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Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 Ballantine’s Babble
Hello everybody.
Welcome back to Cilantro this
week with a very special guest,
Detective Inspector Andy
Stamper.
I would like to welcome all the
guests we have with us as we
look forward to Andy’s address.
A very special anniversary was overlooked last week. Ian Ballantine
Club member Charles Rener was inducted into the President 2018-19
Rotary Club of Bentleigh on 21 January, 1974—45
years in Rotary!
At last week’s meeting I had the pleasure of inducting the Club’s newest member
Julie Reid. It’s always a treat as President to induct a new member and on behalf
of all members I welcome Juile.
I hope members are happy with our “alternate” venue at Champagne Charleze in
Bentleigh. As you know, Cilantro is regularly unavailable during semester breaks
so an alternative is necessary. Personally I am delighted. I feel that Alex, Eva and
Nora make us feel very welcome and provide us with a stress free and
comfortable environment with an
excellent breakfast.
I would also like to acknowledge the
great job Zilla does each week with the
meeting report. Last week was not easy
as it got a little technical but Zilla, as
always did a great job. Thanks Zilla.
I draw your attention to page 5 where
you will see that the project the Club has
supported in East Timor is now
complete. Members should be proud of
what we’ve helped achieve here and my
thanks to Linda O’Brien for facilitating
this project. Hopefully the Club will
continue to support the re-building of this
newest of nations.
And congratulations to member John
Mason for being recognised in the
Australia Day honours—see page 7
Ian Ballantine, President 2018-19
Important notice – Club Meeting back at Cilantro this week
Wednesday 30th January Cilantro Restaurant 7:00am for a 7:10am
start
News from Club Meeting January 23 DR HELEN PARKER
Once again we met at the very welcoming and
friendly Champagne Charlize Centre
Rd., Bentleigh where we were more than
superbly looked after by Alex. Eve and
Laura. Larry was our efficient and charming
Chairperson and invited Peter L to present the
Loyal, Royal toast and Jo give us Invocation. He
welcomed our Guest Speaker, Dr. Helen
Parker (none other than Pres. Ian’s partner)
and for the last time as a visitor Julie Reid. The
other guest was Lachlan, Tim
Moran’s delightful young son.
Pres. Ian welcomed Helen and also thanked
Alex, Eve and Laura and announced that on
calling Julie to the front that this was to be
the great day to induct her into the club. In
introducing her to us again said that she was
indeed a charming asset to the club and that
there were some formal procedures to go
through. He informed her and perhaps
reminding us at the same time that the Rotary badge
was on loan for the time that she was an active
member of the club. He went on to say that we were
pleased to accept her willingness to participate in
whatever we do. Julie’s classification will be
ENGINEERING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Much is
expected but Julie’s gentle smile told us that that was
OK. Julie informed us that she wanted to convey her
thanks for everybody’s welcome and found that she
needed to “fill” a gap and wanted to give back to the
Community. All the members present were
upstanding to give her a huge welcoming acceptance.
Pres. Ian announced that Geoff Gledhill has
accepted to be Pres Elect and will therefore follow as the
next President of the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin
Central. Congratulations and Thank you Geoff. Pres Ian
continued and reminded us that we shall return to “our
Home” Cilantro on the 30th January when we will have the
great honor of having as our Guest
Speaker Andrew Stamper, Homicide Squad Detective
Inspector. Please inform Peter L as to your attendance
and if you are able to bring guest in order to advise
Cilantro’s catering team. The 20th February is the morning
that Aden Gartly will talk of his adventures in Finland as a
Rotary Exchange Student. Coincidently Zilla would like to
share her 80th Birthday with members who are present on
that morning.
For the moment we were waiting for, Larry invited Dr.
