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 21st November

Note – there is no Dinner Meeting on Tuesday 7th November

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.

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MOST IMPORTANT

Please email Christine Pullin

info@noosakeys.com.au

Sunday prior to the Meeting

For Apologies and Meals

Birthdays in November

Janelle McIntosh Christine Pullin Merrilyn Coad

Janelle McDonald Gary Dun

Stephen Priest

Tewantin Noosa Lions Club Inc.

The Pelican Brief

November 2017

For up to date information about events and rosters, go to the website: www.tewantinnoosaqld.lions.org.au

NOVEMBER DATES – for details see inside

Saturday 4th November – Heartkids Triathalon ………….

Sunday 26th November – Christmas Lunch

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Well this month has flown past and we are as busy as ever.

I would like to thank those who have put their names on

rosters, they are important to the continuing success of the

Club.

I only wish we could have found people to do the marshalling

for the Tri – the $1000 would have been very handy.

The Cooroy Car Show was a great earner and they begged us to come back next year.

The Australia Day event is gathering momentum and this time it looks bigger than ever.

With United Synergies on board to help with marketing, their local youth homeless and

head space programs have been nominated for funding from this project.

The PayPal reader is almost set up, just a few minor adjustments. This will make it so much

easier to take fees at parking etc.

I have been looking forward to the Convention at Gympie, and hope it will be a great event

as most Conventions are. We are still looking at holding one.

The new kitchen looks great, and thanks again to John and Ian. John is looking at the roof

now.

Remember if a roster comes your way PLEASE put your name on it.

President Chris

FUTURE SOCIAL EVENTS – Christine Pullin, Social Cttee

Social events until Xmas;

Melbourne Cup night at the den on 6th November. Party start time is 6.00pm. Reminder to bring a salad or dessert and meat for BBQ.

Xmas Lunch @ Pier 11, the same place as last year. Cost the same as last year. Sunday 26th

November. We have a private room for just us.

Trivia Night. A trivia night is proposed for March 24 next year at the Bowls Club.

NEWS FROM THE BOARD – Secretary Paul Beeston

Who’s Who in the Zoo

With a club our size, it is often difficult to know who is doing what. This is a bit more confused

because of our club motto’ this year:

“Sharing the Load”

The President (Lion Chris P), Secretary (Lion Paul B) and Treasurer (Lion Mike O’B) do all the

traditional things eg. Presidential things, Secretarial things and money things. The Immediate Past

President (David Watts) looks after new and current members.

David is also the District Q4 Cabinet Secretary.

Lola McDonald is our Zone Chair.

The real work is done by the Vice Presidents and they need all the help they can get. The list below is

not exhaustive. Ask a VP what else they do in their ‘spare’ time.

VP1 Trevor Luff (Luffy)

Brekky Club

COC Carols

ANZAC Day

Van Cleaning. Service Projects eg.

Wesley landscaping

VP2 Janelle McDonald

Kids Tri

RSL Fair

Car Parking

Australia Day (Lions Food Vans)

Youth of the Year

Festival of Waters

Catering (that’s Gary)

VP3 Dagmar Orlicek

Bunnings BBQs

Xmas Raffle

XMAS Cakes

Classy Ladies

Pirates Rodeo

Festival of Surfing

Clean up Australia.

Other

Point of Sale terminal. Tewantin Noosa enters the world of commerce. We now have a ‘cash

register’ that will make it easier for Lions serving and taking money. This means you can all

forget the mental arithmetic that you have all forgotten anyway. Just press a button and the

price of a hamburger will pop up.

Lions Clubs International are asking clubs for ‘legacy’ projects to commemorate the

centenary of Lions. If you have any ideas please let a Board member or Mike Roach know.

Watch this space.

Rosters. With the busy time of the year starting please remember why you are a Lion. This

time of the year we earn the funds that enable us to help our community and the wider

community. See “Future Dates” below.

Car Parking. You may have seen some news about the Council increasing the cost of parking

in the local press. While the Council is taking the lion’s share (no pun intended) we will not

miss out. Our ‘cut’ per car is slightly higher that under the previous arrangement.

