EDITORIAL

Vol. LVIII No. 6 Friday,10th Aug, 2012

Editor :Rtn. PP Ranjit PandaChaterjee lane, Near Old Bus Stand,Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9437011024

Co- Editor :Rtn. T. ParthasarathyS/o. T.V. RaoChurch Road, Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9583367444Email id : chilka.rotary@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Berhampur

“Sport has the power to change the world, it has the

power to unite people in a way that little else does”

…..Nelson Mandela

Rotary and OlympicsOlympic athletes help Rotary promote polioeradication.The best athletes in the world have gatheredin London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and some ofthem are helping to spread the word about Rotary’scampaign to rid the world of polio.Rotarians in Plymouth,Devon, England, used a few connections to line up Olympicdivers Tom Daley and Tonia Couch for “This Close”posters, which have been displayed around Plymouth andat the training facility used by Ghana’s Olympic team.Other Olympic athletes participating in the “This Close”campaign are more than a dozen members of India’steam, including members of the men’s boxing, men’sand women’s weightlifting, and men’s and women’swrestling teams. Appealing to parents, wrestler SushilKumar, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing games,said: “In 1988, 500 children were getting affected bypolio in India every day. Today, our country is reachingsteadily toward eradication of polio. We need your helpto win this fight.” And Vijender Singh, a member of theboxing team who won a bronze medal in Beijing, said:“Polio vaccine can save a child from polio paralysis. Letus ensure that children are not paralyzed by giving themthe vital drops.”

Rotarians carry the Olympic torchRotarian Bob Izon carries the Olympic torch throughHereford, England, in May. In 1958, Bob Izon ran the milein world-record time in the under-16 age category,becoming the English schools champion.Ken Logan, amember of the Rotary Club of Braids, Lothian, Scotland,ran his segment of the relay in June. He was nominatedin part for his role in an Edinburgh charity that deliversaid to Bosnia, for which he has raised over £10,000 throughmarathons and long-distance swimming. Mike Thorn, a

member of the Rotary Club of Cheam, Greater London,carried the torch through Kent in July. “It’s an opportunityto be part of history. It’s priceless, and it doesn’t getmuch better than this,” says Thorn. “It’s the nearestthing to running in the Olympics.”

Home hosting and cleanupTony Betts, a member of the Rotary Club of Red Bridge,Greater London, volunteered to take part in home hostingorganized through District 1130 and is playing host to aRotarian couple from Jacksonville, Florida, USA, who areattending the games.Through an initiative of the RIBIOlympic Committee called Work for Purpose, more than300 volunteers signed up to work as cleaners in theathletic village to raise money for various Rotary projects.Rotarians have also signed up to clean up after the games.“Rotary and the Olympics share a common ethos,” says

Debbie Hodge, governor of District 1260. “That is the

building of a more peaceful world.”

Rotary clubs around the globe have many things incommon, including a commitment to service. All yearlong, clubs are taking action to make a difference intheir communities. Here’s a roundup of recent clubactivities worldwide:Czech Republic:- To raise funds for playground renovationsat a speech-therapy kindergarten, the Rotaract Club ofOstrava hosted a rock music marathon in November. Clubmembers worked with one of the city’s most popularmusic venues, Fabric Club, and four local bands toorganize the event for 200 people, who paid US$14-18for tickets. The Rotaractors also volunteered to work onthe playground, which is designed to help the childrendevelop their motor and cognitive skills.Berhampur, India :- To make ourselves proud and to carvea niche in our RI dist. 3260 let’s do our bit in devising anambitious plan to raise fund for the ‘Rotary Swargdham’project and dedicate it to the people of Berhampur bythe turn of this Rotary year- By keeping our determinationon we can achieve the milestone.

