“Youth - Lions Clubs Australia

December 2011
Newsletter Editor Theresa Andrew Ph: 0417 454 963 Email: taandrew@bigpond.com
District Governor’s Message
This bulletin marks the half way mark in my term as District Governor.
On my travels to visit clubs I have had the privilege to induct new members
into the Lions Family. I welcome all new members that have joined
since July & I trust that you will have an enjoyable & rewarding time.
Membership remains static at around the same numbers that we had at
the end of June, & I am hopeful that come June 2012 the district will
show a slight increase.
December is traditionally a very busy time for clubs, selling Christmas
Cakes, selling raffle tickets along with the odd bbq . This can be the time
when clubs raise most of their funds.
During the year Lions everywhere receive many requests for donations of
these very hard earned dollars. Before you disperse these funds, check to
see if this letter is one of, or a letter sent to all service clubs in the area. In
many cases it is better if you contact the writer, & enquire if it would
more worthwhile buying an item that they could use. This way we as lions
have something more tangible to show for our support.
This time of year also means the Youth of the Year Quest is around the
corner for clubs that have not already held their club competition. I encourage
all clubs to be involved in this high profile youth project. If you
have a high school in your area please make contact with the English
Teacher or Principal to get involved with the quest. Any Lion that is involved
in running any stage of the Quest should study the rules so that
they are aware of the correct manner in which to run the Quest.
I have recently judged the District winner in the Lions Peace Poster Competition,
& although we only had 4 clubs involved, the standard of the
work was excellent. From the 4 clubs, we had 9 schools involved with 165
students taking part. Unfortunately a number of entries had to be disqualified,
as they did not conform to the strict rules set down by LCI. These
rules are included with the kit you receive when you enter, & I encourage
all Peace Poster Chairmen to be aware of the rules when undertaking
the project.
Sue & I have enjoyed the year so far & are looking forward to visiting the
clubs that are left on our busy schedule.
Sue & I would like to pass on our best wishes to all members & their families
for a Happy Christmas, & a Safe & Prosperous New Year.
DG Trevor Jacobs
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Trevor Jacobs (Sue)
PO Box 2746
MT GAMBIER SA 5290
Home: 08 8725 6997
Mobile: 0419 800 057
Email: ruplas@bigpond.com
“Youth
-Todays,
Tomorrow”

LCIF News
Dear Lion,
I would like to share with you some exciting changes to our donation procedures that will enable us to help
even more people. Many of you have shared with your Board of Trustees and me interesting ideas for expanding
giving opportunities to our Foundation. As a result, you can now choose from five general categories to designate
your donations and receive Melvin Jones Fellowship recognition for each donation:
Area of Greatest Need: Donations in this category will support all program areas and allow LCIF the flexibility to
supplement initiatives where additional funding is necessary or where the need is most urgent.
Disaster: Donations designated here enable LCIF to direct the funds to the areas most in need following disasters
in order to provide for immediate, mid and long-term relief.
Sight: Donations here seek to support hundreds of sight-related activities ranging from equipping eye clinics to
providing Braille computers for the visually impaired.
Youth: Donations in this category support the Lions Quest program and other initiatives such as educational
infrastructure improvements and programs to assist at-risk youth.
Humanitarian Needs: Donations here will fund projects that meet diverse community needs beyond sight, disaster
and youth, such as the measles program, water wells and vocational training programs for the disabled.
I know you will agree with me that these positive changes will help LCIF to provide aid to even more people in
need around the world. These changes are effective immediately for all future donations. Donating is as easy as
before - details on each program can be found online.
I thank you for your continued support.
Serving today for a better tomorrow,
Sid L. Scruggs, III
Chairperson, Lions Clubs International Foundation
Register to Attend International Convention in Busan
Make plans to join Lions from around the world at our 95th International
Convention in Busan, Korea, June 22-26, 2012. While in Busan, be sure to
experience Korean cuisine at a barbeque restaurant, get your toes in the
sand at Haeundae Beach and take a short ride to visit Beomeosa Temple
on the slopes of Mt. Geumjeongsan. Learn more about pre/post convention
tour options – and be sure to register to attend by December 31 to
lock in the lowest registration fee and reserve your hotel at our specially
discounted Lions rates.
For more information:
http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/news-and-events/international-convention/index.php

