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Transcript of FAREHAM FLYER JUNE 2011
AMBASSADORIAL 3
PEAKS CHALLENGE
lorian Sprung, an
Ambassadorial Scholar
from Germany, studying
Oceanography at Southampton
University, has gathered eight
ambassadorial scholars from
around the UK to take on the
formidable „Three Peaks
Challenge‟ (Ben Nevis, Scafell
Pike & Snowdon in under 24hrs)
over the weekend of the 25.6.11.
The scholars will be split into two
teams and, just to increase the
pressure on them they will be
carrying a shelter box (empty!!)
to the top of each peak.
Florian‟s motivation for this is to
express his thanks to Rotary for
his scholarship, for the friendship
and support he has received
whilst in the UK, and to support
the wonderful „Shelterbox‟
Charity.
The District Governor and the
District Rotary Foundation
Committee support this initiative.
You are invited as a Club, or as
individuals to support Florian and
his colleagues by making a
donation to Shelterbox;
individuals can donate by going
to
http://www.justgiving.com/teams/
shelterbox-delivery click on
„donate now‟, alongside Florian‟s
name and then complete the
formalities, if a Club wishes to
support them they can do so by
sending a cheque to Shelter Box
at Unit 1A, Water-Ma-Trout,
Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0LW
with an accompanying note
stating prominently that the
donation is in support of
„AMBASSADORIAL
SCHOLARS 3 PEAKS
CHALLENGE‟.
This effort is in the best tradition
of Rotary, Florian has benefited
from the Rotary Scholarship and
wishes to try to put something
back. Those of you that have met
him will agree he is a delightful
young man, a credit to his
sponsoring club in Germany, to
Rotary and to ourselves who have
had the pleasure of hosting him.
I urge you to bring this appeal to
the attention of your club and if
you can offer some support it will
be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes
Chris Chubb
District Scholars Officer -
Bournemouth North Rotary Club
_________________________
My neighbour knocked on my
door at 2.30am this morning –
can you believe that? Lucky for
him I was still up playing my
bagpipes!
We’ve never had it so
good?
After Mike Hurley’s reading the
other day, Geoff Hillam gave
some thought – and composed
the following:
ur memory plays us
tricks. Looking back
over the years the
summers were always warm and
sunny, the roads clear, and the
hedgerows were full of birds,
wild flowers and butterflies.
Children were free to play in the
streets and roam the countryside,
going on carefree bike rides with
friends to play pooh-sticks in the
local stream.
What we have forgotten though is
the war-time rationing, only a few
ounces of meat and cheese a
week, a few sweets, and no
bananas or ice-cream. We had no
central heating and we could
scrape ice from the patterns of
frost on the inside of the bedroom
window. Some of our school
friends had to wear council
donated boots, or leg irons to
support legs weak from polio.
F O
Many towns had isolation
hospitals filled with children with
diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles,
whooping cough, polio and TB.
Some got rheumatic fever and
damaged heart valves and one of
my school mates died of
appendicitis. There were no
antibiotics some had earache and
discharging ears for weeks. TB
patients were in hospital for
months, often interrupting
university courses, housed on
snowy balconies and subjected to
frequent chest procedures to
“rest” their lungs.
Our cars were unreliable,
struggled to make 50 mph, had
terrible brakes and handling and
required regular “decoking”.
To communicate with friends and
relatives we had to write letters,
no instant messaging and emails,
and if we took some photos we
had to take the films to the local
chemist and received back tiny
black and white prints. Now we
can flash them in high definition
colour across continents in
seconds. To see a film we queued
at the cinema, no DVD‟s then.
Our grandparents were lucky to
live to 70 and appeared old, and,
at 50, would have been totally
amazed to see what we have and
do today. We have never had it so
good!
It is a pity though all these
advances have not been matched
by improving how we get on with
each other, and we need similar
advances in conflict and dispute
resolution locally, socially and
internationally. This is where
Rotary is playing an important
role.
Many thanks to Geoff.
