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ROTARY
Web address:
www.clubrunner.ca/Cooma
Email address: [email protected]
MEETING STATISTICS
Attendance: 74%
Guests: Tala Ferguson (Club), Tamara (Mark
JN)
Apologies: John B, John Ch, Kevin, Katrin,
Allan S, Joe
Leave: Brad
We also missed: Richard H
Next meeting: Bowls night with Lions,
bowls starting at 5.30pm
Dinner attendance: Apologies and guests
notified to Darrell by Tuesday mornings. Email -
[email protected] Phone - 6452 1159
Mobile - 0407 411 422. Failure to notify Darrell
of an apology will incur a dinner fee.
Thank you to all who helped at the markets:
John K, Carlo, Wolfgang, Dave B, Helen, Elaine
M, Elaine S, Sue, Tom, Robbyn, John Ch, Brian L,
Darrell and Ken.
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SHOW AND TELL:
Elaine M. brought a probate document written
in the 1880s for the estate of John Mooney Snr.
She also brought the pay sheet from her law
firm, Walker, Gibbs and King, recording her first
pay in the office. Elaine and her brother John are
4th generation Mooneys, descended from a
convict who arrived in NSW in 1832.
Hass brought a photo (above), an aerial photo
taken in the 1950s, of the tobacco farm
belonging to her grandparents. The farm was
located at Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland
in North Queensland.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Meg read a thank you letter that had been
received from a student at St Jude’s in Tanzania.
John K reminded everyone of the markets,
mentioning the need for a theme for the
February markets (now having a pet parade);
March markets are multicultural while April
markets will be on Easter Sunday.
A reminder from Mark C to bring bottles of wine
for the auction at the Sir William Hudson
Memorial Centre fete.
Thank you to the chefs who gave us an excellent
meal!
January dates:
Birthdays: Dugald 1/1, Ken 10/1, Janine (Mark
JN) 26/1
Anniversaries: Helen and Geoff 3/1, Allan and
Leslie S 31/1
Date joined Rotary: Alyson 2/1/92, Rob 3/1/81,
Darrell 3/1/83, Brad and Richard H 4/1/15,
Marco 5/1/91, Alan D 5/1/96, Brian and Des
6/1/89, Ash 6/1/96, Tony 9/1/79, John M
9/1/93, Kevin 9/1/99, Dave L 11/1/70, Wolfgang
11/1/88, John Cl 12/1/94, John B 28/1/15, Geoff
29/1/97
Next meeting: Bowls night with Lions,
bowls starting at 5.30pm
ROSTERS:
JANUARY
Attendance: Jan, Tony
Fellowship: Brenda, Neil
Property: John Ch, Dave B
3 minuter: 25/1 Richard H
Intro: 25/1 John Cl
Thanks: 25/1 Marco
Thought: 25/1 Tom
FEBRUARY Attendance: Elaine S, Richard B
Fellowship: Katrin, Kevin
Property: Tony, Peter
3 minuter: 1st Dave B 8/2 Alyson
15/2 Sue 22/2 Tony
Intro: 1st David H 8/2 Graham
15/2 Mark JN 22/2 Ken
Thanks: 1st Hass 8/2 Carlo
15/2 Meg 22/2 Jan
6 KEY NUMBERS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST POLIO
3: countries where polio is still endemic
155: the number of countries involved in
the largest coordinated vaccine switch in
history
$60 billion: the cost of infectious disease
epidemics per year
20 million: the number of volunteers
participating
$1.5 billion: the amount needed to
eradicate polio
4: the factor by which health savings exceed
the cost of polio eradication
Next meeting: Bowls night with
Lions, bowls starting at 5.30pm
GUEST SPEAKER
Tala Ferguson is our outbound exchange
student who left on Saturday to fly to
Germany. She will be staying in the north of
the country.
Tala showed us her powerpoint
presentation which she will be giving to her
host club in Germany, with English notes
and German subtitles. Slides included
photos of her friends and family as well as
views of Cooma.
Next meeting: Bowls night with
Lions, bowls starting at 5.30pm
