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Jacob Stone is a nurse, not
a professional filmmaker,
but what he captured during a recent trip to Uganda
is the extraordinary dedication of the health workers
who travel from house to
house vaccinating children against polio.
Follow this ordinary Aussie guy as he
experiences the gruelling intensity,
as well as the sheer satisfaction, of
being involved in a polio immunization campaign
Rotary Club of Manjimup
INDUCTIONS:
President
Doug had the wonderful pleasure of welcoming our two newest members
Kerry
Mather (L), Principal of MSHS
and Michele DeSalvo (R) Manager of the Manjimup
Bridgetown Times.
Michele and Kerry were
inducted January 21 and February 18 respectively.
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
John Duff, former GSE Team member from D. 9820
(Vic) to Brazil is the newest member to be inducted into the RCFB.
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DISTICT CONFERENCES
D9456
WORLD CONVENTIONS
2013
2014
February 23rd
Ride for a Reason
Rotary Club of Mandurah City, RC Mandurah Districts and RC Mandurah
have teamed with the Mandurah
Centrals Football Club
to contribute $14000 to the Princess Margaret Hospital.
We had a great meeting on Wednesday 20 Feb - a combined meeting with all
3 Mandurah Rotary clubs
and speakers from Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation
and the PMH Burns Unit.
DG Bob Cooper presented a donation of $14,000 to the
PMH Burns Unit
on behalf of the Mandurah Clubs and the Mandurah Centrals Junior
Football Club
in remembrance of the Spies family who died in a tent fire in
2011.
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AROUND THE CLUBS
Rotary Club of Wanneroo
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Rotary Club of Hillarys
President Heather and
Rotarian Hilary Bastone
exchanging Club Banners from
the
Rotary Clubs of Hillarys and
Dartmouth UK
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Rotary Club of Fremantle
Queensland visitors this week were John
Michael ( son of proud Dad Mike Grabau)
and his boss Frank Margiotta.
They are over to do some work and Australian Marine Centre (Henderson)
and Mike
was thrilled to be able to bring them along to Rotary
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Rotary Club of Southern Districts
Annual Ron Sloan Scholarship Awards Night
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Rotary Club of South Bunbury
pictures from last weekends Childrens Fair
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Joint meeting
Rotary Club of Belmont
Rotary Club of Welshpool
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Rotary Club of West Perth
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Rotary Club of Batavia Coast
Happy Wednesday
everyone |
It was great to see
so many young guests on Monday night at our Son's and Daughter's meeting.
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Trish, Christoph and Carolyn at tonight's Parliament House Reception
for the West Australian Inbound Exchange Students
to celebrate World Understanding Day.
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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
This weeks funny picture comes from the
Rotary Club of West Perth
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CLUB FLYERS
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ON A LIGHTER NOTE!!
Rolling Safari
Many
historians are unaware of a little-known aspect of American history
involving George Washington.
The Father of our Country became an almost apocryphal figure,
and people know a lot of the stories and myths surrounding George Washington.
We remember the story of his supposedly throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River.
We remember other stories about young George's penchant for always telling the truth.
But few people or even historians know the story of another incident
in George's youth that helped cement his reputation for honesty;
involving George Washington.
The Father of our Country became an almost apocryphal figure,
and people know a lot of the stories and myths surrounding George Washington.
We remember the story of his supposedly throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River.
We remember other stories about young George's penchant for always telling the truth.
But few people or even historians know the story of another incident
in George's youth that helped cement his reputation for honesty;
George's
father was more than a planter in Colonial Virginia.
He was also a collector of colonial artifacts
. He was famous for his collection of wooden Indians.
In fact, his collection was famous in the Colonies.
Young George, intent on sharpening his skills with the hatchet,
went into the large room where his father kept his collection
of valuable, hand-carved Indian figures and proceeded to chop them to pieces.
He was also a collector of colonial artifacts
. He was famous for his collection of wooden Indians.
In fact, his collection was famous in the Colonies.
Young George, intent on sharpening his skills with the hatchet,
went into the large room where his father kept his collection
of valuable, hand-carved Indian figures and proceeded to chop them to pieces.
When
George's father saw the damage that George had hewn with his axe,
he confronted him.
he confronted him.
"George,"
he asked, "are you responsible for this?"
"I
cannot tell a lie, father," he answered.
"I cut down your Cherokees."
"I cut down your Cherokees."
it was just a simple job!!!
Bus Stop
In
the late 1800s, not wanting to be outdone by American rodeo, an
English fellow decided to become a rodeo star. Not having a horse, or
any cattle, he cast about for some way to perform. His vocation was
building outhouses, and he had several samples behind his house. He
had also installed a couple of standing gas lamps in his yard.
As a start, he decided that lassoing these objects would be good
practice. After all, he reasoned, they may not be moving targets, but
at least he could get the hang of the rope.
Now he needed a mount. Not having a horse, he thought a bicycle would
be a good substitute, and so he grabbed a coil of rope, hopped on his
bicycle and off he went. He was phenomenally successful, and quickly
got the hang of it.
Each day a friend of his would stop by to watch and give
encouragement. Upon showing up one day, after the Englishman had been
practicing for a couple of weeks, the friend noticed that the
Englishman had taken to riding with no hands, and whirling two lassos
at the same time. The Englishman proceed to lasso an outhouse, then
immediately followed with a perfect throw over one of the lamps, all
the while singing out, . . . "Here we go loop the loo, here we go loop
the light!"
