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TABLE OF CONTENT

NO 1 VOLUME 14

EDITORIAL 1

BEHIND THE GAVEL 2

FROM THE

SECRETARY DESK

3

CLUB WEEKLY MINDER

AND ROTARY DISTRICT NEWS

4

SUDOKU GAMES/ RI NEWS

AND BRAIN TEASER

5

ANSWER TO THE BRAIN TEASER /

HEALTH TIPS

6

PHOTO SPEAK 7

ATTENDANCE 8

EDITORIAL

Fellow Rotarians,

I welcome you all to the new Rotary year which started on the 1st of

July, 2015 and the first year edition of the Hope Bulletin in the

month of July.

This edition of the bulletin contains the president’s weekly message

column Behind the gavel, the secretariat, weekly minder, Sudoku

games and jokes.

You can also visit page 4 for our District news and page 5 for the R I

news, page 6 is not left out for your health tips which is common

foods that cause food poisoning.

Sit tight and enjoy the fellowship while we be a gift to the world. See

you next week.

Editor-in-chief

Fashola Olajide

PUBLISHER’S NOTE Kindly note that the articles and discussion published do not necessararily reflects the views of the Editorial board of the Rotary Club of Maryland and neither does the Editorial board nor the Rotary Club of Maryland take responsibility for errors thay may be expressed by the writer.

Published by: Rotary Club of Maryland Tel:

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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Publisher: Rotarian (Dr) Femi Akodu

Editorial Chairman-Olatunbosun Ajayi Editor-in-Chief—Fashola Olajide Asst Editor-Bamidele Onalaja

Members: Toun Oladimeji; Kehinde Bello; George Ikpekhia; Victor Anosike; Fatai Bello; Chiemeze Okoro

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jafferson)

DATE: 7th July, 2015

BEHIND THE GAVEL

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Fellow Rotarians,

Once again we start a new rotary year, I say welcome to another year of service. The yearlong

of planning has finally arrived and we are now to implement all ideas that we have conceived

to BE A GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

In the 2015-2016 Rotary year, the incoming RI President Ravi Ravindran asked us to BE A

GIFT TO THE WORLD. He said every one of us has something to give – whoever we are,

whatever our place in life, we can give our talent, our knowledge, our abilities, and our effort;

we can give our dedication and our devotion. Through Rotary we can take these gifts and

make a genuine difference in the lives of others and in our world.

Fellow Rotarian, our time is now. It will never come again. Be a gift to the world. I wish you a

most happy, healthy, and prosperous 2015-2016 Rotary Year.

Rotarian Femi Akodu

World Class President

2015/2016

VOLUM 1 NO 1 DATE: 7th July, 2015

FROM THE SECRETARY DESK

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Minutes of last meeting

Tuesday 30th june 2015

Call to order by the president at 7.55pm with the Rotary grace led by PP Yemi Arigbabu

4 way Test. - PP Sidney Osaebu

Object of Rotary. - Rotn Segun Alao

RI code of Conduct - PP Ajayi Olatubosun

The president welcomes all to the fellowship, the last in the Rotary year

Decoration of the SAA, Rotn femi Obadina by Rotn AG Eboigbe

Correspondence by the Secretary

Cutting of the june Birthday/Anniversary cake anchored by PP Rosemary ifeonye.

Appreciation/Thank you speech by the president, thanking all members of the club to serve at the highest level in the club.

Handing over of batton of leadership to the world class president, Rotarian femi Akodu. The President supported by the league of Past Presidents.

Acceptance speech by the world class President, Rotn Femi Akodu. He thereafter list the upcoming program for the week which includes the In-stallation ceremony of the District Governor, Rotn Bola Onabadejo on Sat-urday 4th July 2015 at Intercontinental Hotels in Victorial Island. While on Sunday, 5th July, the family of Rotary We Care Committee will be visiting Rotn seyi dada who was involved in a motor accident by 3pm. The point of meeting shall be PZ industries by Ilupeju street, Lagos.

The President further informed that our first fellowship in july shall incor-porate the unveilling of our flagship Hope Bulletin. While the DG Visit comes up on the 14th July 2015.

SAA performance and amount realished was N50,000.00.

