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Local school helps Sri Lanka
Item archived on 26/04/2009
Penny Races Produce Pounds
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The Rotary Wheel
Item archived on 26/04/2009
Digging for victory
Moving the wheel!
For a variety of reasons, the Rotary wheel located on the hill leading up to Bolsover had to be moved. So, on Sunday 26th October 2003, the club got together and attracted a better turnout than for club meetings!
We desperately need a photographer in the club because members brought picks, shovels, gloves and other items, but nobody brought a camera!
Sri Lanka Projects
Item archived on 26/04/2009
What we aim to achieve in Batticaloa
When David Fish visited Sri Lanka in June 2007, with Jerry Allen, together with one of the Batticaloa Rotarians, he identified a potential project. 50-60 houses down the coast from Batticaloa did not have water nor sanitation.
At first, it was thought that borewells might be the answer, as they had been in India, but wells actually solve the situation. Costing about £180, they look like this:
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1999 Group Study Exchange
Item archived on 26/04/2009
Group Study Exchange Team from Argentina
In 1999 this district received a Group Study Exchange team from District 4860, Mendoza, San Rafael and San Juan, Argentina.
The team was led by Rotarian Carlos Roberto Peralta, then of the Rotary Club of Mendoza Parque, now a member of Mendoza Manque Hue. Carlos was District Treasurer last year, as usual in many other countries, this was a one-year post only. Carlos is married to Dra Monica Beatriz Hernandez, a gynaecologist. They have no family.
The latest news from Argentina is that Carlos Peralta will be Governor of District 4860 from July 1st 2007.
David Fish has been invited to the changeover and has accepted.
Eldest member of the team was Raul Lozada from San Juan, the only team member from that city. He was qualified as an hydraulics engineer, but specialised in irrigation techniques, more than useful in an area of little rainfall.
Raul is currently qualifying for residential status in Quebec, Canada, where he intends to live and work for some time. However, he will return to his beloved San Juan a few months each year.
The other male team member was Marcos Zandomeni, from Mendoza. Marcos has had a difficult time during the severe financial crisis to afflict his company and had to sell both his house and car in order for his family to survive. He is married to Laura (he already was when he came to our district 1n 1999) and they now have three children. (Names to be given later, when I check my lists).
I am sure it is incorrect to say so, but there were two very attractive female members of Rotarian Carlos' team.
Amparo Argerich, a lecturer in English at the University of Cuyo (Mendoza) and teacher of English to Argentines and Spanish to business, diplomatic and private groups and individuals. Married to Carlos Steindl, they have two children, Virginia and her elder brother Federico.
In latter years, Amparo and Carlos have added another string to their bow with the production of an excellent Tempranillo-Malbec blend in 2001 and a 100% Tempranillo in 2003. Because of a poor harvest in 2005, they have not made new wine this year.
Fourth member of the team was Yanina Herrerias and also the youngest. Within 9 months of the GSE visit, she had married fellow "mendocino" Marcelo Mirallaz and moved to Buenos Aires. Marcelo worked for an Argentine bank, not a good profession during the financial difficulties. They have moved once or twice, but life is smiling on them once more as they have returned to their home city of Mendoza, Marcelo having changed his work to tourism and Yanina continuing to teach English and to translate. They have no family.
In due course, I hope to provide for this and the district website photographs of all these excellent ambassadors for their country, their region and their clubs.
In return for information I sent out, a request has been received for e-mail addresses of our Argentine friends.
lozadaraul@yahoo.com when he is in Argentina (now until February)
raulzd@yahoo.es when he is in Canada
marcos.zandomeni@petroandina.com
The photo above is of Carlos Peralta and Monica
This is Virginia, Carlos Steindl, Amparo Argerich and Federico and, below, Amparo in mountaineer mode!
Rotary Young Chef 2009
Item archived on 16/04/2009
Rotary's competition to find a new exciting chef
Rotary Young Chef 2
Item archived on 16/04/2009
The 2nd District Final of Rotary Young Chef held at Heritage Specialist School, Clowne
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Item archived on 14/02/2009
RYLA - What are the criteria?
There are 2 courses held each year at the White Hall Centre in Derbyshire with a total of 60 places available to Rotary clubs. The course is a mixture of:-
Outdoor activities as a means of experiencing leadership, communications and problem solving
Climbing/Abseiling
Mountain Biking/Caving
Canoeing/Raft Building
Personal development linked directly to course activities
Objectives
To develop leadership experience and skills
To stimulate the mind through pride in achievement
To emphasise the importance of competition, health, fitness, character and tolerance as inputs to the quality of life
To demonstrate Rotary’s commitment to the development and respect for the young people of today
Aims
To put candidates under pressure in an enjoyable way
To encourage and foster leadership development through teamwork and communication
Candidates
The courses are open to young people who are aged 14 to 16 for the May courses and 16 to18 for the November courses. They should show some leadership potential, have the ability to mix and possess a basic self-discipline. Although based on an outdoor theme it is not an “Outward Bound” course. A basic level of fitness is necessary as are an open and enquiring mind and co-operative nature
Interested?
Contact David Fish fishshuttlewood@aol.com
Derbyshire Food and Drink Fair
Item archived on 14/02/2009
Derbyshire's Rotary Food and Drink Stand
On Saturday and Sunday May 17th and 18th, the Rotary Club of Bolsover will be present at the Derbyshire Food and Drink Fair at Bolsover Castle.
Each year, Rotary hosts a Rotary Young Chef competition in District 1220, which comprises most of Derbyshire, all of Nottinghamshire and clubs just over the border in Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
We shall endeavour to allow the 2008 event winner, Adam Jones from Swanwick Hall School, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Amber Valley, to work with the celebrity and/or local chefs at the Fair.
We shall be serving tea, coffee and home-made cookies.
For any further information, please contact David Fish (contact details above).
Young Chef Competition
Item archived on 14/02/2009
District 1220 Young Chef
The Rotary Club of Bolsover has provided a finalist for the 2008-2009 Young Chef Competition.
The district winner last year was Adam Jones from Swanwick Hall School, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Amber Valley. He attended the Derbyshire Food and Drink Fair on May 17th and 18th 2008 at Bolsover Castle.
This year, we have attracted the participation of 3 local schools. The cook-off took place on Friday December 7th at Chesterfield College.
The winner was 14-year old Amanda Heaton, whose menu was:
Starter:
Main Course:
Dessert:
The task set the 8 contestants was to prepare a healthy three-course meal for 2 for £14 and it was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for pupils, school staff and the judges.
Rotary District 1220 Young Chef Competition
The photograph below shows Thomas Foulds slaving over a hot stove.
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Stroke Awareness in Bolsover
Item archived on 14/02/2009
Stroke Awareness in Bolsover
On Saturday April 19th 2008, the Rotary Club of Bolsover held its Stroke Awareness Day.
In the Old Bolsover Town Hall in Cotton Street from 10:00 to 1:00 p.m., medical people from local surgeries and associates and friends of the Rotary club were on hand to record blood pressure measurements and advise in those cases where further medical advice or consultation should be sought.
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Building the Canada connection
Item archived on 14/02/2009
Alberta here we come!
Bolsover boasts at least one hero and he was Peter Fidler. Peter in 1788, at the age of 19, was taken on as a labourer by the Hudson Bay Company; he was initially involved in fur trading, but due to a defection to a rival company, he was trained as a surveyor. He showed a remarkable ability to observe and learn; this included spending weeks and months with various indigenous tribes, earning their trust and learning their languages and culture. Mary Fidler, a relation through marriage, has spent many years accumulating information and discovering some of Peter's early life, from his birth at Sutton Mill on August 16th 1769 to his departure to Canada in 1788.
Mary came to talk to our club about Peter and inspired us to write to contacts in Alberta. One contact, Walter Roland, sent David Fish the first issue of Alberta:Land and Life. A good few pages of this issue were devoted to Peter Fidler country.
David contacted Brian Peters, the publisher and both Bolsover and its Rotary club will feature in forthcoming issues.
Brian particularly asked David to organise a photo shoot for the second edition.
On December 29th 2006, an intrepid bunch of Bolsover Rotarians gathered in, then in front of the Hudson Bay Beerhouse, initially constructed by Peter Fidler for his mother on his one trip back to Bolsover in 1812.
The top photograph appeared in the 2nd edition of Alberta Land and Life in a feature of magazine readers all over the world.
Footnote: The pub has been sold and is now Fidler's Rest, a totally inappropriate name. The local paper carried an advert recently which gave the name as The Fiddlers Rest (sic)
New Theme for Rotary
Item archived on 14/02/2009
Make Dreams Real
Rotary International President-elect Dong Kurn Lee addressed incoming district governors at the 2008 International Assembly, urging them to use their resources to help curb child mortality. Lee said he was in disbelief when he learned that 30,000 children under the age of five die every day from preventable diseases such as pneumonia, measles, and malaria.
"In 2008-09, I will ask you all to Make Dreams Real for the world's children," he said. "This will be our theme, and my challenge to all of you."
"Children are killed by illnesses that become deadly in combination with poor sanitation and malnutrition," Lee said. In addition, families stricken by extreme poverty are trapped in a cycle that only leads to more unnecessary deaths. "It's a cycle that is not interrupted because there is no access to education."
