Guest Speaker, Howard Mueller spoke on the Burrumbuttock Hay Runners. The next one going to Qld next week will be his 12th run. There will be 240 trucks pulling 360 trailers each carrying 40 bales of hay. Obviously, these trucks need fuel which is estimated to be approx. $2,000 per truck.
Donations are welcome through a direct deposit to The Rotary Club of Sydney Drought Appeal, BSB 062438 ACC 10211156
I was just reading The Cog and it had a story written by a student, Courtney Blick from Glenrowan, who attended the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in Canberra in January this year. Courtney was clearly already a motivated student but not sure about following a science career path. She was exposed through the NYSF program to a range of stimulating science programs. Over 12 days she went to 5 labs or field sites, including the Canberra deep Space Communication Complex at Tibinbilla and the Molongolo Observatory. She met with mathemeticians, Nobel Prize Laureates, politicians, business people and academics. Our club has the opportunity to nominate a Year 11 student for the NYSF program in Januray next year. Expressions of Interest are now open, and close at the end of May. If you know of any student who maybe interested, please let us know as we would really like to sponsor a student on this excellent program.
As I was not at last week’s meeting I haven’t reported on the Board meeting we held last week. We did decide on the disbursement of some $4500 to worthy causes which I will mention on Wednesday. Also Vicki and Roger S have been in discussions with Dr Neil Bright from the UNSW Rural Medical School at the Base Hospital and we have awarded our Dr John McDonald Scholarship for 2016.
Guest speaker, Ros Wall is a country girl who after 20 years in hospitality joined Albury City Council in 2001.Her first job was to build the customer service unit on the ground floor of the chambers. Ros worked in customer service for five years and has since been in charge of events for the last 10 years. Ros has been very supportive of our club and continues to keep us up to date with possible community service projects.
Guest Speaker Wendy Elks is an author, illustrator, journalist and educator who chooses to specialise in exploring and presenting the unique Australian environment and spirit in varying formats. She is widely published in fiction, non-fiction, children’s and magazine publishing. With almost 30 years’ experience in the fields of creativity, learning and publishing and an enduring interest in the rural sector, Wendy’s latest project involves collaboration with an Albury-based creative/marketing venture and Melbourne-based artist Glenn Pearce, to bring to vivid life the broad and important roles of Australia’s immense and vital road transport industry. Wendy’s belief in the power of children’s literature to extend, educate and empower young people, at the beginning of their life journey, brings great enthusiasm and joy to this project, the Berty Button series of books.