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Corio Bay Lions Club Geelong _ Lions Pride

Corio Bay Lions Club Geelong Zone 4, District 201 V2

Newsletter for Members, Family, Friends, Partners and Supporters.

Full of information and good stuff! Serving the community for 55+ years.

Chartered 1963 October 2018

Secretary: Elaine Anderson President: Annaisse Novak Treasurer: Helen Bollenhagen

The Club News

Members Welfare.

Lion President Annaisse is recovering from her

bout of being very unwell. Lion Annaisse was

unable to attend meetings but stayed well con-

nected via the internet and has remained fully

informed at all times. Love Technology!

Past President, Lion Ralph has been making

slow but very steady progress on his road to

recovery. Lions Lady Wendy has kept Lion sec-

retary Elaine informed at each step of the way

of Lion Ralph’s progress.

Life Time Achievement Award. Lion Brian Edward APM has been awarded a ‘Lifetime

Achievement Award by the Board of Licola for his 40

years close involvement with Licola. Of particular

note was his attendance at each first January camp

since 2002.

N.B. Next year, 2019, Licola will be celebrating their

50th year.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up. Will Rogers

Geelong Grammar Run Recently we supported the students of Geelong Grammar

School in their fund raising event, for Ocean Mind. They

ran from the school to Lorne and back (160 kilometres).

I am pleased to announce that at the time of going to

print those student have raised in excess of $55,000.oo.

They have not finished with an auction for a trip yet to be

held. WOW!

Pride Editor: Lion Colin Anderson

Facebook Administrator: Lion Emily Ander-

son: https://m.facebook.com/coriobaylions/

Webmaster Lion Scott Harrison:

www:geelongcoriobay.vic.lions.org.au/

Club Contact (Secretary): glgcoriobaylions@gmail.com

Coming Events:

18th October: NO MEETING

18th –22nd October Geelong Show

1st November Meeting

15th November Meeting

22nd Board Meeting

Roster reminder:

It is your responsibility to ensure that if you cannot make a

shift that you replace yourself. It is as simple as ringing

around! Meetings are held at: Queens Park Golf

club, 19th hole

Gather at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm meeting

LCI and Club Dates

October 2018: Royal Geelong Show

November 9.10.11 District Convention

November 14th: World Diabetes Day

Feb/March 2019: Australian International AirShows

May 2019: Multi-District 201 Convention—Geelong

Index

Page 1 Top: Banner.

Page 1 Club News

Page 2 left: Index, Date to remember…. Right: Lions

Page 3: Presidents report

Page 4 Top left Where the money goes & Right: Lions

& the 2019 Australian International Airshow

Page 4 Bottom: Lions Hearing Dogs

Page 5 Top: A World of Lions: Diabetes Screenings

Page 5 Bottom: Ocean Mind

Page 6 Top: Lions Clubs international Foundation.

P6 Bottom: North Geelong Secondary College.

Page 7 Top: UN Bottom: Members Issues

Page 8 Top: Lions & Other at the Royal Geelong Show

Page 8 Bottom: Lions Alert. (Red Cross).

The District Governor

Lion Biddy Weel is our District governor and she, along

with her partner Lion Nick, came to see us. Always an

honour.

DG Biddy has a personal motto, ‘It’s The Little Things’,

that was shared with our club. DG Biddy practices what

she says on a regular basis. On visits to her local town

shop, nearby Timboon, DG Biddy begins by saying

“HELLO” to all and gives a ‘Big SMILE’. When you see DG

Biddy smile you will understand that you can feel and

see the love behind that smile. I did!

DG Biddy took that smile around to farmers after the St

Patricks Day fires. She also took a large Lion’s Cake and

a petrol voucher. Lions of V2 district have raised in ex-

cess of $40K for relief for the fire affected farmers, and

counting. The same Lions have also no forgotten the

drought affected farmers and raised $11K so far.

DG Biddy spoke of our International President (IP), Gud-

run Ynguadottis of Iceland, and her motto “Never Give

Up”. Somehow I think after listening to DG Biddy that

the IP’s motto was not something new.

The fact that a citizen of Iceland became a Lions IP is

testament to the truth of her mot-

to.

DG Biddy spoke plain talk and

clearly with great honesty. Such

talk connected to the hearts and

minds of all gathered on the night.

Top Picture: All smiles with Lion

Nick, President Annaisse, DG Biddy

and the back of Lion Leonie.

