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09_MARCH - WATER & SANITATION MONTH - Chair TBA
Mar 01, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023
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#37 The Importance of Honesty - Dr Jordan Peterson
Mar 30, 2023
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM


16 Rotarians ventured out to 370 Old Tullaroop Road on Thursday to enjoy a fascinating visit to the Centre State Asphalting Works. The company was started in 2003 by Barry Trait, and was acquired by the VSA Group in 2014. In 2015, the site was upgraded with specialized asphalting equipment to make processing quieter and more efficient, and thanks to the assistance of a state government sustainability grant, the company constructed a new Recycling Facility. In 2018, they replaced aging bitumen storage tanks with new, large capacity and highly efficient Benninghoven tanks and can now produce over 135,000 tons of asphalt a year. The site employs around 40 people and has a turn over of 3 million dollars a month. See "Read more..." for more pix.



Please note that we are not looking for huge changes this year since we are finishing off the previous Strategic planning period. A completely new plan will crank up around this time in 2024. Having said that, this is the time for final tweaking of our current plan.
Look out for emails about the planning process in the near future, and the new Planning Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 28th. The new planning committee volunteered at our meeting on Thursday, and currently includes PP Garry, PDG Anthony, PP Thea, PP Martin, Rotarians John Williamson, Rebecca and Adrian, and PDG Geoff.







It has been a couple of months since I last wrote to you all and I hope that I have not missed anyone on the ever growing list of supporters.
It is now almost 12 months since this war began in Ukraine and it is still going unfortunately.
We have come to the end of our initiative for now. I have done a "final" newsletter for your perusal.
My main problem is work and lots of it is not Rotary related, such is life.
Anyhow my sincere thanks to all of you who contributed and supported the Sunflower Seeds for Ukraine above all our thanks to Doug Bruckner for the seeds last March!
Yours in Rotary
PDG John Glassford
See Read more for the newsletter.

See the YouTube video about the day by clicking this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju3ygNPFH98&t=14s
You may recall that last year Rotarian Kate Ashton went on a 500 km bike ride in Thailand to support a charity called "Hands Across The Water", well Kate's on the go again, this time with friend Graeme plus quite a few others who support this charity. They intend riding 535 km's over 5 days.
As a preliminary event Kate and Graeme are organizing a free bike ride from Maryborough to Dunolly and back to Maryborough, around 50 km, joining Kate and Graeme will be Peter Baines OAM, the man behind the charity. Peter is a NSW Police forensic scientist with an incredible background and reason for the charity. The date of the ride is the 19th of February
As well as the bike ride there is an evening with Peter on the preceding Saturday night.
Kate and Graeme are also having a fundraising trivia night on the 3rd of March.

The photo's below are of the launch of the Rotary Peace Square in the centre of Kyiv, Ukraine. The project was completed in March 2021 Tree planting commenced in the Spring of 2021 and continued throughout the Summer and Autumn.There was a grand opening which was attended by all the Rotary clubs based in Kyiv and the District Governor of D2232 officiated.
In the Spring of 2022, Ukrainians in Kyiv planted Pink Apple Blossom Trees which signify Peace. They planted these trees a few weeks after Kyiv was bombed. It gave all those who participated in the establishment of the Peace Square a lot of hope for the future of Peace in Ukraine.










For more Photo's see "Read More"

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