Technology started here!
fter having dug to a depth
of 10 feet last year,
canadian scientists found
traces of copper wire dating back
200 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors
had a telephone network more
than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by their
neighbours, in the weeks that
followed, an American
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20
feet, finding traces of 250 year
old copper wire. The Americans
claimed that their ancestors
already had high-tech
communications 50 years earlier
than the Canadians.
One week later, the British
authorities reported the following:
After digging as deep as 30 feet
in North Yorkshire, Jack
Arkwright, a self-taught
archaeologist, reported that he
found naff all.
Jack has therefore concluded that
250 years ago, Britain had
already gone wireless!
Makes you proud to be British!!
_________________________
WELCOME, CABOURG! By Mike Swinburne
In the month of June we
welcome to these shores
members of the Rotary Club of
Cabourg, in Normandy.
Perhaps this an appropriate
time to recall how it all
happened. Back in 1991,
during the year of Ben
Benstead, it was thought that
we might extend our interests
in Europe by twinning with a
French Club. Brian Evans
gathered around him a group
of members of the Club and
we tripped over the Channel in
search of Twin Club. The
ferry conveniently went from
Portsmouth to Ouistreham
which is close to Caen so that
was our target. The Rotary
Club of Caen were very
gracious but pointed out that
they were already twinned
with an English Club and did
not wish to twin with Fareham.
However they said that there
was a Club at Cabourg which
had recently been chartered
who might be interested in
twinning with us.
If anything Cabourg was more
convenient than Caen as it was
but a short distance across the
Pegasus Bridge, the famous D-
Day focus on the 6th of June
1944.
For three years a period of
courtship ensued with visits
being arranged here and there.
The Cabourg Club meet in a
grand hotel rightly called the
Grand Hotel which made our
venue look decidedly shabby.
Friendships grew up between
their members and our own.
Ben Bestead and I became
very close to one of their
members Bernard Garcia. He
was quite a character sporting
a big moustache and a wicked
sense of humour. Ann and I
were invited to his daughter's
A
wedding and later he and
Bernard Hamain and their
wives travelled all the way up
to the Lake District for one of
our daughter's wedding.
Bernard G. was a prime mover
in the twinning which formally
took place on the 8th of May
1994 during the year of Bruce
Dundas when Chris Courtenay
was Club Secretary.
Bernard Garcia came to our
50th Anniversary Dinner and
said, with a twinkle in his eye,
"I always enjoy coming to
England especially for the
weather and the food!" Sadly
Bernard had a falling out with
his Club and transferred to
Deauville. For Ann and me
the twining moved to Bernard
and Collette Hamain. Sadly
Bernard G. and his wife have
died and Bernard and Collette
are not enjoying good health
and will not be part of the
party from Cabourg this year.
Finally may I take this
opportunity to thank John
Rowlinson and his committee
for a truly exciting programme
they have arranged for us and I
hope that the Club will take
full advantage of this
wonderful opportunity to
advance the 4th Object of
Rotary.
_________________________
28th
JUNE
Congratulations go to:
Ken and Ann Trowbridge
MENU TO END OF JULY 2011 MAY
19TH Steak & Ale
Pie, sauté
potatoes,
vegetables
Meat &
veg are
gluten free
26th Chicken
Casserole
JUNE 2
nd
Evening Quiche,
salad, new
potatoes
Club Assy
night.
9th Cam‟s Fish
Pie, with
peas
Gluten OK
16th Cabourg
30th
Evening Carvery,
with
desserts,
fruit salad or
cheese &
biscuits.
Cost- £16.
Board will
be
circulated.
7th JULY
Gammon
steak,
pineapple,
sauté
potatoes and
vegetables
Gluten OK
14th Chicken
Maryland,
Rosti
potatoes,
vegetables.
Mushroom
& White
Wine sauce.
Gluten
plain
chicken
21st Grilled
salmon and
Hollandaise
sauce, rosti
potatoes and
vegetables
Gluten OK
28th Cheese &
Ham
ploughman‟s
Gluten
Free Roll
Aging From the Rotary Club of
Karrinyup newsletter
o you realize that the
only time in our lives
when we like to get old is
when we're kids? If you're less
than 10 years old, you're so
excited about aging that you think
in fractions."
