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JUNE is Rotary Fellowship Month

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John Iriks

District 9460 Governor 2004/2005

E-mail: johniriks@bigpond.com

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 Hi,

I thought you may be interested in this online website

that has holiday properties owned by Rotarians around the world.

 The address is

 http://www.rotarianownersdirect.com/

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NEW MEMBER

Rotary Club of Applecross

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Tanaka elected RI president for 2012-13

Rotary International News -- 25 May 2011

Sakuji Tanaka, a member of the Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan,

 was elected president of Rotary International for 2012-13

 by delegates during the fourth plenary session at the 2011

 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

 "It is my honor to accept the nomination to serve as president of Rotary International," said Tanaka.

 "Since I joined Rotary, I have embraced every new challenge of Rotary service.

 To me, challenge is a very important word. It inspires us.

 It also helps us to be and to do our best. It allows us to bring out our fullest potential."

Tanaka encouraged Rotarians to help Rotary reach its potential

 by finishing the job of polio eradication and using the organization's strengths

 to enhance its ability to "do good in the world."

He said Rotarians share a responsibility to make Rotary clubs stronger

by attracting quality members and ensuring that every club meeting is productive and meaningful.

 He also called upon clubs to make an action plan to bring in younger members.

"We need to stop talking about this. Instead, why don't we just do it!" he said.

Tanaka also took a moment to thank Rotarians for the outpouring of assistance

after the earthquake and tsunami that struck his country in March.

 "People around the world, particularly Rotarians,

 offered help to rebuild the communities that were lost.

 Only with the knowledge that we are not alone,

 can we work together for the long healing process after such tragedy."

For 32 years, Tanaka was president of Tanaka Company Ltd.,

a wholesale firm that went public in 1995

and later merged with other leading wholesalers in Japan.

 Currently, he serves as vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce

 and adviser to Arata Co. Ltd.,

an animal feed and pet food wholesaler.

He also chaired the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan for eight years.

Tanaka studied business at Nihon Management Daigakuin and Tokyo Management Daigakuin.

A past trustee of The Rotary Foundation, Tanaka chaired

 the 2009 Birmingham Convention Committee.

His other service to Rotary includes RI director, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator,

district governor, and member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force,

 the Permanent Fund Committee for Japan, and the Future Vision Committee.

Tanaka established an endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship,

 and he and his wife, Kyoko, are Paul Harris Fellows,

Benefactors of the Permanent Fund, and Major Donors.

He is a recipient of RI’s Service Above Self Award

and The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award.

The Rotarians who will serve as RI directors in 2012-14 were also elected:

 Ann-Britt Åsebol, of the Rotary Club of Falun-Kopparvågen, Sweden;

John B. Boag, of the Rotary Club of Tamworth North, New South Wales, Australia;

Jean-Marc Chateigner, of the Rotary Club of Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, France;

Takeshi Matsumiya, of the Rotary Club of Chigasaki-Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan;

Anne L. Matthews, of the Rotary Club of Columbia East, South Carolina, USA;

 Gideon Peiper, of the Rotary Club of Ramat Hasharon, Israel;

 Andy Smallwood, of the Rotary Club of Gulfway-Hobby Airport (Houston), Texas, USA;

 and Bryn Styles, of the Rotary Club of Barrie-Huronia, Ontario, Canada.

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Pictures from Australian Rotary Health Hat Day

Rotary Club of East Perth

Rotary Club of Ascot

Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Rotary Club of Victoria Park

 Rotary Club of Willetton

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

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Rotary Club of Applecross

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Paint Your Pinky

On Friday, 3rd June there was be a ‘Paint Your Pinky’ for PolioPlus at the North

‘Paint Your Pinky’ is endorsed by the Education Department

to help raise awareness of diseases such as Polio

and to assist in raising funds for the final push to eradicate the disease.

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Rotary Club of Pinjarra

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Rotary Club of Hannans

 3 May, 2011 3:50PM AWST

Exercise in peace at Kalgoorlie's new outdoor gym

By Emma Wynne

The Kalgoorlie Peace Park now has play equipment for grown-ups.

"There's playground equipment for the children

 and we thought we needed something for the adults," explained Esther Roadnight,

 president elect of Hannans Rotary club, which installed the equipment.

"I'd seen some fitness equipment in parks around Australia

 and I though why don't we do that here."

Rotary members have installed six free exercise machines, including a cross trainer,

rowing machine and shoulder press.

The Peace park was originally wasteland before it was redeveloped by Rotary in 1994.

"It was called Twin dams and it provided water for the trains," Ms Roadnight said.

The club added landscaping, barbecues and children's play equipment.

"We've built a rotunda on the island in the middle of the pond and a bridge across.

Next year we're having a tree planting on the island."

"I think with the trees and the fitness equipment, that will be it for the park, it's full."

The Peace park can accessed via Wortley Street.

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

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Rotary Club of Willetton

The movie is a true story of a friendly red kelpie cross who hitched rides

with numerous people over thousandsof kilometres across WA.

