1. New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9455! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 3, Issue 6 9th - 15th August 2010
From the President Matching Jack the ShelterBox Project Club Assembly / Forum PR at Claremont Nigeria Making
Find out what is Movie Get an update on this Details of the upcoming Quarter Impressive Progress
happening around the The club’s tickets important project. club assembly. Promoting the club at Against Polio
club. have arrived. Make Page 1 Page 2 our local shopping Read Bill Gates
Page 1 sure you collect centre. personal observations
yours! Page 3 regarding the fight
Page 1 against Polio.
Page 3
particular profile is roughly 1 & Extension Month in the
From the in 1 billion, so only 6-7 Rotary Calendar, and as such,
people in the world are likely rather than having a speaker Rohallah
President to have the same DNA at our meeting, we will be
profile, though identical participating in an interactive Haidari
Dear Fellow Rotarians, twins do share the same exercise related to
profile. Prof Wetherall membership. Our Assistant Our unsuccessful Peace
At our last meeting, Professor cautioned that a profile Governor, Angus Buchanan, Fellow Applicant Rohallah,
John Wetherall gave a should not be overly relied will be joining us as well. under the caring guidance of
fascinating insight into what on by the justice system to Bill and Sue Hassell and
DNA profiling is used for convict a suspect without Don't forget that this week Margaret Stuart has finally
and ethical considerations other evidence to back up the we'll have our first club secured a full time job and is
around it. From determining likelihood of that person assembly for the year. I will in Christmas Island as an
possible suspects in a crime committing that crime (as be circulating questions for interpreter.
to paternity tests, and even opposed to just having been you to consider for
detecting which village a in that location at some time). discussion at the assembly He is planning to bring his
virus has spread from, DNA (or please email me your wife to Australia when he is
profiling has many very He also raised the ethical responses if you can't make able to look after her.
beneficial uses. The questions posed by paternity it). I hope to see as many of
probability of encountering a tests done without the you (and partners!) there as
mother's possible. ShelterBox
consent or
knowledge. Is Yours in Rotary Service, Project
it fair to all
parties? All Simone Carot Collins On Wednesday, 4th August,
round, it was Club President Margaret Stuart and Ken and
a very Di Collins went out to
educational
talk, and it Matching Jack Sandgate Hall in South Perth
where Tom Henderson
w a s
especially the Movie (founder of ShelterBox) and
Lasse Petersen (general
interesting to manager of ShelterBox UK)
consider the The 12 tickets ordered by the gave a presentation on the
positive and Club have arrived. However, project.
negative on each ticket is printed
ramifications ‘Admit 2’ . Hence if any There had been some issues
of using other members wish to to resolve, hence the quiet
DNA profiles. attend or anyone attending period for the majority of this
would like to invite friends year, whilst these problems
Next week please do so. Tickets have been overcome. The
our meeting available at Wednesday’s problem which surfaced
will be a little meeting from Sec. Di. The earlier in the year was due to
different. This movie has received very a breakaway group in eastern
month is good reviews on the morning Australia. Ken spoke at
Photo: Professor John Wetherall Membership breakfast programs. length with Tom and is
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
satisfied that the RCFB Rajah Senathirajah has also about Rotary’s PolioPlus
should continue to support been extremely valuable with Claremont program.
the original project. his continued assistance to
the club through his vocation Primary and
Margaret, who is very with completing the Welcome Back
supportive of ShelterBoxes Application for endorsement PolioPlus
has organised with her as an Income Tax Exempt Debbie
company to have a fund for the new Charity On 17th September the
presentation next Wednesday Fund, as well as applying for Claremont Primary School Good to have Debbie Cash
by PP Michael Reeves, the ABN for the Charity will organise a ‘Paint Your back at our meeting. Debbie
Chairman of the project in D. Fund. Progress is gradually Pinky’ fundraiser for told us very briefly about a
9455, which will be followed being made to bring this to a PolioPlus. new area of need uncovered
up on Friday by a successful conclusion. The in Nepal when James was
fundraising activity at original time frame appears Ken Collins will go along to there recently on a
Phoenix. Well done and to have been rather the school to talk to the Pilgrimage of Hope. An
thank you Margaret. optimistic. elderly woman with no
funds but a kind heart took
destitute women off the
street, along with 28 street
children and is doing what
she can for them. She only
has a couple of rooms and
handful of beds. Debbie
went up to Nepal to see what
could be done to assist.