How old are you?"
"I'm four and a half!" You're
never thirty-six and a half.
You're four and a half, going on
five! That's the key.
You get into your teens, now they
can't hold you back. You jump to
the next number, or even a few
ahead.
"How old are you?" "I'm gonna
be 16!" You could be 13, but hey,
you're gonna be 16!
And then the greatest day of your
life . . . you become 21.
JUNE PROGRAMME
2nd
CLUB
ASSEMBLY
9th Speaker
16th Fellowship
21st Joint Club
Council
Meeting
23rd
Business
meeting
30th Changeover
Night (with
partners)
D
JUNE
7th
Jenny Watson
7th
Mike Hurley
8th
Susan Cove
16th
Christine Hillam
17th
Gerry Ayres
Even the words sound like a
ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21
- YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh,
what happened there? Makes you
sound like bad milk. He
TURNED; we had to throw him
out. There's no fun now, you're
just a sour-dumpling. What's
wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN
30, then you're PUSHING 40.
Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all
slipping away. Before you know
it, you REACH 50 . . . and your
dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60.
You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30,
PUSH 40, REACH 50 and
MAKE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed
that you HIT 70! After that it's a
day-by-day thing; you HIT
Wednesday!
You get into your 80s and every
day is a complete cycle; you HIT
lunch; you TURN 4:30; you
REACH bedtime.
And it doesn't end there.
Into the 90s, you start going
backwards; "I was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If
you make it over 100, you
become a little kid again. "I'm
100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy
100 and a half!!
The „absolutely‟ generation
drives me absolutely mental
In absolutely every sentence,
Absolutely is essential.
What‟s wrong with „Yes‟ or „I
agree‟?
And when did you last hear
„indubitably?‟
Together shall we make a stand?
And get this absolutely banned?
Oh! Absolutely!
_________________________
Visit of the Mayor of
Fareham. On Thursday 19
th May, we were
honoured with a visit to the Club
by Councillor Trevor Cartwright,
The Mayor of Fareham,
accompanied by Mrs Ruth
Cartwright. This upholds a long
tradition whereby the Rotary
Club features early in the
Mayor‟s visiting programme.
As is usual on these occasions the
Mayor spoke of Fareham‟s future
plans during the next year and
beyond.
The Mayor, known personnaly by
many present praised the Club for
its community activities.
He spoke of the proposed major
development to the North of the
M27; of the Tesco‟s opening at
Quay Street and the disruption
likely for some whilst the road
system took on new form, and
also the imminent opening of the
new Debenham‟s in the precinct.
This would be a full department
store, rather than the fashion store
originally planned. The Mayor‟s
charities are listed on the News
Wall.
orried about the
cost? Then New
Zealand Rotarians
have a special offer for you.
Rather than stay in commercial
accommodation, why not stay
with New Zealand Rotarians
and experience true kiwi
hospitality? Bed and breakfast
for $150 (which includes the
donation to polio plus) is a real
bargain but more importantly it's
a way to "bridge continents".
You'll make lifetime friends and
get a real sense of New
Zealand.
Rotarian convener Allan Brown
of the Rotary Club of Hutt City
says 'We have plenty of hosts
available in all venues, and we
can even find hosts in locations
other than game venues if you
want to go somewhere else
between games'
It can all be done on the web.
Take a look at the website
http://www.rotarynzrugbyhosting
.co.nz and see how easy it is
take advantage of combining
some great games with the
chance to meet some new
Rotary friends
You can’t fool the Irish!
Young Paddy bought a donkey
from a farmer for £100. The
farmer agreed to deliver the
donkey the next day...The next
day he drove up and said,
„Sorry son, but I have some
bad news. The donkey‟s died.
Paddy replied, „Well then just
give me my money back
. The farmer said, „Can‟t do
that. I‟ve already spent it.
Paddy said, „OK, then, just
bring me the dead donkey.
The farmer asked, „What are
you going to do with him?
