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Rotary District 9685 - Wednesday, November 08, 2017

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Established in 2005 as a special project to recognise the 100th anniversary of the founda on of Rotary, the Central Blue Mountains Rotary Centenary Garden is at Blue Mountains District Hospital, Katoomba, providing con nuous pleasure for pa ents in the pallia ve care and rehabilita on wards. The fountain, a work of art in stainless steel, was designed by local sculptor Terrance Plowright. A Presidents Walk, constructed with pavers, contains names and dates rela ng to presidents since 1976.

S ll on the job, members of Central Blue Rotary have been clipping, cleaning, doing maintenance on the fountain, and generally a ending to whatever is necessary to create a pleasant and relaxing environment for the hospital pa ents and staff .

Please turn to the next page Our Guest Speaker Rotary November 08 Central Blue Mountains Dennis van Someren has been volunteering at WWhatsOn....hatsOn.... Shine for Kids for 8 years. He is also Kenthurst Rotary November club’s community service director. Wednesday 08 - Dennis van Someren Shine for Kids is a not for profi t organisa on that nurtures and cares for children with a parent in Friday 10 - NSW Police Officer of the Year awards prison. Sunday 12 - Grand View Market SHINE for Kids was created as the Children of Wednesday 15 - Guest speaker to be advised Prisoners’ Support Group (COPSG) following the Saturday 18 - Drive through gifts drop off release of The Children of Imprisoned Parents Report, Grand View Hotel commissioned by the Family and Children’s Services Agency, in March 1982. Monday 20 - Rotary Foundation Dinner In December 2004 the name was changed to SHINE Wednesday 22 - Club Assembly for Kids. SHINE stands for fi ve elements of what the Sunday 26 - Special Olympics Dream Ride event organisa on does. Wednesday 29 - Guest speaker to be advised Dennis van Someren says: “We support children, facilitate hope; inspire kids to reach their poten al; December nurture their growth; empower them to succeed.” Wed 06 - CBM Rotary annual general meeting The organisa on receives ongoing funding from Sunday 10 - Grand View Market 8.00am-2.00pm the Correc ve Services NSW, the Department of Carols in the Park 4.00pm-6-00pm Community Services and others. Wednesday 13 - CBM Christmas function “SHINE for Kids has a fi rm belief in the power of early interven on and a focus on collabora on to reduce Friday 15 - Late night shopping Leura Mall the nega ve eff ects of parental imprisonment on Sun-Sat 17-23 - Christmas Raffle ticket sales children and young people,” Dennis said.

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Please turn to the next page Soar and Roar Festival More than 100 par cipants will be served breakfast by Central Blue Mountains Rotary, Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise, and the Rotary e-club of Greater , on Sunday November 26, before “Team Mustang” (about 30 cars) depart Lilianfels Park, Katoomba, heading to Sydney Park, Eastern Creek. Soar and Roar 2017 is an exci ng event for motoring enthusiasts to come together to have fun and raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Australia.

Special Olympics Australia is proud to launch the SOAR & ROAR Fes val, giving people with an intellectual disability the opportunity to experience the thrill of a “Dream Ride”. The fes val at Sydney Motorsport Park on November 26 will feature luxury car dream rides, motorbike dream rides and fun ac vi es for people of all ages and abili es. Money raised support Special Olympics Australia to provide sports opportuni es for people with an intellectual disability in communi es right across Australia. While some Special Olympics athletes strive to win medals, others enjoy the chance to get ac ve, have fun, make friends and be part of a family. Whatever their mo va on, we cater for them by providing meaningful sports programs delivered within a suppor ve environment where people with an intellectual disability are accepted and can feel proud.