Left Picture: Getting the business

message across to the members

gathered.

Here's this month’s contribution. I WAS going to write about Melvin Jones, but as I read about him, with the attention span of a mosquito, I became distracted and got fixated on his star sign: CAPRICORN, the noble and steadfast GOAT. It doesn't sur-prise me that our illustrious founder is a Capricorn, so I thought I'd find out how many more of these Goats were “famous”. I found at least 250. Spooky how ONE star sign can produce such a DIVERSE group of individuals. Google them if you don't know who they are. I find this absolutely fascinating. Here's my RANDOM list:

Lion President Annaisse has her say...

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. Mark Twain

GOODIES BADDIES ACTORS / OS-CARS

POLLIES

Jesus Christ Al Capone Rowan Atkinson P.W. Botha

Melvin Jones Heidi Fleiss Humphrey Bogart Benjamin Franklin

Martin Luther King Hermann Goring Jim Carrey Paul Keating

Ita Buttrose J. Edgar Hoover Kevin Costner Richard Nixon

Stephen Hawking Kim Jong-Un Gerard Depardieu Anwar el Sadat

Kate Middleton Ivan Milat Marlene Dietrich Justin Trudeau

Isaac Newton Phil Spector Faye Dunnaway Woodrow Wilson

Michelle Obama Admiral Canaris Robert Duvall

Louis Pasteur Benedict Arnold Ralph Fiennes SPORT STARS

Bernadette of Lourdes Ava Gardner Mohammed Ali

J.R.R. Tolkein MUSICIANS Mel Gibson Stefan Edberg

Simon Wiesenthal Joan Baez Cary Grant Sir Alex Ferguson

Mao Tse-Tung Shirley Bassey Sidney Greenstreet George Forman

Edgar Allan Poe David Bowie Liam Hemsworth Joe Frazier

Mary McKillop Bo Diddley Anthony Hopkins James Le Bron

Nigella Lawson The Gibb Twins Danny Kaye Angelique Kerber

Rudyard Kipling Mahalia Jackson Diane Keaton Eric Liddell

Simone de Beauvoir Janis Joplin Gypsy Rose Lee Mary Pierce

Louis Braille Eartha Kitt Ray Milland Pat Rafter

Annie Lennox Mary Tyler-Moore Milos Raonic

Ricky Martin Dolly Parton Michael Schumacher

I did not attend his funeral, but I did sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark Twain

Ocean Mind

Sometimes the dots look random until they just con-

nect up.

Not that long ago this club gave $500 to a group

of Geelong Grammar students who were fund

raising for an organisation called, ’Ocean Mind’.

Lions Cub Tywren had been on a Bethany

waiting list for a surfing program for quite some

time.

Out of the blue we were called to be told that

Lion cub Tywren had now made it onto the list of

participants and that a worker would come and

interview us and Tywren.

The program, we were told, was Ocean Mind!

Well when a club does some good. As we did with the

sponsorship it is nice to know that someone we know

well becomes a beneficiary.

It have been some weeks now and Ocean Mind is all

that it said it is, and more.

Additionally the CEO Rachele is going to make a great

‘Guest Speaker’. A very smart and insightful CEO,

great communicator, and a genuine ‘Surfie Chick’, to

use an old fashioned and politically incorrect term,

Drives the modern equivalent of a combi, a VW Trans-

porter, decked out well. It will be good to hear how

our Lions money is helping.

Australian International Airshows & Lions

Next year, 2019, the Australian International

Airshow returns to Avalon. This means that

this club has the privilege to run the carparking

for that event, under the guidance of our own

Lion Les Cropley.

By any measure a massive undertaking. Howev-

er what many may not know is that there is also

the Australian International Aerospace Exposi-

tion, 26th February– 3rd March, held on the

Avalon site. The business side of the Airshow.

Airshows have tasked our club to assist in

setting up the carparking site and providing per-

sonnel for the carparking on all the days of both

events. At a rough guess that is about 200 shifts.

To do that we invite all the Lions of the region

to assist along with any other clubs and organi-

sations we partner with over the year. This is a

MAJOR fund raiser for all. Clearly the 1st-3rd

March public days are the big ones for volun-

teer numbers.

For the volunteers you get to see the flying dis-

plays up close. Come join us.

