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| Monday 28th June
Jeff Cullis
Chariot racing in Jordan |
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| Monday 21st June
Rtn. Phil Giles
Paul Harris Fellow |
President Pete Browne presented
Rotarian Phil Giles OBE with a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his past 6 years
as an outstanding speaker finder and for his dedicated service as Assistant Secretary.
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| Monday 14th June
Matthew Clark
Meningitis Trust |
In the absence of all
presidential officials, secretary Terry Brown took the chair. Matthew Clark spoke for the
Meningitis Trust. As the local development officer he provided support for affected
families, presented awareness talks, such as today and assisted fund-raising.
Founded in 1986 after a series of cases around Stroud, Glous. the Trust provides support
and awareness of the disease which kills more children under 5 than any other infectious
disease. Anyone at any time can be affected, though it is not particularly contageous. 15% are left with serious and disabling after effects if they survive at all! Both viral and bacterial (it travels up the spinal chord and affects the area around the brain, often causing septicaemia). its incubation is 2 hours to two days. There are over 3,000 cases a year. The vote of thanks was given by our own pharmacist, David Britton and a cheque handed to Matthew for his Trust for £150.
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| Saturday 12th June
Marie Curie Collection
at Long Eaton Tesco |
Rtn. Ian Viles organised a
collection at the request of the Marie Curie Charity for cancer care, at Tesco's.
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| Wednesday 9th June Golf Day Erewash Valley Golf Club |
There was a delayed start due
to rain for our annual charity golf day at Erewash Valley GC. However this meant a clear course when play commenced an hour late, so some teams started at hole 7, enabling the backlog to be cleared before all 22 teams had teed off. There were long dry periods too, the rain did not spoil the enjoyment of the day. Winners were Sabre 'A' with Sabre 'E' second. Also in the frame were On Track Flooring and Stupid Boys. Over £1,700 was raised on the day, £977 of which has already been allocated for a 'Pronestander' for the Long Eaton Outlook Day Centre. Thanks to Rtn. Colin Edson who master-minded the entire event, with support on the day from the majority of club members. Thanks too to all of our Sponsors especially our lead sponsor - Unipart.
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| Monday 7th June
Andy Holding Birmingham Airport |
Andy Holding gave an excellent
presentation of the workings of Birmingham Airport. He noted that they did not fly
anywhere, they just provide the facilities employing 2000 people to do so. There are plans to extend the runway so that their customers can fly further afield direct, but this means re-routing the A45 to accommodate the extension and in the present climate has been temperally shelved, together with the amalgamation of the two terminals.
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| Monday 24th May
Julietta Marquez EFT and Hypnotherapy |
Julietta Marquez, a local
practicioner of hypnotherapy and EFT gave a stunning address to today’s meeting. She explained how hypnotherapy was nothing like the acts portrayed on TV and had the assembled company standing, relaxing and pretending to hold a brick in one hand and a feather in the other. ‘It is just relaxing to reach the sub-conscious – like the relaxed state possibly achieved whilst sunbathing.’ With practice one can reach the state oneself (like yoga nirvana? (ed)). Julietta then explained EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique. This is based on the Chinese Chi beliefs of meridian body health lines. By tapping on certain acupuncture-based energy points with the fingers whilst talking about the emotional issues of the patient, blockages can be removed and the energy system restored. Many phobias stresses fears and addictions can be helped with these treatments. JVP Jonathan Toon (looking very restored from a recent holiday) gave the vote of thanks
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| Monday 10th May
Katherine Foster DLR Air Ambulance |
President Jean Bianchi and five
members of Long Eaton Inner Wheel Club joined our lunch today. A presentation was made to
Katherine Foster of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance Service of
£520 being the proceeds of the joint wine tasting evening held last February. Katherine told us that the DLRAA was entirely dependent upon charitable donations for the £1.5m cost of maintaining the helicopter which can only fly in daylight hours. 943 flights were made last year, mainly to road, equestrian and agricultural accidents. Doctors and paramedics are carried on all flights and the average response time for the 2100 square miles they predominantly cover is eight minutes. (visit www.dlraa.co.uk for more information).
