AMBASSADORIAL 3

PEAKS CHALLENGE

lorian Sprung, an

Ambassadorial Scholar

from Germany, studying

Oceanography at Southampton

University, has gathered eight

ambassadorial scholars from

around the UK to take on the

formidable „Three Peaks

Challenge‟ (Ben Nevis, Scafell

Pike & Snowdon in under 24hrs)

over the weekend of the 25.6.11.

The scholars will be split into two

teams and, just to increase the

pressure on them they will be

carrying a shelter box (empty!!)

to the top of each peak.

Florian‟s motivation for this is to

express his thanks to Rotary for

his scholarship, for the friendship

and support he has received

whilst in the UK, and to support

the wonderful „Shelterbox‟

Charity.

The District Governor and the

District Rotary Foundation

Committee support this initiative.

You are invited as a Club, or as

individuals to support Florian and

his colleagues by making a

donation to Shelterbox;

individuals can donate by going

to

http://www.justgiving.com/teams/

shelterbox-delivery click on

„donate now‟, alongside Florian‟s

name and then complete the

formalities, if a Club wishes to

support them they can do so by

sending a cheque to Shelter Box

at Unit 1A, Water-Ma-Trout,

Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0LW

with an accompanying note

stating prominently that the

donation is in support of

„AMBASSADORIAL

SCHOLARS 3 PEAKS

CHALLENGE‟.

This effort is in the best tradition

of Rotary, Florian has benefited

from the Rotary Scholarship and

wishes to try to put something

back. Those of you that have met

him will agree he is a delightful

young man, a credit to his

sponsoring club in Germany, to

Rotary and to ourselves who have

had the pleasure of hosting him.

I urge you to bring this appeal to

the attention of your club and if

you can offer some support it will

be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes

Chris Chubb

District Scholars Officer -

Bournemouth North Rotary Club

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My neighbour knocked on my

door at 2.30am this morning –

can you believe that? Lucky for

him I was still up playing my

bagpipes!

We’ve never had it so

good?

After Mike Hurley’s reading the

other day, Geoff Hillam gave

some thought – and composed

the following:

ur memory plays us

tricks. Looking back

over the years the

summers were always warm and

sunny, the roads clear, and the

hedgerows were full of birds,

wild flowers and butterflies.

Children were free to play in the

streets and roam the countryside,

going on carefree bike rides with

friends to play pooh-sticks in the

local stream.

What we have forgotten though is

the war-time rationing, only a few

ounces of meat and cheese a

week, a few sweets, and no

bananas or ice-cream. We had no

central heating and we could

scrape ice from the patterns of

frost on the inside of the bedroom

window. Some of our school

friends had to wear council

donated boots, or leg irons to

support legs weak from polio.

F O

Many towns had isolation

hospitals filled with children with

diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles,

whooping cough, polio and TB.

Some got rheumatic fever and

damaged heart valves and one of

my school mates died of

appendicitis. There were no

antibiotics some had earache and

discharging ears for weeks. TB

patients were in hospital for

months, often interrupting

university courses, housed on

snowy balconies and subjected to

frequent chest procedures to

“rest” their lungs.

Our cars were unreliable,

struggled to make 50 mph, had

terrible brakes and handling and

required regular “decoking”.

To communicate with friends and

relatives we had to write letters,

no instant messaging and emails,

and if we took some photos we

had to take the films to the local

chemist and received back tiny

black and white prints. Now we

can flash them in high definition

colour across continents in

seconds. To see a film we queued

at the cinema, no DVD‟s then.

Our grandparents were lucky to

live to 70 and appeared old, and,

at 50, would have been totally

amazed to see what we have and

do today. We have never had it so

good!

It is a pity though all these

advances have not been matched

by improving how we get on with

each other, and we need similar

advances in conflict and dispute

resolution locally, socially and

internationally. This is where

Rotary is playing an important

role.

Many thanks to Geoff.