Today’s EventToday’s EventToday’s EventToday’s EventToday’s Event : Guest speaker

Pr. Priyanath Gantayat, Director,International Religious Liberty Asso’n. Inc. aff. To UNESCO.TOPIC - “ROLE OF UNESCO AND SOCIAL SERVICE”

12th Aug. Happy International

Youth Day to all Rotarians

Next week’s EventNext week’s EventNext week’s EventNext week’s EventNext week’s Event(17th Aug’12)-ROTARY QUIZ

KNOW OUR NEW MEMBERNameCLA.DOJDOBSpouseW/DLetsHobbies

Blood GroupAddress OfficeAddress Res:

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Rtn. Er. Prasanta Kumar Patra

College Administration6th July'1229th June 1965Srilata22nd Nov'92Shivani & MeghnaSharing jokes, watching football andcricketO+Ratnam Entreprises , Big bazaar ,BAMFlat No.201,2nd floor, Ganeshraj Resi-dency, 2ND lane ,Gandhi Nagar,Berhampur9438655070/9938339933/0680-2250323

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India's contribution to Rotary hailedIndia has become the third biggest contributor to theRotary Foundation, only behind US and Japan. Talking toreporters here today, Rotary Foundation Chairman WilfredJ Wilkinson said a few years ago India was at the receivingend of the funds from Rotary Foundation."This has changed dramatically over the last few yearsand today it is an acknowledged fact that Rotarians fromIndia have seen and experienced the joy of giving", headded. This made India the third biggest contributor tothe Rotary Foundation behind US and Japan. India'scontribution last year to the Foundation was 15 millionUS Dollar."In membership development also India stands first inthe World", Rotarian Wilkinson said, adding, the missionof Foundation was to ensure goodwill and peace throughthe improvement of health, supporting education, andthe alleviation of poverty. - On the eve of National Friendship day (NFD) Celebrationson 5th Aug as many as 40 members assembled in the cluband observed NFD. Prez. And Secy. organized competitionsamongst members and tied friendship band on each other. - September being ‘New Generation Month” a lot ofinteresting competitions are in the anvil. Get geared upfor the competitions in waiting Song, Dance, Debate andMarathon race have been approved. We will invite yoursuggestions for any novel competitions.

Forthcoming events in August’12 – Members are requested to participate wholeheartedly inthe following events and projects.12th August - District Seminar on RI theme at hotel AkbariContinental, Cuttack. Contact. Pres or Secy.15th August - Independence day celebration and visit toKalinga Ashram, vill. Kankia, near Ghatakeswar temple, onChikiti Road. – Our Rotarians P.Kumarwamy and T.SanatPatro are contributing Rs. 5000 and water purifierrespectively.17th August - 7th Regular Meeting – Rotary Quiz Competition

among members.19th August – Mega Health Check up camp at village Achulinear Purushottampur. Chairman- Rtn. Dr. J Rama Rao andCo-chairman Rtn. Deepak Panda.24th August – 8th Regular Meeting - Inter city club Trainingseminar by Dist Trainer Rtn. PDG.Aswini Kar for all the Rotaryclubs of Berhampur.31st August – Family of Rotary get together- MusicalBonanza-‘ A tribute to Rajesh Khanna’ followed by dinnerChairman- Rtn. P Parthasarathi.

ROTARY NEWSGARY C.K. HUANG of theRotary Club of Taipei, Taiwanis nominated as the Presidentof Rotary International for theyear 2014-15 by theNominating Committee.

The Sunshine –Some of the senior Rotarians might recall that they used topick up a one rupee coin, put it in their pocket every timebefore they go out to attend weekly regular meeting onFriday evening. At the Sgt-at-Arms table there used to be asmall wooden box with a slit at its top and members dropthe coin after signing the attendance register.This money was used for some community service projectsthat bring light to the needy persons; it was named‘Sunshine’ collection. The idea behind it is to inculcate theidea of continuous commitment towards service by Rotarianswhich is the slogan of Rotary. Many Rotarians didn’t care topay even that ‘ONE’ rupee regularly and when I was theSgt-at-Arms, I usually remind and insist them to pay.One day Late Rtn. PDG Dr.K.S.N Rao dropped a 10/- note inthe Sunshine box and when I was about to pay him thechange, he blatantly refused and said, “that it is notmandatory to pay only one rupee and you can pay any amountand more over it was meant for community service, so fortoday’s meeting my Sunshine contribution is ten rupees”.Then I realised and since then I started adding money atthe end of the meeting to match the amount equal to thenumber of Rotarians present, which announcing theattendance analysis. To my surprise Rotarians startedcontributing regularly after a few weeks.Some Rotarians contribute a lump sum on the eve ofBirthdays and other celebrations to add to the Sunshine.Later the Sunshine contribution was made mandatory andto avoid embarrassment of asking for a rupee coin in everymeeting, it was collected along with the Annual subscriptionamount to Rs.52/- under “Sunshine Collection”.Though the idea worked good in the sense of collectinggood amount at a time, the essence and basic purpose ofcollection of Sunshine was lost since then. “The Sun keptShining but eventually lost its Warmth with time…..”