Helen Parker to the front to address us. Dr. Helen Parker is
currently Specialist Emergency Physician at Bayside
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Health (Sandringham Hospital) and has been there over 12
years! She has trained as a Forensic Physician (V.I.F.M) and has
trained for F.A.C.E.M which is a 5-year training Program which
includes structured training and education, workplace based
assessments research requirements and examinations and amongst
other qualifications has graduated from the Royal Society of
Apothecaries. With all of this, this amazing lady who some us have
met in the Emergency Section of the Sandringham Hospital is a
most charming and humane, humble person one could meet. She
began her talk by saying that she felt she was amongst friends and
admitted she felt lost without a power point. Her father was an eye
specialist who had asked what area she thought she would
specialize in. She had chosen Emergency which was originally
attended by young interns. The patients were often undifferentiated
and therefore their symptoms unrecognized. Emergency is a very
broad area.
Helen has as mentioned worked at Sandringham Hospital which is
connected to the Alfred. 35,000 patients a year with 130 presented
each day. Patients are sicker now than previously. Helen continued that she had worked in a variety of areas
including Clinical Forensic Medicine learning about many facets such as Sexual Assault. The qualification exam
was done in UK but now one can have qualification at Monash University. Having done the exam in UK she
stayed for 10 years working in Emergency
and Forensic and had met Andrew
Stamper next week’s speaker there. Dr.
Helen had important information that we as
general public should be aware of. The lay
person does not know much about First
Aid. 1) How to deal with an unconscious
person. 2) How to deal/recognize stroke. 3)
Bleeding, burns. She emphasized that we
should know our own medical history, own
medication and should carry heart
conditions notes with us such as ECG
copies in the wallet. Some illnesses have
complex conditions and it is handy when in
an emergency situation the attending medic can get
instant knowledge which is helpful. People should
be aware of their symptoms as although the quote
from many “but it is on computer” not all hospitals
are connected. We should know what to do if
someone collapses Always lie the person on the
ground with the head lower than the body so
is equal to the heart because the blood
pressure then has a chance to get the blood
to the brain. The body knows what to do. She
talked of Cardiac arrest. In a heart attack the
heart which is a muscle needs blood and the
vessel needs to be unblocked. When it is a
ventricular fibrillation which is a life-
threatening heart rhythm which results in a
rapid, inadequate heartbeat. One should call
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the ambulance for a defibrillator. Any chest
pain is a cause to go to hospital. Heart pain is
not necessarily a strong pain it can be a tight
pain across the chest. The body sweats and
the pain can go up to the jaws. Helen
suggested that we should watch on Google
Vinny Jones Hands only CPR that can teach
us what to do. The BEEGEE song “Staying
Alive” is the right beat to push on chest. The
advice is to keep pushing on the chest. To stop
will give a poor outcome. One should rotate
people around with a hands only CPR as the
hands get tired. If attending to a blood-nose
squeezing the point of bleeding will put
pressure and the bleeding should stop after 10
minutes. However, it is again important to know
the medication background eg Blood thinners. Another important thing to know is to be able to help and recognize
someone if having a stroke. The acronym F. A. S. T. F for Face, A for Arms, S for Speech and T Time critical.
One way to be able to present the medication knowledge is to photo the list off the Webster pack if one is used.
The ICE App is useful especially if on screen ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. So much important
information and so little time to digest all these hints for life saving applications.
Thank you SO much Dr. Helen for coming to share your amazing and impressive knowledge and qualifications
so early in the morning. The members were a captive audience, so much so we needed to cancel Sergeant
Tim’s Sergeant Session. Pres Ian closed the meeting reminding us again that we will meet at Cilantro and that
we should BE THE INPIRATION. Zilla (Bulletin Reporter)
Motion requiring members approval:
At the last Board meeting
Peter O’Brien moved that he $5000 donation previously approved by the Board to give to the Moira Kelly fund be
withdrawn and will be given to the Moira Kelly Creating Hope Foundation. Seconded by Ian Ballantine. Motion
carried. This motion will be put to members at the meeting of January 30
Multi District Conference Melbourne
Saturday 16th to Sunday 17th February 2019
Brittany Arthur Rotaract
and Rotary Club of Berlin
Register NOW
Christine Nixon
Happy New Year and please find attached our Garden Newsletter for the commencement of the 2019 year! I also wanted to let you know, that thanks to Rotary Bentleigh – we have recently purchased a new umbrella for the Community Garden. This will definitely help the gardeners over the coming hot months to find shade on their gardening days. Once the potting tables and storage areas are finished (almost 50% completed) – I will send you updated photos and of course, welcome you all to a morning tea in the garden for you to see how things are quickly progressing! We will be contacting the local papers soon to spread the news of our ground breaking “aquaponic water saving garden beds” – which our gardeners are currently experimenting with. Our sincere thanks again for your interest and financial support to ensure the Community Garden is able to reach so many people, in so many ways for so many different reasons. Creating Community So We Can Grow Kind regards, Tracey Burt
Belola Primary School & Kindergarten, Balibo Suco, Bobonaro District, Timor Leste -
100% completed!
