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We meet Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
(Fellowship from 6:00 PM)
Bucatini Restaurant
454 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Vic  3132
(03) 9873 0268
 
 
Upcoming Events
Barefoot Bowls - 28th February 2018
Ringwood Bowls Club
Feb 28, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
District Conference
Mar 02, 2018 – Mar 04, 2018
 
Pack bags for Int. Women's Breakfast
Mar 07, 2018
 
International Women's Breakfast
Box Hill Town Hall
Mar 08, 2018
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
 
Labour Day Long weekend
Mar 10, 2018 – Mar 12, 2018
 
Whitehorse Farmers Market
Whitehorse Offices Nunawading
Mar 11, 2018
7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Board meeting
Mar 21, 2018
 
Easter Break
Mar 30, 2018 – Apr 02, 2018
 
Speakers
Feb 21, 2018
Committee Meetings
Feb 28, 2018
Barefoot Bowls. Partners Welcome
Mar 07, 2018
Lesley Arnolda
International Women's Day
Mar 14, 2018
Tim Lawry
Cruising in the Modern Era
Mar 21, 2018
Robinette Emonson
Girl Guiding - A Project in Myanmar
Mar 28, 2018
Kate Austin
Pinchapoo - A Cheeky Way to Help
Apr 04, 2018
Sue Dymond
Downs Syndrome "More Like Us"
Apr 11, 2018
Committee Meetings
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Meeting Rosters
Meeting Roster - 21 February 2018
 
Chairman
Etherington, Janette
 
Cashier
Brear, Len
 
Recorder
Budd, Peter
 
Host
Cross, Sue
 
Meeting Roster - 28 February 2018
 
Chairman
Lane, Harvey
 
Cashier
Davis, Bob
 
Recorder
Eadon, Judith
 
Host
Dunkley, Brian
 
Meeting Roster - 07 March 2018
 
Chairman
Arnolda, Lesley
 
Cashier
Etherington, Janette
 
Recorder
Davis, Bob
 
Host
Hatcher, David
 
Whitehorse Farmers Market Gate - Sunday 11th March 2018
 
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Wilson, Roger
 
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Lynch, John
 
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Willoughby, Wayne
 
Emergency
Robson, Jim
 
Meeting Roster - 14 March 2018
 
Cashier
Hoskins, Bob
 
Recorder
Ibbott, Neil
 
Host
Ioannidis, Alex
 
Meeting Roster - 21 March 2018
 
Chairman
Armstrong, Ian
 
Cashier
Knaepple, Gabby
 
Recorder
Koens, Peter
 
Meeting Roster - 28 March 2018
 
Chairman
Armstrong, Ian
 
Meeting Roster - 04 April 2018
 
Chairman
Moorfoot, Graeme
 
Meeting Roster - 02 May 2018
 
Chairman
Lane, Harvey
 
Meeting Roster - 09 May 2018
 
Chairman
Simcox, Bruce
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Russell Warmington
February 3
 
Gabby Knaepple
February 23
 
Spouse Birthdays
Bev Hoskins
February 2
 
Russell Warmington
February 3
 
Lyndy Davis
February 8
 
Sandra Symons
February 22
 
Anniversaries
Roger Wilson
Roslyn Wilson
February 12
 
Join Date
Bruce Atkinson
February 3, 1987
31 years
 
Graeme Moorfoot
February 10, 1988
30 years
 
Bob Davis
February 25, 1998
20 years
 
Sue Warmington
February 28, 2001
17 years
 
President
Philip Maxwell
President Elect
Janette Etherington
Secretary
Judith Eadon
Treasurer
Russell Warmington
Past President
David Hatcher
   
Community Service
Ian Armstrong
International Service Lesley Arnolda
Vocational Service Gabby Knaepple
Youth Service Kevin Thomas
   
Membership Neil Ibbott
Rotary Foundation Sue Cross
Fundraising Bob Davis
 
LAST WEEK I TOLD YOU WHAT SHARE WAS; NOW I’LL TELL YOU WHY IT IS CALLED SHARE.
 
