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Bulletin Week 24 2019-2020
Week
22-Jan
29-Jan
5-Feb
12-Feb
Location
Bridge Hotel
Pepper Green
Bridge Hotel
Bridge Hotel
 
07:00 for 07:30
Farm 7 for 7.30
07:00 for 07:30
07:00 for 07:30
Speaker
Peter Rainey
Australia Day Briefing
Vocational Visit Pepper green Farm
Dr. Phil Hill
Solar Smiles Dental Charity
Michael Conroy
Plans for the New Bendigo Court Buildings
Chair
Doug Lougoon
Jim Rolfe
Rob Rosaia
Barb Mitchell
Welcome
Allie Lyall
*
Chris Purton
Ian Johnson
Set up
Bruce Fraser
*
Maurice Woodburn
Ned Upton
Set up
Paul Kirkpatrick
*
Mark Weragoda
Neville Sharpe
 
International Visitor
It was lovely to be able to welcome a guest of Brian Hinneberg to our meeting.  James Robertson, all the way from Castle Douglas, Shire of Dumfries and Galloway, in SW Scotland, no less.  James, who is the current President of Castle Douglas RC, and his wife Irene, hosted Brian and Jo Hinneberg for a week when they took part in our district RFE trip to Scotland in August, 2018.  Chatting to James afterwards, he commented how much he enjoyed the fun and fellowship of our meeting, our informality and our excellent venue.  With comments like that, James is welcome to come again any time he wishes ……. Thanks for bringing James along, Brian.
 
Presidents Report
The Board Meeting last Tuesday evening was a very productive meeting and due to the club’s healthy finances and our great treasurers’ financial wizardry, the board allocated funds to several worthy projects.
  • Maubisse Timor Leste, Scholarships. The board agreed to support 3 university scholarships (at $1,200 each),
    •  Agropina still needs support for this, her 3rd and final year of midwifery studies.
    • The Wayne Gregson Memorial Scholarship for journalism/social communication.
    • The George Waters Memorial Scholarship for medicine.
As well, the club is funding 15 Secondary school scholarships (at $130 each) this year.
  • Lightning Reef Primary School Lunch Program. Funding to maintain the current program for another 6 months was approved.
  • Food Share Program. Only one week to go, thank you to all those that have contributed their time to this very worthwhile program.
  • Drought Relief. The board formally endorsed action already taken to support the towns in Queensland in Rotary District 9630 (Cunnamulla, Thallon and Nindigully) to a total of $6000;  and to extend that by an additional amount of $3000 for cash vouchers. Also, $5,000 was allocated to the township of Brewarrina, in NW NSW; this will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to the Central School ($4,000) and St. Patricks ($1,000). The school principals will purchase stocks of personal items such as shampoo, conditioner etc. from the 2 local supermarkets and distribute the goods to families on a “needs basis”.
  • Fire Recovery North East Victoria. Brian Hinneberg put forward a proposal to work with the Board to develop a project by which the club can provide a meaningful contribution to support a fire-affected community in North East Victoria.  This was fully endorsed by the Board.
 
Reply from Heather Ridge re our Maubisse Scholarships funding-
Great news Adrian, and please pass on to club members the appreciation of the Maubisse community for the support of the young people in their community - I've sent a message to Sr. Henrietta in Maubisse to let her know. 
Although I was aware the club intended to provide a memorial scholarship in Journalism in Wayne Gregson's honour, I was really pleased to read the club had also proposed the same in Medicine in George’s memory. He is warmly regarded in Maubisse and well-remembered, so it’s a very fitting acknowledgement, and because it’s promoting medical training. I’m sure George would have been thrilled, and it’s certainly an area of high priority for the community. 
As you know, this will be the final year of Agropina’s study and it’s a milestone for us all - she will be the first university graduate from the scholarship project. She’s a very impressive young woman and it’s been a treat to watch her mature into a confident and articulate adult. We, like you, will all be looking to see how her future develops as a result of the opportunity she’s been given. I have no doubt she’ll be active in making the most of it.
I’ve ccd Deborah Blake [treasurer] so she can follow up with an invoice for the club. Once again Adrian and Toni, sincere thanks to the club for their wonderful support.
 
