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President's Message
Rob Webster
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From fewer to many more!! Our numbers swelled with the return Paul Daly from the USA, Dr Bob from Canada and Glenn Trim from a tour of Eastern Canada and North Eastern USA. Along with them was our guest speaker, journalist, art critic and author, Ron Banks, there to take us back to a time when the print media reigned supreme and the flagship banners were in great demand from entrepreneurs, like Alan Bond and Robert Holmes a' Court. See our report below.
 
Anna's move to her new host parents, Jody and Darryl Tovey, has gone smoothly and she's enjoying the company of her "brothers' aged eleven (11), fifteen (15) and seventeen (17). She is also taking surfing lessons and by her own assessment is doing "not to bad".
 
As a result of the untiring efforts of Sue Thorp and her colleagues at Willetton Senior High School (WSHS),  eleven (11) members of the WSHS Interact Club will receive a certificate for participating in "a learning programme from a private provider" (in this case community service through Rotary International), which is recognised by the WA Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority. The Interactors will receive a credit equivalent to a "C"grade pass in a six month course for each 55 hours of community service they have done. Of the eleven (11) recipients, five (5) have done 110 hours or more for which they will get two (2) or more credits. These credits can be used if needed to bolster their qualification for university entrance and in any case, a commitment to community service is highly valued by all WA Universities and in particular, Notre Dame.  
 
See also "All Things Youth" below for more on the Interact Awards and the many other Youth activities in which the Club is involved including the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF); the WSHS Student and Teacher Awards Night, Rotary WA Driver Education (RWADE), support for students involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
 
There was more good news when the Club Chair for Foundation, Stuart Diggins, announced that the Club’s application for ‘D9465 Assisted Funding for Club Sponsored Global Grants’ was successful.  The application sought an amount of $US10,000 toward a total project budget amounting to $US120,483 to set up a dairy farm through which Sri Lankan war widows in the Tamil community of Jaffna can earn a living. The project is being championed by Club member, Past District Governor (PDG) Pushpa Pushpalingam. We will be the International Host club and partner with the Rotary Club of Nallur, Jaffna.   The next step is to initiate the Global Grant application and to also to source funds from other Clubs and the Tamil fraternity in Australia and overseas.
 
 
Shelterbox has written to thank the Club for our contribution in support of a deployment of boxes to Sulawesi, Indonesia to provide temporary accommodation for the community reeling from the effects of the recent earthquake and tsunami. It's another example of how we Rotarians help those less fortunate. 
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ALL THINGS YOUTH
Club Director of Youth Service, Simon Cubitt reported that:
The four students we are sponsoring for the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) recently attended a Government House reception held for NYSF students. All had the pleasure of meeting His Excellency the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia. The students, Brett Nigh, Bianca Stevenson, Mihan De Silva and Matia Daruso are pictured below with all their fellow students.
 
 
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RON BANKS ON OTHER TIMES-LIFE, JOURNALISM AND THE ARTS

Ron Banks’ accident of birth meant he was destined to live most of his life in Western Australia, where he became a journalist on The West Australian.

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After several years as a general reporter Ron gravitated towards the arts, and wrote about the cultural life of Perth, the city of his birth for more than two decades. His decision to revisit his early life as a journalist was motivated by a perceived decline in newspaper popularity and a desire to document the history of The West Australian in its glory days as a newspaper of record. He fears the print version of The West Australian may one day be gone, but hopes that is not the case. 
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REFLECTIONS OF A MEDICO FROM THE INIMITABLE DR BOB
I was pushing a patient on a trolley down a hospital corridor when he asked where I was taking him.  To the morgue I said.  ‘ but I’ m not dead’ he said.  We are not there yet I replied.
A patient came to see me a few years ago. I could not remember his history so I asked him’ how is your old ailment?’  I divorced her 6 months ago he replied
 
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Speakers
Oct 29, 2018
Bentley Pines (TAFE) Restaurant (Mary H organiser)
PARTNERS' Night
Nov 19, 2018
Simon Cubitt
Willetton Senior Hgh School Awards
Dec 02, 2018
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Club's CHRISTMAS Breakfast/Lunch (PARTNERS' Function)
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Geoffry Geary
October 5
 
Glenn Trim
October 10
 
Bernard Crooks
October 14
 
Gordon Booth
October 16
 
David Honeychurch
October 26
 
Spouse Birthdays
Susan Geary
October 7
 
Irene Vines
October 12
 
David Henderson
October 15
 
Julie Metzke
October 15
 
Anniversaries
Geoffry Geary
Susan Geary
October 9
 
Ian Ross
Jenny Ross
October 14
 
John Erkins
Fran Erkins
October 28
 
Join Date
Gordon Booth
October 5, 2015
3 years
 
Jane Lowe
October 5, 2009
9 years
 
Stories
LET'S ALL HELP THE ROTARACT CLUB OF ROSSMOYNE TO HELP THE SMITH FAMILY
The Smith Family is the children's charity helping disadvantaged Australian children to get the most out of their education, they can create better futures for themselves and the Rotaract Club of Rossmoyne has embarked on a commendable initiative to help them by collecting second-hand textbooks and new or second-hand stationary to donate. This includes books and materials for primary and secondary education. It doesn't matter if the books don't apply to the current school curriculum as they may still be useful as a study resource. Textbook and stationary donations will be collected between the 28 October and 11November, for delivery to the Mirrabooka office of The Smith Family by 18 November. This should allow enough time for the donated items to be distributed in time for use in the 2019 school year.
GLENN TRIM TOASTS THE ROTARY CLUB OF NORTH CONWAY
 
Tonight we toast the Rotary Club of North Conway, New Hampshire, USA. It's an attractive resort style town located in the White Mountain Range in Central New Hampshire (NH). NH itself is in the middle of the New England area below Quebec, Canada. Darlene and I visited the town about a month ago whilst on a six week tour of Eastern Canada and North Eastern USA. To the west is the state of Vermont, the east is Maine and the south is Massachusetts where Boston is located on the coast. North Conway offers snow sports during the winter months and hiking/kayaking/fishing in the summer. The town is also famous for its covered over bridges across rivers and streams.

The Rotary Club of North Conway was chartered in 1927 and its President is Robert Young. They meet for breakfast every Thursday morning. The Club’s existence is integral to the community activities. We noticed many gardens, statues, park benches and plagues along the main street as evidence of a high profile in the town. The Club has all the usual structures and appears to have a strong focus on youth including mental health and sport. It raises about CAD$40,000 pa from two main events - Ravenous Raffle and Radio Auction.
AND THE LAST WORD
I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight  when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked sweetly, "So which six items would you like to buy?"
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