Adopt-a-Highway 2012

Preliminary reminder: Keep Saturday 12 May free to help with our regular adopt-a-highway cleanup!

 

 

Taste the Harvest 2012

Devonport proved to be the City with Spirit. Driving the Spirit last weekend was the City of Devonport Lions Club which hosted their annual Taste the Harvest Festival at Roundhouse Park on the Mersey fore-shore.

The weekend began with the Friday night’s Taste the Harvest Celebration Dinner at the Waterfront Function Centre which again proved to be a first-class event. Melbourne’s Dwayne Bourke, from award winning restaurant Pure South. used produce  sourced from  the North West’s finest producers, to come up with a five course degustation. Each course was accompanied by a matching matching Tasmanian wine. It can be safely said that nobody was disappointed – except of course those who missed out. The event was sold out!

The sun came up on St Patrick’s day, promising a perfect day to go with the perfect venue. The Tasmanian weather Gods are in the good books again - after washing out the recent Devonport Apex Regatta held in the same place. The Taste was well attended with an estimated 5-6 thousands tickets sold on the day. The Soroptomist manned the gates and Devonfield provided wonderful hands to keep on clearing the bins. The City of Devonport Lions in close association with the City of Devonport Council  had organised everything, with members patrolling the event ensuring all went along smoothly. Many services came together in unison to make it a perfect experience for most. Entertainment galore, life bands, face painting and hair colouring, cooking classes by Nigel Squibb no less, and a huge array of wonderful dishes and drinks. 

People dancing to The Sun Kings doing their 50s repertoire, Devonport’s choral society sang Right on Cue,  the Cheeky Monkeys playing their 70s tunes, Gina Timms, Marcus Wynwood and many more... and then the wines from Iron Pot Bay, Ghost Rock and Velo, beer from Seven Sheds and Iron House, Rhubarb drinks from RhuBru, just to drop a few names!

All the hard work of planning and the days of setting up and cleaning up paid off, the City of Devonport Lions club’s major annual fundraiser was pulled off without a hitch!
Read the Examiner's article [here].

Election Night 2012

 

It was that time of the year again! How time flies.

Congratulations to those sellected for the new 2012/13 committee

President: Jay MacLagan
1st VP: Cathy Clayton
2nd VP: Dale Hawken
3rd VP John Momsen
Secretary: Bill Slater
Treasurer: Reanne Schuuring
Lion Tamer: Kevin Wills
Tail Twister: Andrew Tierney
2yr Director: Garry Beaton
2yr Director: Jenny Rimmer
1yr Director: John Murphy
1yr Director: Jim Pearson
Membership Chair: Judy O'Neil

Other business attended to included Lion Bill's report from the Zone Meeting held last Sunday which reported:

• New Leo Club for Smithton
• Christmas Cakes new pricing $11 and $15 for small and large respectively
• Remember our convention coming up in Ulverstone next November!
• Youth of the Year to invite school principals
• 13 April meeting will have our Zone Chairman visiting.

Taste the Harvest this weekend!! Sunday 11 March 1030am till 630pm.

All hands needed on deck for the setup on Saturday, starting at 9am with fencing, BBQ lunch ofr volunteers. Lion members are also needed on site at 8am on Sunday to help with stall and marquise setup.

The Taste the Harvest dinner at The Waterfront Function Centre (High Tide Restaurant) is sold out with 160 seats sold!  

East Devonport Skatepark is just about ready to be opened. It already has its first graffiti! Some landscaping still to be completed, and the official plague has been ordered. The facility will be officially opened by Lara Giddings at 2pm on the 2nd of May 2012. We expect a blushing Bobby Medcraft, the 16 year old rad youth activisit who led the campaign for the skate-park in 2003, to be there.

Next meeting is the Youth of theYear meeting! Our club currently has 5 local contestants who will compete to go to the Regional Titles and on to the Nationals later this year. Our club is still in need of Lion members to help usher at the Sunday 1 April regional finals. Speak to Lion Jay.  

Enjoy the Taste the Harvest weekend!