The Pelican News ROTARY CLUB OF THE ENTRANCE INC. Chartered 26 th April, 1972 District 9685 Facebook; Rotary Club of The Entrance Website: http://www.rotarytheentrance.org.au PO Box 8173 Tumbi Umbi 2261 WEEKLY BULLETIN 2017 2018 Volume 46 Issue 35 April 17, 2018 45 years helping the local community RI President: District Governor: Ian Riseley (RC of Sandringham. Vic) (Juliet) Peter Ward (RC of The Entrance) (Anne) CLUB BOARD MEMBERS President Secretary Treasurer Gordon Crawford Con Bartsos Gordon Crawford/ Clive Denmark President Elect (18-19): Robin Hearder Foundation: International: David Waterhouse Club Admin: Robin Hearder Youth: Alan Palmer Vocation/Community : Membership: Stephen Hammond-Parker Bulletin Editor: George Clifford Auditor: Community Audit Services Address Correspondence to: The Secretary Rotary Club of The Entrance Bulletin Editor PO Box 8173 Tumbi Umbi: 2261 gclif@bigpond.com CATERING To assist with seating could you make your apology or book in any guests to PE Robin Hearder by telephone call or SMS by noon on Monday on 4333 8087 or 0404 160 548 Child Protection apply at WWW.check.ccyp.nsw.gov.au/Application/Applicants Use the name on your driver s licence. Receive a number APPxxxxxx. Attend RMS office with number & proof of ID. A WWC number ending with V will follow by E-mail eg. QQC1234567V The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 1
GOSFORD ROTARY CLUB INVITES YOU TO COMMERATE The 100 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF VILLERS-BRETONNEUX Click on the link for more information Villerrs-Bretonneux.p df SPIN & WIN ROSTER Please note: Spin & Wins times are now 10.00am to 12.30pm Saturday, April 21 Friday, April 27 Saturday, May 12 Saturday, May 19 Saturday, June 9 Friday, June 15 Martin Davies Clive Denmark Robin Hearder Peter Lethbridge David Waterhouse Clive Denmark Martin Davies Barbara Davies Robin Hearder David Waterhouse Clive Denmark Peter Lethbridge Amended April 19 th at 8.30 am The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 2
CLUB PROGRAM FOR 2018 PE Robin Hearder Day Date Activity Time Venue April Tues 17 th Social Breakfast for Entrancers 9.00am Barbara & Martin Davies Wed 18 th Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Sat 21 st Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Tues 24 th Hugh Gynot Conversation M.O.D.E. 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Wed 25 th ANZAC Day Public Holiday Fri 27 th Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Sun 29 th and Directors 8.30 4pm King s School District Assembly All incoming Officers May Tues 1 st A Danish Christmas 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Wed 2 nd Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Tues 8 th David & Dianne Waterhouse - Nepal 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Sat 12 th Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Tues 15 th Social The Entrance Leagues (Tigers) 6.00 for 6.30 Bateau Bay (tbc) Wed 16 th Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Sat 19 th Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Tues 22 nd Joint Board Meeting 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Tues 29 th Villain Leopal RYE Belgium (tbc) 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Wed 30 th Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah June Tues 5 th Alan Palmer Memorable Travels 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Wed 6 th D-Day Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Sat 9 th Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Tues 12 th Dr Len Smith, Ph.d-R.I. in China 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Fri 15 th Spin & Win 10.00am 12.30 Bateau Bay Tues 19 th Club Changeover (Partners) 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara Wed 20 th Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Tues 26 th Board Meeting 6.00 for 6.30 Mingara July Tues 3 rd tba Wed 4 th Bunnings BBQ 8.00-4.00 Tuggerah Sat 7 th District Changeover Hornsby RSL "The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism." (Sir William Osler) The time came in a young boy s life when his father had to sit him down for the big talk. Son, the father said, you ll soon have urges and feelings that you ve never had before. Your heart will start to pound, and the palms of your hands will sweat. You ll be preoccupied, and you won t be able to think of anything else. But don t worry, he continued, it s perfectly normal it s called golf. The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 3
John & Janice McIlwaine (April 8) Gordon Crawford (April 2) Stan Crellin (April 12) The boss was complaining in our staff meeting the other day that he wasn't getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read: "I'm the Boss!" He then attached it to his office door. Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had taped a note to the sign that said: "Your wife called, she wants her sign back!" As discussed here are the Rotary bookings at Bateau Bay Square for the remainder of 2018: SPIN & WIN dates for 2018 July 14 and 28 August 11 and 31 Sept 8 and 28 Oct 13 and 27 Nov 10 and 23 Dec 1 and 8 A chap went up to the counter in the library and said, "Have you got any books about committing suicide?" The librarian said, "Yes. Take a look over there, somewhere on the middle shelf.". The chap came back a few moments later and said, "I can't find any at all.". The librarian replied, "Yes, it's awful. They never bring them back.". The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 4
President Gordon with Darryn Roberts of STORAGE KING Berkeley Vale Darryn has once again agreed to sponsor the drinks that will be served at the Theatre Night in October. Darryn and his wife will also be in the audience for this theatre production. MAY First Shift Morning BUNNINGS BBQ ROSTER Times: Day Manager 7.30 am to 1pm Others 8am to 1pm Date Day Manager 2IC Helper 2 nd 16 th 30 th Second Shift Afternoon Time: 12 Noon to 4pm 2 nd 16 th 30th Date Day Manager 2IC Helper The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation Prize Robert Hughes When an opera artist sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance. Victor Borge A synonym is a word you use when you can t spell the word you first thought of. Burt Bacharach What s another word for thesaurus? Steven Wright The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 5
