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The Grapevine Week 23 3rd December 2015 The Club of North Balwyn The Grapevine Our Leadership IN SERVICE OF ROTARY 2015/2016 The Presidential Proclamation What an entertaining guest speaker this week when we were very fortunate to have Pete Smith from Channel 9 and the ABC speak about his career. His stories were hilarious and very enjoyable to listen to. Thank you Jo Wells and her Team for organising and running the very suc- cessful Cake Stall. A huge amount of work went into this, culminating in RI President beautifully presented items being sold outside the Commonwealth Bank in K. R. Ravindran North Balwyn Village. Thanks Ian Mollison for the use of his office space for storage. This month, the Rotary International theme is Disease Prevention and Treat- ment. Rotary's top priority continues to be the eradication of polio, but Rotari- ans also take on great responsibilities to fight other diseases. Rotarians set up health camps and training facilities in undeveloped countries, and in com- DG 9800 munities struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria; they also design and build the Julie Mason infrastructure for doctors, nurses, governments, and partners to reach the one in six people in the world who can't afford to pay for health care. Our own member Sue McDonald has been involved in health education in Timor Leste. Disease prevention and treatment takes on many forms, from supporting studies to helping immunize people to improving drinking water and the sani- AG Therese McKenney tation infrastructure. The world relies on Rotary to tackle these global chal- lenges, and to set an example for others to follow. This is one of Rotary’s gifts to the world. So this week please do go and - Polio vaccinators make signifi- Be a Gift to the World cant headway in Nigeria - Giving voice to those who President Jane. might otherwise live in a silent President RCNB Disease Prevention and Treatment world Jane Pennington - Drug wars, financial setbacks Read news about Rotary's efforts to fight disease no match for Mexico clinic MEETINGS - Family health days help by clicking on the links on the right 250,000 in Africa THURSDAYS 6 for 6.30pm Next Week: It’s our Club’s Christmas Dinner. Kew Golf Club Featuring the North Balwyn Primary School Choir. 120 Belford Road Kew Please bring a child’s gift (up to $20.00, unwrapped) for Camcare. 3102 Ph. Please advise Hugo if you are bringing a guest or partner. 9859 6848 Please also consider your holiday plans and advise the Club of your ab- sences from meetings well in advance to allow catering to be properly planned. WEEK23 THURS DAY 3RD DECEMBER Guest Speaker Peter Smith: Behind the Scenes in Radio, TV and Vaudeville. Peter Philip Smith OAM (born 29 May 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian radio and television voice-over artist. He is primarily known for his work withGTV-9 Melbourne as their announcer, including being the announcer on the nationally screened quiz show Sale of the Century for twenty-one years. Peter started his career with the ABC associated with Radio Australia and short wave radio transmission of the Hit Parade. Leading from this he made contact with Short Wave buffs and still corresponds with a friend in the USA who he also visited. In the 1950’s everything was live and Pete was the voice of “Welcome to the Sale of The Cen- tury” which he laughs came out that way because of a slow scrolling text which made him hang on the word Sale. Peter was good friends with his colleague Philip Brady and they laugh now about how in the 50’s they used to work the afternoon shift in dinner suits as the ABC was a very disciplined workplace. Peter worked for 52 years with TV Channel 9 and worked along side Graham Kennedy who was notorious for try- ing to put Peter off his task by revving up the audience whilst Peter was reading advertisements. 1979 saw Peter Smith awarded the Douglas Wilkie Medal for doing the least for Australian rules football in the fairest manner. Peter gave us an animated and enthusiastic presentation and we laughed about the time he tried a comedy act where the props went wrong and Ernie Sigley was speared in the back on stage! Fortunately he wasn’t hurt. We could have listened all night. To get a hint of Peter’s workplace you must watch this—Click HERE and HERE Thanks Peter for a fascinating presentation about your ground breaking, history making, career in Australian Ra- dio and TV. 2015 Christmas Fare 2 WEEK23 THURS DAY 3RD DECEMBER Congratulations Bill Oakley Bill was awarded with a Youth Service Award from the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians in recognition of his services to scouting. Rotary