Keynote speaker at the Foundation Dinner is Canadian Rotarian Jennifer Jones

Jennifer is the President and CEO of Media Street Produc ons Inc., an award-winning television produc on company in Windsor, Ontario. She is proud member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland and is a Past District Governor of District 6400. For further details and booking arrangements please contact: ian@sco adr.com - 0402 217 915 Please turn to the next page Central Blue Mountains Rotary Annual General Mee ng 2017 The Annual General Mee ng of the Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains Inc. will be held at 7:45 pm, Wednesday 6th of December 2017 at the Grand View Hotel, Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls. Nomina ons for Club Offi cers in the 2018-2019 Rotary Year are now called for. Completed nomina on forms are required to be returned to the Secretary by end of the normal Club mee ng on the 29th of November 2017. Expressions of interest for other club posi ons are also being called for, although they do not need to be submi ed for, or ra fi ed by, the AGM. These should be submi ed to the Secretary for new Board considera on. Other business includes the elec on of offi ce bearers, appointment of Public Offi cer and Auditor, and delivery of fi nancial reports for the 2016-2017 Rotary Year.

Early Bird Conference Registration ends Nov. 30

2018 DISTRICT 9685 CONFERENCE, LEURA - March 10-11 REGISTER FOR THE 2018 DISTRICT CONFERENCE BY 30 NOVEMBER FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! www.conference2018.rotarydistrict9685.org.au www.rotarianac ongroupforpeace.org

The Rotarian Ac on Group for Peace is looking for new Our Mission members. If you have an interest in adop ng peace as an area of focus - contact Past District Governor Jennifer Central Blue Mountains Rotary has a very simple Sco and sign up as a member. email: jennifer@ mission; to provide service to others within our local sco adr.com or T: 0414 367 631. community and overseas, to promote integrity, and to advance goodwill through fellowship. We have a long and successful history of suppor ng our local community and assis ng overseas. Since being established in 1976 we have achieved, quite simply, nothing less than outstanding results every year. We are proud of our contribu on to helping others. www.centralbluemountainsrotary/facebook

Please turn to the next page Graffi removal success Seventeen people volunteered to remove graffi from the upper Blue Mountains, 28 - 29 October. During two days and a combined eff ort of 129 hours, they removed 486sq metres of graffi by pain ng-out, using chemicals and a high-pressure spray. The villages of Bulluburra, Wentworth Falls, Leura, Katoomba, Medlow Bath and Blackheath look greatly refreshed; with - perhaps - 95% of graffi removed. ...Robert Ralston Graffi Eradicator What’s On at Penrith Observatory Leaving our own Galaxy behind, we travel out into the Universe, looking for the biggest objects of all. Clusters, superclusters, walls of galaxies and voids full of nothing, all pushed and pulled around by mysterious dark ma er and even-more-mysterious dark energy. As we travel outwards, we travel back in me towards the beginning of the universe, and ask, ‘what happens now...?’ It doesn’t ma er if you missed the fi rst parts Travel back in time towards the beginning of in this series. Includes presenta on, short 3D the universe, and ask, ‘what happens now...?’ movie, tour of the dome and viewing Date: 9 December 2017 of the night sky through a range of Event name: You Are Here Part Three, The Universe telescopes (weather permi ng). Event details: $18.00 Adult Dr Nick Tothill $12.00 Child/Concession BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Time: 8pm – 10pm $50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Children under 3 years of age free. Werrington North campus, Great Western Highway, Werrington Please Note: Parents/carers are Contact website for public enquiries and bookings: responsible for and need to remain h ps://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/ with their children at all mes whats_on

