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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 […]
Club farewells two long time members
At our meeting on January 12, the Club farewelled two members who between them have given 63 years service. To acknowledge their outstanding contribution to the Club, both were awarded Honorary Membership. Eric Ciracovitch, pictured left with President Juliann, was the last charter member to retire after 40 years service. Ezio Marcel , pictured right […]
Outstanding guest speaker
The guest speaker at our meeting on December 1 was an outstanding young man, Arman Abrahimzadeh. Arman was recently named as Young South Australian of the Year, and is a nominee for Young Australian of the Year. He talked of the tragedy which struck his family, when his father murdered his mother, after she and […]
Exciting new club projects
The Rotary Club of West Lakes, with the generous support of the Charles Sturt Council, is developing playground facilities at the Midcourse Reserve on Brebner Drive, West Lakes. The project will include a brick paver path – a Path of Memories. Individual pavers are being offered for sale to enable interested parties to have their own, […]
Bright Hours Lunch
This year, our annual Bright Hours Lunch was held as a Christmas in July event. Organised in conjunction with the West Lakes Uniting Church, our club provided lunch for two hundred and twenty senior members of our community. In addition to the appearance of Father Christmas, those present were entertained by a magician ” Mick the […]
New President Inducted
At our Changeover meeting on June 21 at the Lakes Resort Hotel, President Kevern inducted Juliann Andriani as our President for Rotary Year 2015- 2016. In her acceptance speech Juliann outlined her aims and objectives for the year ahead and also alluded to some of the challenges facing the Club. During the meeting one […]
Award to local identity
The guest speaker at our meeting on May 5 was television personality Graeme Goodings, who until recently was the news presenter at Channel 7 in Adelaide. Graeme recounted his life experiences, culminating in the formation of his own media company. For many years Graeme has acted as the MC for our annual Carols by […]
Club stalwart retires
At our Christmas meeting on December 16 we farewelled Gerard (Gerry) Ancone as an active member of the club. Gerry, who announced his retirement a week earler, joined the club as a charter member in 1976, and served as President in 1992-1993. He was also awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship.