The Fareham Flyer Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Fareham D1110 UK

President Duncan Colin - Jones

Service above Self Bulletin Number 353 DECEMBER 2012 www.farehamrotary.com

Interact Club Cycle for Children in Need. Saturday 10th November.

The Wykeham House Interact

Club joined with Rotary

members to take part in a

sponsored cycle ride in aid of

the Children in Need Appeal.

Gary Willcocks was there to

assist me with organising the

send- off, as eight girls from

the club along with three

‘Dad’s’ arrived for the event.

They were joined by John

Landaw who had kindly

planned the route along the old

disused railway line. He

arrived with all necessary

tools, including inner tubes in

case of break down. Another

of our keen cyclists Mike

Eastwood assisted, very

professionally dressed in his

smart Fareham Wheelers

Lycra outfit, they were joined

by Richard and Pippa Coghlan

and their dog who added to the

enjoyment – and obstacles – as

the party made their way to the

half-way point at Soberton.

President Duncan had

organised his working party of

Lyndon, Mike Hurley and

David Spencer to climb some

rather difficult steps and erect

a gazebo which housed the

table complete with paper

cloth for the drinks and

biscuits. Of Course thanks

must go to Carol who had

organised everything. Duncan

had contributed by supplying

the ‘Medical Kit’ but soon

delegated Lyndon to attend

any casualties. Thankfully his

services were not required!

We heard the girls laughing

and giggling as they came

towards us at the drinks

station, they were all enjoying

themselves in spite of the

muddy conditions. Soon they

were peddling back towards

Wickham. They certainly

didn’t hang around as John and

I drove back to meet them they

were soon back with us, still

smiling and some even keen to

do it all again. I am sure that

some of the parents were

cursing us later in the day

when they had to hose down

the bikes and possibly remove

mud from the insides of their

cars, but after all it was in a

good cause.

Other girls, who didn’t cycle,

also played their part in raising

funds by selling home-baked

cakes from a stall set up at the

school.

“THE WHEELHOUSE”

At the District Council

meeting of November, The

Rotary Club of Fareham won a

prestigious award :

The Wessex Award for

Community Service.

Chris Thomas, Chairman of

the Wheelhouse Committee,

gave a presentation to District

Council, briefing them on the

founding, building,

maintenance and use of this

seaside facility.

Chris’ presentation follows:

The Rotary Club of Fareham was

chartered in 1946 and within

months the club took under its

wing a local orphanage called St

Edith’s. The Club decided to

provide a beach house for use by

the orphanage which was erected

by the members using their

various skills and was officially

opened in 1948. In later years it

became known as "The

Wheelhouse". The building was

used by various charitable

organisations over the years and

no charge was made for this use.

By the 1980’s, the Wheelhouse

was in a terrible state of repair,

mainly due to its age and its

location by the sea and this was

costing the club a considerable

amount of money. After high

tides the building flooded and had

to be cleared and cleaned of

things such as dead crabs etc.,

before it could be used again.

In 1991, Ben Benstead became

President of the Club and his

project for that year was to raise

funds to enable the Wheelhouse

to be demolished and rebuilt

which seemed to be the only

solution to the ongoing problem.

The old group D clubs were

offered use of the building if they

contributed to the rebuilding

costs but, sadly, all declined. Ben

then decided to give the club an

interest free loan and carry out the

work at cost with several other

members also giving interest free

loans. The Club decided to

proceed and shelved all other

projects until the loans were

repaid. This was achieved in less

than 3 years! The building was

"topped out" by Malcolm Harper,

then Mayor of Fareham and

member of the club, in 1991 and

later officially opened by him.

The new Wheelhouse measures

22 feet 5 inches (6.83m) by 24

foot 8 inches (7.52m) internally

containing a fully equipped

kitchen area with electric

cooker, sink unit, work tops,

water heating equipment,

crockery, cutlery, tables, chairs

etc. and a separate toilet area. For

the hard of hearing a loop system

was installed. Fareham Borough

Council provided the land at a

peppercorn rent and has fully

supported various alterations to

assist with disabled access to the

building. Hampshire County

Council, through our local

councillor, Tim Knight, kindly

gave a grant to provide the new

shutters mentioned below.