Not everyone is going to like you One of my favourite parts of Marcus Aurelius Meditations is this one: Begin each day physical sense, but as a fellow creature similarly endowed with reason and a share of the divine); therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading. Neither can I be angry with my brother or fall foul of him; for he and I were born to work together, like a man s two hands, feet or eyelids, or the upper and lower rows of his teeth. To obstruct each other is against Nature s law and what is irritation or aversion but a form of obstruction. In other words, you re going to deal with people you don t like, and people who don t like you. This article from Lifehacker is along the same lines: Remember that it is impossible to please everyone, Chloe Brotheridge, a hypnotherapist and anxiety expert, tells us. You have your own unique personality which means some people will love and adore you, while others may not. Of course, while this concept is easy to understand on its face, it s difficult to keep your perspective in check when you find you re, say, left out of invitations to happy hours with co-workers, or getting noncommittal responses from potential new friends, or you overhear your roommates badmouthing you. Rejection is painful in any form, whether it be social or romantic, and it s a big ego blow to get bumped from the inner circle. I had a good friend of mine cut me off a few years ago. This was a guy who my kids called uncle, without him actually being a family member. But hey, no hard feelings: So, it s not really that it s not you but them, so much as it s both you and them. This person, this situation, where they are in their life, it s not compatible to where you are, Jennifer Verdolin, an animal behavior expert and adjunct professor at Duke University, tells us. We have preferences in terms of personality, and that s not to say that your personality is bad. It s different from mine, and I prefer to hang around people who are similar to me. There s incompatibility, different life stages, and there s just being a dick: While you shouldn t always blame yourself if someone doesn t like you, if you re finding this is a pattern, you may want to take an unbiased look at your own behaviour. When I put people in a [therapy] group, I get to see immediately what problems or tics or bad social habits they have, Grover says. He recalls a successful, handsome male patient of his who was having trouble holding onto romantic relationships. Though they were unable to solve the problem together in individual therapy, Grover managed to convince The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 6
the patient to join a group. Within five minutes, I was horrified, Grover says. He gets very anxious in front of people, and to camouflage his anxiety he becomes overly confident, which comes across as arrogant. The women in the group commented that he was becoming less popular the more they got to know him. You can t please all of the people all of the time, but you can introspect and know yourself. Then you re in a stronger position to say what (and who) you like, and for what reasons. Final thought? It s worth being nice to people as you never know when they re going to be in a position to do you a favour. It doesn t, however, mean you have to hang out with them all of the time. Source: Lifehacker Related Our Scooter has found a new home Our scooter moves on to our second beneficiary. Serviced and delivered to her door, Isobel Hayward was both nervous and excited by her new Scooter. Gordon In class one day, Mr Johnson pulled Johnny over to his desk after a test, and said, "Johnny I have a feeling that you have been cheating on your tests." Johnny was astounded and asked Mr. Johnson to prove it. "Well, said Mr Johnson, I was looking over your test and the question was, 'Who was our first president?', and the little girl that sits next to you, Mary, put 'George Washington,' and so did you.". "So, everyone knows that he was the first president.",replied Johnny. "Well, just wait a minute," said Mr. Johnson. "The next question was, 'Who freed the slaves?' Mary put Abraham Lincoln and so did you.". "Well, I read the history book last night and I remembered that," said Johnny. "Wait, wait," said Mr Johnson, "The next question was, 'Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?' Mary put 'I don't know,' and you put, 'Me neither'.". The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 7
This is a letter sent to the DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Dear Mr Minister, I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this. How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a television set and golf clubs and other items from them back in 1997, and yet the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date? For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 40 years. It is also on my driver's licence, on the last eight passports I've ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off planes over the past 30 years. It's also on all those insufferable census forms that I've filled out every 5 years since 1966. Also... would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Audrey, my father's name is Jack, and I'd be absolutely bloody astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead!!! What do you people do with all this information we keep having to provide? I apologize, Mr Minister. but I'm really ticked off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough of all this! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my address! What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthals working there! Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to the other side of Sydney and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate - and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day? Nooooo that'd be too bloody easy and makes far too much sense. Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen. THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? We thank our Sponsors The Rotary Club of The Entrance Page 8