District Governor

9465

2015/16

Melodie Kevan

Team 2015-16

President

Max Bird Secretary

Brian McCallum Treasurer

Bob Cooper

Attendance this week

Total Members 26

Exempt

Apologies 5

Make-up 3

Attended 15

Honorary Member 1

Guests 1

Visitors

Partners

73 %

Facts & Figures

Raffle Lee D & Bob C

Heads & Tails

Brian Mc

Birthdays:

James 11th

Anniversary:

Genevieve & D 10th

Eric & G 12th

Club Anniversary: Eric B 26 years

If you had any we hope

you had a good day

Meets Monday

6 for 6.30pm

At Rotary Hall

Brownell Crescent, Medina

Visitors always welcome

President Max

The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971

Coming Events September 2015 Education & Literacy Month

Sept 2015 Sun 13th Wellard Markets Mon 14th Club Meeting Lesley Adams, Poetry Partners night Wed 16th Board Meeting Sat 19th City Markets Mon 21st Club Meeting Club Forum

Mon 28th Club Meeting

Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834

Apologies by Saturday pm please

Special welcome tonight to Inspector Stephen Thompson, the OIC Kwinana Police.

Stephen is referred to on the Kwinana Police website as Senior Sergeant Stephen

Thompson but one only has to look at his shirt lapels to see that he is now Inspector

Stephen Thompson, congratulations Stephen, this promotion must have been very

recent.

President Max along with Byford President Tom Hoyer have jetted off to Dili, East

Timor to prepare for the rest of the team when they arrive later this month.

Max will keep us up to date with progress via his reports tabled in this bulletin.

PP Mike Nella is still looking for any new or used household goods surplus to your

requirements. Support the Rotaract Monster Garage Sale to be held on 18th 19

th & 20

th

September.

Congratulations and best wishes to PP James Sharkey who has a ‘significant’

birthday on Friday 11th

PP Eric Blogg has two anniversaries this week, 51 years married to Gladys and

26 years a member of our fine Rotary Club.

Congratulations to PP Genevieve and Damian, married 15 years this week.

No 10 07th Sept. 2015

Bulletin

Rotary International President

K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran

Rotary Club of Colombo

Club President 2015/16 Max Bird

President’s Pen

Club Meeting 07

th September 2015

President Report 1. As I will be away for a few weeks Mike Nella is stepping in to cover for my sins while I’m away. A big thank you to Mike.

2. Michael Nella is looking at a inter club visit to Kalgoorlie. the three Kalgoorlie Clubs are looking at a combined meeting on Saturday 21st November 2015, this will a good opportunity for the old farts to use up some free passes on the train and share some great company, let’s get behind Mike on this.

3. A combined meeting of the zone 4 Rotary Clubs, is currently been planned for Saturday November 15th with all five clubs holding a joint meeting at the Darius Wells Centre. It will be a great night, 18 Club members and Partners have already registered to attend we are already in excess of 50 in total, get in quick

President 2015-16 Max Bird

A fine is a tax for doing wrong.

A tax is a fine for doing well.

When did my wild oats turn to shredded wheat?

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is

research.

Secretary: PP Brian McCallum

Inward Correspondence:

Caritas Australia.

Camp Kulin.

Bendigo Bank.

Arthritis & Osteoporosis.

Wellard & District Probus Club.

Leukaemia Foundation.

Heart Foundation.

Rotary Out West.

Outward Correspondence:

Nil

Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary.

Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper

Bills paid, money in the bank

Bob was pleased to announce that 21 members are now financial.

Our renewed Club Constitution is ready to be lodged with RI.

Incorporation documents now located and up to date.

Make sure when you provide me with your banking details for a

payment etc. that the details are correct!!

Proofread carefully to see if you any words out

31st August 2015 International

The international Committee has carried out the following.

Tom Hoyer and myself are in downtown Dili, it’s tough temp in low 30,s sun is shining having breakfast on the beach, bugger it’s tough, but by the end of the week it will change quickly.

Thanks to James great article in the local paper with more to follow, James my head will get to big

Max Bird

President 2015/16 Max Bird

Rotary Club of Kwinana: Club President

Kwinana Rotary Club International Manager

Project Manager for RAWCS 21-2011-12 project

This Week in History

1824 First Convict colony established in what is now Queensland. 1839 Darwin Harbour discovered and named. 1854 First steam train runs in Melbourne. 1906 First vehicle and driver licenses issued in Australia 1940 London Blitz begins. 1998 IRA in Ireland announce a permanent ceasefire. 2001 World Trade Center twin towers brought down by terrorist attack. 2003 Johnny Cash dies after a short illness.

Club Projects Director

PP Ian Critchley

PP Bob Thompson

Foundation Dir.

PP Genevieve Carr

Vocational

PDG John Iriks

Community

Project Director’s Report. Club Meeting on Monday 14

th September guest speaker will be

Lesley Adams, (poetry) Partners are invited to come along, should

be a very entertaining evening.

Rotaract are having another ‘Monster Garage Sale’ scheduled for

18, 19, 20th

September 2015, please let Mike Nella have anything

you no longer require and they will sell it on the day.

The next Wellard Village Markets will be held on Sunday 13th

September 2015. Coordinator John Iriks is going all out to make

the September markets the best yet, Additional signage is being

displayed around town.

Linda Liddelow is the new Chaplain at Gilmore College, the

Breakfast Club have lost $300 per month in funding, are we able

to assist?

Lolly Run 2015 planning underway, waiting for road use

permission, similar budget to last year. More volunteers required

to service new areas.

4 Way Test promotion continuing, Kolbe College, negative

response, Gilmore College looking favorable.

October 26th

Vocational visit to Requatic Centre, dinner after at

the Admiral, 8pm, Genevieve will organise with Admiral to pre-

order meals to cut waiting time.