Lions Hearing Dogs

Australian Lions Hearing Dogs was conceived in 1980 when two past District Governors Bob Allen and Brian Carter attending an International Convention in the USA discovered the Hearing Dogs in Colorado. At the Multiple District Convention in Canberra the Lions Club of Australia voted to fund this project.

A property was acquired at Verdun in the Adelaide Hills. Gale Gould from the American program came out for two years to start the project.

Since the program’s inception hearing dogs have been delivered to deaf and hard of hearing people nationwide

as a gift from the Lions Clubs of Australia. Currently there are Australian Lions Hearing Dogs assisting their own-

ers in every State and Territory in Australia.

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. Cathy Guisewite

Here are some happy pictures from the ‘Ocean Mind’ surfers.

Urquhart's Bluff air temp about 11oc. Water straight of the Antarctic melt.

Pictures from Top Left clockwise: Michelle of ‘Go Ride A Wave’, Lions Cub Tywren

and Rachele of ‘Ocean Mind’. The group going through the OH & S process before hitting the water. Those in orange are mentors and in the yellow are students. They have hit the chilly water and thankfully they are all supplied with wetsuits. No shortage of surfboards in the equipment trailer.

A World of Lions Recently the 201V2 District Governor

Biddy Weel visited our club and it turns out Diabetes or specifi-

cally ‘Juvenile’ was a pet program for ‘DG Biddy’.

Diabetes is a growing world epidemic. Currently, 1 in 2 (46.5%) of adults with diabetes are undiagnosed. The pur-

pose of diabetes screening is to identify asymptomatic individuals who may have diabetes and not know it, and

refer them to qualified healthcare professionals for additional assessment. A diabetes screening can help de-

tect prediabetes as well as diabetes.

Diabetes Chairpersons serve at the district and multiple district levels and are appointed by the district governor

or council chairperson, respectively. Diabetes Chairpersons support Lions and Leos engaged or interested in pro-

jects to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and improve the quality of life for those diagnosed. They may collabo-

rate with leadership throughout the organization, including the Global Service Team (GST).

Our Club Could Organise a Diabetes Screening by:

Partnering with healthcare professionals to carry out screening events: Government

health departments, universities, hospitals, nurses, certified diabetes educators or private physi-

cians often agree to perform free or low cost

public screenings. They are knowledgeable

about local healthcare laws and appropriate

medical screening equipment and supplies to

be used.

Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. Will Rogers

Diabetes is a disease in which the body either does not produce

or does not properly use insulin. Diabetes can lead to serious health

complications and premature death. The number of people with dia-

betes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 and

continues to rise, according to the World Health Organization

(WHO). The WHO also projects that diabetes will be the seventh leading cause of death in 2030.

Why the Fight Against Diabetes Is One of Our Global Causes

Diabetes is one of the most pervasive and fastest-growing diseases in the world today. It affects people of

all races, income levels, and ages—even children.

Lions Clubs International Foundation is responding to this global epidemic by committing to help prevent

diabetes and improve quality of life for those who have been diagnosed through multi-faceted, comprehen-

sive health initiatives.

Managing diabetes is easier when family members understand the condition and how to monitor and treat it.

Strength in Numbers

We're partnering with the International Diabetes Federation to take on diabetes. Join us in the global effort.

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629million people will have diabetes by 20145

The question is: What can our club do to help?

By, Tha Lay Paw

My neighbour and best friend in the Thai refu-gee camp was an old lady. She was 73 and just like my real grandma, scary, happy, but never sad. We always joked with each other.

Around my house I planted roses and jasmine, she planted just jasmine. She lived with her daughter and granddaughter who was my age. Every day she scolded her granddaughter, but her granddaughter just put earphones into her ears and listened to music.

I asked her granddaughter, “Why does your grandma scold you every day?”

“My grandma is very annoying. She never understands me, in her eyes I am just naughty. She says everything I’m doing is wrong. When I ask my mum to help me speak to grandma, she says ‘your grandma is very old now, you need to understand her’. My grandma is very annoying.”

She said her grandma was very annoying and I thought maybe she was right. If I was her I would feel the same.

Next day her grandma came to my house and asked me, “Do you think I am an annoying person?”

Continued over

I realised she heard what her granddaughter said behind her back.

“Sometimes, but you should try to understand your granddaughter. She is a young person, I understand her because I am young too.”

“Yes she is young, that is why I have to scold her every day. Everything I am doing is just for her and I want her to know it’s because I love her and worry about her.”

