Vol 9-01-July 1 - Katanning Rotary Club

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The Spoke Vol 9 - No. 01 - 01 July, 2013Katanning is becoming more heart safethanks to the local St John Ambulanceand support from the Rotary, Rural Youth,Apex and Lions Clubs.The community organisations arecontributing funds to St John to installdefibrillators throughout town in an effortto help save lives in heart attackemergencies.It is part of the St John Ambulance‘Community First Responder’ program,which enables individuals to provideimmediate help to cardiac arrest victimsbefore an ambulance arrives.Between seven and nine of the life-savingdefibrillator devices are planned to beinstalled in Katanning and surroundingtowns, with proposed locations inKatanning including the town centre, nearWoolworths and at the Country Club.Community paramedic Sonia Hugginspresented the idea to communityclubs about how worthwhile the projectwould be.“All the clubs that have come forwardhave been very generous with theirsupport for the project,” she said.Contacting other clubs in Katanning andhelping organise the project was one ofDavid Meyer’s final tasks as Rotary Clubpresident.“We have had our major fundraisingevents like the international night, so thisis a good end result for a good communityPage 8based project that we see would be helpingSt John’s with their response and alsohopefully save a life,” he said.The Rotary Club will contribute $15,000towards the project.Rural Youth and Apex are each providingfunds to cover one defibrillator, which retailat $2900 apiece.The Lions Club is also assisting with gettingtwo or three of the devices to outlyingtowns.St John and the clubs are encouragingbusinesses to provide appropriatelocations.During a sudden cardiac arrest, everyminute that the victim is not defibrillatedthey lose a 10 per cent chance ofrecovering.St John Ambulance WA Community FirstResponder System is designed to helpimprove the chances of survival.Kendall O’ConnorGreat Southern HeraldRotary helps specialneeds studentsBeing able to prepare meals may be somethingpeople take for granted but forstudents of the inclusive learning programat Katanning Senior High School it is a skillthey can now learn with more confidence.This is due largely to a fridge that wasdonated by the Katanning Rotary Club tohelp in a lunch program that began thisyear.The Lunch Time program allows studentswith special needs to not only preparetheir lunch but learn how to store andpackage it.It aims to give students more independenceand confidence in life skills such aspreparing food.Inclusive learning unit teacher SandyHodge said she realised the program waslacking the resources that would allowstudents to engage in the program.“We were halfway through term and Irealised that we didn’t have the storageand we had challenges in accessingfood,” she said.“The executive assistants were trottingback and forth from the home economicsroom every week with frozen foods to beused.”The fridge, valued at just under $600, wasinstalled in April and Mrs Hodge has seensignificant changes in the students since.“It think it is certainly giving them a lotmore confidence in being able to preparesomething relatively independently andnot having someone to support them,” shesaid.Kendall O’ConnorGreat Southern HeraldReproduced with permission
Vol 9 - No. 01 - 01 July, 2013WAGINThe new teamleft to right:Stephen Donohue,Shelley Foley, Paul Powel,Peter Foley, Ian Pederick,Maurie Becker,John Johansson,new President Tony Baxter,and outgoing PresidentCarolyn Webster.Changing of the Guard… Incoming President Tony Baxter (left)with Assistant District Governor Garry Griffiths and outgoingPresident Carolyn Webster“Guest Speaker” John Giumelli and his wife Kerry.John was a very funny comedian. He was originally a dairyfarmer in Dardanup before moving to Wagin.Katanning’s President Elect Julie Brown with husband Tim atthe Wagin Changeover dinner.Spoke Editor Arthur Todd with the President ofthe Rotary Club of Narrogin, Stewart Meldrum.Page 9
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