LIONS CLUB OF ASHBURTON PAKEKE INC.

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1 LIONS CLUB OF ASHBURTON PAKEKE INC. Charted 20/07/1980 District 202J March 2016 Bulletin President Ray Harraway Ph st Vice President Peter O Neill Ph nd Vice President Joe Butchard Ph rd Vice President Jim Martin Ph Secretary Meredith Lowe Membership Director Ron Paterson Ph Projects Director Anthony Schluter Ph Prog/Social Director Norm McFarlane Ph Street Appeals, Youth Director Barry Bluett Ph Treasurer Graeme Mably Ph Past President Welfare & Club Visits Bob Rodgers Ph Bulletin Editor Graham Taylor Ph ghtaylor@ihug.co.nz Non Board Member Meal Director Noel Lowe Ph Tail Twister Ron Paterson Ph Lion Tamer George Bishell Next Tea Meeting Monday March 21st will be held at the Ashburton Hotel, social hour from 5.30pm, seated for meal by 6.30pm. Greeters. B Bluet & B Crean Cashiers. R Suttie & C Davison Raffle.B Bluet, B Crean, R Suttie & C Davison Birthdays Joe Butchard, Bill Doak, Robin Ford, Meredith Lowe, Tony Sands, Don Wakelin. Members and Visitors. Please advise Lion Noel Lowe Ph (Answer phone available, please leave a message) by 1:00pm Friday March 18th.Late apologies will not be accepted Guest Entertainment:- Klaas de Boer, who is professor of Astro Physics Next Board meeting Tuesday 12th April 2016 at 7.30pm. At A I S staff room Robinson Street Tail Twisters If you have any stories to tell Ron Paterson Ph or Graham Taylor Ph they would love to hear from you. President s Report: Hi All, Well what a great weekend, a few technical hitches but all in all an excellent Convention. Young Jacobi a fantastic speech maker winner he shall go a long way with attitude like he has. Dine and Dance evening was a heap of fun, the music from the band was fully in accord with the age group attending, and everybody was great company. Pakeke Paints were well to the fore on the dance floor, most exercise for a long time. Sunday s service and Remembrance was excellent and very well done. Congratulations to the County Lions Ladies. Planning for the Auction will be starting shortly as will a roster for Wheat and Wheels gates. Our away Tea Meeting at the Bowling Club was a great success, with a few visitors attending and Peter Livingston as Guest Speaker made for a nice evening. We have a good number wishing to go on the trip to CHCH and the Court Theatre in April. Cheers President Ray H. Don t Forget Next Tea Meeting is a Irish Theme Night, wear something green

2 1st VP Report With two of our main fund raisers coming up in April Gate Duty for The Wheat & Wheels Vintage Machinery at Butterick s and Our Pakeke Lions Charity Auction it is going to be a really busy month. We are currently working on allocating duties for both of these events, so you will be contacted shortly to discuss your involvement. Bob Rodgers will be our liaison man between The Wheat and Wheels Committee and Arthur Pawsey will be the auction CEO. As I am going to be away for most of April and cannot attend either of these events, I wish to thank Arthur and Bob and others who have already accepted responsibility for allocated duties. (See List else where ) Peter O Neill ~ Old Italian proverb... After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. Programme Report for March The speaker for the March is Klaas de Boer, who is professor of Astro Physics at Bonn University in Germany. He is a Dutchman who has pursued his academic career in English speaking countries as well as Europe. He is confident in his ability to talk about space and astronomy in terms that laymen will understand and enjoy. He has a daughter living in Ashburton so spends quite a lot of time here. The Mt Somers district trip scheduled for March 20 th was well supported when the clip board was circulated last meeting. 32 names on the list including possibles. Meet at the Mt Somers domain at 2.30 and the school will put on a bus or buses to take us over one or two of the larger properties in the district. After the bus tour we can gather for a picnic afternoon tea in the domain. It will be useful to know how many are coming on the day so if you pull out let Joe know ( or jabutchard@xtra.co.nz). Similarly if you didn t put your name down and now want to go let me know. It will help the school bus people to know if they need one or two buses. Cost $10 pp. The bus trip to the Court Theatre in Christchurch, April 21, has been well supported with 35 tickets to the show sold and paid for. The bus will leave Hotel Ashburton at 2.00pm and will cost an additional $20 pp. The meal venue has changed from the RSA to the Breakfree but the cost per person is still in the order of $18. The March tea meeting will be on 21 March (note early date because of Easter) and will have an Irish theme. 2nd VP Joe Butchard The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats. 3rd VP s Report Thank you to those who are participating in the Child Cancer Appeal on the 18th. Old Coins. At our next meeting I ask members to help Graeme Neale with the Heads up for Kids Appeal by bringing along any old coins you may have for his bucket collection. Berwick. If you know of anybody who would benefit and would like to go on this course please get in touch with me asap. We already have one going from this Club. Website reference: 3VP Jim. 16 hours ~ Prince Philip... When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

