hoilday destination.....Like to experience new places all the time
Famous person or celebrity I would like to have dinner with...close friends and family
If I could change one thing about Rotary....to let the world know what Rotary does

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UPDATE ON ROTARY WA CORD BLOOD BANK PROJECT

Greetings all
I have been waiting for information on the successful tender
but as many of you are anxious to receive an update
I will follow up with that information later.

Building Progress
Tenders have been called and have now been received for processing.
Although the figures have not been analysed the general trend
shows that there is no major cost escalation as we feared might have been.
Further updates will be provided once the tender has been accepted.
We anticipate commencement and completion in 2010.

Guest Speakers and Promotion
Committee members have access to a DVD which provides an animated
“walk through” of the proposed building
please contact your representatives if you want an updated presentation.

Fundraising
As you will be aware our original target of $5,000,000
was revised to $6,000,000 to cover cost increases over
the extended period of the project.
To date we have received cash and pledges of $5,550,674 net after expenses.
The most positive aspect of the fundraising is the 100% response from all pledges.
By January 2010 almost all pledges will have been received.

Further donations will be coming in from the Climb for a Smile about $20,000
and the Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match
which will raise about $10,000 for our project
and $20,000 donated to the charity nominated by the winning team.
The match has attracted 28 teams including representation from the
Rotary Clubs of Bunbury, Melville, Scarborough, Palm Beach.
Many of the teams have nominated RWACBB as their charity so we win both ways.
The game will be played on Friday 6th November 2009
on a course which is in tip top condition.

Thank you for your continued support

District 9450
PDG Axel Handevit-Haar
PDG Peter McKerracher

District 9460
PDG John Iriks
PDG Ed McKinnon

District 9470
PDG Hugh Langridge
PP Andrew Heddle

John Iriks
Chairman
Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank Trust
PO Box 85, Kwinana WA 6966
Phone 08 94191077
Fax 08 94191721
Mobile: 0417 904 419
www.rotarywacordblood.org.au

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In your busy schedule could you please forward this promotion
of Storm the Stage production to your members.
Gather for a Storm and fellowship for your club.
The Rotary Club of Cannington in association with the Rotary Club of Melville
with support by the Rotary Club of Belmont
and many clubs from around Australia present a wonderful show case of talent
in monologue performances in drama and musical theatre.
Performers are 16 to 19 years of age
and this is a New Generations Service Project.

Clubs have the opportunity to fund raise
and may purchase 10 or more tickets for $20.00 each
and on sell for $30.00 retaining the $10.00.
If resourceful and sell 100 tickets a club may raise $1,000.00.
this would not be a difficult task especially if sales are made to friends and family.
See contact details below for tickets.
Regards,
Don Briggs
Carolyn Fennelle
Chairpersons, 2009

www.stormthestage.com.au

Storm the Stage 2009
Gather for a Storm

Storm the Stage National Stage Production
Proudly Supported by the Burswood Entertainment Complex

BURSWOOD THEATRE, Friday 4 December, 8:00pm

‘Timeless’
“Feel the drama and passion as 19 amazing young performers
from around the country perform monologue acts in drama and musical theatre”

Supporting Acts
The timeless Wadumba Aboriginal Dance Group,
Didgeridoo and the extraordinary talent of James T. Webb
and
A timeless journey of duo performances in song and dance

Tim Cunniffe Musical Director

TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER ONLINE or
For pre bookings and to talk to a person call Tania on 9498 5880
Adult $30.00
Concession $20.00
Family $80.00
Group of 10 or more $25.00
On sell offer for Rotary Clubs –
purchase tickets at $20.00 and on sale for adult ticket price of $30.00
and club earns $10.00 per ticket (call Tania)

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The Australian Rotary Health tri-district seminar
is to be held on Wednesday 24th February , 2010,
commencing at 6.00pm for 6.30pm so that Rotarians can attend after work.
It is being held in the Lakes Suite, The Boulevard Centre, 99 The Boulevard, Floreat.
Tea and coffee will be available on arrival.
One of the key note speakers is Dr Michael Sawyer ,
MBBS, PhD, Head, Research and Evaluation Unit Children,
Youth and Woman’s Health Service,
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia.
Michael is also Chairman of the Fund’s Research committee.

We are suggesting that clubs consider cancelling their normal meeting
and doing a make up by attending the seminar.
After the seminar which will finish at 8.00pm
they could go as a group and dine at a nearby restaurant.
Please make a note in your diaries and come along and be informed.

PDG Graham Brown
ARH Director Western Region

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At the recent District 9470 Conference ,
DGE Ian Hutton (District 9455) and myself, DGE Marilyn Barton (District 9465)
jointly announced the conference for 2010-11.
This conference will be held at the Burswood Resort on the weekend
of March 24-25 , 2011.
Some work is already underway in securing venues etc,
however there is a need to expand the committee
to ensure a highly successful conference.

