District 201C1
April 2015
PRIDE
DG Rosemary Wenham
Contents
Golden Grove Lions p.2
Pt Augusta Lions p.3
Pt. Lincoln Lions p.3
Angle Vale Lions p.4
Mallala & District Lions p.4
Cleve Lions p.4
Lions saved my life—Lyn Gratton p.5
Pt. Pirie Convention p.5
Years of Service p.6
Norwood Lions p.6
New Lions p.7
Vale p.7
Pt. Pirie Lions p.7
Minlaton Lions p.8
Stansbury Lions p.8
I can’t believe it is April already! This
wonderful year has really flown by. Our
District has achieved a lot in this time but
we still have a lot to do.
The Adelaide Hills information meeting at
Stirling went well last month. We have a
few potential local Lions and are about to
take it to the next stage and form a Club
branch. If you know of any potential new
members from that area then please ASK
them if they would like to become
involved.
I would like to congratulate the
Athelstone Lions Club for taking the
initiative and organising an interactive
public meeting with Beyond Blue. It was a
very well run, informative and well
attended meeting, Mary Joe Fisher was
the speaker for Beyond Blue and gave us
an interesting insight into her life and
struggles with bipolar. We set out to raise
Community awareness about Anxiety and
Depression by empowering all Australians,
at any life-stage, to understand these
conditions and seek help. I believe that
we achieved our aim on this occasion.
I attended a very well attended Zone
Meeting held in Crystal Brook with just
over 40 members there. It was a great
turnout, with a lovely meal provided by
the local RSL and lots of active reporting
from all the clubs in attendance. Please
make an effort to attend Zone meetings in
your area, they are informative and a
good way to pass ideas and information
around. The Zone Chairman is my
representative in your area and I try to get
to as many meetings as I can.
Unfortunately this is not always possible,
please pass any concerns or ideas if I am
not there to the Zone Chairman.
The Inaugural Lions Picnic Day was held on
the 15th of March. To those clubs that
participated I hope you had a great time
celebrating being a Lion and sharing the
fellowship with your fellow Lions. My own
Club put on a wine and cheese afternoon
which was a nice and informal way to
celebrate Lionism and a fun social event.
Congratulations to the 2014/15 Peace
Poster Grand Prize Winner Wei Jin Qian a
13 year old girl from China and to the Essay
Contest Grand Prize Winner, Jalen Ballard a
12 year old girl from Ohio USA.
The theme of the 2015-16 Peace Poster
Contest is "Share Peace." Students, ages 11,
12 or 13, are eligible to participate. The
judging for this year’s competition will once
again be held at our District Convention in
Port Pirie, judged by the attendees. It was
wonderful to see the calibre of the art at
last year’s Convention. I wish I could paint
half as well as these very talented young
people.
C1 Youth of the Year finals will once again
be judged at the Convention this year. This
will no doubt be one of the many highlights
of the Convention, watching our future
leaders show us how it is done!
20 Million people have already benefited
from the Centennial Service Challenge, 7.5
million in Youth, 4 million in Vision, 3.5
million in Hunger and 5 million in
Environment. We are well on our way to
the 100 million challenge. We can only
hope we can over achieve as well as we did
with Past International President Wing-Kun
Tamħ’s challenge, planting trees. Well over
2 million trees were planted and the
number is still increasing. Remember to
report through MyLCI Service Activity
Report to keep track and to receive credit
towards the Centennial Banner Patches.
International President Joe Preston
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This month is Leo Club Awareness Month,
what can your Club do to become more
Leo aware? Can you start a Leo’s Club in
your area? Consider sponsoring a Leo club
in your community to engage youth and
get the next generation of Lions ready to
serve. We have all the resources you need
to help you, it could be the most rewarding
achievement of your year. Having met
many Leos, I never cease to be amazed at
their enthusiasm and what they achieve.
These are our future!
A new award that some of you may be
interested in is the Syd Packham Award. It
is awarded annually for the best public
relations/publicity program undertaken in
Australia and Papua New Guinea. The
award is named in honour of one of
Australia's leading Lions, PDG Syd Packham
and is presented at the annual national
convention. The aim of the award is to
encourage and create a greater public
awareness of the work of Lions. I realise
that it is too late to enter this year but it
could be something to work towards next
year.
Finally don’t forget that the Club
Leadership Forum (old Incoming Club
Officers training) being held in Elizabeth,
Clare, Adelaide and Port Lincoln in May/
June. You should have selected your next
year’s executives by now. I encourage you
all to go to this new and updated training,
even if you believe you know it, we have
new ideas that you will all benefit from,
even the experienced people!
