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issue No 448

April 2004

this month's cover

Rotary Australia Centenary Exhibition (RACE) chair Doctor Kristine Klugman, World Health Organisation (WHO) External Relations Officer for India Louise Baker, and National Museum of Australia exhibition curator Caroline Webber with a National Immunisation Day banner from Nigeria for the Rotary Australia Centenary Exhibition in Canberra from December this year until February, 2005. Report, pages 14 and 15

in this Issue

Council on Legislation: The dues question	10
Centennial Countdown: Double your service Better nursing care now with aid from Tamworth clubs	12
Centennial Countdown: Tidy villages ease health problems	13
Centennial Countdown: Race is on with Canberra exhibition	14
Centennial Countdown: Slaking thirsts via Canberra East	15
Centennial Countdown: Lending a hand to young Balinese	16
Clubs working with others: Dunedin East in $120,000 project	17
Clubs working with others: Wheelchairs via Mercy Ships St John Ambulance passes on knowledge through Rotary	18
Women in Rotary: They bring strength and vitality Not a trailblazer, but a person wanting to serve	20
Speaking with Glenn Estess	22
April is magazine month	24
Places to see: Ballarat home to new memorial	26
Rotary helps in New Zealand flooding	27
Clubs lending a hand: Recycled and refreshed and just right Club skills on parade	28
Mooloolaba driving force in golf tourney success Rotary service includes haven for ducks	29
On to 2004 R.I. Convention in Osaka, Japan	30
The 4-Way Test and Youth Polio Eradication: Rumours put millions at risk	32
A drop in the ocean? Not really, wheelchairs a boon	38
Anaheim colleagues pool resources to help Mexican sisters	39

Regular columns

President's Message 3; Bob Aitken's 'from where I sit' 4; News Bulletin, 4; John Thorne Jottings 5; Mailbox 7; News from the South Pacific and Philippines Offce 8; Rotarnet 31; Wanted Known 34; Gardening 34; What's On 35; People 36: This Rotary World 40; Anniversaries, reunions, 45: Called to Higher Service 46; Paul Harris Fellows 46; Directory 47; The Healthy Rotarian, 48; Smiles 48;

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