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| Thursday 6th May
Club Visit BBC East Midlands Studios |
Pics from our visit to the BBC
studios - where East Midlands Today and Radio Nottingham are transmitted from. Twelve of us went. We were shown round the radio studios and met some of the DJs-even bumped into the Scissor Sisters who were being interviewed for a later show! We were then taken to a room to watch Thursday evenings programme go out from a different angle with all the screens and voices from the control room - very interesting. After the show we visited the conrol room and met a visual controller and some of the stars of screen. As you can see we ended up on Annie & Dominics sofa for a photo shoot! And yours truly had to do the weather forcast-----a good evening was had by all. – Geoff Birkin.
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| Monday 26th April
Mike Beedham Chatsworth Centre Update |
President Peter welcomes Mike
Beedham, Vice chairman of The Chatsworth Arts Centre who provided the club with a progress
report on the rebuilding and rebirth of the Chatsworth Centre, Long Eatons performing art
centre, Phase 1 an entirely new building will link the two original remaining structures and the first production is already booked for June with the official Gala opening show scheduled for September. The new theatre will be home to several local amateur companies and bookings are already running into 2012 .
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| Monday 12th April
Kate Shaw Treetops Update |
Kate Shaw gave the club an
update on the Treetops Ripple Appeal. Thanks to the generosity of the local community and
business, she and her team of volunteers have rasied £1.4 million over the past two
years. Work on the new extension has now commenced and should be finished by June. When
completed this will provide up to 5000 day places per year, doubling the present capacity.
The Rotary Club of Long Eaton is proud to have made donations towards the fund and Kate reminded us that there is an opportunity to assist on the 12th September in providing marshalls for the Experian Robin Hood Festival of Running which will be a major fund raiser for Treetops over the next two years. Rtn Alec Persey gave the vote of thanks.
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| Monday 29th March
David Biggs Motor Cycles |
Rotarian David Biggs from
Beeston Rotary Club joined members at Cleve Lodge and gave a most interesting history of
the motor cycle from its earliest days , highlighting the importance of Nottingham in its
evolution. Names such as Campion, Humber, Raleigh were all developed locally culminating
in George Brough’s “Brough Superior” in the 19020s & 30s. David is a
member of the International Motor Cycle Fellowship of Rotarians and his enthusiasm for his
subject shone through. Rotarian Bunny Parker thanked David saying that the talk had
brought back his own memories of motor cycles & members had appreciated the detail and
lively presentation.
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| Monday 15th March
Mike Spencer Attenborough Nature Reserve |
Mike Spencer from the Notts.
Wildlife Trust gave members an update on Attenborough Nature Reserve, now one of the few
sites in the East Midlands to be designated SSI. (Special Scientific Interest) The Centre opened just 5 years ago is receiving a high level of visitors and is one of the most popular sites in Nottinghamshire. Mike concluded his entertaining update with a plug for annual membership of the Trust at just £30.00 p.a.The Vote of Thanks was given by Andrew Blyth
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| Monday 8th March
Captain Sam Boudet 2 Mercian Intelligence Officer |
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| Monday 8th March
Philip Ormerod Brackenfield School |
 Philip Ormerod, headmaster of Brackenfield school accepting a cheque for £413, raised at Burns Night, 25th January. (see below)
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| Monday 1st March
Sir Henry Every Bt. DL High Sheriff of Derbyshire |
Sir Henry, resplendent in full
uniform of High Sheriff gave an entertaining talk on his year in office. During the year he has attended over 200 events as Derbyshire's representative in order to applaud all that is good in the County. The Every family title dates back to the 15th Century and Sir Roger is the 7th member of the family to hold this high office, which is entirely without remuneration.