Program Overview
THE CLUB EXCELLENCE PROCESS (CEP)
OVERVIEW
The Club Excellence Process (CEP) is a workshop program dedicated to club improvement. A club that de-
cides to participate in the CEP will be guided by a facilitator through four steps of approximately an hour
each. A participating club will examine their community’s needs, analyze their membership experience, use
resources and develop action plans.
Each Lion attending a CEP Workshop will be completing several assignments under the guidance of a facilita-
tor. Two of these assignments are the Community Needs Assessment and the How Are Your Ratings? survey.
Clubs may be asked by their facilitator to complete these assignments before, during, or after the workshop.
The program consists of four steps that are approximately an hour each. The program can be delivered in
one, two, or four sessions. Each workshop session can be held at a club meeting, club retreat or other gath-
ering. The entire process should take no longer than 4 months.
Here is a quick look at what a participating Lion will accomplish during a CEP Workshop.
Step 1: Why Are We
Here?
(45-60 minutes)
Step 2: What Makes
an Excellent Club?
(75-90 minutes)
Step 3: How Can We
Determine Our Needs?
(45-60 minutes)
Step 4: What Can We
Do Next?
(45-60 minutes)
Discover community needs and complete a Community Needs Assessment
Discuss how Lions make a difference
Recognize what Lions have accomplished
Brainstorm what Lions could accomplish the future
Determine the characteristics of an excellent club
Identify the stumbling blocks that prevent us from excellence
Analyze ways to improve club effectiveness
Complete the How Are Your Ratings? Survey
Review the Community Needs Assessment
Review the How Are Your Ratings? results
Locate resources available to achieve excellence
Set goals
Create action plans
Welcome to the following new members to our District
New Member Lions Club of New Member Lions Club of
Jeffrey Sinclair Beachport—Rivoli Bay Annette Smith Berri
Janet Brown Edwardstown Lyn Braddock Gambier City
Barry Teague Edwardstown Frida Merks Irymple
Malcolm Pettman Mount Gambier Paul Wade Murray Bridge

Public Relations and ACSO
You all know about PR like letting people know the bigger things Lions are involved with and the difference they
make e.g. Going to the media showing signs at your projects, but what about the small things?
Like always wearing your Lions Badge
Like putting small advertisements in shop windows and notice boards.
Like asking cake and mint buyers if they would like to know more about Lions.
Like putting a small sticker on Lions cakes with a contact numbers.
Like asking Youth of the Year Contestants’ parents if they would like to know more about Lions.
Like having brochures ready for every show and market you are involved with.
Like simply asking the people you meet in your everyday life if they want to know more about Lions.
Like asking people buying raffle tickets from you if they would like to know more about Lions.
Every Lions member is a PR person so do not rely solely on your official PR representative.
Harry Tillyer
PR and ACSO Chairman
Recruiting tip 6:
Membership Recruiting Tips
Establish a speaker's bureau available to the community. Help other organizations in the
community with their "Last minute speaker" needs.
Recruiting tip 7:
Share a copy of "LION" with your local library. Put the contact information of membership
chair on the front cover.
Recruiting tip 8:
Encourage gift membership on Father's/Mother's day.
Recruiting tip 9:
Design and distribute membership material targeting young professionals.
Recruiting tip 10:
Believe and demonstrate clearly that every member, active or not, is welcome and valued.
Keep everyone engaged at some level.
Recruiting tip 11:
Ask existing members to bring in at least 1 guest to a meeting every quarter.
Watch this space for regular tips

Around the Clubs
Barmera
Peace Poster
Barmera Lions Willy Weidenhofer, Theresa Andrew, Peter Marks
& Anne Macro went to the participant schools to present the
school winners with prizes donated by local businesses: B&B
Fashions, Kaz’s Bargains, Barmera Newsagency & Barmera Lions
Club. Publicity appeared in the Murray Pioneer.
Blackwood
On the Wednesday 26 th Octobers
Gwen and John Alexandrou and five
other members and partners had
dinner at the Blackwood RSL where
I presented a Lions cheque of
$5,000 to assist with their building
modifications to meet sound proofing
standards. A photo of the
presentation appeared in the Blackwood Times newspaper.
Gambier City
Gambier City Lions Welcomes New Members
At a social meeting, held at Hallmont Estate, four new members enjoyed the hospitality provided
by the residents of the estate.
Later in the evening members and residents teamed up to “compete’ in an indoor bowling competition.
Club President, Ruth Cameron inducts
Tony Burch (centre) with assistance
from his sponsor Lion Wilf Nitschke
Gambier City Lions continues to attract new members. President
Ruth Cameron is shown inducting Peter Mitchell and Lyn Braddock
as the newest members of the club.
Members recently inducted into Gambier City
Lions Club are shown after having received their
Membership Certificates.
From left – Tony Burch, Brad Smith, Max
Hellyer and Preveena Nair
UniSA Scholarship holder
Our scholarship holder Davina Hodgson has received her second ongoing payment after successfully completing her first semester studies.
Gambier City Lions Club will sponsor up to three University scholarships a year with a review of the program to occur in three years. Davina
was our guest at our last meeting and spoke to members about her progress through her social work degree.
Fundraising: We have been very active raising funds through our regular Bunnings Sausage Sizzles, Mint and Christmas Cake sales, Soccer
Gates, Car Parts Recycling, construction of BBQ’s, outdoor furniture and hothouses for a local hardware group. We have also recently resumed
working at trotting meetings held in Mount Gambier.
Community Support: Bunnings sponsor the local Tigers disabled netball team. Gambier City Lions supported this community activity by
conducting a sausage sizzle on the Tigers Team behalf. The club has also supported the White Ribbon cause by providing a BBQ at Bunnings
with funds raised contributing to the campaign.