Kind regards,    Heather
 
Club presentation: China travel in 2019
A number of our club members went to China last year. Paul K was the first cab of the rank and focused on Beijing as the capital, and including the Forbidden City. China has 1.2 billion people and 350 million cameras to watch their movements. One of the highlights for him was meeting Mr Cricket who also featured in the Time Magazine. Maurice informed us about the impressive Great Wall. The building of the wall started in 220 BC, but most of it was built between 1350 and 1650 during the Ming dynasty.  It attracts approximately 10 million visitors each year. Liz’s most favourite place was Harbin in NE China which is well known because of the ice sculptures. It has a big population that originated from Russia, and the older buildings reflect that. Kevin’s most memorable place was where farmers discovered the Terracotta Warriors in 1974 when digging a well. The sheer number of statues is very impressive and he would love ot visit that place again.  Phil spoke about Shanghai, with 24 million people it is the biggest city in China. Many companies have their office in Shanghai, and Tesla built a 5 billion dollar factory to build electric cars. A big river divides the city in two. The city has more than 600 kms of tunnels for public transport and much of its infrastructure has been built in the last 2-3 decades. Ted capped off the presentation with various bits of information that included, roads and transport, electric scooters, new cars and farming equipment, because it was a farming trip after all 😉

Bendigo Sandhurst invades China

Rotary had a number of it esteemed members undertake several tours of the Peoples Republic of China in 2019 and took the time to present the highlights to the weekly breakfast meeting this week.

Paul took us deep into the Hutongs (old back streets) and the Forbidden City in Beijing, Maurice scaled the 75,000 steps to the top of the Great Wall, Liz shivered her way amongst the Ice Sculptures and fed meat to the tigers in Harbin, Kev shared stories with a fellow farmer who found the Terracotta Warriors while Phil was a relaxed traveller to the world’s biggest metropolis in Shanghai (25 million) and thought the traffic was less of a hassle than Melbourne.

Notices
Industry Visit
Wednesday 29th 2020
7AM for 7.30AM
 
The meeting of Wednesday January 29th 2020 will be an Industry Visit to Pepper Green Farm, 40-44 Thunder Street,
follow the tram tracks to the Joss House. PGF has catering facilities and members will be able to order breakfast from
the menu ($15-$20 are indicative prices). There will be a presentation by Liz March, CEO of Access, followed by a tour
of the facility.PGF offers employment for people with a disability in a horticultural setting.
 
Further information contact Jim Rolfe (0407554263)
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FoodShare Tuesday Afternoon
The Thallon Silo's compliments of Stan Hendy
Nindigully Pub
Subject: Nindigully Christmas Tree.
Hi Ted and Rotarians of Bendigo Sandhurst.  
Thank you from the Nindigully farming Community for your generous support of our Christmas event on 22 December. There were about 50 adults and 25 children at the event.
With your funds we were able to have a seafood table as well as Glazed ham and Salads.

The heat was close to 47 degree so, Santa delayed as long as he could. But eventually we got him dressed. The beard and hat added another 10 degrees to the heat he experienced.  
The kids enjoyed setting up a tarp waterslide and had hours of fun.  
Speakers
Jan 22, 2020
Preparations for Australia Day
Jan 29, 2020
Pepper Green Farm-Bendigo
Feb 05, 2020
Solar Smiles Dental Charity
Feb 12, 2020
Plans for the New Bendigo Court Buildings
Feb 19, 2020
History of Harness Racing in Bendigo
Feb 26, 2020
Rotarian Engagement Officer, Interplast Australia and New Zealand
Mar 04, 2020
Peacebuilding Club
Mar 11, 2020
Bendigo Goldfields Library
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ClubRunner Mobile
Notices
 
 
Jokes

Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign posted on the glass door that read: “DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!”.

Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor besides the cash register.

He asked the store manager: “Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?”

“Yep, that’s him,” he replied.

The stranger couldn’t help but be amused. “That certainly doesn’t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?”

“Because,” the owner replied. “Before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him.”

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A man received a parrot as a gift, but the bird had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

The man tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to clean up the bird’s vocabulary. Finally, he was fed up yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
He shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. So, in desperation, the man threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.
Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he’d hurt the parrot, the man quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto his outstretched arms and said: “I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I’m sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behaviour.”
 
The man was stunned at the change in the bird’s attitude and just as he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behaviour, the bird continued: “May I ask what the turkey did?”
Club meetings
BENDIGO
BENDIGO 
SOUTH
BENDIGO 
STRATHDALE.
EAGLEHAWK
KANGAROO
FLAT
 INNER WHEEL        BENDIGO
Tues 12.45
for 1 pm
Bendigo 
Club
Thurs 6 for 6.30 pm
Stirling Room, Foundry
Tues 6.00 for
6.30 pm
Bendigo Club
Wed 6.15 for
6.30 pm
Cal Gully 
Mechanics 
Institute
Monday
6 for 6.30 pm
Rotary
Gateway
Park 
2nd Monday
6 for 6.30pm each Month Uniting Church Foyer Neale St