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| Monday 22nd February
Adam Dundas Smith-Young Award Scholar |
Adam Dundas was last years
recipient of The Smith Young Award. Adam is a volunteer tutor at Long Eaton Swimming club and used his award to gain a higher teaching grade to improve youngsters swimming techniques at an early period in their training. Adam is in his last year at Long Eaton School and we wish him well in his forthcoming examinations.  Pictured - Rtn Jonathan Toon, Adam Dundas and President Peter Browne
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| Monday 15th February
Matthew Williams and James Boon The East Midland University Air Squadron |
 Pictured - Rtn Keith Hall MBE, Matthew Williams and James Boon from The East Midland University Air Squadron with President Peter.
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| Thursday 11th February
Visit to Marstons Brewery |
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| Monday 8th February
Gujit Long Eaton Foyer Project |
The Foyer project is based in a
substantial house on Derby Road Long Eaton and aims to provide high quality supported
housing to young homeless people. The Foyer is different from a hostel in that it fosters
progress in training education and employment so that young people gain the skills needed
to maintain their own tenancy in life. The name originates in France where it was
introduced to young men back into employment after the war. Requirement standards are high
in order to qualify for Foyer status and support is from The Foyer Federation and locally
from Tuntum Housing. Pictured - Mrs Gujit Khosa accepting donation of £250 from President Peter Browne
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| Friday 5th February
Race Nite Trent Lock Golf Centre |
The evening held at Trent Lock
Golf Centre to raise monies for our Charity giving was a great success. Over 130 were
present to enjoy the 8 races and bangers & mash dinner. Masterminded by Rtn Alan
Wiggins, the evening was MC'd by Rtn Tony Gregory. Rtn Gary Dundas was projectionist and
auctioneer for the last race Rtn Jonathan Toon. Thanks to the generosity of all present
over £1,350 was made. The tote was brilliantly run by members of our Interact Club based
at Long Eaton School.
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| Monday 1st February
Dr Peter Barrett Reservists in Iraq |
Dr Peter Barrett is the
Chairman of the Nottingham Hospitals NHS Trust and is also a member of the East Midlands
Reserve Forces Advisory Board, an interface between the military and employers in the East
Midlands. Our operational troops when injured get excellent medical care at the British Field Hospitals in Afghanistan and formerly in Iraq, Reservists play a major role in staffing these facilities an initiative which is very strongly supported by the management of Nottinghamshire hospitals, Peter visited the medical facilities in the war zone in 2008 and told us of the professionalism and dedication of the Reservist forces. The Vote of Thanks was given by Rtn Joe Rudin.
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| Monday 25th January
Brian Burkey Walking for Health |
Brian Burkey, representing
"Walking for Health", gave today's talk. Brian is a founder member of the club
which was founded in 2002 to provide steady heart exercise so the walks are mainly on the
level with a maximum mileage of 3 1/2 miles. The group is now self-funded and has approximately 100 members.Walks are usually on Mondays and are led by an experienced leader, generally starting from Sawley on a round trip. The group mantains links with Erewash and is recognised as a community builder. Costs are modest and new members are welcome. Rtn. Alan Wiggins gave the Vote of Thanks on behalf of the club.
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| Monday 18th January
Burns Night for Brackenfield School |
Our celebration of Burns Night
(a little early but whose counting) held at Cleve Lodge was to support the new mini-bus
appeal for Brackenfield School. Their headmaster, Phil Ormerod was present to witness the
Address given to the haggis by Jimmy Willan, who then entertained us afterwards with music
and jokes. Our Piper was Rotarian Bruce Liddle of the Beeston Club, assisted by our owm members Bill McMorran and SVP Martin Cain. A raffle was held raising over £300.
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| Monday 11th January
Phil Cole
Canaan Trust |
Today our guest speaker was
Phill Cole of the Canaan Trust, The trust was set up in 1995 to help homeless males in the
Long Eaton area and has since expanded to provide accommodation for 12 males, the
home is available in 6 month periods so that they can stabilize their life and get
their lives back on track. The Canaan Trust is primarily a Christian group staffed by volunteers and full time staff all of whom are dedicated to providing caring and professional help to disadvantaged members of the community. The Club was pleased to support this local charity and donated £250.00 to the Trust.