Her face was worried. “I want to see that she can do everything by herself. I can’t live with her all her life. Before I go I want to see she can be independent and can look after her mum. She will never understand old people like me.”

Tears were now falling down her face. It was the first time I ever saw her cry. I understood in that moment what she felt and the meaning of her scolding.

She asked me, “Why did you plant roses and not just jasmine?”

“Well, you see, jasmine has a good strong smell and roses are beautiful and the smell is not too strong. When I’m angry the smell of roses calms me down.”

Then she smiled at me. I felt her love and kindness. In that moment I understood that old people love their grandchildren more than they love themselves.

From time to time issues arise in a members life that mean the juggling of life and Lions becomes impossible to

manage. Lion International made allowances for those situations.

Sometimes it is work and career that gets in the way of a members intentions to serve their community. Other

times it can be; health family or other personal issues. Whatever the issue Lion, and our club in particular, do not

want to be in the way of a solution to those issues,

A Lion who has an issue can apply to their club board of management to become ‘A Lion At Large’. This is a pro-

cess where you step away from all Lions duties and do not attend meetings for a period of up to six (6) months.

Lions often find that in those six (6) months they have gotten on top of their issues and return to the club. A

good outcome. Some Lions have felt that they cannot see themselves coming to Lions for an extended period

and choose to resign. Many times that Lion solves their issue within a year and wishes to return to Lions. They

will be welcomed back to Lions without loosing their continuity of service to Lions. Some other Lions have been

transferred in their careers interstate or overseas. Lions can organise a transfer to a new club. Some find their

new position means they just can’t do Lions for years. However when things, in their life, settle down they will be

welcome to join a Lions club wherever they are. Lions don’t just look after the community, they look after each!

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein

If we’re not meant to

have midnight snacks,

why is their a light in the

fridge? Members & Issues

Partners

You see Lions are not

alone in assisting com-

munities worldwide.

Lions Clubs Interna-

tional have been part-

nering with the UN

since day one. In the

beginning the UN ap-

proached Lions and

Red Cross for advice

and now Lions and Red

Cross both have a seat

at the UN.

Important — The Royal Geelong Show

Each year, for 20 years, this club has managed the gates at the Royal Geelong Show. Seven (7)

major and two (2) minor gates over four (4) days is a large task.

Each year it is a close call on whether we will have enough people to staff all the gates. 2018 is no

different. So if you belong to a group and that group can provide some volunteers to assist, your

group will be paid for their efforts. All you need to do is e-mail our club secretary Elaine:

glgcoriobaylions@gmail.com or call 0408 371 249. All gate staff must be 18+ years of age.

The shifts do not exceed four (4) hours. Training will be provided and the very experienced Corio

Bay Lions members will manage the process with you.

The money is good and for a volunteer group a great bonus for their funds!

Recently the Geelong Red Cross Emergency Services team decided to engage with the community in the area of Emergency Preparation. To do that the team formed a partnership with the Regions SES Community Engage-ment Team. Together, Red Cross and the State Emergency Service (SES) , will make Emergency Preparation

Presentations (EPP) to a wide range of community groups.

The EPP include some serious information, some amazing videos and a fun activity with a twist. Red Cross has a

publication called ‘RediPlan’ which across the emergency service community is the ‘GO TO’ book. The EPP is

based around this book and all participants will receive a copy along with other vital information hand out from both the Red Cross and SES.

The SES Regional and Red Cross Regional teams have jointly developed this EPP to make their communities a

safer place when an emergency or disaster occurs.

If you are a member of any sort of community group or know members of a community group you need to ac-

tively encourage them to book an EPP. Most groups or organisations like to have community speakers and visit

from this team will educate and delight the members.

The EPP’s will begin in the second half of October 2018 and continue until all groups and or

organisation have been visited.

To have a Emergency Preparation Presentation in the Geelong area it is as simple as:

Calling 0429 402 639 or

emailing: elanderson@redcross.org.au

Your Local ‘Divisional Operations Officer (Red Cross) , Elaine Anderson, and ask for a EPP.

Lions and Red Cross in Partnership Lions Colin And Elaine Anderson

Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected? For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain!

The problem with stealing quotes off the internet is you never know if they are genuine. – Abraham Lincoln

Man is the only living being who cuts trees, makes paper, and writes “SAVE TREES” on it.