Recent Club Meetings
Presidents Report

President’s Report 19th March 2019
 
I thank Paul Milde for chairing the past two club meetings during my absence.
 
The following aspects emanated for the Board meeting held last night:
  1. Members are strongly encouraged to report make up’s for attendance purposes.
  2. Members are encouraged to check your attendance record in Club Runner. If you do not have access the club runner, please contact Paul Murray for assistance.
  3. Members are obliged to fulfil their turn on Fellowship, Reception and Furniture duties. If you are unable to attend on the day you are rostered, please arrange a swap.
  4. Youth exchange student roster for members - Each member has been allotted a week period in which the member is required to entertain Irene at least once during the allotted week. Members who are not rostered may wish to entertain Irene if you are travelling or doing some activity. When you make arrangements with Irene for outings, please inform the host family of the arrangement.        
  5. The board approved of a payment of $1,000 funded from approved Youth budget to Clare Lawlor member of CSU Rotoract to assist her in meeting costs to attend RI Convention in Hamburg Germany in June 2019. Clare is funding two thirds of the cost of attending RI convention herself. All board members were fully supportive of the financial support as Clare has a high potential too excel in various personal attributes especially in leadership, communications and organisational abilities.
 
March is Rotary month for Water and Sanitation.
Did you know that the total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion cubic kilometres. That 97.5% of the known water is salt water – leaving only 2.5% as fresh water and that only 0.3% of that fresh water is in liquid form on the earth's surface. That two thirds of the world’s population live in areas that experience water scarcity for at least one month a year. There is a desperate need throughout the world (especially in developing countries) for clean, potable water. With Howard Mendel professional background and his membership of Rotary, he conceived a solution to this problem. He developed, a prototype pump & filter system that can treat contaminated water making it potable. The system can be either hand operated or solar powered and is easily maintained by persons with limited, or no technical abilities in this area. These characteristics are vital to operations in developing countries.
 
 Food & Wine festival is happening this coming weekend. All members are required to assist in setting up, actual festival tasks and pulling down. The festival is a major community activity for the benefit of the community and a major fund raiser for the club.
 
The club extends its condolences and sympathy to Darren & Kathy Wallace on the passing of Darren’s dad. Our thoughts and prayers are with Darren and Kathy and family members at this time.
 
May peace be with you as you serve the community.
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Secretary's report
Secretary  James Ross
 
Secretary’s Report for Meeting  No. 36  -  19th March 2019
Next Week’s Meeting  No. 37  -  26th March 2019
Rosters:
Fellowship (Greetings) :                James McNaughton
Reception (Asst. Treas.) :              Paul Milde
Furniture :                                        Paul Murray
Bulletin Editor :                               Michael Knight
Sergeant :                                          Frank Fuller
Rotary Information :                       Rick Priest (tbc)
Guest Speaker :                                Presentation by exchange student Irene
Anniversaries:
Members Birthdays :                      Pat Ingram (20/03), Rob Pearson (20/03)
Spouse/Partners Birthdays :        none this week
Wedding Anniversaries :               Jenny & Colin Duff (19 years on 25/03)
Club Anniversaries :                       Rob Pearson (9 years on 23/03)
Reminders:
Exchange Student activities Roster :         James McNaughton from Sunday 24th March
                                                                           Graeme Obst              31st March
Food & Wine Festival :                 Saturday 23rd March, Victory Memorial Gardens, 3pm
Next Rotaract meeting :               Monday 25th March, Sportsman’s Hotel, 6:30pm
RYDA :                                             Wednesday 27th March, Showgrounds
Dist. 9700 Conference :                Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March in Griffith
Rotary International Convention :             1st to 5th June in Hamburg, Germany
Responsibilities:       Please,
-  Find a Replacement if any of your rostered duties cannot be fulfilled
-  Register an Apology by Monday 4pm if you are going to be absent from the next meeting
-  Register a Makeup for a meeting absence whenever you can.
Free Tickets to RCM Concerts:
In appreciation of our support to the Riverina Conservatorium of Music Scholarship Program the following complimentary tickets are available from Secretary James :
-  Friday 5th April  -  Emma Pask in concert at Riverina Payhouse, 7:30pm (2 VIP passes)
-  Sunday 4th August  -  ‘Europeans in America’ at RCM, 3pm (2 VIP tickets)
-  Sunday 3rd November  -  ‘French Fancy’ at RCM, 3pm (2 VIP tickets)
-  Sunday 24th November  -  Shanul Sharma in concert at St. John’s Anglican Church, 3pm (2 VIP passes)
 
