1. The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville
Mon 06 Feb 2012
Issue 3. No. 25
Weekly Bulletin
Monday, 06 February 2012
Program: Australian Brewery Visit
Duty Roster tonight:
Last Meeting: Door
Minutes
30 January 2012 Rotary Grace
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Program: Birthdays: 11 Ian Pascoe
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The Hills Historical 16 Vivien Sifonios
Society
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Anniversaries: 15 Alex & Helen Traill
Apologies: th
19 Allan & Janice Walker
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21 Ian & Patricia Pearce
Toasts:
Toasts:
Loyal Loyal
PP Alan Walker Overseas Club
Overseas Club What Am I Up To Now
PE Bobby Redman
Welcome everyone. Tonight is our first casual away meeting for the year if you don't count
our very first informal get-together meeting at Keith & Lyn Stapley's last month.
There are a couple of events coming up that I would like you to consider attending.
The screening of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Thursday 23 Feb, Events Cinema
Castle Towers 7pm sharp start. If anyone is interested in attending I will need to confirm
and pay up front by to Bruce Allan by 17th Feb. Cost is $20 with all proceeds to go towards
"End Polio".
I have received an invitation to attend the Charter of the first Rotary E-Club in our District on
Next Meeting: Friday 24th February. Erin McCluskey has joined this club and I would like to support
her. If anyone is interested in attending please let me know so I can confirm our
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attendance. The Charter Night will be on Friday 24 February at 6.30pm for 7pm at Boronia
Grove Receptions, Rawson Street Epping. The entrance to the venue is at the rear left side
of Coles Car Park off Rawson between Bridge St and Carlingford Road.] Rotary Club of
Program Epping is the proud sponsor of the new E-Club. Dinner Fee for the night is $45 per person.
Youth In Search Our District Conference is only 5 weeks away and so far there are only 4 members including
myself who have confirmed that they will be attending. This is a little disappointing as we
WHAT AM I UP TO NOW will need more members to man our display successfully in Friendship Hall on our "Bourke
PP Robert Mackey Public School Breakfast Program ". If you haven't registered yet I urge you to register as
accommodation is being booked out. It is going to be an exciting weekend being the 50th
Duty Roster Anniversary of our District 9680. Please see PE Bobby Redman if you would like further
information or go to the District Website to have a look at what is being offered.
Door
Enjoy your evening tonight.
PP Graeme Rohan
President Penny Hill. Rotary Four-Way Test:
Minutes Is it the TRUTH?
PP Alan walker Rotary Grace:
“O Lord our giver of all good Is it FAIR to all concerned?
We thank You for our daily food, Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
Rotary Grace FRIENDSHIPS?
Rtn Stephen Dinte May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,
Help us to serve you all our days”. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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President’s Report
DG visits for 2012/13 will be replaced by a zone visit on 27 August to be held at Castle Hill Country
Club. Clubs are being encouraged to invite DG John Dodd to as many events and functions as
possible during the year.
Thomas Cann reported that a thank you dinner is being planned as a thank you for our Christmas tree
container suppliers.
Treasurer’s Report
Semi-annual fees now overdue and invoices will be sent out to the non payers soon.
Secretary’s Report
Club Flyers are now printed and ready for use.
Club Service Report
Next weeks’ meeting is at the Australian Brewery, all the information has been emailed to members.
Community Service Report
Update on the Australia Day event cancelation.
Dan Murphy’s quiet again last Saturday, need swaps for 17 Feb and 24 March
Youth Service Report
Youth In search have mailed to us seeking funds!
PR Report
Gordon reported on editorial on Christmas Trees and the Giving Tree.
Sergeant Session
Acting Sergeant broke the record for taking the longest time to collect very little!! We love you Graeme
(AJ)
International Service Director’s Report
Polio Plus
Following a number of comments from members regarding the lack of acknowledgement
for Rotary’s role in Polio eradication, it is good to finally see an article in The Economist
that acknowledges Rotary’s leadership http://www.economist.com/node/21543126
Generally though, what is really important is that we acknowledge our partners and
continue to promote the Polio campaign.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
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Group Study Exchange
The GSE team from D1260 UK team will arrive Sunday March 4 and depart Sat 31
March 2012. They will attend the Wollongong Conference.
