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Three months left – where

have the last 9 months gone.

On March 11th

the GVK

Lionesses hosted the Ladies in

Lionism luncheon at Ferny

Grove Sports Club.

Congratulations Lionesses on

a great event.

That night six of us attended a

sausage sizzle which was held

in George Wilmore Park

'Movie in the Park'. This was

a great night – lots of people

attended and lots of sausages

were cooked and sold.

Thank you to the organisers of

'The Romans are Coming'

which was held at the Den on

15th

March. For those who

were unable to be there you

missed a great night.

Tonight will be a very busy

night. We are being visited by

members of Aspley Lions

Club, it is our Elections night

and we say goodbye and good

luck to Peter and Ditha as

they move across to

Perth. You will both be sorely

missed. Thank you very much

for your input and your

friendship.

I would also like to

congratulate Leo Jesse Pascoe

who is Queensland Leo of the

Year. Can Aspley Lions Club

take back these

congratulations to him and

wish him well when he

competes in Hobart.

Our District Governor Norm

Jensen has put out an appeal

for 1c, 2c and 5c pieces to be

collected. These will be

donated to Australian Lions

Childhood Cancer Research

Foundation. If any members

have any of these coins they

would like to donate there will

be a jar available at each

meeting in which these can be

placed. Can I also suggest

that we do the same thing at

our sausage sizzles?

On Sunday April 9th

between

9am and 12 noon Tim Mander

is holding a 'Neighbour Day

and Easter Egg Hunt' at

Terallba Park. Zone 7 is

attending this morning

handing out brochures about

Lions to the families who

attend.

As I write this report, our

neighbours in the north of the

state have suffered devastation

in the form of Tropical

Cyclone Debbie. Can I ask

that club members keep them

in your thoughts and prayers?

Yours in Lionism

Wendy

March has been busy with

many projects to be done.

First Harvey Norman sausage

sizzle 3rd March. Lionesses

were asked to promote

Women in Lions celebrating

Lions centennial year at

Brookside on same Saturday.

Thanks to all Lionesses who

attended. Lions Sue Young &

Lion Jim helped at sausage

sizzle all day & went back to

Den to wash up, many thanks

to these Lions for helping out

with this project.

Ladies in Lionism Luncheon

& 40 years of Lioness Club

being chartered was well

attended by Lioness & Lions

Clubs. It was very pleasing to

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GVK Celebrating 45

Years of Service

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see all Clubs celebrating with

G.V.K. Lionesses at the

Luncheon. The Luncheon took

a lot of planning with lots of

meetings & phone calls with

committee of Linda, Robyn

&Grace. All Lionesses’ helped

in different areas . Thanks to

all members for their help &

support. Our guest’s numbers

128 which was great & we

hope all guests enjoyed

luncheon. Thanks to the two

charter members Pat Barton

who helped with Lioness

pledge. Margaret Ryan spoke

about G.V.K. Club being

chartered 40 years ago. It was

great that you both could

attend our Luncheon.

Happy Birthday Melissa on

31st March. Linda 4th April .

Pres. Grace

MOVIE IN THE PARK

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Well, we and the council

underestimated the turnout

for this event.

Kev asked for 4 people, we

had 6, could have done with

12. I don’t think we have ever

been asked for “10 sausages

and 10 drinks please” before.

We had very few orders for 1

or 2 most were 4, 5 or 6. We

also served 4 lots of 9.

Michelle and her daughter

were kept busy bringing us

more supplies from the

supermarkets. Poor Wendy on

the till sometimes had to get a

calculator out as she was

serving drinks as well. Darryl

spent 3hrs putting bread on

serviettes. Kev and Graham

kept the BBQ stacked and

Tim and I added the sausages

and onions to the bread. We

didn’t even have time to eat.

We will be prepared next

time.

We really lived up to the

Lion’s Motto WE SERVE.

Margaret Timms

All our prayers and good

wishes are with Margaret for

a successful surgery and a full

recovery. When she gets to

rehab we could think about a

visiting roster.

ROMAN NIGHT

The night was a

great success

thanks to

Sandra, Des,

Rosy and

Denis, who

worked

hard to make it enjoyable.

The food was great and we all

had a good time dressed up in

our togas.

We should think about having

an international night a couple

of times a year.

OOPS.

Who were the 2 members who

turned up at doughnuts a

month early last Sunday?