Our Meeting 19th March 2019
 
President James was back in the chair and thanked Paul Milde for filling in for him.
He called on David Byfield who announced that the Club had given some $5600 to organisations the area. 
$600 went to South Wagga Rotary to help support children in need get to Circus Quirkus,
The Eisteddfod society was granted $2000,
and The Wig Hire group were given $2000 to help them display their wigs which are used for women suffering the effects of Chemo.
The Club also gave Clair Lawler $1000 from the Youth budget to help her in a bid to go to the World Conference in Hamburg. These were passed with little or no comment.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Irene gave an account of her trip to Boggy Creek at Tumbarumba. It was a great day out and she spent time with Eugene and Arthur, another of our previous exchange students. If you haven't
been there , it's worth the trip .
 
Irene will be talking to the Club next Tuesday. This will be a PARTNERS DAY
Be sure to let John Mason know if you and your partner will be there.
 
Irene has a new Host family, Erika Crevatin 0415 439 875.
Be sure to let Eva know of any of your plans for Irene.
 

 
 
 
 
John Gray was Sergeant today and managed to lever some funds from most. Richard Baguely nearly sold his house, Phil Burgess for receiving a brown pair bag at Boggy Creek. (He insists it was his lunch) Gerry Gerlach for selling the Conference so well that he wasn't attending, Neil Pinto was upbraided for not providing any competition in the cricket, Richard Rossiter had the hide to turn up today not in a suit, Ken Taylor for a poor choice in a foster home for is rooster, and of course the Mayor for making a beeline to the top table!
 
 
PP Rick Priest gave us a thorough review of the University Science Challenge which was held last week. Our club provided tables and trestles, under the instruction of PP Frank Fuller. The challenges are really interesting, from using as little as possible piping and wiring in exercises designed to mirror water and electricity reticulation to the design and building of bridges from balsa wood which can support up to 4 kgs  of moving sleds. Other challenges included the use of fibre optics, and even making a bionic hand.
The University of Newcastle runs this challenge and uses it to inspire scientific and engineering desires in young Yr10 and Tr 11 students.
 
Stuart Herriot took the podium to explain the economics of agriculture in the Common Market, and how to get the most from the system. He decided to not rear pigs so he could be paid accordingly!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Puckeridge reported on the Busking Competition . He was very pleased with the results and has assured us it will be on next year.
The  joint winners were Bella Ingram and Belee Kadmon-Jones in the 14  to 18 yrs, Ivy Simpson won first prize in10 to 14yrs with Ben Gillard runner up, and Anan Jie won first prize  in Under 10 with Chenxi Zhu a close second.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The really big business of the day of course the Food and Wine Festival, proudly presented by Wollundry.
OIC  David gave us a very complete run down on what was about to happen, and David Byfield has sent out the Rosters with times that we should be there.The main set up is Friday from 8am, so if you have selected any of the "assembly" tasks you are asked to be there, yellow shirts, hats, gloves and boots! No thongs! 
Minor adjustments and clarifications were made but in general the whole thing seems to have been well thought out and should run very smoothly.
 
