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Jack Wilson
Rotary club of Quairading
QUAIRADING
resident John 'Jack' Wilson turned 100 in January
and marked the occasion with
more than 120 guests
at the Quairading Club last weekend.
During
the celebrations he was honoured with traditional head dress
and certificate by
the Sikh Community of WA
for spreading ashes of a Sikh family member 73 years
ago.
The
crown was also presented by a local Quairading community member
as respect for
Jack's Scottish family heritage.
Jack
last year received a Citizen of the Year Award from the local shire
for his
selfless service to the community over many years.
He held
the role of secretary for the Farmer's Union for 25 years,
has been a member of
the Quairading Hospital Board,
a member of the Quairading Rotary Club for more
than 50 years,
served on the Shire of Quairading between 1969 and 1978
and has
been the secretary for the Uniting Church of Quairading.
He
spent many hours delivering firewood around the town
to raise money for the
community.
Jack
began delivering to CBH when the co-operative
was first formed 83 years ago and
wrote the following of his life in Quairading:
"Dad
came out from Scotland about 1906/1907,
when they were still building the
number two Rabbit Proof Fence,
and started up a farm in what is now Quairading.
The
family still farms the same block of land today.
I was
born in 1916.
My
mother was a school teacher, so I spent a lot of my early childhood
in the
classroom with her while she taught the local kids.
When I
left school, I was going to study engineering,
as I've always been mechanically
inclined.
But
then we had the Great Depression and Dad said to me
that he wasn't going to pay
for me to go idling at university,
so I ended up working at the family farm.
We
managed to get through the Depression alright
and then World War II broke out
and I spent four years in the armed forces.
I never
ended up serving overseas but was stationed
with the 1st Armoured Division to
keep the wheels turning back at home
and to protect Australia from any
potential invasions".
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A
Learned Experience
We
arrived in Jakarta on the 12 January 2016,
and as per usual we stayed the first
night at FM 7 Hotel
which is situated close to the airport.
We
had a meeting with the Rotaract Club of Jakarta Metropolitan
that evening to
discuss the next stage of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyum school project.
This was a long meeting as the school now had
a new vice-principal
who neither supported the project, nor welcomed our
input.
At this point we had completed
approximately 80%
of the intended works around the school,
which did make us
happy because we were working for the benefit of the students.
After a long discussion (in Indonesian) with
the Vice-Principal
and Roni, President of the Rotaract Club of Jakarta
Metropolitan,
we decided to abandon the project due to the negative comments
about Rotary expressed by the Vice-Principal.
Unfortunately this man was convinced that we had ulterior motives
and
wanted to completely take over the school.
Roni, who had been acting as interpreter, was so upset
and embarrassed
that he apologised for the next few days.
After
gathering our thoughts we decided to investigate another school
which was
located less than ten minutes away from our original project.
This school, known as Bantu Kami, was due to
be demolished;
however, we recognised the potential and benefits of renovating
the school
and thus delaying any thoughts of demolition as this school
would
become fully utilised again well into the future.
We researched the details and had an in-depth
discussion
with the school principal;
following this we finally got approval to
proceed
with renovating the school.
We
started the quoting process, which took two weeks
to come to a pricing
agreement.
In the meantime we had many
meetings with the Rotaractors
and we agreed the project should go ahead as can
be seen by the photos.
To our great
satisfaction, we made considerable progress.
The roof is near complete (15/02/2016),
and then the gyprock work will
start.
We still need to finance the
electrical work, painting and furniture repairs,
and so we will be fundraising
over the next year
for this stage of the project.
Our
major obstacle during our time was the botched bombing
event in the Sarina Mall
where three innocent people were tragically killed.
Despite this shocking event, the people of
Jakarta
went about their business as per usual.
On
Saturday 16 January we were invited to the training seminar
for Rotary District
3410.
This was a very fruitful and
productive day.
I gave a power point
presentation about our project,
covering all stages of the project from
commencement until now.
Callan spoke
about the projects that Rockingham/Kwinana Rotaract Club
were undertaking.
Stephen spoke in general about the
interaction
between Rotary and Rotaract.
During
our time in Indonesia
we visited a number of Rotary Clubs to promote our
project
and enhance goodwill between Indonesia and Australia.
On
behalf of the Rotaract Club of Rockingham/Kwinana,
I would like to thank the
Rotary Club of Rockingham,
the Rotary Club of Kwinana, and Rotary District 9465
for their contribution to our worthwhile project.
