PRESIDENT GARY PHILLIPS welcomed members and guests, David & Jade Forman, Shirley Coonerty.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Lions Ladies Moring Tea 26th May in support of Community Aged Care Bus Project, 10am RSL Hall.
Club Assembly next week.
CHAIR: P.P. GEOF HOLMES:
Eight week holiday in Tasmania, February & March.
Drives school bus.
Development block civil works nearing completion.
Catching up with grand-children after COVID.
GUEST SPEAKER: DAVID FORMAN.
David Forman guest speaker having grown up in Molyullah near Benalla with a love of rural communities. Home schooled and at age 16 commenced training as a diesel mechanic. Mechanics core of being, buying a Honda motorbike when 14 years old.
After a year farming joined Hauslers in Shepparton, wanting a change from mechanics to retail became salesman, spare parts for 6 years at Peter Hill Honda.
Eventually purchasing the business, a large undertaking with long hours but fulfilling a passion to own own business.
Business employs 10, with the last few years challenging, but able to continue trading as deemed an essential business.
Supply a problem, although on-line sales not a problem, as able to back-up and service what is sold.
Service what we sell, there for the long term.
Changed name of business to Peter Hill Power to enable business to sell other brands as well as Honda.
REPORTS
SECRETARY JENNIFER RODGER:
Email for School of St Jude, thanking for support and outlining the success of the school.
P.E. REX SHIELD:
Community Aged Care Bus project, as of today has $80,507 banked. With outstanding grants and donation tins, within reach of target.
P.P. STEPHEN MILLS:
Lions Ladies morning tea 26th May at 10am in RSL Hall with proceeds to Community Aged Care Bus Appeal.
P.P. CHRIS SUTTON:
Participated in the last two Rotary District ZOOM sessions. Together with Rex, Membership in morning and International in afternoon.
Ride to Conference article in Rotary Down Under. A new medical student from Tiwi Islands selected as the beneficiary.
P.P. LORRAINE GREENWOOD:
Email from Koala Foundation on receipt of the $14,700 forwarded. Daughter contacted Foundation re aim of money raised, and will become a Foundation Ambassador in this area.
P.P. TERRY BRENNAN:
Following Facebook report on his address to the club on A Grade Mechanics, has been contacted by many with comments, including Joe Cottom who has trained many Numurkah mechanics.
ATTENDANCE:
3 Apologies, with 23 in attendance giving 76.67%
FELLOWSHIP:
Linda & Leon Boyd wedding anniversary 27th May.
HEADS & TAILS:
Linda Boyd.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 30th MAY 2022
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: GARY PHILLIPS
CLUB ASSEMBLY
APOLOGIES:
Lou Hamon
Phone: 0427 400 087
TO END WITH A SMILE
I’m known as a stickler for good spelling. So when an associate e-mailed technical documents and asked me to “decifer” them, I had to set him straight. “Decipher is spelled with a ph, not an f,” I wrote. “In case you’ve forgotten, spellchecker comes free with your Microsoft program.” A minute later came his reply: “Must be dephective.”
