Bulletin March 31 (Mar 31, 2022)

The Rotary Club of

Mount Eliza

Chartered 1971

Service Above Self

Tuesdays at 6:00 PM

Dining Room, Toorak College

Mt Eliza
Mount Eliza, VIC 3930
Australia

Phone:

0419 386 900

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Apr 19, 2022

John Welsh

Club Assembly

Apr 26, 2022

Sjaak Kusters

Writing Biographies

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Meeting Responsibilities - 19th April 2022

Cashier - Bernie Edwards

Chair - John Welsh

Furniture - Brynton Fennell

Assistant Cashier - John Horscroft

Fellowship - Tim Worrall

3 Minute Speaker - TBA

Neil Heron

Hi all

waiting for the PREZ

Guest Speaker - Keith Kimpton

Keith gave us an excellent potted history of the background in the automotive industry that led to the production of his pride and joy, a 1936 Lagonda motor car. It all started with the influence of an engineer Wilbur Hunt who designed the the first Lagonda vehicles in Great Britain. Walter Bentleigh then came along with superior engine designs and the Lagonda became a racing car. He used farm more resilient and superior aluminium alloys in his pistons rather than steel. Bentleigh moved on to create his own car company until he went under in the depression years. He was then Employed by Rolls Royce in the aircraft engine design systems, however, his true love was racing cars and when Lagonda offered him a position in their company he jumped at it. He persuaded Lagonda to go back into racing cars and developed new larger engines. Engine sizes we wouldn't dream of having today. Who would have a 12L V12 today or a 6L straight six? Well Keith does in his Lagonda! To top off his presentation, Keith had his immaculate car on display outside. We were all a bit envious, including Crackers . Thank you Keith for an entertaining and well crafted presentation that linked the people, the times and the industry in Britain together. (my apologies to Keith as I am sure I have facts wrong here!)

1937 Lagonda LG45 Saloon de Ville VIN: 12257/G/10 - CLASSIC.COM

Keith with President Neil and the Birthday Girl Chrissie. A 1937 Lagonda (not as good as Keith's)

Centenary Project - The Bay Trail

UPDATE

Ross Kilborn has to arrange a double page spread in the local newspapers to showcase the Bay Trail. This will come out towards the end of April and our club will be featured. We have recieved replies from our local politiciand both Federal & State supporting the funding of the project and they are actively lobbying for its progress. IT is looking more likely that our section of the trail will be funded in the near future. The total funding allocated by all arms of the government to the Bay Trail is now $17 million!

The first working session on the rehabilitation of the railway land along the proposed Bay Trail was comleted on Wednesday. Charlie and Marty from The Friends group along with Rotarians Caryl, John Welsh, Di Horscroft and myself and 11 students from Peninsula Grammar with their teacher Paul carried out a weeding programme in preparation for planting in May. The students used secateurs to collect all the Watsonia seed heads and removed boneseed plants. They filled more than 6 large garden bags and disposed of them in a skip. It was a most productive session and bodes well to some significant work being done in the future. The Rotary Club of Mt Eliza is purchasing the first lot of 200 indigeneous plants from the Briars nursery shortly to be ready for planting in the coming weeks. The planting plan defines what we can plant so special stock needs to be grown before we can plant more. Future work will include seed collection, further weed removal and caring for the new plants. Many thanks to all involved.

Charlie and Marty at the site. We will print photos of the "workers" when we get permission. Note the absence of Watsonia now!

The Bay Trail is the Centenary Project of our cluster of Rotary Clubs. One of the key sections is the missing link in the region our Club covers - Moorooduc Station to Mornington. The great news is that the local federal member Greg Hunt, is supporting a grant of $2 million of federal funding for the Mornington Mt Eliza link. However, for 3 clubs, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha and Mornington the critical piece is Moorooduc to Mornington and connecting the Harap Creek Trail to the Briars, so more funding will be required. Keep lobbying the politicians.

"Right now the Council has a grant application with the Regional Tourism infrastructure Fund. We need as many people as possible to support this.

CAN YOU PLEASE THIS WEEK via your newsletter, at your meeting etc ask all members to send a simple email to the Minister for Tourism supporting this. martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au

It can be as simple as

Dear Minister Pakula

I write in support of the application of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for a Regional Tourism Infrastructure Grant to complete the Moorooduc to Mornington Section of the Peninsula Trail.

If they want to write a letter or call they can do that too.

Level 36, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
(03) 8392 2221

If they want to add information about this being our Centenary Project and the value to our local economy through tourism they can do that too."

I am also adding my support to this and ask as many of you as possible to do this. Without State Government funding it will be so difficult to get this section built. So get writing and shake Spring St into action for our Centennary Project. Thank you, Neil

Club Calendar

Posted on Feb 12, 2022

We have a Club Yearly Calendar which Neil and Pauline are the authors and editors. The calendar outlines every meeting with whom is the Coordinator, Speaker, Sergeant etc. If you would like to add something please email Neil or Pauline. This is the March Calendar

Month

Date

Day

Event

Coordinator/Chair

Speaker

Sergeant

Comment

April	3/04/2022	Sunday	Afternoon tea Meeting	Linda Moriss		In lieu of Meeting on 10/4
	5/04/2022	Tuesday	Club Meeting	Ross Schweitzer	Paul Ramsay	Imed Radiology: advances
	12/04/2022	Tuesday	Zoom Meeting	Linda Moriss	MOVED	This Meeting has moved to Sunday April 3
	13/04/2022	Wednesday	Board Meeting	Neil Heron	N/A	Weber's
	19/04/2022	Tuesday	Club Assembly	John Welsh	None	Club Assembley Night
	24/04/2022	Sunday	Farmers Market
	26/04/2022	Tuesday	Club Meeting	Sjaak Kusters	TBA	Writing Biographies

Humour ?

Celebrity Responses (Thanks to Ross)
If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just read this; you'll begin to think you're a genius..

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign
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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"
--A congressional candidate in Texas .
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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.."
--Al Gore, Vice President
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"I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix ."
-- Dan Quayle
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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
--Lee Iacocca
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 2020 because we received notice that you passed away May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
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"Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery
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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
-- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
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