Until next month, take care.
Rosemary Wenham
District Governor.
Golden Grove Lions
Councillor Paula Luethen - Pedare Ward of
The City of Tea Tree Gully proudly became
a member of the Lions Club International
at parliament house. On Wednesday 18th.
March.
Above from left— John Gardiner MHR for
Morialta, Paula Luethen, Meg Butler GMT
District Coordinator, Peter Panagaris
(President of Golden Grove Lions) and John
Dawkins MLC
Over 30 Golden Grove Lions and their
guests welcomed Paula at the dinner held
in the Speaker’s Room of SA’s Parliament
House.
After the formalities of the meeting, the
Golden Grove Lions were conducted on a
tour of both Houses of Parliament and Old
Parliament House.
The Golden Grove Lions were welcomed by
Steven Wade MLC, ,John Gardiner MHR for
Morialta and John Dawkins MLC
Just for fun
"Why do Scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?"
"If they fell forwards, they'd still be in the boat"
A woman goes into a sporting goods store to buy a rifle.
"It's for my husband," she tells the clerk.
"Did he tell you what gauge to get?" asked the clerk.
"Are you kidding?" she says. "He doesn't even know that I'm going to shoot him!"
How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager
who wants to stay out all night
If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all
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Port Augusta Lions
Port Lincoln Lions
Thanks from the Editor
The Facebook page has now been
established for the Port Augusta Lions
Club. This can be found in Facebook by
searching for Port Augusta Lions Club. So
far the Facebook page has reached 131
people through friends lists , with hopes
that this will expand in time. Dates of
meetings are posted on the site as well as
events which the Port Augusta Lions Club
have been a part .
Port Lincoln Lions have a great facility that
other Lions Clubs could support in many
ways.
Many thanks to all those who made my job
easier by sending in articles early.
Fifteen Disabled riders will be riding across
Australia on 13 March 2015 (forward trip)
and 29 & 30 March 2015 (return trip). A
request has been made for support and
meals. This will be supported by the Port
Augusta Lions Club with meals provided on
both occasions
It would make a great venue for a club
looking for a social week . A good base for
a lot of activities available in the district.
Clubs could let school groups and other
organisations know about the venue.
North Shields is only a short distance north
of Port Lincoln.
Below is a recent list of charges and it can
be seen that these are very reasonable.
While I was in Myanmar, internet coverage
was not reliable and so I had to wait until
we got back to Australia.
Some Lions are a bit worried about the file
size of the newest cameras. If you cannot
edit them yourself, please send them to
me one or two at a time with captions.
Some internet providers may only allow
large files to go one at a time.
I would rather get your photos and edit
them than not get them at all.
A BBQ was held on the Eastside foreshore
for Uniting Care Wesley Country SA, Dads
Day on the afternoon of Saturday the 21st.
There were 7 Lions members who served
their community well and got to see guest
of the day, Angry Anderson, who met and
talked with people on a very hot day. The
president, Lion Barry, thanks to all the
helpers and the organizer.
President Barry Flynn
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Angle Vale Lions
The Lions Club of Angle Vale were
contracted to cook a BBQ lunch for the
Settlers Farm Primary School sports day on
Friday 13th March 2015
President Dorothy Lewtas, Charlie Morgan,
Charlie Richter, Georgie Richter, Adam Box,
Margaret Peterson and Beth Huggins all
members of Angle Vale Lions, as well as
Dorothy’s brother Terry cooked and served
about 45kg of sausages for the sports day.
The Mallala & District Lions
Club News
At the Mallala Lions Club works meeting in
February seven members from the newly
chartered Angle Vale Lions Club invited by
Lion Mick King (liaison officer with Angle
Vale) were welcomed by the President of
Mallala Lion Peter Kirvan.
Angle Vale members welcomed the
opportunity to witness the way Mallala
members conducted their works meeting
and will be able to convey their experience
back to their next Angle Vale Club meeting.
During our meeting break members and
visitors were offered Lions Gourmet
fruitcake supplied by Lion Alan Helps who
declared “Christmas in February” as the
theme.
After light refreshments and
fellowship the meeting continued, finishing
at 9.30 pm
Charlie Morgan
The Mallala members were pleased to
share their meeting and to explain to our
visitors many of our on-going activities plus
plans for future projects.
Lion Marg Slater
Publicity Officer
Cleve Lions
Our first project for 2015 was to give
Centenary Park a once over in preparation
for the Australia Day Breakfast. As usual
John Nolan and Reg had the Park in good
condition. Members finished adding bark
chips, trimmed the diosmas and raked up
the area. Thanks Mary for providing a
delicious morning tea.
