Ag.Dip. aspiring students leave their desks and lecture rooms.
Embark on practical on farm visits away from Lincoln. They are exposed to the many different practical types of rural industries of the land, which are many and varied in the Waikato region especially around Matamata. Rotary Matamata annually host these students .
Monday's echelon of students, Team Leader
Kevin Old with our hosting guru; Peter Vossen.
Our Wednesday pick up team leader from Lincoln Bob Simpson (L) with Rotarian Henry Clothier.
Rural leaders of 'Tomorrow", in the learning curve.
Our Lincoln students were a good bunch to host.
Lincoln Students Club hosting champion, Peter Vossen rapt on how this Club fund raiser went. " Really pleased on our hosting went, good Club fund raiser, good for us members and I am sure good for these students. Thanks everyone, good team work".
USED POSTAGE STAMPS: In a past issue of Rotary Down Under there is a contact of a person in Melbourne who can sell used postage stamps. If anyone has these, they can be passed to Eric Muckle or Kevin Sing.
‘Just leave stamps on envelope paper, leaving about 1cm margin around the edge.’
NZ stamps are in particular demand.
Many thanks,Jean Muckle. Please contact:- Eric and Jean ph.8883784 e. jeneric@xtra.co.nz
Goss from the Boss President David G.:- Farm Watch for this week.
Ground conditions very wet again – 35mm rain since Monday Soil temp still ok at around 11c Grass is growing/recovery very good, just needs to dry out a bit. Animals generally in good condition, minimal metabolic issues. GDT (global dairy trade) auction down 3.6% - possible trade embargo impact starting to happen. Message for Leo – hang in there, stay positive – maybe do lawns Sunday .
CLUB DUTY
28th AUGUST
4th SEPTEMBER
CLUB HOST
REXINE HAWES/ LYNETTE STANLEY
PETER THISSEN
RECEPTION
DAVID WHEADON
OWEN WESTLAKE
RECEPTION
GORDON LUKIES
OWEN FARMILO
BAR STEWARD
GRENVILLE STOCKER
HENRY CLOTHIER
BAR STEWARD
LEO KINGSTON
JOHN FERNYHOUGH
SPEAKER INTRO
KEVIN SING
LACHIE DUNCAN
SPEAKER THANKS
GARY MOORE
LYN DOBBE
TOP TABLE
KEVIN SING
LACHIE DUNCAN
TOP TABLE
TBA
TBA
PARTING THOUGHT
BRIAN HUNTER
ROBBIE PEARSON
KITCHEN
LEONIE TISCH
MICHELLE TANNER
KITCHEN
MIKE FARRELL
KRISHNANSAMI NARAYANASAMI
Jane Belton...Programme
Aug 28 - RYPEN Students
Sept 4 – Club nite – yet to be decided
Sept 11 – Nilah Turner.. Driving DUMP trucks in Australia
Sept 18 – Celebrate 125 years Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand
Sept 25 – Kym Bolton -Hampton & Sue Hancock.. Matamata College Careers Advisors
Oct 2 - club nite yet to be decided
Oct 9 –
Oct 19 –
Oct 23 –
Oct 30 – End Polio Now – Michelle Tanner
'Who Has Inspired Me'. Stew Wadey
David 'Paddy' Latham: Rotarian. David and I arrived together with 12 others to Hamilton, New Zealand 12th July 1970. We were assisted immigrants contracted to Livestock Improvement Association( Waikato) Inc., Chairman David Bay, being very welcoming as Herd Testers. Paddy was loyal to that organisation until his retirement. We kept regularly in touch over all those intervening years, in that time I observed his love and care for his mother, his efforts to St John and of course Rotary. When in 2000, my family moved to Buckland Road, Paddy serviced and later oversaw our on farm herd testing requirements. Although in our earlier years we both had significant brogues of our origins , which may I say; was cause for amusement to some !! So not long after we settled into the Hinuera district, many times in his toned down Irish brogue and unique grin "I'll get you in Rotary yet"!! Was Inevitable, his well intentioned inspiration for me to be a Rotarian;was realised.
International Rotary Convention, Hawai'i .6th to 10th June 2020. David Hulme will be seeking expressions of interest of members shortly. Accommodation will be required for 25000 attendees. So earlier the better to secure close to venue hotels.
Calendar please: Rotary Day, February 23rd 2019. To raise public awareness of what Rotary achieves for members and our communities here ,and around the World.
Lion Foundation. Has $400k + for distribution. David Hulme has more information. So contact David for more detailed information. Maybe one or more Rotary projects may meet the eligibility criteria for a grant application to be successful.
Inner Wheel
Charlene Connor, Pohlen Foundation. We can confirm that the Real Home and Garden Tour will be held again this year, so save the date for Saturday, 17 November.
Directors Chat:
Public Image. Daffodil Day, Friday 31st August. Help required. Murray Wills m. 0274 765 769
Calendar please: Rotary Day, February 23rd 2019. To raise public awareness of what Rotary achieves for members and our communities here ,and around the World.
Across the Ditch, Last week, bush fires stretched as one; from southern New South Wales to NW of Sydney. Photos below show palls of smoke over Bega Co Operative dairy factory. This particular fire at time of photo capture was out of control , due very strong winds. I observed very dry conditions pastoral wise, except for on farm irrigation mosaics in the Bega valley. Believe or Not! One Fire front was catching up with a vehicle doing 150km's down a dirt road, plus one fire front also reportedly moved nearly 15 kilometres in 30 seconds !!! Editor can now reconcile why people have died in their rural setting homes, thinking they were safe because the nearest bush fire was over 40 km away. Boy, do they move!! Although the locals were au fait with annual rogue bush fires, their real concern this year is they are 3 months early ! and the current fires cover such a huge geographical area. Everything is so, so tinder dry. Weather Bureau did not see meteorological developments for precipitation, any time soon.
Rotary Bega also have a good community profile.
This notice acknowledges their Club significant support to South East Regional Hospital in Bega, for the carers/family accommodation units on site.
Something that I will bring up at my next Administration committee meeting, is to suggest that we have our Bulletin on public view like Bega.
This one photo'd at the local MP office window.
Parting Thought
" Will be interesting to see where the world gets it milk from, given all the droughts around the globe.".
Our Wednesday pick up team leader from Lincoln Bob Simpson (L) with Rotarian Henry Clothier.