To this end, I invite Rotarians from throughout district 9465
to join the other enthusiastic Rotarians from both districts
on the 2010-11 conference committee.
I look forward to your responses,
so that appointments can be made prior to
our next conference meeting in a few week’s time.

Yours in Rotary Service
Marilyn Barton
Dr Marilyn Barton
District 9465 District Governor 2010-11
marilyn.barton@iinet.net.au
P.O. Box 1099 Canning Bridge,
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Picture Taken at D9470 Conference
DG Ian Jones and GSE Chair Mike Bermann with the GSE team from India

thanks to Esther Roadnight [Hannans]


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RotaryDolphin Wishing Well

Inspired by dolphins… and supporting the community

The idea for a unique community wishing well, featuring three dolphins

which rotate on demand whenever a gold coin is inserted,

was inspired by Rajah, Mila and Echo,

three popular bottle-nose dolphins seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors

to Hillarys Boat Harbour in Western Australia.

All of the income from the wishing well and this associated website -

by agreement between the two Rotary Clubs and supported by Foundations –

is being directed towards the benefit of the local community,

with an emphasis on education and health,

coastal and marine sustainability,

school volunteering and helping the less able.

The wishing well with its three dolphins has been a joint venture project

of the Rotary Clubs of Hillarys and Wanneroo,

benefiting from the financial support of the local community,

the Government of Western Australia (a 25 year lease),

The City of Joondalup (building approval and a $12,500 Centennial Grant)

and the generous support of Lotterywest

($43,000 in grants towards acquiring the dolphin sculpture as public art)

A History of the Rotary Dolphin Wishing Well
Rajah, Mila and Echo were three bottle-nose dolphins.

They were penned at Hillarys’ Boat Harbour

(adjacent to Underwater World - now AQWA)

until their mysterious death by (apparent) poisoning in December 1999.

Prior to that, they had spent time in captivity

and demonstrating their abilities to visitors at Atlantis Marine Park in Yanchep.

Also prior to their time at Hillary’s Boat Harbour,

there was an unsuccessful attempt to rehabilitate them back “into the wild”

in the Indian Ocean off Perth, but this failed.

Hence they were penned for their safety and survival at the time they all died.
In 2000, Jim Scott, then Manager of the Hillary’s Boat Harbour

(which is now managed by Don Froome

for the Department for Planning and Infrastructure - DPI)

separately addressed both the Rotary Clubs of Carine

and the Rotary Club of Sorrento -North Shore

and the “project” of a Dolphin Memorial Wishing Well was born out of this,

assisted by Gloria Jackson,

the carer at AQWA for Rajah, Mila and Echo

(and now a member of the RC of Hillarys)

and others in the two Rotary Clubs.

We had almost immediate support from DPI for a memorial wishing well

to be erected at a site (a rectangular garden bed)

in public walking space near to Portofinos Restaurant.

A stainless steel plaque announcing the project was then erected in the garden bed.
The Rotary Clubs of Carine and Sorrento-North Shore

subsequently combined to form the Rotary Club of Hillarys,

using the RC of Carine’s Rotary Charter.

From 2000 through to 2004/5 the RC of Hillarys pursued the project alone -

the project originally had an estimated cost of around $80,000,

to which the RC of Hillarys contributed $10,000

from it’s own accumulated funds

and also succeeded in raising money from the public

(both private and corporate)

as well as a Lotterywest grant of $10,000

and a City of Joondalup Bi-Centennial Grant of $12,500.
By 2003 this fund-raising for the project was slightly in excess of $40,000

and then a fortuitous meeting between

the Presidents of the Rotary Clubs of Hillarys and Wanneroo

at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp at Bickley in January 2003,

it was established that the RC of Wanneroo had a Foundation

with funds needing to be invested

and that Club then agreed to contribute the other “$40,000”

based on the estimated cost.
The Joint Venture Agreement reached between

the Rotary Clubs of Hillarys and Wanneroo was that all donations

made at or for the wishing well (therefore including internet donations)

would be shared equally by the RC’s of Hillarys and Wanneroo,

after any maintenance and compliance costs.

(this agreement is in the form of a signed JV now being assessed and officially Stamped).

The JV agreement also gave the Rotary Club of Hillarys

income rights on any sales of memorabilia,

as at that time it was considered an opportunity existed for items

such as dolphin statuettes and key-rings to earn additional income.
Responsibility for the management of the wishing well site,

including coin retrieval, cleaning and maintenance

is to be undertaken by a committee of Rotarians

or their nominee from each of the Rotary Club of Hillarys and Wanneroo.
The design and casting of the full-size sculpture of the three dolphins in bronze has,

at September 2008 been completed,

and the three dolphins are now mounted together on their base,

pending completion of the wishing well moat and support base.