Dear All,
Please take a bow! The Belola School is
finished and 120 children are about to
start their new school-year, in their own
school. The old school was burnt down in
1999, during the Indonesia withdrawal
from East Timor. That was 20 years ago
and thanks to your donations, now a new
school is about to open!
The school consists of 3 class-rooms, an
office, a kitchen and 5 toilets, including
water & sewerage. The team worked very
efficiently and delivered the school, in time
and on budget.
The numbers tell a good story;
$000,000 The land cost us nothing, it was donated by the
Belola community.
$104,000 Total construction costs, including design, engi-
neering, construction and project-management.
$ 18,000 Total fit-out costs, including desks, chairs, sporting
equipment and 1st. years consumables such as exercise
books, biros, pencils, rulers. Also includes shipping, port cost
& transport to Belola.
$122,000 Total project cost [Australian $]
Responsibilities and costs were shared between the project partners, Rotary Clubs, Balibo House Trust and NGO
-Spend it Well;
· 50% of construction was financed by Rotary Clubs and our generous corporate donors, i.e. all of us to
whom this email is directed.
· 50% of construction was financed by the Balibo House Trust & Spend it Well, our fantastic partners in Aus-
tralia and Timor Leste.
· Rotary Clubs and Rotary ‘Donations in Kind’ provided and paid for the school’s fit-out and took care of stor-
ing, shipping and transport to Timor Leste.
· Balibo House Trust & Spend it Well took care of all Timor Leste activities; liaising with the Belola and
Balibo community, the Timor-Leste Dept. of Education and Bobonaro District authorities.
The partnership of Balibo House Trust and Rotary started in 2008 and has since delivered many improvements to
the Balibo community;
Education; The ‘Balibo 5’ Kindergarten, the Belola Primary School and the CLC or Community Learning
Centre which delivers vocational training in computers, mechanics, catering and English Language
Health; Construction & operation of the Balibo Dental Clinic. Equipment & consumables to the Balibo
State Hospital. ‘Days for Girls’ sanitary pads, ensuring girls can attend school on as many days as boys.
Commercial & Job Creation Initiatives; Restoration of the 350 y.o. Balibo Portuguese Fort and redevelop-
ment of it into a small 4 Star Hotel. Construction of a Community Kitchen and a Mechanic’s Shop, both
also used for vocational training. These initiatives attract tourism and volunteers to the Balibo area, in-
creasing commercial activity in farming and retail. They
have also created more than 40 full-time jobs across
hospitality, teaching, nursing and dental-care
Our sincere thanks to all Belola donors which in-
cluded;
City of Geelong, Omnitech Playgrounds, Sparrows
Early Learning [Childcare Centres] Advantage Kitchens,
Stoney Creek Trust, Rotary’s ‘Donations in Kind’ and
the Rotary Clubs of Port Melbourne, Keilor, Melbourne
South, Flemington, Pakenham, Berwick, Bentleigh-
Moorabbin, Windsor [NSW] & Plimmerton [NZ]
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Next project; a new school for the children of
Railuli. Same story, another town who’s school was
burned down in 1999 during the Indonesian with-
drawal from Timor Leste.
And YES, we are hoping for your help with this one
too. Please see following email.
Note; Please feel free to ask any questions regard-
ing Belola and if you need further material to high-
light your involvement for you websites or
social media, just ask, happy to provide!
Best regards,
Ricardo, Balibo Project Partnership
Our heartfelt congratulations go to member John Mason PP PHF
MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION
Congratulations to our esteemed Charter Member John Mason who was today announced as a recipient of the
Order of Australia Medal. John and Margaret are currently en-route to Singapore where they will celebrate the
Chinese New Year which is the Year of the Pig! As a valued member of our club we should be proud to recognize
and celebrate the incredible work and contribution of John to our community as a worthy recipient of this award.
