Castello's Cucina, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA
President Ken Haines
Next Week: Andrea Pluck - The Lymphoedema Association
Last Meeting
Venue: Castello's Cucina, Living Choice
Event: Lenard Sciancalepore - Mosaic
Guests: Lenard was accompanied by two guests Subi and Rasmi.
Attendance: 18members and two guests
Opening
President Ken was unwell this week, so club Secretary Greg McLeod officiated in his stead, and opened the meeting.
He noted that many members were in Melbourne for the Rotary Convention and they will be back next week, no doubt with a full report that your usual editor can include in the next Rotarian. (Photo supplied by Briony Casburn along with the one below from the event itself at Rod Laver Pavilion.)
Graham Beckett was welcomed back after his harrowing recent mishap in Sydney. He tripped and fell on concrete, was carted quickly to hospital where he was put into the pain ward and was found to have broken two ribs and fractured a third. One fortunate result was that a concern about a scarred lung from and earlier event was discovered and treated at the same time. He appeared hale if not entirely hearty.
Greg (later) reported that he, along with Bob and Maria Mills, had attended the funeral of Pauline Daly the wife of the late Ken Daly a very long term member of our club. Pauline was a strong supporter of the club and managed the Thrift Shop for many years in a voluntary capacity. She was well known and liked by members, due largely to her easy manner and her good humour (necessary, your editor imagines, to stay married to Ken for over 70 years). Pauline was 92.
Lenard Sciancalepore - Mosaic
Lenard is the President of the Rotaract Club of Adelaide Peace and is known to us also as the compere of our annual Youth Music Awards. In 2017 his club organised and staged the first Mosaic Intercultural event.
The aim of the event is to showcase the cultural diversity of our city and to especially give exposure to some of the smaller ethnic communities that can often slip below the radar. He reported that educating international students has grown to become a larger contributor to the South Australian economy than the wine industry.
Mosaic is founded on the beliefs that there is unity in diversity, that we are better together, and that peace is the only way. The mission is to stage cultural events showcasing SA's interculturalism and cultural diversity.
Their objectives are:
An annual event on or near to the International Day of Peace
Encourage interculturalism
Support at least one charity
Support culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Mosaic has occurred every year since 2017 and over that time has raised over $28,000 for the chosen charities. Lenard showed a video of one of the beneficiaries, a project to teach young women and girls how to produce their own sanitary napkins.
Mosaic has a number of sponsors including several Rotary Clubs and Lenard is hopeful that Unley will become one too (although Rhonda Hoare did the asking).
The next Mosaic will be on 30th September at the Dom Polski Centre between 7.30 pm and 10 pm. Tickets are available on line.
We were then treated to a dance performance by Lenard's guest Subi, a student from Nepal who enchanted us with two dance performances, One to music that would be used in a wedding and the other a sprightly love song.
Lenards other guest and Subi's friend filmed the performance.
Spots
Paul Duke is sleeping rough at Hindmarsh in Adelaide with a number of others, to raise money for “Cafe outside the square”. This is a registered charity that looks after homeless people and needy families and runs without any government support. Naturally, I’m expecting it to be a fine and mild night! Could you see your way clear to make a donation to support me? Donations are tax-deductible
Brenton Judge aims to deliver children's clothing, toys and furniture to Treasure Boxes and asked any members with items they are able to donate to bring them to next week's meeting
Rhonda Hoare reminded us all that the Youth Music Awards will be on Saturday 24th June at the Goodwood Institute Theatre 166 Goodwood Rd diagonally opposite the Capri Theatre, starting at 7pm.
All members and their partners are encouraged to attend and entry is free.
She also mentioned that the Young Friends of Rotary are working to support Shelter Box and have joined forces with other Young Friends of St Peters, Norwood, and Blackwood clubs. There seems to be a flourishing culture of Young Friends that started right here in Unley.
Finale
Brenton Judge won the Dough and Robyn Carnachan added some chocolate flavour to her already substantial sweetness.
The meeting closed a little late as can often be expected when you have a stand in President, who had no words of inspiration or encouragement for the week ahead.
Rotary International News
Rotary saves lives with STOP THE BLEED®
By Juliet Altenburg, governor of District 7390 (Pennsylvania, USA), a member of the Rotary Club of Mechanicsburg-North, and executive director of the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
Picture: Registered nurse Juliet Altenburg with Penn State Health Trauma Program Staff at a STOP THE BLEED® class. From left: RNs Justin Heimrich, Sunny Goodyear, Altenburg, and Amy Bollinger
A10-year-old boy was riding his bicycle down a hill with his friends in 2021 – something he had done many times before – when his fun morning turned tragic. As he entered an intersection, he collided with a car he didn’t see coming. In an instant, he broke both of his arms and had uncontrolled bleeding that could have killed him within four minutes.
Fortunately, the accident happened near a police station where officers quickly called 911. As a team of emergency medical responders headed to the scene, the officers applied tourniquets to each of the boy’s extremities. The EMS team examined the boy and transported him to a local pediatric trauma center, which quickly diagnosed his injuries and surgically corrected them. Weeks later, he was discharged to his family and assigned a team of rehabilitation specialists.
By any standard, this is a heart-warming story of how local police officers, medical responders, and hospital personnel saved a boy’s life. What makes it even more amazing to me is how my Rotary club, my Rotary district, and The Rotary Foundation helped to save him.
