February 2015
Mt Pirongia Lions
Business Meeting: 1st Tuesday of Month
At Pirongia School Hall
Social / Dinner: 3rd Tuesday of Month
At Pirongia Village Café
Please contact any member for further information
(Address list inside)
Mt Pirongia Lions Membership for 2014-15
President: John Wood
Vice President: Noelene Jolley
Past President: Ray Jackson
Secretary: Ray Cullen
Treasurer: Jim Beaton
Tail Twister: Brent Parsons
Newsletter: Warwick Brown Lion Tamer: Colleen Williamson
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Social Arranger: Jim Henderson
Jim Beaton
Warwick Brown
(Ann)
872 8163
021 247 7512
3/261 Ross St
Pirongia
(Joyce)
871 9788
021 250 1258
236 Sainsbury Rd
Pirongia
021 165 1946
swiss-kiwi@xtra.co.nz
Mary & Willy Buchmann
Ray Cullen
(Jan)
871 9649
0274 539 543
93 Mangauika Rd
Pirongia
Rachel Duncan (Andrew)
871 9144
021 1767022
1 Oak Lane
Pirongia
Jim Henderson
07 823 6888 027 366 5842
185/2 Meadway Rd
Paterangi
(Lyn)
872 8164
299 Belcher St
Pirongia
Noelene Jolley (Grahame)
871 9266
407 Sainsbury Rd
Pirongia
Bruce Kerr
871 9127
8/612 Crozier St
Pirongia
Willie Laverty (Margaret)
07 847 8119
274 Tuhikaramea Rd Hamilton
John Lorimer
871 9884
500 Bell Rd
Pirongia
6 Sth Butler Rd
Pirongia
Pirongia
(Cheryl)
Ray Jackson
(Kay)
0274 730 797
Rodney Macdonald
871 9683
Tony McKinnon
871 9453
510 Baffin St
(Brenda)
871 8341
302 Elizabeth Ave Te Awamutu
Bill Reymer
(Lyn)
871 9677
Blenddyn Sterling
(Liz)
871 6937
39 Pirongia Rd
Colleen Williamson (Ken)
871 9913
402 Baffin St
Pirongia
John Wood
(Teresa)
871 9548
290 Franklin St
Pirongia
John Young
(Sue)
871 8812
439 Frontier Rd
Pirongia
Brent Parsons
0274 851 489
021 768 611
1131 McClure St
Pirongia
Te Awamutu
Lions Club of Mount Pirongia
February Club Night
A Gymkana and BBQ is being arranged by Rodney Macdonald at 6 South Butler Road
starting at 5:30pm, please be prompt.
Meat will be supplied – please bring a salad and dessert to share.
Dates for your Diary
February 17th Tuesday
February 20th – 22nd
March 3rd Tuesday
March 6th Friday
March 26th – 29th
April 12th
5:30pm BBQ at Rodney Macdonald’s
Convention in TA – enrol now
Business Meeting
Commsafe Golf tournament
Balloons over Waikato
Plant Sale
Postal address: PO Box 34002, Pirongia, 3844
Web page: www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs 202L Clubs Mt Pirongia
Email: pirongialions@gmail.com
Note; you can find the newsletters on the web page if you need extra copies.
Included with the December newsletter was the District Convention programme and registration form
I have copied these from the Lions Website.
It may be easier to enrol on line if you are able do that, here is the web address:
http://www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/Conventions/District-202L-Convention-Details
People will remember you for how you make them feel - not for what you say or do.