      Notes for Food & Wine Festival Tuesday 19 March 2019
  • Set up is Friday 8am. If you are unsure check the roster. I will read out the members who are rostered at 8am on Friday.
  • We will need a number of vehicles to two trailers on Friday. That will allocated at the time.
  • Best to wear a hat, gloves and boots. No thongs.  Yellow shirts on Friday. 
  • Festival pink shirts to be worn on Saturday 
  • Roster will be emailed to you 
  • Every person entering Festival must have a wrist band
  • Pick up Wrist bands at mates Gully Café across road on Friday afternoon between 5 and 6.30pm or Saturday again at Mates Gully
  • Take away Coffee can be ordered on Wollundry Account at Mates Gully. Only available on Friday and up to Festival start at 3pm Saturday to Rotarians and no other volunteers or partners. An account has been set up at Mates Gully.
  • Mates Gully toilets are not available to Rotary personnel. Only to Rotary members who are working at Mates Gully
  • I need six volunteers to stand in for Security from about 2pm on Friday until 8pm. The security starts at 8pm. This is just to ensure people do not damage property. Mainly watching Sponsor tent and stage area
  • 2 pm to 4pm       Andrew Puckeridge James McNaughton
  • 4pm to 6pm        David Benn           Jerry Gerlach
  • 6pm to 8pm        Neil Pinto              David Foster
  • Would everyone please make sure they are at the allocated site 10 minutes before their start time
  • If you see anything untoward at the Festival ring me and alert security staff.
  • If you identify anyone in Festival without wrist band alert Security
  • RSA policy must treated strictly. Those with RSA know the rules. We are using the liquor licence under Tim McMullen’s name so that must be protected to a high degree
  • The persons in charge of specific duties are 
    • Peter MacKinnon operations 0417 682 369
    • Colin Duff Electrical 0418 693 322
    • Jeremy Reithmuller Wineries 0421 354 747
    • Michael Knight Foodies 0412 376 570
    • John Smith Yenda and beer 0408 692 929
    • Pat Ingram Sponsor tent 0421 174 898
    • Geoff Breust gates and cash 0417 698 336
    • Paul Milde Administration 0424 645 888
    • Doug Conkey. Cash collection 0400 909 992
    • Frank Fuller. Cash collection 0438 312 848
    • Tim McMullen 0404 084 657
    • General dogs body me 0429 694 697
  • Make sure you have my phone number
  • Read out list of volunteers
 
Thanks Pykie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Best dressed golfers!!!!!
Our Meeting 5th march 2018
Past President Paul Milde welcomed us all with Rotary Grace, and thanked all volunteers this week
involved in  the Gumi Race Day, Polio PLus Film night and the Honour Guard for Michael Georgiou.
Paul wished a speedy recovery to Laurie Blowes with a back operation, Helen Fuller is recovering well
and Rick Priest has seen the light with his cataract removal!
President Paul fixing our Rotary Banner....again.
 
Frank Fuller 
Science Challenge
Frank organised the volunteers to help with day at Mater Dei High School, set up Wednesday and
pack up Thursday.
 
David Pyke Food and Wine Festival
David reminded us the Festival is coming up soon on the 23rd Of March 2019 - Save the Date!
We have appointed Katie Oneil as our Admin and marketing assistant for the festival.
 
Sergeant Peter Clucas
            Peter inflicted twice the pain with fines and unkind comments about how Fat our shirts were looking!
 
 
Exchange Student Irene
         Irene attended a dressage competition at the CSU ewquestrian complex and is off to Melbourne next week.
 
Phil Mcintosh and Paul Murray - Gears and Beers
          Phil and Paul gave a big thankyou to the Lake Albert, Yathella and Junee Rural Fire Services
for their help on the day with the gears and beers festival. A much appreciated water display greeted the riders at the top of Yathella road climb. The Wollundry Rotary club donated $1500.00
to the three services for their effort.
 