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| Monday 7th December
Rtn Colin Gell
Rotary Fellowships |
Rotarian Colin Gell from the
Rotary Club of Carlton and District Fellowship Officer introduced the members to Rotary
Fellowship throughout the world. There are 62 associations providing a forum for rotary members on hobbies and action groups. Colin is tasked by District to foster interest in fellowship throughout District 1220 focusing on gourmet foods ,wine tasting and anything else that may be of interest to members Rtn George Mounsey gave the Club's Vote of Thanks to Colin
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| Monday 9th November
Kate Baxter
National Autistic Society |
The Club welcomed Kate Baxter,
representative for The National Autistic Society who gave a short talk on autism and its
effect on families in particular. Kate is responsible for raising funds and awareness of
the Society throughout a large swathe of England. The Society has been established nearly
50 years and provides support at national and local levels to sufferers and family. Life
is difficult particularly for youngsters, there is no known cure for the condition hence
the importance of support and awareness to all involved. For more information see their
web site at www.nas.org.uk. Rotarian Paul
Hopkins gave Kate the Vote of Thanks on behalf of the Club.
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| Monday 2nd November
RAF Regiment in Afghanistan
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| District
26th October |
Our first round was held last
night at the Lenton Lane alley, where we played a team from Bulwell and Basford. Whilst
the standard was not high, the evening was very convivial. When the printouts were added
up, it was found that we had won by a mere 36 points. Not encouraging for the next round,
but we hope it will be equally as fun. Our team is pictured below.
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Joint Project Update
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ROTARY CLUBS OF BETHEL ST. CLAIR, USA, AARS, DENMARK AND LONG EATON, GB JOINT INTERNATIONAL PROJECT - CLEAN WATER IN MALAWI: In true Rotary International style, three Rotary Clubs from different countries joined together to undertake one joint project. The three Clubs have enjoyed twinning arrangements for some time, but now there was a chance to undertake a joint project to encourage closer links and further the objects of Rotary. The three Rotary Clubs are Bethel St. Clair in Pittsburgh, USA, Aars in Denmark and Long Eaton in Great Britain. This is the first joint project the Clubs have undertaken, and hope to do two more in the next two years. The lead Rotary Club for this first project is RC Bethel St. Clair. Through their Club Member John Donahoe and his team, the Club evaluated that a worthwhile project was open to help in Malawi. The project focused on boreholes to provide much needed water to the Mchenga district near Lilongwe in Malawi. Each of the three Clubs agreed to donate $1000 each as the starter fund to the project. RC Bethel St Clair secured funds for just under $6000 in total, and this helped ensure the success of the project. To keep costs to the minimum, ‘Student Leaders in International Medicine’ (SLIM) volunteered to undertake the work and the Rotary Club of Lilongwe were responsible as host leader for the funds and project management. Three pumps have now been built and are operational. Elizabeth Van Loon and Sesi Aliu of SLIM visited the RC Bethel St Clair and explained their undertakings. Students from SLIM have been working with Mchenga District to give care to HIV/AIDs patients. SLIM decided on a clean water project, because diseases carried by unclean water are the largest cause of death in children. In the past they have had boreholes as a source for clean water but breakdowns and inadequate repairs made them unusable. An alternative was found with Pump Aid. These are brick-lined closed wells, thus preventing contamination and mosquito (malaria) infestation. Mchenga CBO provided volunteer labour to dig the wells. The wells are 3 meters wide and up to 15meters deep. Each well serves around 150 people and also provides water for irrigation. The cost of the wells was $1400 to $1700 each. Slim are looking at data on health improvements.
