On a perfect balmy night the Unley and Mitcham mob assembled for their annual attempts at bowling with bias. After decades of red hot competition this year was different - we bowled for the fun of it.....which was just as well! Off at 7pm and out at 8.30pm.......drinks and a tasty supper followed. Some of the highlights included:
the friendliest bowling encounter in living memory
perfect greens
splendid performances by all.....to the extent that no-one chucked their ball out of the rinks
plenty of balls which displayed uncommonly bad bias...... optometry would assist those that could not fathom which was the correct alignment
talent and sheer ass abounded
the sweets were a treat
the raffle had plenty of prizes
Jerry acquiring a new name....announced as Jenny
All in all, it deserved a big tick. Many thanks to Mitcham for their organisation.
Photos below display intense preparation and uncomfortable reality
Winding up with President Nathan, President Marko Klobas, and bowls organiser Peter Dry
Finale
In the raffle the winners from Unley included Oleh, Stephen and Haydn.......obviously the most deserving........and getting in some practice for the Powerball $120m jackpot
The meeting opened and closed after sunset.
Rotary International News.
Working toward a malaria-free Zambia is personal
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By Eric Liswaniso, member of the Rotary Club of Ndola and the Rotaract Club of Lusaka, Zambia
One of the most frustrating things about malaria is the preventable suffering it imposes on families. The death of a child or a parent, the loss of work, or economic stability can be devastating.
I lost my parents quite early, and life became very difficult for me and my siblings. Fortunately, with help from family members, I was able to complete my education and support my younger siblings through their schooling. But my experience awakened me to the misfortune of many others, for whom losing a parent leads to a lifetime of suffering. I’m now a husband and the father of a two-year-old daughter, so fighting malaria — which particularly affects children under five and pregnant women — is personal.
Four years ago, I joined the Rotaract Club of Lusaka, Zambia, to serve my community. When I moved to Ndola to do malaria prevention work, I joined the Rotary Club of Ndola. As a program manager for the organization Malaria Partners Zambia, my professional work contributes directly to ending malaria in this country. It has become my calling. We want to give our children a fair chance of survival and help them thrive by bringing health services closer to them. In my new role, I help mobilize Zambian and international Rotary members as part of the Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia program, which in 2021 became the first member-led project to receive The Rotary Foundation’s $2 million Programs of Scale grant.
With additional funds from World Vision U.S. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we’ll have $6 million to carry out a three-year program to recruit, train, and support 2,500 community health workers to combat malaria. They’ll test for, diagnose, and treat malaria as well as pneumonia, diarrhea, and other preventable diseases among more than 1.2 million Zambians, mostly in hard-to-reach areas.
Achieving our first milestones
More than 80% of Zambia’s population is at risk of malaria, spread through the bites of infected mosquitoes. It’s one of the deadliest diseases in the nation. The Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia team aims to reduce the number of cases by 90% over time in 10 districts in the Central and Muchinga provinces. Within six months, we trained nearly all of our district health center facilitators and more than 1,300 of the new community health workers. We plan to finish training all the community workers this year and ensure that they’re fully integrated into local health systems to be most effective.
We provided the community health workers with bicycles, cellphones, laptops, uniforms, face masks, hand sanitizer, and other supplies to start their work. Instead of patients having to travel several kilometers to the nearest health center, our volunteers bring malaria tests and medicines directly to rural communities. We have already found that more cases are being quickly diagnosed and treated.
The community health workers, who are members of the communities they serve, collect data that helps us understand where more malaria and medical supplies are needed. And the district centers manage the program locally to ensure its sustainability. We’ve held orientations with more than 200 local faith, traditional, and civic leaders, so they’re part of the effort. We are also launching public awareness campaigns using radio and community programming. Our role is to support the Zambia National Malaria Elimination Centre’s countrywide strategy and strengthen the overall health system for the long term. To make sure the program is generating positive change and operating efficiently, I and my fellow project leads track and measure all aspects of our work. We need to know that the many hours and resources devoted by Rotary members and our partner organizations are truly making an impact.
Overcoming challenges
Our work hasn’t been without challenges. When COVID-19 cases peaked in Zambia, we were just three months into implementation. We had a partial lockdown, with public gatherings suspended. This slowed our training schedule and equipment deliveries to community health workers. We had to adjust our class sizes and budgets, but were able to remain on course thanks to hard work and innovation from Rotary members and our partners.
Inspiring new clubs
Rotary and Rotaract members in Zambia’s Central, Copperbelt, Luapula, and Lusaka provinces have invested more than 2,300 hours into the effort, demonstrating our collective commitment to eliminating malaria. Members are organizing and facilitating the community health workers’ training and educating participants about Rotary’s work. We are united in our passion for service, while building new friendships and expanding our reach in our communities. Our efforts are also inspiring new clubs to form in the Central and Muchinga provinces.
Like me, people want to be part of the solution to protect their friends, families, and neighbors from malaria. It’s empowering to work with fellow Rotary members from across Zambia — and across the ocean — toward our common goal.
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera-Ann Stacy (Pam Trimmer) & Vera Holt
Week 4: 26 February 2022
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Rhonda Hoare
Week 5:
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Jerry Casburn & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Pam Trimmer (T) 8293 2612; (M) 0415 238 333; e-mail: pamela.trimmer@bigpond.com
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 5 March 2022
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 28 February 2022
The Tale End.....
Our friend Paddy again
A farmer named Paddy had a car accident. He was hit by a truck owned by the Eversweet Company. In court, the Eversweet Company's hot-shot solicitor was questioning Paddy.
'Didn't you say to the police at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine?' asked the solicitor?
Paddy responded: 'Well, I'll tell you what happened. I'd just loaded my fav'rit cow, Bessie, into da... ' 'I didn't ask for any details, the solicitor interrupted. 'Just answer the question. Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'?'
Paddy said, 'Well, I'd just got Bessie into da trailer and I was drivin' down da road.... '
The solicitor interrupted again and said, ‘Your Honour, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the police on the scene that he was fine. Now several weeks after the accident, he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question. '
By this time, the Judge was fairly interested in Paddy's answer and said to the solicitor: 'I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favourite cow, Bessie'.
Paddy thanked the Judge and proceeded.’ Well as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my fav'rit cow, into de trailer and was drivin' her down de road when this huge Eversweet truck and trailer came tundering tru a stop sign and hit me trailer right in da side. I was trown into one ditch and Bessie was trown into da udder. By Jaysus I was hurt, very bad like, and didn't want to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moanin' and groanin'. I knew she was in terrible pain just by her groans.
Shortly after da accident, a policeman on a motorbike turned up. He could hear Bessie moanin' and groanin' too, so he went over to her. After he looked at her, and saw her condition, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes.
Den da policeman came across de road, gun still in hand, looked at me, and said, 'How are you feelin'?'
On a perfect balmy night the Unley and Mitcham mob assembled for their annual attempts at bowling with bias. After decades of red hot competition this year was different - we bowled for the fun of it.....which was just as well! Off at 7pm and out at 8.30pm.......drinks and a tasty supper followed. Some of the highlights included:
