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PRESIDENT JOHN WATSON welcomed members.
- Thanks to Rotarians who assisted with Australia Day BBQ.
- Rotary Club awarded Numurkah Community Organisation of the Year.
- BBQ Historical Society Tuesday.
- BBQ last Saturday outside Home Hardware for "Ride to Conference"
- BBQ to be delivered Wednesday for community meal in Newman Square
- Art Show Raffle roster on Club Runner.
My Rotary.
First motto was "He profits most who serves the best"
Then "Service not self"
Becoming "Service above Self"
CHAIR: P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Continues work as Diversional Therapist at Pioneer Lodge.
Empty beds, which had never happened before, but now filling.
Area Governor - looking forward with excitement and terror.
Thank you to those who assisted with BBQ for Ride to Conference.
GUEST SPEAKER:
GRANT DEPPLER
 Grant undertook walk along Kokoda Track during May/June for Interplast. 29 in group with Turia Pitt.
Ultimate test mentally, physically and emotionally and was a complete life changing milestone.
The Kokoda Trail or Track is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland – 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. The track was the location of the 1942 World War II battle between Japanese and Allied – primarily Australian – forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua.
The track runs from Owers Corner in Central Province, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Port Moresby, across rugged and isolated terrain which is only passable on foot, to the village of Kokoda in Oro Province. It reaches a height of 2,190 metres (7,185 ft) as it passes around the peak of Mount Bellamy.
First day of trek to Hoi taking 2 hours in 32 degrees and 95% humidity. Joseph was porter for the trek.
Day 2 to Isurava a six hour climb out of Hoi. Member of party injured.
Day 3 Templetons Crossing where Australia suffered biggest loss of life. Moyola Lakes, off Kokoda Track drop zone for Australia.
Rest day at Naduri, undertaking 3 hour walk down to local school.
Efogi and Brigade Hill largest fighting with 74 lives lost.
Menare swampy terrain. Only two memorials for Japanese along track.
Iroribaiwa Ridge was the southern most point Japanese made.
Uaule last night camp - emotionally, physically, mentally exhausted.
Supportive group learning how to live with what you have, not what you want.
$343,878 raised for Interplast.
Planing trip to Base Camp on Mr Everest which has already raised $60,000. Turia Pitt has tremendous attraction for corporate world to support Interplast.
REPORTS
JULIE ANDREW:
Car Raffle raised $2,200, down on last year. Thanks to all Rotarians who supported raffle.
STEPHEN MILLS:
Cordinating Art Show Raffle. Roster circulated.
Selling in two hour shifts from this Thursday outside the Amcal Pharmacy. Chair/table books and cash tin in pharmacy.
P.P. LOU HAMON:
Update on Arts Show. Terry Jarvis from Bendigo to be art judge. Terry won "Best in Show" in 2015.
Not part of Shepparton Festival as we are not part of Greater Shepparton
Kim Carter and Bernie Cook with students from St. Marys will provide the opening night entertainment.
P.P. TERRY BRENNAN:
Art & Craft Show sponsorship forms avail for members to canvass local businesses.
ATTENDANCE:
Bill Hewson reported 30 in attendance, 2 apologies giving 80%
FELLOWSHIP:
Birthdays: Geoff Holmes January 27th, Lou Hamon January 30th.
HEADS & TAILS:
Julie Andrew.
FINE SESSION:
Jeff Buzza in his inimical style extracted money and laughs as Sergeant.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2017
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: MARK McNAMARA
APOLOGIES:
Bill Hewson
Phone: 5862 1944
Email: whe13166@bigpond.net.au
A man who goes into a doctor's surgery feeling a little off colour.
The doctor checks him over and says, 'Sorry, I have some bad news, you have Yellow 24, a really nasty virus. It's called Yellow 24 because it turns your blood yellow, and you usually only have 24 hours to live. There's no known cure so just go home and enjoy your final precious moments on earth..'
So he trudges home to his wife and breaks the news. Distraught, she asks him to go to the bingo with her that evening as he's
never been there with her before.
They arrive at the bingo and with his first card he gets four corners and wins $35. Then, with the same card, he gets a line and wins $320. Then he gets the full house and wins $5000.
Then the National Game comes up and he wins that too, getting $780,000.
The bingo caller gets him up on stage and says, 'Son, I've been here 20 years and I've never seen anyone win four corners, a line, the full-house and the national game on the same card.
You must be the luckiest bloke on Earth!'
'Lucky?' he screamed. 'Lucky? I'll have you know I've got Yellow 24'.
'Well, I’ll be the monkey’s uncle,' says the bingo caller.
'You've won the meat raffle as well !!
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