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PRESIDENT JOHN WATSON welcomed members and guests, Bernadette Steward guest speaker, Ashley Rodgers, Judy Newman, Pam Malcolm.
- Condolence from the club to Allen Canobie on the passing of his father.
- Donations in Kind equipment from Numurkah District Health Service has been transported to Melbourne to be shipped to a country in need.
- Saturday morning Numurkah Town Band BBQ outside Home Hardware. $260 raised for band, food and raffle prizes supplied by Jeff and Gayle Buzza.
- RSL Charity Bowls Day request BBQ for twilight game.
- Bunnings BBQ this Saturday.
My Rotary.
Vocational Service is the second avenue of service in Rotary.
The concept of Vocational Service calls on Rotarians to "encourage and foster"
- High ethical standards in business and professions
- The recognitions of the worthiness of all useful occupations
- The dignifying of each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to service society.
CHAIR: STEPHEN MILLS:
Dairy farmer for 40 years, now classification is Irrigation Management.
Things are beginning to look better for dairy farmers.
Serving as chair of Australian National Committee Irrigation and Drainage, leading Australian delegation overseas.
GUEST SPEAKER:
Bernadette Steward
 Spent 45 years caring, at school intended to be a librarian, but won a nursing scholarship. In 1971 commenced at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, first duties sponging.
By third year, in ward, on own, in charge.
Returned to Numurkah as a District Nurse. Then for 10 years as charge sister in general ward Numurkah District Hospital.
In 1985 became practise nurse at Medical Centre.
Many changes over the years - in hospital daily routine for all patients was shower, bath sponge before breakfast, pan round, after breakfast doctors rounds, clean wards, lunch, sponge and back to bed with theatre on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Social work dealing with family issues.
In General Practise emphasis on preventative medicine, screening and management.
Over the years medications have changed, and chronic disease addressed differently.
Screenings for cancers and genetic diseases.
Vaccinations and immunisations. Herpes (shingles) vaccine will be available for 70 - 80 year olds.
Emergency presentations and triage.
Other changes - open heart surgery and key-hole surgery, chemotherapy and cancer treatment and MRI, and tele-health.
In 45 years dealt with those who are forever grateful, those forever grumpy and those unable to help, whatever.
Enjoyed being there for others.
REPORTS
PRESIDENT JOHN:
Board meeting last week. Minutes of board meetings now on website after they have been ratified at the following meeting.
Board decided to sponsor National Youth Science Forum student Mikaela Woods.
Jeff Buzz is looking to arrange a visit to vegetation re-cycling centre October/November.
Consideration whether to have the Monday meeting on Melbourne Cup Eve.
P.E. JACQUE PHILLIPS:
Foodbowl Festival require volunteers from 6am on Saturday - traffic control.
7.30 am traffic management as stall holders set up.
Parking at Showgrounds.
Parade at 2pm
Club will also be selling car raffle tickets and manning orange juice machine.
Service Projects Survey. Members to take home, fill it out and return next week.
Feedback on service projects for coming year and on-going project suggestions.
LINDA BOYD:
Related story from Margo & Graham Hendy where one of their fellow travellers contacted Dengue Fever and unable to travel was cared for by local Rotarians in Brazil.
P.P. ERNEST JONES:
Advised past member Frank Thomas is very ill. Frank was president in 1994 and secretary for 4 years and was awarded Paul Harris Fellow in 2000.
ATTENDANCE:
Bill Hewson reported an attendance of 26 with 3 apologies giving a percentage of 63%
FELLOWSHIP:
No report.
HEADS & TAILS:
Graham Hodge.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2016
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: BOB FYFE
GUEST SPEAKER: JUSTIN SULLIVAN
AGED CARE
APOLOGIES:
Bill Hewson
Phone: 5862 1944
Email: whe13166@bigpond.net.au
Try to explain women
A man dies and goes to Heaven. He gets to meet GOD and asks GOD if he can ask him a few questions.
"Sure," GOD says, "Go right ahead".
"OK," the man says. "Why did you make women so pretty?"
GOD says, "So you would like them."
"OK," the guy says. "But how come you made them so beautiful?"
"So you would LOVE them", GOD replies.
The man ponders a moment and then asks, "But why did you make them such airheads?"
GOD says, "So they would love you!"
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