The Newsletter of Jerrabomberra Rotary RI District 9710

Volume 18 No. 40 Mystery Night - Bingo Meeting 839

23 April 2015

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ANZAC Day Breakfast another great event in support of Legacy

On Saturday morning Jerrabomberra Rotarians were up early at 4am to set up and run the annual ‘Gunfire’

breakfast at the Jerrabomberra ANZAC Day Service. Setting up the gazebo and BBQ’s is always a fun, but

doing it in the dark makes it even more fun (and challenging). In the dim light of the Jerrabomberra Tavern

car park shadows moved busily to the sounds of ‘where are the lights’, ‘who has got a torch’, ‘I can’t see

what I am doing’ and a few other phrases that are best not published.

By 5am all was set up, the BBQ’s were fired up and the sausages and bacon were sizzling. As 5.30 and the

start of the service approached, all cooking was stopped (to silence the BBQ sizzling) and club members

joined the assembled crowd of over 300 for the Dawn Service. As in past years the service was excellent

and moving.

By 6am the food was on the go again and eggs added to the sizzling. A line of about a hundred hungry

people appeared instantly and to the credit of the Rotarians all were served fairly quickly and enjoyed

their bacon and egg /sausage and egg rolls. Community Services Director Jan reported that morning as

‘Very successful, everything ran smoothly and the catering was spot on’.

In addition to supporting the Dawn Service the event also made a profit of $700 which will be donated to

Legacy as part of the club’s distribution night in June.

RAWCS Tonga Project Phase 3 gets green light

International Director ‘Chilly’ reported at the recent Jerra Rotary meeting that Phase 3 of the RAWCS

Tonga project was now a green light for a team to travel to Tonga in September/October. As of the last

club meeting 12 people had indicated their intention to participate in the trip to Tonga and assist with the

work needed for the third phase of the Lapaha Public School renovations. In addition to the physical

renovation work the third phase will also include the delivery and distribution of some much needed

school materials. (See International Report page XX).

Letters from the School of St Jude

During the week Jerra Rotary received two letters from the School of St Jude, thanking the club for its

sponsorship of one of the teachers at the school. One of the letters was the formal school letter while

the second had the nice touch of being hand written by one of the students expressing their appreciation

of our gift of sponsorship. See page 4 ofr copies of the letters.

Weekly Headlines

Welcome to Issue Number 40

of the Jerraganda.

I am starting to count down

now as there are only two

months and 8 issues left to go

before I retire as editor.

Hopefully incoming President

Mez has lined up a new editor

who will enjoy doing the

weekly newsletter as much as

I do. Seriously, it is fun and the

positive feedback makes it a

worthwhile endeavour.

This week’s issue has news of

the success of the ANZAC Day

Breakfast, and the very good

news that Tonga is a green

light for later in the year.

We also had some lovely

correspondence from the

School of St Jude regarding

the teacher we sponsor.

Nothing new on the Exchange

student front this year. It

appears Hannah has just

about done everything

possible, but there is still time

for a few excursions if anyone

is willing..

Enjoy.

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Meeting 839 – 23 April 2015

Past President Paul was in the chair in President Paul’s absence and Sue R and David S managed the Charge to Australia and Toast

to Rotary International, respectively. The almost permanent guest Liz was welcomed once again.

Apologies – Acting Attendance Officer Carolyn advised of apologies from Colin, Cathy, Lizzy, Mez, Glenn, Pres Paul, and Pam, with

LoA’s noted for David B and Ian.

President’s Report

On behalf of Pres Paul, PP Paul reported that the club (with Board approval) was going to support an applicant for a scholarship

under the Rotary Global Grants Scheme. The applicant Stephen Dietz is applying to the scheme for a scholarship to assist him in

his studies and covering the tuition and living expenses for a Master of Public Administration at Columbia University in the USA.

Stephen’s study aligns with the economic development and peace building aspects of Rotary’s goals and his past work in

Government, including work in Geneva representing Australia at the World Trade Organization, make him a suitable candidate.

It is hoped that Stephen will be able to visit the club and meet members in the near future. While the support of the club does

not require any financial commitment on the part of the club, the application process requires a club to review and approve the

applicant at the early stages to help filter applicants.

PP Paul also reported briefly on the successful attendance of 6 members at the District Training Assembly in Tumut over the

weekend of 18/19 April.

A German Moment

Hannah confidently delivered a most interesting 2 minute ‘German moment’ on the German flag and its origins/history.

Executive Reports

Secretary Glenn was still enjoying his Gallipoli visit. PP Paul reported on Glenn’s behalf and

read out some correspondence form the School of St Jude regarding the teacher the club is

sponsoring this year. See photo right and copies of letters on page 4.

Treasurer Jon reported that he was now all over the clubs accounts and was just fine tuning a

few things with the bookkeeper and all would be up to date.

