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Vol. LVIII No. 31 Friday, 25th Jan. 2013

Rotary Club of Berhampur

Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program Today’s Program : Family of Rotary & Rtn. PP Dr. D.J.J Swamy shall speak on “ Parenting” & India Quiz

Next Week’s Program : (1st Feb ‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st Feb ‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st Feb ‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st Feb ‘13) Next Week’s Program : (1st Feb ‘13) : Inauguration of World Understanding Month - February

"Rotary is a fellowship of noblemen; not a hereditary

nobility but a nobility that must be earned and re-

earned….Nobility is measured by its obligations, not by

its rights and privileges…service above self." -

Rotary in the March of Mankind,THE ROTARIAN, July 1951.

ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS AT A GLANCE

Historical Background

Rotary Fellowships began informally in 1928 when Rotarianswith a shared interest in the language Esperanto joinedtogether. In 1947, a group of Rotarian boating enthusiastsbegan flying the Rotary flag from their crafts, callingthemselves the International Yachting Fellowship ofRotarians; this fellowship now boasts the longestcontinuous existence. The scope of Rotary Fellowshipshas changed much over the years, but today their purposeis still to unite Rotarians in friendship and provide venuesfor enjoying their favourite recreational or professionalactivities.

MEMBERSHIP

In 2010-11, 59 fellowships reported a combinedmembership of almost 32,842 Rotarians, spouses ofRotarians, and Rotaractors in 104 countries. The averagesize for each Fellowship is 557 members. In 2010-11, 37fellowships (63% of all fellowships) charged membershipdues, with an average of US$24 for annual dues andUS$143 for lifetime dues.

On January 14, 1990, four (4) members and their spousesfrom the neighboring Rotary Clubs of Ladner andRichmond, B.C. District 5040, met informally to discussthe merits of creating a Fellowship through Fine Diningand within the mandate of Rotary International's rulesfor World Fellowship Activities.

One of our main criteria for such an organisation wasthat the membership should not be comprised solely ofthe members of any one Rotary Club, but rather that inthe true spirit of Rotary, it should consist of members

from as many different neighboring Rotary Clubs withinthe District. Thus it was that one year later, on April 3,1991, with the blessing of at least four (4) DistrictGovernors from four different Districts, as required byR.I., twenty two (22) members from seven neighboringRotary Clubs in District 5040 received approval fromRotary International and Chapter 1- Richmond, B.C. wasnow up and cooking!

John Barrett, with Leverton's Help, forms FirstFellowship: In 1947, Brixton (London, England) RotarianJohn. G. Barrett wanted to sail his yacht under the Rotaryflag. His sail maker was willing to sew a burgee bearingthe Rotary wheel, and he wanted permission to fly it fromhis masthead.

Barrett arranged a meeting in London with a number ofmembers of his club, as well as other English Rotarians,and enlisted the aid of Stanley Leverton, then theChairman/Governor of District 13. Leverton, an expertin Rotary constitutional issues, and Barrett prepared aconstitution and by-laws to permit the group operatingwith the use of the Rotary wheel. Creating a title was noteasy, but Rotary International finally approved the name,"The Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians."

This was the first of the many Recreational Fellowshipswithin the Rotary world, of which over forty exist today.This fellowship quickly spread all over the Great Britainand then throughout the world.

Since that time the Fellowship has greatly expanded withmany fleets being added under enthusiastic leadershipof the many Past International Commodores, who havebeen elected from a diversity of countries with in theworld of Rotary.

It wasn't until Rotary year 1968-1969, however, thatFellowships caught the official attention of RotaryInternational when RI President George Togasaki appointeda Recreational Activities committee. The following year,the committee's chairman, Allen Sawyer, past governorof RI District 7910 in Massachusetts, USA, encouragedthe expansion of such fellowships by polling Rotarians asto what recreational activities they favored.

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Saving Little Hearts Posted on January 17, 2013 By RIDirector Shekhar Mehta(RI Director Shekhar Mehta shareshis Rotary moment during the International Assembly. RotaryInternational/Monika Lozinska)

More often than not, each of my days starts with meetingone or more children who need to get heart surgeries done.

Their mothers and fathers wait for nine months for theirbundle of joy to arrive but soon after the child is bornthey realize that the child has got a hole in the heart. Andthis creates holes in their hearts and their pockets. Theiryearly income is not more than US$600 and the expensefor a heart surgery is $3,000. It would take them fiveyears to spend all that they earned to try and save thechild, but who knows if the child will survive or not.

