Vol 7-21-Jan 30 - Katanning Rotary Club

District 9465 

Katanning, Western Australia 

Vol 7 - No. 21 Monday, 30 January, 2012 

Rotary Club of Katanning 

Postal Address: PO Box 127 Katanning WA 6317 

Web: http://www.katanningrotary.org/ 

Meeting time: Mondays - 6.30pm for 7.00pm 

Venue: Katanning Country Club - Round Drive, Katanning 

Apologies & Guests: Peter Molinari - 9821 1933 or 9821 1673 

DISTRICT 9465 - District Governor - Jodie Sparks 

Web: http://rotary9465.org.au/ 

Wayne Sergeant 

President 2011-12

Monday, 30 January, 2012 


Club Directors 

President: 


Tel: (H) 08 9821 1890 

(M) 0409 103 801 

OUR FOUNDER 

The comeback of 

Comely Bank 

by Diana Schoberg 

The Rotarian -- December 2011 

District Governor 

District 9465 

Jodie Sparks 

Club Service/ 

President Elect 

David Meyer 

Tel: (H) 08 9821 

(M) 0417 178 387 

International Service 

Nigel Aitken 

Tel: (H) 9821 1690 

(M) 

New Generations 

Jacqueline Stade 


(M) 

Vocational Service 

Russel Thomson 

Tel: (H) 08 9823 1549 

(M) 0419 950 217 

Community Service 

Iian Woods 

Tel: (H) 98448649 

(M) 0428 915 815 

For nearly 40 years, Paul and Jean 

Harris hosted Rotary board meetings 

and entertained visiting dignitaries in 

their home on Chicago’s South Side, 

which they affectionately called Comely 

Bank after the street where Jean grew 

up in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Today, the house stands in disrepair, its 

walls stripped to bare studs, as the 

group of Rotarians that owns it struggles 

to raise the money for a restoration. 

“Comely Bank is the Mount Vernon of 

Rotary – it’s the home of our founder, 

and it’s too important an asset to not do 

something about it,” says Robert 

Knuepfer, 2010-11 governor of District 

6450 (Illinois) and president of the Paul 

and Jean Harris Home Foundation. 

After Paul Harris died in 1947, Jean sold 

the home. 

It remained in private hands until the 

spring of 2005, when the Harris Home 

Foundation, headed by local Rotarians 

who had frequently inquired about the 

house, purchased it with $500,000 

borrowed from the charitable foundation 

of the nearby Rotary Club of 

Naperville. The group made some 

immediate structural repairs to the 

century-old, Tudor-style home, such as 

putting in a new basement floor and 

shoring up the old stone foundation, so 

the site would be safe for Rotarians 

visiting during that centennial year. 

The Harris Home Foundation’s vision for 

the future is to restore the house to the 

way it looked in 1947, but with a few 

“special technical surprises,” as 

Knuepfer puts it. 

The foundation plans to digitize archival 

materials including videos, recordings of 

Harris’ speeches, and still photographs, 

and to install digital monitors in each 

room to show visitors what life was like 

there. 

But without the money to complete the 

repairs, the restoration project has 

been at a standstill, the rooms littered 

with bundles of insulation and 

construction debris. 

Rotarians of the Harris Home 

Foundation have embarked on a 

campaign to raise $3 million to pay off 

the debt and interest on the house, 

complete the renovations, and 

establish an endowment to pay for 

maintenance in perpetuity. 

When the restoration is complete, 

Knuepfer says, the home could be 

used as a meeting place for the RI 

Board and local or visiting clubs, and 

as a venue for Rotary Foundation 

functions. 

The Harris Home Foundation board 

also envisions creating a Rotary 

history trail, with stops at Comely 

Bank, the nearby gravesite of Paul 

Harris, and Room 711 at RI World 

Headquarters in Evanston – a 

re-creation of the office where the first 

Rotary meeting was held. 

District 9465 - Western Australia 

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OUR 

COVER 

Ella and mum Sonia Smithson at our 

December Christmas party. 