He challenged the audience to do their part to give children "hope and a chance at a future" by reducing the rate of child mortality in the world.
"We will bring clean water to their communities and create sanitation projects that keep children healthy," Lee said.
As the incoming governors begin preparing for the year ahead with the training and inspiration they receive at the International Assembly, Lee reminded them of Rotary's power and encouraged them to use their resources efficiently to maximize the good done around the world.
Contact Clubs
Item archived on 30/09/2008
New Contacts
We have contacts with the following clubs: Rotary Club Colón, District 4970, Montevideo, Uruguay This is a club with whom we have exchanged views and one of our members is an honorary member of the Uruguay club. We have, with the help of other clubs, sent them donated second-hand computers and are currently planning to assist them obtain a printer to match an ultrasound scanner donated from our district two years ago. Below are David Fish and staff at the polyclinic with the donated scanner.
Rotary Club Roses Empuriabrava, District 2210, Catalonia,Spain A few years ago, the club had a British President who is keen to promote relations between Spain and the United Kingdom, particularly offering work placements in the busy summer period for catering and hotel students. We have made contact with Chesterfield College and look forward to collaborating with them, particularly in 2006 when the Clowne Campus could be rebuilt to house an up-to-date department. In fact, Clowne Campus will not have a catering department - that will remain in Chesterfield. However, the College has already identified three candidates and both clubs will be working to implement visits in the summer of 2007. We also have an invitation to go as a club to Roses any time. Accommodation would probably be in hotels. Rotary Club Alushta, District 2230, Ukraine Igor Khomyakov is our contact here. He is due in the UK in late October. Again, just an exchange of greetings. Rotary Club Blagoveshensk, District 5010, Eastern Russia Not all these contacts will develop into Contact Clubs in the full sense of Rotary’s concept, but they will all contribute to the rich tapestry of Rotary life.
Children's Hospice News
Item archived on 30/09/2008
Building Completed at North Anston
Children's hospice: building completed! The Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice has been built. The hospice has been built at a site near the M1 in North Anston after the original application for St Catherine's Hospital in Balby, Doncaster, was rejected. The hospice will serve the NHS North Trent region which ranges from Barnsley in the north to Mansfield in the south.
Bluebell Wood trustees decided on the former tip at North Anston after a search of more than 30 different sites in South Yorkshire.
The first 2 photographs were taken in January 2006; the next two at the end of February.
This photograph and the three that follow are taken on April 4th 2006.
Paulette Spencer
Item archived on 30/09/2008
Help to local teenager through SportsAid
Sponsored Swim for WaterAid
Item archived on 30/09/2008
SPONSORED SWIM CANCELLED
AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOLSOVERWaterAid is an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
The Rotary Club of BOLSOVER meets every week on WEDNESDAY at The Keep, Bolsover and welcomes membership enquiries from business and professional men and women. Business often includes a talk on a subject of general interest by an outside speaker.
SPONSORED SWIM AT CRESWELL BATHS SATURDAY DECEMBER 2ND 2006 FROM 3 TO 5 PM
IF YOU CANNOT SWIM, YOU MUST HAVE A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER OR NEIGHBOUR WHO CAN!
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOLSOVER IS ORGANISING THIS EVENT.
WaterAid works in both rural and urban areas, and currently have programmes in 17 countries in Africa and Asia. As we grow and strive to make a significant impact on poor people's access to safe water and sanitation, our work will be governed by a number of beliefs and values.
CONTACT: DAVID FISH 01246 241230 OR AT
bolsoverrc@davidfish.f9.co.uk
Musical Concert in Bolsover
Item archived on 29/08/2008
Young Musical Talent from Bolsover and Clowne
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Help for Hospital in Uruguay
Item archived on 29/08/2008
Bolsover helps with Matching Grant project
Abdominal pain, inflammation of appendix, detection of spleen and kidney stones, aneurismal aorta.
This project was completed with the purchase of a foetal beat monitor destined for use with pregnant women and to determine the foetal condition in the mother's womb. We must stress the high incidence of very young pregnant women and unmarried women and in this way the hospital can determine the situation of the foetus and problems of pregnant women with sufficient anticipation to find remedies for the future baby.
The catchment area of the Hospital is approximately 400.000 people. Of this figure it is estimated that 65% (nearly 260.000 people) are now going to the hospital for medical attention.
The estimate of the number of people that surely will benefit from this new equipment is very high, because until now with the ultrasound scanner alone, the medical personnel of the Hospital carry out no less than 2000 a year gineco-obstetric ultrasonic examinations
Junior Showtime
Item archived on 29/08/2008
Flyer for Junior Showtime
Information about the club's concert on Saturday, March 8th
For an application form, visit the club's home page.
THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOLSOVER
PRESENTS
JUNIOR SHOWTIME
AT BOLSOVER’S ASSEMBLY HALL
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH FROM 7.00 P.M.
A TALENT SHOW FOR ALL MUSICIANS AND SINGERS, SOLOISTS, GROUPS, BANDS AND CHOIRS
TO TAKE PART OR FOR INFORMATION: CONTACT DAVID FISH 01246 241230 OR 07895 037328 OR
Junior Showtime appeal
BUDDING stars are being invited to showcase their talents at the Rotary Club of Bolsover's Junior Showtime from 14th February.
Organisers of the talent concert, which is open to youngsters aged from seven to 19 years of age, are looking for vocalists, instrumentalists, soloists, choirs, bands and groups to perform in the concert.
The Junior Showtime event will take place on Saturday 8th March from
For more information contact David Fish on 01246 241230, 07895 037328 or FishShuttlewood@aol.com. Application forms are available from T Page & Son,
Tsunami Relief Effort
Item archived on 14/01/2008
What the club has done for Tsunami Relief
AQUA 30 BOX
The Rotary Club of Bolsover has offered aid to the survivors of the Tsunami Disaster in South East Asia by sending 8 Aqua 30s, a box with water filters and purification tablets offering several thousand litres of potable water to victims of a disaster.
AQUABOX is an official project of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and Rotary International District 1220, managed by its initiators, the Rotary Club of Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
The standard AQUABOX comprises a rigid plastic container and has a single filter and enough purification tablets to provide 1100 litres of clean drinking water. It is designed for Rotary Clubs and others such as individuals, schools, churches, scouts , guides and other community groups to fill with added welfare aid items selected from a published list. Foodstuffs, drugs and medicines should not be included. Survival bags are added before it is despatched to an aid agency for use in a disaster area.
We are encouraging schools, church groups and other organisations to fill standard Aquaboxes
Filling an Aquabox
This is a suggested list of items for inclusion in a Standard Aquabox. (Not all items will fit into one box)
Please put everything into the large clear plastic bag which is provided with each box.
| CLOTHING (Suggest one item each only)
Trousers (mens - womens - childrens) EATING AND DRINKING Large Pan HYGIENE 4 New toothbrushes |
FOR THE BABY
Towelling nappies (4 if possible) plus nappy pins FOR SLEEPING We provide 4 survival bags with each box FOR SHELTER Small shovel GENERAL Childs small toy |
Please give thought to packing of the box to make the best use of the space. We suggest you fill the bucket and place it upside down as the first item in the plastic bag.
Aid agencies and users have identified that the items in bold are of particular use. Please try to supply these if possible.
The above is only a list of suggested items and not all need to be included. Please make your own selection. however try to include a selection from across the range of goods needed. Remember that items need not be new (in most cases)
IMPORTANT
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Do not supply any food items.
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Do not overfill the box as this may cause damage in transit and make the box useless for water purification. However, please pack the box tightly to avoid damage caused by movement of the contents during transit.
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Do not forget to put the filter pack safely in the box, e.g. inside the bucket.
NOTE: AQUABOX 30 contains 30 sets of purification tablets only - It is not sent out to be filled
This is a Shelter Box, produced and distributed by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard in Cornwall.
Description of the Shelter Box:
A fully equipped Shelter Box costs £490.00. It consists of a rigid plastic container, which holds one new ten-person tent, ten new sleeping bags (family orientated) and ancillary associated equipment, including water-purifying equipment. All the equipment is designed for extended use in rigorous conditions. The box is reusable as storage, furniture, container etc. All equipment is purchased new, at favourable prices, when funding is received. The box is packed and documented with an audit trail that informs the donor of its creation, despatch and destination. The recipient also is informed of their benefactor. The boxes are packed and stored in a local warehouse awaiting despatch in response to disasters worldwide. Distribution is arranged through on-site Rotary Clubs and/or recognised Aid Agencies.
The Rotary Club of Bolsover has sent one Shelter Box with the aid of a Rotary District Grant.
David Fish in Uruguay
Item archived on 14/01/2008
Images of David Fish at 50th Anniversary of Uruguay Rotary Club
Season's Greetings
Item archived on 09/01/2008
Best wishes to all
Christmas Comes Early
Item archived on 03/08/2007
Christmas came early to the delighted residents of Meadow View
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The 24 special needs adults resident in the nursing home were delighted by Santa’s visit and the presents which had been carefully chosen for them.
Relatives, friends and carers were there in support.
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New Member joins our club
Item archived on 03/08/2007
President David inducts new member
Our latest member is Chris Toyne, son-in-law of Ken Allcock, who was inducted into Rotary membership on November 1st 2006.