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| Monday 19th October
Kevin Bazeley
'Little Hearts Matter' |
Our speaker today was Kevin
Bazeley, fundraising manager for 'Little Hearts Matter'. He said that each year about 600
babies are diagnosed with only half a heart. Though normally spotted after the second
scan, 5 or 6 months into pregnancy, sadly about a third die before or during birth. His
charity offers help and support to the parents and families of affected babies, including
a 24/7 helpline. A team of only four operate the Birmingham based centre which covers the
whole of the UK, together with about 12 volunteers who run the helpline. It is hoped that with surgery a child can attain an age where a full heart transplant is possible. Surgery however is complex, half a heart is half the size of a hard-boiled egg and each has a different set of defects. The charity relies solely on donations and requires £25,000 a month to continue running. Its web site is www.lhm.org.uk Rotarian Tony Gregory gave the Vote of Thanks on behalf of the Club and Kevin was presented with a cheque towards funds by President Peter Browne.
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| Monday 14th September
W/C Harvey Smyth
Afghanistan |
The Rotary Club of Long Eaton was
privileged to receive a visit from Wing Commander Harvey Smyth of RAF 4 Squadron based at
Cottesmore. The Squadron has recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan
where the Squadron provided vital support to both British and Coalition ground
forces. Members and guests were given a fascinating insight into the life of front
line action and the amazing equipment used in modern warfare. Guests present included Major Charles Stephenson, Vice Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire and several ex service personnel including 3 members of World War 2 Bomber Command who saw active service flying many missions in Lancaster Bombers. A cheque was presented to Wing Commander Harvey for the newly launched Bomber Command memorial appeal by Rotarian Keith Hall MBE who is a past Lancaster bomber pilot.
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| Monday 7th September
Members Day |
It was a day for Members today.
Chris Brookes was inducted as a new member. Proposed by Tony Gregory, he was inducted by
Senior Vive President Martin Cain. George Mounsey presented his 'My Job Talk, in which he related a little of his history. He had joined Slack & Parr as a 'Castings Inspector' which involved fettling the raw astings that they produced. Subsequent promotions through to assistant works manager, works manager and eventually becoming a director of the company. The vote of thanks was given by Rotarian Geoff Birkin.
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| Monday 10th August
Arun Patel
Polio
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Arun Patel of Polio Children, a
UK and US registered charity gave an excellent illustrated presentation on the work his
organisation has undertaken at S K S N School for Disabled Children In Jodhpur,India. He
stressed the importance of polio eradication at the same time as not to overlook the
existing victims of polio. All the students came from poor families without a glimmer of
hope, their future lay in resorting to begging in the streets for survival. The success of
one student studying to become a doctor and another studying for an MBA was evidence of
the success of the Polio Children charity .Various vocational training facilities were
also offered by Polio Children to those students who were less academically inclined. Rtn Tony Gregory thanked Arun for such an insightfull presentation and to our club in support in their endevour, particularly to our member Dee Vyas, who was instrumental in raising virtually all of the donation. President Albert presented Arun with a cheque for £2083.22p
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| Monday 3rd August
Aars Twinning Visit |
At today's meeting David Britton
and Peter Browne gave a presentation on the Club's visit to our twinned Rotary Club of
Aars in Denmark. A party of twelve were hosted by the RC of Aars in April. Ourselves and
the RC of Settsu, Japan were invited to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the RC of Aars.
Their President, Jens Martin Hansen and fellow Members made us most welcome. We were all
settled in to our host Members' houses, and soon relaxed and joined in the entertainment. Aars itself is the main town in the area, but has a population of only 8000. It is an attractive town with good facilities and infrastructure; the town boasts a conference centre, museum, sports centre and theatre - excellent considering the size of the town! The local sculptor, architect and artist was Per Kirkeby and his works are throughout the town. We were given trips to the coast and the town of Aalborg. In Aalborg we visited the museum of Jorn Ulzon, the architect who designed the Sydney Opera House. We were entertained at the house of Knud Kristensen, the local Member of Parliament. Also we were guests at two Rotary functions, their evening meeting to celebrate their 50th Charter and a dinner and dance at the conference centre. The Japanese party gave an excellent singing cabaret, and we too gave our own rendition of 'Old King Cole'! We were made to feel so welcome by our hosts, and the weather was brilliant. We all had an excellent time, thank you RC of Aars!