The damage that white ants have done to
the wheel house floor at the weir was
more extensive than initially thought. The
council have engaged Tom Brennan to
treat them. He has cut several holes in the
floor and says that he has done the best he
can in a difficult situation. We now have
the job of replacing the damaged boards .
Alan Spriggs has fixed the rusted roof on
the toilets storeroom at the weir and kept
the ants there under control.
John Nolan, Beth, Lorraine and Raelee have
spent quite a bit of time at the cemetery
checking the official records against the
info on the headstones. Quotes are being
obtained for row markers made out of
recycled plastic for the cemetery. We will
need to get another notice board to take
the map of the cemetery layout or have a
map painted. We need to make an effort
and complete this project.
Settlers Farm Primary School BBQ workers
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LIONS SAVED MY LIFE
The Edinburgh Branch of Elizabeth
Playford Lions Club had organised their
annual Show & Shine on the Gumeracha
oval. A number of wonderful Lions clubs
participated on the day and a group of
dedicated medical professionals donated
their time to conduct a free Lions Health
Screening in the club room at the oval.
As I wandered into the room, wondering
what was happening, I noticed a wellknown Lion, who is also a doctor, assisting
with the tests and decided to wait in line
for him to check me out. As I took my seat
in front of him little did I realise I was about
to embark on another extraordinary
journey of my life. His diligent examination
of my blood pressure and diabetes levels &
carefully listening to me with his trusty
stethoscope, it showed a distinct possibility
of a problem with my heart. With a frown
on his forehead he wrote on his little piece
of paper indicating that an urgent
appointment with my local doctor was
required.
This began a chain of events that would
not have happened but for the free Lions
Health Screening. Much to my Lions
doctor’s dismay when he phoned me on
New Year’s Eve, expecting me to have been
operated on and on the road to recovery, I
had not been able to get a cardiac
specialist appointment until the end of
January. Needless to say from there on
things
moved
quickly.
The
echocardiograph showed a damaged aortic
valve that needed to be urgently replaced.
The subsequent angiogram on Friday,
showed three blocked arteries with
blockages ranging from 60% to 100%
blockages. The cardiac team’s concern was
so great that I was booked into hospital on
the following Monday for the valve
replacement and triple by-pass surgery on
Wednesday. During the operation it was
discovered that I needed a quadruple bypass which was performed by my brilliant
cardiac team at the Calvary Wakefield
Hospital.
gifts, phone calls, visits & messages were
so appreciated! I am so grateful to you all
& consider myself so lucky to be your
friend & a member of the wonderful Lions
family!
Thank you Lions! Keep up the health
screenings! It saved my life!
Your very grateful Lions partner,
Lyn Gratton
Port Pirie Convention
Friday 16th – Sunday 18th October 2015
There have been a couple of stories that
because of the upgrading of the smelters
at Port Pirie, accommodation is not
available in Port Pirie during the proposed
convention. This is not the case. There is
plenty of accommodation, but do not wait
till the last thing. So book now.
Why don’t you consider coming Thursday
15th?
There will be a Happy Hour
somewhere in the Port Pirie Beach Caravan
Park, next to the Cabin Park, just as there
will be on Sunday evening. So make the
most of a great weekend and also increase
your chances of a booking by staying 3 or
more nights. There may even be an
informal relaxed golf comp on Monday.
And of course there will be first class
sessions/speakers including IPIP Barry
Palmer plus a still to be confirmed national
identity that will see the Convention
Centre fill as soon as his name is
announced. Add to that a number of
workshops run by the Global Leadership
Team, YoTY District Final and panel
sessions it will be both entertaining and
informative.
Some of the many Accommodation options
available follow:
Port Pirie Beach Caravan Park – Beach Rd
Port
Pirie.
Ph.
8632
4275
www.portpiriebeachcaravanpark.com .au
Flinders Range Motor Inn – 151 Main Road
Port
Pirie
Ph.:
8632
3555
–
www.theflinders.com.au
Range View Caravan Park - Highway One
phone 86344221 PO Box 867 Port Pirie.–
cabins variety of double/single beds.
powered sites and unpowered sites.