Rotary Club of Katanning

Queensland Rotarians help feed 

Australia's poor 

By Megan Ferringer 

Rotary International News – 

World Food Day is 16 October, but 

the Rotary Club of Brisbane 

Centenary, Queensland, Australia, 

helps alleviate hunger all year 

through a program that provides 

meat to agencies serving the state's 

poor and homeless. 

The club launched Beef Bank in 

2007 after members heard a 

presentation on the scarcity of fresh 

meat for charities that feed the 

poor. The Rotarians purchased five 

calves and raised them on property 

owned by past club President Andrew 

Rodgers. 

A local butcher helped slaughter 

one of the cows, and about 450 

pounds of beef went to Foodbank, 

an organisation that acts as a 

conduit between manufacturers 

with excess stock and people in 

need. The meat from that first cow 

provided 1,000 meals. 

Since then, the program has 

expanded, becoming an exercise in 

fundraising, marketing, and 

logistics. Club members collect 

donations from other Rotarians, 

corporations, and private sponsors 

to purchase cattle, have them 

butchered, package the meat, and 

deliver it to Foodbank. The 

organisation then distributes it to 

charities including Meals on 

Wheels, the Salvation Army, 

Ronald McDonald House, soup 

kitchens, and school lunch 

programs. 

Cost of a cow 

A donation of A$1,200 covers the 

purchase of a single cow. The club 

has set a goal of purchasing and 

processing 50 heads of cattle a 

year. 

“Beef Bank plays a direct part in 

the health, nourishment, and wellbeing 

of thousands of men, women, 

and children within the 

community,” says Rodgers, who 

notes that Beef Bank has become 

one of the major sources of fresh 

meat for charities in the Foodbank 

network. Foodbank feeds 70,000 

people a week in the greater 

Brisbane area. 

To date, Beef Bank has provided 

nearly 20 tons of meat. The club 

plans to expand the program further 

by partnering with other non-profit 

organizations. 

“Even in a wealthy country such as 

Australia, there are many who need 

help,” says Past District Governor 

Nick Curry, a member of the 

Brisbane Centenary club. “We 

didn’t realise the sheer necessity of 

a project like this at first, but it’s 

now become a major part of the 

community.” 

Since 1981, the United Nations has 

observed World Food Day to 

increase hunger. Here’s how other 

Rotary clubs are helping to fight 

hunger worldwide: 

The Rotary Club of Westville, 

South Africa, shipped 26 tons of 

food to FoodBank South Africa 

for distribution to poor families. 

A club member supplied trucks 

from his cargo business to transport 

the goods at no cost. The 

food was purchased from poor 

farmers in Jozini, providing 

them a source of income. 

The Rotary Club of Prapatan- 

Dharmawangsa, West Java, 

Indonesia, installed a 

hydroponic rooftop garden to 

provide fresh vegetables to a 

local orphanage, offering a 

supplementary food source for 

the children. 

After sending food and supplies 

to Bosnia-Herzegovina for 

years, the Rotary Club of Colli 

Briantei, Italy, conducted a 

study of its own population and 

found a growing hunger 

problem. Club members set up 

the Brianza for Food Project, 

raising money to buy two weeks' 

worth of food for 200 

impoverished families. 

Rotarians stocked and delivered 

the goods. 


Club Secretary 

Keith Ohlsen 


(M) 0427 817 008 

Club Treasurer 

Marlene Shackley 

Tel: (H) 08 9822 8040 

(M) 0428 683 601 

Spoke Editor/ 

Webmaster 

Arthur Todd 


(M) 0429 100 084 

Sergeants at Arms 

Danny McGrath 


(M) 0427 876 117 

& 


Club Officers 

Michael Hobley 


(M) 0428 214 794 

Attendance 

Peter Molinari 


(W) 08 9821 1933 

Immediate Past President 

Danielle Perrie 

Tel: (H) 08 9822 8030 

(M) 0428 231 506 

Program Director 

Greg Ramm 


(M) 0427 974 452 

Rotary Club of Katanning Page 3

Meeting Summary 



January, 2012, Barbecue Meetings 

Monday 9 January 

Venue: Marlene & Des Shackley’s home 

Attendance: 

Members: 

Kevin Newman, Adrian Edwards, David Meyer, Ray 

Ford, Andrew Pritchard, Peter Molinari, Marianne 

Perrie, Jacqui Stade, Marlene Shackley, Lesley 

Trimming, Russel Thomson, Danielle Perrie. 

