Tasmanian Leo Of The Year

The Leo Of The Year for 2012-2013 was decided at the Lions District 201T12 at Ulverstone 11th November 2012.
The contestants were Jacob Stump from the Glenorchy Leo Club, Brandon Richardson from the Penguin Leo Club and Amy Bryan from the Burnie Leo Club. What a fine group of teenagers they were. Thes people are our Lions of tomorrow and the organisation couldn't be in better hands. All three showing leadership skills, and to be able to deliver the goods no matter what problems presented themselves to them.
However there are no loosers, all were winners but one had to go forward as the District representative at the Multiple District Convention in Canberra 26th - 29th April 2013. So congratulations to Leo President Amy Bryan of our Burnie Leo Club.
I would be remiss of me if I didn't acknowledge the support given to Leo Jacob Stump by Past District Governor Jack Allen of the Glenorchy Lions club, for his moral support of Leo Jacob Stump when he needed it most. Something that will be remembered by all who attended the Convention on Sunday.

The image shows Leo Amy and Leo Storm-Lee Walker with City of Burnie Lions Club President Brian Cole when President Amy won the Leo Club event a few weeks previously.

The 61st MD201 Lions Clubs National Convention for Australia and PNG, Canberra 26th April - 29th April 2013

The rush for "Gold" as in dollars

Autism Spectrum Disorder. The worry for parents of children who suffer from it in all its forms.

For some years the City of Burnie Lions Club has had an interest in doing something that would make life easier for a family who has a child with autism. In the meantime the Lions Club of Rocky Cape and also The Wynyard Lions Club combined to assist another family in the area with a companion dog from Righteous Pups Inc.

We at Burnie became aware of a family in need and in consultation with the Lions Club of Penguin set off on a fundraising exercise, conditional that the family also assist in the fundraising apart from the Lions and Leos. The total target being $30,000.00.

Saturday night 4th August the major project committee of the COB Lions Club staged a Christmas in Winter dinner at Weller's Inn who supplied free of charge access to their kitchen and dining area for the function that attracted 138 people who came with open cheque books, pockets, and purses. Raffles were rife, auctions fiercely contested to swell the gross income to beyond the expected target for the night. At the time of writing this the total is still unknown.

The "Jolly Ol'chap in Red" paid a visit with his two lady helpers to hand each diner a small present as a thank you for coming along.

It would be remiss of me not to mention those young Leos who waited on tables like veterans. Serving from the right and removing from the left as you would expect in a top restaurant. These are the youth of our city showing that they have a heart and a will to serve the community. You just have to "luv 'em".
Also a sincere thank you to all the generous sponsors who donated to the project, too many to include here but they know who they are, and God Bless them for their gemerosity.

Donations may be made payable to the City of Burnie Lions Club Inc. P.O.Box 265, Burnie, 7320. Please indicate that it is for this particular project.
The image at the top left is of Ms Joanne Baker one of the founders of the Righteous Pups program in Bendigo, Victoria. This lady brought a trained dog with her to address a combined Lions Club function at the Lions Park, Wynyard two years ago. They are amazing animals with the way they react to situations. Once matched with a recipient, the dog stays with them 24/7 for the working life of the dog, usually around 10 years. For more information "Click" on the link below

www.righteouspups.org.au/AboutUs.aspx

 

Re-emergence of the Leo Club

The City of Burnie Lions Club welcomes the return of the Leo's

What an eventful past few months by some of the members of our Lions Club. In particular Lion Melissa Bell who has at last managed to bring together a group of young people to float the idea of reforming the Burnie Leo Club.

The club was originally chartered in 1986 and because of various reasons folded in 1995 after years of valuable service to the community. Sadly the age limit caught up with them, and the recruitment of new young members was never pursued either by the members or the Leo Club's advisers. Hopefully this will not be replicated this time around.
The first meeting held in April had five youths, mainly girls and subsequent meetings have attracted more till the last meeting had eighteen plus three visiting Leo's from Penguin, Lion Melissa, and myself as the Burnie Leo Club Adviser. It was also time for the original gavel and gong to re-emerge which the new President Amy Bryan tested thoroughly because my ears are still ringing.
Members were noted examining the original Charter, also a few other items of memorabilia that is hanging on the walls of the den from the previous Leo Club.

So who are these Leo's who will be the charter members?

President: Amy Bryan.

Vice President: Gradt Cohen.

Secretary: Hanna Spurr.

Ass. Secretary: Hayley Knott.

