Weeks 15 & 16

Week 15

A light week this week, only one club to visit, Raetihi-Ohakune.

A typical cosy meeting at Raetihi

President and District Councillor Don Cameron in an unusually serious frame of mind. He had just been told the operating account was in deficit. I heard the exact same report as an AG in 2008

Week 16

No visits this week. Monday was Labour day and my son's 21st birthday fell on Tuesday so we stayed firmly rooted in Wanganui for the week. Families come first. Spending 4 days in the office at Opus was rather a novelty though.

Then, on Saturday evening , Margaret and I were very privileged to be part of the Official Party at the bi-annual Last Night of The Proms concert. This event is staged by the Rotary Club of Wanganui Daybreak with the proceeds, this year in excess of $7000, going to a local charity. The effort that goes into the organisation of the event by Wanganui Daybreak is huge and all members are involved. Truly Rotary in Action and I am mightily impressed. It was great to have Immediate Past DG Howard Tong and Jenny Flannigan staying overnight with us who, along with Dexter and Celia Bambery, here early for Presidents' Elect Training the following day, attended and enjoyed the fun. It was a 'riotous' night for the sell-out crowd in excess of 700 as the montage of pictures below reveals.

The Official Party outside the Royal Wanganui Opera House

Event Manager Robert Gaskin with Jennifer

Immediate Past DG Howard Tong and Jenny Flannigan

British Military Attaché Lt. Cnl. Timothy Woodman and his wife Shelly

Yours Truly in costume with Robert Gaskin

 

The Official Party at a Photo Op on the way to the Opera House