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| Ronnie Kasrils, President Lyn and the Coronado Seven |
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| Ronnie Kasrils also had his latest book on sale and here he is signing a copy for President Lyn, |
He also added quite a number of entertaining anecdotes about himself and life in general. It was a talk much enjoyed by all as well as our seven guests from the Rotary Club of Coronado, California.
I admire their stamina as they had only got off the plane that morning.
Saturday evening saw a social function with the Coronado Seven, reduced to five by exhaustion! We met for dinner at Dolci Cafe in Craighall Park and really had a good time. A big thank you to the Rotarians who acted as taxi drivers from and to the Sandton Sun....I won't ask you to reveal the tip
And a special thank you to Cafe Dolci who have allowed us to pay individually. This does cause some delay but it does make things easier for us.
As the evening progressed either there was an alcohol effect or the restaurant began to list, I'm not sure which.
We are looking forward to a future relationship with the the Rotary Club of Coronado and hope you will visit again either as part of Rotary or as individuals.
This WeekBrian Leech is the oldest serving member of our club by which I mean that he has been a member the longest. He's going to talk about himself and the club over the many years he has been a member.
He likes watching cricket and is the only one who doesn't need dark glasses.
Rotary Art Festival
This is the third week I have put in an appeal for members to put their name on Costa Qually's list for the Art Festival. I don't know what proportion of the members have done so. Next week I will give you the percentage. We have over 40 members which means that we should be able to rely on 160 slots being filled before asking for any help from partners or the Rotary Anns.
ROTARY ERADICATING
HORTICULTURAL PEST
THE Queensland fruit fly is the major horticultural pest in the irrigated region of Sunraysia along the MurrayDarling rivers in NSW and Victoria. The damage it does to the economic value of crops, especially to exports, amounts to millions of dollars each year. The Rotary clubs of the Great Sunraysia are working with the horticultural industry and government agencies on a massive trapping program to eradicate the pest. The clubs are concentrating on the residential areas – the area of greatest risk. Household fruit trees, the uncontrolled disposal of domestic fruit and vegetable waste and fruit brought into the region by travellers are the three sources of the pest. Three times a year, club members deliver traps to every household in the region and, in some cases, install them for elderly and disabled residents. Because each trap only catches flies from a radius of 15 metres, it is essential to get blanket coverage. The growers operate a monoculture, so commercially fruit flies are much easier to control. However, households grow and consume a range of fruits ripening throughout the year and each one is a potential fruit fly host. The traps serve two purposes: the trap itself attracts female fruit flies and an associated amulet distracts the male fly from mating. The clubs are rewarded with $2 a trap for each delivery, with 28,000 traps delivered to households each time. Some clubs use it as an opportunity to involve others in the distribution. Under team leader Gary Klippel, the Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin, Vic, manages a team of students from Mildura Senior College for its deliveries. Brian Englefield, of the Rotary Club of Robinvale Euston, Vic, is so committed to the cause he personally delivers traps to households in Merbein, Vic, as well, an hour and half from Robinvale. Other Rotary clubs involved are Irymple, Vic, Mildura, Vic, South Mildura, Vic, Wentworth, NSW, and Swan Hill, Vic. COVE
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