 
Guest Speaker Libby
 
Posted by John Egan on Feb 19, 2019

Libby Clohessy is the manager of a unique Wagga initiative, The Leisure Company

It was formed some 29 years ago by a group of concerned parents who were looking to give their disabled children activities to fill in their time and to help them socialise. It was funded by the Department of Health and came under the auspices of Kurrajong Waratah. In recent times that has changed and the NDIS is now the funding source. Before they had certainty, knowing exactly what funding was coming . Under NDIS the activities take place, then the funds come through. Same, but different!! 

The centre employs 65 staff, and provides events and experiences for some 184 children. The carer ratio has to be high as some of these people have difficulties that need close attention.

They have 14 vehicles to transport their clients. Ranging as far as Henty to Coolamon, the centre provides a range of activities which help them to become active participants in the community, and to socialise with their peers. Weekend trips away give the parents some respite, and they are just back from a trip to Wollongong.

The centre does provide for work experience. They worker will be chaperoned, and the time periods can be from an hour or so to whatever fits! The sorts of things they can do are probably limited a little, but gardening to office work were mentioned. The Men's Shed is a favourite of some, and they really enjoy the company of the men out there.

The centre also provides a great service picking up from school and caring until the parents finish work.

There are two premises, 69 and 72 Peter St.

Libby fielded several questions and was thanked by Paul Milde.


 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

The Christmas Party
Around sixty of our Members, Partners and Family gathered in Springvale on Sunday to socialise and catch up in different environment - away from procedure, agendas and deadlines fitting in guest speakers. The emphasis was to enjoy each others company, meet the families and dispense with the pressure of being the successful Wollundry Rotarians.
 
The only activity organised for the guys was the "nearest the pin" competition, and after a rethink, the tee was moved around 30 metres closer to the flag, which was still too long for many of the hackers. The benefit to the lawn though, was immeasurable.
The competition over the shorter distance resulted in a win for Peter Clucas (or Peter Crozier????) with a ball between 2 and 3 metres from the Pole - there was no hole.
The Longest shot that was able to be recovered was marked "NL" Congratulations Nick Leywood.
 
Organised as an afterthought, we had a Ham Carving demonstration. I hope that the crowd watching get lasting value out of this lesson, and that the Packer family do not take too seriously any guilt for deteriorating standards of Christmas carving during the second half of the twentieth century.
 
 
Presidents report 13th Nov 2018
President's Report 13th November 2018
Meeting today includes Club’s Annual General meeting
 
Community Dinner at Lilier Lodge on Wednesday 14th November 2018. Volunteers needed.
 
Mental health First aid training course will be held this coming Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November at Romano’s. Paul Milde and John Egan are attending as club representatives. Other club members are welcome to sit in on various sessions during the training course.
 
Thing Tank group are meeting this Thursday at 5.30pm to progress discussions on synergies and succession planning.
 
Public Relations seminar will be held on the 10th February 2019 in Young for anyone interested in learning how to promote Rotary in the wider world. Please let me know if you are interested in attending.
 
The 7 Rotary and Rotaract presidents met last Wednesday to further progress drought relief schemes. RAWCS has set out strict conditions on how the drought appeal funds will be expended and accounted for. The clubs decided that a web site is to be developed to assist in communicating and educating for clubs and drought assistance schemes. Our club drought relief committee is to make application for funding for the development of the web site.
 
The club wish Norma Gray and Frank Fuller all the best for the upcoming operations and we hope and pray that all goes well and that they have a speedy recovery.
 
Enjoy your day serving the community and building good relations and goodwill.
     
Our Meeting 6th November 2018
Posted by pjm on Nov 08, 2018
President James welcomed all with Rotary Grace and sweeps for Melbourne Cup Day
were organised by chief bookie David Pyke.
President James reminded the club the AGM is next week, and we wished Frank Fuller and
Norma Gray all the best in their hospital visits.
 
