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 President:    Boris  M.  Struk  Editorial  Logistics:    Michael  Mahoney  

Volume  79  Issue  14      -­‐  Tuesday  1st  October  2013  

 After three decades at Fredricks Function and Conference Centre Essendon, the

Board of the Rotary Club of Essendon has decided to relocate to the Anglers

Tavern in Maribyrnong.

Falls in members attendance obligations have required the Board to make the

decision last week. With a new venue and new beginnings, President Boris is

hopeful members will be invigorated and attendance shall increase significantly.

Anglers Tavern is located at 2 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong. President Boris will greet all

members at the front entrance prior to next weeks meeting.

A big thank-you to the Management & Staff of Frederick’s for the long standing

three decade relationship with the Rotary Club of Essendon.

 

     

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Todays  Speaker:  Our  Exchange  Student  Allis  Liljia    

Today our lovely Rotary Exchange student, Allis Liljia presented her story to club members with much enthusiasm, confidence and the ability to have a bit of humour…..which we are told is unusual for Swedes!

Below is the story presented by Allis about her life, her country and her family.

     

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 - Sweden is a part of Scandinavia. Sweden is the third largest country in

Western Europe, and bigger than California. - Sweden is, however, a small country in terms of population, with only 9.5

million inhabitants - The three largest cities is Stockholm (capital, 1.2 million inhabitants),

Göteborg, and Malmö.

 In Sweden we have some special traditions.

Our national day is on the 6th of June. It started as a celebration for our flag but from the 1980’s it is the national day of Sweden.

     

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Sweden and the north is a place where the different seasons are very different…

Spring goes from about February to may. We say that spring starts when it’s been around 0-10 degrees Celsius for 7 days, but it has be after the 15 of February. Since all of the snow and ice have to melt before the flowers can start growing spring can feel a bit long but it is something that many people are longing for.

 

The Swedish summer is quite short and not at all as warm as it is here in Australia. Since spring ends in may you would say that summer starts after that. But I, and many swedes with me, would say that summer starts in June and goes to August. The temperature is around 20 to 25 degrees Celsius, but we can get days that are warmer. But the thing that is special about the Swedish summer is that in the middle the sun sets around 2.00 am and rises at around 3.30am

 

     

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The autumn starts in the middle or in the end of August, depending on where you in Sweden. In a town called Kiruna, which is located more or less at the top of Sweden autumn arrives around the 16th of August. But in Malmö, which is in the other end of the country autumn usually arrives around the 12th of October. So the difference is pretty big.

In Kvicksund autumn arrives somewhere between the middle of August and the beginning of September. The temperature is somewhere between zero and teen degrees, but if we are lucky we can get some days that are a little bit warmer. November is the month that is the most boring, all the leafs have fallen from the trees and it’s mostly raining and boring…

 

     

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I live in a town called Kvicksund, it’s about an hour from Stockholm. It’s a pretty old and small town. Since Kvicksund is located at the third biggest lake in Sweden I would say that my town have been around for quite a while now. Not so far from my house there’s a church from the 12th century, that’s why I believe Kvicksund is pretty old.

What I do know is that from the beginning of the 20th century people have been living in Kvicksund. Today there is around 2500 people that lives in Kvicksund all year around. Since it’s located right at the lake many people have their summerhouse there.

The lake goes all the way from my town to Stockholm and connects to the Baltic Sea, so lots of big ships goes through my town.

 

 

     

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ONE YEAR

I have now been in Australia for a little more then two months. That means that I have only nine to teen more months here before I leave. It's a bit strange because before I left I felt like twelve months, one year was a really long time. But now that I have started my year and now that I have seen how fast it goes I have started to say that it's ONLY one year.

During my first two months I have been travelling around Melbourne and a few other city's. Last week I went with my host mum, Barbara, to Warrnambool. She took me along the great ocean road, which was truly amazing, and she also took me to Mt. Gambier so I can now say that I have been to three different states. Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia! During my year I want to see as much as possible of this great country of yours. But I do not only want to travel around and see the country itself. I would like to met different people, hear different story's and see how different people live.

The things that you might take for granted I might be fascinated by. Since all of this is sometimes similar to Sweden but most of the time it is all brand new to me.

I would like to thank rotary, my club back at home and of course Essendon Rotary club for taking such good care of me. I truly couldn't be more happy.

Thank you!

 

     

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FOR  YOUR  DIARY  Sunday  6/10/2013  @  11.00am  Visit  to  Cameron  Gardens  Mt.  Macedon,  a  private  garden.  $10  per  person    Friday  25/10/2013  Trivia  Night  with  Kangan  Institute.    Sunday  10/11/2013  Royce  Abbey  Luncheon    Sunday  2/3/14  Car  Show  Essendon  Fields    Friday  28//3/2014  Relay  for  Life    Friday  7/3/2014  to  Sunday  9/03/2014  District  Conference  at  Jupiter’s  Casino,  Surfers  Paradise.  Anne  Rogers  will  be  putting  together  a  package  and  members  can  choose  air/accommodation  or  just  accommodation.  DG  Ross  would  like  to  encourage  first  time  attendees  and  there  will  be  a  discounted  registration  fee.  More  info  to  follow.    Saturday  1/6/2014  to  Tuesday  4/6/2014  International  Convention,  Sydney,  Anne  Rogers  is  setting  up  an  accommodation  package.    Sunday  16/3/2014    Car  Show  –  Essendon  Fields                      

 IMPORTANT  THINGS  TODAY’S  RAFFLE  John  Gorman  was  the  lucky  person,  but  missed  out  on  the  joker.    Jackpot  now  $550.00  ALMONERS  REPORT    

BIRTHDAYS  Tim  Anderson  

 QUOTE  FOR  TODAY  We  must  always  change,  renew,  refresh  ourselves,  otherwise  we  stagnate                      

                       

 

     

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