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| Monday 27th July
P C Alan Rawsthorne
Notts Police Firearms Training Unit |
PC Alan Rawsthorne from
Nottinghamshire Police Firearms Training Unit joined members at Cleve Lodge for lunch,
President Albert Fleming also welcoming two members of Matlock Rotary Club. PC Alan told members about the structure of the armed response unit and how officers completed a seven week course before becoming an authorised arms holder. There were over 120 officers in Notts with armed capability but fortunately guns had never been actually used in the County. There were three armed response units spread around with a targeted response time of 20 minutes maximum within Nottinghamshire. The unit alsp provided protection for VIPs & Royalty on their visits to Nottingham. PC Alan then showed members the types of weapons carried and their particular function. Tasers were also available to be used if necessary. Rotarian Andrew Blyth thanked PC Alan for his instructive & informative presentation and told him how much members and the general public were grateful for the level of appropriate protection provided by the police.
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Monday 20th July
73 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers)
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107 attended a special evening
meeting at Cleve Lodge, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Erewash. Members of 73
Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) gave the address, a local TA Regiment, who had recently
returned from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The overview was provided by their commanding officer, Lt Col Alex Hilton who said that the whole success of the military operation in both areas depended upon creating an environment where the infrastructure could be rebuilt and gaining the hearts and minds of the locals so that they could resume to live a normal life in democratic safety. Stabilising the situation allows international contractors to proceed with the redevelopment. WO2 (RQMS) Graham Bean then presented his illustrated experiences of his tour in Basra from September 2008 to May of this year. After eight weeks training at Chilwell, in Germany and Kuwait, 17 volunteers arrived in Iraq to assist in repairing bridges, schools, lock gates, water and LPG installations and the like. They did not hold out themselves as experts but were there to facilitate and to train up the local people to look after themselves. Towards the end their task was to help organise the withdrawal of men, machinery and equipment to the UK and to sell or gift the smaller consumables to the locals. WO2 (SSM) Andy Dove, normally a BT engineer, then gave a similar illustrated presentation of his tour in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Helmand province, encompassing the Helmand River comprises the most populated and fertile province in the country. Sleeping accommodation was very basic and food comprised emergency rations for 5 months. The rainy season made conditions difficult, but the sandstorms of the dry season made regular weapon cleaning essential. With deep drainage ditches alongside all roads and crops often 7 feet tall, spotting the enemy could be difficult. Again the operation was to provide stability in the area, to reduce the flow of heroin and to help build up the local security forces and governance. After a lively question time during which pertinent questions were frankly answered, the vote of thanks was given by Rotarian Col Clive Atkins, who applauded the guests for giving up their time and risking their lives in the service of our country and for the betterment of others. President Albert Fleming then thanked Rotarian Wg Cdr Phil Giles for organising the entire evening.
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Monday 13th July
Joan Smith 'Blokes on Board' |
Senior Vice President Martin Cain welcomed Joan Smith from Grange Primary School in Long Eaton to this weeks meeting of the Rotary Club of Long Eaton at Cleve Lodge. Joan came to thank members for their participation in the "Blokes on Board" scheme operating at the School. She told members that there were many young boys who benefited from one to one contact with blokes who could help them with their reading , chat to them and help to give them confidence, providing role model experience and mentoring the students. With very few male teachers in Primary Schools Joan said that it was really important for the boys to chat and a steadying male influence improved their confidence.The twenty minute sessions were of real benefit. With up to seven Rotarians attending the School on a regular weekly basis with others, the scheme had helped many to be better prepared and get more out of life than they had before. Rotarian Mike Bass thanked Joan and said that all the Rotarians involved had enjoyed helping and hoped that more would join in. He said that this was a splendid way to give something back into the local community and a fine example of Rotary at work in Long Eaton. If any one would like more details of the scheme " Blokes on Board" contact Joan Smith at Grange School on 01159 9734956.
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| Monday 6th July
Induction of Officers for 2009-10 |