John Pirie Motel/restaurant Ph 86324200,
email [email protected]
Minimum of 30 rooms at this time
at$109.00 each swimming pool good motel
Port Pirie Travelway Motel/restaurant 149 Gertrude street .phone 86322222
email [email protected]
good place already have some lions
bookings, at least 15 spare units
International Hotel/Motel 40 Ellen street
phone 86322422
email [email protected]
motel units and 15 hotel rooms, good set
up
City Centre Motel - 46/48 Florence street
phone 85326356
email [email protected]
If these fill up, options are available at
nearby Pt Broughton, Crystal Brook and Pt
Germein, all only 20-30 minutes away from
Pt Pirie.
DGE Rob Royal with input from the Pt Pirie
Convention Committee
Cyclone Pam
Dear District Governors and LCIF
District Co-ordinators
Due to the continuing problems of
feeding and providing fresh water to
the people of Vanuatu, LCIF has given
a US$100,000 Major Catastrophe grant
to assist the Lions of Vanuatu with
both immediate and long-term relief
efforts following Cyclone Pam.
Please can this latest assistance from
LCIF to the Lions of Vanuatu be
included in your next monthly
newsletter sent to your Clubs.
LCIF and the Lions of Vanuatu and
their communities are very grateful for
the immediate help and generous
donations provided by the Lions Family
of Australia
The following Friday week, after a most
uncomfortable stay of 11 days in hospital,
my bags were packed ready for home.
Although a little apprehensive, my progress
has been as expected & now a month later
I’m feeling better each day.
Powered sites, Unpowered sites, Cabins
Bentleys Cabin Park, 137 Main Rd PH 8633
2666 [email protected]
Kind Regards
I must sincerely thank everyone who has
been so concerned & supportive during
this time. My beautiful cards, flowers,
Many Cabins from Standard to Deluxe Spa
cabins
See photo p.6
MDC Nigel Jeny, LCIF MD201 Co-ordinator
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Norwood Lions Club
Years of Service
Lions Club
Surname
PrefName
Joined
Years
Gilles Plains Inc
Garvin
Stewart
March
35
Glenside Inc
Spangler
Bruce
March
35
Adelaide Italian Inc
Viscione
Joe
March
30
Golden Grove Inc
Lamming
Robyn
March
30
Tumby Bay & Districts Inc
Zwar
Noel
March
25
Unley Inc
Patterson
Janet
March
20
Cummins & District Inc
Laube
Nick
March
15
Kadina Inc
Partridge
Colin
March
15
Modbury Inc
Wilson
Gwen
March
15
Prospect - Blair Athol Inc
Netter
Bob
March
15
Glenside Inc
Birse
Alastair
March
10
Port Lincoln Inc
Petty
Jim
March
10
Torrens Valley Inc
Dennis
Phillip
March
10
Orroroo & District Inc
Price
Hilda
March
5
Port Augusta Inc
Coles
Roger
March
5
Port Augusta Inc
Nicholls
Debi
March
5
Port Augusta Inc
Scott
David
March
5
Adelaide Italian Inc
Lanfranchi
Franco
March
5
Onkaparinga Inc
Howard
Lynn
March
5
Golden Grove Inc
Fortanier
Tony
March
5
Tea Tree Gully Inc
Taylor
Geoff
March
5
On Monday 16th Feb 2015, Norwood Lions'
Charter Member Charlie Adam was
honoured as recipient of a Helen Keller
Award for recognition of his dedication and
service to volunteering. Lion Charlie’s
volunteering efforts spread far and wide as
he subscribes to various charitable
organisations to lend his hand. Within the
Norwood Club alone, he has largely been
the sole crusader for the Lions Recycle for
Sight Program providing members with
regular updates on his collections. Since
2010, Lion Charlie has collected over 3000
pairs of used spectacles from various
collection points around the Norwood area
to package and post to the headquarters in
Qld to be further distributed where
needed.
One of the quieter members of the Club,
Lion Charlie is a man of action rather than
words, and has lent his hand to multiple
Club activities as often as his busy
volunteering schedule will allow. He was
presented
his
Helen
Keller
Commemorative plaque and pin in the
esteemed company of our District
Governor Rosemary Wenham, and
Norwood Councillor Christel Mex. As you
can see from the photos below, he was one
very proud recipient.
Congratulations Lion Charlie, on your very
well deserved recognition.