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FAREWELL TO PETER & DITHA MASON

This meeting we will say a sad

farewell to Peter and Ditha,

who have both been a

wonderful integral part of our

club since August 1993, and

were always ready to help at

all levels of club activities. We

all remember Ditha’s

beautiful flower and table

arrangements on special

nights. Thanks Peter for

introducing me to the MS

walk, I will carry on in your

honour each year. You both

did a wonderful job of the fire

poster competition. Also Peter

you did a great job as tail

twister.

We will expect lots of photos

when the new baby arrives

and I am sure some of us will

visit you on our travels. I will continue to Email the prints to

you each month. You will both

be missed.

Selling Xmas cakes at

Cassamaty Park and Arana

Plaza

At Melbourne Cup Day

Fire Poster Presentation

MS Walk at South Bank

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Tonight we welcome Aspley

Lions club for our annual

debate. I’m sure we will all

have a good time.

Garage Sale Donations

Required

Thanks to those who have

donated items for Geoff’s

garage sale. I will accept more

stuff if you are cleaning out.

He is training 2 to 300

km a week; the ride

will be 200 km a day

for 8 days,

Townsville to Brisbane for the

Mater Hospital Research

Foundation.

Margaret Owen

Valentine’s Day

I have just booked a table for

me and the wife to celebrate

our Wedding Anniversary.

Bound to end in tears though;

she’s lousy at snooker.

The Boss

Life does not always get better

just because you are the boss!

The Australian Taxation

Office suspected a fishing boat

owner wasn't paying proper

wages to his deckhand and

sent an agent to investigate

him.

ATO AUDITOR: "I need a

list of your employees and how

much you pay them".

Boat Owner:

"Well, there's Clarence, my

deckhand, he's been with me

for 3 years. I pay him $1,000

a week plus free room and

board. Then there's the

mentally challenged guy. He

works about 18 hours every

day and does about 90% of

the work around here. He

makes about $10 per week,

pays his own room and board,

and I buy him a bottle of

Bundaberg rum and a dozen

Crown Lagers every Saturday

night so he can cope with

life. He also gets to sleep with

my wife occasionally".

ATO AUDITOR: "That's the

guy I want to talk to - the

mentally challenged one".

Boat Owner: "That'll be

me. What'd you want to

know?

Doctor to patient: “I have

good news and bad news. The

good news is that you are not a

hypochondriac.”

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Lions Code of Ethics

To show my faith in the

worthiness of my vocation by

industrious application to the

end that I may merit a

reputation for quality of

service.

To seek success and to

demand all fair remuneration

or profit as my just due, but to

accept no profit or success at

the price of my own self-

respect lost because of unfair

advantage taken or because of

questionable acts on my part.

To remember that in building

up my business it is not

necessary to tear down

another’s; to be loyal to my

clients or customers and true

to myself.

Whenever a doubt arises as to

the right or ethics of my

position or action towards

others, to resolve such doubt

against myself.

To hold friendship as an end

and not a means. To hold that

true friendship exists not on

account of the service

performed by one to another,

but that true friendship

demands nothing but accepts

service in the spirit in which it

is given.

Always to bear in mind my

obligations as a citizen to my

nation, my state and my

community, and to give to

them my unswerving loyalty

in word, act and deed. To give

them freely of my time, labor

and means.

To aid others by giving my

sympathy to those in distress,

my aid to the weak, and my

substance to the needy.

To be careful with my

criticism and liberal with my

praise; to build up and not

destroy.

Lion’s Club Purposes

To Create and foster a spirit

of understanding among the

peoples of the world.

To promote the principles of

good government and good

citizenship.

To fund and otherwise serve

the civic, cultural, social and

moral welfare of the

community.

To assist financially,

culturally, socially and

morally the handicapped,

disadvantaged and infirm of

the community both directly

and also indirectly.

To unite the clubs in the

bonds of friendship, good

fellowship and mutual

understanding.

To provide a forum for the

open discussion of all matters

of public interest: provided

however, that partisan politics

and secretarian religion shall

not be debated by club

members.

To encourage service-

minded people to serve their

community without personal

financial reward, and to

encourage efficiency and

promote high ethical

standards in commerce,

industry, professions, public

works and private endeavors.