The Wheelhouse was made

available for hire, at very modest

cost, to local charitable groups

such as MS, Day Care Centres,

Church organisations, etc. and

DG Mary Pike presents Chris Thomas with the Wessex Award for

Community Service.

achieved about 50 bookings per

year as well as being used for

some club activities. In about

2005, it was decided to start a

rolling refurbishment programme

and was internally decorated, new

tables bought and more pro-

actively marketed. Since that

time, new carpet/vinyl flooring

has been laid, water heater

renewed, and new shutters and

front door fitted externally. Club

banners, which had been strung

around the walls, were sewn onto

large wall hangings made by the

wife of one of our members,

Marion Thomas, and are renewed

on occasions. In early 2011 the

kitchen was totally renewed with

thanks to B&Q for generously

discounting the materials, and two

of the large windows were

replaced. The two front windows

were also replaced in late 2011.

At all times, provision has been

made for the disabled with ramps

and grab rails fitted particularly in

the toilet area.

During the last three years, the

building has been used on over

140 occasions by various groups

from all over Hampshire. One

Community from Eastleigh bring

their clients from their day

centres, as do many of the Age

Concern run day care centres as

far afield as Alresford and

Dibden, and latterly, Alton. The

Rotary Clubs of Petersfield,

Cosham, Waterlooville and

Locksheath bring the elderly and

infirm from their areas for a day at

the seaside. Our daughter club,

Fareham Meon, has used it for

gourmet evenings. Various

charities for the handicapped such

as Stroke Clubs, MS, Parkinson’s,

Alzheimer’s, and Motor Neurone

also visit with Trefoil Guilds,

Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, and

Save the Children also amongst

our users. Holyrood Church

together with the Fareham and

Gosport Methodist Circuit use it

for their Easter morning seaside

services. It has become so popular

that 50 bookings for 2011 were

made within a week of the

bookings list being opened and

for 2012, 63 days were booked in

the first 24 hours of opening the

bookings! The building is

available, still at modest cost

(currently £30 per day), to

charitable organisations and

Rotary Clubs for the charitable

organisations that they support

etc. Occasional bookings are

available to non-charitable

organisations at £75 per day. The

building can accommodate a

maximum of 42 people. The

Wheelhouse has become self-

supporting financially, its biggest

outlay being insurance. It is run

on behalf of the club by a small

group of Trustees with a

committee to oversee the daily

running.

……………….………………

This glowing testimonial was

sufficient to convince the judges

of a real success story – and

consequently make the award to

the Wheelhouse of which we are

all immensely proud.

The certificate is shown below:

Now read on!

A number of the charity

organisations, regular users of

the Wheelhouse, have

submitted Chris Thomas’

name for consideration in the

Queen’s Award for

Voluntary Service. This is in

recognition of the dedicated

service that Chris has provided

over many years, in his care

and maintenance of the

wheelhouse. Chris will be

interviewed by the deputy

Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire

on Tues 11th December.

Chris, as many will know,

accepts and processes all the

booking forms for each year,

now approaching 150!

Between times, he attends the

Wheelhouse daily, hovering

and cleaning ready for the next

days’ clients. He and Marion

keep the cupboards well

supplied with cleaning

materials, and Marion washes

and irons the tea towels and

hand towels, as well as sewing

the rotary banners displayed.

In the closed season, Chris will

be found carrying out essential

repairs and maintenance,

internal and external.

We wish him every success

with this competition, and

hope he is duly rewarded!

APOLOGY. In last month’s edition my

Conference Correspondent

incorrectly suggested that DG

Mary Pike was the first lady to

hold this office. Of course the

honour rightly belongs to PDG

Caroline Millman, who hosted

last year’s conference. Sorry

Caroline!

Corrections: In last month’s issue I

suggested that the induction of

John and Nigel was the first

‘double since 2006. PP George

Cantrill points out that he

inducted three new members in

one day- Pres. Duncan, Pres

Elect Pam and Norman

Chapman – quite a coup!!

Non- Violence.

Dr Arun Gandhi, grandson of

Mahatma Gandhi and founder

of the M.K.Gandhi Institute for

Non-violence, in his June 9th

lecture to the University of

Pueto Rico, shared the

following story as an example

of ‘non-violence in parenting’;

I was 16 years old and living

with my parents at the institute

my had grandfather founded

18 miles outside Durban,

South Africa, in the middle of

the sugar plantations. We were

deep in the country and had no

neighbours, so my two sisters

and I would always look

forward to going to town to

visit friends or go to the

movies.

One day, my father asked me

to drive him to town for an all-

day conference, and I jumped

at the chance. Since I was

going to town, my mother gave

me a list of groceries she

needed, and since I had all day

in town, my father asked me to

take care of several pending

chores, such as getting the car

serviced. When I dropped my

father off that morning he said,

‘I will meet you here at 5:00.

We will go home together’.

