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Those on raffle duty, it is only the selling of the tickets, the club has accepted to responsibility for the prizes. There will be a container of mixed prizes held in the store room of the tennis club.
 
The zoom link above has been issueed by the club laptop and is operating ok. If a password is called for it is (lowercase) 'rotary'
ROSTERS Read with care
Week
24-Nov
1-Dec
8-Dec
15-Dec
Speaker
AGM & Club Forum
Di Dempsey Bendigo Author
Journalist
Rev Elizabeth Dyke
Dean of St Paul’s Bendigo
Club Forum
Meeting Location
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Chair
Doug Lougoon
Barb Mitchell
Maurice Woodburn
Stan Hendy
Welcome
Neville Sharpe
Ted Gretgrix
Liz Commadeur
Bruce Fraser
Raffle
Phil Britton
Phil Harris
John Harkin
Kevin Reade
 
President Notices
President’s Report 
 
 
Great guest speaker last week. The Monsignor impressed the audience, with his background of his youth and time in Bendigo, I was especially impressed with his involvement in the interfaith association the bringing together all denominations. Change may be slow but eventually it does happen and in this case for the betterment of our society
This Wednesday coming we will be holding our Annual General Meeting, where last year’s accounts are approved and next year’s Board is announced.
Australia Day festivities well advanced, if all Australia committee members could stay for 15 minutes after Wednesday’s meeting, committee will required to plan next steps and new time lines 
Christmas function on the 12th at Rosaia’s please pay on line to Treasurer. Also if I can be of assistance for any dietary requirements please inform myself.
Fun and Fellowship night will be on this Tuesday 23rd at Pat’s Pub 6:30 for 7:00 pm
Last Meeting for 2021 will be on Wednesday 22nd of December and Resume in January 12th at Lake Weroona for BBQ breakfast partners welcome
This time there are at least two people listening Rob!!!

Guest Speakers
Guest Speaker
Monsignor Frank Marriott
 
The guest speaker for the meeting was Monsignor Frank Marriott. Frank related his experiences of growing up in his family home in Charleston Road opposite the current TAFE but what used to be the sale yards. His parents had a Milk Bar sandwiched between two hotels one owned by the Cooneys and the other by Lytons. This small row of businesses provided refreshments for the hungry and thirsty traders who needed to visit the regularly scheduled sales. But not so for pigs, Rob's brigade needed to visit Hills Bizarre near the City Family to do their trade. Live pigs were known to escape down Pall Mall.
 
A hearty meal served up by the Marriotts would set you back 2/6. Doug suggested that the wedding reception for his parents may have been inflated to three shillings. Frank's adventures around the sale yards came to an abrupt halt when at the age of four he was caught by his Dad with one of the Cooney clan at the Thursday cattle sale. He was packed off to school at St. Mary's probably below the eligible entry age as a consequence of his adventure. This involved two tram rides firstly to the Fountain then up View Street.
 
Frank has been a key player in the development of the Inter Faith group in Bendigo. This work has involved support for the building of a mosque in Bendigo, Our community will now soon have a place of worship which embaces all aspects of the muslim faith and acknowledges the importance of that tradition including the contibution of some 42 doctors. Other developments include the reestablishment of the Jewish sector of the White Hills Cemetery. In the meantime Frank couldn't help but mention the provision of St Kilian's Hall as a place of prayer for the Muslim community of Bendigo.
 
An important theme of Frank's presentation was the myth about the slow rate of change and our resile that things can't be different? He challenged us all to think about the plight of many from Afghanistan some of whom have close relatives in Bendigo. The people of Myanmar are also close to his heart. The underlying corruption compromises the safety and wellbeing of so many good and innocent people. Ted commented at the end of Frank's presentation that he is a truly global citizen. We thank him for his long standing example of good citizenship both locally and beyond and for taking the time to be our guest.
This is how you hold an audience
The club has approved a request from Anglicare Bendigo Foster Care Support
 
To supply a BBQ at 4pm on Friday Dec 10th, at Bgo Water World for approx 100 adults and children.
 
The request is to supply BBQ and bread/sausages/sauce for approx 100 people for their Christmas breakup.
 
Kevin has already verified the BBQ is available that day and he is willing to help with the event.
 
The club would only need another 5 members to cook and serve.
 
All costs will be born by the club, probable less than $150.
 
 
Speakers
Nov 17, 2021
Growing Up in Bendigo and Moving Beyond
Nov 24, 2021
Member Presentation
Dec 01, 2021
Bendigo Author, Journalist and Book Reviewer
Dec 08, 2021
Dean St. Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
Author, Songwriter and Participant in the Evacuation of Afghanistan
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JUST FOR ROB........

A man walks into an apiary and asks for a dozen bees.

The beekeeper nods and carefully counts out 13 bees. The man realises this and points it out, “That’s one too many.”

“No worries,” the beekeeper says. “It’s a freebie.”

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A man comes running to the doctor shouting and screaming in pain. “Please doctor you’ve got to help me. I’ve been stung by a bee.”

“Don’t worry;” says the doctor. “I’ll put some cream on it.”

“You will never find that bee. It must be miles away by now.”

“No, you don’t understand,” says the doctor. “I’ll put some cream on the place you were stung.”

“Oh! It happened in the garden in back of my house.”

“No, no, no!” says the doctor getting frustrated. “I mean on which part of your body did that bee sting you?”

“On my finger!” screamed the man in pain. “The bee stung me on my finger and it really hurts.”

“Which one?” the doctor says.

“How am I supposed to know? All bees look the same to me!”

———-

My wife got stung by a bee on the forehead. She’s at the ER now, her face all swollen and bruised, she almost died.

Luckily I was close enough to hit the bee with my shovel.

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What do bees say when they get back to the hive?

“Honey! I’m home!”

Club meetings
BENDIGO
BENDIGO
SOUTH
EAGLEHAWK
KANGAROO
FLAT
INNER WHEEL        BENDIGO
Tues 12.45
for 1 pm
Bendigo
Club
Thurs 6 for 6.30 pm
Boatshed Function
Room Lakeview Hotel
Macrae Street Bendigo
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 Steet