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OTARIAR Nof the

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Midtown thanks the Clubs war horses for doing excellent projects with the enthusiasm & vigour which will put the young guns to shame. You both deserve a ‘Sir’ in front of your names. The Club thanks you once again Sir.

AUGUSTSir Balu Sir Raghu

followed by two meaningful interactive sessions. Past Asst. Governor Rtn. P. K. Ramakr ishna made an elaborate presentation of the ' F u t u r e V i s i o n ' a n d enlightened the delegates with various structures of the Global and District Grants with reference to six areas of focus. He also explained how the grants can fit into the six focused areas of Rotary's 'Future Vision'. This session he Zonal Seminar on TRF was held on 26th

generated maximum interest among the August 2012 at Rotary West Association delegates. This was followed by the presentation Hall, Mysore under the auspices of Rotary Tby Rtn. M. S. Nanadakumar, chairman–Alumni, on Mysore Midtown.various Educational Programs under the Rotary Foundation and gave a comparative analysis of The programme was well attended by more than GSE (Group Study Exchange) and VVT 60 Rotarians inclusive of Chairpersons of various (Vocational Training Teams), further he also committees of Zone VII and Zone VIII., i.e., Mysore explained that how the rural clubs can participate and Chamarajanagar, along with

the Asst. Governor of Zone VIII Rtn. Prabhakar. The president of Mysore Midtown Rtn. R. S. Vishwanath, called the meeting to order and extended a warm welcome to the guests and the delegates, this was followed with a brief view of the day's program and significance of the seminar by Rtn. Dr. M. N. Bheemesh,

in this regard.chairman–TRF, Zone VII. Asst. Governor Rtn. Joseph Mathew was the guest The delegates actively participated in both of honor and expressed his views about the TRF & sessions and expressed that one more program of also the goal of the Zone VII.this kind should be held after the Dist. Foundation Seminar. President elect Rtn. S. Bhanuchandran

DGE Rtn. Gururaj was the chief guest, he proposed the vote of thanks.inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp and gave a bird's eye view of “Future Vision”. This was

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TRF

....Bheemesh

A couple of weeks before we celebrated the success of man about the landing of ‘Rover’ on Mars. Now the moonwalker who created history on July 20, 1969 died on 25th last Saturday. ‘A small step for man but a giant leap for mankind’, the hero who said these words was an engineer and crack test pilot, who commandeered the Apollo 11 spacecraft successfully in putting man on the Moon. In the race of placing a man on Mars, even India is on the list and is capable. But sometimes I wonder that as the land is shrinking in terms of acquiring we should speedup our efforts in relocating to Mars as the animals need their rightful place here.

5 SMS a day, the new policy brought mobile users to their knees. Website & twitter accounts were blocked. The young tech savvy generation were paralyzed. It was debated whether it served the purpose for which it was undertaken. In case of security I do feel it was necessary to bring in some policy so that they could throw the mischief mongers out of gear. Attack is the best policy and that is what was done.

Amidst all these news, the crowing glory was the young colts achievement in under-19 World Cup Cricket by beating Australia. Congratulations boys! what an AXE effect.

Saina, the darling of Badminton is soon to be called Dr.Saina Nehwal as she is to receive an honourary doctorate. Good going girl, keep it up. India expects more from you in the next Olympics.

WEDDINGAnniversary

Alagappan&

Vijayalakshmi

Rakesh Babu&

Aruna

2 September

3 September

NEXT WEEK IN MIDTOWN

AMARAVANI AWARD FUNCTIONVenue: RCL Hall, JLB Road, Mysore

Date : 05.09.2012, Time : 6.30 pm

Today’s tea hosted byRtn. R.venkatesh

aby Omkaraiah of Hubli, beneficiary of the 'Gift of Life' project is recovering at Apollo BHospital. Rtn. Aiyanna visited the

recovering child at the hospital with bagful of goodies. The parents are so thankful for all the support and contributions received from Rotarians and the child is making good progress after the operation. This was possible because of all Rotarians' support and blessings and thank you Rtn. Dr. Prahlad for coordinating the project to this child.

(Last week’s answer : 1928 )

Last week during our visit to JSS Oldage Home we and the inmates enjoyed crispy masala dosa, soft jamoon and hot brewarage. Our thanks to Rtn. M.S.Raghu for hosting it.

LIFEGIFT OF

Q.: What is the minimum percentage of Club meetings attendence of a member as per bye laws of Rotary?

a) 40% b) 50% c) 60% d) 70%

Cheers!!!

President’s MessageDear friends,

One more feather in the cap of Midtown, the multi-zonal TRF seminar was hosted by our club for the first time and it was a grand success with more than sixty registrations. I take this opportunity to thank the chairman Rtn. PP. Dr. Bheemesh and the expert panelists - Rtn. PP. Ramki and Rtn. PP. Nandoo who gave splendid presentations, thank you both.

I thank our AG Rtn. Joseph Mathew for giving us this opportunity , Rtn. Aiyanna for arranging a sumptuous & elaborate lunch , Rtn. Gopi for all the support rendered and each and every one of you for making it a trade mark Midtown event.

I thank Rtn. Raghu and Rtn. Balu for carrying their passion relentlessly. Thank you stalwarts.

I would like to congratulate Rtn. Narendra Babu for being the runner up in Coorg golf tournament.