International has been a partner with the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in serving young people since their inception. The principles and goals of Rotary, Scouting and Guiding are closely allied. Character- building; service to country, to others, and to self; teaching leadership skills; and becoming aware of the world around us–these are all incor- porated into the programs and activities of each organization. The values expressed in Rotary International’s Motto and the Four Way Test greatly parallel those articulated in the Scout Oath, Law, Mot- to, and Slogan. Rotarians have long served as role models, demonstrating leadership, character, and the value of selfless service to the community. Rotary founder Paul P. Harris was himself a recipient of Scouting's prestigious Silver Buffalo award in 1934. His and others' efforts represent to a high degree the slogan "Every Ro- tarian an Example to Youth." Read More HERE District Governor Nominating Committee It is official that Past President Adrian is on the nominating committee for the 2018-19 D9800 District Governor. Congratulations Adrian on accepting this position of responsi- bility. Brian and Areta Hurnard regis- tered a meeting Make—up on the MS Zaandam, in South At- lantic whist on a cruise to The Falkland Islands! 3 WEEK23 THURS DAY 3RD DECEMBER Happy News from Solomon Islands Dear Mr. Bob and Mum Carmel, I am very happy to inform you that Mr. Joseph and Ms. Cathy just have new babies. They have twin boys. Thanks be to God. Fr. Joseph Thanh, sdb. DON BOSCO RTC TETERE Mother Mazzello Development Centre Henderson Solomon Islands We received a very special email received today from Sister Anna Maria one of the loving and caring Salesian Sisters at the Mother Mazzello Development Centre – Henderson S.I. What makes this Report so very special is to remem- ber the majority of the young women welcomed into The Centre” had been abused and could not read or write. The email provides detail about The Centre’s achievements and plans for next year. Over the last 4 to 5 years the Centre has achieved amazing success through the support of the Rotary Club of North Balwyn and our most gener- ous Partner, Aisin Australia Pty. Ltd. donating over 20 new electric sewing machines for the young women to be trained in sewing and dressmaking skills. The photographs showing the happy smiles of the students completes the story – “ A picture is worth a thousand words” This Project is without doubt another wonderful example of our current Rotary theme – “ Be a gift to the world “ With thanks to all who have worked hard to make this Project possible Bob Bott Message from Sr Anna Maria and Community On the 27th of November we had the second group of our small school graduation. 23 ladies achieved their skills in textile, cooking and the other subject we are offering in our Centre. With this last group we reached out 79 young women in these last two years. Most of them have their own small business at home, selling sewing items at the market or for their neighbourhood. Three of them had been employed in a parish rural skills school as Home Eco- nomic teachers. A number of them is teaching sewing to women groups in their local areas. We are definitely pleased about the outcome of our small Centre, looking forward for the next year's groups. Hopefully next year we will be registered under the Diocese of Honiara Education Authority, getting recognition of our certificate from the Government. This will require from us the extension of our course from 5 months to a year. There will be 5 months of formal teaching in our school and the following 5 months will be on practical: the partici- pants will be asked to produce what they learned either for their family or neighbourhood, for the market or shops, or eventually to find employment in shops or restaurants. In this way also the mothers with children can fulfil the requirements for the graduation. For next year we will keep the division in two groups of 25 participants and now that we are well known we think it will be full number!!! The Laura Vicuna Hostel is still working. The schools will end the 12th of December even if some USP girls already completed their exams and are on holidays. We had the full number for the whole year: 36 boarders...it means that more girls are studying and more families are concern of their safetyness and academic achievement! We, the Salesian Sisters, are grateful for your continuous support and help to carry out this program for the pro- gress of the Country through the development of its women. We assure our prayer for your intentions, your health and the goodness of your family.
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