After hurriedly completing my

chores I went straight to the

nearest movie theatre. I got so

engrossed in a John Wayne

double feature that I forgot the

time. It was 5:30 before I

remembered. By the time I ran

to the garage and hurried to

where my father was waiting

for me it was almost 6:00.

He anxiously asked me ‘Why

were you late?’ I felt so

ashamed of telling him I was

watching a John Wayne

western movie that I said ‘The

car wasn’t ready, so I had to

wait’ not realizing that he had

already called the garage.

When he caught me in the lie,

he said ‘There’s something

wrong in the way that I

brought you up that didn’t give

you the confidence to tell me

the truth. In order to figure out

where I went wrong with you,

I’m going to walk home 18

miles and think about it.’

So dressed in his suit and his

best shoes, he began to walk in

the dark on mostly unpaved,

unlit roads. I couldn’t leave

him, so for five and a half

hours I drove behind him,

watching my father go through

this agony because of a stupid

lie I had uttered. I decided

there and then that I was never

going to lie again.

I often think about that episode

and wonder, if he had punished

me the way we punish our

children, whether I would have

learned a lesson at all. I don’t

think so. I would have suffered

the punishment and gone on

doing the same thing. But this

single, non-violent action was

so powerful that it is still as if

it had happened yesterday.

That is the power of non-

violence.

‘Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me’

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Wheelhouse gets new fence.

In order to ensure the safety

and enjoyment of Wheelhouse

users, a new ‘thigh-high’ fence

has been erected around the

site. Whilst protecting our

older patrons from tripping on

the curb, or straying onto the

road, it will also discourage the

general public from making a

detour across the grass on their

way to the public loos!

We are most grateful for a

grant from County Councilor

Tim Knight, which almost

covered the total cost of

materials and installation of

the fence.

How do I say Merry Christmas in another language? (Now you can send greetings to ALL of your friends!)

Afrikaner

[Afrikaans] "Geseënde Kersfees"

Albanian "Urime Krishtlindjet"

Amharic

"Enkwan laberhana

ledat abaqqawot"

OR "Melkam amat

ba`al yehunellachihu"

Arabic "Milad Majid" OR

"Milad Saeed"

Argentine "Feliz Navidad"

Armenian

"Shenoraavor Nor

Dari yev Pari

Gaghand"

Bohemian "Vesele Vanoce"

Brazilian

Portuguese "Feliz Natal"

Briton "Nedeleg laouen na

bloavezh mat"

Bulgarian

"Tchestita Koleda"

OR "Tchestito

Rojdestvo Hristovo"

Cambodian "Soursdey Noel"

Chinese

[Mandarin] "Sheng Dankuai Le"

Chinese

[Cantonese] "Sing Daan Faai Lok"

Cornish "Nadelik Lowen"

Croatian "Sretan Bozic"

Czech "Velike Vanoce"

Danish "Glædelig Jul"

Dutch "Vrolijk Kerstfeest"

English

[Australian]

"'Ave a bonza

Chrissy, Mate"

Esperanto "Gojan Kristnaskon"

Estonian "Roomsaid Joulu

Puhi"

Farsi "Christmas-e-shoma

mobarak bashad"

Faroese "Gleðilig Jól"

Filipino "Maligayang Pasko"

Finnish "Hauskaa Joulua"

French "Joyeux Noël"

Frisian

"Noflike Krystdagen

en in protte Lok en

Seine yn it Nije Jier"

Gaelic "Nollaig Shona Dhuit"

German "Froehliche

Weihnachten"

Greek "Kala Christouyenna"

Hawaiian "Mele Kalikimaka"

Hebrew "Mo'adim Lesimkha.

Chena tova"

Hindi "Shub Badadin"

Hungarian "Boldog Karácsonyt"

Icelandic "Gledileg Jol"

India "Tamil Nadu - Christmas

Vaazthukkal "

Indonesian "Selamat Hari Natal"

Iraqi "Idah Saidan Wa

Sanah Jadidah"

Irish "Nollaig Shona Duit"

Italian "Buon Natale"

Japanese "Meri Kurisumasu"

Klingon "QISmaS Quch

Daghajjaj"

Korean "Sung Tan Jul Chuk

Ha"

Lithuanian "Linksmu Kaledu"

Malay "Selamat Hari Natal

dan Tahun Baru"

Maltese "Il-Milied it-tajjeb"

Maori "Meri Kirihimete"

Navajo "Ya'at'eeh Keshmish"

Norwegian "Gledelig Jul"

Pennsylvania

German

"En frehlicher

Grischtdaag"

