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SPOK SPOKES ES SPOK SPOKES ES

Chartered March 14, 1960

VOLUME 58 No. 41

EDITOR: DAVID FIRTH

OUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK - May 15th

OUR 42nd PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP AWARDS PRESENTATION

Chairman: Phillip Stanton Reporter: Ian Chappel

Keynote Speaker: Russell Zimmerman

Executive Director, Australian Retailers Association

We welcome all our guests joining us tonight, particularly our seven awardees. We are pleased to welcome new sponsors Banna Property Group and Pennant Hills Public School P & C Association, as well as previous sponsors St Lucy’s School, By-Dezign Pty Ltd, Pennant Hills Golf Club and W Group Real Estate. We trust you all enjoy this special evening.

NEXT WEEK - May 22nd THE SALVATION ARMY AND ITS WORK

Guest Speaker: Captain Steven Smith Chairman: Theo Glockemann Reporter: Jim Fraser

CLUB CONTACT INFORMATION

PHONE ENQUIRIES: 9484 4889 TO NOTIFY MEETING APOLOGIES & GUESTS: 9294 2107 EMAIL: rotaryclubpennanthills@gmail.com

REPORT FROM LAST WEEK The 30th Birthday of the Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook There were 10 representing our club at this function held at their usual meeting place, Springfield House at Dural. In all there were about 100 present including District Governor Bruce Lakin and representatives of their sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Beecroft. The evening was chaired by Ross Ballinger with President Rosemary Clarke conducting the formalities. Rosemary paid tribute to our club, thanking us for turning up in such numbers, and confess- ing that our club was responsible for her being in Rotary. (Her husband, Rob, was a member of

• ur club from 1983 to 1989.) There was also a large contingent of past members of their club in

attendance. Naturally, there was a concentration on the history of the club, its projects over the years, and the fundraising efforts during the past 30 years. Much of this was illustrated with a power- point presentation. The photo below shows the cake which was cut by DG Bruce assisted by President Rose-

• mary. All in all, it was a happy celebration for a club which still has around 40 members and is

very active. They also displayed a very attractive banner featuring Pride of Workmanship. Reporter: David Firth

Can you help with this year’s Red Shield Appeal? We are looking for drivers on Sunday May 28th from 8am until noon. Or perhaps you can volunteer on Satur- day or Sunday next and the following weekend to col- lect at a stationary point for about 2 hours? Speak to Theo Glockemann or President Pam if you can help in any way.

Fellows, recently we became aware that one of our number, indeed our Immediate Past President, Ian Chappel, had made a decision to avoid marshalling at the City2Surf this year by entering the event himself. He was also seeking to raise $800 for Australian Rotary Health. We now fjnd that this is no spur of the moment decision—he is serious as the picture and captjon below will atuest. He has a page on the City2Surf website—read his story below. Out training today, 5km in 45 minutes, gettjng fjtuer each run. Thank you for all those donatjng, it is appreciated and it is a good cause medical research funds administered by Australian Rotary Health. 12th May, 2017

M Y S T O R Y I've created this page because I want to make a difference. I'm inspired by the work of Australian Rotary Health and wanted to support them by raising money as part of my participation in The 2017 Sun-Herald City2Surf presented by Westpac. Five years ago I was diagnosed with leukaemia. After being taken care of by an exceptional medical spe- cialist my mission was to regain health better than before the illness. A very dear friend who was also re- covering from a major medical trauma and myself decided to trek the Great North Walk, not over several weeks but over 18 months. This was hard work in the beginning, first we managed a 5 km walk (Berowra to Berowra Waters) then an 8 km walk, then a 12 km walk. Finally walking 27 km in a day was undertaken with confidence irrespective of the terrain. With all the lead-in paths we walked about 340 km before reaching Queens Wharf Newcastle. The track starts at the Obelisk at Circular Quay (next to the anchor from HMS Sirius) in Sydney and is 240 km in length. As my lymphocytes levels improved I vowed I would raise money for medical charities (motor neuron and the cancer council). This year I have chosen Australia Rotary Health as this organisation funds medical research in Australia covering many major medical conditions. While it was taboo to mention mental health, Australian Rotary Health after more than a decade of funding traditional medical research decided that mental health re- quired its attention. Ian Chappel

DATE PROGRAM SPEAKER CHAIRMAN REPORTER

May 20 & 21 27 & 28

RED SHIELD APPEAL STATIC COLLECTIONS BUNNINGS, COONARA Shops, THORNLEIGH, PENNANT HILLS

Sunday May 21st May 22nd THE SALVATION ARMY Captain Steven Smith Theo Glockemann

Jim Fraser

Sunday May 28th

RED SHIELD APPEAL DOORKNOCK At Pennant Hills Holden 8.00am

June 19th

CLUB CHANGEOVER Partners’ night President Pam & President Elect Alex TBA David Firth

Wed. June 28th

RONALD McDONALD HOUSE “Meals From The Heart” at Westmead 5.30pm THE FORWARD PROGRAM Thought for the Week Quality is pride of workmanship.

• W. Edwards Deming

ATTENDANCE AT OUR LAST MEETING Member atuendance 44.4% Apologies: David Walsh, Terry Pankhurst, Pat Parker, Claude Rigney, Michael Bradley, Adrian Bell, Theo Glockemann, Alex Thomas, Peter Wilson Guest Speaker: Nil Guests: Nil Leave of Absence: Nil

PENNANT HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL FETE - 10AM TO 3PM - IF YOU CAN HELP LET DAVID FIRTH KNOW Fellows, some of you will remember Rex Sargeant, a past member of our club who passed away some time

• ago. The following was in Saturday’s Sydney Morning

Herald. SARGEANT, Merle Jocelyn Aged 79 years

• f Tea Gardens

formerly of Pennant Hills Dearly loved wife of Rex (dec.), loved mother and mother-in-law of Narelle and Ian, Gary and Erma, Craig and Jenni, Mal and Sarah. Loved Nanna to her 15 grandchildren and 4 great-

• grandchildren. Current member of the Hawks

Nest Probus Club and Tea Gardens Bowling Club. Family and friends are warmly invited to the Cel- ebration of Merle's life at the North Chapel, New- castle Memorial Park, Anderson Dr Beresfield on WEDNESDAY (May 17th, 2017) at 10 am. A Me- morial Service will follow at the Grange Club House, Tea Gardens at 12.30 pm. In lieu of flow- ers donations to Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest SLSC may be left at the chapel. I have learned that 2 of our members have had recent visits to hospital - Terry Pankhurst, on his re- turn from overseas, and Claude Rigney. We are pleased that they are up and about again. The editor