Fortunately I got initiated into the project of "SavingLittle Hearts." Over the last five years we were able tosave more than 1,500 children's lives by performing heartsurgery, many coming from across the border fromPakistan. But one such instance made me realize it wasfar more than only saving their lives.

Rashi and I had travelled about 300 km. from our home tovisit one of the patients who had come from Pakistan.Nazar Ali was just nine years old. He and his mother hadtravelled 14 hours by bus to reach the border of Pakistanand India, then another 12 hours by bus to reach Delhi.From there they travelled another 20 hours by train to reachthe hospital where the child was operated on.

We met the mother and the child at the Hospital bed.The boy was smiling but the mother had tears in hereyes. Soon we realized that these were tears of joy - joybecause her child got a new life. She said "it was a painfuljourney no doubt, coming so far but with my child nowbetter and happy it means the world to me."

And then she made a profound statement. She said "myson was born in Pakistan but he got a new life in India.He has not only just Pakistani but Indian blood in himtoo. Long Live India." I suddenly realized the enormity ofthe statement.

For two countries who have fought three wars in 60 years,what could be a better way of bringing peace amongsttheir people? These hundreds of children who come fromPakistan for their surgeries in India under a program called"Aman ki Aasha" meaning "hope for peace" are allambassadors Peace through Service.

Each day when we save three lives and do our bit to bringpeace, I live my Rotary moment.

Adapted from a My Rotary Moment speech delivered atthe 2013 International Assembly.

Rotary opens doors, provides access to leaders Posted onJanuary 15, 2013 By Past RI President Frank Devlyn(PastRI President Frank Devlyn and his wife dance during theFellowship Dinner and Dance at last year's InternationalAssembly.)

Like many Rotarians, I've often reflected on the momentsthat made me feel proud to be a Rotarian. Usually a highly

successful project will come to mind, one that enabled usto help one or even thousands of people live better lives,all because of one special project. I've also experiencedinspired moments while participating in Rotary projects.

However, I have something to confess: I joined Rotary totake advantage of the networking opportunities it offeredme because I felt they would benefit my businesses. It'sno secret that Rotary opens doors and provides access toinfluential business and community leaders, because manyof them are Rotarians themselves or they have greatrespect for everything related to Rotary.

Today, after 42 years of Rotary service, I still remember,like it was yesterday, the moment I accepted the invitationto become a member of the Rotary Club of Ciudad deMéxico. It gave me access to the leaders not only of mycommunity but also the communities I visited whilelaunching my business in Mexico and around the world.

I also remember the first of many moments when I felttremendously proud to be a Rotarian. During my first year,I took on the task of representing the Mexican OptometricAssociation in an attempt to have it recognized by themost prestigious international organization in ourprofession.

The World Council of Optometry was meeting inAmsterdam in 1971. I met with the council's board ofdirectors and learned of the bureaucratic process I wouldneed to follow. On the same day, I paid my first visit tothe Rotary Club of Amsterdam. I was invited to sit at thespecial table for visitors and, to my great surprise, threeof the persons seated there with me were on the counciland happened to be visiting Rotarians.

Thanks to the magic of Rotary, when these Rotariansrealized that I too was a Rotarian and that I had all thepaperwork required to secure the accreditation of ourMexican association, the bureaucratic red tape suddenlydisappeared. In the blink of an eye everything wasapproved - and that was the first time I felt tremendouslyproud to be a member of Rotary.

PROBLEMS UNIQUE TO INDIA:India is in a phase of rapid advance in economicglobalization which has led to rapid changes in diet andlife styles. Urbanisation has led to increased consumptionof food with higher fat content and sedentary life style(TVS, computers, lack of space, etc). Thus, obesity isalso on the rise. However overweight children may stillbe micronutrient deficient due to imbalanced diet. ThusIndia is in a unique position to observe both extremes ofmalnutrition (underweight & obesity) with micronutrientdeficiency in both the conditions. In under nourishmentinfections, lower immunity and cognitive impairment iscommon whereas in overweight children, risk ofcardiovascular disease increases. However the averageIndian diet remains largely deficient in green leafyvegetables, milk and milk products and thusmicronutrients such as Vitamin A, iodine and iron remaindeficient in all children with improper diets.