Joan Walsh-Smith and Charlie Smith,

who have many major sculptures to their credit in W.A.,

including the Burswood Swans, Kangaroos on the Terrace,

Paddy Hannan, and the HMAS Sydney Memorial at Geraldton

have enthusiastically embraced the idea of a revolving sculpture

which was first proposed at a meeting attended by the Smiths, Mike Graebner,

Andrew Van Der Meer (civil engineer), and Robin Russell.
The approved wishing well design has had both Development Approval

and a Building License granted,

features a full-size and life-like sculpture of Rajah, Mila and Echo

atop a wishing well in a very prominent part of Hillarys Boat Harbour,

The dolphins will rotate when a coin is inserted.
The proposed revolving sculpture of Rajah, Mila and Echo

is seen as a unique and exciting way to have on-going interaction

in a significant item of public art creating interest in a community wishing well.
The final Rotary Dolphin Wishing Well design

features a round moat section which houses the electro-mechanicals required

to safely rotate the one tonne sculpture.

It is also proposed to have a live-camera feed

with the possibility of 24/7 world exposure

and operation (from internet donations) via the web.
This will help make it a truly unique “community wishing well” in the world,

and hopefully and iconic ‘must see’ tourist attraction.

for further information visit the Rotary Dolphin Wishing Well website

It is located in the Rotary links

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Rotary Quiz

Who was featured on page 14 of the October edition of Rotary Down Under??

Answer.....Veronica Devereux from the Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

The first correct email was received from Mays Kraj-Krajewski

from the Rotary Club of York.

Her scratchies have been sent to her clubs PO Box

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Tri District Calendar

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction
November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match

November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 11th...Wednesday......"Amelia" movie preview Innaloo
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address
November 28th.....Saturday.......Rotary Club of Applecross Jacaranda Festival

November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride

December 4th......Friday...............Storm the Stage @ the Burswood
February 24th...Wednesday......Australian Rotary Health Tri District Seminar
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Just for fun

23/2009

News and information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470





Subiaco Craft and Community Fair 2009


News Flash

Road Closures to affect the Craft Fair this Sunday
Mounts Bay Road and Riverside Drive will be closed to all west bound traffic
from 4am until 2pm,
and the Kwinana Freeway will be closed from
Charles Street to Canning Highway for all southbound traffic from 4am until 2pm
on Sunday 25 October for the World Triathlon Championship.
This will limit access to the University of WA campus (Oak Lawn)
for the Subiaco Craft and Community Fair 2009
on Sunday 25 October 9am to 4pm,
especially for those travelling from the hills and the eastern suburbs.
The Craft Fair organisers have been advised that visitors should travel
to the Fair via Thomas Street.
Relevant notices, maps and road closure schedules,
have been disseminated by the World Triathlon Championship event organisers.
The Craft Fair organisers are not responsible for these road closures,
and apologise for any disruption it may cause.

Rtn Yvonne Hart
Event Coordinator
on behalf of
Rotary Club Matilda Bay
E/m - mousetrails@bigpond.com

For further information
Contact: Rtn Christine Stewart 0416 058 137

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There is a lot happening in the three Disticts this weekend
District 9470 Conference
Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
Rotary Club of Margaret River fun run
Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
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Hopefully these clubs will send reports and pictures to me at philco@iinet.net.au
to enable us all to enjoy the events as well
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Rotarian Bio

Holly Edwards.....Rotary Club of Swan Valley
Joined Rotary..........1993
Married.....................Peter
Children........4....... Paul, Dylan, Jon, Bryn
Classification...........Denistry
Favourite Holiday destination......Wilderness areas of the world
Favourite drink....Beer
If I could change one thing about Rotary....Great organisation
but we need to raise the public awareness
A famous person or celebrity Iwould like to have dinner with....Cartoonist Leunig

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The 204 day Great Australian Bike ride was completed in Melbourne on October 10th


Across the finish line outside the Carlton Melbourne town hall

Presentations to the 4 riders who completed the whole journey
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I spent some time today at D9470 Conference

and here are a couple of shots that I took

Past District Governors John Ranieri [97/98] Rob Lyons [94/95]

and David Horsley[92/93]

From the Rotary Club of Mundaring

Pat Crichton, David Brockway and President David Cockman


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News from Africa

Tanzania: Death toll rises as cholera spreads
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:06 AM PDT
An outbreak of cholera in northern Tanzania has continued to spread, claiming 59 lives over the past two months. Health ministry officials reported 60 new cases last week. A total of 3,454 cases of cholera were recorded in Tanga region during the last eight weeks, a health ministry spokesman said.
The most affected area was in Handeni District, where health officials have attributed the outbreak to ignorance of hygiene practices.
Seif Mpembenwe, Handeni district commissioner, said schools that had been closed because of the outbreak were expected to re-open in November. He said residents had been advised to dig and use toilets as well as boil drinking water to prevent cholera.
Health officials fear that the long rains due now could lead to more cases of cholera if correct hygiene is not observed.
Source: IRIN, 23 Oct 2009

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Rotary Quiz

Last weeks answer

How many Rotary Clubs are there in Western Australia?

