On September 10th, club members were treated to an entertaining and informative talk by popular author and journalist, John Harms. Harms has written several books including the biography of Michelle Payne. Read details of John's talk and get further links by clicking, "Read more..."On September 10th, club members were treated to an entertaining and informative talk by popular author and journalist, John Harms. Harms has written several books including the biography of Michelle Payne. Read details of John's talk and get further links by clicking, "Read more..."
The Conference will be held on Saturday September 19th, and Sunday September 20th 2020 and the speakers are world class including current International Rotary President Holger Knack. Click "Read more..." for the link.
Members moved very easily into "fun" mode last Thursday as the club held its very first "Mask-erade Parade". Masks ranged from the Covid-19 variety to full-on Venetian Masquerade masks, but "Mask Judge", Esther determined that the most exciting masks were those worn by PP Thea and Rotarian Trace.
Last Thursday, our Service committees met via Breakout Rooms in "Zoom". Reports were presented by all committee chairs, and PP Garry Higgins, chair of the Vocational Committee, summed up the spirit of the night by saying that we are all going to have to think differently about the way we do our Rotary service in the near future.
As a direct result of our Web Administrator attending the Clubrunner conference late on Thursday night and early Friday morning, there have already been a few changes made to our club Web page.
Chris Frahn (Public Image Chair) reported on our progress with the Rotary Radio project. A small committee of six met during the week and mapped out a plan to move forward with this idea.
PP Brian Reed joined our club in May last year, but we were finally able to hear his "New Member" talk last Thursday. Brian starting his working life as an apprentice plumber and then went on to run his own plumbing business for over thirty years.
At last Thursday's meeting, members also enjoyed hearing the "New Member" story of new Rotarian, Candice Anketell. Candice and her husband Thomas joined our club on November 14th 2019, both sponsored by PP Garry Higgins.
Rotarian Trace proposed a toast to the Rotary Club of Red Deer last Thursday. This was a location visited by her family when they toured Canada a year or so ago.
On August 6th, Maryborough Rotary presented Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) Recognitions to four deserving recipients who have each made a significant contribution to our club. Awards were presented to current President, Alison Teese OAM, PP John Stewart, PP Meryl James, and Immediate Past President, Leigh Williamson.
On August 13th, the club honoured friend of Rotary, Sue Edmondson, with a Paul Harris Fellow recognition. Sue, wife of Rotarian Mark, has worked at Havilah for many years, and has been a key worker in the volunteer group that provided meals for our club whilst we were meeting at the venue.
Congratulations to PP Terry Allan who was recognized last week for a second Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire Pin.
At last Thursday's meeting, members enjoyed a presentation by the Central Goldfields Art Gallery's Curator and Education Officer, Helen Kaptein.
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a groundbreaking selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.
Rotary has a new area of focus — supporting the environment — after a unanimous vote by The Rotary Foundation Trustees and the RI Board of Directors. 
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