The Annual North Park Toyland Parade

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011:
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAN A TOYLAND PARADE, BEGINNING AT OUR LIONS CLUB HOUSE. WITH LOTS OF HELP FROM BOTH OLD & NEW MEMBERS, BUT LET THE MANY PHOTOS TELL THE STORY:

New Permanent Member, Triathlon Support, Living with Bipolar Disorder

Meeting on October 26, 2011

THREE CHEERS FOR LION VERNETTA IN THE CREATIVE HALLOWEEN DÉCOR, AND 2 CHEERS FOR OUR LION DUET BY MAX & BRENDA IN LEADING OUR OPENING WITH "AMERICA".

LION PRES. RENFRO ANNOUNCED THAT NON-PROSPECTIVE MEMBER GUESTS WOULD COST AN EXTRA $12??? FOLLOWED BY AN UPDATE ON OUR WHITE CANE FUND AND REQUEST FOR DONATIONS PLUS PLANS FOR COMMUNITY DONATIONS.

GUEST TODAY INCLUDED 3RD VISIT FOR A NEW MEMBER PROSPECT, PLUS LION PDG RICK HANNUM INTRODUCED THE LA MESA CLUB , MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.

LION BRENDA THEN STOOD AND NAMED ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH WILL GET HER A PERMANENT MEMBER BADGE. CONGRATULATIONS, BRENDA!!!

LION SCHLOSS READ A LETTER FROM SCOTT LIAISON OF THE S.D. TRIATHLON CHALLENGE 2011, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION, NOTING THAT "I'LL BE KEEPING ALL OF MY DONORS IN MIND AND IN MY HEART AS I SWIM ONE MILE, TANDEM BIKE 44 MILES AND RUN TEN MILES. YOUR GIFT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED"

WHY AM I A LION? LION MAX TOLD OF HIS MANY REASONS, ESPECIALLY OF THE MANY PEOPLE IN NEED, AND INFO FROM LION VERNETTA. HE ENDED BY QUOTING AUDREY HEPBURN: REMEMBER, IF YOU EVER NEED A HELPING HAND, YOU WILL FIND IT AT THE END OF YOUR ARM." NEXT WEEK WE WILL HEAR FROM LION BEN WARREN.

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY WAS PRESENTED BY A VERY REMARKABLE YOUNG LADY, MAGGIE REESE, REGARDING HER EXPERIENCES LIVING WITH & FIGHTING BIPOLAR DISORDER. MAGGIE GREW UP AS AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE, COMPETING (AND WINNING) MANY RACES. SHE CONTINUALLY DEALT WITH "MANIC-DEPRESSION", SPENDING MANY DAYS IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS. AN EXCEPTIONAL LADY, WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE FOR THE FUTURE, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE MET HER.

NOTE: BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.

WHO SAID THIS? "BETTER TO BE A PIRATE THAN TO JOIN THE NAVY."
- STEVE JOBS

Visit from the Mission Lions, Finland Soccer, Why I'm a Lion, Stand Up for Kids

Meeting on 10/19/11

THE EVER FAVORITE RENDITION OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" OPENED OUR MEETING WITH LION MAX LEADING THE WAY.

OUR GUESTS TODAY INCLUDED PATTY WILSON OF THE MISSION LIONS CLUB.

THE FOURTH ANNUAL VISION WALK WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, RAISNG MONEY FOR THE FOUNDATION TO FIGHT BLINDNESS. IT IS TO TAKE PLACE STARTING AT 9 AM, MISSION BAY PARK - DE ANZA COVE, 3000 EAST MISSIION BAY DRIVE.

LION KIM GAVE US A "FINAL FINLAND REPORT", STATING HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM WON THE "ALL FINLAND CHAMPIONSHIP", AND PASSED AROUND A CLIPPING OF THE TEAM.

DON'T FORGET, THE UNWANTED & UNUSED DRUG PICK-UP WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, 10/29.