Ron Brownlees
Mr John Richard MASON, Highett VIC 3190 For service to the com-
munity. McCrae Yacht Club • Member, since 1974. • Principal, Sail-
ing School, 1975-1995. • Instigated the Cadet Training Officer pro-
gram. • Commodore, 1980-1983. • Vice-Commodore, 1978-1980. •
Rear Commodore, 1977-1978. Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin
Central • Chair, Strategic Planning Committee and Special Projects
Committee, current. • President, 1994-1995. • Charter Member. •
Assistant Governor, District 9810, 2005-2006. • Member, Govern-
ance and History Committee, current. • Host, Rotary Group Study
Exchange Program. • Member, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Chil-
dren. • President, Moorabbin High School Council, two years. • Mem-
ber, Southmoor Primary School Council, six years. • Member and
Chair of Planning, Board of Governors, Prahan College, 1974-1981.
Victoria College • Founding Council Member, 1981-1991. • Chair,
Facilities Committee, 1981-1991. • Chair, Coaching Committee, Vic-
torian Yachting Council and Advanced Sailing Committee. • Presi-
dent, Victorian Chapter, Australian Institute of Building, 1985-1987. •
Committee Member 1964-1994, Federal Councillor 1974-1987.
The International Fellowship of Cricket Loving Rotarians conducted its 10th festival last week in Melbourne.
We had the privilege of Pres Ian Ballantine assisting us with all the photography.
Ian was a wonderful contributor and we thank him very much.
Attached is a shot of Ian being approached by entertainer Rosa the Russian Beautician. Her specialty is body
waxing. Perfect for Ian! Cheers Warren Fricke IFCR and RC Clayton
Re: International Women's Day (“IWD”)
International Women's Day is celebrated world wide on 8 March this year. To note this storied day Peter Lewis
has arranged to have Marcia Pinskier address the club on Wednesday 6 March 2019 .
Marcia will be an excellent advocate for gender equality/ presenter. Marcia has been asked to base her presenta-
tion with an “IWD” flavor to it. The club has previously held two very successful events to mark the occasion.
Please refer to the following summary regarding Marcia. Our club membership numbers 37. There are 12 female
members. If we estimated that of the 37 members, we normally have weekly attendance of (say) 28 and we have
capacity to have 50 attendees at our meetings, we are looking far say 22 invited paying guests. I ask that each
of you put your minds to arranging 2 guests for the day –females of course given the nature of the day
(and in an ideal world prospective Club members). John Lehner
Marcia Pinskier FAICD PRIMed NMAS
Director at Jewish Museum of Australia Caulfield North, Victo-
ria, AustraliaMuseums and Institutions
FELLOW - Australian Institute Company Directors
PARTNER / GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT - NFP Advisory
Services
Coming Guest Speakers
January 30 Det Insp. Andrew Stamper-Homicide Squad, Vic Pol.
February 6 City of Kingston – Chris White
February 13 Dist. Voc Service Chair – Greg King
February 20 Aden Gartly (Finland Exchange Report)
February 27 A/Prof David Finkelstein-Howard Florey Institute
March 6 International Womens Day speaker
March 13 PDG Tony Monley – Australian Rotary Foundation.
March 20 Russell Marnock –East Timor update
March 27 Speaker on “Courage to Care”
April 3 Judith Field – Public Speaking
April 10 French Student Exchange student.
Coming Events
15th—17th February 2019 Rotary Conference, Melbourne
A reminder that upcoming speakers can be reviewed on the Club website via the calendar. If you have any
suggestions for guest speakers, please contact Peter Lewis lewispm@bigpond.net.au
CONTRIBUTIONS AND REPORTS: Pease use the email address editor@rotarybmc.org.au.auwhen sending in any contributions to the
Bulletin. Please have them in by Monday evening of each week.. Must be in format that allows for text to be "copied" NO scanned
documents. In addition, please reduce photos to no larger than 100k. Thank you.
Guest Speaker January 30 Det Insp. Andrew Stamper-
Homicide Squad, Vic Pol.
DI Andrew Stamper may appear familiar to members .
This is because he has featured, sadly, in a number of high profile
murder investigations of late.
Especially the horrific case of Aiia Maasarwe last week.
Andrew was to speak on “Missing Persons” but it may be difficult to avoid
speaking about recent events .
Whatever DI Andrew Stamper chooses to speak about, it promises
to be very very interesting.
The spies tell me that this is the Brownlees abode in Cheltenham......
Market Report January 27, 2019
Team present : Lewis, Nodrum & Green
Rotary Club of Moorabbin: Bill Chapman and Intha Chetty. Other: OIEC: Charles Agius.
Cars in queue: 2 Overnight parkers: Nil Weather: Bit of a mixture although generally ex-
cellent.
Comments:
Float in future requires no coins to be left due to increase in casual spots to $30. Daily
takings: Excellent due to many stall holders paying monthly in advance for February. Est:
Around 25 vacant stalls which was considered “reasonable” being a long weekend and
still school holidays. Interesting fact: The first market held by the club in 1977 was at $4-
00 per stall with some 3000 plus pedestrians paying 20c entry……….The high number of attendees was due to it
being “something new” also noting that at that time there was no Sunday trading availability of retailers etc. Times
change with Inflation and CPI etc etc etc.
Peter Lewis , Leader
MEETING ROSTER 2018-19
Date Chairman Cashiers Regalia
30-Jan Tony Grusd Neville Kruss & Peter O'Brien Faye Weeks and Grant Perry
6-Feb Peter Guttmann Robert Layfield & Greg O'Shea Tim Moran & Charles Agius
13-Feb Rhonda Hadley John Lehner & Liz Pascarl & Kevin Davidson
20-Feb Jo Impey Peter Lewis & Tony Ryan Tony Nathan & Paul Ferguson
27-Feb Terry Kane Tim Lynch & Karin Soster Helen Nodrum & Geoff Gartly
Margaret Mason & Faye Weeks-
6-Mar Alan Kempton Linda O'Brien & Geoff Gledhill
Oakes
13-Mar Neville Kruss John Mason & Richard Wright Peter O'Brien & Larry Green
20-Mar Robert Layfield Tim Moran & Charles Agius Greg O'Shea & Tony Grusd
27-Mar John Lehner Sandra Myrwoda & Kevin Davidson Liz Pascarl & Peter Guttmann
3-Apr Peter Lewis Tony Nathan & Paul Ferguson Tony Ryan & Rhonda Hadley
MARKET ROSTER 2018-19
Date Leader Asst Asst Asst
3/02/2019 Robert Layfield Terry Kane RC CAULFIELD John Lehner
10/02/2019 Helen Nodrum Tim Lynch Jo Impey Neville Kruss
17/02/2019 Peter O'Brien Linda O'Brien NOMADS Liz Pascari
24/02/2019 Greg O'Shea Margaret Mason Helen Nodrum Margret Lucas
3/03/2019 Grant Perry Tim Moran RC CAULFIELD Charles Rener
10/03/2019 Karin Soster Tony Nathan Tony Ryan
17/03/2019 Ian Ballantine Faye Weeks NOMADS
Please try to do your allotted duty on the appropriate day. If you are unable to do this it is YOUR responsibility to arrange a replacement by
way of swapping. If you are the designated market leader, you must swap with a person who will take on role of leader. The above rosters will
NOT show swaps so it is up to you to keep track of your changes. viewed within the members section of the website.
The Four Way Test of Things We Say and Do
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it bring goodwill and better friendship?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise,
and in particular, to encourage and foster :
FIRST, the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
SECOND, high ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful
occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to serve society:
THIRD, the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarians personal, business, and community life:
FOURTH, the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of
business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Rotary Grace
For good food, for good fellowship, and the opportunity of service through Rotary, we thank you O Lord. Amen.
Our Club is one of over 33,000 in the world and our members are a part of a group totalling over 1.2 million in
over 200 countries. If you would like to learn more about Rotary, please email info@rotarybmc.org.au - we
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