District 9450...... 34 clubs

District 9460........ 39 clubs

District 9470 ........ 34 clubs
Total........................107 clubs

Once again there was no correct answer

Are the Questions too hard!!!

Iwill have one more go at getting a correct answer

We have Jackpot again

This weeks question

What Western Australian Rotarian

is featured on page 14 of the October issue of Rotary Down Under?
[other than PDG Sue Rowell]

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Tri District Calendar

October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference

October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day

October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run

October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair

October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon

November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match
November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK
November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16thNo .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

November 28th.....Saturday.......Rotary Club of Applecross Jacaranda Festival
November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride

February 24th...Wednesday......Australian Rotary Health Tri District Seminar

March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Humour

22/2009



News and Information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470




Introducing



Marilyn Barton .....DG D9465.... 2010/2011
Joined the Rotary club of Booragoon in 2001.
Rotary Classification ‘School Psychological Services’
Married to David, a Past District Governor (2002-3) and Rotarian since 1986
Children –
Sally; Full time Business owner and proprietor of Beauty Therapy,
and mother of two girls,
James, Naval architect,
Wendy: Manager of Street Lighting in WA
Steven: Construction Estimator.
Grandchildren – Kiara (8 yrs) and Ruby (7 yrs).
Occupation: Working part time for the Education Department as a School Psychologist
and part time in my own practice as a Clinical Psychologist.
Hobbies – Rotary, boating, ski-ing, reading and travel.
"I have always enjoyed my involvement in Rotary
and looking forward to the challenge of successfully developing the new District 9465”.

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Rotarian Bio


Geoff Smith...Rotary Club of Subiaco

Joined Rotary....1986
Married..............Debbie
Children..............Bronwyn. Joanna, Nicholas
Classification.......Optometry
Favourite holiday destination.......Europe
Favourite drink....................Gin and Tonic
If I could change one thing about Rotary....Increase its public profile
Famous person or celebrity I would/have like to have dinner with....Paul Harris

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The Rotary Clubs of Bentley/Curtin and Byford and Districts

have combined to install windmills and hand pumps to villagers in Lautem ,East Timor

President Peter Snell. President Tom Hoyer and Past President Alf Allison

have just returned from the latest trip where one windmill and two handpumps have made much improvement to the locals

Following are some photos from that trip

This is an ongoing project and if you wish to help contact the above mentioned clubs

News from Africa
Ghana:

inadequate water hampers school feeding programme
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:31 AM PDT
A recent research conducted by SEND-Ghana indicates that 45% of schools

in sample districts under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP)

do not have access to water.

The Chairperson of the working group of Civil Society Platform

on Ghana and Education Advisor for SNV, Ms Adama Jehanfo

stated that although 85% of schools had been supplied with water by the programme,

87% of them are not in use due to operational challenges.

“The report reveals that 26% of the schools have no access to toilet facilities,

while almost 87% of the schools lack hand washing facilities”.
[An audit commissioned by the Dutch government and undertaken in 2008

by the international accountancy firm PriceWaterHouseCoopers,

found that after two years of implementation of the GFSP there was

“widespread corruption” at the programme secretariat

- IRIN, 12 Jun 2008. The National Coordinator of the GSFP, Mr Michael Nsowah,

has since been dismissed as the head of the programme,

according to a report on Joy FM radio on 22 September 2009.]
She noted that often times when Ghana school feeding is mentioned

a picture of children eating is what immediately comes to mind.

However, she said a lot of activities take place before the food is cooked.

“How the food is purchased and produced, the energy source used in cooking,

the type of water used to cook and drink,

hygienic nature of the kitchen , and the environment,

are all important complementary service play in the success of the GSFP, she outlined.
Ms Jehanfo was speaking at Water and Sanitation workshop under the theme,

“Chattering the Way Forward in Addressing the Water and Sanitation Issues Affecting the GSFP” in Tamale.

It was organized by SEND-Ghana and sponsored by SNV, IBIS, ActionAid Ghana,

TRIAS, PLAN Ghana, CRS, FONG, UWRAP, SMA, NNED, New Energy , IFAD and ACDEP.
Ms Jehanfo noted that water is critical to the GSFP

as no cooking can be done without water.

“Cooking with no availability of potable water has diverse negative impact

on health and quality of education,

especially for the girls as they are often the ones selected to go searching for water”.
Source: Mahama Zakaria-Tamale, Public Agenda / allAfrica.com, 02 Oct 2009

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Some more pictures from the Climb for a Smile

Many thanks to Wilf Hendriks for these photo's

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Late News!!!!!
It is with disappointment that I advise that I have just been informed

by RI President John Kenny that he will not be delivering

the Dr Ken Collins Address this year.

He recently suffered a bout of pneumonia

and was hospitalized for two weeks from 16th September.