3 These Pakeke Lions Have time on their Hands Anthony Schluter. Noel Lowe. Bob Crean and Milner Jacob serving as time keepers at the Borough School swimming sports on 15 Feb 2016 There must have been a sale at The Warehouse of Chequered Shirts Peter Livingston the Tinwald Headmaster and Guardian columnist along with Annelise Diamond entertained us at the last tea meeting with song & wisdom. Inward Correspondence: Already Circulated: Account for District Dues (sent to Treasurer) Note from District Secretary re Convention Times Ronald McDonald House Appeal request for assistance (sent to Jim M.) Hinds Lions Bulletin (circulated to Members) Promotional Flyer for LMCT trusteeship Neil Hanning (circulated to Members) Promotional Flyer for LMCT trusteeship John Doggett (circulated to Members) March J Times (circulated to Members) From Les Box re LCIF contributions (circulated to Board) From Zone Chair re Heads Up For Kids (sent to Graeme N.) Ashburton Lions Bulletin (circulated to Member) Rakaia Lions Bulletin (circulated to Members) Letter from Lyndal Lane appealing for funds (circulated to Board) Letter from PDG Les Box re donations to Fiji (circulated to Board) Note from Hinds Lions re Central Plains Water tour (circulated to Members) Ronald McDonald House Annual Appeal (second notice - sent to Jim Martin). Advice now received that our collection site will be at Countdown on 10 June Not Previously Circulated: Youthline Community Newsletter seeking funds to support a person on an overseas trip Temuka Pakeke Lions Bulletin Lions Young Speechmaker details Outward Correspondence: Letters to Families (3) of recently deceased Members formally inviting them to Convention Remembrance Service To Maurice and Anne Reid accepting their resignations and wishing them well Circulated to members re Positive Aging Expo Circulated to members re Events Centre Function to assist Annelise Diamond and others Bank Balances: Members Account $ Charity Account $