April Birthdays

6th

Mark McDonald

11th

Mark Furner

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Donuts McPherson Park, Bracken Ridge

April 23rd # Rod Chignall , Ros Batey, Catherine

Scofield, Denise Fitzgerald

May 28th

#Kev and Michelle Greensill , Bill and

Sandy Twigg

# Equipment transport

GVK Lions Mowing Roster - Beverley Park

April 8th

Team 1 Jim David, Paul, Tim

April 29th

Team 2 Graham ,Kev, Matt, Darryl

May 20th

Team 3 Noel, Denis, Bill Twigg, Rodd Col

June 10th

Team 1 Jim David, Paul, Tim

Harvey Norman Roster

April 15th

Denis Stirling, Rosy Stirling,

Donna McMahon

May 20th

Paul Ryan, Margaret Owen,

Cathy Scofield AM

Ros Jackson PM

GVK MEETING DATES

Wed Oct 5th Lions Meeting Arana Leagues Club

Wed Oct 12th

Board Meeting at Den

Wed Oct 19th Lions Meeting Arana Leagues Club

Mon Oct 10th

Leos Meeting at Den

Wed Oct 26th

Lioness meeting at Den

Wed Nov 2nd

Lions Meeting Arana Leagues Club

Wed Nov 9th

Board Meeting at Den

HARVEY NORMAN ROSTER

Oct 15th

Kev Greensill, Wendy

Robson, Darryl Robson

Nov 19th

Denise Fitzgerald, Matt

Constance,

MEETING DATES

April 5th Lions Meeting at Arana Leagues Club

April 4th Leos Meeting at Den

April 12th Board Meeting at Den

April 19th

Lions Meeting at Arana Leagues Club

April 26th Lioness Meeting at Den

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GOLDEN VALLEY KEPERRA LIONS DIRECTORY

DIRECTORS 2016-2017

PRESIDENT Wendy Robson Grace Wilson Matt Dewar

IMMEDIATE PAST

PRESIDENT Zarina McDonald Grace Wilson Joshua Davidson

FIRST VICE-

PRESIDENT David Squire Margaret Brownsdon Andrew Russell

SECOND VICE-

PRESIDENT Denis Stirling Liam Kelly

THIRD VICE-

PRESIDENT

Col Hambrecht

SECRETARY Jan Spathonis Lenore Howard Alicia Pownell

ASSISTANT

SECRETARY

Julie Foster

TREASURER Helen Rae Linda Vella Eammon Parr

ONE YEAR

DIRECTORS Margaret Owen

Tim Brinums

Drew Crump

Sandy Twigg

Joan McDonald

Lorraine Doran

TWO YEAR

DIRECTORS Bill Twigg

Kevin Greensill

Graham Fowler

TAIL TWISTER Peter Mason Sylvia McNeall

LION TAMER Brian Powell Robyn Finlayson

CONSTITUTION &

BY-LAWS

Sandra Downing

MEMBERSHIP Paul Ryan

MAGIC SHOW Rodd Chignell

COMMITTEES 2016-2017 PRESIDENT: Wendy Robson 1st Vice President:

David Squire

2nd Vice President:

Denis Stirling

3rd Vice President:

Col Hambrecht

Program & Social Committee

Chairperson:

Community Events Catering:

Kev Greensill, Graham Fowler, Bill

Twigg

Membership Committee:

Paul Ryan, Debbie Payne,

Darryl Robson

Youth of the Year: Denise

Fitzgerald

Samford Show: Paul Ryan Projects: Bill Slack

Youth Exchange: Peace Poster: Darryl Robson Safety Officer:

Finance: Paul Ryan Web Master/AV: Denis Stirling Den Committee: Jim Wilson

Grants: Rodd Chignell Ekka Ice Creams: Bill Twigg Fetes: David Squire

Lions Education: Paul Ryan Mowing: Graham Fowler Lioness Liaison: Bill Twigg

PCYC: Rodd Chignell Environment: David Squire Lions Prints: Margaret Owen

Public Relations: Ringaround: Sandy Twigg Club Care: Helen Whittle

LMRPQ Chairperson: David

Squire

Kings Liaison: Georgie Crew Awards: Margaret Timms

Greeter: Zarina McDonald Leos Liaison: Zarina McDonald Christmas Cakes: Noel Lucas

Fire Poster: Ditha & Peter

Mason

Historian: Margaret Timms

Stamp Collecting: Catherine

Schofield

Social Committee: Liz Crunckhorn

This Newsletter is printed courtesy of Mr Mark Furner MP, state member for Ferny Grove. GVK Lions Club acknowledges the generous support provided to the Club

by Mr Furner and his staff. Newsletter is produced monthly by the Golden Valley Keperra Lions Club. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of all

published material, no liability is accepted by the publishers for any decisions or actions taken on the basis of information in this publication.

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