Admiral is hosting an outdoor concert and wish to use our traffic

management authority, PP Ian is liaising with Admiral manager.

City Square Markets

The next scheduled City Market day will be Saturday 19th

Sept.

Safety Coordinator Ian C will ensure traffic signs and road closers

are in place by 7am.

Visit your club webpage. http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106

or type Kwinana Rotary Club into ‘Google’

Pres. Max Bird

International

Lorraine Lucas

Youth

PP John Brennan

Membership

PP James Sharkey

Public Relations Dir.

Fine Session

Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli

Ian C & James: Ian putting words into the mouth of James. Father’s Day: Most of us had to pay up. Mike N: Put the place names out, seating a bit lop-sided tonight. Mike referred to Stephen Thompson as Senior Sergeant when in fact he is Inspector. Lee D: Taken up bowls. James S: Rocking up with a $50 note. Genevieve C: Collingwood let Essendon win, being kind to them. Mike N: The only member to admit to getting a traffic fine in the last 12 months. Sam C: Heard bashing the ears off our catering lady. Those members who regularly parked in the front yard copped a fine for the privilege. Brian Mc: Fined but we don’t want any of the foreign money from the East. John W: Seen with two bread rolls on his plate. Ian C: Must have been expecting a boring Guest Speaker tonight, brought along a book to read. Ian C: At home doing some gardening, lost his phone. Nowhere to be found, someone suggested ringing it, good idea. Faint sounds coming from the rubbish bin, phone buried under a pile of gardening stuff.

Polio this week 9th September2015

A case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) has

been reported with onset of paralysis on 20 July 2015 in

Bamako city, Mali. The virus was isolated from a 19-

month old boy of Guinean nationality. The closest genetic

match to this case is from a case from Kankan, Guinea,

with onset of paralysis on 30 August 2014. The genetic

changes suggest that the cVDPV2 has been circulating for

more than 12 months. Discussions are currently ongoing

with national health authorities to plan and implement an

urgent outbreak response.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is proud to partner

with the Global Citizen Festival on 26 September,

featuring Ed Sheeran, Pearl Jam and other headliners to

help fight extreme poverty and inequality around the

world, and support approaches that will make life more

sustainable for people and the plane.

- See more at:

http://www.polioeradication.org/dataandmonitoring/poliothisweek

.aspx#sthash.gtRbfQIx.dpuf

Guest Speaker: Inspector Stephen Thompson

Officer in Charge Kwinana Police Station

Introduced by PDG John Iriks.

The then Sen. Sgt Stephen Thompson, started his new

position last February when he took over from former

officer-in-charge Sen. Sgt Glen Willers,

A police officer in Northern Ireland for about

14 years, Stephen said he moved to Perth in 2001

with his family and had been working in the Perth

metropolitan region ever since.

"When I came to Australia and I was continuing my career development I wanted to do different

things I hadn't done before," he said.

"I was in prosecuting division, I even ended up in forensic division as an accident … but during

the past 12 months I found myself wanting to go back to frontline policing, which is the role I

had always done and always enjoyed." Stephen says the position at the Kwinana Station has

ticked all the boxes.

Inspector Thompson spoke to the meeting about the new Frontline 2020

Policing Model and how it is designed to meet the needs of our community.

The Metropolitan Police Operating Model introduced September 2014

is designed to deliver a more personalised service to the community, effective and efficient

response and improvements in investigation quality.

The four- district model provides WA Police with a sustainable approach that takes into

consideration both current and future demand for policing.

Kwinana has four teams operating, 1: Baldivis. 2: Bertram, Leda, Wellard. 3: Orelia, Parmelia.

4: Kwinana Town Centre, Medina, Calista, Hope Valley, Mandogalup, Naval Base, Postans, The

Spectacles, Kwinana Beach.

Problem Oriented Policing: Identify, Analyse, Develop, Evaluate.

Community Partnership: City Council, City Rangers and Security, Youth Centres, Shopping

Centres, Local Government and State Government Departments.

Keeping in Touch: Emergency only: 000 Contact Police, immediate response: 131 444

Each team has a mobile phone contact number and will respond when able to a non-emergency

query or issue.

Inspector Thompson and his team extensively use Social Media i.e.: Facebook

and Twitter to get crime information out there and to solicit the help of the

public in identifying suspects and or recognising stolen goods etc.

PDG Bob Cooper thanked and commended Inspector Thompson on the new

initiatives being provided by Frontline 2020.

Officer in-charge Kwinana Police Inspector Stephen Thompson

Past District Governor John Iriks Past President Mike Nella

You’re Invited

To a

FASHION PARADE AND MORNING TEA

SPRING FASHIONS

Courtesy

KERRY D FASHIONS

Proceeds to support Community Projects

By

INNER WHEEL CLUB OF ROCKINGHAM

KWINANA DISTRICTS INC.

Where

Mary Davies Community Centre & Library

Settlers Ave, Baldivis

When

FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2015

Time

10.00 a.m. Sandwiches, cakes, tea & coffee

Raffles

Fashion Parade 11.30 noon

Cost

$10.00 per person

COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE FASHIONS ON SHOW & FRIENDSHIP

Phone: Gladys Blogg (Secretary)

9439 2099 iiw.au.rockinghamkwinanadist@gmail.com

Phone: Deryl Wallhead (President) 9410 1462/0417 602 798 iiw.au.rockinghamkwinanadist@gmail.com

Makeup opportunities

Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre

Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle

Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy

Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: eblogg@bigpond.com

What Gender is a Computer ?

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated

as either masculine or feminine.

"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."

"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."

A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked

them to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the

feminine gender ("la computadora"), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers are incomprehensible to

everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your pay cheque on

accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"),

because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have

gotten a better model.