Archive for 2017
Carols by the Lake
In spite of unseasonably cool weather this year’s Carols by the Lake, held on December 3, was very successful. In conjunction with the Uniting Church West Lakes our Club has been participating in this event for 41 years. Thanks to the support of very generous sponsors, including several new ones, our Club was able to […]
Visit to Parliament House
Club members visited State Parliament House on November 28 at the invitation of our local member, Stephen Mulligan. They were able to observe the parliamentary session from the Speaker’s Gallery, and their presence was acknowledged by the Speaker.
Special presentation to club member
President Tony made a very special presentation to one of our club members at our meeting on November 21. The presentation to Dr Ken Parcell was an acknowledgement of him becoming a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation. A person becomes a benefactor by nominating the Endowment Fund of The Foundation as a beneficiary of their […]
Oposition Leader our guest speaker
The guest speaker at our October 24 meeting was the Leader of the Opposition, Steven Marshall. We were delighted to welcome to our meeting Rotarians from several neighbouring clubs as well as the Liberal candidate for Colton, Matt Cowdrey. As a child Steven lived in the western suburbs, attending Ethelton Primary School then Immanuel College. […]
Local MP visits club
On September 12 the Club was delighted to welcome our local MP, Stephen Mulligan, as our guest speaker. We were also pleased to welcome Rotarians from several of our neighbouring Clubs. Stephen is a Minister in the State government, and currently is the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and Minister for Housing and Urban development. […]
Club assists at youth driver awareness course
Our Club recently joined with the Rotary Clubs of Charles Sturt Grange and Largs Bay to conduct a youth driver awareness course for senior students from Nazareth College. Better known by the acronym RYDA ( Road safety Youth Driver Awareness) , the course consists of presentations from various organisations including SAPOL and RAA and from serious accident survivors as […]
Changing of the Guard
On Sunday, June 25 , Tony Heinrich was inducted as our President for Rotary Year 2017/2018 at a luncheon at the Lakes Resort Hotel. Members of the new Board were introduced and President Tony outlined his aims and objectives for the forthcoming year. At the meeting Paul Harris Recognitions were awarded to Ted Manka and […]
Annual District Conference
This year’s District Conference was held from March 23 to March 26 in Geelong at the Pier Conference Centre. This annual gathering of Rotarians from all over our vast District provides an opportunity to renew acquaintances as well as enjoy an excellent program of guest speakers; both thought provoking, inspiring, and entertaining. Seven members of our Club attended […]
Club welcomes new member
At our meeting on April 4, President-elect Tony inducted Ros De Garis as a member of our Club. Ros is well known to long term members, as for many years she and husband Andrew were stalwarts of the Rotaract Club of Largs Bay. Ros joined Rotary in Canberra when business interests took her there, and upon her […]