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

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