RYE: Emilie Wærn. 

Family: 

Christine Molinari, Des Shackley. 

Visiting Rotarians: 

Terry and Joan Barritt (RC Armadale) 


Venue: Lesley & Morris Trimming’s home 

Attendance: 

Members: 

Adrian Edwards, Ray Ford, Andrew Pritchard, Nigel 

Aitken, Brent Ladyman, Lesley Trimming, Arthur Todd, 

Marlene Shackley, Marianne Perrie, Danielle Perrie, 

Jacquie Stade. 

Family: 

Morris Trimming, Julie Ford, Elizabeth Ladyman, Des 

Shackley 




Venue: Ray & Julie Ford’s home 

Attendance: 

Members: 

Andrew Pritchard Adrian Edwards, Rob Smithson, 

Lesley Trimming, Peter Kerin, Arthur Todd, Nigel 

Aitken, Ray Ford, Peter Molinari. 

Family: 

Christine Molinari, Christine Aitken, Julie Ford, Morris 

Trimming. 



Guests: 

Alan Campbell 

Members Reports: 

Ray Ford - Australia Day Breakfast 

The Australia Day Breakfast will be held at the 

Katanning Lions Park on Thursday, January 26 from 

6.00am. Volunteers are required to help with set-up and 

clean-up on the day. 

Adrian Edwards - International Dinner Raffle 

The permit has been received for our raffle. 1,000 

tickets will be organised early next week and will be 

available in books of 10 and 20 at $20 per ticket. 

First prize is airfares and travel insurance for two to Italy 

and return, two week’s accommodation at Edwards’ 

house, and a hire car. Second prize is wine and third 

prize is cash. 

VENUE: 

Katanning Country Club, Round Drive, Katanning 

PRESIDING: 

President, Wayne Sergeant 

ATTENDANCE: 

Wayne Sergeant, Peter Molinari, Andrew Pritchard, Ray 

Ford, Adrian Edwards, Nigel Aitken, Rob Smithson, 

Greg Ramm, Marlene Shackley, Peter Caldwell, Brent 

Ladyman, Arthur Todd, Kevin Newman, Marianne 

Perrie, Julie Brown, Russel Thomson 

RYE Emilie Wærn 

Partners & Family 

Nil 

Guests 

Nil 

Guest Speaker 

Nil 

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Visiting Rotarians and Partners 

Nil 

MEETING: 

Grace - Greg Ramm 

Toast to Rotary - Peter Caldwell 

PRESIDENTS REPORT - Wayne Sergeant 

Barbecue Meetings 

Thanks to Lesley and Morris Trimming, Marlene and 

Des Shackley, and Ray and Julie Ford for hosting the 

January Barbecue meetings. 

Letter of Resignation 

Received a letter of resignation from Doug Hepworth 

due to more travel and family commitments. 

Mike Hobley will take over the football tipping 

competition. 

Australia Day 

Thanks to Ray Ford, Arthur Todd, Andrew Pritchard, 



MEETING SUMMARY - Continued 

and Jacquie Stade for assisting Wayne at the Australia 

Day breakfast. It was a good day but numbers were down 

due to the heat and people making it a long weekend. 

Japan Youth Cultural Exchange 

Danielle Perrie and Abbey Sergeant are currently on the 

Japanese exchange. The program has been running for 36 

years and this is the first time that country people have 

been selected. Well done girls. 

Donated Bali Hospital Equipment 

We need to shift the equipment to Lesley and Morris 

Trimming’s shed. Morris will transport the equipment 

when required. 

Mail 

District 9465 - Facebook Seminar 

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - seeking participants 

Red Cross - Seeking door knockers and fund raisers. 

