34th Yea Rotary Art & Craft Show
Australia Day Weekend
January 2019
Opening 7.30pm Thursday 24 th January
Closing 3pm Monday 28 th January
Entries close: 6.00pm Friday 4th January 2019
Artshow Director
Carol Hogg
Guest Speaker: Geoff Heath Converting Plastic to Diesel
Jeff has an extensive record of service to community, and has owned, bought and sold a few businesses in his time. His current business venture sees an innovation in recycling where waste plastics are converted to diesel. (A reverse process). The original company went into liquidation and so he bought it and floated it on the exchange. The company is now called Future Energy.Guest Speaker: Molly Connor (Outbound Exchange)
Molly, from Winton, is the Rotary Youth Exchange student that our club is sponsoring in 2019. During her talk Molly talked about her life with her family of five, going to school in Wangaratta and her exchange next year to the Bordeaux region of France. Molly spoke well and gave a very confident presentation.
Kimberley (our exchange students from Switzerland) thanking Molly for her talk.
Molly and her mother Sophie
Induction of a new member: Tony Jacobs
For the second week running, the club has inducted a new member—this time Tony Jacobs from Murrindindi, put forward by Paul Kellett. Paul has known Tony for about 25 years and said that he will be a great asset to the club. He has a background in accounting, and since being in the area, has been involved on the boards of both the Yea and Alexandra hospitals and involved in the charity Blue Dragon, to support street kids in Hanoi. Tony was then inducted and will have the classification of Finance and is to be on the International Committee. Welcome to the club Tony. We all hope you enjoy the journey!!Guest Speaker: Di Welsh: The Person Behind The Badge
A member now for a whole week, Di gave her story behind the badge.Guest Speaker: Jo Pride: Topic: Human Trafficking.
Jo Pride works for Hagar Australia. She gave a presentation about ‘Modern Slavery’ and gave some shocking facts and details about how prevalent slavery is in this modern time. There are 15,000 enslaved in our own country. Two thirds of slavery is prevalent in the Asia Pacific region today. She told a story of a lad in Cambodia who was enslaved at the tender age of 12 and finally managed to return home when he was 30 years old. A ‘Modern Slavery Act’ is desperately needed and currently on the agenda to be debated this month.Guest Speaker: David Anderson
David gave all an update on Polio. What causes it, what was done originally and what needs to happen next. Polio is an intestinal virus, usually caused by unsanitary conditions, causing irreversible paralysis to those particularly aged 5 years and under. Originally, Rotarians stood alone when it came to founding a plight to end Polio. It wasn’t long before other organisations wanted to come on board and assist in this initiative. Some of the organisations that support this day are the World Heath Organisation, UNICEF, The Melinda Gates Foundation and governments around the world.Guest Speaker: Michael Tehan. (Rotary Club of Euroa)
Michael spoke about his life in the law. Next year will be his 50th year in law. His father was a lawyer in the 1920’s and the business went back as far as 1885. Michael was admitted into practice in 1969. His father instilled the importance of confidentiality and how you behave in a small country town. Michael stressed the importance of appointing a Power Of Attorney, of which, the reasons for requiring a POA has vastly changed over the years.| Club Meeting | Guest Speaker |
| 11_10_18 | The District Governor's Visit |
| 4_10_18 | David Anderson - The REAL Project |
| 27_9_18 | Julie Griffith Ned Kelly Centre, Presidential Citation Presentation |
| 20_9_18 | Jeff Swain President, President Alexandra/Yea/Mansfield Legacy group |
| Mariam Baker, President RC of Seymour | |
Thomas Nyawir - Mirror of Hope Project | |
| 16_8_18 | Kimberley Bay - Rotary Youth Exchange Student |
Cycle Dindi 18
We, in conjunction with The Rotary Club of Alexandra, have just run our third Cycle Dindi event on the GVRT, and 80 plus riders thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This year riders were given a choice of long (109 or 97 Kms) or short (47 or 54Kms) rides, starting either from Yarck, Yea or Trawool, traversing through the shires of Murrindindi and Mitchell Shires. To enhance the experience, riders had to opportunity to enjoy the Yea Market before setting off.
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