PRESIDENT ELECT REX SHIELDS,standing in for President Gary Phillipswelcomed members and guests. President Gary was attending Numurkah Secondary College presentation night to present the awards sponsored by Rotary Club of Numurkah.
Guests Janine and Tim Connolly and Scarlet Grinter.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Next weeks meeting will be our Christmas Breakup at the home of Rex Shields, 4 Miller Street, Numurkah with a 6.30pm start. Members to provide a salad or dessert, meat provided.
CHAIR: ADRIAN CONNOLLY:
Introduced Janine Connolly and Tim Connolly. Janine spoke about her trip to India.
GUEST SPEAKER: JANINE CONNOLLY.
Janine Connolly spoke to the club on her visit to India in 2020, the first time leaving Australia. After daughter Jade finished a two week surgical course in Ooty, India, Jade was joined by her mother Janine and brother Tim for an eleven day tour of India.
Spending time in Southern India, Sindita, Karnantaka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, then flew to Delhi in the north for three days visiting the "Golden Triangle" of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Travelled by car, boat, jeep safari and houseboat, visiting Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, Jaipur the pink city and Amber Fort, and Great Backwaters - 900km of waterway.
If travelling by car must have, good brakes, good horn and good luck, and watch out for the cows.
REPORTS
SECRETARY JENNIFER RODGER:
Together with President Elect Rex Shields, attended a Service Providers meeting at Community Learning Centre. In attendance were representatives on NCN, Boomerang Bags, Police, Nathalia Community House. Updated on what community groups were doing with a further meeting in February.
MICHELLE SQUISH DAVIS:
A total of 9 Family Pool Passes have been distributed, 5 through St Joseph's Primary School and 4 through Numurkah Primary School.
P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Rotary Foundation "Disaster Relief Grants" have supported relief with 339 grants totaling $8.4M
P.P. GEOFFF HOLMES:
Christmas Party Monday 13th at Rex Shields home, 4 Miller Street. Members to indicate providing salad or sweets. Meat provided. BYO drinks, glasses and chair. Cost a $10 donation to provide a cleft palate operation.
GARRY McNAMARA:
BBQ for 110 at Flavourwave Tomatoes Katunga this Friday, serving from 12 noon.
P.P. IVAN ROUTLEY:
Planning for 4WD trip 1/2/3 April 2022.
ATTENDANCE:
Apologies Mark McNamara, Gary Phillips.
23/29 - 79.31%
FELLOWSHIP:
Birthdays: Phil Seager 7th, Terry Brennan 8th, Geoff Austin 8th. Anniversary Kate and Stuart Hodge 5th. Squish Davis 5 years in Rotary.
HEADS & TAILS:
Garry McNamara.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 13th DECEMBER 2021
VENUE: HOME OF REX SHIELDS
4 MILLER STREET, NUMURKAH
CHAIR: REX SHIELDS
APOLOGIES:
Ivan Routley
Phone: 0428 646 228
TO END WITH A SMILE
While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for an electric train set. “If you get your train,” I told him, “your dad is going to want to play with it too. Is that all right?” The boy became very quiet. So, moving the conversation along, I asked, “What else would you like Santa to bring you?” He promptly replied, “Another train.”
Four-year-old to her two-year-old sister: "Let's play Christmas. I'll be Santa Claus and you can be a present and I'll give you away."
Three men die on Christmas Eve and go to heaven, where they're met by Saint Peter. "In order to get in," he tells them, "you must each produce something representative of the holidays." The first man digs into his pockets and pulls out a match and lights it. "This represents a candle of hope." Impressed, Peter lets him in. The second man pulls out a tangle of keys and shakes them. "These are bells." He's allowed in too. "So," Peter says to the third man, "what do you have?" The third man proudly shows him a pair of red panties. "What do these have to do with Christmas?" asks Peter. "They're Carol's."
