PO Box 154, MAFFRA 3860, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA

Rotary Club of Maffra

PO Box 154, MAFFRA 3860, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA

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WEB: www.maffrarotary.org

Rotary Club of Maffra meets every Thursday, 6.00 for 6.30 pm

Duart Receptions, 20 McLean Street, Maffra

(Apologies and visitors to Nathan Smith by 1 pm. Telephone (03) 5147 1985)

Volume 70, Number 6 Thursday, 10th August, 2017

VICTORY THROUGH HARMONY

TOAST “TO THE PRIVILEDGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE”

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2017-2018

BOARD MEMBERS

FATHERS DAY RAFFLE ROSTER

President Graeme Hemming 15th AUGUST, outside IGA

Immediate Past President Sue Gray 9.30am-11.30am Sandra Houghton

Secretary Dianne Honey and Roger Malouf

Treasurer Helen Lanigan 11.30am-1.30pm Helen Lanigan

Administration/Foundation Graeme Hemming and Jean Heasley

Service Projects Cath Noble

Membership/Public Relations Dianne Honey

Board Members Veronica Dwyer 22nd AUGUST, Front of Woolworths

Roger Malouf 9.30am-11.30am Helen Lanigan

Ted Mitchell and Roger Malouf

11.30am-1.30pm Cath Noble

and Jean Heasley

OTHER ROLES

Publicity Dianne Honey

Sergeant at Arms/Fines Cath Noble and John Watts

Program Co-ordinator Veronica Dwyer

Club Bulletin Dianne Honey

BBQ Co-ordinator Hans Van Wees, Brian Gray

Attendance Neil Wishart

Arthur's Swindle Sandra Houghton

Family of Rotary Dianne Honey

Club Protection Officer Sharon Knight

On to Conference Sue Gray

Club Website

Rosters – Registrations, Friendship, Property, Caravan, BBQ Helen Lanigan and Veronica Dwyer

COMMITTEES

The past week in review and notes for 10th August, 2017

Apologies: Brian and Sue Gray, Sharon Knight, Veronica Dwyer, John Watts, Graeme Hemming and Dianne Honey, Hans van Wees. Leave of Absence: George Duursema

There was no actual meeting of the Rotary Club of Maffra on Thursday, 10th August. Our meeting was designated as a ‘Scatter Meeting’ where members were encouraged to visit the meeting of another club.

Raffle Ticket Sales:

Sales in Johnson Street have been going really well. Thank you to everyone who has given their time to sell tickets during the past couple of weeks. Please remember to sell the book of tickets you have been given and return them as soon as possible. There are still some vacancies on the roster for future selling dates.

Letter from our Exchange Student, Hannah Nicholls

Hello Helen,

I just wanted to let you know how I was going since my last report in June, I recently moved to a new family on the 7th of July and now I am two weeks into my two month summer holidays. The last couple of weeks of school went really quickly and as I am improving with my German I am able to get more involved in the classes. In my final week of school we had an activities week and everyday was something different. On Monday and Tuesday we spent four hours in the art room creating self-portrait sculptures and on Wednesday my class cooked breakfast together and I treated them to a slice of Vegemite on toast each which nobody liked. On Thursday we went to a high ropes course for the day which was so fun. It was on the side of a mountain and at the end we did a long flying fox over a water fall.

Since I have moved into my new family at the beginning of summer holidays I have been very busy. They live in the centre of the city Klagenfurt whereas with my other two host families I lived in smaller villages outside of the city. I now have a seven year old host brother and a thirteen year old host sister. Both my host parents are doctors although my host mum is currently not working. Every day at the moment it is around 25 to 30 degrees and luckily my host family also have a house on the lake Worthersee so nearly every day we travel 20 minutes to the house and spend hours swimming, grilling and stand up paddle boarding. Two weeks ago I met with Bjarne and his family who holiday on the lake every year. On Wednesday they took me to Bratislava in Slovakia for one night. While we were there we did a Segway tour around the city, it was so pretty and great to catch up with BJ.

The next weekend on Saturday night we went to Castle Hochosterwitz for a Knight Festival. It was really funny and my host brother really enjoyed it. There were many people dressed in medieval clothes and living as the knights would have lived.

On Sunday night I went with my host sister to a concert. It was a showcase of a 12 year old girl from England who plays piano and violin and she played six of her compositions with a full orchestra.Last week I went with my host family to Schladming for two nights, it is a popular Ski destination in Austria during the winter and a popular place for hiking during the summer. On the first day we did a four hour hike alongside a waterfall that lead up to a small lake thats water is 3 degrees because it runs right from the top of the mountains.

On the second day we had to wake up early so we could catch a gondola up the top of the Dachstein which is a 2,995 m high mountain. At the top we did a sky walk between the mountain and walked over a glacier which was covered in snow. I know right snow in summer. There was also an underground ice palace with heaps of ice sculptures in the hallways.

Next week I am going to Graz for the whole week to stay with my host cousins and they will show me around the city.

I hope to hear from you soon,

Kind regards, Hannah Nicholls

ROSTERS

PLEASE READ ALL THE ROSTERS.

When YOU are rostered on for duty and YOU are unavailable, please let Helen know as soon as possible so a swap can be arranged.

Special instructions for those on the BBQ rosters - please make sure YOU collect the tear drop flag.

CARAVAN

MEETING DUTIES/WOOLIES’ BBQ

MEMBERS’ MILESTONES

AUGUST

FATHERS DAY RAFFLE SELLING ROSTER

BJ and Hannah catch up in Bratislava in Slovakia