CLUB PROGRAM - Greg Ramm 

Monday, February 6 - 




Monday, March 5 - 

Friday, March 16 to 

Sunday, March 18 - 

Monday, April 2 - 

SECRETARY - Keith Ohlsen 

Keith absent - No report 

TREASURER - Marlene Shackley 

Cheque Account: $8796.00 

CLUB SERVICE - David Meyer 

David absent - No report 

Board Meeting 

Fellowship 

Fellowship 

Committee meetings 

Labour Day Public Holiday 

District Conference, Kalgoorlie 

Guest Speaker - Abbey Sergeant 

Partner’s Night 

COMMUNITY SERVICE - Iian Woods 

Iian away - No report 

INTERNATIONAL - Nigel Aitken 

International Night 

Raffle tickets will be available shortly - $20 a ticket in 

books of 10 and 20. 

We still need more auction items. If you have any items 

please let Adrian know so he can organise another newsletter. 

VOCATIONAL - Russel Thomson 

Christmas Tree Project 

Need to wrap up this project. If you still have any money 

from tree sales please get it into Marlene. 

NEW GENERATIONS - Jacquie Stade 

Jacquie absent 

Danny McGrath - 

RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) 

Jess Chapman is attending RYLA this week and will celebrate 

her 23rd birthday while there. 

Andrew Pritchard - 

Leeuwin Ocean Adventure 

We currently have one applicant. More would be handy 

(age between 16-25 years). 

ATTENDANCE - Peter Molinari 

17/27 members - 1 makeup - 4 silents 73.08% 

FELLOWSHIP - Andrew Pritchard 

Congratulations 

Birthdays: 

January 1 Rob Smithson 

January 7 Arthur Todd 

January 12 Keith Ohlsen 

January 18 Morris Trimming 

January 20 Sandra Sergeant 

January 21 Julie Brown 

January 22 Angela Ladyman 

January 25 James Hepworth 

January 28 Anne Hepworth 

Serenity Shackley 

January 31 Donna Woithe (nee Hobley) 

Anniversaries: 

January 26 Adrian and Barbara Edwards 

MEMBER’S REPORTS: 

Nil 

GUEST SPEAKERS: 

Nil 

RAFFLE & FINES - 

Michael Hobley 

RAFFLE: Marianne Perrie 

FINES: 

Julie Brown Facebook 

Rob Smithson Car Prang 

Buy the Box 

Wayne - Rob - Australia Day raffle 

Greg - Wayne - Marianne/Danielle 

Greg - Adrian - Drank Greg’s expensive scotch and beer 

leaving empties in the fridge. 

Peter C - Greg - Header fire 

MEETING CLOSE - 8.15pm 


Please consider inviting 

Emilie to dinner in your 

home. 



Kerry Coventry with Lyn Leach 

Mum and daughter - Sandra and Abbey Sergeant 

Julie Ford, Pauline Todd and Marlene Shackley 

Father & Son - Dillon and Kevin Newman 

Margaret Thomson & David Meyer 


Danny McGrath with Julie’s granddaughter, 

Isobel Hagley 

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Alyce Caldwell with Peter Kerin 

Julie Forrest with granddaughter Katie McGrath 

Mother & Son - Charmaine and Louis Meyer 

Elizabeth Ladyman, Geoff Beeck & Daphne Kerin 

Centre left: Russel Thomson, Greg James and Alex Leach. 

Bottom left: Mother and daughter - 

Deanne and Alyce Caldwell 

Above right: Helen Beeck and Brent Ladyman 

To some people, love doesn't exist 

unless you acknowledge it in front 

of other people. 



Above: RYE Emilie Wærn with Santa 

Left: Mike Hobley and PP Danielle 

Perrie enjoying our Christmas party. 

Marlene Shackley and Peggy Crosby 

Arthur Todd and Andrew Pritchard 

Santa and his helpers Tyler & Abbey 

Danny McGrath introducing his granddaughter Chase McGrath to Santa 

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Monday, 30January, 2012 

YOUTH 

Exchange to Japan 


President 


Abbey Sergeant and Danielle Perrie 

Katanning will be well represented by Abbey Sergeant 

and Danielle Perrie at the Australia Japan Youth Cultural 

Exchange program. 