Beds, linen, blankets,
washing and toileting
facilities are all on the
‘desperately needed’ list.
Through the Angel Academy
school which has been listed
as a Rotary Australia World
Community Service Project,
the headmaster Jotik, has
arranged for the children
who have no education to be
transported into the school
for schooling. Also through
James’s contacts in Nepal
teams of people will assist
with cleaning and painting
the house.
A brief video from James on
Photo: Tom Henderson, founder of ShelterBox & Ken Collins
the project is able to be
viewed. Jotik is the young
children about polio and man speaking in the video.
encourage them to
Vocational Books for participate in the fundraising
activity which involves the Club
Service at Work Madurai children bringing in a $1 coin
and then having their ‘pinky’ Assembly/
Ken received an email from a The book project coordinated finger pained with a marking
PDG friend in D9680 in by Rajah and Jes Senathirajah pen. In developing countries Forum
Sydney to say that an elderly has been brought to a after children have been
Rotarian from his club had conclusion with Rajah immunised for Polio, their Sunday, 15th August, 4pm to
been admitted to RPH after sending off all the cartons to finger is painted with 6.00pm followed by a casual
falling on a cruise ship and India. Great job Rajah and indelible ink so that the meal at the James’ 4
fracturing his femur. Jes and all the members who children who have been Archdeacon St, Nedlands.
assisted with collecting, immunised can be readily
Claire Forsdyke visited Rtn. sorting and packing the identified. Your attendance is vital to
Martin McCurrich in RPH books. discuss projects, fundraising
and ascertained that he did Last Monday, Ken was and social activities. Please
not require any assistance interviewed on Curtin bring a dish to share and
from the club as he was 100.1Fm on immunisation bottle of drink and advise
being flown back to Sydney and the falling immunisation Sec. of your attendance.
with his wife. rate in our Western Suburbs
as well as talking briefly
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
As of 1 August, Rotarians have 2009 has been especially major mobile phone service
Club Dues raised about $141.2 million for impressive," Gates writes. providers has agreed to send
Rotary's US$200 Million As of 20 July, only six cases about 25 million free text
Club dues are due. Members Challenge. These contributions of the wild poliovirus have messages about polio and
can either pay by cheque or by will help Rotary raise $200 been reported in Nigeria health.
a Direct Debit into the Club’s million to match $355 million this year, compared with
Operating account. in challenge grants received 346 during the same period He also mentions the
from the Bill & Melinda Gates in 2009. importance of engaging local
Foundation. The resulting $555 leaders and says the
PR at Claremont million will directly support The Gates Foundation has 'commitment from Nigeria's
immunization campaigns in given Rotary US$355 leaders has been crucial' to the
Quarter developing countries, where million in grants for its fight against polio in the
polio continues to infect and work to eradicate polio. In country. While in the capital
On Friday, 20th August Ken paralyze children, robbing response, Rotary has city of Abuja, he had dinner
has arranged for a promotion them of their futures and committed to raising $200 with the minister of health,
of Rotary outside Coles at compounding the hardships million. As of 30 June, and the next day met with the
Claremont Quarter. A couple faced by their families. Rotary has raised $141.2 nation's new president,
of members have volunteered million. Goodluck Jonathan.
to go along at 4.00pm to give As long as polio threatens
Ken a hand. Any other even one child anywhere in On his blog, Gates says he One of the videos on the Gates
members who can spare time the world, children spent most of his first day Foundation website praises
during the day would be very everywhere remain at risk. The in the northern state of efforts that have reduced the
welcome. stakes are that high. Kano, which has been threat of polio by 99 percent
vulnerable to polio, meeting but stresses the need to finish
Jane Armstrong produced Read more about Rotary with community leaders, the job. "If you were an
some boards prompting International's polio visiting a local health center, athlete, you would never only
projects for the Quiz night, eradication efforts. and stopping at a school run 99 percent of the race," a
which will be used on 20th. As where students were voiceover on the video
studying the Quran in announces. "An astronaut
that was back in October of
last year, photographs of more
Nigeria Making Arabic. wouldn't fly only 99 percent of
recent projects and activities the way to the moon, and a
will need to be printed to Impressive "On the streets and most firefighter would never just
bring our information up to everywhere else we went, I put out 99 percent of a fire."
