ROTARY CLUB OF PENRITH VALLEY INC. BULLETIN

ROTARY CLUB OF PENRITH VALLEY INC. BULLETIN Rotary International President Gary C.K. Huang Chartered 20th May 1977 P O Box 267 Penrith NSW 2751 www.penrithvalleyrotary.org

ROTARY CLUB OF PENRITH VALLEY INC. Meets Wednesday at Penrith Panthers, 6.30 for 7.00 pm CLUB DIRECTORY 2014/2015 President: Chris Dallen Directors: Pres.Elect: Peter Murray Club Administration: Peter Murray Secretary: Glenn Reinhard International & Foundation: Mario Bellantonio Treasurer: Keith Wakefield Public Relations: O Brien Wyngaard Immediate Past Service Projects: John Krisenthal President: Don Mackenzie Youth: Robyn Burton Vocational/Membership: George Rabie COMMITTEES AND CLUB ADMINISTRATION Sergeant: John Gollings Child Protection Officer & Corporal: Elizabeth Aitken Risk Management: Mario Bellantonio Attendance & Venue: Peter Murray Program & Club Calendar: Dan Brigden Welfare Officer: Robyn Burton Public Officer & Club Historian: Keith Wakefield Social Director: Dario Poles SERVICE PROJECTS: (Chairman: John Krisenthal) COMMITTEE: Dave Adamson, John Gollings, Glenn McFall, Peter Murray, Joy Norman, Ron Norman, Dario Poles, Barry Preskett, Glenn Reinhard, Keith Wakefield. PUBLIC RELATIONS: (Chairman: O Brien Wyngaard) COMMITTEE: Jim Aitken, Elizabeth Aitken, Terry Davies, Jean Vranich. CLUB MEMBERSHIP/VOCATIONAL: (Chairman: George Rabie) COMMITTEE: Andrew Mizzi, Shiva Prakash, Armand Sukhla. INTERNATIONAL & FOUNDATION: (Chairman: Mario Bellantonio) COMMITTEE: Shamus Davies, Arthur Harris, Jim Honess, Sachint Lal, Eddie Vidal, Neil Williamson YOUTH: (Chairperson: Robyn Burton) COMMITTEE: Dan Brigden, Alex Donaldson, Sarah Whereat, Joanne Willott. HONORARY MEMBERS: Merrilyn Beach, John Brown, Bruce Chenery, Kathy Gal, Denis Green, Julie McElrae, Joe Rees, John Wakeling, Tom Walsh, Geoffrey Munyeme, Andrew Rios, Linda Rios, Noor Vellani Club website: www.penrithvalleyrotary.org

13th August, 2014 Series 38 Vol. 6 Tonight: Sharminie Niles Help Orphans Now Fellowship and Vote of Thanks Duty Roster 13th August 20th August 27th August Peter Murray Joy & Ron Norman Dario Poles Door and Weekly Dues Collection Roster: Chocolate Biscuit Roster: 13th August Robyn Burton Dario Poles 20th August Shamus & Terry Davies Jim Aitken 27th August Alex Donaldson Shiva Prakash Bulletin Journalist-Notes Taker: A volunteer for note taking this week please! Club Banners Roster: Sargeant John plus Helpers please! August Birthdays: 14th Margaret Harris, 24th Cathey Rabie, 28th Helen Preskett August Aniversaries: 14th Glenn and Marie Reinhard, 19th John and Vicki Krisenthal, 26th Andrew and Kathy Mizzi, 29th Terry and Marie Davies DATES TO REMEMBER 20th August D.G. Ian Scott Combined Zone Meeting 27th August Steve Lloyd Nepean Emergency Services 3rd September Craig Dickson Identity Theft 11th September Caberet Brittanie Shipway @ Osso MEMBERS MUST PAY IF THEY ARE ABSENT AND HAVE NOT APOLOGISED TO PETE BEFORE 12noon ON MONDAY OR ARE LATE IN APOLOGISING. THE CLUB CANNOT AFFORD TO CARRY PEOPLE FOR WHOM MEALS ARE ORDERED AND THE PERSON DOES NOT TURN UP.