Directors Reports

On the International front Chilly was very pleased to report that the response for the next stage

of the Tonga RAWCS project had picked up considerably in the past week and the trip in

September/October was now a green light. Twelve (12) people were now identified as most

likely to travel, including 5 members from the Canberra Rotary club. Grant (Goulburn) who

participated last year is also joining the team again and is likely to bring a friend (skilled builder).

Gerry (our past member and now President of Geelong Rotary) is also looking at joining the team.

Members will remember that Gerry was the original person responsible for starting the Tonga project while he was with Jerra

Rotary.

Chilly advised that he had met with PP Paul during the past week to scope the work and the materials and skills required for

various tasks and is confident the team identified will be able to carry out the work under Chilly’s project management and

guidance. Chilly will be finalising flight and accommodation arrangements over the next week or so, and will be in direct contact

with those participating.

Chilly is also exploring the potential to send a container over to Tonga with supplies and school materials that can be distributed

during the team’s visit later in the year.

Community Service – Jan reminded members to pay for their Aprons. Jan also reminded members of the ANZAC Day breakfast

arrangements with 9 members rostered on to assist.

Peter reported that neither of the Queanbeyan clubs were able to assist with the BBQ at the MS Swim, however after discussions

with Anton over the logistics for the Music Festival catering and the MS Swim catering, it will be possible for our club to cover

both arrangements. We do however require a couple of extra people to assist with the BBQ at the swim. Please let Peter know if

you can help.

Our sponsored teacher

Ms Neema Mziray

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On the Youth side, Peter advised that all was fine on the exchange student front with both Hannah and Will. He also advised that

the RYPEN application for Olivia had been sent in. Lastly Peter mention the NYSF and reminded all that applications for this

program close at the end of May.

Club Service was a nil report.

General Business

Uniforms – PP Paul will be ordering some new uniforms shortly and sought advice on any additional uniform

requirements from members to be emailed to him during the next week. Options include polo shirts, Jackets, and

beanies.

Last few months of Hannah – Sue R mentioned that we were now into Hannah’s last three months with the club and

that if anyone had some time to take Hannah out and help her tick off a few final things on her ‘bucket list’ before she

leaves, to contact either Sue or Paul R.

Music Festival – Anton advised that he is finalising the Music Festival catering arrangements. Members agreed that

some club materials could be left overnight in the Music Festival marquee which would help with logistics.

Changeover Dinner – Jan advised the Changeover dinner on 27 June would be at the Central Motel as per past years.

Mushroom Trip – Glenda advsied that it would be possible to do a wine tour on Saturday 16 May as part of the

‘mushroom weekend’. All going on the weekend agreed this would be a good idea. The agenda for the weekend is now.

On 16th - depart Jerra at about 8am, arrive Bowral/Mittagong and take wine tour from 10.30am. Dinner at the RSL. On

17th – Mushroom tour and then return to Jerra.

Mystery Night Entertainment

For this month’s Mystery Night a guest appearance was made by Mr Sushi Bingo who

enertained us with a few rounds of bingo, ably assisted by his lovely young assistant on

the bingo ball wheel. Winners on the night were team Jon and PP Paul, and team Bev

and David S. Prizes were presented as ‘sushi rolls’ but closely resembled Mars Bars.

Thanks to Peter and Sue J – great fun.

Joker - Chris once again had an amusing joke to tell. However there was no Joker draw

due to low numbers.

Fines - A short fines session was also conducted by Chris.

Attendance – perhaps the boldest report of attendance ever at 99.9% simply to justify drinking the President’s Port and Bailey’s.

However this ruse failed as everyone departed not wanting a final tipple. Just as well because the bottles were empty. Come on

Mr President- time to stock up!

In the sink - spotted in the

sink this week were two

familiar faces – Carolyn and

Chris. Well done

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This week’s market report comes from PP Paul.

A lovey autumn morning with a cool start but the sun came out and as the morning progressed it was warm enough to strip of the layers and get down to just a polo shirt by late morning. Patronage was quieter than usual, with the public holiday, but there

was still a steady flow of shoppers. A few stall holders also decided to stay away and enjoy the public holiday, but the rest were business as usual.

This was Bev’s first time on the markets so the training wheels were on at the start of the morning, but she was soon in full swing of ‘sales’ and managing the front office very comfortably. Car parking was uneventful with lots of ‘good mornings’ and a few chats. Regular patrons now seem to know they have to engage with the Rotarian at the car park and quite a few now stop for a chat.

Lost property was quite busy with a wallet handed in and quickly claimed, a phone similarly quickly claimed and a car key (lost two weeks ago) was claimed by a grateful lady. A shopping trolley went walk about while a lady was distracted, but she tracked it down and retrieved it from the embarrassed shopper who had taken it by mistake. Early in the morning a green NZ Army beret was handed in by a stall holder and was eventually claimed at 11.30am by a very happy man who had driven all the way back from Bungendore to retrieve it.

Question and answer sessions were as usual – obviously the ATMs are really hard to find, plus the moving of a couple of stalls to locations about two stalls away from their normal location also caused several patrons to enquire as to where they had gone.

