President George's
5 October 2005
Tonight we give a big Strathfield welcome to PDG Lloyd Roever. Lloyd brings a great wealth of Rotary expertise with him and we look forward to his address.
The 39 Strathfield Rotarians who attended last weeks meeting were fortunate enough to hear Peter Manenti give a wide ranging talk on his life and the liquor industry in Australia. There is no one better qualified to speak on the liquor industry than Peter. His talk was both informative and entertaining. Some of the facts and figures were quite surprising. I am sure that we would all second Euan Watson’s vote of thanks.
Jennifer Phillips attended the meeting representing the Childrens Medical Research Institute. We were pleased to present Jennifer with a cheque for $3,000.00 which was raised at our recent trivia Quiz Night. In thanking the Club, Jennifer explained some of the work of the institute and how the money would be spent.
I attended two meetings at the Town Hall last week, the first being a community forum at which the Homebush Railway Station ‘Turnback” was discussed along with the projected Strathfield population increase in future years, which is quite considerable.
The second was a naturalization ceremony where I had the opportunity to briefly speak on what Rotary was all about.
Until next week
Enjoy Rotary
President George
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