LION VERNETTA EXPLAINED HER ENTRY INTO THE LIONS ORGANIZATION BY QUOTING BUDDA OF 25 CENTURIES AGO ABOUT HELPING OTHERS, THEN MORE RECENTLY, STEVE JOBS IN HELPING OTHERS; VERY MEANINGFUL & APPROPRIATE. NEXT WEEK WE'LL HEAR FROM LION MAX.
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT BELOW AND TELL US WHY YOU BECAME A LION.

"STAND UP FOR KIDS" A VERY SOBERING AND MEANINGFUL PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY SPOKE OF THE MANY CHILDREN & KIDS WHO LIVE ON THE STREETS WITH LITTLE OR NO HELP. DID YOU KNOW? 13 HOMELESS KIDS HAVE DIED TODAY ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA. THE "TORCH CLUB" FROM THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, MIRAMAR YOUTH CENTER CHOSE TO HELP STAND UP FOR KIDS BY ASSEMBLING FOOD BAGS THAT ARE USED FOR THE OUTREACH. A SAMPLE BAG WAS PASSED AROUND THE TABLE, WHICH CONTAINED THE MINIMUM STAPLES FOR A DAY.

AND FINALLY: "BE COURTEOUS TO ALL, BUT INTIMATE WITH FEW; AND LET THOSE BE WELL TRIED BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR CONFIDENCE" -- George Washington.

A Packed House, Charity Update, Rx Disposal, S.A.Y.

 Meeting on October 12, 2011

WHAT A GRAND OPENING WHEN LION MAX LED US IN A ROUSING RENDITION OF "OVER THERE - THE YANKS ARE COMING". MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN "THE NORTH PARK LIONS ARE COMING", AS VIRTUALLY EVERY SEAT & TABLE WAS FILLED TODAY, WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL GUESTS (AND NEW MEMBERS)

LION TARR WAS OUR "MYSTERY GREETER" & MANAGED MANY NON-SHAKER FINES.

LION KIM GAVE US AN UPDATE FROM FINLAND, STATING THAT HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM HAD WON THEIR LEAGUE.

LION SCHLOSS GAVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR ANNUAL CHARITY CONTRIBUTIONS.

LION GARY LEARN TOLD US "WHY HE BECAME A LION". SEEMS HE GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, AND EVENTUALLY JOINED THE N.P. LIONS AS HE WANTED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HEAR FROM LION VERNETTA.
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT BELOW AND SHARE WITH US WHY YOU BECAME A LION

OUR MULTI-DISTRICT WILL BE HAVING THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY, 12/4, AT THE LIGHTHOUSE RESTAURANT.  $30 PER.  (MORE INFO TO FOLLOW).

MEA CULPA ! YOUR UNWANTED & UNUSED DRUGS DROP OFF WILL BE SATURDAY, 10/29, NOT AS STATED IN LAST WEEK'S BLOG.

OUR PROGRAM FOR THE DAY WAS PRESENTED BY OUR OWN LION KAREN LENYOUN. REPRESENTING S.A.Y. (SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH). FOR 25 YEARS, A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION, DEDICATED TO BRINGING PUBLIC AWARENESS TO HELP PREVENT ALCOHOLISM PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUTH. "ON PROM NIGHT, LIVE IT, BE IT, DON'T DRINK IT ". THANK YOU KAREN FOR A VERY GOOD PROGRAM.

NEW MEMBERS, WHY ARE YOU A LION HORVITZ, EXPIRED MEDS., HORSES HEAL

Meeting on 10/5/11

WE WERE OFF TO A GRAND BEGINNING TODAY, AS LION TARR LED US IN OUR OLD FAVORITE, "GOD BLESS AMERICA".

OUR GATHERING TODAY INCLUDED SEVERAL GUESTS (MORE MEMBERS?) AND THIS BEING THE 1ST WEDNESDAY, SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS WERE "TREATED" TO OUR TRADITIONAL MELODIC RENDITION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SO, WHY ARE YOU A LION? TODAY LION JEFF HORVITZ TOLD US THAT SINCE 1983 HE WANTED TO BE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKED & HELPED THE COMMUNITY. HE IS ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT, THEN LEFT FOR 15 YEARS, MISSED US AND RETURNED. GLAD TO HAVE YOU RETURN, JEFF. NEXT WEEK, LION GARY LEARN WILL TELL US WHY HE IS A LION.