Technology started here!

fter having dug to a depth

of 10 feet last year,

canadian scientists found

traces of copper wire dating back

200 years and came to the

conclusion that their ancestors

had a telephone network more

than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by their

neighbours, in the weeks that

followed, an American

archaeologist dug to a depth of 20

feet, finding traces of 250 year

old copper wire. The Americans

claimed that their ancestors

already had high-tech

communications 50 years earlier

than the Canadians.

One week later, the British

authorities reported the following:

After digging as deep as 30 feet

in North Yorkshire, Jack

Arkwright, a self-taught

archaeologist, reported that he

found naff all.

Jack has therefore concluded that

250 years ago, Britain had

already gone wireless!

Makes you proud to be British!!

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WELCOME, CABOURG! By Mike Swinburne

In the month of June we

welcome to these shores

members of the Rotary Club of

Cabourg, in Normandy.

Perhaps this an appropriate

time to recall how it all

happened. Back in 1991,

during the year of Ben

Benstead, it was thought that

we might extend our interests

in Europe by twinning with a

French Club. Brian Evans

gathered around him a group

of members of the Club and

we tripped over the Channel in

search of Twin Club. The

ferry conveniently went from

Portsmouth to Ouistreham

which is close to Caen so that

was our target. The Rotary

Club of Caen were very

gracious but pointed out that

they were already twinned

with an English Club and did

not wish to twin with Fareham.

However they said that there

was a Club at Cabourg which

had recently been chartered

who might be interested in

twinning with us.

If anything Cabourg was more

convenient than Caen as it was

but a short distance across the

Pegasus Bridge, the famous D-

Day focus on the 6th of June

1944.

For three years a period of

courtship ensued with visits

being arranged here and there.

The Cabourg Club meet in a

grand hotel rightly called the

Grand Hotel which made our

venue look decidedly shabby.

Friendships grew up between

their members and our own.

Ben Bestead and I became

very close to one of their

members Bernard Garcia. He

was quite a character sporting

a big moustache and a wicked

sense of humour. Ann and I

were invited to his daughter's

A

wedding and later he and

Bernard Hamain and their

wives travelled all the way up

to the Lake District for one of

our daughter's wedding.

Bernard G. was a prime mover

in the twinning which formally

took place on the 8th of May

1994 during the year of Bruce

Dundas when Chris Courtenay

was Club Secretary.

Bernard Garcia came to our

50th Anniversary Dinner and

said, with a twinkle in his eye,

"I always enjoy coming to

England especially for the

weather and the food!" Sadly

Bernard had a falling out with

his Club and transferred to

Deauville. For Ann and me

the twining moved to Bernard

and Collette Hamain. Sadly

Bernard G. and his wife have

died and Bernard and Collette

are not enjoying good health

and will not be part of the

party from Cabourg this year.

Finally may I take this

opportunity to thank John

Rowlinson and his committee

for a truly exciting programme

they have arranged for us and I

hope that the Club will take

full advantage of this

wonderful opportunity to

advance the 4th Object of

Rotary.

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28th

JUNE

Congratulations go to:

Ken and Ann Trowbridge

MENU TO END OF JULY 2011 MAY

19TH Steak & Ale

Pie, sauté

potatoes,

vegetables

Meat &

veg are

gluten free

26th Chicken

Casserole

JUNE 2

nd

Evening Quiche,

salad, new

potatoes

Club Assy

night.

9th Cam‟s Fish

Pie, with

peas

Gluten OK

16th Cabourg

30th

Evening Carvery,

with

desserts,

fruit salad or

cheese &

biscuits.

Cost- £16.

Board will

be

circulated.

7th JULY

Gammon

steak,

pineapple,

sauté

potatoes and

vegetables

Gluten OK

14th Chicken

Maryland,

Rosti

potatoes,

vegetables.

Mushroom

& White

Wine sauce.

Gluten

plain

chicken

21st Grilled

salmon and

Hollandaise

sauce, rosti

potatoes and

vegetables

Gluten OK

28th Cheese &

Ham

ploughman‟s

Gluten

Free Roll

Aging From the Rotary Club of

Karrinyup newsletter

o you realize that the

only time in our lives

when we like to get old is

when we're kids? If you're less

than 10 years old, you're so

excited about aging that you think

in fractions."

