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October 17 2022

WELCOME ROTARIANS and FRIENDS

to the WEEKLY NEWS NOTES

FROM the DESK of the PRESIDENT

Andrea Conti

No note from Andrea this week as she is busy preparing for her Adelaide visit

OUR CLUB'S MEETINGS AND EVENTS

This Week's Meeting October 20th, Andrew Cleary will speak about The Journey to build a Nuggan Wildlife Sanctuary at Bawley Point.

OTHER ROTARY at WORK and COMMUNITY NOTES

Duty Roster (October 2022)

Date:)	October 20th	October 27th
Door:	Ross	Ross
Welcome & Opening the Meeting:	Liz S	Judy R
Toast to Rotary at Work:	Peter D	Juris
Thank Speaker and Write Notes	Graeme H	Bill A

If Unable To Attend On A Day You Are Rostered, Please Organise A Replacement.

Last Week's Meeting (September 15th)

Michael Rabey presented a Slide Show on his Travels to Northern Queensland plus telling us about all the Peace Poles that he encountered.

ROTARY AT WORK AND COMMUNITY

A NOTE FROM STEPHEN MCMILLAN

I have the honour to provide the following item for the Club Bulletin:

National Youth Science Forum (NYSF)

Arya Nagar, our candidate for NYSF 2023, has been accepted in the program, which will take place in January 2023. Arya will introduce herself to the Club at our regular meeting on 24 November, and tell us about her expectations for the program.

YIR
Stephen McMillan

KEN HUTT AND THE “END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN”

Many District 9705 members will know of Rotarian and adventurer Ken Hutt from the Rotary Club of Berry.

Attached are two flyers about a very special event in Nowra on the 3^rd November to mark World Polio Day. The flyers relate to a movie length documentary that has been made by the Queensland University on this year’s attempt to fly a paraglider from the summit of Mount Everest and success of getting the END POLIO NOW banner to the top of the world.

The documentary is destined for television but it is possible that it could be used for local fundraising for Polio. The directors are very excited about the film and it will certainly provide enormous awareness for Polio eradication and Rotary in general.

Please let your members know about this event as not only is it an amazing story but raised funds and awareness for the fight against Polio.

John McKenzie

District Rotary Foundation Chair.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A contribution from John Kerin

I had everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I do not have to go to school or work. I do get an allowance every month. I do have my own pad. I do not have a curfew. I do have a driver's license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don't have acne. Life is great. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now.

Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.

I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row. I decided to stop calling the bathroom "John" and renamed it the "Jim". I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.

Old age is coming at a really bad time.

When I was a child I thought "nap time" was a punishment. Now it feels like a small vacation.

The biggest lie I tell myself is... " I don't have to write that down, I'll remember it".

I don't have grey hair... I have "wisdom highlights"! I'm just very wise.

If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would've put them on my knees.

Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet.

Why do I have to press one for English when you're just going to transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?

Of course, I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice.

At my age "Getting Lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came In there for.

I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't remember their names.

Now, I'm wondering... did I send this to you, or did you send it to me?

A Contribution from Eric Carmody

TRUE or FALSE?????

TRUE OR FALSE

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7% of the population are lefties.
7. 40-people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years standing in line.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7-times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'Tootsie.'
20. Michael Jackson owned the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane - just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

The Answer to these questions are either that they are all a Yes or a No. Russell will inform you of the answer at this weeks meeting.