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New HorizonsThe Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
From the PresidentFrom the Club President. Page 1
This Week’s MeetingImportant club forum this week - come along! Page 2
In The NewsClub activities make it into the newspaperPage 3
GSE Team for FijiHosts are required to assist with hosting of the GSE team.Page 2
2011 RI ConventionGet the latest information on the RI Convention in New OrleansPage 3
Last Week’s MeetingCatch up on what was covered last week?Page 1
Volume 3, Issue 41 23rd - 29th May 2011
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9455! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Letter from the PresidentWe are now in the final stretch for the 2010-11 Rotary year. The second half of this Rotary has seen a bit of upheaval, with a number of the 2011-12 Board already having stepped up to fill gaps on the current board.
There are still vacancies on the board. We really need more people to be willing to step up and take on responsibilities for the club to function properly. If we don't have roles filled, we either have the other board members take up the slack and burn out, or things don't get done, which impacts heavily on our effectveness.
We have overhauled the framework for how our club works, in an endeavour to make it easier for more people to take on responsibility for a project or an avenue of service. The idea is to support you in your role in the club with clear expectations of what is required and a clear c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d reporting mechanism.
The board can't do it all, and it is not the board's role to do everything that needs to be done in the club. I urge you
to give serious thought to what you would like to do in our club, what role you would like to play. At our monthly club forums, starting this week, please let us know what you are willing to take on. It is imperative that we have a strong attendance at these forums so that you can pick and choose which projects or activities you would like to be involved with, or to put forward ideas, contacts, and so on.
Yours in Rotary,Simone
Last Week's MeetingGarry Ellender, CEO of A c c e s s H o u s i n g Australia, spoke to us about his not for profit organization housing provider which provides affordable housing for p e o p l e i n t h e metropolitan and south west regions of WA on low to moderate incomes.
One of the things they provide is supported housing for tenants with persistent mental illness, autism, intellectual or physical
disabilities, refugees, seniors, women and families escaping domestic violence, and so on. While they don't provide any other services to these people beyond housing, they have
partnered with a number of support agencies to refer people to.
Garry suggested that one area where Rotary may be
Photo: Garry Ellender
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able to assist is with helping to get residents into the workforce, as that is an area where they don't have a partnership in place.
For more information about Access Housing Australia see:http://www.accesshousing.org.au/
This Week's MeetingThis week we have a club forum scheduled.
Club forums during our regular meeting tend to attract a low attendance. For our new framework to be effective, we need members to make a special effort to attend the monthly club forums so we can get YOUR feedback about what you would like YOUR club to do.
Welcome New Members!We are delighted to welcome 2 new members, who will be formally inducted in coming weeks when their badges arrive.
They are husband and wife Prof. Alistair Brown (classification: Accounting Research) and Dr Mignon Shardlow (classification: J o u r n a l i s m / E d i t o r i a l ) . Mignon is a former Rotary Exchange Student to Sweden and a friend of our former member Andrea Hayward who is now working in Canberra.
RYPENThe Rotary Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) Camp, to be held at the end of the month, will be attended by one of our Interactors, Martha Forrest.
A few of the other Interactors showed interest in attending, and we had approved sponsoring up to 4 students,
however, due to their very heavy schedules with other commitments, they were unable to commit.
GSE from FijiThe return Group Study Exchange Team from Fiji, primarily going to Wiluna, will arrive in Perth in early September. It will comprise four team members plus a Rotary Team Leader.
Our club has been assigned to host and transport the Team whilst in Perth for the first five days and again for a couple of days prior to their departure.
Hosts families and drivers are required so please give serious consideration to hosting one or more of the Team, acting as a driver or both. We need members of the Club to volunteer for these commitments as soon as possible so please let PRID Ken know if you are willing to assist.
Toys for CambodiaThree bags of toys were picked up from Margaret Brawley, who spends many hours knitting the beautiful toys. They will go to the Awareness Cambodia orphanages which are run by Gary and Kim Hewett. Kim reported that the toys bring great comfort to the children and are often the only toy that they have.
A huge thank you to Margaret and her friends who knit and provide all the wool.