GOT DRUGS ? TURN IN YOUR UNUSED OR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS FOR SAFE DISPOSAL, SATURDAY, 10/25, FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM. AT 3927 UTAH ST. (SOUND FAMILIAR?)

LION JOE SCHLOSS ANNOUNCED THE NEW ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON, URGING EVERYONE TO SELL AT LEAST ONE, AS OUR CLLUB WILL BENEFIT BY $8 TO $10 EACH.

LION KAREN LENYOUN INTRODUCED OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER OF THE DAY, WHO PRESENTED A VERY INERESTING TALK CONCERNING A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO RIDE SAFELY AND INTERACT WITH HORSES. FOUNDED 15 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE 45 STUDENTS, MOSTLY TROUBLED CHILDREN FROM MANY BACKGROUNDS. THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE BEING TO INSTILL NEW VALUES THRU ASSOCIATION & RESPONSIBILTY FOR HORSES.

NOTE: BE SURE TO BRING NON PERISABLE FOOD TO THE MEETINGS, AS WE ARE APPROACHING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

New Lions - Don't Stop Recruiting, Happy $, Why a Lion?, YMCA It's For Everybody

Meeting on 9/28/11

A ROUSING CHORUS OF NORTH PARK LIONS, VISITORS FROM THE HEARTLAND CLUB, PLUS GUESTS RANG OUT A FITTING TRIBUTE WITH "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL", LED BY LION LEE MORTON.

HAPPY DOLLARS FLOWED ABUNDANTLY, AS MANY LIONS CONTRIBUTED, INCLUDING THE LATEST FROM FINLAND, AS LION KIM GIBBENS GAVE US AN UPDATE OF HER DAUGHTER SCORING THE WINNING GOAL IN THE RECENT MATCH.

LION LEARN PRESENTED AN UPDATE ON OUR ONGOING QUEST FOR NEW MEMBERS, PROCLAIMING THAT WE ARE DOING WELL, BUT HAVE A BIT TO GO.

AND SPEAKING OF NEW MEMBERS, TODAY WAS ONE OF OUR BEST, WHEN LION RICK HANNUM TOOK THE FLOOR TO INTRODUCE & INDUCT ANOTHER NEW NORTH PARK LION; LION BRENDA MILOW, WHO WAS GIVEN THE PROPER "LIONS ROAR" THREE TIMES FOR A GREAT SEND OFF AND, COINCIDENTALLY, LION MILOW WON THE CLUB RAFFLE!!

WHY A LION? TODAY LION DR. KNOTT TOLD US ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN HIS FAMILY AND HOW HE EVENTALLLY BECAME A LION. NEXT WEEK WE HEAR FROM LION HORVITZ. FEEL FREE TO COMMENT BELOW AND SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES.

"IT'S FOR EVERBODY" TODAY WE LEARNED OF THE MANY FACITS OF THE Y.M.C.A. WHEN MIKE OSOFF, PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE YMCA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES GAVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY; STRESSING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL LIVING FOR HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS, PROVIDING TEMPROARY SHELTER & COUNCILING.

YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET WEDNESDAY, 10/5, 11 AM.

HOW'S THAT?  I WEAR GLASSES SO I CAN LOOK FOR THINGS I KEEP LOSING.

Why Am I A Lion? - Finland Phenom - Linkery Restaurant

Meeting on 9/14/11

A NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD WAS SET TODAY WHEN TWENTY FOUR (24) NORTH PARK LIONS PROUDLY GAVE A RESOUNDING RENDITION OF "IT'S A GRAND OLD FLAG".

MANY WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD TODAY, WHEN OUR "MYSTERY GREETER" WAS ONE OF OUR NEWEST LIONS, KAREN LENYOUN. SO, ON TO THE FUN PART OF THE MEETING. LION DR. JIM KNOTT BROUGHT US UP TO DATE ON HIS SPORTING (? ) ADVENTURES, TOO NUMEROUS TO GO INTO, FOLLOWED BY SOME WILD AND SOMEWHAT WEIRD DISSERTATIONS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER LIONS.