Introduction of visiting Rotarian/Guests and Rotaractors

Toasts

National pledge

Fellowship ends at 9.30pm

Jide Ogunjimi

Celebrants for the week

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Correspondence

Invitation card for investiture cere-

mony of ROT. RONKE BAMISAYE

of RC Ajuwon as the 22nd president

and inauguration of 2015-2016 board

of directors on the 11th of july 2015.

NO 1 VOLUME 14

DATE NAME RELATION-

SHIP

July

1st

Omotunde

Akinlade

Spouse

July

3rd

Zhirkrah Olaniyan Kidiractor

July

6th

Dupe Akodu Spouse

July

7th

Mariam Ogunjimi Kidiractor

DATE NAME

July 7th Rot & Rot ANN Akodu

DATE: 7th July, 2015

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VOLUME 14 NO 1

CLUB WEEKLY MINDER

ROTARY DISRIRCT NEWS AND INFORMATION

DATE EVENT VENUE ATTENDEES

July 1st Visitation to stake holders/sponsors & to me-

dia houses

To be communicated All

July 2nd Visitation continues To be communicated All

July 3rd Visitation continues To be communicated All

July 4th DG Installation Intercontinental Hotel V I All

July 5th Visitation Continues To be communicated All

July 6th Visitation continues To be communicated All

July 7th First meeting of the year and business

meeting

Club Meeting Venue All

DATE EVENT VENUE ATTENDEES

July 1st Rotary year begins and courtesy visit to the

Governor of Lagos State

Lagos State Secretariat

July 2nd Courtesy visit to the Governor of O gun State Ogun State Secretariat

July 3rd Media visitation Victoria Island

July 4th DG Installation Intercontinental Hotel, V I All

July 5th No Event

July 6th No Event

July 7th Public Relation Seminar District Office All

DATE: 7th July, 2015

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RI NEWS AND INFORMATION

K.R. Ravindran’s life was molded by family, country, and Rotary. Serving as Rotary president is his way of giving back to each of them.

Before he gives a speech, K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran doesn’t like flowery, adulatory introductions. They make him uncom-fortable. The 2015-16 Rotary presidents would rather keep a low profile and share the credit. If it were up to him, you probably wouldn’t even be reading this article.

Negotiating Days of Tranquility during the Sri Lankan civil war so that health workers could administer drops of polio vaccine? Although it was on his desk that the agreement landed, he says, a lot of people worked to make that hap-pen. Rebuilding 23 tsunami-damaged schools for 14,000 children? He merely led the committee. Taking a label-printing business from a small outfit operating in a space the size of a garage to a global powerhouse in the packag-ing business that has helped change the value-added tea industry in his country? Well, he simply happened to be in the right place at the right time.

As Rotary president, he’ll help put his tiny island nation on the global map. “My national anthem will be played in eve-ry country that I visit. My flag will fly wherever I go. The flag of this country will fly outside Rotary headquarters,” he says. “What more can I do for my country than this?”

Ravindran says he doesn’t expect to leave a legacy as Rota-ry president, but he hopes to use his skills to leave the or-ganization better than he found it – and pay forward his debts to all the people who got him where he is today. “Rotary molded me,” he says. “Rotary changed me, and that is why what I do for Rotary now is a hundredth of what I’ve gotten out of Rotary.” — by Diana Schoberg, photography by Alyce Henson.

VOLUME 14 NO 1

SUDOKU GAMES

Rules Sudoku is fun and easy to play. There is no mathematics or arithmetic involved but ordinary logic and reasoning. Fill in the grid such that every row, every column and every 3x3