How old are you?"

"I'm four and a half!" You're

never thirty-six and a half.

You're four and a half, going on

five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they

can't hold you back. You jump to

the next number, or even a few

ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna

be 16!" You could be 13, but hey,

you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your

life . . . you become 21.

JUNE PROGRAMME

2nd

CLUB

ASSEMBLY

9th Speaker

16th Fellowship

21st Joint Club

Council

Meeting

23rd

Business

meeting

30th Changeover

Night (with

partners)

D

JUNE

7th

Jenny Watson

7th

Mike Hurley

8th

Susan Cove

16th

Christine Hillam

17th

Gerry Ayres

Even the words sound like a

ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21

- YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh,

what happened there? Makes you

sound like bad milk. He

TURNED; we had to throw him

out. There's no fun now, you're

just a sour-dumpling. What's

wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN

30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all

slipping away. Before you know

it, you REACH 50 . . . and your

dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60.

You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30,

PUSH 40, REACH 50 and

MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed

that you HIT 70! After that it's a

day-by-day thing; you HIT

Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every

day is a complete cycle; you HIT

lunch; you TURN 4:30; you

REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there.

Into the 90s, you start going

backwards; "I was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If

you make it over 100, you

become a little kid again. "I'm

100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy

100 and a half!!

The „absolutely‟ generation

drives me absolutely mental

In absolutely every sentence,

Absolutely is essential.

What‟s wrong with „Yes‟ or „I

agree‟?

And when did you last hear

„indubitably?‟

Together shall we make a stand?

And get this absolutely banned?

Oh! Absolutely!

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Visit of the Mayor of

Fareham. On Thursday 19

th May, we were

honoured with a visit to the Club

by Councillor Trevor Cartwright,

The Mayor of Fareham,

accompanied by Mrs Ruth

Cartwright. This upholds a long

tradition whereby the Rotary

Club features early in the

Mayor‟s visiting programme.

As is usual on these occasions the

Mayor spoke of Fareham‟s future

plans during the next year and

beyond.

The Mayor, known personnaly by

many present praised the Club for

its community activities.

He spoke of the proposed major

development to the North of the

M27; of the Tesco‟s opening at

Quay Street and the disruption

likely for some whilst the road

system took on new form, and

also the imminent opening of the

new Debenham‟s in the precinct.

This would be a full department

store, rather than the fashion store

originally planned. The Mayor‟s

charities are listed on the News

Wall.

orried about the

cost? Then New

Zealand Rotarians

have a special offer for you.

Rather than stay in commercial

accommodation, why not stay

with New Zealand Rotarians

and experience true kiwi

hospitality? Bed and breakfast

for $150 (which includes the

donation to polio plus) is a real

bargain but more importantly it's

a way to "bridge continents".

You'll make lifetime friends and

get a real sense of New

Zealand.

Rotarian convener Allan Brown

of the Rotary Club of Hutt City

says 'We have plenty of hosts

available in all venues, and we

can even find hosts in locations

other than game venues if you

want to go somewhere else

between games'

It can all be done on the web.

Take a look at the website

http://www.rotarynzrugbyhosting

.co.nz and see how easy it is

take advantage of combining

some great games with the

chance to meet some new

Rotary friends

You can’t fool the Irish!

Young Paddy bought a donkey

from a farmer for £100. The

farmer agreed to deliver the

donkey the next day...The next

day he drove up and said,

„Sorry son, but I have some

bad news. The donkey‟s died.

Paddy replied, „Well then just

give me my money back

. The farmer said, „Can‟t do

that. I‟ve already spent it.

Paddy said, „OK, then, just

bring me the dead donkey.

The farmer asked, „What are

you going to do with him?