Treasurer:  Tanner Medwin..
Publicity Officer: Alexandra Bell.
Tail Twister: Storm Walker.
Members: Sian Borgatz, Monique Bunton, Grady Cohen, Tanner Medwin, Jacklyn Rogers, Tahlia Strempel, and two new members who arrived last week. A warm welcome to them also.
So the Charter members will be those who's paper work has been received by an agreed date.
As soon as the required paper work has been filed with Lions Clubs International and approved, the club will then plan its charter night, or day, which ever is preferred.
A few basic rules of conduct were adopted and also the decision was made to organise a social night at the Lion's Den at Cooee, Tuesday 5th June to raise some funds for their Administration account. Music and games with no alcohol or smoking as the club is basically an Alpha Leo club. That is membership is between the ages of 12 and 18 with two who are above that age bracket.
Members are encouraged to visit the City of Burnie Lions Club at dinner meetings any time, and also participate in inter-club visits and outings by other Leo Clubs.

So what is coming up for them, and did they succeed?:

Saturday 9th June, 2012. The Charter dinner of the new Smithton Leo Club at the Smithton Golf Club. 17 Mella Road, Smithton. Sit down at 7:00pm. Those attending would need to leave Burnie by 5:45pm.
Saturday 16th June, 2012. Penguin Leo Club change over. Details as per the newsletter.
Tuesday 26th June, 2012. City of Burnie Lions Club change over night at the Burnie Arts and Function Centre. 6:00pm for 6:30pm seated. Leo's invited to attend if they wish to.
Friday 27th June, 2012. Penguin Leo's annual migration to Cradle Mountain. Refer to newsletter for details.
Friday 6th July, 2012. City of Burnie Lions Club will be catering for the Spinners and Weavers Guild. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. The Lions would welcome Leo's to participate.
Saturday 4th August 2012. Members assisted with a fundraising event held by City of Burnie Lions Club. The Leo members acted as waiters and kitchen helpers at Wellers Inn Burnie to raise funds for an Autistic Assistance Dog for a Penguin girl. The goal within twelve months is $30,000.00 and as a result of this function, both clubs and the Penguin Lions Club are well on their way to achieving that goal. Well done all who participated.
Saturday 18th August 2012. The big night for our Leos with the presentation of the Charter as a recognised club with in Lions Clubs International.
Tuesday 30th October 2012 Burnie Leo Club's Leo of the year quest held with Storm Walker and Amy Bryan as the contestants. The judging panel chose President Amy to go forward to the District Convention.
Sunday 11th November 2012 President Amy Bryan selected as the District 201T1 Leo Of The Year with the opportunity to contest the MD201 Leo Of The Year quest.

Lions Youth of The Year 2012

While the City of Burnie Lions Club is not involved this year, I must say that my old school The Launceston Church Grammar School has pulled off a unique double.

Quoted from Alumni E-news March 2012

"Lion's Youth of the Year Two Youths of the Year. Grammar has not just one, but two winners of the prestigious Lions Club Youth of the Year competition. Sarah Norris and Nick Connelley both won not only the public speaking section of their respective Club finals, but they also were both the outright winners. Each progresses to the next level, the Regional finals, to be held very soon. To even have a single winner at club level is a wonderful achievement, as competition is always fierce, and it seems amazing that a small state like Tasmania can produce so many eloquent and concerned students to reach the level of Regional competition. Youths of the Year are judged not just for academic, sporting and public speaking achievements, but also for leadership, cultural ability and social concern. They are, as their title suggests, true youths of outstanding merit, who usually continue to be leaders in their chosen fields later in life. Congratulations to our ambassadors, Sarah and Nick, and good luck in the next round of competition.
Dr Louise Fairfax Senior Coach of Debating"

I am pleased to report that Nick Connelley won the Northern Region section hosted by the City of Launceston Lions Club. He then contested the State Final at Kings Meadows Sunday the 15th April winning the District final and Public Speaking section as well.
Nick will now go to the Lions Multiple District Convention in Perth W.A. in May for the Na6tional Final. We wish him every success.

North West Coast Relay For Life. Penguin 2012

Congratulations must go to Lion Brian Smith who was our club's represenative on the organising committee. His report back to the Lions club just showed what can be done. Yes there was preparations for the event by our members with some memorable moments along the way. The first of these was supposed to be a "howling" success. The howling didn't eventuate as the 10kgs of onions that had to be peeled were done outside on the trays of two utility vehicles with the breeze coming from behind us.

You have to be cunning. A large plastic tub three parts full of water kept the "stinkers" in chech as well until one rather smart Lion decided to act like Taliban guerilla and started lobbing missiles that landed in the tub and drenched the front of the writer's pants. Needless to say I was accussed of wetting my pants. I can assure readers it was wet but not warm.

As the sun sank gently in the west all the stinkers were peeled and sliced into rings ready for the weekend four buckets of them.

Now our lady members arrived all smelling sweet and fragrant with their perfumes wafting around the worksite. By the time they left the combination of perfumes and onions left a lot to be desired and may I suggest that it would be a day or so before the onion odour departed and I'm speaking from experience with them in the past.

Now Pancake mixture, oh dear, oh dear, four by two litre containers filled in the time it took to peel and slice ten Kgs of Onions? One person commented that at this rate we would still be there at midnight.

