Rotary Club of Roseville Chase District 9685 Australia The Rotary Club of Roseville Chase 2014-2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Gary C. K. Huang
DISTRICT GOVERNOR Ian Scott
President Sergeant-at-Arms Andrew Black Rotational President-Elect Program Chairman Duncan Campbell PP John Hammond Immediate Past President Fundraising Chairman PP Jade Catherall PP Nick Brooke Social Chairman Secretary Duncan Campbell Peter Lefmann Welfare Chairman Treasurer Diana Wilkinson Umesh Bhargava Attendance Officer Club Administration Director Rotational Peter Lewis Bulletin Editor Membership Director John Mackintosh PP Ross Symons Risk Management Officer Public Relations Director Allan Farrar PP Jade Catherall Club meets: Rotary Foundation Director Tuesdays at 6.00 for 6.30pm PP Neil Howie Roseville Golf Club Vocational Service Director 4 Links Avenue, David Brand Roseville NSW 2069 Community Service Director Tel: 02 8467 1800 Judi Leahy PO Box 105 International Service Director Guy Arad Roseville NSW 2069 Youth Service Director www.rosevillechaserotary.org.au Robert Brell Club Chartered 24 April 1990
Front Cover: Echo Point Picnic Shelter, a Rotary Club of Roseville Chase project. Rotary Club of Roseville Chase
Bulletin Vol: 25 No: 32 14th April 2015
President’s Report
What a fantastic effort was put in on Saturday, over 90 cubic meters of soft fall spread over the play area of the new playground. Stuart was initially thinking that it could take all day, and by morning tea it was nearly finished. I’m not sure of the exact numbers but, I did count 30 people working at one time with many more that came and went at different times.
The day was a success on so many levels; the job was done; we engaged with neighbours and local scouting families; there was a job for every Rotarian and Partner that could make the day; Duncan was taking requests on the Pipes; best of all was the shared fellowship.
As I write this on Sunday morning I’m sure there are many other things we are sharing, aching limbs, bones and muscles and fond memories of a successful Rotary day. See photos on page 14 and Andrew Black imore photos in Rotary dropbox Service Above Self
Birthdays April 14 Jade Catherall 4 Ross Symons 20 Cliff Garrett 7 Norm Gibson 26 Will Rogers 10 Richard Green 27 John Hammond
APOLOGIES & GUESTS - We’ll be sad if we don’t SEE YOU ON TUESDAY If you need to give an apology for non-attendance, or you are bringing a guest at any meeting please contact Ian Fraser, Attendance Officer on 0411 021 154 or email [email protected] before 11.00 am Friday. Club policy is that you will be expected to pay for your meal if you are absent without apology by the deadline. Isn’t that fair to all concerned? If you or your guests have any special dietary requirements, please also advise Ian. Like our Club on Facebook – Roseville Chase Rotary Club - https://www. facebook.com/RosevilleChaseRotary Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 3
ROTARY CLUB OF ROSEVILLE CHASE
ANZAC CENTENARY DINNER - 14 APRIL 2015
6.30 pm for 7.00 pm
at
Roseville Golf Club 4 Links Avenue Roseville
LEST WE FORGET
They will not again experience the beauty of our Country, See the seasons change, enjoy nature's chorus. All we enjoy we owe to them, men and women who lie buried in the earth of foreign lands and in the seven seas.
Dedicated to the memory of Anzacs who died overseas in the service of their country and so preserved our heritage
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Program
6.30 – 7.00 Drinks in Club Lounge
7.00 Dinner
Welcome to Evening, President Andrew Black
Introduction of Lieutenant General Kenneth James "Ken" Gillespie AC, DSC, CSM (Rtd)
Presentation by Lieutenant General Kenneth James "Ken" Gillespie AC, DSC, CSM (Rtd)
ANZAC Centenary Commemoration Ceremony
Members/Guests invited to move outside to the flag pole.
Ode *
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Lament Duncan Campbell
Last Post Roy Hill
Minute Silence
Rouse Roy Hill
Lest We Forget
(Response by all) Lest We Forget.