 
Paul Murray on behalf of the club wished our exchange student Irene a happy 18th birthday!
Sergeant Peter Crozier
  A roll call of Melbourne cup runners meant fines for most members of the club, but some connections were pretty tenuous!
 
David Post
David gave an update to the club on the drought relief funds for our district.
$290,000 has been organised through the national farmers federation and RAWCS and a
district drought relief committee has been formed.
The dispersal of the funds is governed by strict protocols.
A voucher system has been developed.
Clubs can "adopt" local towns and areas if they want to.
The committee is keen for the funds to be spent in the smaller towns of the area.
Application forms have been sent to all districts.
 
 
 
Our Meeting
Sergeant JohnGray
Raised some dollars from the members and some laughs with the story of the dead irishman
who died with few houses but many windows to clean!
 
Cheque Presentation.
Gears and Beers Chairman Phil Macintosh presented Claire Lawler from Rotaract with a cheque
for $600 for their help with this years Event.
 
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker Cec Noak
         Introduced to the club by Rick Priest, Cec gave a first hand account of the recent fires at Tathra
and their recovery efforts. He spoke of how the fire was devastating for the region, and how some 
houses were spared beside other property that was destroyed. The town is being rebuilt, with the
first houses to be finished by the end of this year.
 
 
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker Michael Milston - End Trachoma Project 2020
Michael is a Past President of Orange Daybreak Rotary club, and is promoting a project identified
by Rotary President Ian Risely to eradicate Trachoma by 2020.
Trachoma is the leading cause of blindness, and is an infection of the eyes. The disease is spread by contact, and appears in remote communities with limited health services. 
Trachoma is preventable with treatment by antibiotics and teaching and implementing simple
hygiene routines of face and hand washing in clean water. These simple procedures can be difficult
to implement in communities without the help of local leaders, education and facilities for keeping
hands and faces clean and laundry disinfected.
Rotary is funding many projects to eradicate Trachoma including use of simple washing machines,
water saving, sanitation, and community education.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nobel Peace Prize Link
John Ferguson's sister Barbara has worked in  The Democratic Republic of Congo for many years.  Our club has been a supporter of her very worthwhile projects.
 
Barbara was influenced and inspired to go to the Congo Dr Denis Mukwege, and forwarded the following letter to brother John:
 
 
> Dr Denis Mukwege, an obstetrician in The Democratic Republic of Congo is joint winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize announced today.  
> 
> In 1999 he set up the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu to help some of the estimated 48,000 women in the country who had been violently raped in a 12 month period - many required surgery to repair internal damage and/or treatment for HIV infection.  
> I first read about him and his work in a report in the SMH on 24 November, 2007 that changed my life and sent me to Congo to try to help at The HEAL Africa Hospital in Goma.  
> 
> In 2018, 70 armed groups continue to roam the country and rape women with relative impunity. 
 
> Barbara
 
 
Dr Alok Sharma
Posted by Paul Murray on Oct 11, 2018
Dr Alok Sharma was our first speaker of the meeting as it was his first time attending Wollundry and he had to leave early for surgery.
 

He wanted to announce to members a Fundraising Dinner for 'Darkness to Light'.  Darkness to Light is a project of the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga and has been able to look after the eye care needs of about 20,000 patients in India, East Timor and in the Riverina area over the last 13 years.   Darkness to Light in India is a RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Services) project.and donations are tax deductible.   

The Fundraiser will be held 3rd November 2018 at ACTA The Range Function Centre 6 Tasman Rd Wagga Wagga.  The evening includes a first class two course meal costing $100 per head / tables of 10.  Tickets are available from the Commercial Club or online or waggarsl.com.au/ commercial-club/live-shows/

The Keynote speaker will be Alicia Quirk, the Gold-medal winner at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 Women's 7s Rugby.
 
Alek also recognised that members are busy and may not be able to attend the evening but would like to support the project.  He provided a donation form that members can use to make a donation to the project.  Click here to download the form.
 