Please turn to the next page Sustainable Cambodia’s latrine program Sustainable Cambodia’s Latrine ensures be er health and hygiene Program works in conjunc on with the Wells and BioSand Filters Programs to ensure clean water by reducing or elimina ng the contamina on of human fecal ma er in local water supplies. While the latrines are built for individual households, it is o en the community that works together to build each latrine in a coopera ve eff ort. A majority of the costs and materials are provided by SC. Roofs, walls and doors however, are expected to be provided by the par cipa ng community. This fosters a sense of ownership and accomplishment in the community members. Families receive latrine in Cherng Plerng and Andong Sambour Villages It also follows SC’s tenant of empowering, instead of crea ng dependence, in the communi es in which it is involved. Empowering families and children to eff ect las ng change....community by community www.sustainablecambodia.org Rotarian Journey Join fellow Rotarians from into Cambodia around the world on a January, 2018 journey into the heart of Tour leader PDG Cambodia Jennifer Sco contact Jennifer Scott Par cipate from only [email protected] USD $825pp 0414 367 631 World Toilet day - November 19 Such a basic human need - everyone visits the toilet several mes a day. More people in the world have Yet, the impact of inadequate (or no) sanita on, especially on women, a mobile phone than a toilet. is devasta ng. One in three women worldwide risk shame, disease, Of the world’s seven billion harassment and even a ack because they have nowhere safe to go to the toilet. Some 526 million women have no choice but to go to the toilet in people, six billion have mobile the open. Women and girls living without any toilets spend approximately phones - only 4.5 billion have 97 billion hours each year “fi nding a place to go”. access to toilets or latrines. This has to be an irresis ble challenge for Rotarians! The very fi rst Rotary This means that 2.5 billion public service project ins tuted in Chicago in 1907 was the construc on of people, mostly in rural areas, public toilets (o en coyly referred to as “comfort sta ons” in those days!). do not have proper sanita on.

Please turn to the next page You will need more than a day to see everything. It Mountain pays to plan your trip. There is an excellent web page that can keep you occupied for hours – well, it kept the Ghost Ghost occupied for hours....but he is a slow reader.

AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM - SYDNEY The Mountain Ghost was reading the Sydney Morning Pliosaur, a marine dinosaur that lived 200 million years ago. Herald and he came across an ar cle men oning the 200 The bones have now become opalised, quite remarkable. Treasures of the . There is also a skeleton of the Irish Elk, the largest deer What is remarkable is that the Ghost s ll reads newspapers. that ever lived at 3 metres high. The Museum has done a His children have not bought a paper in fi ve years and rely marvellous job on the restora on. en rely on online news and Facebook…… well, back to the As always a li le history on the Australian Museum. It ar cle. is Australia’s oldest museum established in 1827 with The Museum has recently announced the opening of the the aim of providing “many rare and curious specimens Westpac Long Gallery. This gallery has been completely of Na onal History”. It was originally housed in the Post restored to its original glory and 200 Treasures from the Offi ce at Macquarie Place, Sydney and was known as the Museum are on display. (100 objects and 100 people that Sydney Museum or Colonial Museum. It was renamed the have infl uenced the Museum and the country). Australian Museum in 1836. Some of the objects have come from other parts of the A dedicated building was constructed at the current site Museum, some were in storage (only 20% of the Museum’s of William Street in 1846. Construc on completed in collec on are ever on display). 1857 with just one exhibi on gallery. It has con nuously Anyway, the Ghost was suffi ciently interested to use his Opal expanded since then. In 2008 a new wing was added and Card and travel from Wentworth Falls (taking advantage this was the fi rst me the Ghost had seen it. Today there of the li ) to Museum Sta on and the short walk to the are over 18 million cultural and scien fi c object held in the Museum in College Street. Museum. The last me the Ghost visited the Australian Museum It has a dual role of research and educa on and is a world must have been about 10 years ago. How things have leader in both fi elds. improved. The entrance is no longer in College Street but If you visit the Australian Museum you will need more than in William Street. Everything is now light and airy and all a day to see everything. It pays to plan your trip. There is an the exhibits have been freshened up. There are plenty of excellent web page that can keep you occupied for hours – interac ve exhibits. well, it kept the Ghost occupied for hours but he is a slow Back to the Long Gallery. It is very impressive and informa ve reader. and will be a great interna onal a rac on. Some of the There is an excellent Museum store and coff ee shop. items on display are an ancient Egyp an Mummy 2,200 Once you pay the general admission price of $15 (or $8 years old; The fi rst Australian bank note issued in 1817 by Concession) all other exhibits are free. the Bank of ; Captain Cook’s feathered Go on, visit the Museum for nostalgia sake, you will thank cape given to him in Hawaii in December 1778 and Eric the the Ghost……………….

