JANET'S JOTTINGS

It has been an exciting month of meeting so many Probus holiday makers at our meeting and outings.

A very enjoyable and informative visit to Paspaley Pearls for our last meeting. Did anyone get a sample to bring home??? We have been extended an invitation to do a tour over the Paspaley boat at some point, something to keep in mind for next year.

I had the pleasure of attending the Darwin North Rotary Change over dinner. This was held at the Grand Ball Room at Skycity .Congratulations Paul Asprey, this years President and congratulations to all the Office Bearers, a very active club. It is always productive to network and support our sponsor club.

I have had very positive feed back from the Probus Ad on Southern Cross TV. Have you see it yet?

Congratulations to our club for having a group photo selected to be placed on the new Probus Promotional Banner. Head Office has good taste! A cheery group photo of us taken under a banyan tree at Adelaide River Inn. We will stay young forever. It is quite an honour to have been selected!

I have had an invitation from U3A to deliver a presentation on Probus later in the year. Would anyone like to help me with this? I am looking forward to this opportunity.

Congratulations to Les Penhall OAM on giving an excellent interview at the NT News. They were captivated by Les's tales of his career in the Territory. The photographer captured those bright blue eyes and facial expression. Les wore his Life Member Probus badge proudly, and when asked what he had done to deserve this, he answered "I have lived a long time!" Congratulations Les.

Our Probus club will be supporting Darwin North Rotary Club, with the help of our Rendezvous volunteers, at the Darwin Cup Races. If anyone is interested in giving a few hours on the gate, please see me.

Our September Probus meeting will be post Rendezvous!! Can you believe that it is finally here.

The Rendezvous committee has extended an Invitation to the Volunteers/Ambassadors to join us in an Appreciation Morning Tea at our next meeting. A time when we can all celebrate a job well done.

To the Rendezvous Committee---GREAT WORK!!!!---OUR CLUB IS VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO ENJOY AN OUTSTANDING VIBRANT RENDEZVOUS 2010.

Cheers,
Janet.

I was born at Alberton in South Australia and grew up moving between South Australia and Western Australia.

I was married in 1985 and have three sons. Two live in Western Australia and the other I live with at Coconut Grove with my grandchildren. I have one granddaughter and three grandsons and two great granddaughters born here in Darwin on the 4th December 2009 and 4th January 2010.

I spent my teenage years in WA and returned to Adelaide where I met my late husband and returned to WA. When the boys were young we lived in Kojonup WA. I drove the school bus for three years and also took the children to football games in he surrounding towns.

I worked for PMG (now Telstra) for 12 years . I then started as a telephonist in Kojonup and then back to Adelaide where I resigned to work with my partner.

I came to Darwin in 1998 and have worked for the ATO, Reg Lowry and Ability Physiotherapy (until Jan this year). I did volunteer work for the Arthritis Foundation for seven years and one year for Carers NT before I went back to work for Ability Physiotherapy.

I am also a Red Hatter and between baby sitting, Red Hatters, Probus and Casino (Seniors Day on a Monday), house sitting with my companion, Tara (black Kelpie cross) I am kept busy and enjoying myself.

NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 4^th AUGUST, 2010.

GUEST SPEAKER

Ken Cohalan
Chairman, Rendezvous 2010.

One month out from the Rendezvous and Chairman Ken will outline the important facts and jobs to do.

Jim Wright
Treasurer, Rendezvous 2010.

A Rotarian of long standing and member of the Rotary Club of Darwin North Inc, our sponsor club. Jim has recently been appointed as Rotary District 9550 Probus Chairman, our go to man.

VOTE OF THANKS - Eean Thorne

There we are Darwin Probus members, the group photo at the bottom.

The photo was taken at the Adelaide River Inn at the conclusion of our trip to Grove Hill Historic Hotel and Museum, Wednesday 28th October, 2009 President Janet said, "We will stay young forever"

RECIPE OF THE MONTH
ALL IN ONE FRUIT CAKE

2 eggs
125g melted margarine or butter
½ cup sugar
2 tablespoons Golden Syrup
¼ cup water
¼ cup plain flour
¼ cup self raising flour
1 heaped dessertspoon cocoa
375g sultanas
50g halved pecan nuts
100g crystallised ginger (cut in half)
50g dried apricots (cut in half)
50g prunes (cut in half)
50g dried red cherries.

Stir all together till all combined. No need to over mix.
Tin up (butter and paper a 23cm springform pan) Preheat oven to 220-230C, then bake at 150C for 100 minutes.

Cool in pan before removing tin and paper.

BIRTHDAYS

Joy Meeder

2^ndAugust

Elaine Prosser

5^th August

Heather Dawson

10^th August

Denis Power

14^th August

Paul Dinness

17^th August

Rita Cluley

28^th August

Barbara Baggley

30^th August

ANNIVERSARY

Les & Scottie Penhall

21^th August

FROM THE ARCHIVES"

Extracts from the Minutes of the meeting 4th September 1985:

The meeting was held at Police Headquarters.

Present: 19 members (including Ray Chin and Les Penhall)

Apologies: Five members

New members: Two in attendance.

Visitors: Mr J Sutherland, Hobart.

Declaration of Foundation Members:

ARTHUR Wilfred

HINGSTON Ben

CHIN Ray

KENNON Stan

CLARKE Alan

LARCOMBE Jack

EDDY Rex

MACGREGOR Ian

EVANS Ted

McLAREN Bill

FERRIER Ed

MILLIKEN Ted

FIELD Noel

PATTERSON Cedric

FISHER Joe

PENHALL Les

FRANKLIN Bob

PURICH Phil

FORD Martin

SEE-KEE Charles

FREY Ken

THARMARAJAH Tam

GALLACHER Jim

WIGHT Jim

GEISE Harry

HARRISON Hunter

Please give these men your deepest respect, especially our two surviving Foundation Members, Ray Chin and Les Penhall.

I dips me lid.
Editor.

PALMERSTON GOLF CLUB

A wonderful day, 8 attended and 6 played.

Coordinator John Scott reports that there were a few bruised trees around the course, but happily no bruised egos. The normal number of air swings were recorded purely for historical reasons.

Coffee??? After at the Palmerston Tavern.

WATCH THIS SPACE - more golf news later.

LUNCHEON – POST MEETING

"The Table of Knowledge" has resumed the post meeting luncheon.
Simply join the other members in the dining area of the Casuarina Club, solve the problems of the world, have a relaxed lunch, and enjoy.

RIB TICKLERS

A Few More One Liners

1) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom Is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad.

2) The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

3) Children: You spend the first two years of their life teaching them how to walk and talk. The next sixteen? Spent telling them to sit down and shut up.

4) He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

5) Politicians and nappies have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.

6) I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay cheques.

7) Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.

8) If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

9) To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10) I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

11) Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

12) We live in a society where pizza gets to your house faster than the police.

13) A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

14) How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

15) I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

16) A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

17) The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

18) Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.

19) Crowded elevators smell different to midgets.

20) Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?

21) God must love stupid people. He made SO many.

22) I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was blaming you.

30) Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.