STARTING THIS WEEK, WE HAVE A NEW ITEM TO OUR MEETINGS. ASKING A LION EACH WEEK TO ANSWER "WHY AM I A LION?" THIS WEEK, LION HAL THOMAS GAVE US HIS REASONS.  Feel free to comment below and tell us why you're a Lion.

UPDATE FROM FINLAND. LION KIM GAVE US SOME BRAGGING ON HER SOCCER CHAMP DAUGHTER, PASSING AROUND CLIPS OF A FINLAND PAPER WITH HER DAUGHTER'S PHOTO PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED. WAY TO GO, KIM!!!

LION STEVE READ A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP 53, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION OF $300, WHICH IS BEING USED TO REPAIR BROKEN GEAR, USED ON THEIR CAMPING TRIPS.

FARM TO TABLE ?? OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY WAS MR JAY PORTER, OWNER OF THE LINKERY RESTAURANT AT 30TH & NORTH PARK WAY. JAY PRESENTED A VERY INTERESTING PROGRAM CONCERNING HIS PASSION ABOUT THIS UNIQUE "FARM TO TABLE" CONCEPT AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH LOCAL SAN DIEGO FARM & GROWERS TO PROVIDE FRESH FOOD FOR THE RESTAURANT. THE LINKERY HAS SEVERAL SPECIALITIES: HOUSE-MADE SAUSAGES, HOUSE-CRAFTED MUSTARD AND HOUSE-CURED BACON & HAM, WHICH THEY SELL TO GO BY THE POUND. ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM - SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT.

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM: MIKE OSOFF, PROJECT DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, YMCA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES.

Temporary Badges Discarded, Bring in Your Non-Parishable Food, Blind Fund Raising, George's Camera

Meeting on 9/14/11

IGNORING THE "POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE" OF THE MOMENT, 19 LIONS AND GUESTS GAVE UP TO A RENDITION OF OUR OLD FAVORITE, "AMERICA", ABLY LEAD BY LION LEE MORTON.

AFTER THAT ROUSING BEGINNING, THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER LION PRES. LOIS SHOULD BE REPRESENTED ON OUR "PAST PRESIDENT'S BOARD," AND AFTER SOME BRIEF DISCUSSION THE SUBJECT WAS SORT OF PUT "ON HOLD".

RISING TO THE OCCASION, OUR TWO MOST RECENT LIONS, KAREN LENYOUN & MAX MASON, PROCEEDED TO NAME EACH OF THE LIONS PRESENT, THEREBY EARNING A PERMANENT NAME BADGE TO REPLACE THEIR TEMPORARY RED BADGES. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH!

NOW HEAR THIS!! WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE HOLIDAYS SO BRING IN YOUR NON PARISLHABLE FOOD TO INCLUDE WITH OUR DONATIONS - - OR IF YOU HAVE NONE TO DONATE, WE ALWAYS CAN USE $$$ IN THE FORM OF A $25 CHECK.

SO, HERE'S AN UPDATE FROM FINLAND. LION KIM TELLS US THAT HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEARM JUST KEEPS WINNING, THE LATEST TO SPAIN. SHE NOTED THAT THEY WERE ELATED THAT IT WASN'T SIBERIA. HA!!

FROM THE BLIND COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HEARD FROM LION LEE MORTON THEY WILL BE HAVING A BIG FUND RAISING DINNER COME SEPTEMBER 30. ONLY $10, AND OF COURSE WILL INCLUDE A RAFFLE FOR YOU GAMBLERS.

ON TO OUR DAY'S PROGRAM SPEAKER, MR. DAVID RIVERA OF THE GEORGE'S CAMERA BUSINESS, SPECIALIZING IN IMAGING, RENTALS, REPAIRS, DIGITAL & OF COURSE, SALES. DAVID BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION MANY INTERESTING DETAILS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FILM AND THE MANY CAMERA VARIETIES, ALL THE WAY FROM THE OLD KODAK BOX (REMEMBER?) TO THE PRESENT DAY DIGITALS. GREAT PROGRAM, AND WE LEARNED A LOT.