He only returned to work on the 13th October

and is due to undergo further medical tests

at the time he was due to come to Perth.
HOWEVER, I have managed to obtain the services of Past RI VicePresident

and current Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation

John Germ from the USA.

John is a prominent Rotarian and a fine speaker.
Kind regards,
Dr Ken Collins
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Rotary Quiz

This weeks question

What is the total number of Rotary clubs in all three Districts in Western Australia?

Send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au and the first correct email received will win


Last weeks answer

After Perth and Fremantle the next Rotary Club chartered in Western Australia was
The Rotary Club of Bunbury [19th June 1939]
I guess that was too hard as although there were plenty of answers ,not one was correct

Therefore we have a jackpot of scratchies this week

If you have won in the past 4 weeks please allow others to enter

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Tri District Calendar
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade
October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference
October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run
October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction
November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match

November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Good Advice

21/2009
News and Information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470

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Introducing...Ian Hutton

Distict Governor Elect D9455 ...2010/2011
Joined Rotary in 1999 in Port Hedland.
Moved back to Perth and joined RC of West Perth in 2006.
Classification is “Maritime Consulting”.
Married to Jan.
Together we have 2 married daughters and 3 grandchildren.
Our hobbies are tennis, golf, and travel.
“My present energy and focus is on planning, together with Marilyn Barton (District 9465)
and other Rotarians in Western Australia,
for a smooth transition to the new District arrangement;
a transition that allows us to bring together
and build on the great Rotary work of the three existing Districts.“
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Don’t forget Charity Golf Match Friday 6th November 2009
Have you asked your employer or your business partners to put in a team?
Get in early
Prize Money $20,000 to the Charity of your choice,
contact me for more information.
John Iriks
Chairman
Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank Trust
PO Box 85, Kwinana WA 6966
Phone 08 94191077 Fax 08 94191721
Mobile: 0417 904 419

Kwinana Golf Club (Inc)
50th Anniversary Charity Match
Friday 6th November 2009
Major Sponsors
BP Refinery Kwinana
BGC Construction
Other Sponsors
Landcorp
CSBP Limited
Town of Kwinana
Plan B Wealth Management
Madco

Prize Money
1st Team - $14,000
2nd Team - $4,000
3rd Team - $2,000
Times
11.00 am - Registration
11.30 am - Light Snack
12.30 pm - Shotgun Start

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Rotarian Bio

Kevin Wallace...Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
Joined Rotary.....................1976
Married................................Anna
Children................................Rodney and Sheree
Classification.......................Building Additions
Favourite Holiday destination...Anywhere cruising overseas
Favourite drink..................Beer
If I could change one thing about Rotary
More Fellowship
Famous person or celebrity Iwould like to have dinner with
Danny Glover

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Climb for a Smile report


Last Sunday October 4th saw the second Climb for a smile
at the Bankwest Tower in the city
In the vicinity of $55,000 has been raised so far
501 climbers registered on the day
Fastest man....Adam Ryan..... 6 minutes 23seconds
Fastest woman...Emma Wormsley....9 minutes 46 seconds
Fasted team of 4....Nine miniute team...all team members finished under nine minutes
Leading team of fundraisers...Ascot Ascenders...$3,000
Leading individual fund raiser......Andrew Lawrence....$1090

thanks to Albert Kramer for the pictures
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ROTARY CLUB OF ASCOT
MELBOURNE CUP COCKTAIL PARTY
SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2009
7PM - 12PM
VENUE: GWEN & MICHAEL’S
55 LINTONMARC DRIVE, REDCLIFFE
COST: $30 PER HEAD
THIS INCLUDES A COCKTAIL ON ARRIVAL & FOOD
BYO DRINKS
ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS
WANSLEA GRANDCARE PROJECTS

RSVP BY 28TH OCTOBER 2009
GWEN - 0434 203 065
AIDAN - 0417 974 636
JANET - 0403 586 686
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Rotary Quiz

This weeks Question

Perth and Fremantle were the first two Rotary Clubs chartered in Western Australia,

but what was the next club chartered after Perth and Fremantle?

send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au the first correct email received will win this weeks scratchies

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Last weeks answer

The Rotary Club of Melbourne was the first club to be chatered in Australia

Rotary Club of Melbourne......... April 21st 1921

Rotary Club of Sydney............. May 7th 1921

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Thank you to all those who entered . Lots of correct answers last week and the firstcorrect email

received was fron Susan Plewright of the Rotary Club of Mount Barker

Your scratchies have been sent to your clubs PO Box

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News from Africa

Uganda, Kasese: unwashed hands cause cholera
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:41 AM PDT

Persistent outbreaks of cholera in Kasese District

have been blamed on poor hand-washing practices and bad eating habits.