National Anthem
Trumpeter – Roy Hill Piper - Duncan Campbell
Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 5 Lieutenant General Kenneth James "Ken" Gillespie AC, DSC, CSM (Rtd)
Lieutenant General Kenneth James "Ken" Gillespie AC, DSC, CSM (born in Brisbane) is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army. Lieutenant General Gillespie served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force from 2005 until 2008, then Chief of Army from 2008 until his retirement in June 2011.
Ken was educated at Inala State High School in Brisbane and enlisted in the Australian Army in 1968 as an apprentice bricklayer He graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, in 1972, and gained a commission in the corps of the Royal Australian Engineers.
Ken Gillespie held a range of regimental and staff appointments including Instructor at the School of Military Engineering and at the 1st Recruit Training Battalion. then as a junior officer in 2nd Field Engineer Regiment, 5th Field Engineer Regiment, 2nd/3rd Field Engineer Regiment and 1st Construction Regiment, becoming a Senior Instructor at the School of Military Engineering.
He attended the Australian Army Command and Staff College, Queenscliff in 1985 and became Australian Exchange Instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering in the United Kingdom in 1986. In 1989 he raised and then deployed as the second in command and operations officer, the 2nd Australian Contingent to the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia.
Ken's senior officer appointments included becoming inaugural Commanding Officer of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Staff Officer Operations to the Chief of the Defence Force, inaugural commander of the Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre, for which he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and inaugural Principal Staff Officer — Intelligence, Headquarters Australian Theatre.
He was promoted to brigadier in January 1999 and commanded the United Nations Sector West multinational brigade in East Timor. He was National Commander of Australia's contribution to Operation Slipper.
Ken Gillespie was promoted to Major General and made Land Commander Australia in January 2004; to Lieutenant General as Vice Chief of the Defence Force in 2005; as Chief of Army on 4 July 2008. On 29 April 2010, Ken Gillespie was presented with Singapore's Meritorious Service Medal by the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Teo Chee Hean, and Chief of the Singapore Army, Brigadier General Chan Chun Sing. The award came as a result of Ken Gillespie's "leadership and commitment to furthering relationships between the armies" of Australia and Singapore. Gillespie handed over command of the Army to Lieutenant General David Morrison on 24 June 2011.
6 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin A Prologue:
We are gathered at this Anzac Centenary Commemoration to remember the sacrifice of our servicemen and women. They were the men and women who were willing to believe in something greater than themselves. It was their willingness to act as such as much as their action that gives them hero status in our society today.
We are thankful for those first Anzacs whose actions established the traditions we as a nation hold so dear to day.
When the time again came, the sons and daughters of our Anzacs came forward without question to overcome the barriers that divide people and nations from one another and accepted the responsibilities asked of them in defending and representing their country in World War II and in times of turmoil in Korea, Borneo, Vietnam, and the various UN campaigns and more recently East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.
We remember the sacrifices of our brothers and sisters and recall the efforts of those who now sleep peacefully in far away places amid the ridges of Gallipoli, the terraced hills of Palestine, in Flanders Fields and the sands of El Alemien and the tropical forests of Kanchanburi, Kraji and New Guinea and the peaceful olive groves of Greece and Crete.
They have not died for naught, the torch they threw to us we caught, and now our hands will hold it high, its glorious light shall never die. We’ll not break faith with them, who lie in many fields. We will accept the challenge and continue to ensure that Australia remains the great nation it is. May understanding enable us to dedicate to the cause of justice, freedom and peace and give wisdom and strength to build a better world,
Their sacrifice shall not be in vain.
Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 7 The Battle of Lone Pine
The Battle of Lone Pine, one of the most famous actions of the Gallipoli campaign, was mounted as a diversion to draw Turkish attention away from assaults against Sari Bair, Chunuk Bair and Hill 971. These operations, which became known as the August Offensive, were designed to affect a breakout from the ANZAC perimeter. The Lone Pine battlefield, named for a solitary Turkish Pine that stood there at the start of the fighting, stands near the centre of the eastern line of the Australian and New Zealand trenches around Anzac Cove on a rise known as '400 Plateau', which joined 'Bolton's Ridge' to the south with the ridge along the east side of 'Monash Valley' to the north. The terrain here is comparatively gentle and the opposing trenches were some distance apart with a flat no-man's land between.
