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Kokoda Track Meeting

THE KOKODA TRACK MEETING.

MONDAY MARCH 31st. IN COOLAMON.

6.30 FOR 7.00PM
COOLAMON GOLF CLUB
DINNER $16/HEAD

RSVP RAY FOLEY 6927 3458 BY 25/3/08

Guest Speaker Garry Brown with Peter Bell.

Have a look at the following websites before the meeting.

Kokoda Track 1

Kokoda Track 2

Kokoda Track 3

Road to Recovery Forum in Ganmain

Ganmain 13th. March 2008

Venue Ganmain Sports Club

Subject Depression and Mental Health.

The gathering of over 100 people from Ganmain and area. Ganmain has a population of 560 residents so all in all a great turn out.

The speakers left to right: Dr. Peter English, Leonie Crane, Noel Trevaskis, Paul Templeton and MC for the night ABC Riverina Morning Show host Chris Coleman.

Part of the large crowd.

Question time was very interesting.

The evening was put on by the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.

ARHRF Web Site.

The night was organised by Rhonda Buchanan and her husband and partner Bryan from the Ganmain Crop Centre.

The event was sponsored by the Ganmain Crop Centre and Incitec Pivot Fertilisers. The Rotary Club of Coolamon was also involved in the organisation.

The subject depression and mental illness. Our Shire and surrounds have gone through and are still suffering from the worst drought in recorded history. Depression is an illness and can be treated and cured. we heard form Noel Trevaskis and how he suffered form depression for many years in and out of hospital, losing his family and his self esteem. Noel was an inspiring speaker and told it like it was. Noel is also a Rotarian.

The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund has raised over $20 million since it was founded 25 years ago. The Fund has contributed over 18 million $ to mental health research in that time.

Rhonda and Bryan Buchanan can be contacted on 6927 6077.

THANK YOU!

Kokoda Night in Coolamon

Monday March 31st The Kokoda Track

MONDAY 31ST MARCH 6.30 FOR 7.00PM
COOLAMON GOLF CLUB
DINNER $16/HEAD

RSVP RAY FOLEY 6927 3458 BY 25/3/08

Guest Speaker Garry Brown with Peter Bell.

"In late 2006, my brother-in-law Peter Bell asked if anyone in our circle of family and friends was interested in walking the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea in 2007. His idea was to book the trek for April and celebrate ANZAC Day at the Kokoda Memorial at Isurava. Peter's dad Jim served on the Kokoda Trail in 1942.

After being shot and seriously wounded at Templeton's Crossing high in the Owen Stanley Ranges, Jim despite his wounds and constant pain, managed to walk all the way back along the Trail to Port Moresby. Jim survived the war. It was Peter's intention to walk the same path carrying his dad's dog tags and photo.

Stories about the difficulties of traversing the Kokoda trail were plentiful, as were the names of the many people who had tried and failed. So began a journey of discovery for five old blokes from Wagga Wagga. Our talk is about that journey."

India Came to Coolamon on March 8th 2008.

March 7th the Rotary Van arrives at the Up to date Store in Coolamon.

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The blind leading the blind Dick guiding Max.

The night before with all our volunteers decorating the hall it looked stunning.

The night begins with 6 wonderful Indian Aussies dancing for us. We loved them.

After the entrees Emina from Wagga Wagga sung us a song what a great voice !

Our Wagga Wagga Indian Prince turned up with some of his followers . President Neil Pinto from the Wollundry Rotary Club is seen here on the left at the head of the table. He was dressed as an Indian Royal.

A full house please note the empty plates.

Prince Neil's table again more empty plates!

International Director's Marg Perkin's Table MORE empty plates!

The Ganmain table what is it with these empty plates?

The bar and some characters Mark Reardon, Indian "cricketer" Garth Perkin and Craig Corrigan. The Indian cricket shirt fetched $65 at the auction on the night carried out by Dick Jennings one of the many highlights of the night.

Back stage with the dancers still more empty plates!

The end of the night with fellowship on President Grahame Miles's table.

Summary.

Well we can tell you that the food was simply out of this world and no sooner had the food been served it was gone. Such was the quality of the tucker and there was plenty of it. Bobbi and her team from Wagga Wagga did the night proud. Hence the empty plates!

The evening ended with President Grahame thanking one and all. Especially our guests who gave talks on the night, our dancers and singers. Another bulletin will be posted on the speakers later. Marg Perkin was roundly applauded for her magnificent effort in putting this night together: one of the highlights of our Rotary year. Thank you Marg and well done again from all of us.

The results of this evening raised over $1,000 for Dr Alok Sharma's Darkness to Light Project in India.

ENOUGH TO RESTORE THE SIGHT OF 40 HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS WE ARE IN AUSTRALIA.

THIS IS WHAT ROTARY IS ALL ABOUT.

Indian Night in Coolamon

INDIA CALLING YOU TO COOLAMON!

Last Call for Bookings for Saturday March 8th

7.00pm at the Up to date Store in Coolamon

Tickets $30.00

Call us on 6927 6027 for your booking!

Here is the menu to tempt you to Coolamon.

All in a great cause the Darkness to Light Project Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga.