The dog touched hearts, adopted new families

 and brought life and joy to the sometimes lonely, harsh Pilbara outback.

Red Dog, as he was affectionately known,

was born in 1971 in the Pilbara mining town of Paraburdoo.

The red kelpie was notorious for stopping cars by walking in front of them

 until the driver pulled up and he then proceeded to hop in.

He would be taken to whichever destination the driver was headed,

 sometimeshundreds of kilometres away,

before finding another car to take

him somewhere else.

Legend has it, Red Dog travelled as far south as Perth

 and back again, around Karratha, Roebourne, Port Hedland and Broome.

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

 

from the club bulletin

How do you play Crocket ???

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David Brockway [sighted at the Rotary Club of Northam]

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 Rotary Club of Northam

 Rotarian Brian Webb with Michele [ Switzerland] and Marine [Belguim]

at the Gravity centre Gingin

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Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

President Donna Thornton and Anne Fischer

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Some Pictures of students enjoying the recent NW Safari

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Snippets of information

 thanks to Rotary club of Victoria Park newsletter

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ROTARY CLUB BIRTHDAYS

June 9th

Rotary Club of East Perth [1969]
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June 9th
Rotary Club of Swan Valley [1993]
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June 12th
Rotary Club of Esperance [1962]
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June 14th
Rotary Club of Midland [1985]
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June 15th
Rotary Club of Wongan Hills [1965]
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June 18th
Rotary Club of Cockburn [1969]
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June 19th
Rotary Club of Bunbury [1939]
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June 21st
Rotary Club of Booragoon [1983]
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June 23rd
Rotary Clb of South Bunbury [1967]
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June 27th
Rotary Club of Kalamunda [1962]
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June 27th
Rotary Club of Mandurah [1961]
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June 28th
Rotary Club of Willetton [1982]
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June 28th
Rotary Club of Mt Lawley [1949]
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June 28th
Rotary Club of Subiaco [ 1949
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June 28th
Rotary Club of West Perth [1954]
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June 30th
Rotary Club ofCambridge [1969]
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June 30th
Rotary Club of Rossmoyne [1972]


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Club Changeovers


     Rotary Club of Applecross..............Friday June 3rd ...[40th Birthday]
Rotary Club of Subiaco……………..…….Saturday June 11th
Rotary Club of Mt Barker……………….……Sunday June 12th
Rotary Club of Corrigin ………..Saturday June 18th [Luncheon]
Rotary Club of Boulder……………..…..Saturday June 18th
Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin…….……..Monday June 20th
Rotary Club of Cannington………….Monday June 20th
Rotary Club of West Perth............Friday June 24th
Rotary Club of Southern Districts………Friday June 24th
Rotary Club of Cambridge………….Friday June 24th
Rotary Club of Cockburn……….Thursday June 23rd
Rotary Club of Hannans…….Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Heirisson......Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Quairading……….Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Booragoon …..Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Mundaring…….…Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Western Endeavour……Saturday June 25th
Rotary Club of Manjimup…….Monday June 27th
Rotary Club of Byford and Districts.....Monday June 27th
Rotary Club of Attadale.........Monday June 27th
Rotary Club of Northam……….…Monday June 27th
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay........ Thursday June30th
Rotary Club of Swan Valley……..Friday July 1st
Rotary Club of Ascot .....................Friday July 1st
District 9455 Changeover………. Saturday July 2nd
District 9465 Changeover……..Saturday July 2nd
Rotary Club of Cunderdin….Saturday July 2nd [Luncheon]
Rotary Club of Crawley……..Saturday July 2nd
Rotary Club of Batavia Coast………..Saturday July 2nd
Rotary Club of Fremantle Port................Monday July 4th
Rotary Club of Mt Lawley……………....Monday July 4th
Rotary Club of Matilda Bay…….Wednesday July 6th [Breakfast]
Rotary Club of Victoria Park………..Saturday July 9th
Rotary Club of Osborne Park…….Friday July 9th
Rotary Club of Kwinana..................Friday July 9th
Rotary Club of East Perth………..Saturday July 9th
Rotary Club of Bunbury….Monday July 25th

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On a Lighter note

It seems this hungry shark visited a seaside restaurant.

Of course a seaside restaurant for a shark

 is for shore a different thing than it is for humans.

People go to the shore to eat seafood.

 Sharks go to the shore so they can see food they eat.

This particular beach was inhabited only by a herd of cows

 who came to graze on the nutritious seaweed growing in the shallows along the shoreline.

In this shallow water also lived many large shrimp.

The bloated carcass of the late Charlie the Tuna had also floated ashore

and was rocking back & forth on a sand & salad bar.

Well the shark took a good long look at this meager menu

and then called for the wader.

“Wader, are these the only three things you have to eat here today?”

“Yes, I’m afraid so, sir,”

The wader apologized,

 “In fact these are the only three items that are ever on our menu.

You sea, our motto here is

 ‘It’s always Starkist, beef or the prawn.

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