Future Dates (Note 15/16/17 Dec) - for November dates, see below

RSL Fair Sun 10 Dec Vans & Volunteers M. Roach

Classy Ladies Fri 15 Dec Brolga & volunteers

Bunnings Sat 16 Dec Volunteers

COC Carols Sun 17 Dec ??Vans & Volunteers

Car Parking Tue 26 Dec - Sun 7 Jan Volunteers P Beeston

Australia Day guess Food vans & Volunteers

CLUB ACTIVITIES - for November

Heartkids Triathalon Sat 4 Nov Roster is complete for this event

Camp Duckadang working bee.(10-12 Nov). Lola McDonald gave a brief description of Camp Duckadang and it function in Lions, and asked for anyone available and interested in attending the working bee to let her know.

Van Cleaning – 9 November There will be an important clean in preparation for up-coming events.

Christmas Raffle and Cakes

Roster for the Raffle Ticket sales has been distributed, but there are spots to fill. The Club has

secured a new venue for sales in the air-conditioned comfort of Noosa Civic. This might better suit

some members. Two members for each time slot. Marina Markets and Farmers Market time slots

are from 7am to 12 noon.

Help is required – please contact Dagmar Orlicek

DINNER MEETING, 17th October 2017

Bev’s Blankets.

Club Member Bev Heaney displayed two magnificent blankets she has made for Youth

Insearch. Barry and Vilma will be more than happy to find some deserving youths to receive

them.

Guest Speaker – Club member Trevor Coad

Trevor presented a talk on the Baltic States, covering the buildings remaining from the

Middle Ages, and the turbulent history of the area for the period from the 13th century to

the present day.

RECENT HAPPENINGS

District Convention

Gympie, 29/30 October

Report from President

Chris Pullin

What a great convention that

was , some parts were a little

dragged out and not relevant

others interesting ,thought

provoking and that is what makes

Conventions different , The two Leo's Kody

and Emily who were Sargent at Arms and

did a great job keeping everyone in line and

on time .

The guest speakers were excellent, from

the Leo of the year Jesse Pascoe, Youth of

the Year winner Riley Salter and Youth

Insearch participant and leader, Joe Horvat

Michelle Trute, CEO Diabetes Qld.

Ms Dianne Morgan from Volunteering Australia

M.D. Treasurer Lion Bruce Unwin

And to finish the day with Past International

President Barry Palmer, what a day full of news,

tears, exciting new ideas, thought provoking

forum and club challenges.

I know I had a great time and that Janelle

McDonald did as well. Maybe next year we can

get more to come to Coolum.

BBQ in aid of Katie Rose Cottage at their Garage Sale – Report by

Jay Roach

A hardy group of Lions’ members swapped cap & apron for snorkel and flippers to assist Katie Rose

Garage sale on Saturday 21st October by supplying sumptuous sausages.

Although crowds of people didn’t fight their way through the puddles & rain, there were plenty of

smiles & chatter & great people to chat to under the Porta shade.

The new CEO of Katie Rose, John was most appreciative of our bbq with beautiful smells wafting

inside to tempt those browsing.

Thanks again to the Lions who rallied to the cause and willingly gave their time.

Lions Den Kitchen

Work on installing the new

kitchen is virtually completed.

But due to continuing problems

with the leaking roof, the kitchen

needs protection. Note the

carefully placed bucket. We still

wait to see if we are getting a

grant for our roof replacement.

In the meantime John Pritchard’s

‘patching’ skills are keeping us

(fairly) dry.

Christmas Cake – distribution to outlets

Thanks to Carmen Hackshaw, our supply of cakes has arrived and our volunteers have commenced

distributing them to commercial outlets for sale.

Hummingbird House BBQ at Coles Peregian Springs – Sun. 15th Oct

The Club conducted a BBQ as a fundraiser for the Children’s Hospice, Hummingbird House.

Merrilyn Coad collecting a

supply of cakes stored with

Margaret Jolly

The Club’s Brolga, on

site with; from left,

Lions Ross Payne, Karl

Kunkel, Donna from

Coles, and Lion Gary

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