By DANE LILLINGSTONE
ROSE City Warwick Probus Club have had an eventful meeting with a new president and a 95th birthday.
Don McKechnie announced that after 18 months he was stepping down from his role as president of the club and that Roy Waites would be taking over.
The morning tea and meeting also served as a celebration for Allan Ward who celebrated his 95th birthday on Friday.
New president Roy Waites has only been a member of the club for one year but said they were an important group in the community that knew how to take care of each other.
“It’s about three things – fun, fellowship and friendship,” he said.
“They (Rose City Probus) are about welfare. If you need it, someone will come and take care of you.”
They hold meetings with special guests every month and welcomed headspace’s Sophia McLucas and suicide prevention activist Johno Felton to their meeting.
Ms McLucas said that while she may not notice drugs as a big problem in the young people she deals with, it was definitely a community concern.
“Headspace deal with people 12-25 and mostly with things like depression, anxiety and self-harm,” she said.
“Cannabis and ice are a concern in Warwick.”