Beachport
It's a tragedy when age prevents one from being able to do the things that we used to love, and Nora Somerville now in her
eighties has found herself in such a situation. Nora and her late husband Bob were what you would call "green fingered".
Bob Somerville started life in Beachport in ninteen forty six as a fisherman working for a Ross Hann and eventually left that
position to take a job working for the then Beachport District Council under a Works Manager Jack McArthur. Eventually Jack
McArthur left the council to take up farming and through succession the young Bob Somerville became the Works manager.
This was during an era when the only way you could get to Beachport from Millicent was by train or on a very rough track
carved through the scrub, and the only road in was a metal road out to the Princes Highway and a significantly longer journey.
It was a period of time when the FJ Holden was an extremely modern motor car. A time when returned soldiers were
granted parcels of land after many years at war. A time when the country around Beachport was riddled with rabbits. A time
when young boys would go off birdnesting without fear of prosecution.A time before much of the Lower South East of South
Australia was drained to increase the productivity of the agricultural land which surrounded Beachport.
Bob was a highly respected man and achieved many things that are still evident today, and laid the first bitumen road in the
district which became a trade off with the railway. His wife Nora was the last ticket holder on the train that left Beachport for
Millicent. She cannot remember how she got home. Bob was also responsible for the groynes that are along the foreshore to
prevent erosion by the sea and he also planted the Norfolk Island pines which are adjacent the coastline from the Outlet to
the road leading to Robe. Bob propogated these pines from seed which were given to him by the late Ian Sutherland who
owned a significant parcel of land called Elgin some distance from Beachport
In their early married life Nora began to create a garden at their home and Bob took an interest in vegetable growing and is
known to have said in his gruff manner that " The only good flower is a cauliflower" or " if you can't eat it, it's not worth
growing". That was until he spotted a tuberous Begonia and this became an obsession to him. Glass houses were built behind
their home and very soon these were filled with a colourful array of Begonias, Primulas, Cyclamens, Palms and many other
plants too numerous to mention. Their daughter Elaine informed me that there were four thousand Pelargoniums, because
she had to water them. Being keen lawn bowlers the Somervilles opened their garden to the public on several occasions, to
raise funds for the Beachport bowling club of which Bob was President for a time.
However Bob passed away at a very young age of fifty six leaving behind a young wife and
family and try as she might the maintenance of the garden has become too much in the latter
years for Nora whose health is starting to escape her. With the glass houses starting to collapse
and one stone wall threatening to fall onto the neighbours house, Nora and her family
sought the assistance of the Beachport Lions club to remove the glass house that had already
collapsed and was posing a danger.
It was a massive job undertaken over a weekend, and with the assistance of member
"Rowdy Bellinger's" excavator and bob cat and tip truck and one hundred and twenty two
man hours of work,supplied by eighteen members, the one glass house was removed.
"Rowdy,s" mates are extremelly thankful that he is a member and grateful for what he does
with his machinery. There are some Lions Ladies who are thankful too, as they might never
see their husbands. "What not another working bee"
Beachport boardwalk
A fantastic turnout of Beachport-Rivoli Bay Lions members and another keen member of the community completed the
boardwalk and pathway on Saturday the 12th of November. A total of eighty two man hours was worked laying three truck
loads of cement delivered by Boral Concrete at Millicent. Costing approximately three thousand dollars this working bee,
which some thought might take all day, was completed by lunchtime after an early morning start.
This effort on the weekend brings the walkway to its conclusion at the entrance to the Beachport boatyard, and also at the
start of the Glens Point area of Beachport. A number of red gum posts in keeping with the rest of the board walk have been
placed, and it is hoped that supporters of the project will buy a plaque with their names on, and these will be fixed to the
posts. Other previous posts have had the letters burnt into the post but this is very time consuming and our stalwart Jim
Green is getting on and is finding it a bit hard to get down to do this work. The Lions Club would like to thank all those who
have contributed in the past by buying a post and having their names burnt into
the post and securing their little spot in the history of Beachport.
The project was started about five years ago and was funded by the sale of posts,
and funding from the club, and also monetry grants from Lions International.
Much of the money the Beachport Lions club put in to the project, has been raised
by the do nut van that is a very popular feature in the town over the Christmas
holiday period.
Jim Green, Wayne Green and Chris Wallis
watch "Rowdy" Bellinger make light work
of it
Lions complete boardwalk

