| 24 August 2007 Editor: Helen Syrmalis Is "Service Above Self" your motto? | Dates at a Glance | | Tuesday 21 August | Cancer Council Fun Run Meeting – Mounties -evening | | Tuesday 28 August | AG Michael Rogers to attend – Reminder to all to attend a) our Breakfast meeting at 7.30am b) our Board Meeting – Marconi Annex – 7.15 pm. | | Thursday 30 August | ROYA Presentation Night – Marconi Bistro - evening | | Monday 3 September | Evening Meeting replacing morning meeting of 4 September | | Sat-Sun 8 & 9 September | Cancer Council Fun Run 10a Sat – 10a Sun – Catering & Team - Mounties | | Tuesday 11 September | DG Jennifer Scott's Official Visit | | Fri-Sun 14–16 September | RYPEN Camp | | Tuesday 25 September | Board Meeting – Marconi Annex – 7.15 pm. | | Friday 12 October | Presidents Meeting with International & Foundation Directors. Keiran; June & TBA to attend. | | Tuesday 23 October | Guest Speaker for Meeting from AFP – either Rob Guilder or Pamela Pace – 7.30am | | Tuesday 23 October | Board Meeting – Marconi Annex – 7.15 pm. | | Monday 29 October | Pride of Workmanship – Venue TBA | | Friday 16 November | Our Spring Ball – Marconi Auditorium. | | Monday 19 November | Evening Meeting replacing morning meeting of 20 November. Details to be confirmed. | | Tuesday 27 November | Board Meeting – Marconi Annex – 7.15 pm. | | Friday 7 December | Presidents Meeting with Community Service & District Team – Venue TBA. | | Sunday 9 December | Bikers Toy Run – Details to be confirmed. | | Tuesday 11 December | Board Meeting – Marconi Annex – 7.15 pm. | | Saturday 15 December | Carols In The Park – Horsley Park Showground. | This Week: Fellow Rotarians and guests, here is our third issue…….... Happy reading Last week's meeting saw apologies from Brian, June, Darren, Kathy and Ian. Our ROYA presentation of awards is on Thursday 30 August 2007 6.30pm for 7.00pm start at the Bistro room at Club Marconi. A $15 fee gets you in the door, light supper, great entertainment from our contestants and a fun night. RELAY FOR LIFE - Chris has the raffle tickets and would appreciate it if anyone could assist her with selling tickets. Geoff Lumley from the R.C of Cabramatta attended our meeting and expressed Cabramatta's willingness to assist the R. C of Wetherill Park in catering for the event. A joint meeting between both clubs on Monday the 3 September 2007 at the Cabramatta Bowling Club will allow further discussions on the finer details. Please advise Chris on your availability to assist on these two days. Jim Brown is our co-ordinator once again for next years BOWL SCAN event. For a small cost to purchase a kit, it saves many lives. POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD is held on 26 September 2007 by the R. C of Liverpool. A rewarding night for all participants so come along and show your support. One nomination has been received for the PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARD to be held in October 2007. Please consider all your outstanding achievers and contact Bill Robb for a place. Joker Draw: The jackpot was $47 and our very own Ernest James had the winning ticket. Fortunately the club had the winning result when he drew the King of Clubs.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP FEES All outstanding dues should be paid by now. Please contact Vicki if you're uncertain if your partner has posted the cheque! Fees are $330 for 1 year or $165 for six months.
16 NOVEMBER 2007 SPRING BALL The committee is actively seeking a Major Sponsor for the event so if you have lots of money or know of someone who has then please give Vicki the details and we're happy to help spend it on research into Breast and Prostate Cancer. CAROLS IN THE PARK Every year the Rotary Club of Wetherill Park and the local community host Carols at Horsley Park showground which is a FREE event. Rotary has looked after the Carols since being invited by the local community in 1997 so please come along join in the festive celebrations. RI Convention 2008: The 99th RI Convention is in Los Angeles, 15–18 June 2008
Lights, Camera, Action! See the Stars! Share the spotlight with fellow Rotarians in the entertainment capital of the world. Los Angeles is the ideal stage for Rotary International's annual extravaganza. Like the family of Rotary, this sprawling metropolis of 3.8 million people boasts a diverse ethnic mix and cosmopolitan flare. L.A. is the second largest city in the United States and teems with activity and culture — from its star-studded motion picture industry to its picturesque beachfront communities and resorts. Convention cost is $265USD if paid by 15th December 2007. The convention will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, a mammoth steel and glass building with 720,000 square feet of exhibition space. Download or view the PDF at http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/c08_brochure.pdf Let's make sure we are in the centre of the action by booking early! I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I thought, "That's Aboriginal." June Bragg, our International Director is working on preparing shoeboxes to send overseas to underprivileged children for Christmas. She would appreciate your support for this International Project by either making up shoeboxes with the items listed below or by supplying these items & she will make the boxes up. Approx. 12 boxes are waiting to be filled. Each shoebox is to include: Something to wear, something to eat (not chocolate), something to play with, something to write/draw etc on/with, some item of toiletry & something to love. The boxes are to be covered in wrapping paper with a rubber band holding it together please. Last year some photos were put into the boxes so the children knew who their gifts were from. Please support June in this worth course. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE OUR NEXT EDITOR……? The following editors are brave enough to try and meet the current Interlink benchmark…..Your next editor will be…. | Month | Monthly Editor | | September 2007 | Chris Hunter | Your support is required by submitting interesting info for inclusion in one of the forthcoming editions. Suggestions for submissions to Interlink newsletter can be an article, a joke or amusing story, a photo, directors or committee report, a reminder, an idea, anything of interest to the member's family and friends. Remember this is our Interlink, be a part of it. To stay up to date with current and future events why not breakfast have with us on Tuesday and make sure you visit us at www.wprotary.com.au A bloke's wife goes missing while diving off the West Tasmanian coast. He reports the event, searches fruitlessly and spends a terrible night wondering what could have happened to her.
Next morning there's a knock at the door and he is confronted by a couple of policemen, the old Sarge and a younger Constable.
The Sarge says, "Mate, we have some news for you, unfortunately some really bad news, but, some good news, and maybe some more good news."
"Well," says the bloke,"I guess I'd better have the bad news first?"
The Sarge says, "I'm really sorry mate, but your wife is dead.
Young Bill here found her lying at about five fathoms in a little cleft in the reef. He got a line around her and we pulled her up, but she was dead."
The bloke is naturally pretty distressed to hear of this and has a bit of a turn. But after a few minutes he pulls himself together and asks, "what's the good news.......??
The Sarge says, "Well when we got your wife up there were quite a few really good sized crays and a swag of nice crabs attached to her, so we've brought you your share."
He hands the bloke a sugar bag with a couple of nice crays and four or five crabs in it.
"Geez thanks. They're bloody beauties. I guess it's an ill wind and all that... So what's the other possible good news?"
"Well," the Sarge says,"if you fancy a quick trip, I and young Bill here get off duty at around 11 o'clock and we're gunna shoot over there and pull her up again.....!" Thanks for your time…..Your Editor - Helen Syrmalis
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