This was noted at a one-day advocacy meeting for district councillors

on water and sanitation held in Kasese Catholic Social Hall on Thursday [01 October 2009].
Presenting a latrine coverage and hand-washing situational analysis in Kasese,

the district health inspector also the disease surveillance officer, Ericana Bwambale,

said washing hands among the people of Kasese ranged from 17% to 34%.

He named the sub-counties where people rarely wash their hands as

Muhokya with 17%, followed by Kitswamba at 18% and Rukoki at 20%.
He said Kyabarungira Sub-county has the lowest latrine coverage at 57%,

followed by Rukoki at 60% and Kisinga at 65%.

Kyondo Sub-county had the highest latrine coverage of 88%,

followed by Maliba Sub-county at 87%.
He said the majority of the people in Kasese eat whatever food they come across

without considering its cleanliness.
Since March [2009], 500 cases of cholera have been reported in Kasese

with about 10 deaths.

The Busongora County health inspector, Steven Bagonza,

said cholera cases have been reported in all the four constituencies in the district.
The district councillors on the technical and social services committee

blamed the sub-county health assistants for

the deteriorating health conditions in the district.

They said health workers were not sensitising the community on the need

to improve sanitation and hygiene in their homes.
The head of the district technical and social services committee, Mustafa Kikusa,

said all the sub-county health assistants should be summoned

before the district committee and explain why they are failing to do their work.

He noted that the Government was doing all it could to improve people’s standards

of living but was being frustrated by civil servants

who are failing to deliver as expected.
During the meeting, it was reported that people of Kasese were feeding

on animal offals and fish skeletons from Kampala

that have some times compromised the health of the people.
The furious councillors promised to move a motion to ban

the sale of offals and skeleton fish in the district,

saying they were unhygienic and partly responsible for the deteriorating health conditions.
However, some councillors on the committee,

especially women said that they would block the motion if brought to council,

adding that majority of the people in the district

were surviving on offals and fish skeletons because they were cheap

and some people cannot afford meat.
Source: Bernard Masereka, New Vision / allAfrica.com, 03 Oct 2009

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Tri District Calendar

October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade

October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference

October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day

October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run

October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair

October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon

November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match
November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK
November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

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SMILE!!!!

20/2009

News and information for D9450, D9460,D9470

Introducing DGN [District Governor Nominee]

Liz Westoby .....DG D9455.... 2011/2012
Joined Rotary in 1995.
Married to Ian, a past Rotarian and Past President, for nearly 40 years
2 Children – Sean, a civil engineer, and Vicki, a GP Obstetrician.
4 grandchildren – Tyler, Toby, Devon and Alexander with whom I love spending time.
Classification ‘Education – Training’
Hobbies – Rotary, running, reading and travel.
"I’m looking forward to my year as Governor and meeting many more of the hardworking Rotarians in the District."

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Rotary Club of Collie....Mainpeak Adventure Race

October 4th 2009
Hi Phil and thanks for the blog.
Unfortunately we managed to get the date wrong,

as the website previously said it was the "first Saturday after the October long weekend".

This year the Queen's Birthday holiday was gazetted in September;

I hadn't realised this had stuffed up the information given on the website

until after I had contacted you.

The long-term intent, is I understand, to have the race 2 weeks ahead of

Bridgetown Rotary's Blackwood Marathon.
The race is on for October 10th,

perhaps we still have time to correct this in a following blog,

otherwise anyone interested will find out when they follow the link.

Colin Patterson
www.mumby.com.au

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Rotarian Bio

John Wallace.[ Wal ].....Rotary Club of Esperance Bay
Joined Rotary in 1988 (President 2001)
Married to : Narelle (Nerida)
Children: 1 son, John James
Classification: Senior Active ( formerly Farm Development)
Favourite Holiday Destination: Ireland, I’ve been there before and is heading back in February 2010
Favourite Drink: Drink of choice is a Banana Smoothie, with a beer chaser.
Famous person or celebrity I would like to have dinner with: Angelina Jolie or my wife Narelle
If I could change one thing about Rotary : Fortnightly meetings

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

Hello Phil,

In your next "Blog", we would greatly appreciate a mention of the Big Walk Event

(ref: http://www.bigwalk.com.au/) ,

an initiative of our Mosman Park Rotary Club.

Regards,

Chris Stuart

Secretary

John Hughes Big Walk

Sunday 8th November 2009

Put your walking shoes on and help raise money for vital cancer services

at Princess Margaret Hospital

PMH/ROTARY
ROTARY CLUB OF MOSMAN PARK
Rotary is a world wide association dedicated to providing humanitarian service,

building goodwill and peace in local, national and international communities.
Rotarians, both men and women, are from a variety of professional, business and vocational backgrounds, united by Rotary's encouragement of the highest ethical standards.
The John Hughes Big Walk was initiated in 1996 by the Rotary Club of Mosman Park to raise funds for the fight against cancer and to encourage people of all ages and abilities to exercise together whilst enjoying the beauty of the Swan River and it's surroundings.
Since 2006, funds raised have supported the Cancer Ward at Princess Margaret Hospital,

and we are most grateful for the continued generous support of our major sponsor, John Hughes.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

Click to enlarge

Pictured with the school's head of student development Scott Cox are [left to right]

Antoine Morel, Amy Ying, Rebecca Wacker, Filipe Polonia and Elina Bry
Geraldton Grammar School has more exchange students than ever this year with 5 of its 40 year 11 coming from overseas

Filipe Polonia from Colombia, Elina Bry and Antoine Morel from France, Amy Ying from Taiwan and Rebecca Wacker from Austria.

