Rtn. Joseph Mathew was the incoming Assistant Governor for Zone 7 who conducted a club assembly for Rotary Mysore Midtown. He has had a long career in education and joined Rotary in 2001. During his term as president of Rotary Club of Mysore West, he was able to bring in notable speakers and the club received many awards. Rotary Mysore Midtown has done over Rs. 1.45 crore in matching grant projects covering areas like education, health, and community development. The president's message welcomed Rtn. Joseph Mathew and announced an upcoming president's dinner.

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Count down for Vishwa…
Club Assembly by Asst. Governor. Rtn. Joseph Mathew
Rtn. Joseph Mathew was born on September 28th 1957 in a
small town in Kerala and had his early education there. He
graduated in Arts from St. Philomena's College, Mysore and took a
post graduation degree in Sociology from Manasagangothri,
Mysore.
He joined the faculty of Sociology at St. Philomena's College in
1984 as a lecturer and is now a Professor. While at Philomena's he
was the staff adviser of the Rotract Club of St. Philomena's and got
interested in the Rotary movements. He joined the Rotary Club of Mysore West in the year 2001
and became the President of the Club in 2009. During his time as President of the Club, he
was able to bring the past president of India APJ Abdul Kalam and the then incoming RI
President Kalyan Banerjee to the Club.
During his term as president, the Rotary Club of Mysore West was able to get 32 awards
including the Best Club Award. He was a Zonal Lieutenant in the year 2011-12.
He is happily married to Annie Joseph who is a teacher in St. Joseph's Central School and
has two sons.
Wishing All the Best to Rtn. Joseph Mathew and a very warm wel-come to Rotary Mysore
Midtown.
MATCHING PROJECTS FROM MIDTOWN
Rotary Mysore Midtown has done matching grant projects worth Rs. 1,45 crores!!! Here is some
details.
in Rs.
1. Matching grant school benches project 2.0 lakhs
2. Ambulance project - five ambulances 7.5 lakhs
3. T b testing machine 20.0 lakhs
4. Operation theater equipments -biwi ayesha hospital 10.0 lakhs
5. Mobile clinical laboratory 20.0 lakhs
6. Neonatal care equipmements, jss 13.0 lakhs
7. Mobile dental clinic jss 14.0 lakhs
8. Telescope project, rma 18.0 lakhs
8. Dialysis machine, st josephs hospital 16.0 lakhs
9. Mobile ventilator ambulance 18.0 lakhs
10. Heart surgeries (on going) 6.90 lakhs
Total 145.4 lakhs

2. 20-06-2012
President's Message
Dear Rotarians,
Last week we had meeting at Chayadevi Anathashrama. Total inmates were 55. We gave
them Rs.15,000/- worth computer tables & chairs and also monetary support of Rs.5,000/-
collected through sunshine Box. Also we served food for the inmates. I thank all the Rotarians
for their generous contribution.
Today, it is my pleasure to welcome incoming Assistant Governor Zone -7 Rtn. Joseph
Mathew who will be conducting Club Assembly which is mandatory before Installation. I wish
President Elect Rtn. Vishwanath .R.S. & his team a great success.
Friends once again I welcome you all for the President Dinner on 30th Saturday June at
7.00pm. at Hotel Grand Maurya. Please attend with family.
Bye till next week….
Thank You Rtn. Raghavendra
Visit to community service centre – ROTARY LEADERSHIP
Chayadevi Anathashrama, 13th July 2012 TRAINING INSTITUTE
Rtn M S Nandakumar and Rtn
S.Bhanuchandran have completed Level – 2
Certification program of Rotary Leadership
Training Institute conducted in Mysore recently.
The training program was sponsored by Rotary
Mysore.
BOOKS DONATED
Rtn S. Bhanuchandran has donated Rs
1250/- towards books for a student of commerce
studying PUC. The father of the student is an Auto
Driver.
Today's Tea Is Hosted
By Rtn. Sundar Raja Rao.
LET'S ROCK-JOINT BOARD MEETING
On 13th July 2012, as a part of visit to community
centre, Midtowners visited Sri Chayadevi
Anathashrama Trust at Jayanagar, Mysore.
Anathashrama houses about 55 inmates including 13
senior citizens and 40 children which included a 8 month
old female baby. From Midtown, food was sponsored
for all the inmates, computer furniture worth Rs.15000
was given and a cash of Rs. 5000 was also given which Rtn. Vishwa started his year with the joint
was the generous contribution of midtowners to the board meeting on 15-06-12 at sports club. A cake
sunshine box. This project was Raghavendra's 12th
was cut on this occasion and the message was
community centre visit project during his tenure and this
activity really has become a very meaningful project. “Let's Rock”.