I would also like to acknowledge and thank
the Rotaract Club of Jakarta Metropolitan
for their joint effort and support.
Finally,
I would like to thank Rotaractors
Callan Tree for his input and support
for the
Rockingham/Kwinana Rotaract Club,
and Rotarian Stephen Castelli who was an
inspiration
and a great mentor for the Rotaractors in Indonesia.
Michael Nella
Vice-President Rotary Club of
Kwinana
Rotary District 9465 Rotaract
Chair
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farewelling exchangee Claus (Sweden) 1997
This is
June 1995, the completion of the earthworks
having been by hand of 20 Rotarians
assisted by a
German Exchange student who rolled up his sleeves
German Exchange student who rolled up his sleeves
setting an example for
us to follow.
This was the Club's project and the work was completed
This was the Club's project and the work was completed
on Mothers Day a busy bee
concluding at 12.30 so members could get home to watch
the first WA Derby Eagles
v Dockers.
ed....anybody know who the bloke in the suit is??
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Video
This
is an update on the wonderful work two young ladies are doing.
If
you have a moment have a look at their video.
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Rotary Club of Mount Lawley
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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
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New Flyers
The link to the Facebook event is
and the link to the tickets is
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Date:
Saturday 30th April 2016
Time:
6.45pm for 7 pm Start
Location:
Gary Holland Community Centre, 19 Kent St Rockingham
Price
$75 per Person (Inclusive of Dinner)
Live
Entertainment and Great Prizes
Funds
will be allocated to Cystic Fibrosis,
Telethon Kids Institute and Community
Projects
of Rotary Club Of Palm Beach.
Tickets
available from
Teresa
Carlson 0407 433 321 email: cf.cure@hotmail.com
Laurie
Smith 0408 900 650 email: lozzanol@bigpond.com
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Rotary Club of Swan Districts
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Trending this week!!
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Around the Clubs
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Our guest speaker was Rotarian
Anne Skinner
who presented the club with her update on her trip to Botswana,
where she was able to exchange flags in the Tui area
at the Rotary Club of
Selebi Phikwe with President Sandra Hughes.
Anne discussed with us the
invaluable project at the Madinari school
to assist young women with toiletries
as they are experiencing significant hardship
and the lack of these essentials
where stopping them attending school.
The Board and Club were thrilled to be
able
to donate $500.00 towards this worthy appeal.
At the Youth Fest
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Rotary Club of Como
at their Fashion Show
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
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Rotary Club of Willetton
Putting up the Main
Tent for the April 3rd Community Fair
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Rotary Club of Cockburn
receiving microscopes from Past President Alan Wright
to continue the club's support of local communities
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Rotary Club of Narrogin
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,
They
have been a constant throughout the decades and they are very much
a part of
the organisation's bright future.
by enabling
access to life-changing reconstructive surgery
and related medical services.
Its purpose is - Repairing bodies, rebuilding lives.
to improve the quality of life for people
with disability,
who are disabled as a result of congenital or acquired medical
conditions
such as cleft lip and palate or burn scar contractures.
This
is achieved by sending plastic surgeons overseas,
mainly for cleft palate and
burns damage repair.
These operations are also training for the local
doctors.
There are enough volunteers and doctors but never enough funds.
and continues to do so.
this week to receive our Club's annual
donation.
He is seen here with International Service Committee member Peter.
Steve stated that this year’s team will be going to the Philippines
with
funding donated by Rotarians last year.
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Rotary Club of Fremantle
at the annual golf day
, helping to raise for money for motor neurone research
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Rotary Club of Victoria Park
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On
the 29th February the Rotary Residential College invited Rotary
clubs who contributed to the funding of the solar panels to a dinner with the
residents. Several clubs were represented including members from our own club.
We were shown around the college and then enjoyed a magnificent BBQ meal.
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Club and District Promotions
April
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Date:
Saturday 30th April 2016
Time:
6.45pm for 7 pm Start
Location:
Gary Holland Community Centre, 19 Kent St Rockingham
Price
$75 per Person (Inclusive of Dinner)
Live
Entertainment and Great Prizes
Funds
will be allocated to Cystic Fibrosis,
Telethon Kids Institute and Community
Projects
of Rotary Club Of Palm Beach.
Tickets
available from
Teresa
Carlson 0407 433 321 email: cf.cure@hotmail.com
Laurie
Smith 0408 900 650 email: lozzanol@bigpond.com
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June
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The link to the Facebook event is
and the link to the tickets is
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