THE BLOWHARD Oxford and Districts Lions Club Inc. Chartered 1979 P.O. Box 33 Oxford April 2021 Like us on [email protected] Vol.1.1 Visit web page www.lionsclub.org.nz What’s on Calendar Meetings Board - May 13th Dinner - May 27th Events Rangiora Lioness Lions Charter night May 3rd Volunteer Week 20th—26th June Projects Duties 1. Jan Bruce—Battiste 2. B.Frost The Finish 3. W.Croft The Finish If unable to undertake duties on specified dates it is your The last day of potato harvesting finally arrived on the 12th April bringing to responsibility to find a substitute and end that part of a project that is still going. Staff from Satisfy were on hand to help with the final lifting of the potatoes, take some photos as well as supplying a thankyou morning tea. Final weight of potatoes was 8730.01kg. A great effort all round and an enjoyable experience. Service Hours The Winners of guess the total weight were 1st: Chaz, 2nd Geoff R., 3rd To Secretary by 25th of Month John O. Congratulations. Currently primarily supplying pumpkins. From the President’s Desk Presidents Report for 8th April 2021 It has been a busy and successful month , in particular I would like to mention the Golf Tournament which was a great success. Thanks to all the people who turned up on the day it was a culmination of a lot of ground work put in by the committee. There was a lot of enthusiasm generated by all who attended. The feed back that I have had has all been exceptional. The A&P Show had the biggest gate takings in numbers yet. Lions members were very busy, Dave McPherson on the speaker, members at the gate. The recycle station and people selling raffle tickets then we had a constant stream of customers at the caravan. It was very pleasing to see the number of members who found time to be there for Lions, it was a extremely rewarding day. There is one more day harvesting potatoes. We had 17 people turn up on Easter Monday following the show on the Saturday, it was a great turn out. The garden effort has been met with alot of enthusiasm, the banter and joking has gone on and is good for the club. Club Growth Lions Club of Oxford and Districts is pleased to welcome Trish Taylor-Ward into Lions and our Club. Trish was inducted at the dinner meeting on 22nd April. Chris Tyson is her sponsor Geoff Rountree conducted the ceremony. Welcome Trish. Mayor of Waimakariri, Dan Gordon was guest speaker at the April Dinner meeting Steph Van Meer from Satisfy gave a short presentation on our fresh produce partner- Caravan Outings West Eyreton School Fundraiser: An excellent turnout from families with plenty of positive feed- back. Darren and Lisa were happy with the results. Pretty sure the school will do it again. Oxford A & P Show: Always a big day for the club, this year probably being the best the show has had. It was a cool start to the day. Once the caravan was up and running it was very busy all day having to restock a couple of times to keep up with demand. Great team effort. Oxford Odyssey: Caravan in new location a bit further up the hill. Due to the damp start junior numbers were down. Another good day for those that assisted with an early finish. Cleaning crew put in a great effort on the Sunday following the event meaning no one was required on the Monday. Whose my proud Grandad? The Rain Will come See Last Page Service Request completed When Dave Halls and Peter Lowrey were delivering food parcels for Christmas, Joy a Meyer Place resident asked if Lions did service work. They replied “Yes”. Joy needed a new ramp to be able to take more advantage of her mobility scooter as the previous ramp was too narrow. Our Lion’s year has been very busy, fortunately Joy said she was in no hurry. Peter and Dave are pleased to report that the new ramp is completed. After a few try outs with her walker then the mobility scooter all were very happy with the new ramp. Thanks to Peter for pre cutting the ramp prior to the assembly stage. Peter Brownie is the proud grandad of Scarlett Bridget Brownie. Scarlett was born on 8th March 2021. Not on Wayne’s watch Electrical fails Chris’s Corner To all the mothers who may read this “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” — Edwin Chapin Have a nice day on Sunday May 9th .