box contains digits from 1 through 9

Skill Level: Medium

Skill Level: Medium

4 7 9

3 8 6

8 4 1 5

5 9 8 6

2 4

1 5 7 3

1 5 4 2

6 7 1

7 3 4

6 9 8

4 2

1 2 8

7 1 5

2 3 1 5

6 3 9

1 3 7

4 7

5 8 4

BRAIN TEASER

1. What is Rotary’s motto?

2. Name the first four Rotarians

3. Who introduced songs in Rotary?

4. Name the fifth Rotarian

5. How many members can form a Rotary Club?

6. What is the official name of the Rotary Magazine?

7. Name the first Rotary Club in African

8. Inner wheel club started from which country?

9. How many Rotary International presidents hails from Afri-can and which club are they from?

DATE: 7th July, 2015

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ANSWER TO BRAIN TEASER

HEALTH TIPS

Common foods that cause food poisoning

Food poisoning is a relatively common problem that many people face at some point in their life, and alt-hough in most cases it’s not fatal, it is serious and can be particularly dangerous for vulnerable groups, such as chil-dren, the elderly and pregnant women. Sources of food contamination are various and include bacteria salmonel-la and listeria, which can be eliminated through cooking, but not all food we eat goes though heat treatment. Here are common food items that pose a major risk to your health and could lead to food poisoning.

Raw eggs

Raw eggs are very likely to give you food poisoning, ac-counting for more than hundreds of thousands of food-related illnesses in the last few years. Although the likeli-hood of getting food poisoning from raw eggs has de-creased over the past couple of decades, they are still one of the “riskiest” foods you could be consuming.

It is the bacteria called salmonella that is to blame for food poisoning coming from raw eggs, and the trouble lies in the fact that salmonella can’t be detected before it enters the body and wreaks havoc.

Salmonella penetrates the eggs before they are even hatched, contaminating your food and posing a potential threat. Eggs are consumed raw when certain cakes or sweets are made or in instances in which people drink them for various reasons. The truth is, eggs are best con-sumed scrabbled, hard-boiled or coddled if you want all the benefits without exposing yourself to any risks.

Tomatoes

Most people don’t associate tomatoes with food-borne illnesses, yet tomatoes are often a source of disease be-cause they are consumed raw and are seldom subjected to high temperatures.

Not washing the produce that is eaten raw properly, in-cluding leafy greens and in this case, tomatoes, leaves everyone susceptible to serious stomach problems asso-ciated with bacteria that are commonly found in fresh produce but were never meant to enter the human body.

DATE: 7th July, 2015

1. Service above self and ii he profit most who

serve best

2. Paul Harry, Syvester Schiele, Gustavus Loehr, and

Hiram Shorey

3. Harry Ruggles

4. Harry Ruggles

5. 20 members

6. The Rotarians

7. RC Of south Africa (1921)

8. England

9. Only one as at date (Jonathan Magiyagbe of RC

Kano, Nigeria)

JOKES!!!

A Rabbit walks into the bar, goes up to the bar attendant and says, "I want a cup of coffee.” The bar attendant says, "We don’t serve coffee here" So the Rabbit leaves, but when he leaves he sees two friends entering the bar so he joins them. His friends ask for a beer and sandwich but the rabbit says "I wanna cup of coffee" The bartender says, "We don’t serve coffee here" So the rabbit leaves again, but he sees two more friends so he joins them in the bar. His friends order a beer and a sand-wich but the Rabbit still says, "I want a cup of coffee" "Look,” says the bartender "we don’t serve coffee here. Now leave or I will nail your ears to the bar!" So the rabbit leaves, but he yet again sees two more friends and enters the bar. But this time the rabbit says, "Do you have a hammer?" "No" replies the bartender Do you have any nails?" "No" "Then I want a cup of coffee"

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PHOTO SPEAKS

DATE: 7th July, 2015

Handing Over Fellowship, June 30th 2015 Handing Over Fellowship, june 30th 2015

We Care Visit to Rot. Seyi Dada We Care Visit to Rot.Seyi Dada

Courtesy visit to our Royal Father HRM Oba Munirudeen Olatunji Yusuf, The Ilu Obi Of Onigbongbo Land

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ATTENDANCE REPORT

Total number of guests: 5

Total number of visiting Rotarians: 7

Total number of Rotaractors: 11

Club Figures

Total members 47

Less excused ill members -1

Less on leave of absence -6

Used for attendance 40

Meeting %

Members present 23

Plus makeups -

Total present 23

% this meeting = (total present X 100) / Used for attendance 57.5%

Monthly %

Number of meetings for the month

% for the month = total of figures for each meeting held in the month divided by the number of meeting held in the month)

NO 1 VOLUM 1 DATE: 7th July, 2015