Coffs Harbour Rotary Daybreak Herald
Editor: Bev Stalling
Meetings Roster
This week 25 June03
Door Attendance
Lisa Meldrum
Rotary Grace
Jack Moffitt
Welcome Guests
Elaine Norman
Thank Speaker
David Power
Raffle
Steve Profke
National Anthem
Loretta Rigby
Next week 02 July03
Door Attendance
Garry Russell
Rotary Grace
Graeme Ryder
Welcome Guests
Bev Stalling
Thank Speaker
Judy van Der Vegt
Raffle
Sjaan Williams
National Anthem
Garry Austin
Two Weeks 09July03
Door Attendance
Carol Austin
Rotary Grace
Di Bennett-Slater
Welcome Guests
Donne Bloemhard
Thank Speaker
Marilyn Brien
Raffle
Alan Burrow
National Anthem
Kathleen Callinan
Meeting 25 June 2003
EDITORS’ PENS RUN OUT OF INK
After seven years of editing the Daybreak Herald
Peter and Jenny are now hanging up their pens.
They have received awards for their editing style as
well as their jokes. Their wonderful skills,
dedication, discipline, patience, understanding and
most important of all sense of humour (essential
requirement) in producing the bulletin are very
much appreciated. Our club members say ‘THANK
YOU’.
You are a hard act to follow and your true Rotarian
spirit in putting service above self over the last
seven years is an inspiration to us all.
FROM PRESIDENT JOHN
Congratulations to Bev for this first edition of the
new look club bulletin. The move to an electronic
bulletin will enable all club members to receive
advance notices of duties and events so that our
meetings run like a well-oiled jet engine. One of the
advantages of an electronic club bulletin is that it
can be broadcast to a much wider audience than a
paper edition. We would welcome your suggestions
of people you feel should also be added to our
distribution list.
Those of us who attended the Rotary International
Convention were reminded that Rotary is much
larger than the boundaries of our own club and
district. It was very inspiring to meet with Rotarians
from many places and countries and to witness the
power of this international family, which is doing so
much good within the world.
We will certainly be doing our best to uphold the
principles and aims of Rotary and to make our
community a better place in which to live.
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Meeting 25 June 2003
Secretary
Apologies – Sjaan Williams, Garry Austin, John Townsend and Jack Moffitt.
Guests – Graham Fenton and Stafford Cameron
Members are invited to:
Rotary Club of Bellingen changeover dinner Thursday 26 June at the Bellinger Valley Motor Inn 6.30
for 7pm start.
Rotary Club of Dorrigo changeover dinner at The Lookout Motor Inn Tuesday 24 June 6.30 for 7.30pm
start.
Tickets for the “Toss the Coin” raffle ($2.00 each) are available from Virginia. Prizes include tickets for
the Rugby League Final including airfares and accommodation in Sydney. Proceeds will be donated to
the Rotary Health Research Fund.
The Club accepted, regretfully, the resignation of Rebecca Wright.
Seventeen Daybreak members enjoyed the Australian Fellowship of Rotary Golf dinner and $7,000 was
raised from this function. In addition, $100,000 was raised during the week long tournament to
donate to Polio Plus.
Club Service
The Changeover dinner to be held this Saturday night (21 June) at Cocos, Nautilus Resort.
6.30 for 7pm start. Final numbers required by conclusion of the meeting and assistance required with
decorating for this Buttons & Bows extravaganza!
Elaine Norman entertained us with a history of her youth in a less populated but buoyant Coffs
Harbour jetty area. Later she contrasted country life with Sydney’s western suburbs before returning
to her roots and ‘alma mater’ at Coffs Harbour
Guest Speaker
In the absence of a guest speaker Marilyn Brien from Professional Development Services presented an
excerpt from a program ‘Above & Below the Line Behaviour’ aimed at improving workplace interaction.
Twelfth Annual Changeover Dinner
Our changeover dinner got off to a good start with John Clark (JC) beginning with the Call to Order
and looking dapper in his formal attire, however things started to go down hill rather rapidly with Allan
Burrow tripping over seats and dropping the mic before he could even utter a word to welcome guests
or was it the bad eyesight or alcohol? Then of course Jack Moffit piped up and said he has a big
mouth and doesn’t need a microphone! Peter Johnson did the Toast to Rotary and reminded us how
Rotary started and why we have the Paul Harris Fellow award. It was certainly the Johnson show –
Garry, Norma, Peter, Jenny (looking gorgeous in that red outfit with the seductive split!). 100%
attendance went to Kathleen Callinan and John Clark (3 yrs in a row). Time to get a life JC! It was
JC’s night for awards – he also scooped the Paul Harris Fellow. Not bad for someone who started
going to Rotary meetings in Sydney on a Monday night ‘for something to do’. Congratulations JC (also
known as he who walks on water). After starting the year with a ‘smashing start’ President Sjann
handed over the reins to John Townsend and left us with a small sachet of seeds to grow beautiful
flowers and to continue to ‘Sow the Seeds of Love”. JT accepted his new role with great enthusiasm
and gave mention to Alan Haliday (we thought Alan was cooking the books not scoffing the wine!)
and that JC is our first Vice President. JT welcomed his new Board and even presented satchels to
the directors. President John said our club is a youthful lot (does that mean full of hormones) and
motivated. He mentioned the objectives of Rotary are to give back to the community, fellowship and
camaraderie and that Rotary is a grass roots organisation promoting service above self. To finish off
chocolate cake and sparklers arrived for the birthday girl Kathleen and a good time was had by all.
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Meeting 25 June 2003
Rotary News
Ade Majiyabe, wife of RI President, Jonathan Majiyabe died on 06 June 03 England having suffered a
stroke a few weeks earlier. Ade was very active in Inner Wheel in her homeland of Nigeria and served
on the Organization’s International Board of Directors. Her son John also survives her.
Rotary International has received donations of US$88 million to fund the final stages of the Polio Plus
campaign. The original target was US$80 million. US$53 million was raised in the USA and Australia
contributed $2.23 million.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARIANS: Una Maloney 12/6, Lorraine Selmer 16/6 and
Kathleen Callinan 22/6
Dates for your diary
24 June
26 June
28 June
30 June
July
08 July
Rotary Club of Dorrigo changeover dinner
Rotary Club of Bellingen changeover dinner
District Governor’s changeover dinner
Rotary Club of Sawtell changeover dinner
Rotary Literacy month
Daybreak Board meeting
Three Minute ‘Road to Rotary’
25 June
David Power
02 July
Jack Moffitt
09 July
Robyn Purcell
Jumping to conclusions…
Single black female seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant. I am a very goodlooking girl who loves to play. I love long walks in the bush, riding in your 4x4, hunting,
camping and fishing trips. Cozy winter nights lying by the fire and candlelight dinners will
have me eating out of your hand. I’ll be at the front door when you get home from work,
wearing only what nature gave me. Cuddle me and I’m yours. Call xxxxx-xxx and ask for
Daisy. Hundreds of men found themselves talking to the RSPCA about an eight week-old
black Labrador retriever puppy.
Board Meetings
Held the
Tuesday of the month at 6pm
Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Club (room to be advised)
Next meeting Tuesday 08 July 03
All members are welcomed to attend
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Editor’s note: any suggestions, comments, and feedback are always welcomed.
Thanks, Bev