Peru "Felices Fiestas" OR

"Feliz Navidad"

Polish "Wesolych Swiat

Bozego Narodzenia"

Portuguese "Feliz Natal"

Punjabi "Hacahi Ke Eide"

Rumanian "Sarbatori Fericite"

Russian "S Rozhdestvom

Kristovym"

Serbian "Hristos se rodi"

Slovakian "Sretan Bozic" OR

"Vesele vianoce"

Samoan "Manuea le

Karisimasi"

Scots Gaelic "Nollaig chridheil

huibh"

Slovak "Vesele Vianoce. A

stastlivy Novy Rok"

Slovene "Srecen Bozic"

Spanish "Feliz Navidad"

Swahili "Heri ya Krismasi"

Swedish "God Jul"

Tagalog

[Philippines] "Maligayang Pasko"

Tahitian "Ia ora'na no te

noere"

Telugu "Santhasa Krismas"

Thai "Suksan Christmas"

Turkish "Noeliniz Ve Yeni

Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun"

Ukrainian

"Z Rizdvom

Krystovym" OR

"Veselogo Rizdva""

Urdu [Pakistan] "Shadae Christmas"

Uzbek "Yangi Yiligiz

Mubarak Bolsun"

Welsh "Nadolig Llawen"

Snippets from Council

Fareham Borough

Council has given the

Club a tree to plant in

commemoration of HM

Queen’s Jubilee. This

will be planted close to

the fire station, in front

of the residential home.

A special folder will be

purchased, to hold all

banners donated from

visiting clubs and

guests.

The CURE event at

Soberton raised over

£1500 – well done all!

President Duncan

declares Shopmobility

as the nominated

charity for the Wishing

Well collections.

Invitations to attend

opening of the

Nandigram hospital in

India – possibly next

year?

Pam Bryant gave her

report on the Interact

Club, and their recent

sponsored cycle ride.

Mike Hurley will be

our Christmas tree

rep.for this years

festival. Theme will be

the Paralympics.

Messrs. Sainsburys

have kindly offered

assistance.

Club looking for a

suitable candidate for

the RYLA course –

possibly from Fareham

College.

Our Christmas lunch

will be a carvery in the

upstairs room at Cams.

New publicity banner

to be procured in time

for the Christmas

collections.

Remember - No Council

meeting in December

SPEAKERS CORNER

6th December – Speaker

meeting with Ernie Crouch.

Stories of the Atlantic

Convoys.

13th December – Fellowship

meeting.

17th/18

th Christmas collections

18th December -

COUNCIL MEETING

CANCELLED.

20th December - Christmas

Lunch – upstairs for a carvery.

22/23rd

Christmas collections.

27th December – CLUB

MEETING CANCELLED

GRACE LIST

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 4

th Carol Colin- Jones

13th

Jim Burrell

14th

Tom Churchill

21st Chris Thomas

27th

Ethelle Ayres

ARE YOU INSURED FOR

SEX?

Make sure you get the Correct

Insurance for the sex you are

having.

Please find a list of companies

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General.

Sex on the telephone - Direct

Line.

Sex with your Partner -

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Sex with someone Different -

Go Compare.

Sex with a lady of generous

proportions - More Than.

Sex On the back seat of a car -

Sheila's Wheels.

Sex with an OAP - Saga !

Sex with a transvestite -

confused.com !

Thanks to Chris Thomas

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE SENIORS...

A man was sitting on a lawn

sunning and reading, when he

was startled by a fairly late

model car crashing through a

hedge and coming to rest on

his lawn.

He helped the elderly driver

out

and sat her on a lawn chair.

"My goodness" he exclaimed,

"you are quite old to be

driving!"

"Yes" she replied," I am old

enough that I don't need a

license anymore.

The last time I went to my

doctor he examined me, and

asked if I had a driver's

license.

I told him yes and handed it to

him. He took scissors out of a

drawer, cut the license into

pieces and threw them in the

wastebasket." "You won't be

needing this anymore," he

said.

"So I thanked him and left."

Thanks Gary ________________________

Don’t forget to note in your

next year diary – 27th

April

at Fareham College. We

need your support

6th

December Duncan

Colin - Jones

13th

December

Chris

Courtney

20th

December

Tony Cove

Menu for December

6th- Baked Cod with a wine and

prawn cream sauce, completed

with seasonal vegetables

13th – Traditional Beef Stew and

Dumplings – Just the thing for a

cold winters day!