What happened last week? Guests: Rtn Ivan Fedor (AG, Springwood), Reg King, Gayl Mallett, Andrew & Linda Rios, Rtn Daisy Montano (Norwest Sunrise), Rtn Christina Morales (Bogota Occidente), Cariolina Trujillo Apologies: Alex Donaldson, Arthur Harris, Jim Honess, Joy & Ron Norman, Keith Wakefield Make-ups:?? before the journalist volunteered, so not available! President Chris again in the chair, Youth: Robyn Terry was welcomed back! RYDA helpers needed for Friday. Alex is looking for three people! [Update from Alex: Nobody responded for 8th, Friday 22nd now cancelled, Friday 15th Penrith Club are now providing all 6 required volunteers!, shame!] ConocoPhillips Science applications now invited from Year 9 & 10 students., our 1st application has been received and is being submitted. Still interested in more! On Sunday Sarah, Lizzi, Rebecca, Kevin and Robyn will be driven by John Gollings to the City to Surf. Good look! Still looking for RYLA candidates, application form available, see Alex or Robyn, remember ages are over 18 with at least 1 year out of school and under 27 years old at at 1 Jan 2015. NYSF No NYSF for us this year, budget transferred to Adventures in Citizenship [Canberra] as replacement focus for this year. Thank you to Terry for volunteering as last week s journalist providing notes to the Editor for this volume of the Bulletin. to Volunteer next, starting tonight!

Footy Tipping: Last week s update Shamus Davies blitz s the week with a 7 out of 8 without lifting a finger to tap in his tips!!! But his down fall was Newcastle. Should have picked the EELS! John Golling leading the comp, at end of that week! This week: there were two PERFECT scores on Glen McFall s and Andrew Mizzi sheets. Panther Lizzie didn t pick THE PANTHERS! She paid the price of missing out on a bonus! John Gollings still in the lead with Ramesh three points behind. Dario and his social moments: Raised the question of a grand kids bonfire. Everyone was enthusiastic and he will work out a date. Also a possible fishing trip outside the Heads for $70. There was some interest! Peter put drinking chocolate on the menu tonight. How thoughtful! 1st Unofficial Guest Speaker Reg King from the Linked In Foundation to assist Cancer Victims. Told stories especially the one about the 23 year old girls who beat cancer. He acknowledged the Rotary Club of Carlingford who gave $20,000 to the Foundation and put a PHF on his lapel. Reg will return in an official capacity. 2nd Unofficial Guest Speaker Daisy Montano who is now the International Director at the Rotary Club of Norwest Sunrise (Bella Vista) but last year she was President of the Rotary Club of Glenhaven. She talked extensively on the project in Bolivia. She mentioned the 120 capacity Kids Day CRae, the Prevention Centre for addiction and the Abuse Girls off the street house funded by the Government. Told us about the drama of a Rotarian during the Convention. Daisy was instrumental in caring for a sick Rotarian from Columbia. Semi-annual club dues are $120 for immediate Payment. Payment may be made at the door at meetings (cash or chq only) or by payment direct to the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley Admin A/C BSB: 062 589 Account#: 1020 3622 Please supply a reference of 1stNameInitialSurname Dues like KeithW Dues If you have already paid on-line please email treasurer@penrithvalleyrotary.org with date your payment was made please [ & remember the 4 way test]

