2009-2010 Board of Directors. A good lookin' mob.

Photo was taken at the Burnie Civic Centre at our annual Change Over dinner Tuesday 23rd June 2009.

From the left Lion President Gerald Stonehouse, Lions Paul Templar, Gloria Deal, Mark Fishwick, Meissa Bell, Lynn Templar, John Matic, IPP Keith Allcock, Gaylene Wells, Max Tavasci, and Michael MacLaren. Not in the photo, John Packham who took the photo.

The image above is of the Awards winners for the 2008-2009.

Lion Gloria Deal received the Wilfred Campbell Fellowship award. Lion Mark Fishwick the Tasmanian Lions Foundation award. Lion Melissa Bell the Groobing Award, and Lion John Matic an Australian Lions Foundation James D Richardson Award. Needless to say all were surprised and chuffed to have been acknowledged for their contribution to the City of Burnie Lions Club.

It all goes to show that we do value our members, and encourage others to become a part of our service minded team at the City of Burnie Lions Club.

http://cityofburnielionsclub.webng.com/ for more about us.

North West Region Lion Club's Blog Page Training 12th July 2009

Have you ever wanted something to do on a rainy day?

Well this was planned, but the weather wasn't.

What a roll up, the clubs that were represented were Port Sorell, Devonport-Mersey, Forth Valley, Penguin, City of Burnie, Wynyard, Rocky Cape, and last but not least Smithton-Circular Head.

Our presenter was Lion Walter Van Praag [Wmailto:Walter@devonportlions.info,]who adminsters the City of Devonport site and Blog page.

Here was a quick and simple way for a Lions club to have a presence on the Internet. Something that can be edited in minutes, or have a posting done in a little more time. Particpants were encouraged to go home and experiment with it till they are happy with what they produce. Some found it hard to grasp what was being passed on, but with patience, they to will become proficient with its use. Others cottoned on quickly and we will see their results virtually as I type this.

May I say thank you to all those who braved the weather to travel to Burnie from as far away as Port Sorell to the east, and Smithton to the west for the morning. Also the Lions District's thanks go to the Coordinator of the Burnie Online Access Centre Sue Hodgetts, for the use of the centre out of hours for training. (It was good for the Centre statistics as well)

When I last checked to see the results of the days training I saw a 100% result which makes it all worthwhile for both the presenter, and the particpants.

Those who read this from the participating clubs, please remember that if you have problems, contact Lion Walter Van Praag by email for assistance or even talk to Lion Maurice Jones [ info@minksystems.com, ]or myself [ jayemonline@yahoo.com.au ] and we'll help where we can.

Melvin Jones and William R Tresise Fellowship Awards.

The City of Burnie Lions Club congratulates two stalwarts of the Wynyard Lions Club, one of our sponsored clubs. Lion Allan Margieson who came to Wynyard on an assisted migration package with his partner to work at Savage River Mines pelletising plant at Port Latta as an electrician. Having settled in Wynyard he joined the Wynyard Lions club 29 years ago. In that time Allan has been a back stay of the club and filled many positions in the club, and has also served on the District Cabinet.
On receiving his award it was one of the few times that he was stuck for words when it was announced that he was to receive the Melvin Jones Fellowship.
Another stalwart in Lion Brian Randall was also taken-a-back when it was announced that he was to receiver the Australian Lions Foundation Willian R Tresise Fellowship Award. Yet another Lion who was stuck for words.

What a great night for both of these Lions on the ocassion of their annual Change Over. 6th June 2009

A Message From Our District Governor. 2008-2009

Lions Clubs Tasmania

Thanks the people, businesses and other

organisations in Tasmania, especially

the Tasmanian Governmemnt for your

generosity over the past six months, in

assisting us to raise approximately

One Million Dollars

for Flood victims in Queensland,

Drought relief in Tasmania,

and the Bushfire disasters in Victoria.

District Governor Lions Clubs Tasmania

Anthony (Tony) V Roney

District 201T1 Cabinet print media release 29th May 2009

City Of Burnie Lions Club "Citizen Of The Year 2009"

Images: Lion Max Tavasci. From left Josephine & Vlastik Skvaril, President Keith Allcock. Second image. Vlastik, Lion George Scheper (COY Chairman) and Josephine.