MAGIC TRIANGLE PUZZLE ANSWERS Magic Sums are 9-12 - The combinations are -

1 6 2 3 2 5 6 1 4 6 1 5

5 4 6 4 3 5 2 3

3 1 2 4

The Correct answers were sent by

Rtn. V.Ajit Kumar Raju

Rtn. K.Eswar

RID-3262 PETSET - 17th FEBRUARY’ 2013

Chairman - Rtn. PP VVRN RaoEx-Officio Mmebers - Rtn. Pres. E.Siva Prasad Rao

Rtn. Hony Secy. Murali KrishnaTeam Members -Venue - Rtn. Santanu Kumar Sahu, Rtn. Gopiram Agarwal

Rtn. Sadasiva RaoRegistration - Rtn. Prasant Patro & Rtn. PP P.K.AcharyaReception - Rtn. Santosh SahuKit - Rtn. Deepak HazaraMemento - Rtn. Silla Lakshminarayana &

Rtn. Satyadev KhemaniAccomodation& Transportation - Rtn. Srinivas PrustyCatering - Rtn. V.Ajit Kumar RajuCoordination - Rtn. PP Ranjit PandaFinance - Rtn. T.Parthasarathy

Booth No.Address of the Booth Rotarian Volunteers No. of Babies

31 DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL IW Pres. Aparna , K.Sunita, V. Nutan, 314Gandhi Nagar Yasmin Shariff, Sonali Hazra

E.Krishna Kumari, K.Shantipriya

32 SUPRIYA PUBLIC SCHOOL P.Mamta, E.Aparna, Ruby Khemani 36Gandhi Nagar Silla Saroja & Shakeela

33 ROTARY CLUB OF BERHAMPUR Rtn. V.Ajit Kr. Raju 317Prem Nagar Rtn. Mihir Ranjan Panigrahi

34 ROTARY HOSPITAL Rtn. KGN Acharyar 87Red Cross Hospital, SNT Road. Rtn. PP E. Chandramohan Rao

35 BALASADAN Rtn. P.Sivalingam 314Housing Board, Rtn. J.J.RaoNeelakanthanagar. Rtn. Basant Sahu

9 GANJAM NURSING HOME Rtn. T.Parthasarathy 114Park Street Rtn. P.V.Suryanarayana

Rtn. Dr. J.Rama Rao

17 KAVI SURYA UP SCHOOL Rtn. Sanat Patro 120Near Abhishek Kalyan Mandap Rtn. A.Sivanarayana

18 KAPILESWAR PETA HOMEO Rtn. Satyadev Khemani 240Sano Bazar

20 MARTHAPETA SIVA MANDIR Rtn. A.Anil Kumar 109Sidheswar Kalyan Mandap Rtn. Somsekhar

21 PREM NAGAR UP SCHOOL Rtn. B.V.Kumar 75

12 SRI GANESH TEMPLE, Rotractors 89Near Neelakantheswar Temple, Rtr. NeelamadhabGanesh Nagar, Meenakshi Nagar. Rtr. Vinay Kumar Saraf

Rtr. Dandapani Mohanty

On 20th January2013 Pulse Polio NIDwas organisedacross India toensure the Motto of“POLIO FREEINDIA”. Our Clubhas adopted elevenPolio NID Booths inthe City, which werecoordinated by ourRotary Volunteers.Our club hasdistributed balls and"END POLIO NOW"caps to the babiesand children at thebooths.We provided everypossible assistanceto the Staff at thebooths includingbreakfast and lunchfor ensuring smoothfunctioning of thebooths. The detailsof booths adopted,Rotarian Volunteersand no. of babiesturned out aregivenbeside :

MEMBERS IN LIMELIGHTA Polio Awarness Rally was organised on 19th January'2013 from BMC office at 9 AM, which was attended by PPRtn. K.K.Misra, PP Rtn. Ranjit Panda, Hony. Secy. R.MuraliKrishna, Rtn. B.V.Kumar, Rtn. Santanu Kumar Sahu & Rtn.Gopiram Agarwal.

DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRESCHOOLERS:The general recommendation for 2 years olds is a diet that primarily consists of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, diaryproducts and beans with fish and lean meat among non-vegetarians. However, it is important to recognise that manychildren would be nutritionally depleted by end of first year of life due to micronutrient deficiency in breast milk itself andfood fortification, micronutrient supplementation and animal source diary products would be come important to reduceprevalence of malnutrition in preschoolers.

