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ROTARY CLUB OF ADELAIDE WEST INC BULLETIN 25 March 2010, Meeting #2245 1 April 2010, Meeting #2246 Printed fortnightly www.adelaidewest.rotaryaust.

1 ROTARY CLUB OF ADELAIDE WEST INC BULLETIN 25 March 2010, Meeting # April 2010, Meeting #2246 Printed fortnightly Supporting Minda Inc Minda Inc held a sausage sizzle on Monday, 8 March at Bunnings and raised in the vicinity of $900. The major attraction was the support, hard work and long hours spent by our President George and Lyn. Marion Zafry requested our assistance at a fundraising sausage sizzle and sale of drinks in front of the jetty at Glenelg on Saturday 17 April. This will support the Special Olympics torch run which is from Minda to Glenelg on that day. Details concerning this project will be discussed at our next meeting. NEXT week Welcoming Henry Pecanek Cash Mervyn Nancarrow Sergeant Ashleigh Lorraine Sausage sizzle at Bunnings, where about $900 was raised. Upcoming program 25 March Andreas Dagelet from Brisbane, a hand cyclist who rode around Australia in 2005 and Dale Elliott, a skydiver and comedian. 1 Club President: George Magee Club President Elect: Randolph Alwis AM District Govenor 9500: Alun Hughes World President: John Kenny 1 April Speaker Major Denis White, Chaplin to Adelaide and Metropolitan Court, The Salvation Army.

Extreme Rolling Meeting 2245, 25 March Our guest speakers on Thursday will be amazing as they are extremely brave men who can and will tackle anything.

2 Extreme Rolling Meeting 2245, 25 March Our guest speakers on Thursday will be amazing as they are extremely brave men who can and will tackle anything. Andreas Dagelet from Brisbane, a hand cyclist who rode around Australia in 2005 and Dale Elliott, a skydiver and comedian have teamed up for an amazing journey of hope, giving and guts. Andreas is living proof to the adage you can t keep a good man down! This New Zealand born Australian naturalised, human dynamo has packed much into his life since he broke his back falling from a tree in His dream is to help as many as he can to reach their full potential. As we know Dale pushes the boundaries of his abilities with great vigor. Once a Commercial Pilot and Aircraft Engineer, his life took a rapid diversion after a motorbike accident left him a paraplegic. In addition to riding 5000 km from Melbourne to Darwin they will visit 150+ (50,000 Aussie kids) and hundreds of community groups and clubs in their bid to raise over $200,000 to help cure 1,000 children with club feet in Africa and Australia and give them the gift of walking. Since the commencement of the program two months ago in Melbourne they have already raised $7,000 in donations. This in effect will save 35 children. Their amazing crew includes Andreas brother Renee (Driver/Mechanic), Kat and Bec Skull, (Directors of PR and Events), Mick Meehan (Director of Base Operations-Brisbane) and Dale s wife Erica (Domestic Management) and his one year old son Jay-den (Mascot). They would appreciate financial support as well as sponsors. 2

Haiti ShelterBox response From March Rotary Down Under SheltreBox has already delivered more than 7,000 boxes to Haiti, with more scheduled to be deployed.

and Metropolitan Courts The Salvation Army Our club will again have the pleasure of an Easter Message from our own member Denis. hospitals.

3 Haiti ShelterBox response From March Rotary Down Under SheltreBox has already delivered more than 7,000 boxes to Haiti, with more scheduled to be deployed. The first ShelterBoxes arrived in Haiti five days after the earthquake struck and were immediately put to use as emergency field Meeting 2246, 1 April Speaker: Major Denis White Chaplin to Adelaide and Metropolitan Courts The Salvation Army Our club will again have the pleasure of an Easter Message from our own member Denis. hospitals. ShelterBox tents were also used to provide secure shelter for hundreds of patients recovering from amputations. Twelve of these tents were set up outside Bernard Mews Hospital in Port-au-Prince. This is the largest, quickest, and most complex deployment in our history, says John Leach, head of operations for ShelterBox. We organised across four countries to get ShelterBoxes to the people of Haiti quicky. Kicking Goals for Rotary 2010 District 9500 Conference AAMI Stadium 15 to 17 October 2010 JOIN THE TEAM For further details visit: Duties Members: please check this schedule regularly and mark your due turn in your diary. If you are unable to fulfil your rostered duty, please arrange for a replacement Club Member in advance. Welcoming duties: At desk with the cashier to complete name tags/make up cards, etc for guests. Duties commence at 12.30pm. Welcoming cash Sergeant 3 25 March henry Pecanek Mervyn Nancarrow Ashleigh Lorraine 1 April denis White randolph Alwis Ashleigh Lorraine Please arrange for a substitute if you are unable to attend to rostered duties.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING At last Thursday s meeting Clare rotarian and amateur historian, Euan Semple, presented a most enjoyable and informative session on early South Australian history.