Friends let's discuss business in today’s meeting.

which everything is conducted including varieties in ur community visit to JSS old age home on the menu charted out for the whole week in 22nd August was an experience of a different advance.k i n d a l t o g e t h e r . O u r p r e s i d e n t O

Rtn.Vishwanath R.S. flanked by Rtn.Aiyanna He thanked Rotary Midtown for their long standing (acting Secretary /standing –in for Rtn.Manoj association with them & thanked for the whole-Kumar) on one side and JSS old age home manager hearted support.Sri. Gurumallappa on the other side adorned the Rotary Midtown “Karna” Rtn. Venkatesh.R donated stage. They were joined by IW President mixer-grinder & Smt.Kamalamma, mother of club

Smt.Anupama Ravindranath.The meeting started with national anthem where we Rotarians were gasping to catch up with spirited young-at-heart inmates of the old age home. Rtn. Mohan Kumar T N briefed about what is Rotary & its activities, for the benefit of the inmates of the old age home. President Rtn. Vishwanath, donated mosquito nets Manager Sri Gurumallapa spoke about JSS old age to the inmates as per their requirement.& the objectives behind the formation of the The most heart-touching part was when one of the organisation. He recalled the circumstances which inmates Sri Tyagaraj, a retired employee of MICO lead to the birth of it under the aegis of JSS Maha shared his views with us. He was philosophical Vidya Peeta of Suttur Mutt. He informed us that JSS when he recounted his life experiences. He talked old age home was started on 11th Sep 2000 & now it about how one gives up worldly things the in these is brimming with more than 25 inmates housed in twilight years & aspires to attain self-actualisation. two buildings. The present inmates span from 66 to His rendering of “ Sri Chamundeswari “, a work of 90 years of age. One of the inmates, Sri Ramanna Sri Jayachamaraja Wodeyar was melodious.who is aged 88, said he feels at home in this place. A meaningful evening, with tea hosted by Rtn. Sri Gurumallappa elucidated on the facilities Raghu, concluded with the un-invited but welcome provided for inmates of the institution which included guests - trainee nurses from the neighbouring TVs, newspapers, magazines, library, yoga, games nursing hostel witnessing the occasion.like chess, dice etc. It was inspiring to learn that a typical day for the inmates begins as early as 4am! He also mentioned about the systematic way in

....T hana Mohan

Rtn. Narendra Babu won the runner up trophy in the Coorg Golf Tournament - Stroke play net H/C 0 to 18 Category, with 64 net score. He is seen receiving the trophy from Kodagu Golfers Association President Dr.N.M. Caveriappa who is an ex-member and also the past president of Rotary Mysore Midtown.

Our Guligesiddanow a

GOLF CHAMPION

‘ Golden-Aged’An Evening with the

tn. Balu has set to enlighten as many adulteration in milk, butter, sweets, coffee, tea students and staff on consumer etc. During the programme Mrs. Savitha Rawareness. One such session was held Ranganath delineated on the various aspects

at Mahajana High School on August 28, 2012 of Right to Information Act 2005 through a which was well received by 340 students and number of examples. Last week on 21st 30 staff. It was a half day programme presided August the same team conducted Awareness by Prof. S.K.Ramaswamy, Vice principal of the programme at Maharaja's High School and school and Sri Venkatesh Shetty welcomed 228 students were benefitted by it. Still there the gathering waiting to be enlightened. Rtn. are more people in the dark with respect to Balu was assisted by N. Krishnamurthy who consumer awareness, so please keep up the demonstrated with examples to detect good work Balu Sir.

hall. Our Rtn. M.S.Raghu handled one of the sessions to educate the drivers. The feedback from the drivers is very positive and they expressed it by saying that they are charged and geared up for the next three months and promised that they will meet Rtn. Raghu for guidance in their lives.

Sunday being a holiday, around 80 teachers of Marimallappa High School took the opportunity of learning from our Midtown Guru Rtn. Raghu. The session was on “Effective Teaching” and our most effective teacher Rtn. Raghu highlighted the methods and

ythri an initiative by the distict techniques of reaching the students mindset administration to train auto drivers in and passing knowledge in a most effective spoken Engl ish , personal i ty M manner. Thousands of students are going to d e v e l o p m e n t , c o n d u c t , be the indirect beneficiaries of this

communication skills and basic information programme. Thank you Raghu sir.about tourist spots in the city was held at RCL

and immediate past president of the Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa, Tennessee.“Not having clean water and sanitation impacts Elementary schools across Mexico City have clean children’s ability to go to school. Students get sick drinking water and improved sanitation thanks to and they miss school,” says Appuhn. He adds that U.S. and Mexican Rotarians.providing schools with basic necessities allows Since 2008, Heart 2 Heart, a project of District teachers and administrators to focus on educating 4170 (Mexico) and seven districts in Illinois, the students. Local Rotarians arrange for the Indiana, Louisiana, and Tennessee, has funded the construction and delivery of the water tanks, assist installation of clean water tank systems in more with the installation and plumbing, and train than 50 schools, improving the daily lives of tens of school officials in routine maintenance. Each tank thousands of students. A 10,000 liter tank is is refilled weekly by the government at no cost to connected to each school’s internal plumbing and the school or Rotarians. Each tank costs filtering system to provide clean water for US$3,500. They are made mostly of steel and last drinking, toilet flushing, and hand washing.up to 40 years. The plan is to install 50 to 60 more Better sanitation at schools means healthier clean water systems, according to Appuhn.students and more time spent in the classroom,

says Ron Appuhn, one of the project’s coordinators

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