Note the 2013 GSE will be with Turkey and the D9680 team will be at Gallipoli on 25 April
2013. Calls for team nominations will occur around August so keep in mind searching for
potential nominees.
The Battle of Vinegar Hill
Pam Wilson (Hills District Historical Society)
The original inhabitants of the area including Battle of Vinegar Hill. In March 1804 these
Castle Hill were the Darug Aboriginal exiled Irish leaders and their supporters
people, who lived in the district for staged an escape from Castle Hill with a
thousands of years prior to European plan to return to Ireland. This event became
settlement. known as the Castle Hill Rebellion.
The first known Europeans to reach the Hills More than 200 convicts escaped, acquired
district were Governor Phillip and party in weapons, including stolen rifles, and set off
1891. A decade later a government farm towards Parramatta. The group was
was established by Governor King, who was intercepted by the NSW Corps and a battle
calling it Castle Hill by March 1802. Also in took place near Rouse Hill on 5 March,
1802 the first free settler, French nobleman leaving 15 convicts dead. This was the
Baron Verincourt de Clambe, took up land inaugural European battle on Australian soil
at Castle Hill. and also became known as the Battle of
Vinegar Hill. Most of the Irish leaders who
In 1803 work began on the construction of a survived the conflict were later executed.
double-storey, stone convict barracks at the
Castle Hill government farm. By March 1804 The government farm closed in 1810 and in
seven hundred acres of land had been 1811 it was converted to a lunatic asylum. In
cleared for cultivation. 1826 the asylum was relocated to Liverpool.
Amongst the convicts assigned to work at
the government farm were Irish political In 1822 a town reserve was created over
prisoners, transported from their homeland two hundred acres of the original
following a 1798 uprising known as the government farm.
PP Ray Campbell, Carol Jones and Rotarian Michael Griscti
@ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations
President Penny, Edna Rohan, PP Rod Tilden and PP John Maloney
@ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
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Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week
He was especially moved by
This week's Rotary Thevanayagam’s stories of children who
Foundation Thought had been orphaned or couldn’t go to school.
highlights the In November, when conflict forced the main
cooperation between road into the Jaffna peninsula to close,
two Rotary Peace Pathiranage asked, “Theva, can I do
and Conflict Studies Program alumni. anything?”
The first encounters between two Thevanayagam explained that the region
classmates in the Rotary Peace and Conflict was barely surviving on twice-monthly dry
Studies program were anything but cordial. rations and many people, including his two
From July through September 2006, young children and the rest of his family,
Raveendra Pathiranage and Thevananth were suffering from Chikungunya, a disease
Thevanayagam participated in the that causes high fevers, rashes, and joint
program’s inaugural session at pain. Pathiranage used some of his
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, personal connections to get a month’s
Thailand. For weeks, they argued about the supply of dry milk and medicine to
long-standing conflict in their native Sri Thevanayagam for his family.
Lanka.
In June, the two men travelled together to
“But we talked about our problems and the first Rotary World Peace Symposium in
gradually understood each other,” says Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, held just before
Thevanayagam, program manager for the the 2007 RI Convention, to see their former
Tamil Refugees Rehabilitation Organization classmates.
in Sri Lanka, who was sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Jaffna, Northern Province. “The link between myself and Theva will be
The agency provides food, shelter, very important in the future to discuss the
rehabilitation, and other assistance to peace-related issues [in Sri Lanka],” says
displaced Tamil refugees. Pathiranage, who sees a direct connection
between what he learned in the Rotary
“We erased the hard feelings and went on to Peace and Conflict Studies program and his
what can we do to solve the problem? What work.
can we contribute?” says Pathiranage,
senior state counsel in the attorney At the D9680 Conference in Wollongong we
general’s office in Sri Lanka, who was will have Emma Leslie as a speaker and
sponsored by District 3220. Emma is on the faculty at Chulalongkorn
University and hosts the students in
Cambodia as part of their studies.
Weekly Toast
This week we would like to toast the Rotary
Club of Araponga in Brazil. The club was
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chartered on the 22 September 1951 and last
year celebrated their 60 years anniversary.