The two week program, organised by Rotary every year, 

is held between the two Rotary Districts and is now in its 

35th year. 

Abbey has been selected as part of a team of ten young 

people aged between 18-22 and Danielle will accompany 

the team as the Assistant Team Leader along with Team 

Leader Ben Wholagon, 22 . 

Ben is currently president of the Rotary Club of Darling 

Range. 

The team will be hosted by Japanese families in the 

Saitama Prefecture which is a short train ride north west 

of Tokyo. 

Abbey and Danielle will fly from Perth on January 27th. 

The team will have a two hour stop over in Singapore 

and then fly through to Tokyo to be greeted by the host 

families. 

The following evening will be a welcoming party. 

The program has a few of the days set aside as free days 

with the host families to experience the life and culture of 

Japan. 

Tis will be reversed when host family members return to 

Perth in March this year. 

Team members wont have time to rest with trips to 

Disneyworld, Tokyo, Honda Motor Company, sake and 

Japanese paper factories, as well as two days skiing. 

This is also the first time country participants will take 

part in the program as it has always been primarily filled 

with applicants from the city Rotary Clubs. 

Danielle Perrie 

"The problem with socialism is 

that you eventually run out of 

other people's money." 

Margaret Thatcher 

Hi Wayne, 

The purpose of this email is to invite you and all your 

Katanning members to the joint districts “Rotary in WA 

Facebook Seminar” to be held on 12 February at North 

Lake Senior Campus, Kardinya. 

Registrations open at 8.30am and we ask that participants 

be seated for a 9am start. 

The event concludes at 1pm. 

Importance of the Seminar 

This seminar has been arranged and will be co-hosted by 

our DG Jodie and DG Liz Westoby of District 9455, who 

have identified a need to help interested WA Rotarians 

use Facebook more safely and effectively. 

Why is this important? 

Facebook is a major communication channel used by 

800m people worldwide and offers opportunities to: 

communicate better internally 

build the profile of Rotary 

assist with our community engagement and 

recruitment activities 

and much more. 

Could you please share this invitation with your club 

members. 

Registration 

To streamline the administration of the seminar and assist 

with catering, we ask that all intending seminar attendees 

complete the online registration form. 

If you have any questions, I’ll be pleased to assist. I’m 

available on this email - kosh3931@bigpond.net.au, or 

call me on 0408 802 490. 

Yours in Rotary 

Kero O’Shea 

Social Media and Online Development 

District 9465 

Facebook: Kero O’Shea 

Twitter: RotaryD9465 

"If you obey all the rules you miss 

all the fun" 

Katharine Hepburn 



POLIO PLUS 

Rotary clubs worldwide meet US$200 million 

fundraising challenge 

Rotary International News -- 17 January 

Rotary International has succeeded in 

meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates 

Foundation’s US$200 million match 

in funding for polio eradication, 

raising more than $202.6 million as of 

17 January. 

“We’ll celebrate this milestone, but it 

doesn’t mean that we’ll stop raising 

money or spreading the word about 

polio eradication,” Rotary Foundation 

Trustee John F. Germ told Rotary 

leaders at the International Assembly 

in San Diego, California, USA. 

“We can’t stop until our entire world 

is certified as polio-free.” 

Bill Gates 

The fundraising milestone was 

reached in response to $355 million in 

challenge grants awarded to The 

Rotary Foundation by the Gates 

Foundation. 

All funds have been earmarked to 

support polio immunisation activities 

in affected countries where the 

vaccine-preventable disease continues 

to paralyse children. 

“In recognition of Rotary’s great 

work, and to inspire Rotarians in the 

future, the [Gates] foundation is 

committing an additional $50 million 

to extend our partnership,” said Jeff 

Raikes, chief executive officer of the 

Gates Foundation. 

“Rotary started the global fight 

against polio, and continues to set the 

tone for private fundraising, grassroots 

engagement, and maintaining 

polio at the top of the agenda with key 

policymakers.” 

Raikes also addressed Rotary leaders 

Jeff Raikes, chief executive officer of the 

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (left), 

shakes hands with Rotary Foundation 

Trustee John Germ during the fourth 

plenary session of the International 

Assembly. 