GUEST SPEAKER
Posted by Doug Sutton on Oct 04, 2018
Our Guest Speaker Dr. Tony McMullen with President James Hamilton
Dr. Tony was introduced by his brother Tim, a member of our club. Tim told us that his brother is married to Veronica and has two children and has a resume that reads:
•Born and Educated in Wagga, Married with 2 children
•Medical Education at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1984
•Member of the RACGP & Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
•Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine James Cook University 2001
•Work:
–Royal Flying Doctor Service & Aboriginal Medical Services in WA, NT & Qld
–Ireland, France, Botswana, Vietnam
–Indonesia since 1997, mainly as health advisor with large resource construction projects
•Newmont (Copper/Gold, USD2Billion), BP (LNG, USD5Billion)
–Medical Director BP South-East Asia
–Founded Persada Children’s Health in 2005
–Returned to live and work as GP in Sydney 2009
 
Tony came to talk about his work in West Papua where he founded Persada Children's Health also known as ASP which is an acronym for the Papuan translation of Persada Children's Health.
 
West Papua has been a passion for Tony since 1997 when he came across a boy named Ronaldo who had a congenital heart defect. Tony was working for a large company at the time and was able to raise funds to send Ronaldo to Singapore for life saving and life changing surgery.
 
 
Ronaldo on his grandfather's knee, a sick little boy and right Ronaldo as a healthy young teenager
 
After Ronaldo's surgery, there was an amount of money left over, so Tony decided to start a foundation and since then numerous children have been sent to other countries for life saving surgery. 
The foundation is situated in Sorong, the largest city in West Papua with a population of 220,000. It targets Malaria reduction and the treatment of Rotavirus, a diarrhea causing virus responsible for the deaths of many young children and infants. ASP deals with Malaria by treating the patients as vectors of the disease and effecting a cure in the individual patients. The reduction in Malaria cases has been dramatic.
 
Malaria prevalence surveys in BP Tangguh villages Teluk Bintuni, Papua, from 2003-2008
 
These are the health statistics that Dr Tony gave us regarding health in West Papua.
•Children:
–Deaths of children in the first year of life almost 2 times the Indonesian average
–The Under-5  death rate is more than twice the national average
–4 out of 10 children of children are stunted
–One quarter are under-weight
•Health Equity:
–Just over 1/3 children receive their complete basic immunization
–Only 4/10 health centres are able to provide sufficient numbers of doctors
–Only 1/8 health centres are able to provide sufficient numbers of midwives
–Only 4/10 of health centres are able to provide sufficient numbers of nurses
•Water, Sanitation & Hygiene:
–4/10 people don’t have access to safe drinking water
–More than ½ don’t have access to improved sanitation
•Infectious Disease:
–1/10 people still suffer from Malaria
–Just over half of the population are immunized against Polio (*****)
–3/10 people do not receive immunization against TB
 
Tony feels that the best approach to tackling these issues is through a business model rather than a charity model.
The aim is obviously to reduce poverty, access to clean water and sanitation and provide the very basics for a decent safe life.
 
What can we as Rotarians do to help?
 
"A strategic, well-managed collaboration between Rotary Against Malaria, ASP, local government & the private sector could make a very significant impact on Malaria transmission in West Papua"
1.Collaboration of Rotary Against Malaria, ASP, local government, private sector
2.Improve surveillance systems
–Identify ‘hot spots’ of Malaria in Papua Barat
–Prevalence surveys, develop strategic plan, pilot program
–Training of health staff on detection and reporting of new cases
3.Train EDAT Malaria Workers
–To ensure early detection and treatment as the most effective method of reducing malaria
–Train Microscopists
4.Employ a ‘gold standard’ Microscopist for cross-checking
5.Mid-term goal: Demonstrate success of pilot program, build local government capacity, influence government policy & eventual ‘ownership’ of the program.
 
What would this cost?
 