4 TIME LINE Monday 21st March Tea Meeting back at the Hotel, Irish Theme Friday 15th April. Pakeke Lions Auction Thursday April 21st Bus Trip Court Theatre - see 2nd VP s report Sunday 20 March Trip to Mt Somers area Friday 1st April. Red Puppy Appeal Saturday 2 nd and Sunday 3rd April Gates at Vintage Machinery Exhibition Friday 10th June Ronald McDonald House Annual Appeal DG Fern s Focus... I am not sure whether you will read this before our District convention in Ashburton or not, but there are some things I have noticed to the lead up to convention that I would like to comment on. Firstly it was disappointing not to receive any entries for the Winton Trophy that is the trophy for the best club project. I know that all clubs have taken part in some tremendous projects throughout the year, which would have qualified, but it seems no one has taken ownership of putting an entry in. On the same theme, not all bulletins were judged for the District s two bulletin trophies, the Clarkson Trophy for nonelectronically distributed bulletins, & the District 202J Electronic Bulletin Award for electronically distributed bulletins, because not all bulletins were submitted to our judge Beryl Naismith, our J Times editor. I hope these two issues will be corrected by next year. Neil and I will have attended District L s convention in Whakatane weekend of the 19 th 20 th February, to support District Governor Jim and Robyn Towersey, especially as Jim is seriously ill with cancer, so our thoughts are with them both. Conventions are events that we all should seriously think about attending, and as our Multiple District is taking place in Timaru on the weekend of the 29 th April to1 st May next, I would encourage you to think about attending. If you haven t attended a Multiple District convention before, you will get a new slant on this organisation, and see the amazing work carried out by people throughout New Zealand, people just like you and me. Until next month, take care. DG Fern Ashburton Pakeke Lions ANNUAL AUCTION Friday 15th April 2016 Ashburton Racecourse Selling commences at 5:30pm Viewing from 1:00pm to 5:00pm Friday Recycle Centre Old Batteries (Car, Truck, Tractor ect) Ring John Marshall Ph or drop off at his gate there is a pallet there **** Glasses, Hearing Aids, Old Cell Phones, Ring Brian Marsden Ph

5 Lions Club Of Ashburton Pakeke Auction Friday 15th April 2016 Auction Chairman; A. Pawsey. ( CEO ) Advertising; Collection of Goods; Reception of Goods and Labelling; Collecting Produce; Registration; N Lowe D. Prebble & L.Briggs B. Crean (Controller) G. Bishell. A. Schluter. (Team Leaders ) T. Tindall, G. Neale, B. Doak, J. Butchard, D. Wakelin, G. Cartney, N. McFarlane, N. Andrews, J. Lynch, (Leader) G. Mably, G. Taylor, S. Lovett, (Leader) B. R. Rodgers, B. Doak, J. Martin, (Leader) C. Divers. C. Davison, Auctioneer Organiser; R. Ford, Scribes; Runners; R. Paterson, (Leader) M. Lowe, D. Prebble, B. Crean, R. Ford, J. Butchard, (Leader) I. Divers, A. Schluter, N. Lowe, Lions Reserve Bidder; L. Briggs, Electrical Inspection; Roger Jones, Security; Raffle; R. Spencer, (Leader) R. Harraway, J. Allison, R. Rodgers, R. Suttie, G. Cartney, M. Lowe, J. Doak. D. Lyttle, & D. Allison, Fine China & Antiques; I. Divers, (Leader) R. Evans, M. Simpson, V. Cartney, Cakes & Sweets; J. Doak, (Leader) A. Marsden, E. Schluter, N. Galway, Continued Next Page

6 Extra Tables; Sausage Sizzle; C. Divers, (organiser only NOT to carry) J. Doak, R. Suttie, T. Tindall. G. Neale, / G. Bishell, Cashiers; G. Mably, (Leader) B.Bluett, C. Galway, E. Paterson, Cataloging; B. Bluett, (Leader) J.Tarbotton, I. Divers, Smokos; E. Paterson,(Leader) N. Smollett, N. Galway, G. Hansen, Storage & Skippy Bins; R. Harraway, Wood Raffle; A. Schluter, Signage & Banners; N. Lowe (Leader) N. McFarlane, N. Andrews, Milner s Bargain Bin; M. Jacob, Print the last two pages for further Use =============================================================== Arthur or I will be in contact with all Team Leaders in the next few days to discuss their roles in more detail. If anyone has a problem with their allocated job, we have missed them out or they are happy to take on a bit extra, feel free to contact Arthur or I as there is always room for a willing worker. Milner will be arranging a booking at the MSA for the Saturday evening meal, please provide him with your names and numbers wishing to go by the Friday of the Auction. (15 th April) Support for our Cake and Produce Stalls by way of items for sale would be very appreciated, as will items for the raffles. If you have items for the raffles, but will not be able to deliver them at a convenient time, you can drop them off at Arthur and Margaret Pawsey s prior to auction day. Thank you all in anticipation of a very successful Fund Raiser. Peter O Neill