Newsletter No. 298 March 2018

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                                              Rotary Club of Stranraer

Monthly Newsletter No 298

 March 2018

Service above self

Meetings – unless otherwise advised

1st and 3rd Monday of month – 1pm

2nd & 4th Monday of month – 6pm

Imminent Activities   

Mon 5th March – 1pm – Youth Scholarship presentation – see below – and presentation of £500 donation to Hard of Hearing Group.

Mon 12th March – 6pm – New members evening – usual meal followed by presentations from Neville Wright and Gary Small. New Member Chis Brewis also to be inducted as a member.

Mon 19th March – 11am Curling with Larne Rotary Club followed by meal at 1pm and a talk by David Kirkwood.

Mon 26th March – 6pm visit to Mull of Galloway Lighthouse followed by a meal at Torrs Warren.

Dates for your Diary  

Thurs 10th May – Senior Citizen’s Outing for Coronation Day Centre members – to for a meal and entertainment.

Fri May 18th – Annual Bread and Cheese Lunch for Christian Aid

Sat June 9th – Annual Mull of Galloway Trail Marathon etc

Fri 29th June – Annual AmAm golf tournament

Wed 13th June - Kids Out Day

Aug 2018 – Local Skiff Regatta in Ryan

July 2019 – Skiff World Championship in Ryan

Recent Events                        

Mon 5th Feb – 1pm - Presentation of £1,000 to Stranraer Activity Resource Centre - see below.

Mon 12th Feb – 6pm – Alan Gordon delivered a very interesting talk about ‘Open Innovation’. This is a new concept with his company Stena being at the forefront in this country of pioneering a new way finding solutions to problems by openly asking for help. Amazingly 2/3 of solutions come from outside industries.

Mon 19th Feb – 1pm – Roger Johnson entertained us with aa amusing talk about his 3 years in the merchant navy after leaving school.

Mon 26th Feb – 6pm – Douglas Irving, a member of Dalbeattie club and Past President of Kirkcudbright club managed to make his talk about stamp collecting, with a focus on local postmarks and cancellations, very interesting.

Scholarship Award

This annual award of £250 is given to an Academy pupil who has had to overcome significant difficulties. This year there were 2 nominations from the Academy. It was agreed that both were deserving cases and it has been decided that each will receive the £250 award. The award will be presented at our meeting on 5th March.

Activity and Resource Centre

President Neville Wright handed over a cheque for £1,000 from our Christmas collections to this deserving organisation which does so much for the less able in our community.

Donations agreed by Club Council

It has been agreed to make the following charitable donations. Council decided to follow the advice from our International Committee with regard to foreign donations.

SightSavers, Mary’s Meals and WaterAid – supported by us for many years - £200 each and which also attract matching grants from Rotary Foundation. Grants of £200 each were also agreed for 500 Miles (a charity which we have supported for several years) and charities new to us Malawi Smileawi (run by 2 Dunoon dentists), David Gordon Memorial Hospital (Malawi), and Nepal Science (towards providing science equipment and toilet blocks for 4 schools). We will also be running our annual Christian Aid Lunch in May.

There have been recent donations locally to the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme of £700 and £1,000 to our local Activity and Resource Centre.

It was also agreed that £500 be donated to Stranraer Hard of Hearing Group and £200 be provided to help the Befrienders Group take 4 children from the DG9 area to a ‘Big Day Out’ at Laggan Outdoor Centre

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of Galloway Trail

A comprehensive report from Tom Stevenson is being sent separately to members. Thanks are due to all those who help in the maintenance of the Trail including members, Hugh Parker, John Service, Ronnie Irving, Alistair McCulloch, Alex Cairns and Piers Butler.

                

Our group of supporters and friends make good use of their season tickets to watch Glasgow Warriors. All of our group of 10 renewed their season tickets and were joined by 2 new supporters bringing us up to 12. 

Our season ticket holders are again making their tickets available to Club members for individual matches which they themselves are unable to attend.  It is essential that Tom Mitchell is contacted at an early stage before spares are offered to others.

A trip to for the Pro 14 Final on Sat 26th May has been arranged with cancellable hotel rooms close to the stadium booked. Contact Tom Mitchell if you are interested in attending any match including this trip.

Press Officer  

Members should get in touch with Tom Mitchell, in his role as Press Officer, if they have anything they wish included in the Newsletter or reported in the press. He particularly wishes photographs for publication and/or Club archives.  

We have articles in the Free Press and in our District Magazine on a regular basis.

Websites 

 Roger Johnson continues to manage our site. 

 http://rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1383  

Tom Stevenson continues to look after the Mull of Galloway Trail site.

http://www.mullofgallowaytrail.co.uk/  

Tom has also ensured that the MGT is listed among ’s Great trails

http://www.scotlandsgreattrails.com/

We are on Facebook with 22 members.

It would be appreciated if members who use Facebook would join the group and forward any new content to their friends thus helping our public profile.

And finally:

Q: Where does a snowman keep his money?
A: In a snow bank.

Q: What do you get from sitting on the snow too long?
A: Polaroids!

Q: What do you call ten Arctic hares hopping backwards through the snow together?
A: A receding hare line.

Q: What do you call an old snowman?
A: Water!

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