Yet again, we lacked a photographer to record the happy event. If any club member knows a good photographer (amateur or professional) and especially with a decent digital camera, this would be a very useful addition to the club.
Back to Chris, who is married to Christine
Further details will be added about Chris and we may encourage him to give a profile with extra facts ghosted by his father-in-law and the webmaster who can always unearth hidden secrets.
WATCH THIS SPACE!
Kirsty blows for Rotary
Item archived on 03/08/2007
Our first musician in the Rotary District 1220 Young Musicians' Concert
Sad loss of founder member
Item archived on 03/08/2007
In a bad start to the New Year, members were stunned to learn of the death of a founder member of the club.
Sri Lanka post Tsnuami Aid
Item archived on 03/08/2007
Assistance to Tibshelf School in Sri Lanka
Club helps local school
Item archived on 03/08/2007
Club provides t-shirts for eco-team
Anniversary pupils take green action
Environmentally-friendly pupils have marked their school's 100th anniversary with a top award for helping to shape a better future.
The youngsters from New Bolsover Primary School, on New Station Road, Bolsover, received a Derbyshire County Council Bronze Eco certificate for their recycling and gardening endeavours.
Headteacher Gill Clubbs said: "This is a brilliant way of celebrating our school's centenary by looking to the future and making the school a more environmentally friendly place and making a mark for the next generation."
The school has formed an Eco-Action Team to deal with recycling and gardening with waste placed in composts and rain water collected for plants.
It has involved parents, school governors and Bolsover-based councillors in the eco-scheme and Bolsover Rotary Club has provided t-shirts for the Eco Team members.
Ms Clubbs added: "Many local companies have supported this venture by supplying plants, bulbs, seeds and tools."
jon.cooper@derbyshiretimes.co.uk
Bowls at Bolsover Castle
Item archived on 03/08/2007
Bowls at the Castle
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Sri Lanka via Tibshelf School Update
Item archived on 20/07/2007
Visit by staff and pupils from Tibshelf School
On January 25th 2006 we were visited by teacher Sue Allen, her mother, a colleague and three pupils, in order to collect a cheque from our club.
Our visitors are pictured above with President Les Bradley and we thank them for the picture.
Past President Frank Hawkins spoke for all of us when he said the club had looked for somebody we could trust and he was confident that we had found it.
Not only that, but the school is very proud of its Bolsover connections and we hope to work with them in other ways in the future.
The Rotary Club of Clay Cross recently made a similar gift to this school and pupils.
The party from the school has now returned and we are invited to attend the school on Thursday September 14th 2006 to view a public video and other reports on the visit. Report to follow!
Belarus student carries a torch for Rotary club
Item archived on 11/04/2007
A Rotary Youth Exchange student from Belarus helps the Rotary club of Bolsover
Denis is on Rotary’s Youth Exchange programme and is being hosted by the Rotary club of
Youth Exchange is a major programme of Rotary International, sending over 9,000 young people to study abroad each year. Exchanges range from short term (2 weeks in a camp) to a full school year.
If you are interested in knowing more about this, contact
Paul Harris Fellowship awarded
Item archived on 12/01/2007
Secretary Geoff awarded Paul Harris Fellowship
Shelterboxes arrive in Java
Item archived on 12/01/2007
Humanity in Motion!
Aquabox needs
Item archived on 25/12/2006
The cupboard is bare! Again!
The following request has been issued nationwide re Aquaboxes.
For non-members of Rotary, schools, organisations and companies, there is some information on Aquaboxes on the International pages of this site.
Although there are specific costs of the standard Aquabox and the special water treatment Aqua 30s, all donations are welcome at this time.
The Rotary Club of Bolsover is willing to sponsor a box for your church, school, group or colleagues to fill.
Contact David Fish on 01246 241230, Fax 0870 705 2955 or bolsoverrc@davidfish.f9.co.uk
Report Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Aquaboxes Urgently Needed
On 17th August in an Email to Iain Young, the RIBI Disaster Response Co-ordinator, Frank Lund, Project Chairman, reported that the boxes in the consignment of Aquaboxes despatched to Indonesia on 16th August were the last remaining filled boxes in the warehouse at Wirksworth. He stated that there were plenty of empty boxes ready to be sent out for filling, and that in the meantime they were continuing to prepare more Aqua 30s for despatch as soon as possible.
At that time there had been calls for boxes from Uganda , Sierra Leone and Angola as well as continued requests for as many boxes as possible for Indonesia, but there had been no requests from Niger because the need was then seen to be predominantly for food. That all changed on the 19th August when Frank received a desperate call from the Christian African Relief Trust for boxes to go to Niger. Frank estimated that approximately 40 Aqua 30s and 85 standard boxes were immediately available and he instructed that every box in stock should be loaded into a container on 26th August ready to sail the following week, and that any additional boxes that came into the warehouse over the following week should be added to that number, leaving the cupboard absolutely bare.
Rotary Clubs and other agencies who have boxes to fill are exhorted to get them back to Wirksworth as soon as possible, as there is an ever growing need in many parts of Africa as well as Niger, and a continuing need in the tsumani areas. Frank also wished to make plain that, contrary to a rumour that appears to be circulating that sponsorship is not now required, continuing sponsorship for both standard and Aqua 30’s is needed.
For those interested in statistics, between its launch by the Duke of Devonshire in October 1992 and 29th June 2005, Aquabox have sent 57,000 Standard boxes to Rotary Clubs, schools, churches, Scouts and Guides etc. for filling. They have also sent 6,588 Aquabox 30s to areas of need, each capable of purifying 33,000 litres of polluted water. During the Rotary year 2004-05, the total number of orders, including single and multiple Aquaboxes and Aqua 30’s, was 4,741, of which 3,768 were from 1,230 Rotary Clubs, 111 from Inner Wheel and the rest from churches, schools, Scouts and Guides, Women’s Institutes, and individual donors.
World AIDS Day
Item archived on 25/12/2006
December 1st is World AIDS Day
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 25.8m
% of world's HIV cases: 64%
New cases: 3.2m
Aids deaths: 2.4m |
There is also particular concern at the way the virus affects women in this region, who are disproportionately affected by HIV while remaining poorly informed.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 8.3m
% of world's HIV cases: 20.6%
New cases: 1.1m
Aids deaths: 521,000 |
However, there are concerns that many of the prevention strategies do not take into account this combination of risk-taking, even in those countries where the spread of HIV has so far been contained. One positive among the generally worsening international situation has been a fall in HIV incidence among sex workers and their clients in Thailand and Cambodia.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 1.9m
% of world's HIV cases: 4.7%
New cases: 65,000
Aids deaths: 30,000 |
Although sex between men and, in a minority of countries, injecting drug use remain important routes for HIV transmission, unprotected heterosexual intercourse is playing an increasingly significant role. There are concerns that in several countries prevention efforts are lagging behind this shifting pattern of HIV transmission.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 1.8m
% of world's HIV cases: 4.5%
New cases: 200,000
Aids deaths: 66,000 |
The highest levels of HIV prevalence are found in the smaller countries of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. No single factor is fuelling the region's epidemics, but a combination of unsafe sex (between men, and men and women) plus injecting drug use are primarily to blame.
In nearly all Latin American countries, according to recent studies reported by UNAids and the WHO, the highest levels of HIV infection are found among men who have sex with men and the second-highest among female sex workers.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 1.6m
% of world's HIV cases: 4%
New cases: 270,000
Aids deaths: 62,000 |
The infected population is predominantly young, with increasing numbers of women being affected, many acquiring HIV from male partners who became infected when injecting drugs. The bulk of cases are in the Russian Federation - which has the biggest Aids epidemic in Europe - and Ukraine.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 74,000
% of world's HIV cases: 1.8%
New cases: 8,200
Aids deaths: 3,600 |
The number of HIV infections in New Zealand is much smaller than Australia's. The route of infection is similarly dominated by sex between men, with most infections picked up abroad. Incidences on other Pacific islands remains low, but continuing high levels of sexually transmitted disease have raised concerns that the conditions for an epidemic remain.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 510,000
% of world's HIV cases: 1.2%
New cases: 67,000
Aids deaths: 58,000 |
Once known as a region with relatively low levels of HIV, its advance is continuing, although sometimes poor availability of information does disrupt efforts to build-up a comprehensive picture.
There is evidence of increasing infections in countries such as Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Somalia. The main route of transmission is unprotected sexual contact, although injecting drug use is becoming more significant and is the primary route in both Libya and Iran. The prevalence of HIV in all populations is low, except for Sudan where despite recently intensified prevention efforts, HIV knowledge remains generally poor.
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2005 REGIONAL FIGURES
People with HIV: 300,000
% of world's HIV cases: 0.7%
New cases: 30,000
Aids deaths: 24,000 |
However, there is some optimism surrounding recent developments in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Barbados and Haiti, where HIV infection rates have declined in some areas. Changes in sexual behaviour are cited as one possible explanation.
David Fish in Argentina
Item archived on 28/11/2006
Bolsover Rotarian in Argentina
David Fish was one of a group of 6 Rotarians, with 4 wives, who travelled to District 4820 on a Rotary Friendship Exchange in November 2005.
After the week-long exchange with District 4820 based in the province of Buenos Aires, to the west of the city, most participants visited the Iguassu Falls, rated highly by all who have visited them.
