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Welcome to the fifth edition of “the President’s rambling’s”. I October we had the visit of the District Governor and his wife Lynda also the AG Adrian and his wife, who is also President of Brixham Rotary, Sue. DG Tony explained the workings of his Youth   scheme which culminates in presentations at the district conference at Plymouth in March 2025. Following this, David C received a letter from Nick Banwell from Education Southwest, asking if we could support some primary schools in this enterprise. At the next meeting this was discussed and it was decided  that we could possibly support 1 school (a total cost of £50, which should be returned) Chris & Sylvia to follow this up after half term.
The DG also inducted Jack Wixley as a member of the club, and we welcome him into our midst. We also have another prospective member who has visited us for  a few meetings. 
November is “Rotary Foundation” month, this is  our own charity which this club supports and the “End Polio Now” campaign sprung from this many, many years ago. DG Tony also presented the club with a Citation from Rotary International for raising over $1000 for the campaign (actually over $2,200) during the previous year. This continuing a run of many years. The world Health Organisation is hoping the restart the vaccination  of children in Gaza this week. Shelter Box are also asking for support to enable them to provide much needed shelter in Gaza and Lebanon before the winter. They have managed to gain match funding to double donations from  Rotary. They are not looking for donations to match the cost of a “box”, which is no longer their main way of distributing aid, but any amount that is able to be donated. 
By now most of you should have received a message from Clive that unfortunately our “Cheese and Wine Quiz” has been postponed. Clive hopes to rearrange this for next year. We are able to support St Luke’s Hospice at a street collection in early December.
November 10th is Remembrance Sunday and Clive Higgs will be laying the wreath from Kingsbridge Rotary on my behalf at the Kingsbridge Parade
Our next meeting will be a joint council/business meeting and a month from then (Dec. 9th) will be our Christmas meeting. This is held at the Cottage Hotel at Hope Cove. IPP John is co-ordinating this and will be looking for bookings in the near future. Donations, in lieu of exchanging Christmas cards, collected there, will be given to the Kingsbridge Food bank. 
Now for something completely different a little quiz to concentrate your minds on, as the nights draw in, during November.
All answers begin with the same three letters.
1. New book...............
2. Short new book........
3. And the person who wrote it. 
4. Canadian Province.
5. Welsh actor and songwriter, composed “Keep the Home Fires Burning”
6. American actress, star of “Pal Joey”.
7. Ship that carried Scott’s 1910 British Antarctic expedition. 
8. Serbian tennis player.
9. Trainee nun?
10. Drug used as local anaesthetic.
There is a theme!
Alan