3. 3 13-06-2012
Cracked Pot Guidelines on Health
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung Ÿ Keep your blood cholesterol less than 160 mg/dl.
on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. Even a 1% reduction in cholesterol reduces the
One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. chances of heart attack by 2%.
The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the Ÿ Uncontrolled diabetes and blood pressure can
water bearer reached his master's house it had leaked precipitate a heart attack. Keep these under check.
much of it's water and was only half full. Ÿ Eat less, walk more.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer
delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his Ÿ Regular exercise is good for health. The best
master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of exercise is 'walking', which should be brisker than
its accomplishments. brisk walking.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own Ÿ Soya products are good for health. These should
imperfection, and miserable that it was able to form an essential ingredient of the diet.
accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
Ÿ Fruits are better than juices. Brown rice better than
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure,
polished rice and jaggery better than white sugar.
it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am
Eat a high–fiber diet.
ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. Ÿ Driving and drinking do not go together.
"What are you ashamed of?" "I have been able, for Ÿ Pregnant women must not drink. It harms the baby
these past two years, to deliver only half my load in the womb.
because this crack in my side causes water to leak out
Ÿ Get your health check–up done at least once in a
all the way back to your master's house.
year.
Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work,
and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot Ÿ Salt intake should be restricted.
said. Ÿ Avoid APC where A stands for achar, P for papad
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and C for chutney.
and in his compassion he said, "As we return to the
master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful
flowers along the path." Indeed, as they went up the hill,
the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the TOOFAN –SPEAKER
beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this
cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad AT ROTARY MYSORE
because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the
pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there
were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on
the other pot's side? That's because I have always
known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I
planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every
day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered
them. For two years I have been able to pick these
beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table.
Without you being just the way you are, he would not
have this beauty to grace his house."
Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all
cracked pots But if we all allow it,. God will use our flaws
to grace his table. In God's great economy nothing
goes, to waste. Don't be afraid of your flaws.
Acknowledge them and you too can be the, cause of
beauty.
Know that in our weakness we find our strength.
"Don't grieve that your roses have thorns ... Rtn. Chandu was the speaker at weekly meeting at
Rejoice instead that your thorns have roses". Rotary Mysore Midtown. He spoke on his favourite
topic Kicking-Tobacco. Congrats Toofan!!

4. Wedding Anniversary
Vocational training teams aid
Adopt-a-Village project in Uganda
An Adopt-a-Village
project being carried out by
Rotarians in Uganda and
Rtn. PP. PHF. Balakrishnan P.S. & Sudhamani California, USA, is helping to
22-06-2012 ; Cell : 949264396 improve life significantly for
people in Nkondo, Uganda.
The project involves four
of Rotary's areas of focus:
water and sanitation, basic
education and literacy,
disease prevention and
treatment, and economic and community development.
An important catalyst to the effort's success is the
Rtn. Dr. Raghu R.G. & Sumalatha vocational training team (VTT), a group of professionals
25-06-2012 ; Cell : 98861 24215 that travels either to learn more about their vocation or to
teach local professionals about a particular field. “The
main role has been to help kick-start the project,” says
Past District Governor Philippe Lamoise, who led a team
from District 5340 to District 9200 in Uganda in late 2010
and early 2011. “The training I conducted was about
business strategies, savings, and investments as they
apply to family-size farming businesses.”
Team results : Funded by a Rotary Foundation
Rtn. Syed Aftab Ahmed & Rukhsana Nazneen
global grant, the team of four Rotarians and three other
25-06-2012 ; Cell : 9900904101
professionals also helped lay the groundwork for a clean
water system, trained health clinic staff, and renovated a
Revealed: Secret of HIV's computer room at a school. The results of the team's
natural–born killers efforts were “a motivation to the local government to join
The Times of India in and provide some additional public funding at the
Chennai: Scientists on Monday said they had school and clinic,” Lamoise says.
found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny The VTT also paved the way for partnerships with
minority of individuals infected with HIV have a one local nongovernmental organization to train
natural ability to fight the deadly AIDS virus. In community residents in microfinance and with another to
a study they said holds promise for an HIV manage the microcredit effort, with oversight by the
vaccine, researchers from four countries Rotary Club of Kampala North. In addition, the VTT
reported the secret lies not in the number of inspired a partnership with an NGO to train farmers to
infection–killing cells a person has, but in how produce crops with high market values. A five-member
team from Kenya and Uganda visited District 5340 in
well they work. Only about one person in 300
October and November 2011, learning about best
has the ability to control the HI V without drugs,
practices in agriculture and irrigation, including the use
using a strain of "killer" cells called cytotoxic T
of appropriate technology. VTTs give efforts like the
lymphocyte (CTL) cells. Scientists reported
Adopt-a-Village project a strong boost toward
that the strain has molecules called receptors
sustainability, says Francis Tusubira, vice chair of the
that are better able to identify HIV–infected
Foundation's Cadre of Technical Advisers and past
white blood cells for attack.
governor of District 9200.
Learning and doing: “The GSE experience was
Next Week in Midtown great to discover East Africa and establish new
relationships with the Rotarians over there,” says
Lamoise, who was part of a District 5340 team that
President Dinner traveled to that region in 2001. “One of the great benefits
Date: 30-06-2012 at 7.00pm of the VTT program is that we are doing some good work
over there, instead of just learning about the culture and
Venue : Grand Mourya Hotel, establishing connections. So from the host
Hunsur Road, Mysore. [community's] point of view, VTT has much more value.”