Paddy said, „I‟m going to

raffle him off. The farmer said,

„You can‟t raffle a dead

donkey!‟

Paddy said, „Sure I can. Watch

me. I just won‟t tell anybody

he‟s dead. A month later, the

farmer met up with Paddy and

asked, „What happened with

that dead donkey?‟ Paddy said,

„I raffled him off. I sold 500

tickets at two pounds each and

made a profit of £898

The farmer said, „Didn‟t

anyone complain?‟ Paddy said,

„Just the guy who won.

So I gave him his two pounds

back.‟

Paddy now works for the

Royal Bank of Scotland

Beryl Harper- obituary.

Beryl died in hospital on the

evening of 22nd May. She had

been bravely fighting Cancer for

some time but declined rapidly in

the last 6 weeks.

Beryl was the widow of Rotarian

Malcolm Harper, one of the

Club's most committed members

from 1990 until his death in 2004.

Malcolm was a dedicated local

Councillor; He was made Mayor

and was later honoured by the

Borough when he was made an

Honorary Alderman. Whatever

the project or avenue of service

Malcolm was there, usually

volunteering Beryl and their three

daughters as well!

Beryl was a quiet lady, a private

person, very much focussed on

the family. She was a supporter

for Malcolm and the three girls,

usually working quietly behind

the scenes. An example was

when the girls became interested

in dancing, Beryl did beautiful

sewing work for the whole group.

Since Malcolm's death, Beryl has

very much appreciated being kept

in touch with the Club's activities

through the Fareham Flyer. We

were delighted on the rare

occasions that we were able to

entertain her as a guest to one of

our functions.

W

Malcolm and Beryl had three

daughters. Two are now married.

Tiffany has followed in her

father's footsteps in serving the

community and has been elected

Ward Councillor for Titchfield.

Our thoughts are with Tiffany,

her sisters and their families.

This quiet lady will be missed by

those fortunate enough to have

known her.

Obituary by Roger Esnault

President Colin White

President Colin suffered a stroke

on 20th May, and was admitted to

QA hospital. He suffered some

loss of movement to his right

side, but is determined to

overcome this obstacle. He is

undertaking physiotherapy

exercises to strengthen his right

leg, and to regain his hand

movement and grip. Colin‟s

speech has not been affected, so

I‟m sure he will still be able to

give us the sea yarns as before!

He is now back home and under

Christine‟s tender care.

Get well soon Colin.

PP Ben Benstead

Ben has been unwell for some

time, but following on from his

(much delayed) operation he

continues to make good progress.

We hope that he will soon be

back with us on Thursday

lunchtimes.

Summer is a-comin’ in!

Our migrating Rotarian, Terry

Eldrid has flown back to UK

shores once more – a sure sign

that summer is upon us. He brings

greetings from his „over-

wintering‟ club at Hout Bay. –

Welcome back Terry – good to

see you.

Stubbington Study Centre

On Tuesday 24th May, Kay and I

went to the Stubbington Study

Centre (SSC) to present a cheque

for £250 to the Centre Manager,

James Scarborough.

This is the third cheque presented

by the Rotary Club of Fareham,

to enable less fortunate members

of a class to join with their

classmates in the fun and learning

that the Centre provides.

James has great plans for

improving the facilities, and

making the SSC available to other

organisations, for example local

scout groups, and for sports and

outdoor activities.

James has promised to write a

note for the Flyer, giving us an

update of his plans.

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Pupils answers from an

Exam.

Q. Name the four seasons.

A. Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper.

Q. What is terminal illness?

A. Being sick at the airport.

Q. What is a fibula?

A. A small lie.

Q.What does varicose mean?

A. Close by.

Wishing Well

This month Kay and I collected

the money from the Wishing Well

and Family Bargain store on 2nd

June.

The total amount collected was:

£130.00

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And finally………….

Don‟t forget its KIDS OUT on

Wednesday 8th JUNE.

Do come along and give Tony

and crew your help and support at

Paulton‟s Park.

You might even get to meet

„Peppa Pig‟!

That’s all folks!

NEWS STREET

Banksie was here!