“MEDIA RELEASE”
“RENMARK LIONS CLUB – MAJOR PROJECT FOR 2010/2011”
The Lions Club of Renmark is proud to announce the official opening
of its major project for the year 2010/2011 – a new bus shelter
for Renmark Paringa Lifestyle Club. This is a day activity centre run
by Riverland Community Health Services (RCHS) for local elderly
citizens in a building known as “Shiralee House” at 29 Nineteenth
Street, Renmark.
THE OFFICIAL OPENING WILL BE HELD AT THE LIFESTYLE CLUB ON MON-
DAY, 7 th NOVEMBER at 11.00 am.
The Lions Club financed the erection of a large bus shelter (built by Renmark
builder, Big River Sheds & Steel) across the front of the building. The Lifestyle
Club clients (mainly senior citizens who still live in their own homes/
units but are restricted in getting out and about because of health issues,
mobility, etc.) are transported in 2 small buses each weekday to the activity
centre. When the clients are at the centre, there was no undercover parking
for the buses. As a result, there was no protection from the elements or adverse weather conditions
when the clients are unloaded/loaded and whilst the buses are parked on the property. The
new bus shelter now allows ample room for both buses to remain parked under cover during the
day, thus providing shade in summer and protection from wind and rain in winter.
A new driveway and landscaping by the owners of the property
(Renmark Paringa District Hospital) completed the project.
“The new bus shelter will benefit RCHS and the Renmark and
Paringa communities, especially our senior citizens, for a long
time. The project will enhance a building/property which is well
known and conveniently located within our community” Lion
Colin said.
Club President, Lion Colin Pettigrew, says “The need for this shelter
was identified by some of our club members who are involved in a volunteer
capacity with the Lifestyle Club. Our club was successful in obtaining
a grant from the Australian Lions Foundation (ALF) to assist
finance this project. This grant supplemented our own club fundraising,
mainly from our successful monthly garage sales, to enable this
much needed project to take place.”
Lions club members & partners,
representatives from Renmark
Paringa District Hospital and
RCHS, staff and clients of the
Lifestyle Club will be in attendance
for the official opening

Murray Bridge City
Lions Club of Murray Bridge City, President Lion Carolyn Kilpatrick presenting
the winners of Murray Bridge City Loins, Combined Services
Clubs Raffle to Tony and Marie Pahl; 2 nights accommodation at Brin
Cottage in Yorke Peninsular.
Zone 3 Meeting
Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge City,
Ridley and Tailem Bend Lions Clubs representatives enjoy
fellowship at a recent 201C2 Zone 3 meeting held at
Swan Reach on Sunday 30th October. We were delighted
to have special guests Lions District Governor Elect Ron
Pascoe, Global Leadership Team Member Dennis
Haseldine and Public Relations Chairman Harry Tillyer
attend our meeting. Our Clubs have been busy with fundraising
and various projects these include, Christmas
cakes and puddings, Christmas stocking raffles, recycling,
catering, assisting with clearing sales, Youth of the Year,
Tree Planting, Karoonda Centenary and other local projects.
Gambier City
Lion Graham Phillips Recognised.
ETSA Utilities recently honoured forty years of service by Lion
Graham Phillips. They acknowledged Graham’s work both
with them and with Lions in the community in a publication
sent out to all ETSA depots.
Lion Graham recently initiated the collection of spectacles
across all ETSA Utilities worksites.
Graham joined Gambier City Lions in August 1999.
He has twice been club president and works steadfastly
as Xmas Cakes chairperson.
Stay safe over the Christmas holidays
I would like to wish you all a merry
Christmas and a happy new year
A cheque for $500, proceeds from the raffle, was presented to
Lions Hearing Dogs Centre Manager PCC Lion Bill Holmes on
Wednesday 19th October at the Combined Services Handover
Dinner, attended by 79 local service clubs personnel with Lions
Club of Murray Bridge city handing over the Chairing of the
Combined Services Club meetings for 2011-2012 to Murray
Bridge Soroptimist.
Theresa Andrew
DG newsletter editor
Left to Right front row Lions Tony Friebel, Harry Tillyer, Carolyn
Kilpatrick, Margaret Eckermann, Dennis Haseldine, Janet Dean-
Trotter Left to Right middle row Lions Wally Hammond,Ian Eckermann,
Geoff Hennig, Ron Stephen, Colin Pym, DGE Ron Pascoe,
John Wooldridge, Garry Chadwick, Left to Right rear, Lions John
Filmer, Max Thiele, Roger Kilpatrick, Leigh Smith.
District Governor’s Newsletter
Deadline
Deadline for inclusion in January 2011 Newsletter
28 December 2011