Changeover dinner '09

Lion James Pearson, new President 09/10

The Lions Club of City of Devonport held it's Fiftieth Installation Night dinner on Saturday, 27 June 2009, at the Gateway Hotel. Fifty Lions members, partners and guests attended the function which saw fourteen Lions Club members sworn in as office bearers for the coming year. Past District Governor Bryan Smith, of the Kentish Lions Club, installed the following Lions into their respective positions on the new board:

Lion James Pearson, President
Lion Philip Gleeson, Immediate Past President
Lion Lyndon Thurlow, 1st Vice President
Lion Jennifer Rimmer, 2nd Vice President
Lion Robert Smith, 3rd Vice President
PDG Lion Bill Slater, Secretary
Lion Dale Hawken, Treasurer
Lion Kevin Wills, Lion Tamer
Lion Geoff Phillips, Tail Twister
Lion Horst Koerner, Director 2 Year
Lion Bob Cameron, Director 2 Year
Lion Mark Self, Director 1 Year
Lion John Momsen, Director 1 Year.
Lion Walter van Praag, Membership Chairman

Guest Leon Wootton, from Devonport North Rotary, was presented Honorary Membership in the Lions Club of City of Devonport. Additionally, he received a “Thank You” plaque. He was honoured for his leadership as Chairman of the sub-committee, over a four year period, attendant to the erecting of the “Spirit of the Sea” water feature. Ken Knowles and Leo Smith, members of the Mersey Lions Club, were presented with certificates of appreciation for their efforts in support of the water feature.

• Lion Horst Koerner was presented with a “Lion of the Year” plaque for outstanding service.
• Lion Philip Gleeson was presented with a plaque recognising his year in office as President..
• Lion Bill Slater was presented with a plaque recognising his year as Secretary.
• Lion Brian Ralston was presented with a Lions Tasmanian Foundation Fellow certificate in recognition of outstanding service, dedication and loyalty.

Guest Mayor Lynn Laycock presented four Community Service Awards in recognition of singularly significant service within the Devonport Community to:

Judy Wild
Bill Slater
Steve Trewin
Leon Wootton

Music was provided for the evening by Charlie Bobongie.

Lions Who Have Received Honours in the Queen's Birthday List 2009

http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/ooa/biographies/2009-birthday.php

Looks like 2009 was a year during which us Lions received ample recognition for our contributions to the community! I think we can all add one more name to that list!

Lion Walter OAM!

Upcoming dates

The Forth Wildlife Rescue Centre has Michael Gaffney MLC is opening their new Wildlife Rescue Centre on the 16th of July at their new address: 232 Bellamy Road, Forthside.

Magic Show is coming up again on the 19th of September, and we are celebrating the 50th year of our charter on Saturday 13th of February, 50 years to the day!

A reminder for members, that our change-over dinner will be held at The Gateway Hotel on Saturday 27 June, if you or your partner cannot make it please contact Garry Potter.

If you like to propose a member here is the membership proposal <form>.

New Lions on board

Pictured above is Jennifer Barwick who officially became a Lion today! And pictured below is Justin Gossage who was also inducted today. It is great to see younger members joining our club.

We all feel that it is important to have a good mix of people in our Lions Club so as to represent the community that we serve, the city that we built, and the people we represent!

To make the above induction memorable we had Erica de Jong speak to us about her experience as a Youth of the Year winner of our club. She made it to the state finals in Hobart and made all of us, as well as her octarian pop very proud! To hear how much we mean to the young people involved in the Youth of the Year project made us very proud. Thank you Lion Robert for having made the 2009 quest a success for our City of Devonport Lions Club!

A reminder for the volunteers at the race-gates next Sunday, don't forget to check the local paper to find out the starting time of the first race of the day and be at the Spreyton race-course 90 minutes prior. This is what our club does to keep our member-ship costs down.

Also note to members, our change-over dinner will be held at The Gateway Hotel on Saturday 27 June, if you or your partner cannot make it please contact Gary Potter. It will be a fun night when we say goodbye to president Philip and hello to President elect Jim! We will also have distinguished guests join us in the celebration. As we will obviously not have a board meeting after this dinner we shall have that at Lion Jenny's house on 16 June at 730pm.

The Magic Show tickets will go on sale again in a few weeks time, watch out! Not sure what this is? Why not check photos of last year's event <here>.

PCYC has decided to hold a regular car-boot sale as a regular fundraiser for their organisation after their first sale last month was a success - despite the weather that prevailed! We trust it will become a regular Devonport community feature as Devonport really has nothing of its kind yet. Look for them on the Mersey foreshore the first Saturday morning of each month! And whilst we are talking about the PCYC, they are holding a Christmas in July dinner function with auction and raffle at the Axeman Hall of Fame on July 17. Tables of 10 are available for groups. If you have items suitable for fundraising please or like to get a ticket speak to Dale or call The Zone on 6423 4099.

Incoming Officers Training Day

Lions Jim Pearson, Jenny Rimmer, Robert Smith and Bill Slater attended a half day training course in Latrobe on 7 June in preparation for assuming their new roles as club officers for 2009-2010. The session was well attended and the instruction and cross-feed of information and ideas was most rewarding.