Highlights for the day was the man who came shopping with his wheelbarrow (see picture) – maybe we should sell these instead of bags . A bee keeper who advised the markets had a problem with European Wasps and we should call the ACT European Wasp Hotline to get them traced and eradicated (Tam is on to this one). And then there was the potential stall holder who brought in cakes samples, which we were able to give our opinions on – very yummy.

All up a very enjoyable morning.

25 April 2015

Bev, Jon, and PP Paul

Tables 75.00

Bags 7200

Water 4.00

Cook Books 00.00

Cooler Bags 15.00

Donations 00.00

Total 166.00

* Details as provided by the Market Master (April 2015 Roster as amended)

Where are Hannah and Will?

As reported on by the Youth Director (at page 2) all is well with our two Youth Exchange Students with no updates or photos

available this week.

Market Roster

Date Members

2 May Mez, Liz, and tba

9 May Colin, Cathy, and Chilly

16 May Chris, Peter and Sue J

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The Last Page

Program

Meetings Social & Special Events Date Description Date Description (Contact)

23 April Mystery Night 25 April ANAZAC Day (Jan)

30 April Club Forum 1-10 May International Music Festival (Bruce)

7 May Business Night & Hannah Trek Away

Presentation 2-3 May MS Mega Swim (Peter)

14May Guest Speaker – Glenn Wahlert - Gallipoli 16/17 May Bowral Mushroom Weekend (Glenda)

21 May tba 13 June Harman Legacy Ball

28 May Mystery Night 20 June RWAF Dinner

27 June Jerra Rotary Changeover Dinner

28 June District Changeover Lunch

30 June Hall Rotary Changeover Dinner

* Compiled from information provided by the Program Mistress (Club Calendar Feb 2015)

OUR HISTORY

In 1998 the Rotary Clubs of Queanbeyan and Queanbeyan West Rotary decided to sponsor a new Rotary Club based in Jerrabomberra. Bill Lilley, John Snedden and Peter Jarvis from Queanbeyan West took on the joint roll of mentoring the development of the new club. (Peter Jarvis went on to become our Charter President).

Advertising for potential members began in March 1998. After a successful campaign, the Club was chartered on 18 November 1998 with 26 members.

Initial meetings were held at the Jerrabomberra General Store—the venue was very good until we grew in numbers. We then moved to the Jerrabomberra Community Centre for a few years, and we now meet at the Jerrabomberra Public School Staff Room, on Thursdays (6.15 for 6.30 pm).

(Charter) President Peter Jarvis ran competitions to select a name for our Club Newsletter and a design for the Club banner. There were some good and some not so good suggestions. Pam Spencer suggested the winning bulletin name ‘Jerraganda’ and David Stevens was the successful designer of our club banner. The design incorporated a goose and the windmill associated with the original entrance to the estate adjacent to the Community Centre. Both the Jerraganda and the Club logo have evolved to keep pace with modern times.

We have always been, and continue to be, a vibrant and fun loving club providing valued community service, both locally and internationally. Our motto is,

“Doing Good and Having Fun”

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT - 2014-2015

President Paul Robey

President Elect Mez Mulvaney

Vice President Paul Roger

Secretary Glenn Wahlert

Treasurer Jon Wells

Club Service Director Mez Mulvaney

Community Service Director Jan Pettigrew

International and Foundation Director Robert Chilman

Youth and Vocational Service Director Peter Jarvis

CURRENT CLUB MEMBERS

David Bailey, PHF. PP Mez Mulvaney, OAM, PHF, PE

Robert Chilman Anton Pemmer, PHF, PP

Cathy Hobbs Paul Robey, President

Carolyn Hackett Jan Pettigrew, PHF, PP

Colin Hobbs, PHF, PP Paul Roger PHF, PP

Chris Hunter, OAM, PHF, PP Sue Roger

Peter Jarvis, PHF, PP Pam Spencer, PHF, PP

Sue Jarvis, PHF Terry Spencer, PHF, PP

Bev McKay David Stevens, PHF, PP

Lynne McPherson Glenda Wahlert, PP

Kerry McPherson Glenn Wahlert

Bruce Miller Jon Wells

Liz Mulvaney, PHF Ian Wholohan

HONORARY MEMBERS SUPPORTERS

Alex Alexander Vera Alexander

Anne Davis Vickie Still

CLUB DETAILS

Rotary Club of Jerrabomberra Incorporated

PO Box 8, Jerrabomberra NSW, 2619

www.jerrarotary.org.au

Email: secretary@jerrabomberra.rotarnet.com.au

Meets Thursday 6.15 for 6.30 – 8.30pm Jerrabomberra Public School (Staff Room)

Attendance & Apologies

LIZ Mulvaney by 12 Noon Tuesday T: 0448754274 E: liz.mulvaney13@gmail.com

Newsletter Contributions

Paul Roger T: 0418 786945 E: paul.roger@instralis.com