NEXT WEEK, 9/14. PROGRAM BY JAY PORTER, OWNER OF THE LINKERY RESTAURANT. SOUND DULL?? WAIT TILL YOU HEAR WHAT HE WILL TELL US.

Tornado in Joplin, MO, White Cane Days, Team Parkinsons Support, Sunshine Care

I BELIEVE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WOULD NOT HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED HIS COMPOSITION, BUT 22 LIONS, PLUS GUEST, RAISED THEIR VOICES TO OPEN OUR MEETING WITH THE "STAR SPANGELED BANNER", ABLY LED BY LION LEE MORTON.

Meeting on 9/7/11

WE HAD THREE(3) GUESTS, INTRODUCED BY LIONS MAXWELL, RUSSELL & HORVITZ (POSSIBLE NEW MEMBERS??)

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS WERE VOCALLY PRODUCED TO HONOR LIONS MAXWELL & HORVITZ.

AND, OUR RETURNING SECRETARY, LION HASSELHORST, MADE A REPORT ON HIS RECENT CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, GIVING SOME SERIOUS DETAIL TO THE DEVASTATING TORNADO IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI AND WHAT THE THE LIONS THERE WERE DOING TO HELP.

WHITE CANE DAYS ARE COMING, AND OUR PRESIDENT, LOIS RENFRO, INFORMED US OF HER PLAN TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DETAILS.

OUR OWN LION JOE SCHLOSS OF THE CHARITY COMMITTEE READ A CORRESPONDENCE FROM OUR FORMER MEMBER, DAN DRISCOLL, THANKING US FOR OUR DONATION TO "TEAM PARKINSONS", WHICH DAN, UNFORTUNATELY, IS A VICTIM OF. HIS TEAM HAS, THUS FAR, RAISED $73,000 FOR THE CURE, AND WE ALL WISH HIM WELL.

A VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE PROGRAM TODAY WAS PRESENTED BY SAM STELLETELLO, CEO AND DIRECTOR OF "SUNSHINE CARE", A UNIQUE ALTERNATIVE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FOR THOSE PRIMARILY WITH DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMERS. SAM PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE FACILITIES, LOCATED ON A 32 ACRE CAMPUS IN POWAY. HE ALSO SHOWED AN ON-SCREEN PROJECTION OF THEIR FACILITIES. AND A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER, LION MAX, FOR ARRANGING THIS PROGRAM.

AND DID YOU KNOW?? 1917 WAS OUR BEGINNING WHEN CHICAGO BUSINESS LEADER MELVIN JONES SET OUT WITH A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN TO WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES, LEADING TO THE FOUNDING OF WHAT IS NOW "LIONS INTERNATIONAL".

A Newly Renovated Center for the Blind

SIGHT FIRST - EAT SECOND.

OUR REGULAR MEETING TOOK PLACE AT THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND, WHERE WE WERE NOT ONLY TREATED TO A GREAT MEAL, BUT A TOUR OF THE NEWLY RENOVATED CENTER, ALL ABLY ASSISTED & DESCRIBED BY OUR OWN P.P. LION KIM GIBBENS, WHO IS ALSO THE CENTER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND, OF COURSE, PHOTOS GIVE A BETTER VIEW OF THE "ACTION", SO HERE ARE A FEW.

AND DID YOU KNOW?? IN 1925 (THE YEAR BEFORE OUR CLUB CHARTER), HELEN KELLER ADDRESSED THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN CEDAR POINT, OHIO AND CHALLENGED LIONS TO BECOME "KNIGHTS OF THE BLIND" IN THE CRUSADE AGAINST DARKNESS. SINCE THEN WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO AID THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

F.Y.I. PROGRAM SPEAKER FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH WILL BE MR. SAM STELLETELLO, CEO AND DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE CARE. A UNIQUE ALTERNATIVE FOR ASSISTED LIVING.

ALSO, YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS AT 11 AM 9/7/11.

WWII Vets Still Kicking, Cabinet Meeting Update, Splash Wine Lounge

Meeting held on 8/24/2011

OF COURSE, WE KNEW IT ALL ALONG, BUT LION MORTON LEAD ALL 19 OF US, PLUS GUEST, IN A SORT OF ROBUST VERSION OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

THEN A COUPLE OF OLD WWII VETS, LIONS ROBBINS & RUSSELL, PRODUCED A COUPLE OF HAPPY $$, PROCLAIMING OUR VICTORY OF "JUST BEING HERE".

