The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971 Team 2015-16 President Max Bird Secretary Brian McCallum Treasurer Bob Cooper Attendance this week Total Members 26 Exempt Apologies 5 Make-up 3 Attended 15 Honorary Member 1 Guests 1 Visitors Partners 73 % Facts & Figures Raffle Lee D & Bob C Heads & Tails Brian Mc President Max Bulletin No 10 07 th Sept. 2015 Special welcome tonight to Inspector Stephen Thompson, the OIC Kwinana Police. Stephen is referred to on the Kwinana Police website as Senior Sergeant Stephen Thompson but one only has to look at his shirt lapels to see that he is now Inspector Stephen Thompson, congratulations Stephen, this promotion must have been very recent. President Max along with Byford President Tom Hoyer have jetted off to Dili, East Timor to prepare for the rest of the team when they arrive later this month. Max will keep us up to date with progress via his reports tabled in this bulletin. PP Mike Nella is still looking for any new or used household goods surplus to your requirements. Support the Rotaract Monster Garage Sale to be held on 18 th 19 th & 20 th September. Congratulations and best wishes to PP James Sharkey who has a significant birthday on Friday 11 th PP Eric Blogg has two anniversaries this week, 51 years married to Gladys and 26 years a member of our fine Rotary Club. Congratulations to PP Genevieve and Damian, married 15 years this week. Birthdays: James 11 th Anniversary: Genevieve & D 10 th Eric & G 12 th Club Anniversary: Eric B 26 years Sept 2015 Rotary International President K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran Rotary Club of Colombo Coming Events September 2015 Education & Literacy Month District Governor 9465 2015/16 Melodie Kevan If you had any we hope you had a good day Sun 13 th Mon 14 th Wed 16 th Wellard Markets Club Meeting Lesley Adams, Poetry Partners night Board Meeting Sat 19 th City Markets Mon 21 st Club Meeting Club Forum Meets Monday 6 for 6.30pm At Rotary Hall Brownell Crescent, Medina Visitors always welcome Mon 28 th Club Meeting Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834 Apologies by Saturday pm please
Club President 2015/16 Max Bird President s Pen Club Meeting 07 th September 2015 President Report 1. As I will be away for a few weeks Mike Nella is stepping in to cover for my sins while I m away. A big thank you to Mike. 2. Michael Nella is looking at a inter club visit to Kalgoorlie. the three Kalgoorlie Clubs are looking at a combined meeting on Saturday 21 st November 2015, this will a good opportunity for the old farts to use up some free passes on the train and share some great company, let s get behind Mike on this. 3. A combined meeting of the zone 4 Rotary Clubs, is currently been planned for Saturday November 15 th with all five clubs holding a joint meeting at the Darius Wells Centre. It will be a great night, 18 Club members and Partners have already registered to attend we are already in excess of 50 in total, get in quick President 2015-16 Max Bird When did my wild oats turn to shredded wheat? A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
Secretary: PP Brian McCallum Inward Correspondence: Outward Correspondence: Caritas Australia. Camp Kulin. Bendigo Bank. Arthritis & Osteoporosis. Wellard & District Probus Club. Leukaemia Foundation. Heart Foundation. Rotary Out West. Nil Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary. Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper Bills paid, money in the bank Bob was pleased to announce that 21 members are now financial. Our renewed Club Constitution is ready to be lodged with RI. Incorporation documents now located and up to date. Make sure when you provide me with your banking details for a payment etc. that the details are correct!! Proofread carefully to see if you any words out
President 2015/16 Max Bird Rotary Club of Kwinana: Club President Kwinana Rotary Club International Manager Project Manager for RAWCS 21-2011-12 project 31 st August 2015 International The international Committee has carried out the following. Tom Hoyer and myself are in downtown Dili, it s tough temp in low 30,s sun is shining having breakfast on the beach, bugger it s tough, but by the end of the week it will change quickly. Thanks to James great article in the local paper with more to follow, James my head will get to big Max Bird This Week in History 1824 First Convict colony established in what is now Queensland. 1839 Darwin Harbour discovered and named. 1854 First steam train runs in Melbourne. 1906 First vehicle and driver licenses issued in Australia 1940 London Blitz begins. 1998 IRA in Ireland announce a permanent ceasefire. 2001 World Trade Center twin towers brought down by terrorist attack. 2003 Johnny Cash dies after a short illness.
