Bulletin Notes
“Patti’s Knitting Project” is alive and well following the demise of Radius Disability Services.
Knitting Control has moved to John Cannon’s Shed at Kangaroo Flat, as beavering Ray Carrington coordinates his search for new work premises,
(Knitting Control), shelved storage, wool pressing, and transporting bales, to Timor Leste.
“Quality Wool” Bendigo generously came on board this week.
Vallon intrigued us with accounts of modern bale fibre technology, markets trends … “Seventy six per cent of Australian wool goes to China” .. and just what
is “Wool” in a bale, according, to amongst other things, the temperature of the day.
Swap Meet
I set alarms on iPad and phone for 04:15, and even organised “stuff” the night before …
Should have ridden the bike
Was greeted by gruff “Where's your car pass” at the gate (Parked on site last time … )
Nosed in down the street and set out on the dark hike to Rotary Control, meeting Evelyn (“Thanks … I've got my phone torch.. “) en route.
Rotary Control
“You're next door !!”
Main Gate BBQ
There's a certain “What's happening?” anticipation as those higher up the food chain find the key to the cool room padlock, have essentials such as gas bottles,
bin liners and aprons delivered, and the Indians worked out how to slide out the cooking-for-thousands KF/BS trailer hot plate.
Stan ( I thought you were senior administration !!) Hendy popped out from under a recalcitrant BBQ.
Volunteers from Eaglehawk Senior School Human Powered Vehicle project, Weeroona College (Champion Gary Schroeder)
and the Lacrosse Team … “Hi I'm Tom … Warren .. “
Site Captain Charlie ordered “Gentlemen … Light your barbecues” … about 5:45.
Musing at our set up, wishing we had the Reade/Fraser team, and noting the absence of the efficient mid-tent Bain Marie system, then, suddenly, out of nowhere
hordes of hungry appeared at the cashier, and orders were in the air.
Hopeless ergonomics hot plate to customer, (Where’s Kevin and Bruce?). And, not even one early morning start lady to correct the system.
Nevertheless, Warren flipped (“Sorry, were not allowed to serve runny) eggs ad infinitim; Gary sweated over that mega BBQ; “live” bacon would just not cooperate,
and sit still on a flat egg in roll, whilst juggled across-marquee; and we coped with (“Bacon only, in bread, not roll (!!??) please”) specials.
John cut rolls … (“They were all cut from the other supplier last year”).
Cashier patiently uttered “Only bacon and egg roll” as intoxicating breakfast aromas attracted longer queues.
Then, The Builder arrived:
“Let's get into it” soon increased the pace, and the new site captain was a respected engineer.
Not one of our team shied away from endless hard yakka, grimacing at the “Bacon and egg roll …. Four !!” orders.
Another one bites the dust [Well, green carpet] was the catch cry as pace quickened.
An optimistic Rotarian “ inspector” metaphorically stumbled in, reinforcing health regulations.
We may yet enrol him in courtesy school.
(You try and get a bloke's hand into “L” disposable gloves.)
Site captains handed around whisky-free water, and the girls had arrived. “Kerrie” joined the egg-bacon-roll-and-walk balancing competition and waiting
customers were so pleasant and grateful.
I do admit loading up those rolls … no wonder some called by for seconds.
Come upgrade the menu time, from bacon and egg in a roll, to the full Monty, (“We do this every year”), and the Indians wisely decided “That won't work”.
Was a good idea … but, not feasible .. varying skills twixt volunteers and marquee ergonomics not the least facts to consider. Courtesy school came to mind again,
and we graduated to a modified Monty.
Our Liz arrived, cashier extraordinaire.
About that time “Chef” (That's called loose with the truth) Waters, stinking of bacon, onions and sausages, had to call it a day … the world a misty fog
through greased glasses, feet aching and most joints and muscles below the waist calling “Time”!!.
Signing off (and yes, Martin I handed in my pass) was easy.
What an eclectic array of paraphernalia we call Swap Meet did I spy, navigating via the refreshing ice cream stand, to the back gate.
Home … Bernadette, and an effusively welcoming lady Schnauzer, one cold beer, and a hot spa … and, emails from our ever enthusiastic Adrian, motor-biking
around villages in Timor-Leste highlands.
Hats off to Rotarians and Volunteers .. the engine room of
The National Swap Meet.
