Serving the Community since 1985 In Gear 2014—2015

ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 9, 24 August 2015

Presidents Report Next Meetings

The past week started slowly and then built up to being T 27 A another huge Rotary week. Thursday night we had our S: T-L C very polished speaker John Michael Howson, never T: M RYLA afraid to give us the inside running on the stars and the C: D H stories and to give a controversial opinion or two. We AV: C D’A are always privileged when a person who is in the public C D: J B , T MK sphere so much, agrees to come and speak to us, H: K G thanks for your time John Michael. T 4 S S: W S T: A V C: M H AV: R P C D: M S ,H C H: M G

T 10 S S D 5 T P B F E It was a special meeting too, as we inducted Chris Wer- AMF M @ 938 N H, ner to Rotary membership. Kathy his wife accompanied M. Chris; we look forward to you both making a contribution A 7.15 7.30 S. whilst enjoying our fellowship and fun. It was great to T @ $25 . have so many members and partners at this night, thank D . you for coming. New members Tim Dark and Vivienne B R J Zoppolato were at the meeting too, please make your- selves known to our new members as part of welcoming them to the club. I was privileged to speak to Bill McAlaney and hear about the work which Rotary Club of Bali Canggu ( pho- to p2) are doing, but I am going to save that for a week when not quite so much has been going on. Friday night Mike Hede and I went to the Foundation Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00 Seminar at Mount Waverley to make sure we kept up to date with and understood the requirements for Grants from the Foundation. All part of making sure we under- Contents stand the process for any Grant applications. 1 Presidents Report 2 Notices Saturday, we had a stall at Black Rock, selling the raffle 3 Make A Girl’s Day Event Photos tickets and publicizing our club. Thanks to everyone 4 This Week’s Speaker 5 Ten Pin Bowling Fellowship Event who helped - Richard Jones, Tony McKenna, Richard 6 RC OF Huntingdale Golf Day Shermon, John Beaty, James Glenwright, David Hone, 5 Concourse Car and Bike Show Ken Mirams, and Malcolm Sawle. I understand we sold 7 RC of Caulfield Monash Concert all the tickets. Another tidy sum of $400 to support our 8 Club Structure / Picture of Week projects.

ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULLETIN– SERVING THE COMM UNITY SINCE 1985 Saturday afternoon we had a wonderful afternoon tea hosted by Heather Chisholm, ably assisted by Planning Ahead her daughter Leah, Phil Hede, Kerrie Geard and her Two meetings ago I distributed an “Interest sister Vicky, Di Hone, Louise Sawle, Megan Glen- Survey” sheet on which I requested members wright, and Joy Lea with her wonderful games. to indicate their areas of interest for 2016/17 – Charmaine and Lois made sure we sold plenty of my year as president. raffle tickets. We made nearly $400 to give to Mar- garet Cunningham, gave her lots of knickers and The reason was twofold: most importantly have several people interested in helping her with the kits. Days for Girls (also known To ensure all members, old and new alike, had as Knickers day @RCOB) was a wonderful way for the opportunity to indicate their areas of specif- us to get together, talk about an important issue and ic interest in terms of board and club positions also have a lot of fun (photos p3). Thanks everyone. and committee work. It was lovely to see that Penny Culshaw brought To allow time for mentoring this year of mem- along her daughter Maddie, not every girl has the bers who have had no previous experience in advantages we all have in the west and I can see the role they may be interested in taking up in that Penny and Adrian are already starting on help- 2016/17. ing their children realize how privileged we are. It was also wonderful to see Gillian Abbott, looking I don’t mind whether you fill in one of the sur- good, committed and contributing as always. vey sheets (I will have more at the next two meetings), email me your preferences, or ad- Sunday morning I was down at Southland; on 4 Oc- vise me personally at a meeting, but I would tober there will be a cluster publicity event in the appreciate your input, preferably no later than Centre court on the Target side. There will be good 15 September. publicity for Rotary in this event, Megan will be working with me, and those members interested, so Thanks that this medium and long term marketing activity Malcolm Sawle contributes to the community’s knowledge and ap- preciation of Rotary. President-Elect 2016/17 Over 500 words now so I’ll stop till next week.

Yours in Rotary Trish Masters Golf Parking

Huntingdale Golf Club. 19 –22 November 2015 A brief reminder to mark your calendars for this upcoming major fundraising event organised by Huntingdale Rotary Club, with which we have again been asked to assist. Full Details will follow in due course.

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members. Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street Telephone: 03 9521 9800

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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULLETIN– SERVING THE COMM UNITY SINCE 1985 Black Rock Village Stall

On Saturday 22nd Au- gust the club held a stall in Black Rock Vil- lage, selling raffle tick- ets and promoting the club. $400 profit was raised to the club, many thanks to Rich- ard J, Richard S, Tony M, David H, Ken, Mal- colm S , John & James for giving up their time to make this such a success!

