This week we were supposed to have two young ladies from RYLA give a presentation on the program at our meeting.  Di Scheepers and I went through all the process of booking meals for them, sending them a map with our address, advising them of the time of the meeting and what to expect. 

 

All went according to plan until Tuesday afternoon after I had booked the catering, when I got an email from Di to say they weren’t coming.  What none of us realised until the very last was that we were in different continents!  They thought we were the Rotary Club of Berwick, Maine.  Di was fined on the night and laughingly handed over her 50c.  It would have made a good April Fool's joke, except we were a few months too late.

With the lack of entertainment, Viv took on the task as Chair very seriously and roused out a couple of our members to give a talk. 

 

Peter Mangan was our first speaker and raised his concerns about the Casey Council’s proposal to rename Pioneers Park. 

 

The Council has proposed that the park be renamed the Mick Morland Reserve, to honour our late member, PP Mick Morland OAM.  Peter felt that the Park was already named to honour the Pioneer group who enabled the Park to be donated to the Community many years ago. 

 

It turns out that Peter was not alone with his concern.  Many of the members present had similar feelings and it was great to be able to share them and take positive steps to do something about them.  

 

 

As luck would have it, Bill managed to pick out his own ticket, so he had the chance of finding the joker in the pack.  Unfortunately, he separated the deck of 46 cards plus the Joker, at the Ace of Clubs.

 

Next week the Jackpot will be $503.50 with 45 cards and the Joker.  So Rotarians should see Sandi next time we are playing Joker’s Wild, to buy a ticket before the meeting commences.

 

 

 

 

 

Naomi has offered us a 'Christmas in July' theme for our next meeting on 18 July, with traditional Christmas meals and plum pudding for dessert. 

 

I have accepted her offer and hope that we can drum up some enthusiasm from the members to attend.  We could include partners to make it a more festive evening.

 

President Lea Paton