date. Progress noticed so many young
c h i l d r e n
Against Polio around," he
13th Annual Dr Ken Collins
The Giving By Arnold R. Grahl writes. "Nigeria
Rotary International News has more Address
Pledge 28 July 2010 people by far
Promoting The Rotary
than any other
A f r i c a n
In the media Warren Buffet Bill Gates says he is impressed
country, and
Foundation
and Bill Gates have with the progress Nigeria has
made against polio and urges more than 40 When: Monday, 29th November, 2010.
encouraged 40 American
partners in the fight to percent of them Venue: Golden Nugget Room, Gloucester Park.
Billionaires to give half of their
eradicate the disease not to let are under the Time: 7:00pm for 7:30pm
fortunes to charity.
up. age of 15. That
makes polio Guest Speaker: RI President Ray Klinginsmith
Bill Gates has given $355
Gates, cochair of the Bill & immunization Alumni Speaker: Maryanne Tokome-Amu
million to Rotary’s PolioPlus
Melinda Gates Foundation, a b i g Cost: $45pp with cash bar available.
project. Imagine what can be
shared personal observations challenge."
done for the world with the
funds from these 40 from his June trip to Nigeria
Gates adds that
billionaires. Bless them all! on his blog, Gates Notes. The
post, along with others about during his trip, Change of Meeting
polio, are appearing this week he learned
When: Thursday, 7st October, 2010.
Progress for on the Gates Foundation blog, about creative
approaches to
Venue: Usual venue.
Foundation Notes. Time: Usual time.
Rotary's US$200 i n f o r m
Nigerians Guest Speaker: Phil Sherwood from RC Arden
In addition, the Gates
Million Foundation website is about polio
immunization.
Arcade, California
highlighting two Note: this meeting is in place of our usual
Challenge for videos produced in June for P r o
immunization
-
Wednesday meeting on Wed 6th Oct.
the Global Polio Eradication
messages are
Polio Initiative.
being woven
into the
Eradication "I was very excited to visit
northern Nigeria in June, plotlines of Club Assembly
Rotary International News because the progress there popular TV When: Sunday, 15st August, 2010.
5 August 2010 since my last visit in February shows, and one Venue: 4 Archdeacon St, Nedlands.
of Nigeria's Time: 4:00pm.
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4. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Upcoming Guest Speakers
Date Speaker Topic
25th August Lisa Guppy - Outbound Ambassadorial Scholar My Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship: Water Poverty in Cambodia and Viet Nam
1st September Tony Baker What’s happening with fine arts?
8th September PDG Ron Geary Handicamp
22nd September Hon Nick Hasluck, AM Reflections of a newly retired judge
Program for August
Host - Introduction & Thank You
Date Details
Date Name
11th August 25 Minute Membership Exercise
18th August Ken Collins
15th August (Sunday) Club Assembly/Forum
18th August PDG Paul Gianatti - Interact:
Back-up Host Rotary’s club for 14-17 year olds
20th August (Friday) PR Day at Claremont Quarter
Date Name
25th August Lisa Guppy - Outbound
18th August TBA Ambassadorial Scholar
28th August (Saturday) Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Rotary Year 2010-11
Date Name Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
Simone Carot Collins — President
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au PO Box 168,
11th August Margaret Stuart Nedlands,
Di Collins — Secretary / Vice President Western Australia, 6909
18th August Judy Edwards secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Meetings
vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
25th August Wilma McBain
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
Bill Hassell — President Elect / Club Queenslea Drive
Administration Director Claremont
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Email
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bulletin Award for 2009/10 Toni James — Treasurer
Phone
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 9385 0471
Fax
Rob Rohrlach — Projects Director
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