Paddy said, „I‟m going to
raffle him off. The farmer said,
„You can‟t raffle a dead
donkey!‟
Paddy said, „Sure I can. Watch
me. I just won‟t tell anybody
he‟s dead. A month later, the
farmer met up with Paddy and
asked, „What happened with
that dead donkey?‟ Paddy said,
„I raffled him off. I sold 500
tickets at two pounds each and
made a profit of £898
The farmer said, „Didn‟t
anyone complain?‟ Paddy said,
„Just the guy who won.
So I gave him his two pounds
back.‟
Paddy now works for the
Royal Bank of Scotland
Beryl Harper- obituary.
Beryl died in hospital on the
evening of 22nd May. She had
been bravely fighting Cancer for
some time but declined rapidly in
the last 6 weeks.
Beryl was the widow of Rotarian
Malcolm Harper, one of the
Club's most committed members
from 1990 until his death in 2004.
Malcolm was a dedicated local
Councillor; He was made Mayor
and was later honoured by the
Borough when he was made an
Honorary Alderman. Whatever
the project or avenue of service
Malcolm was there, usually
volunteering Beryl and their three
daughters as well!
Beryl was a quiet lady, a private
person, very much focussed on
the family. She was a supporter
for Malcolm and the three girls,
usually working quietly behind
the scenes. An example was
when the girls became interested
in dancing, Beryl did beautiful
sewing work for the whole group.
Since Malcolm's death, Beryl has
very much appreciated being kept
in touch with the Club's activities
through the Fareham Flyer. We
were delighted on the rare
occasions that we were able to
entertain her as a guest to one of
our functions.
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Malcolm and Beryl had three
daughters. Two are now married.
Tiffany has followed in her
father's footsteps in serving the
community and has been elected
Ward Councillor for Titchfield.
Our thoughts are with Tiffany,
her sisters and their families.
This quiet lady will be missed by
those fortunate enough to have
known her.
Obituary by Roger Esnault
President Colin White
President Colin suffered a stroke
on 20th May, and was admitted to
QA hospital. He suffered some
loss of movement to his right
side, but is determined to
overcome this obstacle. He is
undertaking physiotherapy
exercises to strengthen his right
leg, and to regain his hand
movement and grip. Colin‟s
speech has not been affected, so
I‟m sure he will still be able to
give us the sea yarns as before!
He is now back home and under
Christine‟s tender care.
Get well soon Colin.
PP Ben Benstead
Ben has been unwell for some
time, but following on from his
(much delayed) operation he
continues to make good progress.
We hope that he will soon be
back with us on Thursday
lunchtimes.
Summer is a-comin’ in!
Our migrating Rotarian, Terry
Eldrid has flown back to UK
shores once more – a sure sign
that summer is upon us. He brings
greetings from his „over-
wintering‟ club at Hout Bay. –
Welcome back Terry – good to
see you.
Stubbington Study Centre
On Tuesday 24th May, Kay and I
went to the Stubbington Study
Centre (SSC) to present a cheque
for £250 to the Centre Manager,
James Scarborough.
This is the third cheque presented
by the Rotary Club of Fareham,
to enable less fortunate members
of a class to join with their
classmates in the fun and learning
that the Centre provides.
James has great plans for
improving the facilities, and
making the SSC available to other
organisations, for example local
scout groups, and for sports and
outdoor activities.
James has promised to write a
note for the Flyer, giving us an
update of his plans.
___________________________
Pupils answers from an
Exam.
Q. Name the four seasons.
A. Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper.
Q. What is terminal illness?
A. Being sick at the airport.
Q. What is a fibula?
A. A small lie.
Q.What does varicose mean?
A. Close by.
Wishing Well
This month Kay and I collected
the money from the Wishing Well
and Family Bargain store on 2nd
June.
The total amount collected was:
£130.00
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And finally………….
Don‟t forget its KIDS OUT on
Wednesday 8th JUNE.
Do come along and give Tony
and crew your help and support at
Paulton‟s Park.
You might even get to meet
„Peppa Pig‟!
That’s all folks!
NEWS STREET
Banksie was here!