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Tewantin Noosa Lions Club meets: 6:30pm – Meeting 7:00pm, 1st & 3rd

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club meets: 6:30pm – Meeting 7:00pm, 1st & 3rd

Tuesdays of every month at the Tewantin Noosa RSL Club.

NEXT DINNER MEETINGS:

Tuesday 1st September

Tuesday 15th September

Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to perform your assigned

duties at the meeting.

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club Inc. (INC. No. 1A79) District – 201 – Q4, Queensland, Australia.

Address: P. O. Box 67, Tewantin Qld. 4565

Please note: Views expressed in this bulletin may not represent the official views of the

Club.

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club Inc.

The Pelican Brief

September 2015

For up to date information about events and rosters, go to the website:

www.tewantinnoosaqld.lions.org.au

MOST IMPORTANT

Please email John Nichols no

later than the Sunday night

before the meeting and leave a

message to register any apologies

& equally important, register any

guest attendance.

Birthdays in Sept.

Helen Hatter Gus Hatter

Michael Roach David Kumeta Peter Hallman

Phil Ryan Peter Schofield

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Di is away at the moment, so watch this space

for an extra-large report next month

These days Businesses, Organisations, and People all have websites to make their information

available to the Wide Word.

Our Lions Club is no different – we have an excellent site, thanks to Dagmar.

Please visit it. There is a section of the Site that is Members Only, containing lots more information

of interest to Club Members. And don’t forget that to access this area, your password is your 6 digit

Lions Membership Number.

http://tewantinnoosa.qld.lions.org.au/

FOR THE DIARY

No known Club funds-raising activities to report.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES – Report from Committee Chair, Paul NEXT FUNCTION

DIARY REMINDER

And don’t forget

1. Mon 2 November Melbourne Cup (Den) 2. Weekend 4/5/6 Dec Christmas Party

More Details to Follow

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS – report from Committee Chair, Ian McKay

What: Drinks and Nibbles

When: Sat 12th September, 4.00pm

Where: RSL Park, Tewantin (opposite RSL)

What: Barefoot Bowls

When: Sunday 12 October, 2:00pm

Where: Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club

Hilton Terrace, Tewantin

Don’t forget ………. Ask One and

Watch out for the Two Hands (Don’t ask me – Ed)

CLUB INFORMATION - from Board

Member Peter Schofield

Grant applications: Australia Day Event- Our club has applied to the Noosa Council for $6,000 to run the Australia Day Event next year. The advice for success or not comes in November. The planned event will include Early Entertainment, Citizenship Ceremony, Local Legends Award, and of Course following Entertainment to 3 pm. We will have our vans there and hopefully it will be a fine day Concrete Slab- Noosa Council Community Project Grant- Richard Day and Peter Schofield are following up on a grant round that opened on 17 August. We have applied for approximately $10,000 to erect a concrete slab at the front of the Den Roller Doors. If successful (September close and December advice) it will provide us with a much safer , efficient and cleaner space at the front of our Den. Other Grants- Grant writing and applications can be fun. If you have any ideas of how we can effectively target some grants let Richard (chairman) or Peter know about it. Pam Mc Neill and Janelle Mc Donald have joined the group to assist in the discovery and target process for 2015/ 2016. Books, Books, Books - A reminder about our book lending facility. The project has started well and Members are free to take the books on loan, have a read, and then bring them back for others. First Members who take the books are encouraged to place a slip of paper inside the cover and to write a short comment on an article they liked, or a reference that other members may be interested in. Regards, Peter

FROM OUR MEETING 4 August 2015 – (thanks to Rosemary Luyendyk)

At this last meeting, Club Member Barry Bridger (who has been heavily involved with Youth Insearch

over many years), gave an overview the program, as summarized below.

Youth Insearch is a community organization that focusses on resolving adolescent issues at a peer

level. Peers are supported by skilled adults. It targets young people aged between 12 and 17 and is

open to all young people.

Contacts on the committee are: Ian McKay 5474-3348. Peter Schofield 5474-1297 Ian Glew 5455-6644

Youth Insearch began in Queensland in 1999 and became a Q4 district project, based in Bundaberg

in 2001. There are normally 4 camps a year which cost participants about $130 – 150 a camp and at

least $8,000 to fund each camp

As he has been involved in many camps Barry was able to give first hand reports of the positive

outcomes of the residential camps, often after just one day. He noted particularly one young

participant who went on to become a barrister and was still involved in Youth Insearch.

Club members may be called on to work/volunteer for the upcoming March camp. In thanking Ian

Glew who raised $3655 for the camps, Barry welcomed Ian to be one of those volunteers.

President Di on Community Radio

Di and Club member Michael Reid, had an interview with Len Tyler of Noosa Community Radio on

Wednesday 5th August, where a range of subjects were covered promoting the work Lions does in

the community.

Barry Bridger giving his presentation Ian Glew at the end of his Gold coast

Marathon, where he raised $3655 for

Youth Insearch

TRAVELLERS TALES

Geoff and Carolanne Bowden are currently travelling in Western Australia on their annual wildflower

and fish hunt. From the following, their hunting and fishing has obviously been most successful.

SNAPSHOT OF A NEW MEMBER – Mick Reid

Born and raised in Western Australia until the age of 15 when I joined the Australian Navy in 1965.

After 12 years where I served on a range of ships traveling throughout Asia and Australia I became a

civilian.

Spent the last 30 odd years in Sales and Marketing, the last 20 being self-employed consulting to a

wide range of industries.

In 2008 I volunteered for a stint in India refurbishing a village school in central Rajasthan and was

lucky enough to visit the Taj Mahal and go on a Tiger safari.

One of the wild native orchids they found.

A very pleased Geoff, with a 30 lb Jew

fish, caught on an 8lb line, which took

him almost an hour to land. Clever.

President Di at the Noosa

Community Radio studios

Married to Robyn, a Queenslander, hence why we live in Noosa!

Yes – that’s Mick at front of photo!