The one exception was David Fish, whose time in San Juan, District 4860, Argentina is recorded elsewhere.
Later, all 10 travellers met up once more in Mendoza, Argentina, where a few days stay was organised by local Rotarian Carlos Peralta, Rotarian leader of a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team who came to our shores in 1999 and due to become District Governor in July 2007.
There follow photographs of the visit.
Entitled by Rotarian John Foster of the Rotary Club of Ashbourne as "What a waste!" Need we say more?
David Fish, Professional Disturber of the Peace (some would say an apt description) with Carlos Peralta from the Rotary Club of Mendoza Manque Hue. District 1220 Rotary Friendship Exchange Officer Jan Harding lurks nearby!
The District 1220 team studying the magnificence of the Iguassu falls.
Below the group went on a visit to the historic town of Colonia de Sacramento in neighbouring Uruguay.
From the left, Ricardo Guinazu, member of the General Pacheco club and Chairman of District 4820 Rotary Friendship Exchange Committee, John Foster of the Rotary Club of Ashbourne, Colin Ferguson of the Trent Bridge club, David Cadwallader of the same club, Stella Maris Solari of the Rotary Club of Martinez, our hosts for the day, Jan Harding of the Rotary club of Worksop Dukeries and District 1220 Friendship Exchange officer, Rotarian David Fish of the Rotary club of Bolsover, Judy Cadwallader, wife of David, Ray Furlonger of the Trent Bridge club, his wife Julia, Martinez club member Ursula, sorry last name forgotten, then Margaret Ferguson and Sylvia Foster. The Rotary banners being shown are those of the Rotary Club of Tigre, whose President we had met on a short boat ride; then he and other members took us to see a local project.
Members of the party on the boat ride to Tigre
Above are Sylvia Foster from Ashbourne (Inner Wheel President 2005-2006); Alberto Benzaquen (Past President Rotary Club of Escobar, Past District Governor District 4820, Argentina); John Foster of Ashbourne (John will be President of his club in 2007-2008!); Margaret Ferguson and Colin Ferguson ( Past President of the Rotary Club of Trent Bridge)
A group of Rotarians from Districts 1220 and 4860 at the entrance to the tunnel leading to Chile. Not mentioned previously is Monica Beatriz Hernandez de Peralta, on the left of the photo at the front alongside her husband, Carlos Peralta. Carlos is a member of the Rotary Club of Mendoza Manque Hue.
World Swim for Malaria
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WORLD SWIM FOR MALARIA
WORLD SWIM FOR MALARIA
3 DECEMBER 2005*
The Rotary Club of Bolsover swam at Creswell Baths on Saturday December 3rd from 15.30 to 17.30 (that's 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. in old money)
For more details contact David Fish or Geoff Davis (see homepage for details)
World Swim for Malaria is a global swim
The aim is to have a million people swimming on (more or less) the same day all over the world
It's never happened before
The first 100,000 have registered......
We'd like your club/school/company/group of friends/YOU to help reach a million
We're raising money to fight malaria
Malaria is the largest killer of children in the world
1 to 3 million people die from malaria each year
70% of the deaths are children under 5 years old
One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds
That's equivalent to seven jumbo jets full of children dying from malaria every day
It is to me well beyond expectations that we raised £570 for this cause. Two members raised £100 each; two others over £70 and indeed we are most grateful to all for their fantastic help.
It has been agreed to extend the dates until June 2006 and there may be possibilities of others being involved. Watch this space!
Below is a photograph of Rotarian Geoff Davis on one of the 175 lengths he swam on December 3rd. 2005.
Rotary Wedding
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Bolsover member attends Rotary wedding in Geneva
Rotarian David Fish has loads of contacts with Latin America and is continually e-mailing people he has never met.
One such person was Laura Costales from Guayaquil, Ecuador, a surgeon specialising in neo-natal cases and who worked hard to eliminate cystic fibrosis in Ecuador among new-born infants.
In November, Laura e-mailed David with an invitation from herself and Jean-Pascal Cattin of Geneva to their wedding to be celebrated in Geneva on Wednesday December 23rd. It appears they had met by chance in Amsterdam and it was love at first sight.
Each has been married before and both sons (one from each) were at the wedding, which took place in the very impressive Town Hall of Geneva.
The wedding breakfast or really dinner was also in an excellent restaurant looking down on Lac Leman, the lake of Geneva.
Below are some photos of the event - David met Laura and Jean-Pascal on the eve of their wedding, the day itself and on the evening of December 24th which for many Europeans and certainly the Swiss is the big meal of Christmas, in this case a baked ham, prepared by the groom and preceded by foie gras and Sauternes.
Big Band Night
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Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison Band was in action at the Rotary Club of Bolsover's annual event
On Saturday April 29th., Shirebrook Miners' Welfare Unison Band performed at Bolsover's Assembly Rooms, starting at 7.30 p.m.
An excellent evening, with raffle and refreshments, raised nearly £700 for Chesterfield Contact Centre, a charity which allows contact between parents and children in split families, in a safe environment.
As far as I am aware, no photograph was taken at the event.
Fun Race Night
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Fun Race Night
The Rotary club of Bolsover hosted a fun race night to raise funds for local and community projects and charities.
This was at The Keep, Bolsover, on Friday February 24th at 7:30.
The cost per person was £5 and included a pie-and-pea supper. Betting was at reasonably low levels. Have you been to a race night with boring old films on a screen?
Well, ours is not like that. We welcome visitors at this as at all events, but we ask you to make contact with David Fish or Geoff Davis (contact details on the Home page).
A magical and entertaining evening earned our charity account a magnificent £670 for Community projects close to home.
Photographs of the event are on display below.
Past President Ken Allcock receives a cheque from Inner Wheel President Cathy Bradley for his Gambia Schools Appeal, run for many years with his late wife, Iris. President Leslie Bradley of the Rotary Club looks benignly on.
Some of our hard-working "jockeys" pose with a race winner.
Past President Ken Allcock was the winning owner of the final race.
Past President Ken Allcock is here pictured triumphantly with his winnings.
The "Parade Ring" for the final race of the evening!
And, below, another "Parade Ring" view:
Below, President Leslie Bradley (or as he is known to his members: PresLes) with Past President and current Junior, yes really! Vice-President Frank Clifford, who masterminded the event.
PresLes congratulates his "significant other", President Cathy Bradley of the Inner Wheel Club of Bolsover. Cathy's horse was a winner!
And the matter is Sealed With A Loving Kiss!
Honour for Bolsover Rotarian
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The Rotary Club of San Juan Capital, District 4860, Argentina awards honorary membership to David Fish.
David Fish on a visit to Argentina was pleasantly surprised, after addressing the Argentine club on his experiences of Rotary Friendship Exchange and how Rotary uperates in Great Britain and Ireland, to receive an honorary membership of the club.
Year of Opportunity 2005
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Microcredit aims to eliminate poverty
Opportunity offers poor entrepreneurs in developing countries the tools they need to break out of poverty and support themselves.
We provide training, support, and "micro" business loans. 98% of loans are repaid, thereby enabling the same funds to be used again and again
Trust Banks, groups of between 15 and 30 poor grassroots entrepreneurs who act as guarantors for each other’s micro-loans, are the key to Opportunity’s success in helping people to escape poverty. 98% of the loans are repaid, which means that the money can be lent out again and again, thereby benefiting an ongoing stream of people. "People respect you more if you treat them not as a recipient of aid, but as people with gifts and abilities who just need a chance." David Bussau, co-founder of Opportunity International
About the UN International Year of Microcredit 2005
Studies have shown that more than one billion poor and low-income people could benefit from basic financial services. Yet, ninety percent of microentrepreneurs are excluded from the financial systems in their country.
To meet this huge demand, the United Nations has declared 2005 as the International Year of Microcredit. The Year of Microcredit calls upon the world to extend financial services to the poor and strengthen the powerful, but often untapped, entrepreneurial spirit existing in impoverished communities.
Opportunity International UK works with clients in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. These micro entrepreneurs are developing small businesses in areas such as food production and sales, tailoring, carpentry, street vending, dairy farming, shoe making, brick manufacturing and beauty salons.
The impact of microfinance reaches much further than the individual to whom a loan is made. The launch and expansion of micro-enterprises means further jobs are created, as entrepreneurs become employers. The families of entrepreneurs and employees also feel the benefits of microfinance in the tangible terms of nutrition, health, education and housing.
In the year 2002, 87% of Opportunity's loans were made to women.
Contact in Siberia
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News from Blagoshevensk
Banner presented to new club
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Bolsover and Matlock present a banner to the new Rotary Club of Drone Valley
It is customary for local Rotary clubs to present gifts to new clubs in their area.
Immediate Past President Tom McConnell sought something that would be useful for the new club and decided on a banner. We were joined in this by the Rotary Club of Matlock and their immediate Past President Simon Brister.
Photograph 1 has Tom holding the left side of the banner, while photograph 2 has Simon and Drone Valley's founder President Jill Bethell holding the right-hand side. I am not sure if anybody captured this shot in one go, from further away, but we are indebted to Gemma Needham of the Drone Valley club for the photographs, which have been submitted to the Derbyshire Times.
