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President
Steve Winter
06-835-6296
027-2710865
President-Elect
Keith Lines
Past-President
Richard Howell
Secretary
Ben Keehan
021-738-769
Treasurers
Peter Ball/
Doug Syme
Club Administration
Keith LInes
Foundation
Mark Oldershaw
Membership
Hanlie Marnwick
Community Service
Richard Hay
Youth
Emre Erturk
About TaradaleRotary
If you would like to know more
about the Rotary Club of Taradale, and perhaps enquire about joining
the Club, then please ring either
Ben Keehan
Secretary
021-738-769
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Vale Jim
Dine PH:
Foundation member:1959-2018
Jim died 17th April 2018. He died in-service. He was
enormously proud of the fact he had been inducted as a Foundation
Member of the Rotary Club of Taradale
on the 6th June 1959
and remained a member until the day he died
following
a very short illness. With his passing there are no longer any
Foundation members still alive.
Except for his schooling years at Nelson College, Jim spent
nearly all his life in the Taradale district. During this time, he
has devoted much of his time promoting his trade through membership
of the HB Electrical Apprenticeship committee, the HB Branch of the
Electrical Contractors Association and as a member of the Electric
Institute of NZ.
He was married to Audrey, who died in 2009. They are survived by
their family, Pamela, Andrew and Bruce
As member of the Taradale Rotary Club he has been totally unselfish
in his service to the Club. For the duration the 33 years of the
Auction & Charity Fair, he spent many hours repairing and testing
electrical goods. In 1973 he helped with the installation of the
waterwheel in Taradale Park, particularly its lighting.
He was on the building committee of the Atawhai Flats in 1984 where
he was responsible for the installation of electrical wiring,
He took a keen interest in the traditions of the Club and when the
Mason Cup (symbol of Club relations with St. Joseph Maori Girls’
College) went missing, he organised its replacement. He also spoke
more than once, to the Club about the history of the Sergeant’s
Chain.
Jim never sought higher offices in Rotary but served as a Director
during Fred Yeo’s year, 1962-63. During this time he helped in
acquiring a mayoral chain for the Taradale Borough. This chain is
now incorporated into the Napier Mayoral chain. He was a director
again during Bill Beaton’s year, 1984-84, the period in which the
Atawhai flats were built.
In 1999 Jim was made a Paul Harris Fellow for services to the Club
and Community.
As he grew
older he sought ways he could help and was instrumental in setting
up a “Good Morning Group”, for recently retired Club members. This
group would meet monthly for the purpose of good companionship. He
organised this group as Chairman, issuing minutes, and meeting
recorder. He did this while remaining a full Club member, until the
week he died.
 Jim
traveled to spend time with family and twice recently visited
Australia. On a visit in 2014 he took the opportunity to attend the
Rotary International Conference in Sydney
A keen walker,
he often walked many kilometers daily and entered a number of
sponsored events.
As he developed
a fondness for photography, he volunteered to be Club photographer,
and for the last 10 years he was on the Bulletin reporting team.
With the help of his pictures, the Bulletin developed a tabloid
style which helped it twice win the “Best Bulletin” in D9930.
Jim was
an icon of Taradale Rotary and will be sadly missed by all members
of the Club who all join together in extending their condolences to
Jim’s family.
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Taradale Town Hall
The Town Hall is an attractive assembly hall
available for use by the local and wider Hawkes Bay community.
Hire the Hall Oliver Smales
Memorial Trust
The Trust supports the education and training
of therapist and nursing staff working with children and youth in Hawke’s Bay in
co-operation with the HBDHB. To learn about the Clubs involvement in setting up this
Trust,
Click
here...
View the OSMT web page on the Hawke's Bay
District Health Board web site.
Click here...
Dolbel Reserve
Dolbel Reserve is a passive Council
Recreation Park of some 18ha on the Western Hills of Taradale.
Read more...
Kelvin Tremain
Memorial Education Trust.
The Trust administers a Trust fund for the benefit of Hawke's Bay students.
Earnings from the fund are distributed once a
year prior to the start of a new academic year.
Click here for application forms. Oliver Smales
Memorial Trust
The Trust supports the education and training
of therapist and nursing staff working with children and youth in Hawke’s Bay in
co-operation with the HBDHB. To learn about the Clubs involvement in setting up this
Trust,
Click
here...
View the OSMT web page on the Hawke's Bay
District Health Board web site.
Click here... |