Angel AcademyDebbie Cash reports that the water purifier which Warren Milner generously donated to the Angel Academy School in Nepal has been installed. Debbie has photos which she will organise for the club to receive.
Microscope ProjectThe new system of requesting pre-payment for the microscopes is working wonderfully. Some clubs who will not even receive units until the next order (mid to late June) have paid for their microscopes. Only one club, Hobart, has not paid from the last shipment and they were not billed in advance but at the time the units were mailed.
Feedback from the Science Teacher from the Goulburn Primary School in Hobart is as follows: “Thanks so much for organising and delivering the microscopes. The kids (year2) loved them. We started activities with them on Friday and they are still getting into it in their own time. They are doing some work on different types of soil and what soil is made of.”
Lyn Beazley has been in Albany and has addressed the two Rotary Clubs there with the result that information has been forwarded and the project will very likely take off in
Photo: Knitted toys for Cambodia
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Albany in the near future.
Club FoundationAdvice has gone out to all members of the Club informing them of the Special General Meeting to alter a few of the rules for the RCFB Charity Fund Inc.
All members have Proxy Forms and are requested, if you have not already done so, to complete and return them to Secretary Di, whether nor not you intend to be at the meeting on June 8th.
In the NewsThe Post Newspaper printed two items from our club in this week’s edition, publicising our Interact Club and promoting Justin’s outstanding achievement with the Chinese Bridge competition
Well WishesA speedy recovery is wished to Ken Collins who is in St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, having had back surgery last Monday.
Rotarians Celebrate Opening of the
2011 RI ConventionBy Antoinette Tuscano Rotary International News22 May 2011
Rotarians celebrated past accomplishments and future friendships during the opening plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 22 May.
“Let’s celebrate Rotary this week while we are here together in this special place,” said RI President Ray Klinginsmith.
During the traditional flag ceremony, South Central Rotary Youth Exchange students presented flags from the more than 200 countries and geographical areas in the Rotary world.
The group’s p a r t i c i p a t i o n h i g h l i g h t e d Rotary’s fifth and newest Avenue of Service, New G e n e r a t i o n s Service.
Attendees were treated to a variety of entertainment f e a t u r e s . I n t e r n a t i o n a l l y renowned opera
singer Simon Estes, an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Des Moines, Iowa, performed the national anthem. Rotarians Steve Selvick and Jerry Mills, who wrote the song “Come Join Us,” performed with the Youth Exchange students.
Country music star Lucy Dalton received an enthusiastic response for a song she wrote about Rotary's "This Close" public awareness campaign for polio eradication. And singer-
Community newsPage 58 – POST, May 21 2011
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Western suburbs medallists in Sunday’s fun run were, from left, Hannah Castle (4th in the 10km), Susannah Stockwell (3rd in the3km), Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (1st in the 10km) and Gina Grayson- Casey (2nd in the 10km). Photo: Dash Photography
More than 500 peopleturned out for the 21stBrooks Challenge Fun Runat Challenge Stadium inMt Claremont last Sunday.
Cool conditions attracteda quality field, includingmany Challenge Stadium lo-cals, to compete for the $750prize money for the first fe-male and male in the 10kmevent.
The winner of the men’s
10km race was Roberto Busi,a University of WA staffer andlast year’s WA MarathonClub champion, in 31 minutesand 10 seconds – a rate of 3:11minutes per kilometre.
This was just over a minuteoutside the course recordset by Ray Boyd in 1993 andRoberto said he struggledwith an injury and “motiva-tional problems” from asmall party the night before.
Thomas Bruins was second
and junior Christopher Dalethird.
Local triathlete and 2012Olympic hopeful FelicitySheedy-Ryan won thewomen’s 10km race in 35minutes 9 seconds, just 4seconds outside the courserecord. She is heading off tocompete in Europe during thenorthern summer.
Second was past winnerGina Grayson-Casey in 36minutes 53 seconds. Nera
Jareb was third.Marc See who set the
record for the 3.1km racelast year, won again in atime of 9 minutes 16 sec-onds. The female winner ofthe 3.1 race was juniorAngelique Van Niekerk in 11minutes 22 seconds.