20th – Special Christmas Lunch,

Carvery featuring Roast Turkey

and Honey Roast Gammon with all

the trimmings. Followed by

Christmas Pudding or a Fresh

Fruit Salad.

A big Welcome to all our guests.

A Happy Christmas everyone!

A Friend of Fareham Rotary – Terry Downer.

President Duncan hands the

Certificate of Friendship to Terry.

At our 5th Thursday social

evening at the Masonic Hall in

Fareham, President Duncan

was delighted to welcome

Terry Downer as a ‘Friend of

Rotary’.

President Duncan had written

to Terry, inviting him to join

our family of Rotary Friends in

the letter printed below. Terry

was delighted to accept.

‘For some time now you have

been a supporter of our Rotary

Club, coming to our events and

helping at times where we

have needed additional people,

such as the skittles and the

Tattoo. We are pleased to have

you join us in this way, and

several of us have thought that

it is time to recognise your

support in a more formal way

by appointing you a ‘Friend of

the Rotary Club of Fareham’.

I am therefore writing

to you to ask if you would like

to accept this award . This

means that you are able to join

in with our various activities

and will receive a regular copy

of our Club Bulletin to keep

you in touch with what is going

on. Council would like to

invite you to strengthen your

links with the club as a

‘Friend of Rotary’ and I do

hope that you will be pleased

with this link, and we certainly

would like that, we have

appreciated your input.’

Yours sincerely,

Duncan Colin-Jones.

President of the Rotary

Club of Fareham 2012/2013.

FACEBOOK In common with many Rotary

Clubs, I have signed up to

Facebook, under the name

‘Fareham Rotary’. I hope that

those of you who use or are

familiar with Facebook will

contribute to this site, and add

your own comments, pictures,

items of interest etc. This can

work in conjunction with the

Website and the Flyer to keep

everyone informed of what’s

going on, and to advertise what

we as Rotarians are doing.

I have sent out a number of

requests to members to add the

site to their list of ‘friends’

Can we trial this for a few

months?

A Christmas Tale

...When the Sunday School

class had finished singing,

"Silent Night", they were told

the story of the Nativity.

The children were asked to

make a drawing of the scene as

they thought it might look.

After a little while, the teacher

passed among them to see how

they were doing.She stopped at

one little boy who had nearly

finished. She complimented

him on his drawing of Joseph

and Mary and the baby in the

manger, but noticed a fat roly-

poly figure set to one side.

"Who is that?" she asked. "It's

Round John Virgin", the boy

replied.

The Three Ages of Man.

1 He believes in Father

Christmas.

2 He doesn’t believe in

Father Christmas

3 He IS Father

Christmas.

On that note may I wish you

all the joy and happiness

that the Christmas Season

brings, and every good

fortune for 2013.

That’s All Folks!

Dave

A Happy Christmas

and a prosperous New

Year.

Ben & Lynne

Benstead

Happy Christmas

and New Year to

all my Rotary

friends

From Jean Tuck

Bob & Sue Mussellwhite

wish all Rotarians and their

families a very Happy

Christmas

John & Rae wish

a Joyous

Christmas to all

our friends in

Rotary.

A healthy New

2013 to you all.

Marion and Chris wish all our

Rotary friends a Merry

Christmas and a happy,

healthy New Year.

Christine and Geoff wish all our Rotary friends a happy Christmas from Down Under.

A Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year. To All With Love Marianne and John.

I wish a Merry and Peaceful Christmas to all fellow Rotarians and their families. Linda

President Duncan and Carol wish to thank everyone for all their support these last few months, and we wish you all a very Happy Christmas and enjoyable New Year.

Dave and Kay wish you all that you

wish for yourselves - and a very

Happy Christmas wherever you

may be.

To my fellow Rotarians and their

nearest and dearests. The

warmest, safest, and healthiest of

seasonal greetings. - Mike Hurley

Gary and Pat wish everyone in the club and all those dear to them, a PEACEFUL, HAPPY

CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from Dick and Rosemary Taylor.

Peggie and Tom wish all our Rotary friends and their families a happy Christmas and healthy 2013

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone. Thank you to everyone who sent emails/cards after Mum sadly died. Here's looking forward to 2013. Love Rebecca, Pip xxx

To my fellow Rotarians of the Fareham Club and everywhere, Very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year. Colin F

John and Pam wish all

Rotarians, partners and

friends a Very Happy

Christmas and a Peaceful

New Year.

It has been a wonderful

year and a Merry

Christmas and a Happy

New Year to you all.

Lots of Luv

Dave and Tricia

Spencer

Betty Evans wishes all members of Rotary and partners

A Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy New Year