Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 28th Oct 2014
President’s Paragraph It has been refreshing and encouraging in the past few weeks to see good attendance at our last couple of meetings and seems to have coincided with the warmer weather and return of some members from holidays. It really makes a difference to our meetings when we have good attendance and makes for a more enjoyable time for all when more of us make the effort to attend. The wine labelling on the weekend at Langmiel Winery turned out to be a fantastic day in the Barossa and we could not have asked for better weather. This is an event that I am always surprised is not more heavily patronised by our members, as it always a really enjoyable event. The wines at Langmiel are simply excellent, and they always offer participants in the labelling from our club 20% off all purchases on the day, not to mention a couple of bargain basement wines from excess stock originally bound for export. I personally always take the opportunity to make a day of it and get up to the Barossa nice and early for a visit to the Barossa Farmer's Market on the road to Angaston to sample their famous Market Burger for breakfast and the produce on offer - this year I picked up some extremely tasty American Italian sausages there for the BBQ at Langmiel which went down a treat with the wine on offer and the relaxing surrounds. If you haven't been to one of these, make a point of putting it your diary for next year. You can of course see all the photos via our website on Facebook to see what you missed out on.
Meetings - 21st—28th Oct At a well attended meeting on 21st October we welcomed visitors Dennis from the Eastwood Rotary Club and his friend Marie who is keen to join a club but is looking around prior to committing. It was also good to see Peter O and Rosalien back after having missed them for some time. Brenley informed the club of a BBQ on 9th November and appealed for a few helpers. The wine bottling is this coming Saturday—please let Linda know if you are able or wanting to go. Our meeting on Nov 11th is a joint Group 8 meeting so no morning meeting that day. And the club has decided to mark mental disability week by cooking for a Minda group on the morning of 3rd December.. Don introduced guest speaker Andrew Ramsay, son of member Bob and general manager of Alzheimer’s Society of SA. Andrew delivered a very informative presentation on dementia, including the nature and types of dementia, the effects it has on sufferers, the statistics of its occurrence and the efforts to create dementia friendly communities including the importance of recognizing and understanding dementia. Andrew finished with a roundup of what we can and should do to combat dementia, which is dealt with under the slogan YOURBRAINMATTERS. Peter H alerted us to brain training apps of which there are plenty including luminosity. 28th October and the wine has been bottled. Brenley informed the Club what a good day out it was and wondered aloud why more Club members don’t avail themselves of an excellent day out. Peter T introduced out guest speaker, Mr Luke Datson who spoke on behalf of donatelife. Luke is an organ donor coordinator and speaks regularly to promote understanding of organ donation . Luke covered the statistics of organ donation and spoke of world figures as well as national figures. Overall only 1% of those who die in hospitals