Contributed by Rtn. PP Dr.S.Manmadha Rao

Next Week’s article – “From Darkness to Light”.

Past Prez Column

Send your answers to 9583367444replies with all the answers will only be considered.LAST WEEK”S

ANSWERS – SENT BY

JUMBLE

1. Rtn. V.AJIT KUMAR RAJU2. Rtn. GOPIRAM AGARWAL3. Rtn. SATYADEV KHEMANI4. Rtn. BIJAY BAGARIA5. Rtn. PP DR. MANMADHA RAO6. Rtn. PP V.V.R.N.RAO7. Rt. Anette T.NAIMISHAANSWERS

POWERHARYANAKASHMIRDELHIBREAKDOWN

ROTARY QUIZ

1.Rtn. V.AJIT KUMAR RAJU2.Rtn. A.ANIL KUMAR3.Rtn. SATYADEV KHEMANI4.Rtn. BIJAY BAGARIA5.Rtn. PP V.V.R.N.RAOANSWER

Rtn. Dr. D.J.J.SWAMY

Name the oldest Rotary Club in

Orissa and in which year was it

established?

NEWS HEADLINES THIS WEEK1.Sonia-Advani spat becomes Day 1 headlines in

Parliament, not “Assam crisis” – Advani later withdrewhis “illegitimate Government” comment.

2.Gurudwara shooter died of self-inflicted gunshot – FBI.3. 1.53 lakh people affected by floods in Bihar till now.

4. Haryana & Rajasthan in North, Gujarat & Maharashtrain west and Karnataka in south - hardest hit by draughtlike situation due to weak rains.

5. Geetika death probe: Ex- Haryana Minister declared‘Absconding’.

6. Allow 2nd visit of 26/11 Commission: PAK asks INDIA.7. Assam’s ethnic violence: Four more bodies found,toll rises to 77.

8. 1832 jobs bagged via fake caste certificates: Govt.9. Baba Ramdev returns to Ramleela Maidaan – StartsFasting for ‘Bringing back Black money’, ‘End toCorruption’ and ‘Overall change of System’.

10. ISRO gets ready for historic 100th Space mission.

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Hint : Hail to mother (land)

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- : Important : - Criteria for Award of Super

Active Star RotarianMembers to qualify for this award are required to fulfillany 10 out of the 15 following: -1.Contribution to TRF Minimum $1002.100% Attendance3.1 unit of Blood to be Donated4. Contribution of minimum Rs. 10,000 to Swargadham5.Attending at least one of Dist. Conference/ Dist.Assembly/ RI Convention6.Introduce 1 new member7.Introduce 1 Lady member8. Adoption of 1 girl suffering from type 1 Diabetes9. Arrangement of sponsorship for a minimum Rs. 5,000for club project10.Adoption of 1 poor student for education11.Sponsoring dinner/snacks at a rotary meeting/ gettogether12.Recommending/ Proposing a candidate for Dist. RYLA13.Bring 1 inactive member for at least 6 meetings inone year14.Attendance in any one Dist. Seminar15.Presidents point for over all involvement in all theavenues of service

Rotary Quiz

Joke of the week.

Amitabh Bachchan

was attacked by his

twitter followers, for

his ignorance about

Mary Kom's state

Thought

of the week.

The lie you tell

today will force

you to lie again

tomorrow.

Published by Rtn. R. Murali krishna, Hony. Secy. Rotary Club of Berhampur, Edited by Rtn. PP Ranjit Panda Printed by Ravi Graphics.

Meets every Friday at 6.30 P.M

Minutes of the meeting held on3rd Aug’12

Proceedings of the 5th regular meeting of Rotary Club ofBerhampur for the RY 2012-13 held on 3rd Aug’12 at 7.00pmat Rotary Centennial hall, Berhampur ;

1. President Rtn. E.Sivaprasad Rao presided over the meetingand called the meeting to order.

2. President appealed to all to invoke the national anthem.3. President welcomed all present to the 5th regular meeting

of RY 12-13 and the inauguration of Rotary designatedmonth of August as “ Membership and Extension Month ”

4. President welcomed Rtn.PP.Dr. Subhadra Mangu on to thedais.

5. Minutes of the 4th meeting held on 27 th July’12 wereconfirmed with typographical errors.

6. Rtn.Gopiram Agarwal felicitated the birthday boys  and themembers who celebrated their wedding anniversariesduring the week.