LION HANNUM GAVE AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE HAPPENINGS AT OUR RECENT CABINET MEETING, INCLUDING 4 CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR.

"SPLASH" - OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY WAS TRACI SMITH. TRACI LED US DOWN THE GRAPE VINEYARDS, INFORMING US ALONG THE WAY OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINES AVAILABLE AND DECSRIBING HER "UNIQUE" WINE LOUNGE, "SPLASH," LOCATED AT 3043 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WHERE THE MOTTO IS "TASTE - EXPERIENCE & RELAX". TRACI ALSO EXPOUNDED ON PLANS TO EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE AREA. AND THE BEST PART OF THE PRESENTATION WAS A WIND UP "WINE TASTING" OF THE VARIOUS WINES. HOPE YOU HAD A DESIGNATED DRIVER. 

NOW DON'T FORGET, OUR MEETING THIS WEEK, 8/31 WILL BE AT THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND ON EL CAJON BLVD.

New Members! "Special Delivery San Diego", Membership Committee Survey, & Leapin' Lizards

Meeting on August 17th, 2011

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENED OUR MEETING TODAY, LEAD BY ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, LION MAX MASON.

LION TAMER, VERNETTA, THEN MADE THE POSITIVE SUGGESTION THAT OUR PROSPECTIVE MEMBER GUESTS BE PROVIDED WITH THREE (3) MEALS, AS A POSITIVE GESTURE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NORTH PARK LIONS.

AND, ON AN EVEN POSITIVER NOTE, OUR 2 NEWEST MEMBERS, LIONS KAREN & MAX INTRODUCED THEIR TWO VISITING GUESTS. THEN, THE REST OF US WERE "INVITED" TO PAY A $ FINE FOR NOT BRINGING A GUEST.

OUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MET, & AMONG OTHER IDEAS, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING YOUR THOUGHTS TO BETTER OUR CLUB ORGANIZATION & MEMBERSHIP IDEAS. PLEASE RETURN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OUR CHARITY EMERITUS CHAIR, LION JOE SCHLOSS, TOOK TO THE FLOOR TO READ A LETTER FROM THE "SPECIAL DELIVERY SAN DIEGO ORGANIZATION," THANKING US FOR OUR DONATION OF $500. THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR IN PROVIDING HOT MEALS TO THEIR MANY CLIENTS.

"LEAPIN' LIZARDS !! ", AS LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE WOULD SAY. BUT, TODAY WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE NO "LEAPIN' LIZARDS" IN MADAGASCAR, WHEN OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER, TIM TUSA, INTRODUCED US TO THE WORLD OF MADAGASCAR LIZARDS. THERE ARE OVER 161 SPECIES OF LIZARDS THERE AND MANY CAN CHANGE COLORS AS NEEDED AND HAVE STICKY TONGUES FOR GRASPING FOOD. THEY ARE EGG BARING, WITH EGGS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TIC-TAC. LIZARDS ARE TIM'S HOBBY, AND WHETHER YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE LIZARDS, THIS WAS A VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE  PROGRAM.

SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR;  AUGUST 31, OUR CLUB WILL MEET AT THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND. C  --  U THERE.

Annual Picnic Breakfast

08/13/2011

WELL NOW - THIS IS KNOTT MY USUAL BLOG, BUT IF YOU MISSED OUR ANNUAL COOKOUT BREAKFAST AT THE LA MESA AZTEC PARK, YOU KNOTT ONLY MISSED A GREAT OUTING, BUT DID KNOTT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A GREAT BREAKFAST WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. WHY ALL THE "KNOTTS" ? SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST OF OUR PICNIC CENTERED AROUND THE EFFORTS OF OUR TWO VERY POPULAR KNOTTS. LION DR. KNOTT SHOWED UP WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK LOADED WITH "EVERYTHING, BUT THE KITCHEN SINK" (DON'T THINK HE HAD THE SPACE LEFT), THEN HIS SON, LION JIM KNOTT, PROCEEDED TO PREPARE A GREAT BREAKFAST OF EGGS, FRUIT, ASSORTED ROLLS, ETC; EVEN EXPERIMENTED WITH CHLOCATE CHIP PANCAKES. BUT, BREAKFAST ASIDE, THERE WERE MANY GAMES. LION COUGHLIN EVEN STRUNG UP A LION OF T-SHIRTS, WHICH MANY OF US THOUGHT WAS HIS LAUNDRY.

