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ECONOMIC & DEVELOPMENT MONTH Chair: Leigh
Oct 01, 2023
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#15 P&N Manager Tony Hudson on P&N's Journey
Oct 05, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM -
#16 Service Committees Plus "Hat Day" Celebrations
Mill HouseOct 12, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM -
#17 Breakfast Meeting - Daily Dose
TBCOct 19, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM -
[TUE] B04 October Board Meeting
Zoom MeetingOct 24, 2023
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM -
#18 AGM then Gary Newton - District Polio Rep
Mill HouseOct 26, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_iQMiZ09g&t=2233s or search in YouTube for "#EIE19 Keynote Jonathan Haidt" See "Read more..." for more pix and his solutions.










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Thanks to those who helped out at the Bristol Hill Working Bee last Sunday morning. See more pix by clicking "Read more..."




"Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope." — Elizabeth Gilbert
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” — Emily Dickinson
"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” — Barbara Kingsolver








One community project we achieved was to erect some long poles for playground equipment. We had no money so had to think outside the square. Our Rotarian knew someone in the timber industry and if we could get logs from the bush, we could exchange them for treated posts for our project.... (See "Read more...")



Thea paid a "Proud Grandparent" fine on Thursday. Her two grand kids played in the recent Ice-Hockey Grand Finals. The two boys each played in the winning Grand-finals for their respective age groups, but they also filled-in for missing players at other age levels on the day, and at the end of the event, came home with THREE Grand final trophies each! Well done, boys!
Trace wasn't going to miss out on a birthday party on her actual birthday, so she kindly brought ice cream cakes and slices to our Rotary meeting - which were duly consumed with much delight by our members. For her efforts, she got a rousing rendition of that song, and she has set the bar pretty high for anyone else having a birthday soon - hint hint! See "Read more..." for pix of the "party".
PP Garry OAM was just about to get on the train to go to the footy last week-end when he heard a familiar voice behind him - it was Trace! So, they travelled to the footy together. In the middle of the match, Garry gets a text from Trace: "Are you that guy eating a pie and having a coke near some particular spot in the members' stand?" - Garry had to admit he was, "Well", Trace continued, I'm that woman two tiers up waving the big red coat!" Garry was easily able to spot her. It just goes to confirm that we have some "stand-out" members in our club!
Members shared a communal sigh of dismay when our "traditionally lucky" John Caulfield held the winning ticket for last Thursday's "Swindle" draw - "Surely", we thought, "John will win the jackpot", but "No!", not this time, and the joker remains in the pack of now only 16 cards with the jackpot climbing yet again. Maybe next week when the DG visits?! See "Read more..." for a picture of John's moment.

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” — Tom Bodett
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein
"Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” — Roy T. Bennett




PDG Anthony has discovered an article on the establishment of the Tower that appeared in the "Argus" Newspaper in 1933. The article starts...
MARYBOROUGH, Sunday. – On an autumn day 79 years ago three wandering fossickers found gold at the White Hills, then portion of a vast run controlled by the Simson family of squatters in Central Victoria. Within a few months the rich goldfields of Maryborough, Dunolly and Alma were opened. Today, in brilliant sunshine, descendants of the diggers of the 50's a and 60's gathered in thousands at Maryborough for the unveiling of a striking memorial to the men and women who laid the foundations of a thriving town.
See "Read more..." for the rest of the article and more pix of the working bee.

A regular feature of our "News" each week will be the Governance OR Service Committee "Hopeful News" segments. Committee chairs, either Goverance or Service, are invited and encouraged to email us a sentence or short dot point about...
Some event or meeting the committee is planning to conduct in the near future AND/ OR
Something that has been achieved by the committee in the last week or so AND/ OR
Some members to thank for great work they have done in the last week or so.

Something that has been achieved by the committee in the last week or so AND/ OR
Some members to thank for great work they have done in the last week or so.
The segments will alternate from week to week - Governance one week and Service the next.
This will be a good place to announce Committee meetings that don't occur during meeting time each month.
If committees have more information than a sentence or dot point, we will add a completely separate article and image into the "News".
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