Centenary Celebration
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A celebration of Rotary's centenary was held at Chatsworth on Saturday June 18th, 2005
One special event was the magnificent fountain rising to a height of some 200 feet as opposed to the 50-60 feet which is the usual height.
The lupins looked magnificent on what everybody says was a superb evening.
As far as we know, nobody got lost in the maze.
Below you have a fine wide view of the assembled company, some 1200 Rotarians, family and friends.
Also, a fine view of the evening glow!
On Saturday 18th June 2005 the three Rotary Clubs of Chesterfield, Matlock and Bakewell celebrated Rotary Centenary with a “Picnic in the Park”. The venue was the gardens at Chatsworth House, home of the Duke and Duchess of
The gardens were remodelled by Capability Brown around 1760 and the sixth Duke and Sir Joseph Paxton further transformed the garden and installed the Emperor Fountain around 1844 Further work by the ninth Duke has made the gardens the wonderful spectacle that they are today,
One of the most important ingredients of a “picnic” is the weather, and what weather! We really couldn’t have ordered anything better and so in superb conditions and the beautiful setting we knew we were in for a treat.
With our bags packed full of food, chairs under our arm, we set off for a truly wonderful evening. We took our four year old grandson with us and arrived at Chatsworth at 7:00 p.m. Parking with ease, we followed the happy crowd and joined another party from Bolsover Rotary, Tom and Pam McConnell and guests. We set up our chairs and tucked into the food, to the accompaniment of a steel band, which opened the proceedings. After having our fill of food and drink we wandered up to the cascade of water which, flows down from the upper lakes to power the Emperor Fountain. On such a hot evening it was no surprise that many of the children (and some of the adults) enjoyed a paddle in the water, walking up and down the waterfall. After successfully completing this with my grandson we wandered over to the Emperor Fountain, which as a special treat the Duke had agreed to have switched on at 8 o’clock. This was a spectacular sight on such a wonderful evening and the spray of water, 200 feet in the air, was lovely and refreshing. We then wandered along to the Magic Show put on for the children and although at first my grandson was a little wary, he soon warmed to the clown and joined in the children’s fun. We then returned to our seats, had a top up and then back up to the water cascade, which was such a draw to all the children on such a warm night
On hand during the evening, although I did not take advantage of it, were some of the estate gardeners to give a talk on various aspects of the garden, which no doubt was of interest to many of the attending Rotarians, but a four year old boy just doesn’t appreciate such things!
Rotating with the steel band, was Al Needham’s jazz band and by now as the evening was drawing in many people had lit lanterns, which added to the atmosphere. Everywhere people were laughing, talking, enjoying each other’s company and eventually many people, including myself and my grandson, got up to dance away the rest of the evening to jazz classics such as “Rocking all over the World” and “Crazy little thing called love”, in the grass arena al fresco.
Alas, it was time to go home and we all began to gather up our belongings and make our way back to the car park. I felt proud that at the end of such a wonderful evening, with so many people in attendance there was no trouble, just harmony and good humour, and best of all you could look back and note that everyone had taken their rubbish home with them!.
Thanks to Rotarian Tony Gott for this report.
Membership Changes
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New members
We have welcomed two new members since the start of the Rotary Year (July, 2003):
David Cox, classification Wholesale Packaging, now Active
Roy Hardcastle, classification Funeral Director, also Active
Roy was a founder member of our club and was able to be inducted once more into the club during District Governor Neil Sharman's visit in October, 2003.
Rotary's Centenary
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Rotary International is 100 years old
This was typical of the greetings we received from all over the globe.
On February 23rd, the Rotary Club of Bolsover celebrated Rotary's 100th birthday at a dinner held at Ringwood Hall, with dancing to Gilt Edge, recalling our distant youth.
A raffle was held in aid of Rotary's Africa Hope, an initiative of the charity Hope and Homes for Children, personally supported by the President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI), Gordon McInally.
The main benefactors will be genocide victims' orphans in Rwanda and AIDS orphans in South Africa.
New member inducted
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President Tom inducts new member
On February 9th 2005, President Tom inducted Keith Higginbottom into membership of our club.
Whilst (relatively) new to us, Keith is not a new Rotarian, having come from the Rotary Club of Wednesbury.
Keth is retired.
All members of the Rotary Club of Bolsover welcome him to our ranks.
Raul Gonzalez
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Raul Gonzalez, Rotary Club of Las Piedras, Uruguay
You feel you have the system taped; you send the Latin Americans birthday greetings and they respond enthusiastically with a request for aid, but not so in the case of Raul Gonzalez from Montevideo, Uruguay
The only thing he has asked for is photographs to add to his albums and he sent me a couple of his own. One is dancing with his grand-daughter at her 15th birthday party and the other dancing with his wife (Charo) of 45 years at the same party.
He has a personal web page and then one more or less devoted to the Rotary Club of which he is a past president and now secretary.
He communicates in English (no problem there as I have been speaking it since shortly after birth) but he has me in as Town Crier at last year's Festival of Christmas, one ringing the bell and the other with Father Christmas.
He describes these as from our Festival of Spring! Of course, we are talking Southern Hemisphere here! Sun suddenly in the north, water going the wrong way round in the plughole, et cetera.
Rotary Club of Alushta
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The Rotary Club of Alushta, Ukraine has sent us full information about the club.
РОТАРИ-клуб 
Dear David,
I would like to send to you some information about our club activities and projects. You can also look at the website
http://www.alushta.crimea.ua to see the Rotary emblem, but it is mostly in Russian language, and some pictures.
In the Crimea, the first Rotary Clubs appeared in 1994 and acquired an official status five years ago.
For instance, in October 1996 the official Rotary International Charters were granted to the Clubs in Simferopol, Yalta and Alushta, in 1997 - to those in Kerch, Theodosia and Sudak and in 1999 - to Sevastopol Rotary Club.
Alushta Rotary Club.
Historical Background.
Alushta's links with European and American sister-cities called into being the idea of setting up a local Rotary Club.
During a visit of the official delegation from Santa-Cruz (California, the U.S.A.) to Alushta in 1987 businessman Gary Reece, its member, handed over a Rotarian banner to those present at the ceremony of signing a treaty of friendship and cooperation. It was there and then that Alushta first saw a Rotary Club attribute.
At the invitation of the Mayor of Cassis (France) an official delegation from Alushta were guests of honour at Cassis Rotary Club meeting on September 2, 1992.
This visit was followed by getting acquainted in November 1994 with Usidom Rotary Club (Germany) and its President Professor Wolfgang Schmidt, who initiated the formation of Rotary Clubs in the Crimea.
Usidom Rotary Club collected and sent to the Crimea three vanloads of medical humanitarian aid, worth of about 300,000 DM, which came to hospitals in Yalta, Simferopol and Alushta, and on December 1, 1994 the first session of the initiative group took place in Alushta under the chairmanship of Professor Schmidt, 11 people attending.
The minutes of the session were then sent to Kyiv. In May 1995 there came an invitation from Kyiv to take part in the meeting of presidents of Ukrainian Rotary Clubs. This meeting was for the first time attended by representatives of the Alushta (Igor Khomyakov) and Yalta (Viktor Zagoruyko) initiative groups.
The Alushta Rotarians' activities over these years:
- Acceptance and handing over of medicines and medical equipment worth about 1 million DM, incl. of specialized orthopedic beds, a latest model gynecological chair, bedding and dressing.
- An ICP-affected child received free medical treatment in Czechia.
- Scientific and educational literature (Webster's explanatory dictionaries, books on medicine and computing, textbooks) were presented to the town's schools, Crimean colleges and libraries, together with a photocopier and paper. A musical school got 2 air-conditioners, a roof of the building housing an Aikido sports club was fixed free of charge. Winners of sports competitions and academic contests get valuable gifts and prizes.
- Town's schools, art, music and sports clubs receive practical and material assistance under the program "Sports and Arts to Children Instead of Drugs".
- The Club was involved in holding 3 town's art exhibitions and beauty contest "Miss Alushta - 2000". Every year it helps arrange charity concerts for town and village schoolchildren with participation of the artists of the Crimean Philharmonic Society, already attended by thousands of children and teachers. With the help from the Club some children's soccer teams were able to participate in the international Barcelona and Norway Cups, and women chess players in the World Women's Chess Championship, etc.
- Assistance was rendered to resident of Alushta Sergey Naidich (Cand.Sc. (Biology), the U.S.S.R. record holder in long-distance sailing) in implementation of the Transatlantic windsurfing program which included holding a world distance record, studies of human body potentialities and medical research.
- The Club participated in organizing one-man shows of art works of Artyom Puchkov (Simferopol), Mykola Tsydrik (Byelarus) and Nina Verbuk (Kharkiv).
- The Club members collected clothing and footwear, with over 100 items handed over to the Welfare Center. Orphans and the disadvantaged were target helped with clothing items and foodstuffs.
- Among the Club's traditions is voluntary weekend tidying up and cleaning of the town territory and free delivery of firewood to pensioners.
- Jointly with the District 2230 Clubs (Byelarus, Poland, Ukraine), money, clothing and footwear were collected for the victims of the Transcarpathian flood.
- We would like to single out an international event called "Piano Master Class", which has already been held four times over the last four years, the best piano teachers and musicians from Ukraine, the U.S.A., Germany and Switzerland participating. According to the American students, who took part in the classes, the professional level of teaching in Alushta is very high. This year we plan to help a local music school buy a new concert grand piano.