1.Improve surveillance systems
•Cost of expert to train local health workers and Microscopists   (AUD4,000)
2.Employ a local ‘gold standard’ Microscopist for a year  (AUD10,000 pa)
3.Adopt a village
•Increase coverage with LLINs (?)
•Funding: Approximately AUD15,000 for first year
 
Could this be an opportunity for another Global Grant? 
Perhaps we could help to put more smiles on the faces of our near neighbours.
 
1.2 Million to Wagga Womens Health Centre
Posted by John Ferguson
 
 
I attended the announcement of funding of $1.2 million to the  Wagga Women's Health Centre last Tuesday by Minister Pru Goward.      
Following is quote from Gail Meyers, Manager of the Wagga Women's  Health Centre to me. Photo shows Gail Meyers with Pru Goward at  the announcement.
 
John, Thank you for your attendance today  at the announcement of a little over $1.2 million for the next stage of the DVproject:2650 by the Hon. Pru Goward.    
Please pass on our thanks and gratitude  to all the members of the Rotary Club of Wollundry for their   support of this project. Without Wollundry's initial funding of  a grant of $40,000 from the 2015 Food & Wine Festival for  research into domestic violence in Wagga Wagga, this larger  grant from the government would not have been possible.
TheDVproject:2650 has three phases:
 
1. RESEARCH
To understand what domestic violence looks like in Wagga Wagga and to establish evidence base for future interventions.
 
2. STRATEGIC PLANNING
Work with the community to develop prevention activities across multiple settings, based on best practice and local research.
 
3. ROLL OUT OF INTERVENTIONS
Such as prevention activities in multiple settings.
 
 
News from  Canmore
Posted by Michael Knight on Aug 28, 2018
 
Brent Pickard hasn't been in Australia for a few years, but many members of Wollundry Rotary would be keen to keep in touch, and older members can remember that Brent brought his mother to a meeting as guest. Brent's mum is still in great shape, living in what he calls a "landlocked cruise ship" in Canmore.
 
 
 
 
Cousin John McBride finally came down from Riverbend Farms (where the best purebred black Angus are raised) to Canmore and it was just great to see him.  Of course - this was due to a steadily decreasing number of requests from Mother to have a ride on his Harley Davidson.  Well here are the before and after photos - a video of the actual ride has been been deleted and will soon be released as a Disney Movie - with the video and their state of the art animation - in time for the Christmas season - just before her 99th birthday - Brent
 
Irene Chung is our new Exchange Student
Posted by Paul Murray
Monday afternoon July 30th , Irene Chung, our new exchange student from Taiwan, arrived at the airport and was greeted by Darren Wallace, Paul and Carolyn Murray, Neil Pinto and Wollundry President James Hamilton.  Also at the airport to greet Irene were Sally and Andrew Puckeridge her first host parents.
 
 
 
President James Hamilton

President James Hamilton

Welcome to Wollundry Rotary
We meet Tuesdays at 12:30 at the Commercial Club at 77 Gurwood St. Wagga Wagga. 

Postal Address:  PO Box 229 Wagga Wagga 2650

Wollundry Rotary is home to the Saturday Markets, the Wagga Food and Wine Festival and the Gears and Beers Festival.
 

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Speakers
David Pyke & Irene.
Mar 26, 2019
Food & Wine Festival Round Up 2019. Exchange Student Presentation.
Michael Knight.
Apr 02, 2019
Pictures of India.
Paul & Team.
Apr 23, 2019
ANZAC Day.
Peter Moroney. Retired Police Officer
Apr 30, 2019
Terrorism Task Force
Hillis Day.
May 07, 2019
Fellowship.
Miles Smith. Cyclist.
May 14, 2019
140,000 k in 12 months.
Hillis Day.
Jun 04, 2019
Fellowship.
James Hamilton and David Pyke.
Jun 25, 2019
Annual Club Change Over.
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