All stay with host parents in Geraldton

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jenni Heenan
To: jenni@shelterboxaustralia.org.au
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: Samoa, Sumatra & Manila
Firstly, a huge thank you to all our fellow Rotarians who have called over the past 24 hours to pledge their support to assist those who have been devastated by the tropical storms, earthquakes and tsunami.

Whilst the lines of communication are either slow or down, we have included all information available at this time – we will of course update you as it comes in.

Again our sincere thanks for your pledges and well wishes, especially to our ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members.

Kind regards,
Jenni
Jenni Heenan
General Manager
ShelterBox Australia

e: jenni@shelterboxaustralia.org.au
t: 1300 881 913
t: +613 9794 7127
m: 0419 135 635
w: www.shelterboxaustralia.org.au

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This weeks Quiz question

Name the first Rotary Club in Australia??

Send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au

to win some scratchies

Answer to last weeks question .....
Paul Harris passed away on

February 27th 1947 aged 78

The first correct entry was received from Esther Roadnight

of the Hannans/Kalgoorlie club

Your scratchies are on the way

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District Calendar
October 10th .....Saturday.........Rotary Club of Collie Mainpeak Adventure Race
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade
October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference
October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run
October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 8th ....Saturday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference


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HUMOUR

19/2009

News and Information from D9450, D9460, D9470



This coming weekend two big events are happening
Saturday October 3rd


The Mainpeak Collie Adventure Race
(previously known as the Mainpeak Collie Marathon)
is held on the first Saturday after the October long weekend,
against a backdrop of the the picturesque countryside,
river and bushland of the Collie River Valley.
The race is a relay which starts and finishes at the Collie Showground;
participation is invited from individuals or teams.
The stages are:A 27km road bike race to Collie Power Station and return,
A 15km horse circuit through bushland south east of Collie (optional),
A 10 km canoe paddle along the Collie River from the Showground to Minninup Pool,
A 1km swim in the Collie River at Minninup Pool,
A 25km mountain bike circuit into jarrah forest north west of Minninup Pool,
A 10km footrace alongside the Collie Golf Course
and the banks of the Collie River, back to the Showground.
Rotary Club of Collie [website]
Click on the Rotary Club of Collie's website
and go to the Mainpeak Collie Adventure Race link,
and here you will find a bundle of information about the event

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Sunday October 4th

Interplast, WA Cord Blood Bank, and Polio Eradication
Time is running out to Register…
And raise funds for your club for Rotary projects
The ROTARY W.A, BANKWEST TOWER STAIR CLIMB CHALLENGE
is not that far away…on Sunday October 4th 2009
If you and your club were part of last year’s fun and fitness BankWest Stair Climb Challenge…Thank you so much for helping Rotary W.A to raise over $111,000
for its local and overseas projects!
The clubs involved are all still smiling about that!
Don’t forget all of the fund-raising dollars raised by climbers
associated with your club are credited to your club as donations to the Rotary projects
Don’t Miss Out on this easy fund raiser! -
get your members, friends, relatives, local clubs and schools to register now
and join us next weekend
If your club wasn’t a part of this great, high profile community event last year…
Don’t miss out on the fun and frivolity this time!
As well as taking part in the climb and raising money
on behalf of your club for Rotary projects,
all registered climbers will receive a free ride on the Perth Ferris Wheel,
on the day of the climb.
Now that should make you all smile.
Spread The Word Now...Before it’s too late
Get individuals or get teams together climbing for your club
in this high-rise fun raising and fund-raising venture.
There is not a lot of time left for your club to take advantage
of this great opportunity so start in preparing
and practising for the big day on Sunday October 4th.
Spring Into Action
So step up now and and get people to register online nominating your club
and open a fund raising sponsor page.
Check out our websitehttp://mailbuild.millstream.com.au/t/r/l/dillti/l/o
Find out how to climb on board for this year’s challenge.
Or Contact PDG Brian Guest 0418 901 164

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Rotarian Bio

Irene Sprigg
President of the Rotary Club of Mount Barker
Joined Rotary......................... November 2006
Relationship Status…............ Currently single and staying that way!
Children .................................. Davin, Glynn, Tamara
Classification ........................... Retail Management
Fav holiday destination ............ Kotakinabalo, Malaysia
Favourite drink ....................... Coffee
Famous person or celebrity to dine with ........ Kevin Rudd
If I could change one thing about Rotary
I would make it more relaxed and relevant.

