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Rotary Club of Queanbeyan Inc District 9710 PO Box 155 Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Charter Date March 1952

2 November 2011
Message from our President Kristin Ballard

qbnrotary@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/QueanbeyanRotary

Last week we had Rachel from the Special Olympics speak to us about her work here in the ACT and surrounds and her previous role in Queensland with the Special Olympics there. We appreciated her enthusiasm and her commitment to sport for this group of people who often get so much more from their involvement in sport whether they compete or not. This week we are visiting our shed at Queanbeyan Councils Nursery depot Map 71 Mountain Road. The gate will be locked and we have keys so please meet at the gate. Let me know if you are coming and bring something for a picnic tea (old clothes are a good idea).

What is happening this week Picnic night at the Shed

What is happening next week Board Meeting

What happened last week Guest Speaker Rachel Waddington Territory Development Manager Special Olympics ACT

Joke of the Week A visitor to a certain college paused to admire the new Hemingway Hall that had been built on campus. "It's a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest Hemingway," he said. "Actually," said his guide, "it's named for Joshua Hemingway. No relation." The visitor was astonished. "Was Joshua Hemingway a writer, also?" "Yes, indeed," said his guide. "He wrote a cheque."

Fines At last weeks meeting $24.55 was collected in fines to go towards Polio Eradication

Total for October so far is = $57.05 Total for September was = $65.45 Total for August was = $71.15 Total for July was = $20.15

Rotary Club of Hall Hugh Riminton will be attending the Rotary Club of Hall to speak on the 8 November at Functions at Federation, Gold Creek Barton Hwy - 6.30 for 7.00 pm. His topic will be Surfing chaos. If you wish to attend please contact Bill Pearson atbill@hallstudio.com.au by Sunday 6 November. Hugh Riminton is an award-winning journalist who has reported from dozens of countries over the last 20 years. Before joining the 10 network in 2009, he spent five years with CNN, reporting from conflict zones as diverse as Iraq, Sri Lanka, Paristan, and the Korean Peninsula. He has also reported extensively on the rise of China, East Asian economic issues, and from Indonesia and the Philippines. Previuosly he was a news presenter and reporter with the Nine Network, hosting Nightline and leading the networks converage of the Port Arthur massacre, the Thredbo disaster and the Tampa affair among others. He has interviewed every Prime Minsiter since Gough Whitlam. He was a London- based correspondent in the 1990s, reporting on the end of apartheid in South Africa, the collapse of Somalia, the Rwandan genocide and conflict in the Middle East, the Balkans, Northern Ireland and Russia. Hugh has won Austalias top journalism awards, the Walkley and the Logie as well as many internatioonal adwards and honours. He holds a Masters degree form Macquarie Univeristy.

Relay for Life - 2012

The closing date for applications is 30 November 2011

Contact details for our members

Name Kristin Ballard Bill Hoare Nerida Dean Joan Macdonald Bly Miers Tim Brown Liana Dobson Michael Keys Natalie Jupe Dian Hollick Mobile 0418 450 126 0418 656 880 0407 008 848 0428 382 501 0427 006 680 0428 623 995 0416 216 450 0413 934 777 0419 161 974 0402 678 322 Email kballard@westnet.com.au neridadean@iprimus.com.au joan.macdonald@dfat.gov.au blymiers@hotmail.com timandmarian@grapevine.com.au lianakate@gmail.com mjkeys190877@optusnet.com.au nataliejupe@hotmail.com

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Rotary Club of Queanbeyan on http://www.facebook.com/QueanbeyanRotary Rotary District Site Rotary in Australia Rotary International Rotary Club of Queanbeyan West Rotary Down Under http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/ http://www.rotary.org.au/en/ www.rotary.org/ http://www.queanbeyanwestrotary.org/ http://www.rotarydownunder.com.au/ http://www.ausfest.org/

Australian Independent Music Festival 2012 Riverside Plaza

http://www.riversideplaza.com.au/ http://www.rotarysouthpacific.org/ http://www.ramaustralia.org/

Rotary New Zealand and South Pacific Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Home in Queanbeyan

http://homeinqueanbeyan.org/ http://www.rotaryaustralia.org.au/

Rotary Australia a gateway to Rotary clubs in Australia National Youth Science Forum

http://www.nysf.edu.au/ www.qcc.nsw.gov.au

Queanbeyan City Council - Queanbeyan City Counci l Queanbeyan Age Queanbeyan Business Council

www.queanbeyanage.com.au http://www.queanbeyanbusinesscouncil.com.au/ www.relayforlife.org.au

Cancer Council Relay for Life This Close to Ending Polio

http://thisclose.net/index.php

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Picnic night at the shed Board Meeting Guest Speaker Pipe Master Richard Harris of Queanbeyan Pipe Band Guest Speaker Tom Baker of Queanbeyan Landcare Confirmed Christmas Party Lunch Benedict House 12 noon Annual General Meeting Board Meeting Christmas Shut Down Christmas Shut Down

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TBA Guest Speaker Mark Wallace, Editor of Rotary Down Under Board Meeting TBA