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President’s Report ‘What an inspiring presentation we had from Rev. Bill Crews from the Exodus Foundation last meeting. As I read his introduction at the meeting, Bill was visibly embarrassed. He loves what he does but doesn’t seek accolades. He is a man that readily identifies a need, has a vision, then galvanises all the energy he possesses to bring that vision to reality. It was pleasing to hear that Rotary is already very much involved in the Exodus Foundation. It is heart-warming to know that for every low life committing terrible crimes in the world for personal gain and often taking advantage of the weak or the poor, there is a Bill Crews doing good in the world. What a wonderful reassurance at this time of the year.
Elsewhere in this Bulletin there is a progress report on our Tree of Joy initiative. No, due to COVID 19 and other factors, it may not be as big as in the past, but it is still fulfilling a need and is relevant. Of course, The Borgnis Street Lights
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isn’t happening this year but guess what? I believe that in a year’s time we’ll bounce back and it will be better than ever.
This week’s meeting is our AGM via zoom. We know already the positions that have been filled and the AGM ratifies those nominations. We still need a President Elect and if we want to plan effectively for the future, it is imperative that we fill that role as soon as possible.
This coming week, I intend to make contact with former exchange students and other young people whom we have been in contact with in recent years and I will ask them to send a Christmas message to us via this Bulletin. We must not lose sight of the fact that we are essentially here to serve the community. We are not just a group of mates meeting weekly for a feed and a drink and without purpose. There have been Rotary clubs like that and they are either gone or half way out the door. Let’s make sure that we don’t fall into that pattern.
Our Christmas Dinner meeting at The Manly Club should be very enjoyable and the venue is first rate. It will be good to catch up with our Honorary members at the dinner.
Have a good Rotary week, Kos Psaltis P a g e | 2 FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/belroserotary
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ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO COVID-19 BUT PLEASE NOTE The Zoom Host will open a Zoom meeting at 6.45pm for members fellowship and to sort any technical issues. At 7 to 7.05pm the meeting will commence
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HEAR YE! HEAR YE! OUR ROTARY CALENDAR OF ONLINE MEETINGS Zoom Meeting – AGM (Board meeting) Christmas Party (Outside Venue – The Manly Club)
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BELROSE ROTARY CLUB
Belrose Rotary Club Meetings - Belrose Rotary Club meets most Tuesday nights at 6.45 pm to for 7:00pm meeting start either by Zoom meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7753519972 Meeting ID: 775 351 9972 or at Dutch Club Neerlandia (Zoom participants join at 7:30pm) Contact Chris Wood, Secretary 9452 3026 chriswood4@hotmail.com PO Box 158, Frenchs Forest NSW 1640
And don’t forget… Friday drinks by Zoom @ 6pm (click link)
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Rev. Bill Crews reflects on a life of service to the needy – often achieved in the face of church opposition
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Trees of Joy Update A short update on our ‘Ian Stewart Trees of Joy ‘project for this year. Due to COVID-19, this year’s project is greatly reduced due to a number of our corporate tree sites not electing to participate this year, as their staff are working from home. Our prime tree to date has been at Glenrose Village, suppling us to date about 600 gifts. We welcomed advice from Stockland Balgowlah on Wednesday, that they were erecting their tree and we could come and decorate it with cards. Also, on Wednesday, we had 7 bags of gifts collect by the Exodus Foundation, plus shortly after, Rotarians Robert Cox & Simone Tighe arrived from Coonabarabran Rotary, to collect 250 gifts, about 14 bags (photo) which had been packed in the weeks prior, for their various community group. With 12 sleeps till Christmas, the next 7-8 days will be busy. We’ll have deliveries to The Women’s Refuge, Stewart House, Bear Cottage and Royal Far West happening, plus Exodus Foundation collecting. Chris Brownlee
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Dear Presidents I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know that we have been running an ad for the Trees of Joy event (attached) on Rotary Trees of Radio Northern Beaches since the beginning of Joy.MP3 December, and the Warriewood Tree is featured on the RNB Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/radionorthernbeaches/ Best wishes to you all for Christmas and the New Year, and thank you for your sponsorship of our community radio station. David. David Stewart-Hunter | Sponsorship | Radio Northern Beaches Email: dsh987@bigpond.com
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Dear Chris Brownlee,
I am writing on behalf of the Rotary Clubs of North Ryde and Macquarie Park. This year due to COVID -19 restrictions our regular North Ryde Carols on the Common will be an online livestream video event providing great Christmas entertainment. The event will go live on December 13 @ 7.00pm and will be available from then until 25 December on the website: https://www/carolsonthecommon.org.au/ or on the Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/RotaryCarolsOnTheCommon
The Carols on the Common "Believe in the Magic of Christmas " event will be raising funds for Foodbank NSW & ACT and Riding for the Disabled (NSW) Ryde Centre and other Rotary Local Community Projects.