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TWELFTH ANNUAL “DR KEN COLLINS’ ADDRESS”
PROMOTING THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
16TH NOVEMBER 2009
The Dr Ken Collins’ Address has been an annual Rotary International (RI)
event in Western Australia for the past eleven years.
The purpose of the Address has always been to provide
a venue for International speakers to update Western Australian Rotarians
and their partners about our Rotary charity – The Rotary Foundation
and to give insights into the future of the Foundation and Rotary in general.
There has been a tradition of having very high profile
International Rotarians as keynote speakers for each
of the previous Dr Ken Collins’ Addresses.
The speaker for the 2009 Address improves on that tradition.
This year the keynote speaker will be Rotary International President John Kenny.
The support speaker will be the Hon. Justice Robert Nicholson,
retired Federal Court Judge and former Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar.
The venue selected for this year’s Address is the Golden Nugget Room, Gloucester Park.
Please promote this most prestigious event with your Club members.
Please bear in mind that the Address is open to Rotarians
and their guests/partners in the three WA Districts, so early bookings are advised.
For any further information about the Address, please contact Past District Governor Eli Quartermaine – contact details are below.
Your Club is very welcome to make a “Club” booking,
but it is really important the names of the people attending are provided.
Further information will be forthcoming re electronic payment however
D9450 require definite names with payment by Nov 4th 2009.
Past District Governor Eli L Quartermaine
Telephone/Fax: (08) 9447 8822
Mobile: 0431 985 411
Email: qmaine@hotlinks.net.au
Address: 8 MacNab Rise, Duncraig
WA 6023, Australia.

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The Grerat Australian Bike Ride is in Adelaide this weekend
and leave today [27th] for the final stage to Melbourne arriving on October 10th


Stage 8 riders after arriving in Adelaide

Stage 8 map
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Rotary Club of Willetton

Dear Rotarians,
The Rotary Club of Willetton will be running a wine sale fund raiser again this year.
The wines will be selected following a wine tasting to be held on 2nd October 2009

at the LA VIGNA PREMIUM WINE STORE in Mt Lawley.

The proprietor always gives generously of his time,

extensive knowledge and his resources;

and ensures the wines chosen for sale are of great quality and competitively priced.
The wines selected and their price will be advised

when they go on sale on Monday 9th November 2009.
The sale closes four weeks later on Friday 4th December 2009.
Orders will be available for collection on Saturday 12th December 2009.
Many thanks.
David Honeychurch
Secretary
Rotary Club of Willetton
Phone [H] 9535 5336

Mobile 0421 972 099

Email davidh17@bigpond.com

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Rotary International News
17 September 2009

RI President John Kenny has established his membership goals.

Districts that achieve these goals can earn a certificate signed by RI President John Kenny.

Clubs can earn a certificate signed by RI President John Kenny

by meeting his membership goals for 2009-10.

The top 10 clubs and top 10 districts, as determined by RI,

will also be acknowledged onstage at the 2010 convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

To meet Kenny's membership goals, clubs need to achieve the following:

A minimum net increase of one member
A minimum retention rate of 80 percent

and two of the items below:

Increased percentage of qualified women

Increased percentage of qualified younger professionals (under age 50)

Induction of at least one RI or Rotary Foundation program alumna/alumnus

Increased diversity of membership (e.g., classification, gender, age, ethnicity)

Achievement of club goals will be certified by the district governor.

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Kenny's goals for districts are:
A minimum net increase of one member in each existing club
A minimum retention rate of 80 percent in each existing club
A minimum of one or two new clubs organized

Clubs should submit their results to their district governor by 15 May.

Districts should certify the results and submit them to RI,

along with their district results, by 22 May.

Certification forms will be available on www.rotary.org at a later date.

All clubs and districts that reach these membership goals

will receive a certificate signed by Kenny.

From this pool, RI will determine the top 10 clubs and top 10 districts

(not more than one club or one district per zone)

showing the highest percentage net increase in membership,

to be acknowledged onstage at the Montréal convention.

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This weeks Quiz

Last weeks answer

Q.........What does D9450 and D9460 have that D9470 hasn't?

A.........a coastline or coastal Rotary Club

Lee Mackin from the Rotary Club of Esperance Bay

was the first email received with the correct answer.

The scratchies have been posted to his clubs PO Box

For a chance to win this week

In what year did Paul Harris pass away and how old was he??
The first correct email philco@iinet.net.au will win
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District Calendar

October 1st .... Thursday.... Rotary Club of East Perth Police Officer of the Year award
October 3rd .....Saturday.........Rotary Club of Collie Mainpeak Adventure Race

October 4th...... Sunday............. Climb for a Smile
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade

October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference

October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day

October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run

October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair

October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon

November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

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