Seven Australians were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions during the fighting at Lone Pine, including four men from the 7th Battalion, which had been rushed forward to help relieve the 1st Brigade at the height of the Turkish counterattacks.
Tribute to the Anzacs killed at Gallipoli: Ataturk
Atatürk was born Mustafa Kemal. Kemal said in 1933, "I look to the world with an open heart full of pure feelings and friendship". In 1934, Kemal accepted the title "Atatürk" (father of the Turks).
In 1934 Kemal Atatürk wrote a tribute to the Anzacs killed at Gallipoli:
Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
(This inscription appears on the Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Anzac Parade, Canberra, and also engraved forever on a plaque at Anzac Cove.)
8 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin The ANZAC Spirit:
Courage under fire, grace under pressure, giving a hand to a mate.
Rosemary
Since ancient times this aromatic herb has been believed to have properties to improve the memory. Perhaps because of this, rosemary became an emblem of both fidelity and remembrance in literature and folklore. Traditionally, sprigs of rosemary are worn on ANZAC Day and sometimes on Remembrance Day. Rosemary has particular significance for Australians, as it is found growing wild on the Gallipoli peninsula.
*The "Ode of Remembrance" is an ode taken from Laurence Binyon's poem, "For the Fallen", which was first published in The Times in September 1914. The poet wrote For the Fallen, which has seven stanzas, while sitting on the cliffs between Pentire Point and The Rumps in north Cornwall, UK. A stone plaque was erected at the spot in 2001 to commemorate the fact. The plaque bears the inscription:
For the Fallen
Composed on these cliffs 1914
The poem honoured the World War I British war dead of that time, and in particular the British Expeditionary Force, which by then already had high casualty rates on the developing Western Front. The poem was published when the Battle of the Marne was foremost in people's minds. Over time, the third and fourth stanzas of the poem (although often just the fourth) were claimed as a tribute to all casualties of war, regardless of state
Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 9 The Seventh Pattern Rising Sun Badge 1991
The current design was produced with ‘The Australian Army’ on the scroll and the removal of the Federation Star and heraldic wreath. The Rising Sun Badge was originally called the General Service Badge, but it is now officially labelled the Australian Army Badge. It will, however, always be referred to as the Rising Sun Badge.
Rouse (Last Post)
The Rouse is the call used in conjunction with the Last Post at commemorative services such as ANZAC Day & Remembrance Day services, at dedication services and at military funerals. The Rouse is a shorter bugle call that was also used to call soldiers to their duties.
After the one minute silence, the Rouse is sounded during which flags are raised from half mast to the masthead.
Reveille
Reveille, meaning to ‘wake-up’, was originally played as a drum beat just prior to day break, to wake up the sleeping soldiers and to let the sentries know that they could cease challenging. It was also a signal to open the town gates and let out the horse guard, allowing them to do a reconnaissance of the immediate area beyond the walls.
During the ANZAC Day Dawn Service, the Last Post is sounded followed by a minute of silence. The silence is broken by the Reveille. Today, the Reveille is normally only performed on the various Dawn services or as the first call of the day in Barracks.
10 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Meeting Roster Date Meeting Program Intro & Vote of Welcomer Thanks April Anzac Remembrance David Brand Jill 14 Rtd General Ken Gillespie Lawson 6:30 for 7
April Club 25th Anniversary Celebration Fri 24 6:30 for 7
April Sue Butler Macquarie Dictionary Rex Harris 28 Aussie Expressions Expert
May Hornsby Women’s Shelter Judi Leahy 05 Karen Whilley & Annabelle Daniel
Last Meeting - 07th April 2015 Attendance Club Membership 42 Attendance Percentage 57.1% Members Present 24 Make-ups 0
Apologies 18 Guests 3
No Apologies 0 Partners 1
Exchange student 0 Visiting Rotarians 1
Santos Coal Seam Gas Glenn Toogood
Glen presented an excellent tutorial on the Australian natural gas market leading into a discussion on coal seam gas extraction. He outlined the complicated engineering behind the drilling and sealing of the gas wells proposed to make gas extraction environmentallly safe. Still there is a loud anti fracking campaign being undertaken in the communities where Coal Seam Gas extraction is proposed. Campaigns based on fear and uncertainty.
Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 11 12 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 13 Saturday April 11 Malga Ave Playground Working Bee
The mountain of soft fall, top left, to be spread over a wide area 30mm deep.
30+ Scouts, Neighbours and Rotarians worked together to get the job done well. Tired muscles and broad smiles
Playground Certified Kid friendly!
14 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Chromehurst Special School Golf Day
This year was our 20th golf day and the 19th our Rotary club has been involved. From the original starters helping that day, again Ross Symons was there. Ian Fraser and Peter Lefman, again, thank you for running the betting hole. John Hammond, one could never call quiet, but is certainly a quiet achiever when it comes to our golf day accounts. Done and dust in record time. Your efforts helped us raise over $60,000 for 2015. Guys, again thank you very much from me and the Cromehurst Committee. The Committee and School also asked me to mention and thank the Rotary Club for its continued support through the years. Stephen Goldring Upcoming Evenings and OUTINGS
Susan Butler Macquarie Dictionary GUEST SPEAKER April 28 Susan Butler is the Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Australia’s national dictionary now in its 6th Edition, and, as Editor, is largely responsible for the selection and writing of new words. She has written the Dinkum Dictionary, published in its third edition in 2009. In 2014 she wrote The Aitch Factor, a commentary on usage matters in Australian English. She is also a regular commentator on Australian English on radio, television and the internet. Ryde Tafe Hospitality School Visit 5th May Hospitality and Culinary students who are developing their skills in the restaurant, catering and service be our hosts for a enjoyable eveningevening.
VOCATIONAL VISIT Tom Bass Sculpture Studio, Erskineville, 19th May 2015 Wendy Black is a teacher at the Tom Bass Sculpture School and has invited the members and partners to visit the school. For those keen to try their hand at carving soapstone, there will be an easy, no previous experience required, 1.5hr workshop, conducted by Wendy. Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 15 Committees for 2014-15
Youth Service: Director: Robert Brell, Ian Fraser, John Hammond, Ian Robertson, Greg Muldoon, Jill Lawson.
Community Service: Director: Judi Leahy, Umesh Bhargava, Grant Campbell, Stuart Frith, Stephen Goldring, Jill Lawson, Arthur Marshall, Geoff Young, Malcolm Pilcher, Bob Warland, Dianna Wilkinson.
Public Relations: Director: Jade Catherall.
Membership: Director: Ross Symons, Ted Anderson, Cliff Garrett, Rex Harris, Will Rogers.
International Service: Director: Guy Arad, Richard Green, Sue Ward.
Vocational Service: Director: David Brand, Greg Bell, John Mackintosh, Stephan Simpson, Peter Bowden.
Rotary Foundation: Director: Neil Howie, Ian Garrard.
Fund Raising: Chair: Nick Brooke, Peter Lefmann, John Hartley, Allan Farrar.
Social: Chair: Duncan Campbell, Norm Gibson, Peter McKeown, Richard Wilmott.
Sergeant at Arms: Rotational.
Program: Chair: John Hammond.
Attendance Officer: Rotational.
Bulletin Editor: John Mackintosh
Risk Management: Allan Farrar
Welfare Officer: Diana Wilkinson
Club Administration: Peter Lewis.
