Guest Speaker: Allan Baird - Community Radio

Paul Duke Introduced Allan whose passion for radio started at a young age when as a teenager he was regularly seen around Sydney radio stations 2GB, 2UW, 2SM and 2CH. For a while he ran a “radio station” with Graham Moss at his high school during lunch hours until the headmaster closed it down. IT was his profession and he had postings overseas including Singapore, Beijing and Boston.  He now presents Memories of Gold on Radio KFA which broadcasts digitally around the world. Allan worked for Coast FM for 10 years from 2006-2016, most of which he spent hosting the drive show on Thursdays. In his professional life he worked for Hewlett Packard as an IT manager and was awarded a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his life-time contribution.

Coast FM radio, run by volunteers, has 11,000 listeners. He decided at the outset that in his segment he would 'shoot for the stars'. And so he did, by inviting high profile people onto his show....260 interviews were conducted. He decided to test our knowledge by playing clips of his interviews for us to guess who......it was pleasing to note that each of the following were correctly nailed...Mike Rann, Jay Weatherald, David Koch, Julia Morris, John Howard, Pauline Hanson, Ray Martin, Marjorie Jackson, Kevin Scarce, Alexander Downer, Jimmy Little and Ita Buttrose.

Allan then provided a neat version of interviews with other luminaries like Michael Keenan, Peter Garrett, Noeline Brown, Mark Moretta, Nick Xenophon, Bob Katter, Tim Flannery, Mike Munroe, Dr Carl, Barry Cassidy, George Negus, Dave Hughes, Shaun Micallef, Tony Jones, Athol Guy, Maggie Beare, Dick Smith, Adam Leung, Stephanie Alexander, Bruce Mansfield (with 3AW for 50 years in Melbourne), Caroline Jones and Blanche D'alpuget.

Coast FM runs 24 hours a day with volunteers. Most day-time segments are for 2 hours which require 3-4 hours of preparation. His philosophy is summarised in the John F Kennedy quote - ' Each accomplishment starts with the decision to try.'

Allan was applauded for his contribution,

It was an entertaining reflection. Allan must have great 'pulling power' to have got such an array of talent onto his community radio station. Maybe he could even be our membership director.

SPOTS 

Finale

Don't forget to book your cinema tickets...the film evening on 31 October is in lieu of our meeting on November 1.

                               

Rotary International News 

How Rotary members are fighting against polio

Posted on October 14, 2022

 

                   

Rotary members have been at the center of the worldwide effort to eradicate polio for more than three decades. Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985 and helped found the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. At that time, wild poliovirus paralyzed hundreds of children every day, with an estimated 350,000 polio cases across more than 125 countries in one year. Since then, cases have plummeted more than 99.9%, sparing more than 20 million people from paralysis.

But as recent polio detections have revealed, polio remains a threat everywhere as long as it exists anywhere. In the days and weeks leading up to World Polio Day, 24 October, Rotary members around the world are holding events to raise awareness of the need to End Polio Now. Below are a few of those efforts.

Australia: Ride the train to end polio

Mark and Dave Anderson, members of the Rotary Club of Beecroft, will travel the entire train system in Sydney, visiting more than 189 stations on 24 October in an effort to raise funds and awareness for End Polio Now. They have conducted the challenge each of the past four years, raising more than $450,000, matched two to one by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Their goal this year is to raise another $200,000. You can help out by riding the train with the dynamic duo if you are in Australia, or by visiting their challenge page.

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Japan: Decorated buses

Rotary members in District 2630, Japan, worked with local transportation companies to decorate buses with End Polio Now colors. They used red (a color in the EPN logo); purple (the color used to mark the little finger of children who receive the polio drops during immunization days); and yellow (the color of vests warn by vaccination volunteers).  In addition, End Polio Now appears above the entrance of the buses.

 

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Korea: Walking to end polio

Hwamun Park, a member of the Rotary Club of Incheon Sinsegae, has been carrying an End Polio Now flag along the Camino de Santiago, a network of pilgrimages leading to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwest Spain. As a hiker, completing the pilgrimage has been on her bucket list. A fellow Rotarian offered to donate a dollar for every mile that Park walked. She walked more than 1,000 miles between May and July, talking to many people she met about Rotary’s top priority. “Integrating Rotary’s initiatives with what you want to do in life, that’s how Rotarians live,” Park says.

 

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France: Marathon

Michel Porhel, a member of the Rotary Club of Laval Ambroise Paré, is planning to repeat his 2019 fundraising effort, when he competed in the Marathon des Sables, raising €5,000 (roughly $4,800) for polio eradication. On 21 April, he will set off on the 240-kilometer event (about 150 miles) with an even more ambitious fundraising goal, supported by members of his club and other Rotarians in District 1650.

 

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Austria: Ultra Cyclist raises $1.2 million

Eleven days, six hours, 45 minutes. That’s the time it took Kurt Matzler, a member of the Austrian Rotary Club Innsbruck-Goldenes Dachl, to cycle 3,000 miles across the United States during the Race Across America in June, raising $1.2 million for End Polio Now.

Matzler finished sixth among individual cyclists and crossed 175,000 feet of elevation change, with temperatures up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit in the Mojave Desert. He only allowed himself four hours rest a day. Matzler, who has completed the same race previously with cycling teams, had a particularly rough time of it this go around, having to detour due to wildfires increasing the amount of elevation change, and facing both cold and wet conditions in the Rockies. He also overcame several bike repairs to complete his goal.

 

Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre

10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix! Next one is Friday 4 November 2022              

Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday 25 October 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher

Guest Speaker: Peter Martin A sustainable South Australia

Attendance and welcome: Wendy Andrews & Judy Barton

 

There will be no meeting on Tuesday 1 November. Everyone is encouraged to attend the flicks with friends the night before, Monday 31 October 2022....Mrs Harris Goes to Paris...in aid of women and children in Afghanistan

 

Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au

Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015

 

Saturday Thrift Shop Roster

Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm    Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm 

 

Week 1: 5 November 2022  

Early:  John Peacham (Jerry Casburn) & Haydn Baillie |  Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen

 

Week 2:  12 November 2022

Early: Greg Mcleod & Wendy Andrews |  Late: Virginia Cossid & Ging Tadiar

 

Week 3: 15 October 2022  

Early: David Middleton & Nathan White  |  Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare

 

Week 4: 22 October 2022      

Early: John Kikkert (Stephen Baker) & Judi Corcoran |  Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy

 

Week 5: 29 October 2022

Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews |  Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke

 

Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood#ozemail.com.au

Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques 

The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 9.00am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 5 November 2022

 

ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm

Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm

We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 31 October 2022 

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