Guest Speaker Christina Morales Christine Morales is passionate about Rotary and its projects in Columbia. She comes from Rotary District 9281 which has 1200 Rotarians in 68 clubs and she lives in Bogata. There are 476 million inhabitants of Columbia The Rotary Club of Bogata Occidente has 28 members. There is a list of Projects which I will send by photo to Alex. [Not received] Great speech and Christine should be proud of her English. An email from Christine to the club, prior to her presentation! Dear president Chris and fellow members: I would like to offer a big thank you for allowing me the opportunity and space to present Colombia and our Rotary programs to your club. I would like to apologise for my english during the presentation, as you could imagine doing so in another language is not easy, but I hope to improve for future opportunities. I wish for our clubs continue cultivating the friendship and that we can work together in future projects that benefit the community, therefore meeting and achieving Rotary's objective. kind regards Cristina Morales Club Rotario Bogota Occidente Colombia - South America Christina was not so confident with present in Engish, so she brought her own translators, her daughter Carolina a chemical engineer who works at Kimberly-Clark, Reg King earlier unofficial guest speaker, IT industry and Daisy Montano also an earlier unofficial guest speaker, a teacher and 11 year previously with Glenhaven Rotary, was originally from Bolivia. Vote of Thanks: Andrew Mizzi thanked Christine who is returning to Columbia on the 21st August. Andrew made the point that Rotary brings us together. Andrew presented a quizzical and maybe confused Christine with a book on the 101 Rugby League Greats. Heads & Tails: Won by Neil Williamson. Weekly Youth Raffle: Won by Terry Davies and Neil Williamson President Chris thanked AG Ivan for attending the meeting. He expressed his thanks to Linda and Andrew Rios, Gayl Mallet, Caroline, Reg King, Daisy Montano and Carolina Trujillo. Shamus lead the members in Advance Australia Fair at 9pm.

President Chris having received a banner from the Rotary Club of Medellin, Columbia, chartered February 1928, 49 years before us. Rotary Club of Medellin was allocated club number 7281 and at the time, there were only approximately 200,000 Rotarians in the world.

Andrew presenting Christina with a book during the Vote of Thanks. Good thing Christina then gives us back the book o donate in her name to a local school for their library. I am sure she has not become enamoured with Rugby League while visiting or she surely would have joined the Footy tipping.

President Chris again presenting Christina with our club banner to taker back and present to her Club of Bogota Occidente.

Reminder: Working with Children Check ROTARIANS APPLY FOR REGISTRATION by completing an online form at http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/working-with-children/ Working-With-Children-Check/Volunteers-and-students, as a Volunteer. It must be an individual application and no one else can do it other than the Rotarian himself/herself. No fee is required to be paid by Volunteers. Once Rotarians complete the form, they will receive a distinctive Application (APP) Number, which they must take to their local Motor Registry with proof of their identity. The Motor Registry will then communicate with the Office of the Children s Guardian, which will then issue a CLEARANCE for that individual. The CLEARANCE will consist of a number beginning with WWC (working with children) and ending in V for Volunteer. That Number will remain with the relevant Rotarian for life, although it will be valid for five years, and Application for its renewal must then be made. The editor has now completed both phase 1 & 2 of the application process, and it was a pretty simple straight forward process to complete the application online and also do the Motor Registry or NSW Services office phase. Even the wait at the Motor Registry was only around 5 minutes. Now it is just a wait for however long it takes to be issued the clearance. It can take 3-4 weeks but can occasionally be as quick as overnight. RAWCS Donations in Kind Anyone that can assist at Donations in Kind, Saturday 23rd to load a container for Vanuatu please see Alex, but remember we also start selling the Raffle at Westfield and we have a BBQ weekend at Harvey Norman! Our Club s Logo to meet the new Rotary Branding guidelines

For your Notes! RYDA Volunteers Needed [Tentative booking] Tuesday 2nd September for St Pauls Grammar 3-6 volunteers may be required Would be really good if we could do this one without having to get help from Penrith, Nepean or Richmond clubs Rotary Club of Penrith Valley Inc Bulletin is published weekly. The editor welcomes comments on items but reserves the right to edit for style and length. Reports and articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editor or the leadership of the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley Inc. The editor respects the intellectual property and copyright of the writer including the writer s responsibility for errors of fact and spelling. Cross fines of $1 will apply if the editor is fined for the writer s (copyright) inaccuracies! editor@penrithvalleyrotary.org

