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issue No 438

MARCH 2003

this month's cover

District 9940 Past Governor Stuart Hayton working with a student at Merrilands School in a reading project involving Rotary, Probus and Inner Wheel in New Plymouth, N.Z. PDG Stuart led the District in 1956-57. 12

Photograph: Courtesy, Taranaki Newspapers Limited.

in this Issue

Rotary’s University graduates learn to Lend a Hand	2
On the path to peace as Rotaractor becomes Rotary	8
Peace Scholar Tenzin from Hobart feels a sense of common humanity
University of WA keen to make Rotaract club a success	10
Emerald Rotaractors help make fun day a gem for	11
young Rotaract, Interact and Community Corps post gains
Cover report: Troika serves together so young	12
become better readers
Good news Institutes in Adelaide and Christchurch	14
Come fly a kite . . . and 10,000 breezed in	16
Rotary no longer an old man’s lunch club
R.I. Convention in Brisbane feature	17
Island visit develops cultural awakening	26
ommunity spirit, mateship weigh in for mental	28
health awareness
Inner Wheelers flock to Florence Margaret Sansom honoured	30

Regular columns

President's Message 3; Bob Aitken's 'from where I sit' 4; News Bulletin, 4; John Thorne Jottings, 5;Rotary at a Glance 5; Harley Tarrant's News from the R.I. South Pacific and Philippines;6; Mailbox 6; What's On 26; Rotarnet with Del Jeal, 27; In Your Garden 30; Inner Wheel 30; Clubs in Action 31; Called to Higher Service 37; Paul Harris Fellows 37; Market Place 38; and 39; Smiles 40

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