- Annual schoolchildren exchanges have been held over the last four years. Brandy Rippy, a school student from Colorado, the U.S.A., studied at a local high school for a year and stayed with the Rotarians' families, and three Alushta school students have come back home after a one-year course at American schools, having achieved good academic and sport progress. Currently, two more young people are studying at American schools.
- Every year Rotarians from Ukraine, Russia and Poland come to Alushta on vacation, which has become a good tradition.
Alushta Rotary Club is actively involved in Rotary international programs:
- Rotary International Presidential European conferences
- 1996 - Prague (Czechia) -2 people
- 1997 - St. Petersburg (Russia) - 2 people
- 1998 - Dresden (Germany) - 2 people
- 1999 - Brussels (Belgium) - 8 people
- The Alushta Rotarians are frequent visitors at Rotary Club sessions not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia, Byelarus, Poland, the U.S.A. (in 1997 alone 6 people visited under the Effective Production Program), France, Germany, Finland, etc.
- Participation in all Ukrainian conferences: Kharkiv (1997), Lviv (1998), Alushta (1999), Dnepropetrovsk (1999) - and in the District 2230 conferences in Wroclaw and Lviv (2000).
- Since the Club was founded, a number of events have been held in Alushta with participation of Ukrainian Rotary Clubs and representatives of Rotary International:
- 1997 - Ukraine's President-elects training course
- 1999 - Third conference of Ukraine's Rotary Clubs and Rotaract.
- At the initiative of the Club the following meetings took place:
- "Rotarian Glade" in 2000-01
- New Year-2001, joint welcome of new Millennium
- "Intercity Meeting" of the Crimean Clubs in 2001
Igor Khomyakov President, Alushta Rotary Club
Best regards,
rotalc mailto:rotalc@alushta.ylt.crimea.com
Thank you from Chile
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Thank you and greetings from Chile
Some two years ago, I joined a group called Rota Latino
A few months later, I received e-greetings on my birthday from various people in Latin America. Who were these people? I had, to my knowledge, not only never met them, I had never heard of any of them!
Last year, the same thing happened again, although the greeters were different people. My reaction was the same. Then, this year, 2004, with a new set of greetings and well-wishers, the penny or centavo finally dropped. I visited the site and noticed that birthdays were announced daily. Irregularly, I picked up on this and would send greetings to strangers. Many seemed to react as I did, but not Lili Castro from Chile:
David, dear friend,
You can’t imagine the pleasure it gave me to receive your beautiful birthday greeting.
Really, Rotary is wonderful and it is great to exchange greetings with Rotarians beyond our shores and to extend friendly contacts.
Your web site is excellent and I learned about you all from it.
Now, I will tell you something about myself.
I am a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Playa Ancha in Valparaiso, Chile, some 70 miles from the capital city, Santiago.
I am carrying out the duty of club secretary for the second year running and I think we have some things in common.
I work in International Service, I am fascinated by The Rotary Foundation, which I have resolved to study in depth. I edit the club’s newsletter, too.
What’s more, I produce our web site. Of course, it is not professional, but it is produced with affection and enthusiasm, although without a great deal of knowledge. I give you the details so you can get to know us.
http://www.geocities.com/rotaryplayaancha/My club is a small one, we have only 17 members, but three of those are on leave of absence for various reasons, both health and work. So, there are 14 active members. As you can see, it is a mixed club with a good bunch of people and I feel very happy to be a member.
It has been a difficult year for us, trying to do the best we can for this special centenary year. It really is not easy, we are so few members, several are in education and therefore not high earners, but we all put heart and soul into our efforts.
Dear David, I would like to know more about you and your club, what good works you are doing, how many members you have, your Centennial projects.
Do you know Chile? How did you get to know about me? Lots of questions!
Please give my best wishes to all Rotarian friends in your club and I send you personally a big Rotary hug.
Lili Castro Parra
RC Playa Ancha, District 4320, Chile
I visited the web site and discovered a little more about Lili. Her father was not only a pillar of the Rotary Club, but also of the local community. He had introduced first his wife, later his daughter as members of his club, when it became mixed. That is the true "Family of Rotary"!
I have heard more from Lili since publishing this:
Dear David,
I am very grateful for your interest and your reply to my e-mail. I revisited your web site and, as you had told me, found my photograph and my letter translated into English. It was beautiful and moving to see that distance is no object to Rotary friendship.
Having taken a bit more time, I have been able to read more about you all and I very much liked the photos, especially those of Father Christmas and the Town Crier.
I speak and read English, as I was educated at St. Margaret’s British School here in my home town of Viña del Mar. I also went on a student exchange to the USA, staying with a family there.
To be sure, my English now is not as good as in those days when I thought in English and spoke the language fluently.
I note that you really studied our web pages and I felt moved at reading what you wrote about my late father. He was a great man and an exceptional Rotarian. He taught me and passed on to me his great love of Rotary. As a result of this, I was able to join his club, especially as he was one of those who sought to introduce woman as members of our club.
As you comment, my mother also was involved in this great love [of Rotary] and she is our club President this year. She was always very active on the Ladies Committee when that existed. She has received special honours in her progress in Rotary, achieving two years ago an award for Rotary Excellence and before that as Best Club Secretary in the district, as you may have seen in our web pages.
As you see, Rotary plays a huge part in our lives. At the present time, I am also District Chairman of Community Service, which has meant a lot of hard work for me. Well, I feel that is more than enough about me.
I see you also participate actively in your club, being a Chairman of a committee and on club council.
I congratulate you.
It is a shame you are having such difficulties with the medical equipment for Argentina. All our countries in South America need help of this sort, but you are right; the bureaucracy can be daunting. I am really interested in your club’s plans to help Africa. I personally feel that the problems of clean water and AIDS are ones we must try to solve.
Work with AIDS victims and especially with AIDS orphans seems to me to represent the finest humane qualities and with all my heart I congratulate you and your club for these initiatives.
My club has always focused its efforts on education and that is why we are working to help 12 schools in our community. As you will appreciate, our greatest achievement has been to build the Rotary Public Library, which allows youngsters from poor and low-income families access to a place where they can study and do some schoolwork.
Our major concern this year is to do something special for Rotary’s Centennial Year. Our project is to build a multi-sports area for volleyball, basketball and football, but we need the help of an overseas club which can help us with District Designated Funds. The stadium would be set within a school, but would be open to use by the larger community. The school lacks funds and teaches many poor students and our idea is to help in this way, enabling them to offer leisure opportunities to youngsters in the area. We hope this might be helpful in alleviating the high levels of truancy, which leads the youngsters into crime and drug addiction.
The project will cost US$ 5,500, which is the essential need. We are looking for a club to put in $ 1,375 plus DDF and our own district and The Rotary Foundation would provide the rest. That means a Matching Grant. I was informed by Evanston [Illinois, Rotary Headquarters] a few days ago that, if we apply quickly, the funding could be made available during this Rotary year and we do wish to carry this out as a Centenary Project.
I wonder if your club or any other in your district could help us with DDF. I am in charge of this project and am determined to complete it as soon as possible.
If you could help, we would be eternally grateful.
David, if you come to Chile again, please let me know so that I can meet you. The town of Viña del Mar is very attractive and I am happy to invite you to come and see it. Please also let me know if you come to Santiago again.
This weekend [just gone], we are celebrating an important Rotary event here.
The Centenary Bell is coming to our town, particularly to the Rotary Club of Valparaiso, which is the oldest club in Chile. A major ceremony will take place in the Municipal Theatre, which will be attended by local dignitaries, all local Rotary clubs and clubs from Mendoza, Argentina, as many of our clubs are twinned with those clubs. It will be followed by a Lunch with lots of fellowship and a chance to sit at the Table of Friendship. It will be a marvellous event and I shall, of course, be there.
Well, my friend, I wish you and all the members of your club every success in this special Rotary year and I send you all a big hug.
I do hope you can reply positively to my request for help with our project
Lili
Hope and Homes for Children
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Hope & Homes for Children
Last night's talk at the Rotary Club of Bolsover was delivered by Claire Lanham from the Northern Office of the Charity Hope and Homes for Children.
Claire gave a moving account of her visits to Moldova, where she saw abject poverty on a scale she had never previously associated with Europe.
She also gave accounts of how the onset of HIV Aids had ravaged parts of Africa and, in particular Rwanda and South Africa.
Following her talk, we were able to see a short video produced specially of the visit to Rwanda by incoming President of Rotary in Britain and Ireland (RIBI) Rotarian Gordon McInally and his message of asking Rotarians to help fulfil his Hope for Africa.
I had just read on the RIBI website before leaving for the meeting a message saying: ROTARY IS FUN. OUR MEETINGS ARE FUN. SERVICE PROJECTS ARE FUN.
Well, not always, as last night proved, because it was not the happiest of occasions on the visit of wives of Rotarians.
One impressed visitor was Lynne Sargeant, President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Worksop Dukeries. She left with our speaker trying to organise a double meeting with the Retford club in the near future.
For further information on what this Charity is all about visit www.hopeandhomes.org.uk
The Rotary year 2004-2005
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Plans for the new Rotary year
President Elect Tom McConnell is busily preparing his year of office as President of the Rotary Club of Bolsover.
