Devonport Lions in March 2011

The Taste the Harvest results are still being compiled, but it is clear the event did not run us a loss. Everybody was acknowledged for their support. Photos of the event are posted [here].

Lions Mints for the club are now truly a Club project with more people sharing the load: Lion Ree and Jenny doing marketing,  and Lion Jenny doing banking as well, the Beatons are in charge of storage and Garry Potter doing deliveries for the next few months! Many hands make light work. Great work.

Lion George and Lion Jenny are going to the National Lions Convention in Launceston: “Have a Devil of a Time in Tassie” 59th MD201  – 15th April to 18th April 2011. Who else is going??

65 Rose day for Cystic Fibrosis soon approaching. We need volunteers to rattle tins in the mall on 27 May for CF Associations.

Lion Barry Cooper has moved to Smithton and has left our club. He was one of our most active volunteers in the club and he will be sorely missed. We wish him all the best and hope to see him whenever he can make it to Devonport!

Youth of the Year has had it's State finals in Hobart and the Latrobe candidate is going to the Nationals held April 15/16 at the MD Convention in Launceston (see above). 

Anyone interested in going to the historic reenactment of the Longford Revival Meeting on April 2? Combining the motor sport history of Longford during the 50's and 60's with the music, the fashion and the lifestyle of the era this event will also feature a Beatles tribute band. Vintage cars will be racing around the original course reenacting The Flying Mile. A bus will leave the Mersey Yaught Club at 11am at a cost of $10-$20 depending on numbers. Contact Lion Garry Potter to confirm a seat.

We will be doing the The Biggest Morning Tea again this year for the Cancer Council on Thursday 23 May. We are also planning to have a public BBQ for Australias Biggest BBQ.

For extra Lion shirts and pens see Lion Bill, or take another look at the Lions merchandise website,... and for more information you just have to join the City of Devonport Lions club and attend the meetings!

Taste the Harvest photos

Here is the lowdown in pictures... If you notice any photos you feel should not be on this site (ie. one where your hair is out of place), let Lion Walter know and he is open to bribes!

Election Night at the RSL Club

Welcome to the following Lions on the new City of Devonmport Lions Club board for 2011/12

President: Robert Smith
Immediate Past President: Jenny Rimmer
1st Vice President: Lyndon Thurlow
2nd Vice President: Garry Beaton
3rd Vice President: John Murphy
Secretary: PDG LWR Bill Slater
Treasurer: Deanne Schuuring MacLeod
Lion Tamer: Philip Gleeson
Tail Twister: Andrew Tierney
Director 2 Year: Dale Hawken
Director 2 Year: PDG John Hughes
Director 1 Year: Kevin Wills
Director 1 Year: Garry Potter
Membership Chairperson: PP Jenny Rimmer

Email issues

Our mailserver with Siteground has changed address and you may have experienced some delays with email delivery to our devonportlions.info emails. The email, which ought to have been marked as urgent (!), regarding this important change was discounted by me as another commercial opportunity to boast about their updated and better than the rest services, of which I get numerous ones! All has been resolved now!

Also happening...

The Taste of the Harvest has begun! Tonight the official Taste Dinner is hosted at the Gateway Hotel, tomorrow all City of Devonport Lions will be helping with set up and Sunday 13 March is the big event.

Sunday 20 March we are preparing lunch for the people in Orana, Saturday 19 March the Latrobe Lions are hosting their 40th year at the Cherry Shed, where close to a dozen of us will attend the celebrations.

The Tasmanian Youth Conference (TYC) will be held 18 and 19 May 2011 at the Inveresk Tramsheds, Launceston. For the first time in 2011 TYC is open to both workers in the wider youth sector, as well as any young Tasmanians aged between 12-25 years.

From 15th April to 18th April 2011 the “Have a Devil of a Time in Tassie” MD201 district National Lions Convention will be held in Launceston. Registrations are to be held on Thursday the 14th April from 1.00pm to 5.00pm at The Grand Chancellor, Cameron Street in the city. 

The Lions have helped people in the Christchurch earthquake affected regions with items ranging from 500 portable toilets, numerous watertanks, cooked dinners and much more.

As the Gateway Hotel is undergoing renovations we will be meeting at the RSL Club in Devonport for a few months, starting Thursday March 24.

Youth of the Year 2011

The Lions Youth of the Year Quest is a project of Lions Clubs International of Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Kim and Lucy

The Quest is designed to encourage student interest in leadership and the qualities required to take an active and constructive role in the community. The Quest is sponsored by the National Australia Bank, and this year Lion Robert Smith was the Chairman of the City of Devonport Lions Club Youth of the Year committee.

Lion Jay McLagan presided over the Quest, and explained that it was not so much about the competition as it was about the experience of the youth involved, to have a go. All participants get a certificate of participation, and that alone can make or break a future job application! Participants were judged on their leadership qualities, their cultural, community, sport and last but not least their academic achievements.

Frances in good company here!

Even the Judges are winners!

This year we started the evening at our City of Devonport Lions club level with two finalists; Lucy Saltmarsh and Frances Aird. Eighty percent of the judging was already behind them, and tonight they had to compete for the final 20%. Both were asked to respond to two questions and a 5 minute talk on their chosen subject. The questions were:

1. What are the key ingredients to built a healthy society?
2. What are the +ve and -ve aspects of social networking sites such as Twitter and FaceBook on young people today?

After answering these questions Francis spoke about the importance of friendship, especially referencing her life-long friend Meg and their respective mothers’ friendships. Lucy spoke about the acceptance of homosexuality, how our society ought to be more understanding, and referencing homosexuality through the centuries from the “Sacred band of Thebes” (4th Centuries BC!) to today.

The three judges for our club were Kim Marshall (NAB), Evonne Ewins (DCC) and Damian Collins (DCC and The Zone). And they decided the winner was... Lucy Saltmarsh!! Congratulations Lucy, and good luck at the Nationals! Remember that Tasmanians have won the past two years, with Will Teare from Launceston winning last year’s Quest!