We hope that you will be able to place our attached flyer and/or summary piece in your newsletter and share with your community before December 13.
Regards Pam
Pam Wood Secretary 2020-21 The Rotary Club of North Ryde mobile 0400803417
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Today in History
The Tower that Twice Defied Hitler Hitler and his entourage strutting in front of the Eiffel Tower
by Ray Setterfield December 15, 1832 — Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born on this day. He became a civil engineer responsible for the tower that bears his name and which became the iconic symbol of Paris – and, indeed, France itself. But he also played an important role in building the equally iconic symbol of the United States – the Statue of Liberty. The Eiffel Tower was built as the main exhibit of the 1889 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair), held to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. Eiffel designed and oversaw construction of the project, which was completed on 31 March, 1889. The tower remained the world’s tallest man-made structure for 41 years until the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930. The original plan was that it would be dismantled after 20 years but it was saved because of its use as a wireless telegraph transmitter. It also went on to become a growingly popular attraction despite fears by critics at the start that it would be an ugly structure dominating the Paris skyline. Such was its status in 1940 that it was one of the first locations where Adolf Hitler chose to be photographed after he invaded France in 1940. Interestingly, though the French could do nothing about Hitler's presence, Resistance fighters were determined that the Fuhrer would not have the satisfaction of ascending the structure – so the lift cables were cut before the Germans got there. Reaching the top then meant a climb of 1,665 steps.
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Nazi soldiers were nevertheless ordered to climb to the summit and hoist the swastika – which they managed to do. But the flag was so large it blew away after a few hours and had to be replaced by a smaller one. Hitler's reaction is not recorded. Early in his career, Eiffel had built a number of bridges for the French railway network and had developed a reputation as a man who knew a thing or two about wind resistance. Just the man to tackle the problems posed by a giant statue designed to stand in New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Eiffel. It was dedicated in 1886. To make the edifice stable, Eiffel came up with a four-legged pylon structure which would support the copper sheeting that made up the body of the statue. The entire structure was assembled at his works in Paris, then dismantled and shipped to the United States in crates. But he will probably be best remembered for the Eiffel Tower – a structure that was lucky to survive the Second World War. In August 1944, Allied troops were advancing towards Paris and it became obvious that the Germans would soon be driven out. A furious Hitler sent orders to General Dietrich von Choltitz, the military governor of Paris, to turn the city into rubble – including the Eiffel Tower. Thankfully, Choltitz did not carry out the command. The much-loved tower is 324 metres tall (including antennas) and weighs 10,100 tonnes. The French car manufacturer Citroen treated it as a giant billboard between 1925 and 1934 using a quarter of a million light bulbs to emblazon their name on the structure. The Guinness Book of Records recorded it as the world’s biggest advertisement. But perhaps the most bizarre incident involving the tower came in 2008. A woman with an objects fetish "married" the Eiffel Tower, changing her name to Erika La Tour Eiffel in honour of her "partner". The "bride," who was at one time a US soldier, was obviously attracted by strong, silent types. There's no telling what Gustave Eiffel would have made of it all. He died in 1923, aged 91. Published: November 27, 2017 The Tower that Twice Defied Hitler - On This Day
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