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Armistice Day 2018

Posted by Jim Carroll on Oct 11, 2018

On Friday evening 9/11/18, the Remembrance Area at Richards Park will be unveiled.

Charles French

The Charity Dinner was a great success and my thanks again to Justine and everyone else who helped out with this special night. The final financial results are not yet available with some outgoing costs yet to be received, but a very good outcome looks likely.
Dick Frizzell, who could be described as New Zealand’s Andy Warhol, was an entertaining speaker on May 14^th. Dick is the resident artist in Henderson House, Alexandra, and recounted many comical tales from his experiences in the world of art. The book he is writing should be an amusing read, and he generously donated one of his works as an auction item for the charity dinner. It turned out to be a painting of the fruit John Taylor had given him as a guest-speakers thank you!
It was pleasing that our nominee, Dunstan High student Sienna Casbolt, has been accepted into the 2019 Innovative Young Minds programme to be held in Wellington. This is a programme designed to encourage young women to explore science, technology and engineering. Our club will be providing funds towards Sienna’s attendance costs.
Jim Carroll organised a Rotary club party last Saturday for the first day of a joint effort with Department of Corrections to enhance the Millennium track at the Clyde end. This is an ongoing effort. I hope Jim, you got your cuppa at smoko and your concerns that you would have to survive on bread and water weren’t realised. Ian Mann has written expressing his appreciation.
Our guest speaker on 28^th May will be Caroline Martin (Patient Portals and Telehealth opportunities), and on June 4^th Russell Woods will tell us about farming in Saudi Arabia. Both guests sound interesting. Richard McKenzie really does a great job organising our club night speakers.
On June 7^th we will be doing some maintenance around our tree plantings opposite Molyneux Estate. Those available will meet at Boundary Road 12.30pm and, together with local school children, will do a tidy up.
The directors/trustees will be meeting after our club night Tuesday May 28^th. After that Changeover Night is not too far away!