Photo left
Pictured in photo from left to right: Carmen
Samy, Vice President; Norwood Councillor
Christel Mex, Helen Keller Award recipient
Lion Charlie Adam, and District Governor
Rosemary Wenham
Photo above Cyclone Pam see story p.5
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New Lions February 2015
Club
Port Pirie Lions
New Lion
Angle Vale
Sponsor
Adam Blok
Charles Morgan
Georginia Richter
Vanessa Owen
Charles Richter
Vanessa Owen
Clare District Inc
David Kleinig
Greg Pulford
Elizabeth Playford Inc
Heather Gauci
Marion Jenkin
Paralowie Inc
Shirley McRae
Dot Lewtas
Port Lincoln Inc
Ryan Chadbourne
Peter Milczarek
Kelvin Mickan
Gavin Roberts
Quorn Inc
Michael Abfalter
Wally Strupeit
Rocky River Inc
Graeme Eberhard
Tim Zander
Rostrevor Inc
Patricia Durdin
Ross Smith
Torrens Valley Inc
Peter Milsom
Phil Bowman
Former
Club
Angle Vale
Lion
Adelaide Italian Inc
Mr Donato Vignogna
Tea Tree Gully Inc
Mr Kenneth (Ken) Filmer
Whyalla Mount Laura Inc
Mr John McKeough
Torrens Valley
Ted Crispin
Kadina
Bob Turnbull
Golden Grove
Ron Jones
The Club will be holding a Bingo night on
the 27th of March at the Savoy Soccer Club,
eyes down at 8pm.
The Lion’s District Zone meeting was held
at Crystal Brook 26th February at 6.30 pm.
The beach cricket game between Orroroo
Lions Club and the Port Pirie Club was held
at the Port Germien beach on the 1st of
March. This year, the workers from the
Orana workshop took part in a three way
play off. The boys were the ultimate
winners on the day, and took home the
trophy to be contested again next year. A
total of 36 Adults and 6 children took part
in the games and enjoyed the BBQ that
was supplied as well.
VALE
Club
Lions guest speaker, Mayoress, Karen
Rhode was our speaker February, she
spoke on her career in teaching and also
about her family. The Club had to cancel
the two BBQ’s at Cheap as Chips on
account of 40 degree temperatures. The
weather also affected attendance at the
February Producer’s Market.
The Cheap as Chips BBQ’s were well
attended on Saturdays the 7th and 14th of
March as well as the Producers market on
the 8th of March.
Guest speaker Jenny Lewis spoke 0n
Victims of Crime for the March dinner
meeting. She made the members aware of
the different age groups who are victims
and the counselling and what is available
for the Victims of Crime. The guest
speaker for April will be the Mayor of Port
Pirie, John Rohde
A new member Jeremy Lambert was
inducted into the Port Pirie Lions Club at
the Club’s dinner meeting on the 17th of
March.—Barry McGree
The cricketers (above) and induction of Jeremy Lambert (right)
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Minlaton Lions
MINLATON CLUB PEACE POSTER WINNERS
Minlaton District School—Nikki Hoyle with
Chairman Lion Tom Martin
Curramulka Primary School—Isla Hickman
Stansbury Lions
Australia Day Breakfast
The weather may well have been mild but
our band of Lions has been hot on the job.
Australia Day breakfast was (despite the
weather) a great success. Every year it
seems to come together with less fuss
(once the tent is up). The numbers were
down due to being the day before school
returned and caravan holidaymakers
having returned home, but everyone was
fed and watered with military precision.
Once again another worthy recipient was
found in our midst as our Citizen of the
Year. Congratulations Carrol Roberts.
Unfortunately we farewelled a previous
Stansbury Citizen of the Year award winner
and a true gentleman Alex Daniell last
Friday. Although Alex wasn’t a Lions
member his humility and compassion for
his fellow man epitomises the standard we
as Lions try to live by. We were asked by
Bet to cater on the day and Margaret with
her legion of cooks and helpers put on a
great spread. There was a contingent of
non-Lions members that willingly gave us
their support which helped spread the
work load – a sincere thank you to all
Life’s Lighter Moments
Bob had shingles.
Those of us who spend much time in a
doctor's office should appreciate this.
Here's
what
happened
to
Bob:
Bob walked into a doctor's office and the
receptionist asked him what he had. Bob
said: 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his
name, address, medical insurance number
and told him to have a seat.
Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came
out and asked Bob what he had...
Bob said, 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his
height, weight, a complete medical history
and told Bob to wait in the examining
room.
A half hour later a nurse came in and asked
Bob what he had. Bob said, 'Shingles.' So
the nurse gave Bob a blood test, a blood
pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and
told Bob to take off all his clothes and wait
for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and found
Bob sitting patiently in the nude and asked
Bob what he had.
Bob said, 'Shingles.' The doctor asked,
'Where?'
Bob said, 'Outside on the truck. Where do
Warooka Primary School Emily Ramsay
you want me to unload 'em
?
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