ALL IN ALL, A GREAT FAMILY OUTING FOR OUR NORTH PARK LIONS, FAMILIES & GUESTS.

New Members, Court Patton and Membership Pamphlets, Cabinet/Membership Meeting

Meeting held on July 27, 2011

OF COURSE, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SINGING ABOUT "SAN DIEGO, THE
BEAUTIFUL," BUT 20 LIONS AND GUESTS ROSE TO "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL," WITH LION MORTON LEADING.

LION LEARN THEN CALLED ON COURT PATTON, TO PRESENT HIM WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS TALENT & HARD WORK IN PUTTING TOGETHER OUR MEMBERSHIP PAMPHLETS.

LION BIG JIM KNOTT ALSO BROUGHT US UP TO DATE ON THE COMIC CON CONVENTION, IN WHICH HE WAS A PARTICIPANT & CONTRIBUTOR.

AND, MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OUR UPCOMING "BREAKFAST IN THE PARK," WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AUGUST 13, BEGINNING AROUND 9 AM AT THE AZTEC PARK IN LA MESA.

ALSO, OUR FIRST CABINET & MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, AT THE EL CAJON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE, 189 ROANOKE, E.C.

OF COURSE, THE ONE AND ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT OF OUR MEETING IS WHEN WE INDUCT NEW MEMBERS, AND TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION, AS PDG LION SCHUETZ WELCOMED INTO OUR MIDST LIONS KAEN LENJOUN & MAX MASON, SPONSORED BY LION VERNETTA.

ALOHA! LION CARMELLINO. OUR PROGRAM CHAIRMAN, VACATIONING IN HAWAII.

AND FINALLY. YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, 8/3.

Vision Walk, Club Breakfast, Alzheimer's Assoc. Donation, Arthritis Info.

AND SO, WITH A STAR SPANGLED SALUTE, LION MORTON LEAD US IN A ROUSING RENDITION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

TODAY'S GUEST: LION COUGHLIN INTRODUCED HIS SISTER, ANNE COUGHLIN.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND ANNOUNCED THEIR FUND RAISER, "VISION WALK", TO TAKE PLACE AT MISSION BAY, OCTOBER - NOVEMBER.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: OUR CLUB "BREAKFAST IN THE PARK" WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE AZTEC PARK, AUGUST 13, BEGINNING AT 9 AM.
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LION KIM GIBBENS INFORMED US THAT THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND BIKE RIDE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL LIONS. THE RIDE WAS A 200 MILE, 3 DAY AFFAIR FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED. ALSO, KIM NOTED THAT HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM WON THEIR LATEST MATCH 3 TO 0. HOW 'BOUT THAT?

IN A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED MOVE OF GENEROSITY, THE ASSEMBLED LIONS TOOK UP A COLLECTION & PRESENTED $225 TO LION RUSSELL, WHICH WILL BE DONATED TO THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION IN THE NAME OF LION JEANNE RUSSELL.

DO YOU KNOW ARTHER RITIS? WELL, LION MIKE STANTON INTRODUCED THE SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION, SANDRA HAYHURST, M.A., WHO PROCEEDED TO TELL US OF THE MANY FACITS OF ARTHRITIS, INCLUDING WARNING SIGNS, RISKS, SYMPTOMS, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS TYPES. WE WERE ALSO IMFORMED OF THE VARIOUS TREATMENTS AVAILABLE, AND EVEN SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS. EXCELLENT PROGRAM. SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT.