Dinner Menu

ENTREES

Samosa (Pastry filled with vegetables)



boti kebab (tender boneless lamb marinated in spice laced yogurt dressing and grilled before serving)

bhajia (spinach,onion and spices mixed with gram flour and deep fried) (all served with mint flavored yogurt )

Accompaniments Sambal (tomato& onion), Raita (yogurt & cucumber),Banana & Coconut, Sweet Mango chutney, Saffron Rice ,Roti (Indian bread) and Pappadams.


MAINS

Murgh Makhani (tender pieces of chicken marinated in yogurt and spices overnight and served in creamy tomato based sauce)

Lamb Roganjosh (mild boneless lamb cooked in a rich spicy gravy) Vindaloo (hot curry cooked in spicy sauce)

Mixed Vegetabable Korma Braised Beans with lentils

Sweets Gulab Jamun (dumplings made from milk powder & flour and soaked in syrup) served with cream & ice- cream



Beverages Tea and Coffee

All About Indian Food

The programme and entertainment on the night includes;

The night opens with 6 Children performing an Indian dance.

Songs of India by Emina

Rotarian Dr Alok Sharma talking on his project Darkness to Light.

Sanjay Thawani talking about India

Highlights include a Bollywood movie

AND

Raffles with the main prize a dinner for 10 cooked at your home!

Scroll down for details on Dr Sharma's work in India.

News From Hout Bay

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SERVICE.

Hout Bay Fishing Village Cape Town.

Rotary Hout Bay and Rotary Coolamon are Centennial Twin Rotary Clubs.

We formed our relationship in 2005 to celebrate 100 years of Rotary.

Update on the Nonceba Project in Cape Town March 2nd. 2008.

Ashley Kaimowitz Web Site.

Past President Don Peters Reports from Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa:

ASHLEY KAIMOWITZ UPDATE

"The Nonceba Centre finishing touches are moving well. The management hope that they can move in equipment at the end of March and the centre will open for business on 3rd April. We are looking forward to a number of Rotary International visitors wishing to visit the centre, including the Chairman of the Rotary Foundation later in the year and in March a representative from the E.Club of SWUSA.

Together with PDG Rodney Mazinter an inspection of the security at the centre has been made. We felt there was a need to improve on the preventative security and thus provide suitable safety for Rotary’s investment in the centre. We have approved the upgrade of the boundary fences changing them from wire mesh to a palisade type.

Electrification has already been budgeted for. The cost of this additional protection will be R62000. (Aussie $8,600). A tasteful honours type board will be placed in the reception area which will recognize Rotary and in particular the Rotary Foundation. There under a list of the Rotary Clubs involved headed by our own Club as under the stewardship of PP Matt Mercer at the time we started the Memorial Fund. Making the project a joint one we were joined by the Sea Point, Claremont, Kirstenbosch and Kromboom Clubs.

The involvement of Rotary Clubs in the USA, Fareham Club in England, Japanese Clubs and our special friends at Coolamon in Australia have made the project truly international and recognition must be made to all who have been involved. Not least those members of the public who like Rotarians wanted to honour Ashley and fulfill her dream. The project is indeed an outstanding achievement put simply – ROTARY SHARES ".

The Road to the Nonceba Project in the township of Khayelitsha above.

Report from the Kili 28/8 team on our visit to Nonceba follows:

We Visit the Nonceba Centre

The Nonceba Centre Update.

Several of the climbers from Kili 28/8 visited the Nonceba center in Khayletisha as guests of Hout Bay Rotary and in particular Rotarian Don Peters. It was Tuesday the 4th September 2007 there we met Nocawe Mankayi, a living angel. We also met a young 7 year old lass who was being counseled. No need for descriptions or photos. She was beautiful, so innocent, so young, so sad.

Here is the latest web site for Nonceba

NONCEBA

You can down load the DVD from this site as well as donate on line.

We are also making copies of Ashley's DVD on the story of Nonceba. Please contact me for a copy:

[email protected]

In the mean time we were all moved beyond our limits by what we learned from this visit and from Nocawe. We are working on fund raising ideas for Nonceba more on this later. Please Note that The Mountains of the Moon 2010 Climb will be raising funds for Hout Bay Rotary and I am sure that the funds raised will go in part to the Nonceba Project.

Clean Up Australia Day

COMMUNITY SERVICE

CLEAN UP AUSSIE DAY 2008

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Coolamon Rotarians filing up their utes with rubbish collected on the Coolamon to Ganmain Road. Happy mob.

Rotarian Marg Perkin giving Jessie the supervisor a scratch.

The road is now spotless! We covered 10 kilometres in 2 hours and collected all sorts of rubbish including a football, barbed wire and lots of empty cans of beer.


The team with their trophies. (Taken by Thomas Lillywhite).

L to R: Rotarians Garth Perkin, Annette Green, Barry Lillywhite, Max Chapman, Marg Perkin, Ian Jennings, John Glassford and President Grahame Miles.

We had an impromptu game of footy before we went to the tip with the rubbish, there were two others in the team Ray and Maria Foley not in the photo. See the web site below for info on the clean up campaign Australia wide.

Clean Up Australia Day Web Site

Another successful community service from the Coolamon Rotarians.

See you all next year!