Not a chance. Out of the back of my car came a large mixing bowl used for making the family Christmas puddings and a beater mix Lion Christine and I soon worked out the quickest and easiest method of production that saw a full bag and half turned into many two and three litre containers full. In the meantine the food blender was still churning away with 375grams mix add 380mls water beat the crap out of it, add a bit of mix and a bit of water, beat it again, then fill a container to hald full and start the process all over again.

Well what the heck, we all had a ball at each others expense and that was what it was meant to be, a fun night. The worst part was cleaning up afterwards. However by 9:30pm all had left for home.

Relay for Life on Saurday 24th and Sunday 25th March was yet another experience. The moment the onions went onto the hot plates to cook and caramellise was the moment the hungry hordes decended on us. Hamburgers, Sausages, Savaloys, Steaks and Pancakes were in hot demand and at one stage there was a que fifty metres long. It was just too bad that Lion Sue Perry-Keene had boiled the kettle ten times to make coffees for us all. Nine times she failed due to customer demands. The tenth she just turned her back and did what she had tried to do an hour or so earlier. Sue that was a most welcome cup of coffee I can tell you.

Anyone who knows greek mythology will recall the story of the Argonauts and the Sirens whose melodious voices lured sailors to their deaths. Now would you believe me if I told you that the Sirens are still alive and well in the form of the young female adults who became some of our best customers. Talk about wrapping some of us around their fingers with their sense of humour and dare I say it, exceptionally good manners that little extras were not a problem. What surprised me most was the fact that the girls would ask for and get what they wanted while the boys stood back urging the girls to get what they wanted, the lazy beggers.

The resulting figure as of the count Sunday was $263,627.00 with more to come in. Add the $80,000.00 from the Smithton event and the figure becomes absolutely outstanding. Well done North Western Tasmania. You have again raised the bar to new heights with over $2.4 million raised since the events inception twelve years ago with less than one third of the population base of the state.


To all the Lions members, partners, and volunteers, thank you for a job well done. Our contribution has been estimated to be $2,200.00 for this year. Congratulations also applies to those Lions clubs and Leo's who walked the event from start to finish, well done all.


I will add images as soon as they become available from our club photographer Lion Sheree Archer.

Orientation of New Lions of 18 months or less membership

To my fellow Lions of the City of Burnie Lions club, and all Lions in District 201T1 (Tasmania)

As District Coordinator of the Global Leadership Team (GLT) I invite you to attend the various venues offering the new training workshops.

Our Cabinet Secretary Lion Maurice Jones prepared some 150 personal invitatations to our newer member in the District just prior to Christmas 2011. The response wasn't what I anticipated due to many factors, like the festive season, family holidays away from home and a myriad of other reasons. However, reminders were printed in the District Governor's newsletter of December 2011 and January 2012 and still the message hadn't sunk in.

You can imagine the disappointment of Regional Chairperson (South) Sue Johns and her presenters when only three new Lions accepted the invitation and the decission was made to cancel the workshop at Howrah on the Eastern Shore of Hobart.

The next workshop was held at Kings Meadows, Launceston. 4th February 2012 and attracted nine new members with presenters PDG Helen Moir, RC Derek Fellows (North), and Zone Chairperson Amanda Olson fresh back from the Lions Development Faculty in Adelaide. Although they did experience problems with the presentation package due to lighting, they were able to use the notes to deliver the message we wished to deliver.

Now we come to the lucky last Region based on the North West Coast. For those who read this posting, no matter be you a new Lion or an longer term Lion, you are welcome to attend. Our workshop will be held at the Penguin Lions Centre, Ironcliffe Road, Penguin at 10:00am Saturday 11th February 2012. Fortunately our numbers are in excess of 15 at the time of writing this post, and we have room for more.

The presenters are Regional Chairperson Anne Fagg (Rocky Cape), Nigel Sheahen Graduate of the Leadership Skills course (Wynyard) and myself from the City of Burnie Lions Club. It is interesting to note that the following are going to be in attendance. 2nd VDG George Bugeja, and 2nd VDG Elect Michael MacLaren, both Lions expressing that they are still "Learning About Lions" despite their longer term membership. . . . . . . . hint, hint!

May I also pay tribute to those good Lions who assisted me in producing the PowerPoint presentation. The final finished product was at 11:15pm 6th February (last night) Thank you Anne, and partner Chris Fagg, and Nigel. Now the proof of the puding will be the eating there of.

5th March 2012.

I am pleased to report that there were 25 people in all attended the training session at Penguin including the presenters and also several Cabinet officers. All learnt something and many a lot. So good was the session that we ran out of time due to the discussion topics that were raised. It was then necessary to run a second session 3rd March to complete the orientation process. Some who were at the first day were unable to attend the second which was unfortunate.

So where to next? The Orientation process hasn't finished here in the 201T1 District. There are clubs and members that need to be brought up to speed and it will be up to all the Regional and Zone Chair persons to identify them and provide the necessary training. I encourage them to do so. The tools and material is available available all you need are participants.