Full results are availableat www.wamc.org.au and pho-tographs are available atwww.dashphotography.com.au
Hundreds take up the challenge
Justin heads forstardom in ChinaJustin Hewett will travel to
China in early July to appearon Hunan TV in the inter-national final of a Mandarinspeaking competition broad-cast to an audience of tens ofmillions.
Justin graduated in law fromUWA last year and last Fridaywas runner-up in the Australianfinal of the 10th annualChinese Bridge Mandarin com-petition.
In August, as the recipientof a Rotary FoundationAmbassadorial Scholarshipvalued at $US26,000, Justinwill again go to China for a year
to study Chinese law atTsinghua University in Beijing.
He won the scholarship lastOctober from a highly com-petitive field.
Between 700 and 800Ambassadorial Scholars tra-verse the globe annually tostudy where they serve as un-official ambassadors of good-will.
Currently, Lisa Guppy isstudying water scarcity atUniversity College Londonand other notable locals whowere recipients are retiredFederal Court Judge BobNicholson and former politi-cian Bill Hassell.
Justin Hewett,sponsored by the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for hisscholarship to China, is pictured with Lisa Guppy, an Ambassadorial
Scholar sponsored by the Rotary Club of Dalkeith.
Writers will share storiesSome of WA’s most talented short story writ-
ers feature in Fremantle Press’s latest publication– Kid on the Karaoke Stage and other stories.
Some of them will be at the Tom Collins Writers’Centre on Sunday, May 29, to introduce the bookand inspire.
This anthology of new WA writing combines shortfiction with creative non-fiction by 28 writers.
The quirky and memorable collection includeswriters like Jon Doust (Boy on a Wire, long-list-ed for the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award);Alice Nelson (2009 Sydney Morning Herald BestYoung Novelist); and Natasha Lester.
Writers at the Sundowner in Swanbourne willinclude Naarma Amram, Steve Finch, GlenHunting, Adrianna Ellis and Jo-Anne Whalley
It’s at 4pm on May 29, at Tom Collins Writers’Centre, in the Allen Park Heritage Precinct, onthe corner of Kirkwood and Wood streets.
The event costs $5 and bookings are not essential– call 9384 4771 or email [email protected] tobook.
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Term 2: 6th June 2011 – 8th August 2011The Learning & Development Centre 363 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn
The Living Philosophy course examines the underlyingideas of Eastern and Western philosophy and how thesecan guide practical action. It is a course in appliedphilosophy that examines the unified nature of allexperiences.
It is a practical course in how to live philosophy rather thanan evaluation of the historical ideas of western & easternphilosophers. While ideas of great thinkers and philosopherssuch as Plato, Socrates, Kant, Shankara, Buddha, Lao Tsu,Gurdjieff and others are covered, their ideas are discussedand related to the common challenges facing us in eveydaylife.
Topics covered are:1. What is Philosophy?2. Awareness and the present moment3. Experiences of self4. Self, ego and attachments5. The experience of beauty6.The three qualities of consciousness7. The nature and function of mind8. Non-duality and the interconnectedness of all
things9. Working in the moment and the working surface10. Levels of self-identity
This course will help you understand the illusionary !Self"versus the natural !Self" and how these relate to problemsand worthwhile actions in your life. You will learn how toobserve your thoughts, judgements and assumptions aboutyour self and other people, how to experience mental clarityand the purpose of your actions. The course leads toimproved skills in: being in the present moment, relating toothers, dealing with stressful or difficult situations, and clarityof thought and action in your work and home life.
The course presenters have been involved with the study,teaching and practical application of philosophy for manyyears. They have an interactive and easy to understandapproach so that anyone will be able to understand the ideasand concepts taught.
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Constanze andher WolfgangGrace Edwards will play
Constanze, the long-sufferingwife of Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, in a show at the OldMill Theatre next month.
Grace, who lives in Nedlands,said: “Constanze is the char-acter who cares most aboutMozart the man, as opposed toMozart the genius.”
Amadeus is a powerfuldrama exploring the rela-tionship between court com-poser Antonio Salieri andMozart, the rising star of thecomposing world.
