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issue No 437

FEBRUARY 2003

this month's cover

Warehouse manager Michael Pellegrino, of New Wave Logistics at Bankstown, N.S.W., Past President Tom Colless, of the Rotary Club of Katoomba, N.S.W., and District 9690 Governor John Wakefield, of the Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains, N.S.W., with water bought at auction by the Sydney Districts for distribution to Rural Fire Services and drought-stricken areas in the north-west of New South Wales. Report and other drought aid news begins on page 8

in this Issue

New club in a new nation - inside cover	11
Thirstbusting drought aid to N.S.W. Districts	8
Happiness is water to the west by the truckload	9
Beecroft hosts long way from home	10
Dry and getting desperate, then Christmas cheer came to town	12
Dazzling urbanites pitch in so calves get a square meal
City and country links endure, endow	13
Effective road safety program is being widened	14
Commitment to polio eradication by R.I. Board
Debunk the myth . . .	15
Rotary no longer an old man’s lunch club
It’s not unusual . . . until you see it at Rotary school	16
Four-page Brisbane R.I. Convention feature	19
FAIM is never fleeting	24
Modelling socks for polio eradication
Probus is community service at the doorstep	26

Regular columns

Rotary Fellowship 2; President's Message 3; Bob Aitken's 'from where I sit' 4; News Bulletin, 4; John Thorne Jottings, 5;Harley Tarrant's column, 6; Mailbox 6; What's On 26; Rotarnet with Del Jeal, 27; Rotary World 28; Paul Harris Fellows 34; Noticeboard 35 Called to Higher Service 35; Wanted known 37; Directory 38; In Your Garden 40; ; Smiles 40

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