Rotary Images/Alyce Henson 

at the International Assembly. 

The new $50 million grant from the 

Gates Foundation is not a challenge 

grant. 

Since 1988, the incidence of polio has 

plummeted by more than 99 percent, 

from about 350,000 cases annually to 

fewer than 650 cases reported so far 

for 2011. 

The wild poliovirus is now endemic in 

only four countries: Afghanistan, 

India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. 

However India, on 13 January, 

marked a full calendar year without a 

case, paving the way for its removal 

from the endemic list. 

But other countries also remain at risk 

for polio cases imported from the 

endemic countries. 

In Africa in 2011, Chad and the 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

had significant outbreaks. 

Also in 2011, a small cluster of polio 

cases in China, which had been poliofree 

for a decade, was traced to 

Pakistan. 

Rotary club members not only 

reached into their own pockets to 

support the Gates challenge, but also 

engaged their communities in a 

variety of creative fundraising 

projects, such as a fashion show in 

California that raised $52,000, benefit 

film screenings in New Zealand and 

Australia that netted $54,000, and a 

pledge-supported hike through 

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, that brought in 

$38,000. 

Many events were planned around 24 

October, widely observed as World 

Polio Day. 

To date, Rotarians worldwide have 

contributed more than $1 billion 

toward the eradication of polio, a 

cause Rotary took on in 1985. 

In 1988, the World Health 

Organisation, UNICEF, and the U.S. 

Centres for Disease Control and 

Prevention joined Rotary as spearheading 

partners of the Global Polio 

Eradication Initiative. 

More recently, the Gates Foundation 

has become a major supporter. 

In 2007, the Gates Foundation gave 

Rotary a $100 million challenge grant 

for polio eradication, increasing it to 

$355 million in 2009. 

Rotary agreed to raise $200 million in 

matching funds by 30 June 2012. 

Reaching children with the oral polio 

vaccine in the disease’s remaining 

strongholds is labour- and resourceintensive 

due to a host of challenges, 

including poor infrastructure, 

geographical isolation, armed conflict, 

and cultural misunderstanding about 

the eradication campaign. 

Immunisation in India has seen that 

country free of polio for 12 months! 

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FAMILIES 

Making time for family and Rotary 


By Arnold R. Grahl 

Rotary International News - 8 December 2011 

When Bill Simmermon joined the 

Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch 

(Littleton), Colorado, USA, six years 

ago, he wanted to be an active 

member without sacrificing time with 

his family. 

So the father of two brought his sons 

along to lunch meetings and involved 

them in club activities. 

His eldest son, Denver, has taken part 

in community and international 

service projects, is a member of 

Interact, and has been the featured 

speaker several times at the club's 

weekly meeting. 

And Simmermon's wife has been an 

active part of the club. 

"My family is all in," Simmermon 

says. 

"My involvement with Rotary doesn't 

conflict with family time. 

It has actually enhanced our family 

time, because we are all there 

together." 

On RI's official LinkedIn group, 

several Rotarians also discussed the 

benefits of involving their family in 

Rotary. 

Henna Budhrani, a member of the 

Rotary club of St. Maarten, Sint 

Maarten, says she has included her 

children in the club's holiday food 

distribution to the elderly. 

Her kids will also attend the club's 

annual Christmas party for children 

from low-income families. 

Like father, like son 

Bruce Thomson belongs to the same 

club as his father, the Rotary Club of 

Lynnwood, Washington, USA, and 

both are past presidents. 

Long before he joined, however, 

Thomson notes he took part in the 

club's annual projects, along with his 

mother and four sisters. 

His children now help out in club 

projects. 

"Our club serves as the conduit for 

our family's community service," 

Thomson says. 

Denver Simmermon takes part in a 

medical mission in Nicaragua, sponsored 

by the Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch 

(Littleton), Colorado, USA. 

Photo courtesy of Bill Simmermon 

"Rotary has had a major impact in our 

family evolution and that has 

impacted the community." 

"Rotary has something to offer the 

whole family," Simmermon says. 