Secretary: Ray Cullen
Minutes of business meeting of Mt. Pirongia Lions Club:
District 202L held at Pirongia School on Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Present: T McKinnon, J Beaton, W Brown, R Cullen, J Wood , R Macdonald, C Williamson, N Jolley
R Jackson, J Lorimer, R Duncan
Apologies: B Parsons, B Sterling, B Kerr, J Henderson
Moved: N Jolley / R Jackson
Minutes of the previous meeting
Moved; W Brown/ J Beaton
Matters Arising
1/ Rosetown Funerals Offering to guest speak at a Tea Meeting
2/ Balloons Over Waikato --- asking for assistance over the 26th- 29th March suggest 6am to 9am Wed to
Friday
3/ Balloons Over Waikato--- Have sent the club 20 raffle books to sell $3 per ticket, $5 per 2 tickets, whole
book $20
4/ Lions International ---- Membership satisfaction label for our banners. The club met its membership
criteria
5/ LMLCCT support badge to our banners
6/ Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society Inc. ---Newsletter
7/ Newsletter ---- Bidvest
8/ Newsletter--- Listen Up Hearing Dogs
9/Newsletter ---- Sensible Sentencing Trust
10/Newsletter ---- Hospice
11/ Newsletter----- Cancer Society
12/ Bulletins---- Pakeke, Rosetown Lions, Te Awamutu Lions, Kihikihi Lions
13/ Lions Magazines
Outward
Letters of thanks following Cancer Kids Christmas Party
Macs Meats, Mike Austin, John & Anne Rhodes, Pirongia School, Pirongia Fire Force, Keith
Pendergrast, Tracey de Thierry, Ruvee de Thierry, Bill Hooker, Grant Hodgson, Graeme & Serina Rogers,
Couplands Transport, Poppin Good Corn, Super Liquor, RD1, Magills, Bidvest, John Arthur, Megan Lorimer,
Briget, Warren Shaw Te Awamutu Police, Pirongia 4 Square, Lou Brown, Alexandra Hotel,
Moved: R Cullen/C Williamson
Treasurer’s Report;
Treasurer Jim reported $1321.70 profit from the Boxing Day Races and the club is in good heart financially
Moved J Beaton/ R Duncan
General Business:
1/ President John reported that Cheryl Henderson had been in hospital club to send card.
2/ Lions Convention--- Discussion was held regarding our role as we’re in charge of transport also
discussion around who would be attending. A number of members have shown an interest in attending
various parts of the weekend.
3/ February’s tea meeting to be held at Rodney’s. Rodney, Ray & Jim H to set up a mini Gymkhana after
which a BBQ will be held. Club has agreed to buy the meat for the BBQ members to bring salads and
desserts Rodney will roast spuds. Members will need to start arriving soon after 5pm to enable us to get
through the activities.
4/ R Jackson has approached the club to give physical assistance to helping a resident in the village lay
new septic tank field bed no financial cost to the club. Some members agreed to help.
5/ Rachel reported on the progress of the plant sale. She has set the date for the12th April. She has a good
number of plants but still needs more.
Meeting Closed 8.45pm
Presidents Report:
What a great finish to the year. Xmas Dinner ended up being a great success; everyone
really seemed to enjoy themselves.
Boxing Day Races – we ended up making a small profit even though the day was slow.
Thanks to all who helped on the day and clean the next day.
(John was interviewed by Carol Stiles and was on the ‘Country Life’ National Programme!)
Another calendar year has started. We have DG Paula’s convention this month. Hope some
of you can get to the convention in one way or another. We are looking after the cartage of
Lions members to the Saturday night dinner etc.
This tea meeting is at Rodney’s. Rodney is organising activities before dinner so we need to
be there at 5:30pm and be willing and able to do the activities required.
Remember, meat supplied, please bring salads and dessert.
See you at Rodney’s and the convention.
John Wood
Counselling
A husband was having great difficulty getting along with his wife – nothing but arguing and friction – so he
decided to consult a marriage counsellor.
After they had talked for a while, the counsellor said, "I suggest that you run five miles each day for a week.
It'll give you some space and the exercise will help you blow off steam. At the end of the week, please call
me back."
A week later the counsellor received a call from the husband, "Well," asked the counsellor, "how are things
going with you and your wife?
"How should I know?" said the husband.
"I'm thirty-five miles away."
Driving
A lady in her 90s crashed into the back of another car.
When the policeman asked for her license she explained that she didn’t need one anymore.
As her doctor had taken it, cut it in half, put it in the bin and said at her age she no longer needed a license
to drive.
Police
Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks.
They charged one and let the other one off.
Check your gardens for plants suitable for Rachel to pot up for the plant sale on the 12th of
April