The play was written in1981 by Peter Shaffer, wholater adapted it into a film, win-ning an Academy Award forbest picture.
Grace said that Constanzeaged 10 years over the courseof the play.
“It’s this growth from flighty
girl to strong-willed woman thatI think will prove the greatestchallenge for me,” she said.
Grace is in her third year ofa bachelor of music in classi-cal performance at the WAAcademy of Performing Arts,after previously completingan advanced diploma of per-forming arts.
She said the play exploredambition, jealousy and re-venge, all themes that providedplenty of meat for the cast tosink their teeth into.
Amadeus plays at 8pm onJune 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 and18 with a 2pm matinee onJune 12.
Tickets are $20, $15 con-cession –book on 9367 8719 [email protected].
The Old Mill Theatre is onMends Street, South Perth.
Nedlands resident Grace Edwards is Constanze, the wife of Mozart(Daniel Kershaw), with Eliot McCann as Salieri in Amadeus.
Rotarians start in their teensStudents from four local col-
leges have set up a Rotary Clubfor teenagers called the InteractClub of Freshwater Parade.
Rotary’s district governor IanHutton and Simone Carot Collins,president of the Rotary Club ofFreshwater Bay, presented the of-ficial certification and regalia toTruman Forrest, president ofthe new club.
The club started with 21 mem-
bers from St Hilda’s, ChristChurch Grammar School, MLCand Scotch College.
They are enjoying fundrais-ing for local and international proj-ects.
The club meets at Christ ChurchGrammar School at 7pm every sec-ond Thursday and all young peo-ple are welcome to join.
If you are interested, [email protected].
The young president of the Interact Club of Freshwater Bay, Truman For-rest, accepts the new club’s certificate from Rotary district governor IanHutton and Simone Carot Collins from the Freshwater Bay club.
Petanque en FrancaisThey play it here, they play it there, in fact
they play it everywhere.But on Sunday, May 29, schoolchildren from
Jolimont, Subiaco, Rosalie and Hollywood primaryschools have a special invitation to play theFrench game of petanque at Nicholson Reserveon the corner of Nicholson and Rokeby roads,Subiaco, near the skateboard ramp.
An added bonus, if you are studying French, willbe the opportunity to practise French with chil-dren from Perth’s two French schools, who willalso be attending.
The game is played with hollow metal balls, orboules, the size of an orange and the Subiaco clubwill provide them if you don’t have your own.
Petanque comes from a Provencal expression“pes tancats” meaning “feet together” because it’sfrom that position that you throw the ball to getas close as possible to the cochonnet, a tinywooden ball.
The game has been played for more than threecenturies but a Frenchman called Jules Lenoir,who was in a wheelchair, invented the current formso he could play a game where he did not haveto run.
Next Sunday’s event will run from 1.30 to 5.30pmand for $2.50 you’ll get a sausage sizzle, a soft drinkand some sizzling good fun.
Just wear a hat, sunscreen and enclosed shoes.For more information, call Michael Hyde on 9380
4331.
Click go the needlesKnitters of all levels, from novices to nannas,
are getting set to create clothes, blankets,scarves, beanies and more as part of theGuardian Angel knitting program.
The program runs from June 1 to August 31 andthis year Spotlight is again supplying patterns anddiscounts on wool.
Last year, more than 100,000 warm, knittedgarments were created and donated through theknitting program.
This year’s Guardian Angels program is inpartnership with the children’s charity Variety.
Variety general manager David Small said:“We are excited to partner with the Guardian Angelknitting program to help children and familieswho are experiencing difficult times acrossAustralia and New Zealand.”
People wanting to become Guardian Angels canvisit their local Guardian Pharmacy to pick up afree pattern book full of helpful hints and tips ondifferent garments to knit.
For more information on the program or to findyour nearest Guardian Pharmacy, call 1300 888 666.
On your knees for AraluenAraluen Botanic Park puts on a magnificent
tulip display in August and September and mem-bers of the public can take part in the mass plant-ing.
This year’s bulb-planting days are on Saturdaysand Sundays, May 28 and 29 and June 11 and 12,from 9.30am to around noon.