"For some of our members, the No. 1 

reason they were interested in Rotary 

was that they could get their children 

involved in service projects. 

There's a big push in high schools to 

have children take part in community 

service, and it looks good on their 

transcript when they apply for 

college." 

And he notes that The Four-Way Test 

and Rotary's other guiding principles 

are useful for parents. 

"The same values Rotary stands for 

are values we believe in as a family," 

he says. 

"We want to pass along those values 

to our children." 

Family is on the minds of many 

Rotarians in December, as Rotary 

celebrates Family Month. 

In addition to recognising the 

importance of families in Rotary, the 

month celebrates the family of Rotary, 

which includes Rotarians and all those 

involved in Rotary's work -- from 

Rotary Foundation program alumni to 

participants in Rotary youth programs 

around the world. 

District Conference 

Registrations Now 

Open 

District Governor 

Jodie Sparks - Dec 18, 2011 

Let's Reach with Rotary in Kalgoorlie 

in March 2012 

Our Rotary International President is 

asking us all to Reach within to 

Embrace Humanity, in 2011-12 and I 

am personally inviting all District 

9465 Rotarians to Reach with Rotary 

at our District Conference in 2012. 

Conference is a time to catch up with 

old friends and make some new ones. 

A time to celebrate our successes; be 

educated and learn from our 

experiences; participate in all the 

things that Conference and Kalgoorlie 

-Boulder has to offer; and be 

motivated to continue our 

commitment to Rotary and all that it 

does. 

If you’ve never been to a District 

conference before then why not start 

with this one, or if you haven’t been to 

one for a while then we look forward 

to welcoming you back. 

I hope that not only will you have a 

great time as we Reach with Rotary in 

Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 2012, but that 

you leave with a sense of pride in 

what Rotary does, and what you do as 

a Rotarian. 

So please join us as we enjoy and 

Reach with Rotary in Kalgoorlie- 

Boulder, 16-18 March 2012. 



Left: Abbey Sergeant (second from left) 

and Danielle Perrie (fifth from left) with 

the Japanese Exchange team 

Adrian and Barbara Edwards’ house in Italy. 

Rotary Exchange Student Emilie Wærn dressed as a Viking with 

Alannah Woods at a 21st birthday party in Albany. 

Above: Wayne and Abbey Sergeant with Arthur Todd 

Centre: Jacqueline Stade, Arthur Todd and Andrew Pritchard 

Right: Ray Ford and Marianne Perrie 

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ROTARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 2011/12 

FEBRUARY 2012 MARCH 2012 

T 2 1 

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M 6 5 

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T 9 8 

F 10 9 

S 11 10 

S 12 11 

M 13 12 

T 14 VALENTINE’S DAY 13 

W 15 14 

T 16 15 

F 17 16 DISTRICT CONFERENCE 

S 18 17 KALGOORLIE/BOULDER 

S 19 18 DISTRICT CONFERENCE 

M 20 19 

T 21 20 

W 22 21 

T 23 22 

F 24 23 

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JUST FOR A LAFF! 

On their way to get married, a young Catholic 

couple is involved in a fatal car accident. 

The couple find themselves sitting outside the 

Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them 

into Heaven. While waiting, they begin to wonder: 

Could they possibly get married in Heaven? 

When St. Peter showed up, they asked him. 

St. Peter said, 'I don't know. This is the first time 

anyone has asked. Let me go find out,' and he 

leaves. 

The couple sat and waited, and waited. Two 

months passed and the couple is still waiting. As 

they waited, they discussed that if they were 

allowed to get married in Heaven, what was the 

eternal aspect of it all. 'What if it doesn't work?' 

They wondered, 'Are we stuck together forever?' 

After yet another month, St. Peter finally returns, 

looking somewhat bedraggled. 

'Yes,' he informs the couple, 'you can get married 

in Heaven.' 

'Great!' said the couple, 'But we were just 

wondering, what if things don't work out? Could we 

also get a divorce in Heaven?' 

St. Peter, red-faced with anger, slammed his 

clipboard onto the ground. 

'What's wrong?' asked the frightened couple. 