It's time, and hard yakka, pro bono.
Sunday @ Swap Meet
That weather was so miserable.
I sat home by the heater, uttering incantations of gratitude that I had chosen a Saturday shift.
Even had to ferret around and find the dog’s Driazabone coat, for our constitutional.
Mildura/Sunraysia
We need to be alert to calls for help from Sunraysia Cluster following that storm:
“Hidden” damage was absolute devastation of crops right across the district. Families returning home from a weekend away, to “Nothing”.
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. Patti Cotton needs all your Spotlight coupons for purchasing Knitting Project items.
Please save and give to Ray Carrington
Glenn Reilly RC Bendigo has joined The Knitting Project today, by providing BIG boxes to store knitting at Quality Wool prior to baling.
Greg Galloway RC Bgo, is still looking for car parking volunteers @ Leisurefest this weekend. Phone 0499 425 261 if you can help.
George Talkalot chaired our Wednesday meeting:
He gave RDU [November] magazine paper version a big plug, and even read out the poem inside front cover.
Lots of interesting articles this month.
Thought this lady Stephanie Woollard was pretty impressive when she spoke at a Foundation ‘do” at Foundry Arms … something tells me she’s
destined for UN, and, would not be the archetypal waste of oxygen UN bureaucrat.
Glass ceilings be warned.
Secretary Geoff Michell adroitly dealt with our AGM
All good and accomplished within minutes.
Concern from the floor was not new:
Club pecuniary assets.
Minutes will be available for members on ClubRunner.
PE George announced nominations for Board 2017/18 and is still on the prowl for volunteers.
Acting President Paul from the Podium:
· Seniors [What?? Our Club??]
“Your club or organisation is invited to attend an Information forum,
Strengthening seniors inclusion and participation in local communities project,
on Thursday December 1, 2016.
City of Greater Bendigo, Reception Room
Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo.”
· Cluster Foundation Dinner next week, as in flyer recent bulletins. Brian Hinneberg is our Foundation Director.
· Our usual coffee haunt is open next Wed morning
· Camp Getaway AGM coming up. Paul Kirkpatrick is our man.
· International Volunteers Day December 3rd
· Martin will have your Swap Meet tag back please.
· And, Martin has samples of Timorese coffee for caffeine aficionados to assess and report back.
· Board Meeting Monday evening at Pat’s Pub
· Australia Day stakeholders’ meeting tomorrow at Pat’s Pub
· And, just in case you thought there’s only one pub in town: Our last Thursday in the month night is at the Rifle Brigade.
· Stan Hendy made special mention of problems solver: Kevin Reade
BBQ’s hired for Swap Meet needed modification to work safely. Kevin was at Stan’s home door eight thirty Friday night with the solution !!
Our guest speaker was the dynamic Pastor Brock Gravener from The Centre of The Universe, North of The Border, Eaglehawk [and Junortoun] Baptist Churches:
Brock’s agenda is simple:
He was in a hole, expelled from school at 16, [Weren’t so many interesting people expelled, or just walked out of school], and, had the luxury of strong
family and other supporting network.
His raison d’être is to offer that support to Millenial youth.
Simple.
With his University degree under his belt [bit different walking into the teachers’ staff room at the same school … ], he’s left the humdrum of just
teaching and has devoted his life to engaging with youth out in the ‘real’ world of skate parks, drugs, and streets … those “kids” with baseball hats on backwards.
Establishing a quality relationship with youth opens the door to influencing and supporting them, from primary school to adulthood.
Brock’s cooking up a cool BBQ in January for over sixty “successes”.
MADCOW
Make A Difference and Change Our World, is his logo.
His latest project is “Bike Butcher” in a forty foot container, demonstrating to us a floor plan straight out of “Grand Design”:
Brock has a BTS degree [Been To the States], and came across a guy addressing the world with a shovel.
It works.
“Bike Butcher” will complement an interactive commercial garden shovels wielded by youths discovering dirt and exploding vegies, all under
the tutelage of the senior horticulturist from Her Majesty’s Hotel Castlemaine.
$27,900 will nail it.
Brock is one of those unstoppable forces, loaded up with idealism, but, but, with the skills to drive the I-can-achieve-it train, definitely on the move,
green signals on the up line.
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