Please turn to the next page What Rotary clubs are doing

Drive Through Gi Project Rotary “In the Bag” Project Central Blue Mountains Rotary is asking people to drive A team from The Rotary Club of Balgowlah is collec ng into the car park of the Grand View Hotel, Wentworth Falls, second hand handbags and fi lling them with essen al on Saturday November 18 and drop off a gi that could contents for women in crisis. provide happiness to someone in our community who is The ini a ve is part of a campaign by charity “Share The doing it tough. Dignity”, which helps women who are homeless or vic ms Gi s will be donated to: of domes c violence. • The Salva on Army, Katoomba • Katoomba Family Suport The charity’s “It’s In The Bag” ini a ve aims to encourage • Mid-Mountains Neighbourhood Centre people to donate their used handbags and fi ll them with • West Connect Domes c Violence Centre essen als a homeless woman might need, including soap, Gi s should be suitable for children, teenagers and adults. toothpaste and toothbrushes, shampoo, condi oner, ALSO: There is a Monster DVD sale at the pub - 2000 tles deodorant and sanitary products. to choose from. The club asked its members, supporters and friends to donate bags, which are fi lled, ready to be distributed by 90 years of Rotary in the Illawarra Share The Dignity to women in need. They are also encouraged to add extra items such as a Rotarians are celebra ng in the Illawarra this month as the lips ck, lo on or nail polish....story: Manly Daily nine clubs in the region mark 90 years of service to the community. When the Rotary Club of was formed in 1927 Big Walk for End Polio Now it was the start of 90 years of service above self to the Rotarians, partners, children – even family pets – gathered Illawarra community. at Tench Reserve on the Nepean River, Penrith, recently to Among the fi rst fi ve Rotary clubs in Australia it was formed take part in a special observance to mark World Polio Day. out of the Sydney Rotary Club and emerged shortly a er the A spectacular parade of almost 100 people with the words Hoskins family signed an agreement to build a steelworks END POLIO NOW emblazoned on their bright red t-shirts at Port Kembla. enjoyed a three kilometre stroll in brilliant morning Business leaders and poli cians celebrated the 90th sunshine – much to the interest of early morning joggers. anniversary of Rotary’s service above self in the region at Rotary clubs of Penrith, Penrith Valley, Nepean, Lower City Beach Func on Centre on Saturday. Blue Mountains and Springwood were represented in the Since 1927 hundreds of Rotarians have been involved in walk, broken half way by a pause to plant a tree on the countless projects that include building the road up to river bank to mark the Global Polio Eradica on Ini a ve Summit Park at Mount Keira in the late 1950s and helping involving Rotary Interna onal, World Health Organisa on, to establish and maintain the lookouts. the Bill and Melinda Gates Founda on and several other major partners. The crea on of the Greenhouse Park and Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards are among the dozens of other projects Wollongong and other clubs have E-club - E-cards this Christmas been involved with regionally, na onally and interna onally. Following the many years of tradi onal Rotary Christmas story: Illawarra Mercury cards, Ryde Roraty e-club has launched modern, effi cient, environmentally-friendly – CHRISTMAS E-CARDS!! Proceeds from the sale of e-cards support Interplast in Grace’s Place Guest Speaker rebuilding bodies and rebuilding lives in the Asia-Pacifi c Guest speaker at the Rotary Club of the Lower Blue region. Mountains, November 14, 2017 is Martha Jabour, CEO, Recipients of the e-cards will see our Rotary and Interplast Homicide Vic ms Support Group. logos when they open their cards. Martha will bring us up to date of the progress of ‘Graces Rotarians and/or friends can take advantage of this service Place’, a residen al trauma recovery centre to cater for by visi ng h p://ryderotary.org.au/e-club-ecards and children a er Homicide. following the instruc ons there. Lower BM Rotary, Leonay Sport and Recrea on Club at Rob Mitchell, Projects Director, Ryde Rotary e-Club says: 6.30pm for 7.00pm start. “We hope you will join us in this ini a ve to support a really Bookings: Amanda Roots on aroots@bigpond;.net.au good cause, and to further demonstrate that e-clubs really Cost: $25.00 - a cash bar will be opera ng. can do just about anything conven onal clubs can do.”

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