16 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Month June Students Rob Brell My PNG Days Board Meeting Ross McDonald Essay/Speaking Rotary Fellowship 2 9 23 30 16 TAFE May Month Studio Impact Shelter Wendy Black Wendy Youth Service Youth David Brand – Board Meeting Environmental Richard Farmer NW Motorway – Karen Whilley & Annabelle Daniel Hornsby Women’s’ Hornsby Women’s’ Tom Bass Sculpture Tom Community Project, 12 Annual visit to RYDE 5 19 26 April ANZAC Fracking Macquarie Sue Butler Santos Gas Retd General Ken Gillespie Health Month Remembrance Board Meeting Coal Seam Gas Glenn Toogood Maternal & Child Club Anniversary Club Dictionary/Aussie Expressions expert 14 7 21 24 28 January 2015 to June Days” Month March Golf Day East Timor NYSE/RYPEN Tom Jambrich Tom Board Meeting “Early Hungarian Pain Management Water & Sanitation Water (Stephen Simpson) Dr Charles Brooker Past Member’s Talk 10 3 17 24 25 31 RYLA Club Program Month travels) Interplast David Hart February Member’s Talk Board Meeting Matthew Wong Marc Johnstone Peace & Conflict PP Norm Gibson PP The Hunger Project (Early Sydney life & Prevention/Resolution 10 3 17 24 Month January No Meeting No Meeting (Wavy Navy) (Wavy Member’s Talk Board Meeting S\PP Stuart Frith S\PP Vocational Service Vocational Caroline’s Farewell Caroline’s 13 20 6 27 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 17 Major Supporters of our Club
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Complimentary suppliers of function equipment
Complimentary storage of our grafitti trailer.
Complimentary supply & printing of our Bulletin hard covers
18 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin PAST PRESIDENTS ABOUT ROTARY 1990-91 Stuart Frith The world’s first 1991-92 Richard Wilmott service club, the 1992-93 Greg Muldoon Rotary Club of 1993-94 Norm Gibson 1994-95 Trevor Holman Chicago, Illinois, 1995-96 Ross Symons USA, was formed on 1996-97 John Hammond 23 February 1905 1997-98 Arthur Marshall Paul Harris by Paul Harris. 1998-99 Ian Robertson Rotary is a worldwide organisation 1999-00 Neil Howie of business and professional leaders 2000-01 Bob Fussell that provides humanitarian service, 2001-02 Duncan Whiley encourages high ethical standards 2002-03 Bob Warland in all vocations, and helps build 2003-04 Bob Clarke 2004-05 John Hartley goodwill and peace in the world. 2005-06 Ian Fraser More than 1.2 million Rotarians 2006-07 Cliff Garrett belong to over 34,100 Clubs in 210 2007-08 Geoff Young countries and geographical areas. 2008-09 Warren McGurgan Rotary Club membership represents 2009-10 Malcolm Pilcher a cross-section of the community’s 2010-11 Nick Brooke business and professional men and 2011-12 Will Rogers women. The world’s Rotary Clubs 2012-13 Julian Gregory meet weekly and are non-political, non-religious, and open to all 2013-14 Jade Catherall cultures, races, and creeds. PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS The main objective of Rotary is Richard Wilmott John Hammond Greg Muldoon * Stephen Goldring service – in the community, in the Greg Denning Nick Brooke * workplace, and throughout the Ross Symons * Neil Howie world. Rotarians develop community Glynn Ianno John Chinn service projects that address many Ron Tacchi * Grant Campbell of today’s most critical issues, such Helmut Buss Cliff Garrett as children at risk, poverty and John Hartley * Peter Lefmann hunger, the environment, illiteracy, Bob Clarke Phillip Cavanagh and violence. They also support Ted Anderson Duncan Whiley programs for youth, educational Ian Fraser Duncan Campbell opportunities and international Stuart Frith * Robert Brell exchanges for students, teachers, Ann Muldoon *Sapphire Pin and other professionals, and Jade Catherall * vocational and career development. Andrew Betty The Rotary motto is Catherine Williams Richard Green Service Above Self. JohnMackintosh OBJECT OF ROTARY The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR Australians all, let us rejoice, For we are young and free, We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare; ROTARY THANKS In hist’ry’s page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair. For the community, friendship In joyful strains then let us sing and the opportunity to serve Advance Australia Fair. through Rotary, we give thanks.
THE FOUR-WAY TEST 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?