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS Up to 1st May 2013 the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley has awarded Paul Harris Fellowships to, or has the following as members who are PHFs: Elizabeth Aitken, Jim Aitken, Dr Al_Khhawaja, Charles Ancheta, Malcolm Beach, Merilyn Beach, Graham Beckett, Mario Bellantonio, Arthur Bennett*, Jane Bennett, John Boccanfuso, Bert Bragg, John Brown, John Buchtmann, Robyn Burton, Eileen Cammack, Bruce Chenery., Sheila Cunliffe, John Daly, Terry Davies*, Alex Donaldson*, Arthur Downes, Phil Fehon, Margaret Fenech*, Jim Freeburn, Lou Gal*, Maggie Giddens, John Gollings, Denis Green*, Jim Honess, Phyllis Jenkins, Sue Kingsbury, Dipak Kumar, Dr Sachint Lal* Tony Lauer, Julie McElrea, Andrew Mizzi*, Peter Murray, Dr Ralph Nanan, Dario Poles, Dr Shiva Prakash, Barry Preskett*, Helen Redler*, Joe Redler*, Glenn Reinhard*, Marjorie Ross, Max Shepherd, Armand Sukhla, Dr Noor Vellani, Jean Vranich, Luciano Vranich., Keith Wakefield*, Helen Wakeling, John Wakeling*, Tom Walsh, Sarah Whereat, Graham Wilson, O Brien Wyngaard * Sapphire Pins Monday Nepean Penrith Valley Inn 7.00 for 7.15am Penrith Penrith Panthers 6.30 for 7.00pm Richmond Richmond Club 6.30 for 7.00pm Springwood Springwood Sports Club 6.30 for 7.00pm Tuesday Lower Blue Mountains Emu Plains Sporting & Recreation Club 6.30 for 7.00pm St Marys St Marys RSL & Ex-Servicemen's Club 6.00 for 6.30pm Wednesday Wallacia-Mulgoa Valley 1440 Mulgoa Road, Wallacia 7.00 for 7.30pm OBJECT OF ROTARY The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprises and in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: PAST PRESIDENTS 1977/78 Arthur Bennett 1990/91 Malcolm Beach 2003/04 Graham Wilson 1978/79 Phil Magee 1991/92 Alan Richardson 2004/05 Alex Donaldson 1979/80 Ray Waters 1992/93 John Brown 2005/06 Linda Rios 1980/81 Denis Green 1993/94 Jim Aitken 2006/07 Dario Poles 1981/82 Bert Bragg 1994/95 Barry Preskett 2007/08 O Brien Wyngaard 1982/83 Shiva Prakash 1995/96 John Tourish 2008/09 Ron Norman 1983/84 Arthur Harris 1996/97 Graham Beckett 2009/10 Graeme Butler 1984/85 Mario Bellantonio 1997/98 Max Shepherd 2010/11 John Gollings 1985/86 Tony Robinson 1998/99 Armand Sukhla 2011/12 Catrina O Kane 1986/87 Lou Gal 99/2000 Terry Davies 2012/13 Jean Vranich 1987/88 Tom Walsh 2000/01 Jim Honess 2013/14 Don Mackenzie 1988/89 Keith Wakefield 2001/02 Noor Vellani 1989/90 Sachint Lal 2002/03 Glenn Reinhard The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian s personal, business and community life; FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The 4-Way Test 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Rotary Grace O Lord, The giver of all good We thank Thee for our daily food May Rotary Friends and Rotary ways Help us to serve Thee all our days ( Rotary International 1946) Bulletin printed and collated by SNAP Printing Penrith (02) 4721 4969. Photographer Peter Murray. Alternative Minutes Sachint Lal