The Rotary Foundation’s funding system is called SHARE because the name defines what the system does:
  1. Rotarians SHARE their resources with their fellow Rotarians around the world;
  2. The Rotary Foundation Trustees SHARE some of their decision-making responsibilities with the 540 Rotary Districts; and
  3. Rotarians SHARE Rotary with the world through their Rotary Foundation.
READY TO BECOME INVOLVED? ASK ME, AND I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW!
ClubRunner
President Phil's Message

On the home stretch

 
I apologise for being an absent President. I do not have the energy to follow up members and could not do the 90-minute round trip to attend Club related functions. The immunotherapy has made me more tired than expected.
 
I would like to thank PE Janette for filling in for me for this extended period, especially given the pressures on her outside Rotary. The Club will be in good hands next year. Also, I would like to thank the members that have called, texted and emailed and offered their support.
 
I have the remaining immunotherapy treatment next Friday. In mid-March, the specialist will do a check to confirm that the cancer has not returned. If that check is positive, then I can relax until the next check. I will not be at the Bowls night but Sue and I will be at the Conference in Bendigo in early March. We look forward to seeing you there and I hope that following the Conference, I can get back to being an active member for the remainder of the Rotary year.
 
Phil Maxwell
Guest Speaker - Special Olympics
Posted by John Lynch
 
Amanda Kozik is an Olympic skier who represented Australia in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. She competed in the Slalom and Grand Slalom. A highlight for Amanda was meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger who is a spokesman for the Special Olympics. Amanda spoke to us about her family, her sports (swimming and skiing) and her daily routine.
 
Mark Wilson is the Athletes Mentor for the Melbourne Inner East Club which provides weekly sports training and regular competition for people with an intellectual disability. Mark thanked the Club for our assistance with the Fundraising Walkathon for the 2018 National Games in Adelaide. 19 athletes from Melbourne Inner East will be part of the 1000-strong team in April. The Special Olympics is not conducted by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) unlike the Paralympics. The next World Games will be in Abu Dhabi in 2019.
Barefoot Bowls - 28 February
Posted by Harvey Lane
This is our next Fellowship Night. Members and partners are invited to the Ringwood Bowls Club for an evening of barefoot bowls, BBQ dinner and games as the guest of the bowling members.
 
Start will be 6.30 pm sharp at the Bowls Club (2 Loughnan Road ,Ringwood). Costs will be our normal $25 per head and drinks are available at bar prices. All bowls equipment will be supplied. It will be a fun night for all and your Committee looks forward to seeing you all present.
 
Please respond to the email invite to register yourself and family and friends. We have to advise numbers for catering by Thursday 22 February.
Conference Update
 
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Whitehorse Farmers Market - February Results
Posted by Judith Eadon
 
Stallholders$ 3,795.00 
Donations$ 1,396.35 
Egg & Bacon$ 336.50 
 Total$ 5,527.85 
 
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle - 15 February
Posted by Bob Davis
Thanks to Janette, Max, Rob, Roger, Sue , Russell, Ian , Leslie and Bruce for helping with the sausage sizzle.
 
Profit for the day was $ 528.10
 
Trachoma Live - 19-25 February DAILY
 
Bogan Medical Dictionary
Contributed by Marion Moorfoot
 
 
Artery The study of paintings.
Bacteria Back door to cafeteria.
Barium What doctors do when patients die.
Benign What you be after you be eight.
Cat Scan Searching for Kitty.
Cauterise Made eye contact with her.
Caesarean Section A neighbourhood in Rome.
Colic A sheep dog.
Coma A punctuation mark
Dilate To live long.
Enema Not a friend.
Fester Quicker than someone else.
Fibula A small lie.
Genital Non-Jewish Person
Hangnail What you hang your coat on.
Impotent Distinguished, well known.
Labour Pain Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff A Doctor’s cane.
Morbid A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates Cheaper than day rates.
Node I knew it.
Outpatient A person who has fainted.
Pap SmearA fatherhood test.
PelvisSecond cousin to Elvis.
Post OperativeA mail carrier.
Recovery Room Place to do upholstery.
Rectum Pretty near killed him.
Secretion Hiding something.
Seizure Roman Emperor.
Tablet A small table.
Terminal Illness Getting sick at the airport.
Tumour More than one.
Urine Opposite of you’re out.
Varicose Nearby.