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issue No 441

JUNE 2003

this month's cover

The faces of the future do have a future because Rotary International has served worldwide peace and understanding with the program to eradicate polio by 2005. These children were at an immunisation day in Ethiopia. See articles on pages 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Photograph by Jean Marc Giboux.

in this Issue

Countdown time for polio eradication $$$	11
Narellan’s big ball bounces fund raising to a high	12
Polio eradication is no picnic Croydon weighs in to help	14
Kenyan Rotarians are serving to curb HIV/AIDS spread	15
Should HIV/AIDS be next project after polio eradicated?	16
Linga Longa to have long-term benefits	18
People in Rotary	20
Prime Minister’s Cup golf in New Zealand	22
Looking for answers to global warming	24
Business and Rotary are serving together for youth	26
Unley remembers tragedy of Bali Croydon thinks big and backs a fund raising winner	27
Duck race turns Topsy and just grows	28
Service is diverse at Newcastle	30
Community Chest heading for $8 million	32
Inner Wheel supports program for mothers	33

Regular columns

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 8; Wanted Known 8; What's on 28; Rotarnet with Del Jeal 29; Gardening 33 Rotary World 34: Directory 38: Smiles 40; Called to Higher Service, Paul Harris Fellows, Noticeboard 41 ;

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