'OH, COME ON!' St. Peter shouted, 'It took me 

three months to find a priest up here! Do you have 

any idea how long it'll take me to find a bloody 

Lawyer ???? 

SHAVE & HAIRCUT~ 

An old man goes to the barbershop for a 

shave and a haircut, but he tells the barber he 

can't get all his whiskers off because his 

cheeks are wrinkled from age. 

The barber gets a little wooden ball from a 

cup on the shelf and tells him to put it inside 

his cheek to spread out the skin. 

When he's finished, the old man tells the 

barber that was the cleanest shave he's had in 

years. 

But he wanted to know what would have 

happened if he had swallowed that little ball. 

The barber replied: "Just bring it back 

tomorrow like everyone else does". 

The irony of life is that, 

by the time you're old 

enough to know your way 

around, you're not going 

anywhere. 


MEMBERS CONTACT DETAILS 


Rotarian Home Work Mobile Email 

PRESIDENT 

Wayne (Sandra) Sergeant 9821 1890 9821 2379 0409 103 801 sergeant@wn.com.au 

CLUB SERVICE 

David (Charmaine) Meyer 9824 1236 9824 1236 0417 178 387 dlm@katel.net.au 

Arthur (Pauline) Todd 9821 2019 0429 100 084 aptodd@bigpond.net.au 

Greg Ramm 9821 1718 9821 1718 0427 974 452 gvramm@wn.com.au 

Keith (Angela) Ohlsen 9821 4141 9821 3200 0427 817 008 kohlsen@agric.wa.gov.au 

Marlene (Des) Shackley 9822 8040 9822 8040 0428 683 601 shackley@activ8.net.au 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Iian Woods 98448649 0428 915 815 Iian.woods@elders.com.au 

Doug (Anne) Hepworth 9821 2228 0418 924 610 hepwdna@bigpond.net.au 

Julie (Tim) Brown 9823 1115 9821 9800 0408 590 006 juliebrown62@bigpond.com 

Marianne Perrie 9822 8036 0467 657 064 m.perrie@iinet.net.au 

Rob (Sonia) Smithson 9821 1888 0487 509 378 robertandsonia6390@bigpond.com 

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE 

Nigel (Christine) Aitken 9821 1690 9821 2000 

nigel.aitken@bigpond.com 

Brent (Elizabeth) Ladyman 9821 0030 9821 0030 0427 968 533 b.e.ladyman@bigpond.com 

Michael (Jenny) Hobley 9821 4797 9821 4797 0428 214 794 hobley68@oceanbroadband.net 

Adrian (Barbara) Edwards 9821 4383 9821 2388 0427 212 388 edw@katel.net.au 

Geoff (Helen) Beeck 9821 4333 9821 4333 0417 966 802 summerfield1892@bigpond.com 

VOCATIONAL SERVICE 

Russel (Margaret) Thomson 9823 1549 9823 1549 0419 950 217 kunmallup@bigpond.com 

Ray (Julie) Ford 9821 2483 9821 1172 

rfsigns@katel.net.au 

Peter (Christine) Molinari 9821 1673 9821 1933 

pmolinari@tnmlawyers.com.au 

Peter (Deanne) Caldwell 9823 5016 9823 5016 0428 235 006 diesel14@bigpond.com 

Peter (Daphne) Kerin 9821 1858 9821 1858 0427 208 878 peteranddaphne@sctelco.net.au 

NEW GENERATIONS 

Jacqueline Stade 9821 1558 j.stade@bigpond.com 

Kevin (Rachelle) Newman 9821 1404 9821 1111 044 8211 102 kevin@farmerscentre1978.com.au 

Lesley (Morris) Trimming 98211827 0407 423 495 lesleytrimming@bigpond.com 

Danny (Julie Forest) McGrath 9821 8697 9821 1836 0427 876 117 premiersmash@westnet.com.au 

PP Danielle (David Hislop) Perrie 9822 8030 9861 2222 0428 231 506 dandave@activ8.net.au 

Andrew Pritchard 9821 1241 9821 2340 0417 904 057 ajp@myboomerang.com.au 

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