“In keeping with previous practice we are ap-pealing for volunteers to assist in the bulb plant-ing process,” said Rod Ross, general manager,Araluen Botanic Park Foundation.
“Participants get to enjoy free entry, a legendarymorning tea and a special invitation to return inspring.
Volunteers are encouraged to head along withsuitable gardening clothes, gloves and kneepads.Araluen is a 59ha botanic park 35km south-eastof Perth.
For more information, call 9496 1171.
Check out your spineThe Perth Wellness Centre in West Perth will pro-
vide free chiropractic spine screenings as part ofChiropractic Week from May 23 to 28.
The sessions at the Colin Street clinic are available toeveryone by appointment – call 9321 1964.
The clinic will also run a free baby massage class onThursday, May 26.
Perth Wellness Centre offers both chiropractic and phys-iotherapy services.
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4 Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455
BoardRotary Year 2010-11Simone Carot Collins — [email protected]
Daniel Forsdyke — [email protected]
TBA — Club Administration [email protected]
Toni James — [email protected]
Bryant Stokes — President [email protected]
Claire Forsdyke — International [email protected]
Ken Collins — Membership [email protected]
Wilma McBain — Projects [email protected]
Club DetailsRotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909
MeetingsWednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pmCafe, Bethesda HospitalQueenslea DriveClaremont
Email [email protected] 08 9385 0471Fax 08 9385 0472
Website www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/freshwaterbayrotary
Chartered 19 December 2008
Date Name
25th May TBA
1st June TBA
Welcoming Roster
Program for May/June
Date Details
25th May Club Forum
1st June David Barnes - President, MS Society of WA
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 Bulletin Award for 2009/10
songwriter Michael Martin M u r p h e y p e r f o r m e d “Cowboy Logic,” a song about the common-sense solutions for everything. Klinginsmith has used it as the theme song for his presidency.
Klinginsmith urged Rotarians to use the convention as an opportunity to visit the House of Friendship, meet new people, and learn about service projects from other Rotarians.
“Greet everyone and talk with as many people as you can," he said. "You do not need an introduction to talk with other people here. You are free to converse with anyone and everyone. And regardless of where you are from, you will eventually meet someone who can help you with a project or who knows someone you know.”
K l i n g i n s m i t h a l s o encouraged Rotarians to attend some of the c o n v e n t i o n ' s m a n y workshops to learn how to make their clubs bigger, better, and bolder.
“The best days of Rotary are still ahead,” he said.
2011 RI Convention Speeches and ReportsRotary International News23 May 2011
Download reports from the 2011 RI Convention
1 General Secretary's Report to the RI Convention
2 Treasurer's Report to the RI Convention
Read speeches from the 2011 Convention speakers
1 RI President Ray Klinginsmith's welcome address
Clubs Near New Orleans
Rebuild Safety NetRotary International News18 May 2011
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Rotarians in Slidell, Louisiana, USA, faced a crisis. The city, located about 30 miles across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, had taken a direct hit from the 2005 storm.
“Katrina literally destroyed more than half of our city,” recalls Mayor Freddy Drennan, a member of the Rotary Club of Slidell North Shore.
His club and the Rotary Club of Slidell collaborated on a service project to help rebuild and reopen more than a dozen nonprofit agencies that serve low- to middle-income residents.
Most of the organizations didn’t have insurance, and many would have left town if they managed to survive at all, says Don O’Bryan, a
member of the Slidell North Shore club, who headed the effort.
Among the agencies the clubs helped through the three-year project were a local Boys & Girls club, Habitat for Humanity chapter, day care center, food pantry/soup kitchen/mobile meals program, senior center, women’s shelter, and adult day care center for the developmentally challenged.
For many club members, the project did more than help mend the city’s safety net; it mended their spirits too.
“The most memorable thing I’ve had in my life was those three years,” recalls Jay Rose, a member of the Slidell club who managed several of the rebuilding initiatives.
O r d e r t h e A f t e r Katrina:Rotary Stories from the Gulf Coast DVD
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9455 Bulletin Award for 2010/11