4 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING At last Thursday s meeting Clare rotarian and amateur historian, Euan Semple, presented a most enjoyable and informative session on early South Australian history. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia began extending its political influence south to countries bordering the Arabian Sea. This worried the British as they saw it as a threat to their trade routes through the recently opened Suez Canal, to India and beyond. When in 1872, three warships of the Inperial Russian Navy made a goodwill visit to Australia, the Brits became very worried and it upset the colonists no end. The Crimean War was not that long ago. Fearing port blockages or even worse, unwelcome landings, the S.A. Colonial Government built forts at Glanville and Largs, with a torpedo station on the Port River. They went one step further and in 1882 ordered a small warship the Protector from England at a cost of 65,000 pounds. She was commissioned in 1884 and though not that large was steamed powered (also schooner rigged) and armed with turret mounted 5 and 8 guns; 8 guns were rather large for those days. The Russians never came so after a few years, with running costs a worry, what to do with the vessel became a problem. The wrecking of the Star of Greece with the resultant loss of life due to inadequate resources made the Government decide that the Navy should take over responsibility for coast guard and lifesaving operations the Protector stepped forward. The original crew members were not much use so a Naval Reserve was formed which manned it in local waters until the Boxer Rebellion broke out in The Protector was sent to China as part of the British Fleet thereby loosing her Colonial status and becoming a full member of the Royal British Navy. On the way to China the crew was kept busy training for a genuine war only to arrive in Shanghai the day the Rebellion collapsed. A few changes were made to her before she became engaged in WWI as a Royal Australian Navy ship in action at Rabaul and Papua New Guinea. Germany at that time having colonies in that area with a signal station at Rabaul. The Protector was decommissioned in 1924 and sold in 1934 for 677 pounds to a Melbourne shipping company, being used up until WWII as a wool lighter at Victorian ports. The American Army commissioned her in 1943 but she was damaged in a collision with a tug off Gladstone, subsequently running aground whilst under to New Guinea. The Protector may still be seen, protecting our shore, as a breakwater on Heron Reef, Queensland. Euan Semple (right) and Tom Appleby (left) 4

Other clubs meeting times (@ the Public Schools Club) Adelaide East Tuesday 1.00pm Adelaide Parks Wednesday 6.15pm (@ the Bradman Room Adelaide Oval) Adelaide Wednesday 1.

5 Other clubs meeting times the Public Schools Club) Adelaide East Tuesday 1.00pm Adelaide Parks Wednesday 6.15pm the Bradman Room Adelaide Oval) Adelaide Wednesday 1.00pm the Naval Military Club - Hutt St) Adelaide Light Thursday 7.00am Attending other clubs meetings Please advise Geoff French of your make-up when you attend another club meeting. It can be two weeks either side of your missed meeting. Members of Adelaide West Rotary Club Inc thank Bragg s Restaurant and Staff for Sponsorship of this Club Bulletin. Past BulletinS ONLINE Past Bulletin editions are now available online at: php?act=viewdoc&docid=12 5 Office Bearers Rotary Club of Adelaide West President: Vice President: Immediate Past President: Treasurer: Sergeant: Secretary: Rotary Foundation: Community Service Chair: International Service Chair: Vocational Service Chair: Membership and Extension Chair: Club Service Chair: International/District 2008/09 President: John Kenny District Governor: Alun Hughes Assistant Governor: Marie Dorrington District 9500 D.G.E.: Edward King george Magee randolph Alwis AM Edan Barnett Mervyn Nancarrow tom Appleby geoff Beer alan Smith OAM Marie Dorrington ashleigh Lorraine catherine Logue John Madigan OAM randolph Alwis AM Contact us Adelaide West Rotary Club PO Box 7142 Hutt Street, Adelaide South Australia 5000 Bulletin Editor John F Madigan OAM jfklmadigan@hotmail.com Meetings 12.30pm for 1pm start the Public Schools Club 207 East Tce, Adelaide South Australia 5000 Adelaide West Rotary Club was chartered 20 January 1964 Graphic Design Tania Macdonald, Inspire Be Communications and Design,

The Centre is to be located in the Central Bus Depot in Grote Street opposite the Central Market.

The Centre is to be located in the Central Bus Depot in Grote Street opposite the Central Market. ROTARY CLUB OF ADELAIDE WEST INC BULLETIN 12 May 2011, Meeting #2299 17 May 2011, Meeting #2300 Printed fortnightly www.adelaidewest.rotaryaust.org Sustainability Centre Our Club has been briefed on the