REPORT ON PULSE POLIO NID - 20th JANUARY 2013

Published by Rtn. R. Murali krishna, Hony. Secy. Rotary Club of Berhampur, Edited by Rtn. PP Ranjit Panda Printed by Ravi Graphics.

Meets every Friday at 6.30 P.M

Rtn. Satyadev KhemaniPresident-in-Charge

Rtn. R. Murali KrishnaHony. Secretary

MINUTES OF THE 29TH MEETING HELD

ON 18TH JAN'13

Proceedings of the 29th regular meeting of Rotary Club ofBerhampur for the RY 2012-13 held on 18th Jan'13 at7.00pm at Rotary Centennial hall, Berhampur ;

1. President in charge Rtn.Satyadev Khemani called themeeting to order.

2. President welcomed all present to 29th regular meetingof RY 12-13

3. President welcomed Speaker for the evening PDG LionDr.Epari Padmanabha Rao on to the dais.

4. President appealed to all to invoke the national anthem5. Minutes of the 28th meeting held on 11th Jan'13 were

confirmed .6. Rtn.Gopiram Agarwal,Chairman Greetings Committee

felicitated the birthday boys & members who celebrated

their wedding anniversaries during the week.7. PP Rtn.E.Chandramohan Rao,Chairman Rotary Informa-

tion talked about RI Theme for the year 2013-14 "En-gage Rotary ,Change Lives "

8. Presidents announcements :

* President thanked Rtn.T.Sanat Patro,Rtn.P.Sada SivaRao,Rtn.Prasant Patro,Rtn.Silla.Lakshmi Narayana forarranging "Bhogi" & Kite Show on "Makar Sankranti".

* President announced the Pulse Polio notification as recdby the DG and also CDMO Ganjam about NID on 20thJan'13,our club has been allotted 11 booths,Rtn.BVKumar who was undertaking the project as ChairmanPolio Plus was recognized,as communicated ,an "ENDPOLIO NOW" rally shall be organized from BMC officeon 19th Jan'13 at 9 am, appealed to all Rotarians toparticipate.

9. General Announcements :

* PP Rtn.Ranjit Panda announced that Mr.SiddhanthMohapatro,MP has given consent to inaugurate the EndPolio booth at our club on 20th Jan'13 at 9 am,appealedto all Rotarians to participate.

10. Committee Announcements ; Rtn.BV Kumar,Chairman,Polio Plus Committee appealed

to all Rotarians to actively participate in the IPPI on20th Jan'13 and propagate the message of polio eradi-cation to as many people as possible.

11. Hony Secretary's Announcements : * Announced the arrangements being done for the man-

aging of 11 IPPI booths allotted to us,Innerwheel &Rotaract clubs have also been involved in the booths.

12. Rtn.T.Parthasarathy introduced the speaker for theevening.

13. President invited PDG Lion Dr.Epari Padmanabha Raoto commence his topic, 'Be Younger,Live Longer toServe the Society for betterment'.

14. Speaker talked about do's & don'ts of Goodhealth,importance of diet,exercise and lifestyle in en-joying a good life,all present appreciated the content,communication and expertise of speaker in deliveringthe talk.

15. Rtn.Rajarayan Patro delivered Vote of Thanks16. PP Rtn.Prof KM Pathy on behalf of the club handed over

a citation to the speaker .17. The attendance analysis of the meeting was read by

Rtn.Santanu Sahu as follows ;Total members :136Effective Members :136Members Present :35Guests :01Let :01% of Attendance :25%

18. President adjourned the meeting.

HEARTY WISHESThe President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes and wishes manymore happy returns of the day to the

Birthday Rotarian of the last week :Rtn. Er. E.Krishna Rao - 22nd Jan

The President and members through Chilkapresent their warm wishes to the followingRotarians who celebrated their Weddinganniversaryin the last week :Rtn. K.Pundarikaksha - 23rd JanRtn. Manoj Kumar Das - 25th JanRtn. Silla Venkateswar - 25th Jan

Using the four numbers 3,3,8 and 8 as shown in the pic-

ture and the usual arthemetic operations (plus, minus,

multiply and divide) make exactly 24. Ofcourse you can

use brackets, but no tricks like powers, cube roots or

putting 8 and 3 to make 83 are allowed. Just pure MATHS.

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