Regards Adrian

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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULLETIN– SERVING THE COMM UNITY SINCE 1985 Speaker: John-Michael Howson The late 1990s saw Howson return to the creation Topic: My Life & Times of stage musicals, albeit this time in the form of jukebox musicals rather than entirely original shows John-Michael Howson, with original music. Shout! The Legend of The Wild OAM (born 8 August One, a stage musical about the life of singer Johnny 1936, Elwood, Victoria) is O'Keefe, was co-written by Howson with Melvyn an Australian writer, re- Morrow and David Mitchell, and made its premiere porter and entertainer and in in the early 2000s (decade). With the Melbourne radio 3AW same team, Howson also co-wrote a musical about commentator. His in- Dusty Springfield called Dusty - The Original Pop volvement in the Australi- Diva, which opened in Melbourne in 2006. an entertainment scene as a writer, producer and per- He is sometimes referred to as "John-Michael former spans more than 50 years. 'Hollywood' Howson" when filing showbiz news re- ports, a nickname first coined by Mike Walsh when Howson's parents separated when he was young Howson began appearing on The Mike Walsh and he moved to Western with his mother Show. His reports continued when the show was and step-father (a former policeman and public. He replaced by The Midday Show with Ray Martin. was educated at St Ildephonsus College, New Nor- Howson became well known for his flamboyant, cia, where he was a boarder clever and catty commentary on the celebrity A-list and for the professional respect he attracted from Howson began his media career as a cadet reporter many big-name Hollywood stars. on Mildura's Sunraysia Daily. After moving to Mel- bourne he started writing sketches and songs for Determined to further his writing career, Howson amateur and professional groups and subsequently moved to West Hollywood but remained a reporter moved to London. There he worked for a men's for Network Ten's Good Morning Australia with Bert fashion magazine and covered fashion topics in Newton. He also reported for 3AW with Ernie Sig- London and Europe. He pursued his writing career ley, and remains a 3AW regular. with comedy scripts for live revues, stand-up come- dians and television including the top British show Howson was awarded an Order of Australia Medal That Was the Week That Was. in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours list "for ser- vice to the entertainment industry as a writer and In 1964, he was invited to write topical material for performer". the fledgling Melbourne television station ATV-0 and specifically for their new variety programme Howson lived in the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava The Ray Taylor Show. for many years. He then moved to Los Angeles for 17 years and now holds dual US-Australian citizen- He became primarily known in television for his in- ship. volvement in the acclaimed ATV-0 children's fanta- sy television series The Magic Circle Club (1965– Following the success of Shout he relocated back 67) in which he played Fee Fee Bear (his face nev- to Melbourne, Australia in 2006 where he lives with er seen on camera due to the bear suit), and as his Guatemalan partner, Alfie, and their three dogs. Clown in the follow-up ABC show Adventure Island, In recent years, Howson has been publicly open (1967–72). Howson, with Godfrey Philipp, was co- about his homosexuality, a subject about which he creator of both shows. Howson wrote the vast bulk was previously very guarded, mainly due to his con- of the scripts (five 30-minute shows per week) and servative Roman Catholic beliefs. the lyrics to the original songs used in them, the music usually composed by Bruce Rowland. Howson is a patron of both the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus and of the St James the Great an- Howson also contributed scripts and sketches to nual St Francis's Day Blessing of Animals. 's and to . His 1965 Bramston John-Michael regaled us with an entertaining jour- "Flower arranging" sketch - in which a section of ney through his life story interspersed with anec- Constance Spry's definitive text book on the subject dotes of the celebrities he had met along the way. is quoted verbatim in a lascivious manner by the It all made for an entertaining evening for the Chief Censor () to hilarious and packed house of members and partners that attend- scandalous effect - created a national uproar and ed the meeting. remains a television classic. Film and television acting.

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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULLETIN– SERVING THE COMM UNITY SINCE 1985 CLUB STRUCTURE 2015 1016 UPDATED 28/08/2015 BOARD CLUB SERVICE President Trish Smyth Director Malcom Sawle PE, VP Malcolm Sawle Auditor Tony Phillips Secretary Roy Seager Program Greg Every Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Malcolm Sawle Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea Branding / PR / Member- ship Megan Glenwright Fellowship Richard Jones International John Beaty Photographers Max Darby, Greg Every New Generations Kerrie Geard Almoners Charmaine Jansz & Geoff Stringer Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks On to Conference Ken Mirams TEAM MEMBERS International Community Youth Fundraising Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe John Sime Mary Sealy Richard Jones Heather Chisholm David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen Geoff Stockdale Tony Phillips Chris Martin Geoff Stringer Ross Phillips Lynda Doutch Chris Werner TBC David Hone Malcolm Parks Max Darby Charmaine Jansz John Manks Ken Mirams Royal Melbourne Golf Antony Nixon Concourse Festival Vivienne Zoppolato TBC Jim O'Brien Mike Hede Richard Shermon Branding / PR / Memb. Adrian Culshaw Peter Flude^ Kerrie Geard Lynda Doutch David Hone# Jim O’Brien David Lea Robert McArthur* MUNA / NYSF Masters Golf Parking Martin Fothergill Heather Chisolm^ James Glenwright ^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District Well, Hello There

Photograph by Laura Keene, National Geo- graphic Your Shot

“It was a surreal experi- ence to be in the presence of these magnificent crea- tures,” Keene says they stood and appeared to wave in greeting when a nearby pair of cubs cap- tured their attention. Polar bears, she says, “congregate on the barrier islands off Kaktovik in northern Alaska every fall to partake of leftovers from Inupiat whaling [activity] before the Beaufort Sea freezes and they move on to hunt seal.”

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