Rotary Club of Wynberg
Vol: 66 No: 18 1818 x PRESIDENT Jackie James 072 673 0545
EDITORIAL
SECRETARY Rob Murphy 083 726 7060
TREASURER Mike Schreiber 021 689 4466
EDITORIAL BOARD Barry Cleveland 021 788 6781 Karen Overbosch 082 574 5952 String Smith 021 715 0838 Dirk du Plessis 0824671551
Date: 11 Dec 20142-10
By Francois van Eeden
Market at The Palms, Woodstock. If you feel like attending a nice market on a Saturday morning, head down to Woodstock and find a unique gem of a market at The Palms lifestyle and décor centre. The building, built in 1925 as far as I can establish, is an ideal setting for a market and creates a great atmosphere. The floor between the shops of the centre is filled with more than 40 traders showcasing their wares. It reminds me of the good old days of trading in the village square. While wandering between the stalls tasting all the delicious food, you can listen to live music provided by outstanding artists. One of them ended up in the top 5 of the recent idols competition. Except for the amazing food on offer there are also spices, dried fruits and nuts, craft beers and wines for sale. Some of the stalls you will find are Darling Gourmet Mushrooms, Kurt’s Meat Deli, Stonehill Olives and Eureka Bread Mills. In between you can also visit all the shops the centre has to offer. The market is on every Saturday between 9h00 and 14h00. Entrance to the centre is free and there are more than 300 covered parking bays. Once you have been to this market you will go back again. The Palms Centre, Main Road Woodstock.
MEETING OF THE 27 NOVEMBER 2014 Attendance Present: Apologies: Make ups: Absent:
16 6 1 2
Visitors Our club was honoured by five visiting Rotarians, Tass Abrahams, Leila, Abigail, Lindsay and Ricky. We’re hoping to see them soon again. Fellowship Announcements None
Slots Jackie, John, Stephen and Alan attended the re-launch of the Rotaract Club of Steenberg. It was reported that this was a lovely evening. Alan will be the representative from our club.
Jackpot Regrettably the committee decided to skip the swindle this week due to reasons no-one knows.
President’s quotes Our president, Jackie’s quote for the week came from Confucius: “ Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated”
GUEST SPEAKER : Dennis introduced Dr.J. Balavenkatasubramanianis a consultant at Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals, Coimbatore, specialising in Anesthesiology as our guest speaker. Dr. Balavenkatasubramanianis said the GSE South Africa team that was sent to India made a lasting impression. He believes the strong connection between India and SA is grounded in the shared philosophy of both Nelson Mandela and Mahatmas Gandhi that conflict can be resolved peacefully. Dr. Balavenkatasubramanianis attributes all the accomplishments in his life to his association with Rotary. Being a member of Rotary from his teenage years has helped him being moulded in the person he has become. He is optimistic about life’s opportunities and shared his experiences and optimism about the future of India with us.
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GOING FORWARD Duty Roster DECEMBER
JANUARY
Sergeant
11 Barnard
18 Hovstad
8 Overbosch
15 Schreiber
Attendance Officer
A O’Driscoll
A O’Driscoll
A O’Driscoll
A O’Driscoll
Wynpress Editorial
Van Wyk
Barnard
Bird
Bredenkamp
Minutes for Wynpress
Overbosch
Smith
Du Plessis
Cleveland
Door Duty
Bird
Bredenkamp
Cleveland
Danckwerts
Grace
Todd
Van Niekerk
Van Wyk
Vivian
Loyal Toast
Van Eeden
Vivian
Bird
Bredenkamp
International Toast
Hovstad
Howard
Jackson
Klotz-Gleave
Speaker Introduction
Jackson
Klotz-Gleave
N/A
Lidgley
Speaker Thanks
Gavin
Gowdy
Hovstad James, Danckwerts, Schreiber, Smith, Lidgley,Gavin
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Programme To Sun Dec 21
Uncle Pauls (Wynberg Rotaract)
Thu Dec 11
Business Meeting
Fri Dec 12
Our Charter day! Chartered 12th December 1949
Thu Dec 18
Last meeting : Xmas party : Bring & Braai at Karen’s new place.
Sun Dec 21
Last night: Uncle Pauls
Thu Dec 25
Christmas
Thu Jan 1, 2015
New Year
Thu Jan 8
First meeting of 2015: Dave Barnard on the Battlefields.
Thu Jan 15
Normal meeting: James Fernie: Uthando
Thu Jan 22
SAB visit & tour
Thu Jan 29
TBC
Thu Feb 5
1st Business meeting of the year
See the WRC calendar (http://wynbergrotary.org.za/calendar/ ) for full details. Wynpress
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TAILPIECE “There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” — Will Rogers, author, comedian, cowboy.
(The rest of them in South Africa may have to pee on the electric fence a few times to figure out their load shedding schedules.)
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