ROTARY DISTRICT 9600

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1 ROTARY DISTRICT 9600 Club Number: Club Chart3red 18th March, 1988 Volume 41 of 13/14 1st May District Governor Trevo r Taylor President John Oxenford Meeting: Thursday 6.30pm for 7.00 pm Banksia Room. Bribie Island Hotel 29 Sylvan Beach Esplanade Bribie Island Phone MEMBERS if you are unable to attend meeting or have extra guest for dinner phone [Bernie] If you are not able to do your duty as rostered IT IS UP TO YOU to find a replacement [and let Bernie Wilson Know]

2 Date Chairperson Registration Set up/ International toast Intro Guest Speaker Guest Speaker May 1st Mary Grant Ann France In Afternoon PRIDE OF WORK- MANSHIP 8th Ann France Lurline Thompson Barry France McDonald George Grant Bisley Farm May 15 Lurline Thompson Barry France McDonald Martin White May 18 Sunday 22 may DISTRICT ASSEMBLY Barry France McDonald Martin White James Loy Bob Bridges UK BUS Wednesday 28th VISIT TO OPENING BISLEY FARM WONDAI 29th May McDonald Martin White James Loy Porteous June 1-4 ROTARY Convention SYDNEY June5 Martin White James Loy June 12 James Loy Porteous Porteous June 19 Porteous June 26th

3 PRESIDENT S BULLETIN MAY 1 I had the pleasure and honour of representing Rotary at two Anzac Day functions last week one at Banksia Beach State School and one at the RSL. These observances seem to get stronger each year. It isn t all that long ago that some were predicting that Anzac Day would die out, but no one would say that if they saw the whole-hearted participation in the events on Bribie last week especially by so many students. In her address to students at BBSS, Jacqui King asked students to live up to the Anzac example. I am asking all BBSS students to be like the Anzacs and be all they can be, she said. I am asking you to honour your school and your country. I am asking you to support your fellow students, she continued. If all those students who participated last week responded to Jacqui s request, then the Anzac tradition will certainly live on. Last week we had Ken Piva and Tim Crawshaw come and tell us of the work of the school chaplains here on Bribie. We learned that many of Bribie s students have social issues to deal with and this shows in the schools with high absentee rates, students with very low self esteem, students coming to school with no food, and on and on. In many cases it falls to the chaplains to deal with these issues. On behalf of the Club I assured them that Bribie Rotary would continue to support the chaplaincy programme and I encouraged the chaplains to look at the many support programmes that Rotary offers like National Science Forum, RYLA, Student Exchange, etc. This week we will be having our Pride in Workmanship Dinner. This is an opportunity to recognise the special contribution made by employees of the various organisations who are participating in the event. Thank you to Mary and her helpers who have made this evening possible. Other upcoming events include District Assembly on May 18. Everyone is welcome to attend especially those on next year s Committee. The Annual Dinner for RYLA will be held on May 19. See the poster for this elsewhere in this Bulletin. And our long-awaited trip to Bisley Farm at Wondai will be on May 28. I hope as many as possible can come for the official opening by Lord Shaftesbury. Mary has assured me that the bus will be back in time to see State of Origin. Then many Club members will be off to Sydney for the Rotary International Convention from May 31 June 4. Don t forget that May is Bowelscan Month. All the local pharmacies are continuing to participate in the programme this year, and Kevin and Kevin have started distributing the kits to them. We had a photo-shoot with Wyatt Roy last week and that article should be in this week s Bribie Weekly. And I now have permission from MBRC to put up our banners See you at the Pride in Workmanship Dinner. John

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5 PATRICK THE SWEDISH ADVENTURER For Easter, I went down to Southern Sweden with the Wetterlundh's and we toured around for a bit. We left on Thursday 17th April and drove down to Skåne. The first stop was Steneshuvud, or Stonehead, where we had a pretty good view of the effects of Spring on the once cold, snowy weather. From there we visited heaps of little fishing villages spread out along the coast before ending up in Simrishamn where we stayed the night. The next day, Friday 18th April, we set off and saw the Ales Stenar, or Ale's Stones. This "stone ship" is dated to be formed in approximately 600CE and forms the outline of a ship. Afterwards, we went to the southernmost part of Sweden, Sandshammaren. We sat on the beach and drank in the sun. From there we went to Glimmingehus, which is a Medieval Fort built in the 1500's, and toured the inside of the building, including defense mechanisms and passages, bathrooms and dining halls. That afternoon we went to Lund, and after a brief tour of the city including the gardens and the Church, we watched a movie ("Noah" for those who are curious, it was... interesting) we stayed the night there. On Easter Saturday, the 19th April, we headed off to Båstad for "Påsklunch", or Easter lunch, with the extended host family. In Sweden, Easter is celebrated on the Saturday and so this was the big day. Although I didn't wake to a chocolate egg hunt, I still received plenty of candy and ate heaps of food. Like, heaps. Especially at Easter lunch, where we had an Authentic Swedish Smögåsbord. I ate marinated raw herring, drank Påskmust (I don't know how to describe it, it's just... Påskmust) and raw salmon, as well as some more 'normal' things, like roast lamb and other cold meats. After eating more than 4 serves of lunch and dessert we drove to Halmstad to stay at Charlotte's Parents' house.

6 More of Lund; this tower has a story. To demonstrate his power, a king rode his horse inside the building, right to the top of the stairs however once at the top, the horse wouldn't go down and so to get it out they had to kill it. Now, instead of being a symbol of his power, it's more of a memorial to the horse. Glimmingehus - The Fort I changed host families. Now I live with the Leijonhufvud family just two train stops away from where I used to live; not too much of a difference. After settling in, I went to Gröna Lund in Stockholm, the 24th April. It was awesome. Gröna Lund is a theme park and one of my exchange student friends managed to get us 10 significantly cheaper tickets (meaning it cost me $4 entry) into the park before it opened to the public. I went on a wooden rollercoaster with Sam and we watched heaps of other adrenalin junkies flip, twist, turn and drop their way into fear and fun Sunday the 27th, Sam, Macca and I made ANZAC Biscuits and Lamingtons for my friends at school to try. I also learnt that my cooking skills are severely lacking so I hope they like them... Whenever I find statues of important people, they always seem to have seagulls standing on their heads...

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