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issue No 447

December 2003 January 2004

this month's cover

From a tentative start in 1980, Bookarama by the Rotary Club of Ashburton, N.Z., has become the club's major fundraiser. Bookarama this year will provide more than $NZ25,000 for distribution to worthy causes. See cover report, page 14. Photograply Courtesy, Ashburton Guardian.

in this Issue

Switzerland and the Swiss ... Partners in Rotary service	6
Finding the Way Home - Rotarians helping AIDS orphans	10
Ensuring Rotary's growth into the future	12
COVER REPORT - Ashburton's Bookarama the best	14
Rotary Club of Kingscliff's Centenary Project	16
Think science suffers from stereotypes? Then think mental health	17
Artworks 2003 sees $230,00 lending a hand	20
Glenn Estess sees NZ. Centennial project	28
$30,000 for Tasmanian Helicopter Service a solo effort	29
Bowelscan to fund research into cancer Profile of a RDU reader - survey results	30
Lending a hand for volunteers centre in Fiji	34
Better home cooking when Rotary Scholar returns home Rotaractors take no drink-driving messages to discos Humanitarian service and peace ideal partners	36
ROMAC's 15th anniversary celebrated in Bendigo	38
Going where Matthew went	40
Blackwood learns more about Nepal ... from two teachers	42
Probus ... a community service project for every Rotary club	43
RAM and ROM spell big trouble for malaria bugs	45
Seeing the sea close up	47
It's time to lend a hand to Rotary art	50
Open Door got blitzed ... and support kept growing	52
From Kalgoorlie to the rucks and mauls of the big time	65

Regular columns

President's Message 3; Bob Aitken's 'from where I sit' 4; News Bulletin, 4; John Thorne Jottings 5; Mailbox 8; Harley Tarrant's column 8; Polio Eradication 37: The Rotary Foundation 41; Wanted Known: 42: Gardening 46: What's On 41; People 48; What's On 51: Rotarnet 53: Board Highlights 54: This Rotary World 55: Anniversaries 60: Called to Higher Service 62: Paul Harris Fellows 62:: Noticeboard 53: Directory 63: Smiles 64:

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