What a wonderful person to award the Citizen of the Year Award to. A gentleman who left the Eastern block of Europe with his family and settled in Tasmania. On retirement he decided that he needed excercise and started pounding the roads and his story follows. The address to the club by COY Chairman Lion George Scheper (in part)

"For the past few years, it has been my distinct pleasure to present to you our Citizen of the Year for the City of Burnie Lions Club. This year, our Club has again the pleasure of bestowing this honour on a person in the community who has proven his ability to serve the community far above and beyond the norm.

My story begins with a little boy growing up in the Czech Republic who became strong and adventuresome. So adventuresome that he and his wife and two children migrated to Australia in 1969 to Adelaide where he worked in an ice cream factory. He soon learned that the flat lands of South Australia were not what he was looking for so the family moved to Tasmania in 1970 where he took a job at Lactos where he worked for 22 years. He also had employment in Smithton and also leased the Chic Queen mixed business in Burnie for 8 years.
Always an active person, our nominee loved to bush walk and has done the Overland Track in Tasmania 10 times once doing it in 17 hours with a full pack.
Now as most men are looking at retirement age, he looked for another challenge in his life. It was then that the spirit of adventure given to him many years ago kindled a desire in him that he never knew before - he had the need for speed.

But, he decided that just running was not enough so he ran to raise money for charity. He has run to raise money for Make-a-Wish Foundation, Camp Quality and now recently for Canteen which is the Australian Organization for Young People Living with Cancer. He has run inland from the west coast of Australia a total of 5,978km to the east coast raising over $25,000 along the way. He has run from the southern tip of Tasmania to the northern tip of Queensland.
Recently he was having a beer in a pub with two mates, and they were talking about putting in a "Hooters Club" in the old Harris Scarf building. Well, he didn’t know what a "hooter" was so he went home and researched it and thought maybe it was a scooter and the old need of speed kicked in again. If he could run – then a scooter was faster.
So he took his scooter and had a go going from the Cadbury Plant in Hobart to the Cadbury Plant in Burnie raising money along the way for Canteen.
His next planned endeavor is taking his scooter from Adelaide to Darwin raising more funds for Canteen and celebrate his 70th birthday.
This gentleman has taken his need for speed and given to those in need. So as the slowest man in this room, I salute the fastest man in the room and ask President Keith to come forward and award the 2009 City of Burnie Lions Club Citizen of the Year Award to Mr. Vlastik Skvaril." End of Quote.

In receiving his award Vlastik paid a special tribute to his good lady for the love and support she has shared with him along his lifes journey. With out it who knows what he would have done in its place.

Kentish Lions Club Music Hall

We have been blessed this year by the fact that the Kentish Lions Club made contact with us and asking if we wanted to get in early and not miss out like we did last year.
To this end our smart thinkers took advantage of the offer and have booked twenty seats, now all we want is twenty bums to put on the seats. The two tables involved will either be side by side or in line astern as the tables only seat eighteen so there will be ten on table (I) and ten on table (J) both within easy reach of the bar and the bar tenders.
So those intending to go, prepare for a great night out at the foothills of Mount Roland.
Images courtesy Kentish Lions Club website. http://www.kentishlions.org.au/

Cystic Fibrosis Can Rattle (65 Roses Day) May 29th 2009

A joint Can Rattle will be seen around the CBD of Burnie with Lions from both the Burnie-Emu Bay and City of Burnie Lions Clubs participating. Unfortunately at the moment there is no known cure for the debilitating disease, and what is more distressing for parents of the children afflicted with it is the fact that both State and Federal Governments offer no assistance or support.
Over the past years the Burnie area has contributed over $9000.00 towards research and support, with other communities contributing through similar collection days conducted by other Lions Clubs within the state. The coordination for the state project is under the Chairmanship of Lion ian Lancaster of the City of Burnie Lions Club, on behalf of the Lions District 201T1 (Tasmania)
The Lions Clubs of Burnie thank all who supported this project in the past and ask that you again dig deep to assist in a worthwhile cause.
The end result of three hours on the CBD streets of Burnie 29th May, netted $1445.00. Thank you once again for your generosity for this cause.
Smithton-Circular Head Lions raised $300.00 in Smithton the same day.