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IN THIS MONTH'S
ISSUE

No. 469, DECEMBER 2005 JANUARY 2006
 
18: I Care Day is a new way to become involved
18: R.I. officers to attend third reunion
20: Membership matters: Be committed to membership
21: Dubbo Macquarie on target for 50 per cent growth
22: French Polynesian flair set mood for two club charters
24: Ken Scheller award details
25: Rotary Down Under Photographic Competition details
26: Creating awareness for growth in The Rotary Foundation
28: Mudgeeraba, Gladstone South and Goodna golfing aces
31: Indigenous Community Volunteers to rescue at Kalgoorlie
32: Hamilton gives a smile to communities in the Andes
34: She could not believe she had to write an essay on Rotary
36: Laughter in the bunker OK at Coffs
37: Hollywood to Broadway at Longreach
38: In 200 years people of Ingham will know Rotary cared
38: Waste land to welcome vista at Rossmoyne
42: Bendigo’s 80th birthday a District 9800 landmark
43: Cooma under budget and ahead of time in PNG project
44: RO-TV looks at ARHRF Safari, Clown Doctors, RYLA
48: Inner Wheel looks to conference and convention
 
Regular features

3: President’s Message. 4: News Bulletin, From Where I Sit. 7: Mailbox. 27: PolioPlus, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. 45: Gardening. 46: Legally speaking, Wanted Known. 49 Clubs in action. 55: Paul Harris Fellows, Called to higher service, notices. 56: Directory. 58: What’s On. 59: Smiles
Obituaries: Leslie Johnston (page 36), Doug Delarue (page 45).
Inserts this issue: Page 37 has details.

this month's cover
Two songs specially-written by the 22 new Rotarians for the charter of the Rotary Club of Taravao Tahiti Iti in French Polynesia entranced people during a weekend of celebrations to charter two Rotary clubs in District 9920. The Rotary Club of Moorea also was chartered with 24 Rotarians. See page 22. The smaller photograph shows Rotarian Peter Robinson, of the Rotary Club of Batlow, N.S.W., who is putting in the hard yards for the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF). He is making a solo canoe journey from Tumut (N.S.W.) to Goolwa (S.A.) by travelling the Tumut, Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers.
In this issue  
9: Licensing is important to the good name of Rotary
9: R.I. Nominating Committee to reconvene
12: Not stuck on raising funds to Stamp Out Leprosy
13: D9810 turns on the taps for four villages
13: New Zealander’s largesse leads to further funding
14: R.I. Convention hosts plan variety with golf, Nobel dinner
17: R.I. Convention in 2007 to be held in Salt Lake City

 
 

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