Also at the end of last year their President,
Carlos Romero Gerard introduced two new
Paul Harris Fellows.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
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Message from this year’s Conference Chairman
Our 2012 District 9680 Conference is now only six weeks away. From 16 to 18 March, we will be gathering in Wollongong
to "Go for Gold at the Gong".
We are looking to have as many of your Club members as possible with us at that time, to share in an exhilarating mix of
fellowship and inspiration, to listen to top-flight speakers, to be informed and enthused about the great range of projects in
which we are involved as Rotarians, and to participate in memorable social events, such as our Saturday night Masked
Ball with a great swing band for dancing.
While many of our Conference activities will be familiar to regular attenders, we have some exciting initiatives: the Club
Showcase which will give every Club the chance to shine as they promote their projects and skills, and Speak Your Mind,
an opportunity over Sunday lunch for Rotarians and partners to express their own thoughts about Rotary and where we
should be going.
Space at our Conference is filling up rapidly, so your members should move quickly to register, if they have not already
done so. They can do so by going to our Conference website at conference.rotarydistrict9680.org. There your members
will see the wide range of registration options available, which will cater for all needs.
On the same site you can book your accommodation, read about our guest speakers, view our program and learn about
other activities in which you may wish to participate in before the Conference.
Can I urge you to encourage new members in particular to come along? As you will know yourself, nothing brings you "up
to speed" as a Rotarian more quickly and thoroughly than being at a Conference,
Wollongong is less than two hours away by car or train. This once grimy industrial city has reinvented itself and can now
boast quality museums and art galleries, cafes and restaurants, and a host of tourist attractions in the city and the
hinterland. You will be able to secure accommodation within walking distance of our venue at the WIN Entertainment
Centre, or you can use the shuttle bus provided.
So there are many reasons why this weekend in Wollongong in March will be well spent by all who come. Please urge
your members to get online and make their booking.
Yours in Rotary
David Ellyard FELLOWSHIP AND INSPIRATION!!
Conference Chairman 2012
ConferenceChair@rotarydistrict9680.org
OUR 2012
ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE
IS COMING UP FAST
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS IT!
Have the privilege of hearing GO TO THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE
Ramesh Ferris. Crippled by
polio as a child, Ramesh has Conference.RotaryDistrict9680.org
become a standard bearer for
our astoundingly successful TO LEARN MORE
Polio Plus program. AND REGISTER NOW
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
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Club Members Dan Murphy Roster
Name Classification Saturday 11 February 2012
Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary PP Glen Wilcox
Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies Rtn Bruce Pike
Col Davis Accounting Taxation
Stephen Dinte
Saturday 18 February 2012
Financial Planning
Russ Evans PP,PHF Finance
Henry Grech PP Legal Practice
PP Graeme Rohan
Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician
Rtn Col Davis
Paul Haslam Steel Distribution
Penny Hill Customer Service Manager
WHAT AM I UP TO NOW
Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy
13th Feb PP Robert Mackey
Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution
20th Feb PP Ray Campbell
Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services
27th Feb P Penny Hill
Ian Pascoe PP Gas Fitting
Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy
Bruce Pike Nursery Retail
Duty Roster
Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research
Monday 20 February 2012
Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support
Bobby Redman Psychology Door PP Greg Rieper
Michael Richardson Honorary Member Minutes PP Allan Walker
Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy Rotary Grace Rtn Stephen Dinte
Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution
Gordon Scoble
Joke of the Day –
PP,PHF Education Primary
Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development
Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry
Late To Work
Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales
Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance Jones came into the office an hour late for the
Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport third time in one week and found the boss waiting
Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction for him. "What's the story this time, Jones?" he
Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating
asked sarcastically. "Let's hear a good excuse for
P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow a change."
Jones sighed, "Everything went wrong this
morning, Boss. The wife decided to drive me to
the station. She got ready in ten minutes, but
then the drawbridge got stuck. Rather than let
Club Calendar you down, I swam across the river -- look, my
suit's still damp -- ran out to the airport, got a ride
on Mr. Thompson's helicopter, landed on top of
Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here
piggyback by one of the Rockettes."
"You'll have to do better than that, Jones," said
the boss, obviously disappointed. "No woman can
get ready in ten minutes."
Note: Apologies must be in to PP
Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays
so numbers can be confirmed for
dinner.
The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153