7. Rtn.PP.E.Chandramohan Rao, Chairman Rotary InformationCommittee in continuation of his talks from last weekenlightened the members about offices of administrationin Rotary.

8. Rtn.Silla Rama Rao, Chairman Attendance Committeeannounced the attendance analysis of meeting held on20 th July’12 with make up.

9. Rtn.E.Narasimham,Hony.Treasurer members informed theclub about completion of banking procedures for SemiAnnual dues to RI, district dues and subscription dues.

10. Presidential Announcements - * President announced that in response to the letter by DG

about the procedures for Governor elections this year thenames of Rtn.PP.P.K.Rajeev and Rtn.PP.V.V.R.N.Rao are givenas the club’s nominees for ‘District Governor’s Nominations

Committee-DGNC’ for the Governor’s elections this year.* President announced that the club has opted for “DGNC

meeting 6 to 8 weeks prior to the District Conference andany valid challenges are balloted upon at the conference”as part of the Governor’s elections procedures this year.

11. Committee Announcements -* Rtn.PP.KK.Mishra announced about the visit of

Hony.Rtn.Siddhanth Mohapatro, Member of Parliament fromBerhampur to Rotary Swargdham on 3rd Aug’12 and hisappreciation for this kind of a unique community servicesproject in Odisha, Mr.Siddhanth donated Rs.2,00,000immediately and assured of more funds before the end ofthis financial year, he assured medicinal plants and shrubsfree of cost for landscaping of Swargdham.

* Rtn.T.Parthasarathy, Co-Editor of Chilka appealed tomembers to contribute articles, Jokes and puzzles bysending mails to chilka.rotary@gmail.com for publishing.

12. Secretary Announcements - *Secretary informed the club about dispatch of Semi Annual

dues to RI, district dues and subscription dues on 31st

July’12. * Secretary appealed to the members to recommend eligible

candidates for nominations for GSE team as members.13. President appealed to Rtn.PP.Dr.Mangu Subhadra to

inaugurate and announce the month of August as Rotarydesignated “ Membership and Extension” month.

14. Rtn.PP.Dr.S.Manmadha Rao spoke about the Rotarydesignated month of August as the “Membership &Extension” month, where by new members from differentvocations can be recommended by existing members forapproval for membership, also appealed to existingmembers to attend club meetings regularly and participatein all the club activities in all the avenues of service.

15. President called on Rotarians who had joined this year togive a brief introduction of themselves and how they wouldcontribute in all the avenues of rotary service ;Rtn.A.R.Subudhi,Rtn.K.Someswar Rao,Rtn.SillaLaxminarayana,Rtn.P.Venkat Rao Patro,Rtn.P.Sadasiva Rao& Rtn.Kshitish Chandra Patro impressed everyone with theirspeech.

16. Rtn.PP.K.K.Mishra proposed the vote of thanks.17. President thanked Rtn.T.Sanat Patro for fellowship snacks.18. Acting Sgt-At-Arms Rtn.Santanu Sahu presented the

attendance analysis of the meeting as -

Total members  : 135             Effective Members : 135             Members Present : 62

Guests : Nil% of Attendance : 45%

19. The meeting was adjourned.

Rtn. E. Sivaprasad RaoPresident (2012-13)

Rtn.R. Murali KrishnaHony. Secy (2012-13)

Corrections to errors in Chilka Vol.5

1. Attendance analysis of 27th July’12 aftertypographical correctionsTotal members : 135Effective Members : 135Members Present : 78Rotary annes : 24Rotary lets : 12Guests : 2% of Attendance : 57 %2. Names of SCC Swargdham be spelt asRtn.PP.K.K.Mishra and of Greetings committeechairman as Rtn.Gopiram Agrawal

INVITATION1) Rtn. T. Partha Sarathy invites all the Rotarians, anns,

lets and anettes to the Blood Donation Camp on 26th ofAug. 2012, by 9.30 AM at Subham Celebrations,Dharmanagar, Berhampur.