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Danny de Hek thanked John on behalf of the Club for his
excellent presentation.
PRESIDENT JIM:
Welcomed visitors Mary Gerard and Dan Gordon’s partner
Beth.
*Welcomed Peter McPartlin back to the Club following surgery.
*Thanked John Hawker for supplying the transport for the Lincoln Club visit
and all those members who attended.
*Thanked the 10 attendees at District Conference in Methven
*Thanked Harry and Jean Osborne for their organising of the bagging and
delivery of the telephone books.
*Thanked Richard Heal for his organisation of the Speech Contest.
NOTICES; The Rotary Club of Christchurch New Horizons in conjunction with
Side Splits Comedy presents ‘A Night Of Comedy’ on Saturday June 22 nd at
the Rolleston Community Centre, 94 Rolleston Drive. Doors open at 7.30 pm.
Tickets $20.
A fund-raiser for The Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand.
Harry Osborne thanked those who helped in the bagging of 6500 ‘phone
books.
Residential delivery is on Saturday ( a good turnout ensured that this delivery
was completed in good time) and he appealed for helpers on Monday 20 th for
the business area delivery from 9am.
Richard Heal hoped members had heard the broadcast of the Speech
Contest on Sunday on Compass FM when the four speakers came across
very well. The 2 nd round is at Belfast on Tuesday May 21 st . Contact Richard if
you would like to go.
Brian Hawke is Acting-Treasurer in Allan Missen’s absence.
3 MINUTE ORATOR; John Hawker spoke of his recent trip to South
America. He and Katrina were invited to a family wedding in Lima, Peru.
John described Lima by comparing it with Auckland. A similar climate, but 8
million extra inhabitants. Multiple police and armed security guards, flowing
traffic, courtesy on the road, a very orderly city, predictable weather and
everything is much cheaper!
Thanks John for a fascinating snapshot of a big city.
ROTARY CLUB OF RANGIORA
P.O. Box 230, Rangiora 7440, New Zealand, District 9970
Meets: Thursdays 6.15pm - Mainpower Oval, Coldstream Road.
Apologies: to Graham Wilson Ph 313 5541 by Tuesday 10am
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Jim Gerard 313 5033 027 726 8555
President Elect: Lindsay Bain 313 0499 021 123 1333
Immediate Past Pres.: Michael Brown 312 8781(h) 313 8811(b)
Secretary: Lil Greig 312 3534 027 647 2786
Treasurer: Alan Missen 313 4615 021 147 6832
Foundation Director: Malcolm Garvan 313 0263 027 231 4425
Service Director: Graham Wilson 313 5541 027 484 1404
Membership/
Fellowship Director: Robin Brown 313 5779(h) 311 8130 (b)
New Generations Dir. Marilyn Ayers 313 6262 027 407 8824
Programme Director: Craig Sargison 03 358 2165 021 716 984
Public Relations John Hawker 312 6100 021 150 1062
Sergeants-at-Arms: Richard Peter 313 2300 027 433 8798
Alf Scragg 310 7946(h) 313 7197(b)
MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES:
BELFAST – KAIAPOI: 05:45 pm Tuesdays
Belfast Rugby Club Rooms.
Sheldon Park, March Place, Belfast.
FOOTNOTE; The list of scribes is somewhat diminished at present. If you
would like to take a turn writing the Club bulletin please let one of us know.
R.W.S.

MAY IS ENVIRONMENT MONTH
MEETING; THURSDAY May 23rd 2013 Volume 70 , No.41
PROGRAMME: Stewart Ross - Rangiora Town Hall Development
NEW MEMBERS; Dan Gordon was
welcolmed as a new member to the Club by
President Jim following an induction by
Malcolm Campbell.
GRACE: Brian Hawke HOST: Marilyn Ayers
V.O.T: Philip Redmond SCRIBE: Graham Wilson
3 Min. ORATOR; Malcolm Campbell TABLECLOTHS; Russell Stalker
APOLOGIES: Sue Missen (7 weeks), Allan Missen (5), David Benson (2),
Robin Brown (2), Malcolm Garvan (2), Owen Paterson (1), Greg Wright (1),
David Cain (1),
Greg Ward (1).
Guy Taylor also was made welcome as a
member of the Rotary Club of Rangiora
having transferred from the Rotary Club of
Invercargill East.
COMING PROGRAMMES:
Date Subject Grace Host VOT Scribe 3 min
Orator
30 May Peter Marchall
of Warren
& Mahony,
Current trends
in Architecture
6 June Deirdre Ryan,
Wellbeing
North
Canterbury
Richard
Heal
Keith
Hughes
13 June TBA Gary
Lang
David
Ayers
Peter
Allen
Reminder: if you can’t do your duty please find a replacement and let the President know before
the meeting.
LAST WEEK’S MEETING 16 th May 2013
VISITORS; Mary Gerard, Beth Elias.
Mandy
McIntyre
Lil
Greig
Peter
Allen
Robin
Brown
TBA TBA David
Cain
Peter
Freeman
Malcolm
Garvan
David
Cain
MONIES COLLECTED; Raffle $50.00 Sergeants $38.20 Silver $38.50
Table
Cloths
Graham
Wilson
Bill
Woods
Greg
Wright
PROGRAMME; Graham Wilson introduced Club member John Hannah,
Project Manager for the rebuild of Ferrymead Bridge who
presented an excellent illustrated address on the history
and construction details of this ‘lifeline’ project.
The first bridge was constructed in 1864 giving an
alternative to the ferry and was a central swing structure.
A toll charge applied and in 1888 tram-lines were added
for the Sumner service.
This bridge was replaced in 1907 with a new bridge with a
central lift section. The lift mechanism failed on opening
day and was never used.
The third bridge was built in 1967. It was a concrete
structure and was being widened and strengthened at the
time of the earthquakes. It is classified as a lifeline bridge because of its
importance in carrying all infrastructure as well as traffic. It did not collapse in
the earthquakes but suffered significant damage as John’s photos showed
and the decision was made to build a new bridge estimated to cost $20M.
It is a difficult site as there is 20 metres of estuarine mud over fractured
volcanic rock. This means that the 2.4m diameter piles in the central pier
have to be 28metres long and driving these is a slow process. The piling
alone is costing $7-8M. The pre-cast beams are 26 metres in length.
Completion is expected in July 2015.
The old bridge is almost demolished and temporary bridges on each side are
now in use.