Club Projects Director PP Ian Critchley PP Bob Thompson Foundation Dir. PP John Brennan Membership Project Director s Report. Club Meeting on Monday 14 th September guest speaker will be Lesley Adams, (poetry) Partners are invited to come along, should be a very entertaining evening. PDG John Iriks Community Rotaract are having another Monster Garage Sale scheduled for 18, 19, 20 th September 2015, please let Mike Nella have anything you no longer require and they will sell it on the day. The next Wellard Village Markets will be held on Sunday 13 th September 2015. Coordinator John Iriks is going all out to make the September markets the best yet, Additional signage is being displayed around town. PP Genevieve Carr Vocational Linda Liddelow is the new Chaplain at Gilmore College, the Breakfast Club have lost $300 per month in funding, are we able to assist? Lolly Run 2015 planning underway, waiting for road use permission, similar budget to last year. More volunteers required to service new areas. Pres. Max Bird International 4 Way Test promotion continuing, Kolbe College, negative response, Gilmore College looking favorable. October 26 th Vocational visit to Requatic Centre, dinner after at the Admiral, 8pm, Genevieve will organise with Admiral to preorder meals to cut waiting time. Admiral is hosting an outdoor concert and wish to use our traffic management authority, PP Ian is liaising with Admiral manager. Lorraine Lucas Youth City Square Markets The next scheduled City Market day will be Saturday 19 th Sept. Safety Coordinator Ian C will ensure traffic signs and road closers are in place by 7am. PP James Sharkey Public Relations Dir. Visit your club webpage. http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/home.aspx?accountid=8106 or type Kwinana Rotary Club into Google
Fine Session Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli Ian C & James: Ian putting words into the mouth of James. Father s Day: Most of us had to pay up. Mike N: Put the place names out, seating a bit lop-sided tonight. Mike referred to Stephen Thompson as Senior Sergeant when in fact he is Inspector. Lee D: Taken up bowls. James S: Rocking up with a $50 note. Genevieve C: Collingwood let Essendon win, being kind to them. Mike N: The only member to admit to getting a traffic fine in the last 12 months. Sam C: Heard bashing the ears off our catering lady. Those members who regularly parked in the front yard copped a fine for the privilege. Brian Mc: Fined but we don t want any of the foreign money from the East. John W: Seen with two bread rolls on his plate. Ian C: read. Must have been expecting a boring Guest Speaker tonight, brought along a book to Ian C: At home doing some gardening, lost his phone. Nowhere to be found, someone suggested ringing it, good idea. Faint sounds coming from the rubbish bin, phone buried under a pile of gardening stuff. Polio this week 9 th September2015 A case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) has been reported with onset of paralysis on 20 July 2015 in Bamako city, Mali. The virus was isolated from a 19- month old boy of Guinean nationality. The closest genetic match to this case is from a case from Kankan, Guinea, with onset of paralysis on 30 August 2014. The genetic changes suggest that the cvdpv2 has been circulating for more than 12 months. Discussions are currently ongoing with national health authorities to plan and implement an urgent outbreak response. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is proud to partner with the Global Citizen Festival on 26 September, featuring Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam and other headliners to help fight extreme poverty and inequality around the world, and support approaches that will make life more sustainable for people and the plane.
Guest Speaker: Inspector Stephen Thompson Introduced by PDG John Iriks. Officer in Charge Kwinana Police Station The then Sen. Sgt Stephen Thompson, started his new position last February when he took over from former officer-in-charge Sen. Sgt Glen Willers, A police officer in Northern Ireland for about 14 years, Stephen said he moved to Perth in 2001 with his family and had been working in the Perth metropolitan region ever since. "When I came to Australia and I was continuing my career development I wanted to do different things I hadn't done before," he said. "I was in prosecuting division, I even ended up in forensic division as an accident but during the past 12 months I found myself wanting to go back to frontline policing, which is the role I had always done and always enjoyed." Stephen says the position at the Kwinana Station has ticked all the boxes. Inspector Thompson spoke to the meeting about the new Frontline 2020 Policing Model and how it is designed to meet the needs of our community. The Metropolitan Police Operating Model introduced September 2014 is designed to deliver a more personalised service to the community, effective and efficient response and improvements in investigation quality. The four- district model provides WA Police with a sustainable approach that takes into consideration both current and future demand for policing. Kwinana has four teams operating, 1: Baldivis. 2: Bertram, Leda, Wellard. 3: Orelia, Parmelia. 4: Kwinana Town Centre, Medina, Calista, Hope Valley, Mandogalup, Naval Base, Postans, The Spectacles, Kwinana Beach. Problem Oriented Policing: Identify, Analyse, Develop, Evaluate. Community Partnership: City Council, City Rangers and Security, Youth Centres, Shopping Centres, Local Government and State Government Departments. Keeping in Touch: Emergency only: 000 Contact Police, immediate response: 131 444 Each team has a mobile phone contact number and will respond when able to a non-emergency query or issue. Inspector Thompson and his team extensively use Social Media i.e.: Facebook and Twitter to get crime information out there and to solicit the help of the public in identifying suspects and or recognising stolen goods etc. PDG Bob Cooper thanked and commended Inspector Thompson on the new initiatives being provided by Frontline 2020.
Officer in-charge Kwinana Police Inspector Stephen Thompson Past District Governor John Iriks Past President Mike Nella
You re Invited To a FASHION PARADE AND MORNING TEA SPRING FASHIONS Courtesy KERRY D FASHIONS Proceeds to support Community Projects By INNER WHEEL CLUB OF ROCKINGHAM KWINANA DISTRICTS INC. Where Mary Davies Community Centre & Library Settlers Ave, Baldivis When FRIDAY 9 TH OCTOBER 2015 Phone: Deryl Wallhead (President) 9410 1462/0417 602 798 iiw.au.rockinghamkwinanadis t@gmail.com Time 10.00 a.m. Sandwiches, cakes, tea & coffee Raffles Fashion Parade 11.30 noon Cost $10.00 per person Phone: Gladys Blogg (Secretary) 9439 2099 iiw.au.rockinghamkwinana dist@gmail.com COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE FASHIONS ON SHOW & FRIENDSHIP
What Gender is a Computer? A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. "House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa." "Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz." A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?" Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation. The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"), because: 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic; 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers are incomprehensible to everyone else; 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay cheque on accessories for it. The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"), because: 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on; 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves; 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model. Makeup opportunities Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: eblogg@bigpond.com