After a round of discussions, the club is now almost prepared to embark on the new year, the centennial year for Rotary International.
Officers for 2004-2005
President: Tom McConnell
Senior Vice-President: Les Bradley
Junior Vice-President: David Cox
Secretary: Frank Hawkins
Treasurer: Frank Clifford
Chairmen of Committees
Chairman, Club Service Committee: David Goucher
Chairman, Community and Vocational Service Committee: Bob Meakin
Chairman, International Service and Rotary Foundation: David Fish
Press Officer: Frank Clifford
Bulletin Editor and Webmaster: David Fish
Club Service
David Goucher explained his intention to make the Rotary meetings a place to have fun. He also indicated that we should give thought to admitting female members. When this was questioned, he pointed out that he had said the same thing this time last year and nothing had happened.
Debates, which we never started this year, will be a feature of next year’s programme.
Community and Vocational Service
Special interest will be shown in schools this Rotary year.
We shall continue with the Festival of Christmas, with a stall selling mulled wine, etc.
Santa’s sleigh will be at Tesco in Chesterfield, Morrisons in Staveley and, probably, Tesco in Clowne.
A fun race night will be held to raise funds for Bolsover Hospital.
A painting competition for schools will be held, but with greater promotion of Rotary involvement.
A Public Speaking competition for young people will be held.
Aquaboxes will be taken into school to be filled by the pupils.
A barbecue and boules evening will be held.
The Brass Brand Concert will be staged again, this time raising funds for Crossroads for carers. See
www.crossroads.org.uk for details.The club will offer stewarding at the Bolsover Gala.
A Stroke Awareness day will again be held in April 2005.
The Centenary Project will be to tidy up the area behind the Rotary Wheel and possibly provide a seat.
A sponsored walk will be held to raise funds for the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
Coffee Morning
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Rotarian David Fish attended a coffee morning at Wingerworth run by Wingerworth WI in aid of Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice.
Rotarian David Fish was asked to attend a coffee morning at Wingerworth Parish Rooms on Saturday October 16th. The coffee morning was organised by Wingerworh WI to benefit Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice.
In three hours, he sold goods or received donations for just over #200 to contribute to Bluebell Wood.
David and colleagues from the Rotary Club, the Inner Wheel and the Rotary Club of Chesterfield will be hosting a coffee morning to raise funds for and awareness of the Bluebell Wood project on Saturday October 30th 2004 from 10 to 1.00 in Eastwood Hall, Rose Hill, Chesterfield.
The Rotary Club of Bolsover is holding a Sponsored Walk along the Stockley Trail on Sunday, October 31st and members are hoping to attract a considerable amount of funds this way.
A report on the walk will follow soon after the event.
Bolsover Arts Celebration
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Bolsover Arts Celebration
From Monday November 29th to Friday December 3rd 2004 a Celebration of Arts was held in the Assembly Rooms, Bolsover.
The Rotary Club of Bolsover was happy to sponsor this event, organised by Derbyshire County Council. Photographs shown, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Nigel Tissington and supplied by Derbyshire County Council.
Photographs from the top:
Asha Modi, 16, from Shirebrook School: 1st Prize, Stephanie Simpson, 16, from Heritage School (Clowne):4th Prize and Hannah King,15, from Frederick Gent School: 3rd Prize
Bolsover School dance group
Asha Modi with Chair of Derbyshire County Council Councillor Charles Cutting and President of the Rotary Club of Bolsover, Dr Thomas McConnell
Rotary Centenary Pens on sale
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Rotary Pens
The Rotary Club of Bolsover has purchased pens, produced by Parker and the Rotary Club of Seaford, East Sussex to commemorate Rotary International's Centenary in 2005.
There are two possibilities: the roller ball and fountain pen combined are on sale at £ 10.00 (RRP £ 12.48) and the single Vector roller ball pens sell at £5.50 (RRP £ 5.99).
The pens come in gift boxes, bear the Rotary International Centenary logo and are attractive as a gift.
Fundraising Lunch
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August Fundraising Garden Lunch
On Sunday August 29th, our "recycled" President Tom McConnell and Pam hosted a lunch in their garden.
Members of the Inner Wheel and Rotary Clubs of Bolsover attended with friends and family.
The weather smiled on us until the cheese was out and we had a sharp burst of rain, which indicated that the gazebos are more showerproof than rain- or waterproof. However, the sun reappeared and the rain did not dampen our spirits.
Photographs of the event have been taken and edited and appear below this article.
Our grateful thanks to Pam and Tom for inviting us to their home once again, to Pam and her helpers, friends, family and fellow members, to all who provided raffle prizes (some were consumed on the spot!) and to all who attended.
Each organisation gained £ 209.32, but the real winners were those who took part.
A view of one of the gazebos, showing President Tom McConnell and some of the guests.
Pam McConnell, always happy to entertain guests!
President Jackie Atherton of the Inner Wheel Club of Bolsover, preparing to draw the raffle prizes.
Iris and Ken Allcock enjoying the day!
You've seen the President's wife; now, here is the President's husband, Steve Atherton, who looks very contented with life.
Janet and Geoff Davis and guests had a high old time!
Senior Vice-President Les Bradley, David Fish and friends, amused.
Clockwise from bottom left Maureen Holmes, Carol Clarke, Mike Lawman, Harry Kemp(the Lawmans' grandson), Margaret Lawman and Cath Bradley.
Winter Festival 2004
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The Rotary Club's participation with Santa's Sleigh in the Winter Festival 2004
It is now absolutely standard procedure for the Rotary Club of Bolsover to play a leading role in the Winter Festival in Bolsover (Where did Christmas go?)
We provide Santa and gifts for the children with helpers always available and a series of gifts for children of varying ages. We also provide mulled wine for the adults to keep out the cold and indeed on the Saturday evening to lubricate the hoarse voice of the Town Crier.
The good news is that this year there were no pictues of the Town Crier and he took a low stress attitude to the job, selecting obvious visitors to the area and explaining the various activities on offer ranging from the Castle to the Church, the Library and Assembly Rooms where three high class entertainments were provided.
The Winter Festival was a two day event this year for the first time and appeared quite successful, although Saturday was the stronger day.
The weather was fine on Saturday, but cold - freezing for those who stood in the Charity market. Local cafes and shops sold or gave hot drinks to those participants who had not brought their own.
The Hawkins family helped en masse to man stalls, help Santa and serve mulled wine, with or without Amaretto.
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Sponsored Walk for Bluebell Wood
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Club raises £ 550 for Bluebell Wood Children's hospice
The Rotary Club of Bolsover recently undertook a sponsored walk to raise funds for Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Club members were accompanied by Chester the Fieldmouse, official mascot of Chesterfield FC.
The full amount and final amount raised was £ 550 and has been paid to Bluebell Wood.
Here follow some photographs of the event.
Top picture is Chester, ready and raring to go!
Next, all walkers with Chester and his family.
and the dog came too!
Chester with Rotary President Thomas McConnell and Chester's young brother (no family resemblance,is there?)
The usual suspects! Again!
There's always somebody wanting to play the fool!
Fundraising event
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Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison Band
On Saturday 24 April 2004 at 7:30 pm in the Assembly Rooms, Bolsover, we heard Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison Band in concert at the giveaway price of £3 a ticket.
The performance of the band was excellent and the conductor made an excellent MC. Apart from the excellence of the playing, not to mention the wide diversity of the music, there were plenty of touches of humour which all hit the mark.
So many people told us to tell them when we were hosting a new performance of the band, that we know it was successful.
Small gatherings at local hostelries added to the enjoyment of the evening.
All proceeds in aid of Talking Newspapers for the Blind, an excellent cause.
Successful Charter
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The Rotary Club of Bolsover's 25th Charter Anniversary
On Wednesday, 20 April the Rotary Club of Bolsover held a most successful 25th Charter Anniversary celebration at the Hostess Restaurant, Nettleworth, near Shirebrook.
Visitors included District Governor, John Kirkland, Assistant Governor (Peak) Alan Hepworth, President of the Inner Wheel Club of Bolsover, Jackie Atherton and author and renowned after dinner speaker and schoolmate of Geoff Davis, Gervase Phinn.
176 members, visitors and guests with their ladies crammed into the Hostess, the largest attendance so far at this particular function venue.
Photographs were taken and some of these will appear on this site.
The good news is there is no photograph of the MC this year
Pictured from l to r are Junior Vice-President David Cox, Governor District 1220 John Kirkland, Bolsover President Dr Tom McConnell and Senior Vice-President Les Bradley.
Again from left to right are Assistant Governor District 1220 Alan Hepworth, Bolsover President Tom McConnell, our speaker and Speaker of the Year 2004, Gervase Phinn and,finally, Senior Vice-President of the Rotary Club of Bolsover, Leslie Bradley.
President Jacqueline Atherton of the Inner Wheel Club of Bolsover and Dr Thomas McConnell, pictured at the 25th Charter Anniversary event.
Photo Album of Novosibirsk
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Photos of Novosibirsk
Some more pictures of Novosibirsk
Above, you can see some older style houses in Novosibirsk.
The picture above is of fishermen trying to catch fish in the winter.
The old lady above is clearing her path of snow, a common occurrence in Novosibirsk.
