Wynpress
The Rotary Club of Wynberg
President: Alan Jackson Secretary: Rob Murphy Treasurer: Mike Schreiber
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By midday on Fri Editorial Board: Barry Cleveland, Lina Howard, Hugh Maunder, Keela van Niekerk
Vol: 68 No: 35 -
18th May 2017
Rotary’s May focus is Youth Service
EDITORIAL Hugh’s Nughs Gibraltar Gibraltar, ‘the Rock’, territory covers 2.6 square miles (6.8 sq. km) and share 0.75 miles of land border with Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar stands nearly 1,400 ft. (427m) above sea level and, like Table Mountain, there is a cable car to the top. Britain captured Gibraltar from the Castilians of Spain in 1704 and Britain’s sovereignty was formalized by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Spain made several attempts to dislodge the British resulting in the Great Siege of 1770-83. More recently, in 1967, a referendum confirmed Gibraltar’s wishes to remain British. A further referendum in 2003 showed that the citizens wished overwhelmingly to remain British Gibraltar has been very valuable to Britain during wars. After the battle of Trafalgar, the HMS Victory brought the dead and wounded to Gibraltar. In World War II, Gibraltar was largely responsible for keeping a besieged Malta supplied with food and weapons. At that time, the ‘Rock’ served as an air base and extended tunnels and military instillations. The Upper Galleries have miles of passages which honeycomb the ‘Rock’ and were originally hollowed out during the Great Siege and extended during World War II. There are many artifacts of previous wars such as Russian cannons captured in the Crimean War and huge guns in the emplacements created in WWII.
Lisbon Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It has two important bridges over the Tagus River. One is the longest bridge in Europe at 10.7 miles (17 km) and the other is the longest suspension bridge in Europe. Approaching Lisbon along the River Tagus there are several interesting land marks:
‘Belem Tower’, built from1515 to1521 as a lighthouse and fortress protecting the city. The ‘Monument of Discoveries’ stands near the Tower was built in 1960. It is in the form of the prow of a caravel with many statues, the centre one representing Henry the Navigator. ‘Ponte 25 De Abril’ longest suspension bridge 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length was opened in 1966 and named to mark the date of the revolution. The ‘Statue of Christ the King’ on the South bank of the Tagus is a copy of the statue in Rio de Janeiro. It stands 90 ft. (27 m) high. There is a church at the base and a viewing terrace at the top with a magnificent view of Lisbon.
This was our last stop and we only had a very short time in Lisbon. I will have to go back again to investigate all the other sights including a castle high up above the City.
Dates To Diarise 18th May
Intrepid American traveller and author, Annette Jahnel, will talk about her recent solo drive around the entire USA (having previously circumnavigated the globe!) and will share some thoughtful insights gained along the way. This will be a great evening for friends and family to attend! Signed copies of Annette’s books will also be available for sale.
25th May
Kevin Simpson will speak about beekeeping and its importance for the environment. Considering the disastrous implications of the present threat to the global bee population, this will be another compelling talk for visitors to attend.
1st June
James Hurford (aka ‘the Confidence Doctor’), who is a public speaking coach, will share some of his valuable training tips.
8th June
Oliver Bing, the outstanding Wynberg Boys High School learner who was awarded the Rotary Good Fellowship Award in 2016, has been invited as a special guest.
15th June
TBA
29th June
Induction of Rob Murphy as President
Minutes 11 May 2017 Compiled by Keela van Niekerk Attendance
17 members present
Visitors
Stephanie Thomas, Stephen Bredenkamp
Fellowship
Mike’s Birthday was on the 7th
From the President
Slots
Members moments President’s song
We may be meeting in the restaurant area of the Palms on the 18th and 25th. Welcomed Don back and thanked him for the Wynpress editorial. Reminder: Rotaract Induction on 20 May. Annual Quiz scheduled for 26 Sept. Looking for prizes, vouchers etc. Wittebome High in the process of chartering an Interact Club. Appeal from PDG Rodney Mazinter to help Mrs de Lange in her anti-drugs programme. Need cans of old paint, concrete blocks etc. Justin 2 day first aid training course (3 & 4 June) offered by Matthieu Snaith for R550 to be held at the Meadowridge Scouts hall. David spoke to Odd Henning and it was decided on the week leading up to 15 June, 2018 will be the dates our Club visits Norway. Barry Please let Barry know if you don’t receive the Wynpress (seems to be an Mweb issue) Biffy Education Box was bought at Conference for us to distribute, the club has two boxes. Biffy also gave some facts about Wine which she learnt on her Tour Guide course. Stephen Bredenkamp was our speaker and he spoke about the dark side of the internet and the TOR project which allows you to search the internet anonymously. Lina told us about Brian’s scary incident with unintended acceleration and how the car got stuck on a tree. Alan’s youngest daughter passed her Master’s Thesis Cum Laude Hallelujah - correctly guessed by Dave. R880 in the kitty. Stephen drew Dave’s name. He drew the 9 of hearts (ag shame!)
Swindle
Lina won the R20 attendance prize.
Thinking of going to Norway ….
Duty Roster MAY 18th Sergeant
25th
JUNE 1st
8th
Todd
Barnard
Cleveland
Hovstad
Wynpress Editorial
Murphy
Overbosch
Schonegevel, J
Schreiber
Wynpress Minutes
Van Niekerk
Cleveland
Maunder
Howard
Door Duty
Schreiber
Smith
Todd
Van Niekerk
Grace
Maunder
Munday
Murphy
Overbosch
Loyal Toast
Barnard
Bird
Danckwerts
Cleveland
International Toast
Bayes
Todd
Van Niekerk
Barnard
Speaker Intro
Bird
Bayes
Danckwerts
Cleveland
Speaker Thanks
Cleveland
Van Niekerk
Bird
Barnard
Entertainment for the month
Bayes, Barnard, Bird, Danckwerts, Gowdy
Schonegevel, R, Howard, Hovstad, James, Maunder
Wynberg Rotary meet every Thursday, 6 for 6.30pm, Palm House, Wynberg. For more information about our club, like us on Facebook or visit our website: Wynbergrotary.org.za