In 2019, I invited our local trauma center nurses to my Rotary club meeting to speak on a national awareness campaign administered by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma called STOP THE BLEED.® It was launched as a result of a meeting after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a national team of medical experts discussed how more lives could have been saved. They realized that if teachers and others on the scene had been educated in bleeding control techniques, it could have made a difference.
District grant
After the presentation, my club applied for a district grant which allowed us to get a $2,500 match and purchase 300 tourniquets for a local township police station. Those police officers were educated by the local trauma center on their use, and it was those tourniquets that saved the life of the boy in the bicycling accident.
What makes this especially personal for me is the fact that my entire professional career has been dedicated to working in or overseeing trauma centers. In the first part of my career as a nurse, I cared for trauma patients and worked in a leadership role to advance trauma care in my hospital. In my current statewide role, I serve as executive director of an organization that accredits trauma centers in Pennsylvania.
This year as district governor, my vision was to advance partnerships between trauma centers and local Rotary clubs to bring the STOP THE BLEED® campaign to Rotarians and the public. We’ve educated more than 200 people during Rotary club meetings, community health fairs, our district conference, and separate STOP THE BLEED® classes at a local community college. Through all these activities, I’ve come to realize more deeply how combining one’s professional interests with the power of Rotary can provide huge results.
Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre
10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix - Next one is Friday 2 June 2023
Upcoming Meeting
Tuesday 6 June 2023 6 for 6.30pm Castello's Cucina, Living Choice
Guest Speaker: Andrea Pluck - The Lymphoedema Association
Attendance and welcome: Judy Barton & Patsy Beckett
Tuesday 13 June 2023 6 for 6.30pm Castello's Cucina, Living Choice
Guest Speaker: Rough Sleeper - Naked and Afraid
Attendance and welcome: Patsy Beckett & Valerie Bonython
Tuesday 20 June 2023 6 for 6.30pm Castello's Cucina, Living Choice
Guest Speaker: Change Over Night (Partners Welcome)
Attendance and welcome: Valerie Bonython & Ross Burton
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
Week 4: 22 April 2023
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
Week 5: 29 April 2023
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood@ozemail.com.au
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 3 June 2023
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 10 June 2023.
The Tale End.....
Is it the Truth?
My Favorite Animal
Our teacher asked what my favourite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken."
She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else laughed. My parents told me to always tell the truth. I did. Fried chicken is my favourite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of the RSPCA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.
Anyway, my teacher had sent me to the principal's office. So I told him what happened, and he told me not to do it again.
The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favourite live animal was.
I told her it was chickens. She asked me why, so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.
She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again.
I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am.
Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most. I told her, "Colonel Sanders."
Guess where I am now!
A woman and her 13 years old son were in a Taxi.
They went through a seedy part of town with prostitutes standing by the roadside.
The Boy asked; “Mummy, what are all those women doing?
His Mother replied; “They are waiting for their husbands to come back from work.”
The Taxi driver turned around and said; “Why don’t you tell the boy the truth?. Little boy, they are prostitutes, they sleep with men for money. Said the Driver”.
The Boy’s eyes got wide and asked; “Mummy is that true?” His mother, glaring hard at the driver replied; “Yes.!!”
After a few minutes, the boy asked; “Mummy, what happens to the babies those women have?”
She replied; “They grow up to be Taxi drivers."
A callow youth walks into a talent scout’s office
He's gingerly cradling a cardboard box with some small holes poked in two sides. Eventually he is ushered in to meet Dandy Dan DeVille, talent scout extraordinaire.
“Son, time is money,” says DeVille, “and I see you brought a cardboard box, which interests me slightly. The nervous young guy manages to stammer, “I have a m-m-musical a-a-act.” He opens the box and removes a tiny piano and an even tinier stool, which he places gently in front of the keys.
DeVille, curious, leans in.
The youth then produces a gray mouse, which he sets on the stool. Reaching back inside the box, he pauses, then slowly withdraws his hand, and Deville sees a lovely monarch butterfly alighting on the lad’s finger. The butterfly flutters down to the table beside the piano. Taking a deep breath, the lad snaps his fingers.
At this, the mouse starts playing “Misty” on the piano and the butterfly starts singing in the most lush soprano Deville has ever heard.
The talent scout is dumbfounded.
The lad snaps his fingers again, and the mouse starts playing “O Mio Babino Caro,” with the butterfly skillfully navigating the aria with ease.
Tears welling in his eyes at the beauty of this performance, DeVille fumbles in his desk, pulls out a contract and shoves it in front of the young man.
“This is the single greatest act I’ve seen in 27 years of doing this,” says DeVille. “We’ll do Madison Square Garden, Royal Albert Hall, the Bolshoi. Son, you’re rich. Hell, WE’RE rich. Just sign the contract and make this official, and I’ll have you headlining across the globe!”
The young man picks up the paperwork, reads it, and sweat starts pouring from his brow. He loosens his tie and mops his forehead with it.
“Is th-th-this a legal d-d-document?” he asks hesitantly. “Could I go to j-j-jail?”
“Son, why would you even ask such a stupid question? You’re on the cusp of millions!” DeVille shouts.
“Well, you see,” the young man explains, “the b-b-butterfly can’t really sing. The m-m-mouse is a ventriloquist.”
compere of our annual Youth Music Awards. In 2017 his club organised and staged the first Mosaic Intercultural event. 
