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Good evening Rotarians and Friends. DON'T FORGET ITS CINEMA NIGHT NEXT THURSDAY AT ROSEBUD Chairperson for the night was Alsa Hemphill Ailsa announced all the apologies for the night. Secretaries report from Elaine, spoke about AUSTPOST post condition, Rotarians against malaria, cleft information, e-mail from Bunnings regarding BBQ's. thank you letter to Zen trailers, and Chemist warehouse for $200.00 donation. Also for a BBQ at Bunnings for next year. A thank you to Linda Morris for selling 6 books at Halloween. Director Chris spoke about Greg's message for helping Tuesday night with Halloween. He said we had more attending than last year. he said the stage and the band were fantastic. Director Peter spoke about the working bee for Sunday the 12th, but due to circumstances will start on the Saturday 11th at 1.00, as we need Merv and his truck and tractor to speed things up, Everyone else can come on the Sunday 12th at 9.00, anyone available the Saturday please sms or email peter to let me no. ADDRESS IS 52 HEALE STREET DROMANA, BEHIND THE DROMANA PRIMARY SCHOOL. Bunnings BBQ on the Sunday the 19th Nov, we have names of all people that can help, again if you didn't put your name down and want to help, please as above contact Peter. HALLOWEEN .jpg) Pres Rob thanked the Rosebud/Ry.jpg) e Rotary for there assistance on Halloween night.
Member Frank Martin spoke about how 2 boys he knows went to Halloween and had a fantastic time. Halloween was a great successfull community event, we even made a small profit of about $540. (this includes the $500 from the Shire). Director Rick spoke about the credit card Machine and how it is now working. The GIG was presnted by Andrew Kennison, he is a member of our club but resides in Queensland. Andrew spoke about his battle with one of his eye's, and also going overseas to go through the Mercedes plant as well as the BMW factory to see how they are made, he enjoyed the robotics of the factories and how they just about do the entire spray job, including opening the doors. He also spoke about going to a Rotary Club in Malta, his wife was the only female there Lotto was won by John Barnes and he was fined..jpg) Our guest speaker was Michael Anderson, he is a new member to our club and he gave us THE MAN BEHIND THE BADGE TALK. Michael spoke about his early days in Northern Island and how he went to work with his father as a debt collector, his father sent him out on his first job on a Friday night in the slums and the roughest part of Norther Island to collect money, he said it was a very difficult time, a few fights, a few offers etc. He said growing up in Northern island was a very dangerous time, his family had death threats, bullets in the letter box. His Father decided to send him to Australia for his safety, so he moved to Adelaide, then onto Shepparton area to live with a friend. Michael has 3 sisters and one brother, he went to primary school in Belfast, then went on to college, Michael wanted to be a journalist. Michael did a course in Journalism, he had to use an old fashion typewriter. He said he grew up with the local police station in Northern Island surrounded by sand bags and police with sub machine guns. He said you also had to check your car every day for bombs. He also represented his country in sports, including Manchester United but after braking both legs was asked to leave, but one of Michael's fondest memories was training with the immortal Georgie Best. When he landed in Australia he worked for Harris Scarf for a while then moved to Ardmona. He said in Shepparton at night he got a job in a pub serving alcohol after the curfew hours of 6.00pm. he also got called up for national service while living her in July 1976 to Puckapunyal, Sydney then to Balcombe. He then went to training in Queensland, witch he hatted, it said it probably saved his life but would rather do 12 month in Vietnam rather than do that training again. He also said in one attack a bomb landed in the building they were in, but didn't go of, he also got shrapnel in his leg. Michael went on to give an in depth talk on his life, it was very interesting and all members got a lot out his talk. Working with Children Here are a few pointers on how to go about getting the wwc form online. For volunteers, there are no costs. John Barnes Working with Children, Victoria Go to web site www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au Click on Apply for a check. Apply in Victoria. Verify your identity on form. Have photo taken at P.O. (no charge) Start application. Click NO for not applying previously for WWC. Then CLICK Volunteer ( no charge for volunteers) Fill in details and click—— NEXT
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