Here we see a photograph of children on Novosibirsk's Child Protection Day
The Opera in Novosibirsk is very highly rated. Above, you see the interior of the Opera House
Obviously, this picture shows a fire in the winter in Novosibirsk, but it seems a bit drastic as a way to keep warm
Christmas 2003 memories
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A trio of Santas!
The Rotary Club of Worksop Dukeries organised a rota of Father Christmases at the Dukeries Garden Centre in November/ December 2003.
The problem was that in a small club at least 50% of the membership is female! So local friends filled the bill.
One of the three pictures above is of a member of the Rotary Club of Bolsover, possibly the scruffiest of the three. No prizes, but can you guess who?
Can anybody identify any of the other Santas?
New District Governor
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John Kirkland, New District Governor
Rotarian John Kirkland of the Rotary Club of Sutton-in-Ashfield took over as District Governor on June 30th at midnight in theory, but in reality at the District 1220 Changeover Evening on Friday, July 2nd at the Regency Rooms, Ilkeston.
President Tom McConnell and wife Pam, together with Immediate Past Preident Lawrence Cantrill, Rotarians Frank Clifford and David Fish represented the Rotary Club of Bolsover.
John Kirkland was for many years a very successful businessman and is applying his experience and knowledge of Rotary to the task ahead.
A District Governor attends a meeting of each of the 57 clubs in the Rotary district and most of their Charter Evening celebrations. Together with responsibilities outside the district, he can write some 300 appointments and more into his diary for the Rotary year.
This year is very special for Rotary worldwide as it will be exactly 100 years since Rotary was formed on 23 February 2005. The Bolsover Club is celebrating 25 years of existence in the same year.
John joined Rotary in July 1974 as a member of the
Sutton in Ashfield club. John was Club Secretary 1979/84 and Club President 1984/85.John has been a member of the RIBI Rotary Club Golf Championship Committee since Sutton in Ashfield introduced the Competition in 1986. John was Chairman in 1993, becoming Competition Organiser in 1997 until 2002 when he became DG Nominee.
Awarded Paul Harris Fellowship in December 1996.
Joined the District 1220 Team in 1999 as Assistant Governor 1999 - 2002. District Governor Nominee - 2002/03, at which time John also served as District Centennial Officer - 2002/03.
John’s background and career have centred in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire being born and raised in the town. Both before and after his period of compulsory National Service he worked in the Textile Industry, spending the last 40 years with Pretty Polly during a time when the firm grew from a small family business to become the largest independent Hosiery Company in the UK with a world-wide reputation for achievements in innovation and technology. Ultimately John became Chief Executive and Chairman of the Sara Lee plc – UK Hosiery Group.
John’s wife Shirley became a member of Inner Wheel in 1974 being President on two occasions and holding every office in the Club as and when required. They have two married sons and three grandchildren
Al Needham Night
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Jazz Night Fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Bolsover
On Saturday December 4th 2004, the Rotary Club of Bolsover held a Jazz Night at the Assembly Rooms, Bolsover and a goodtime was had by nearly all.
We are very grateful to some of our non-Jazz-loving members for their support.
Al is a seasoned performer and has been on the local scene for some time. He has appeared on stage and (small) screen over the years, not to mention steam radio.
Our photograph shows him duetting with club President, Dr Tom McConnell, a picture taken by your webmaster.
Help for Iran
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Aquabox 30 for Iran earthquake area
We sent an Aquabox 30 for relief in Iran immediately followingf the disaster there in December.
The Aqua 30 box contains carbon filters and water purification tablets, ensuring clean drinkable water in areas where only polluted or contaminated water sources exist.
Caption Competition
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What are they saying to each other?
These two characters, Raphael's Angels, as you all know, grace the wall of the room where our weekly Rotary meetings are held.
Rotarian Geoff Davis has long asked me to offer a Caption Competition in the manner of Private Eye or Have I got News for You, using these two angelic figures.
Well, it's the silly season for journalists, so here goes. No rules apply. As things stand, no prize has been offered. This is merely to have your name in lights and show everybody what a wit you are!
I have been advised that there will be a prize for the best solution. This last weekend in deepest darkest North Wales our hunters were seeking out a fine vintage to regale the winner.
As we speak, or more correctly type, four entries have been received. None of those submitting entries thus far should even think about giving up the day job.
All four of them should consider seriously getting out more, two of them with the proper supervision care homes can offer.
The entries in no particular order are:
1) One cherub to the other: "It's the grey curly haired one over there who packs them up and sends them up here".
2) One cherub to the other: "Typical. There’s always one who wants to spend all of the money"
3) 1st cherub: Have you worked out what they do every week? 2nd cherub: I don’t think they have!
4) One cherub to the other: " OH HOW I DO WISH THEY WOULD RELAX THE ATTENDANCE RULE SO I COULD WATCH BIG BROTHER SOMETIMES! "
Actually, I think I heard a Rotarian saying that the other night!
GIVE ME MORE!
Fundraising event
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Silent Auction and Antiques Roadshow
On Thursday 18 March, we held an Antiques Roadshow and a Silent Auction, together with our Inner Wheel club.
For the Antiques Roadshow, we enjoyed the services of Mr Michael Dowse of Sheffield auctioneers A E Dowse & Son (Sheffield). People raided their attics and cellars for antique heirlooms or other items that had been in the family for ages.
All proceeds from the event will be given to Rotary and Inner Wheel charities.
Mr Dowse worked for two hours and donated his services quite willingly.
The principle object of our fundraising was to support Children's Hospices.
Sad Accident in Argentina
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Argentine Tragedy
On Saturday 14 February, 2004, a tragic motor accident near San Juan, Argentina instantly ended the lives of Jose (Pepe) Segovia and his wife Graciela Moya.
Pepe was DG of District 4860 in Argentina in 1998-1999, the year before we received the GSE team from that district. Graciela, an equally committed Rotarian, was on her way to Anaheim, USA, for her DG training.She was DG Elect for the Centennial year, 2004-2005. Their loss will be a huge one for Rotary, but also for their community in San Juan.
May they rest in peace.
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice
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Children's Hospice Rotary Reception at BBC Radio Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield hosted an event on Thursday 8 July to celebrate 1 year of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI)'s adoption of the Association of Children's Hospices (ACH) as a preferred charity for the Rotary year 2003-2004.
Frank Clifford and David Fish attended on behalf of the club.
Members of the Rotary Club of Worksop Dukeries were also present, as were Rotarians from District 1270, all from South Yorkshire.
There is a link to the full story via the Rotary District 1220 website http//:www.rotary1220.org
For more information about the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice go to:
International Contacts 1
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RC Colón special meeting
David Fish, International Service Chairman of the Rotary Club of Bolsover recently attended a meeting of Bolsover's Contact Club, Colón in District 4790, Montevideo, Uruguay.
He was also able to visit the Polyclinic of the Jardines de Peñarol, where an ultrasound scanner was presented by District 1220 clubs in 2001. The Rotary Club of Bolsover is now working with its Contact club to seek a Matching Grant to supply a printer to make the use of the scanner more effective.
Club Changeover
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President Tom Takes Over The Presidency
New President Tom McConnell (left) took over the reins and chains of presidency from Past President Lawrence Cantrill on Wednesday, June 30th, 2004
Rotarian Les Bradley was installed as Senior Vice-President
Rotarian David Cox was installed as Junior Vice-President
Past President Frank Hawkins was re-installed as Club Secretary
We did it!
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Matching Grant awarded to our club
The photographs above represent an update on the report below, as all money has now been paid to the Rotary Club of Colón, the printer has been presented to the Medical Centre as shown above. Also, a plaque on the wall testifies the support of the Rotary Club of Bolsover in this matter.
The RC of Bolsover obtained a Matching Grant from Rotary's own charity - the Rotary Foundation - to enable our friends of the Rotary Club of Colón, Montevideo, Uruguay to purchase a printer for the ultrasound scanner at their local polyclinic.
Our friends in Uruguay are overjoyed that this project is at last coming to fruition.
This is an example of true World Community Service, as we do our bit to aid a poor area of Montevideo and make a difference to the lives of others.
This was Rotary's Presidential Theme for the RotaryYear 2003-2004 in which fundraising and paperwork were completed.
Novosibirsk
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Novosibirsk, Siberia
The 1.5-million Novosibirsk is the third largest city of Russia (after Moscow and St.Petersburg) and the chief city of Western Siberia. Founded in 1893 as a future site of a railroad bridge crossing the great Siberian river Ob where the latter is crossed by the famous Trans-Siberian Railroad (built in 1890s - 1900s), it officially became a town in 1903.
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After its foundation in 1893 and until 1926, Novosibirsk (pronounced nO-vo-see-bEErsk) was called Novonikolayevsk. Even if you do not know Russian, it is not difficult to guess the meanings of the two names. The original name refers to Nicolas II (Nikolay II Alexandrovich Romanov), the last Emperor and Sovereign of Russia the Great, the Little and the White, the Grand Duke of Finland, the Tsar of Poland etc etc etc.
In 1926, "by the demand of the people", it was renamed. All the names of the revolutionaries had already been taken, so that the name Novosibirsk ("New Siberia") naturally came up.
Meanwhile, Tatiana has sent me a photograph she took of the centre of the city.
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