ONCE MORE: WHEN WEALTH IS LOST, NOTHING IS LOST. WHEN HEALTH IS LOST, SOMETHNG IS LOST. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, ALL IS LOST.--------REV. BILLY GRAHAM.

Multiple Guests, Blind Center Fundraiser, Success at the Fair, Make - A - Wish

Meeting on July 6th, 2011

WHAT BETTER TO BEGIN ANOTHER GREAT MEETING OF THE NORTH PARK LIONS, WHEN LION MORTON LEAD THE CONGREGATION IN "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

OUR GUESTS TODAY INCLUDED: JILL ZIMMERMAN, LION RUSSELL'S DAUGHTER FROM RAMONA, KAREN LENYOUN OF SAN DIEGO MAX MASON FROM SAN DIEGO AND JIM QUINN FROM OCEANSIDE.

AFTER THE USUAL SEMI-ROWDY MIX, JOKES, WILD STORIES, PUNCUATED BY NUMEROUS FINES, THE MEETING SETTLED INTO A MORE SERIOUS MODE.

LION KIM GIBBENS INFORMED US OF THE COMING CENTER FOR THE BLIND FUND RAISER, SUNDAY, JULY 17TH, 11 A M - 1:30 PM FOR WHICH WILL BE A 75 MILE BIKE RIDE.  THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT THE MAGEE PARK IN CARLSBAD. ALONG THE ROUTE WILL BE SANDWICHES & DRINKS, ETC; FOR MORE DETAILS SEE LION GIBBENS.

LION JIM KNOTT ANNOUNCED THAT OUR "FUN & GAMES" AT THE COUNTY FAIR WAS A BIG SUCCESS, PLUS MADE CONSIDERABLE $$$ FOR OUR CLUB'S COFFERS. THANKS TO JIM AND THE SEVERAL OTHER LIONS WHO PARTICIPATED.

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY, INTRODUCED BY LION STANTON, WAS MR. ALEX CANO. ALEX IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF THE "MAKE - A - WISH"  FOUNDATION, AND INFORMED US OF THE MANY FACITS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROGRAMS. NOT JUST MAKING WISHES COME TRUE FOR MANY CHILDREN, BUT INVOLVEMENT IN MANY OTHER WAYS. HIS PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDED A VIDEO OF A GRANTED WISH TO A YOUNG MAN.

AND FINALLY: "MY GOAL IS TO FIT MY LAPTOP ON MY LAP".

New Officer Installation, Student Speaker - Thank You, Amazing Model Air Planes

Meeting on 6/8/11

AMID THE USUAL BANTER & CAROUSING, OUR "LAME DUCK" PRES. MANAGED TO BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER, WITH LION MORTON LEADING IN "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

OUR GRAND OPENING WAS FOLLOWED BY A GRAND LUNCHEON, WHEN WE WERE TREATED TO ROASTED CORNISH GAME HEN, WITH RICE PILAF, AND A MUSHROOM & SPINACH SIDE DISH, PLUS KEY LIME PIE. SORRY IF YOU MISSED THIS ONE. BUT THE MEETING WAS JUST GETTING STARTED. WE ALL ROSE IN CHORUS(?}, SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LION HAL THOMAS.
 
THEN SOME HAPPY $$ FROM LION KIM GIBBENS REPORTING THE LATEST FROM FINLAND, ANNOUNCING HER DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE STYLE, BUT WILL HAVE A FORMAL WEDDING HERE LATER. STAY TUNED.

LION PRES. 2 B, LOIS, INFORMED US THE INSTALLATION, SATURDAY 6/25, WILL BEGIN WITH A 5:30 PM DOOR OPENING. HAVE YOU SIGNED UP?? WE ALSO RECEIVED A THANK YOU CARD FROM OUR STUDENT SPEAKER FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER HIS SPEAKING SKILLS. IN ADDITION TO EARNING THE MUCH APPRECIATED CASH, HE WON SEVERAL OF THE STUDENT SPEAKER CONTESTS.

AND TODAY, OUR PRESIDENT, ART, PRESENTED TO US HIS RETIREMENT HOBBY. WE WERE NOT ONLY ENTERTAINED, BUT EDUCATED, AS HE DISPLAYED & DESCRIBED THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANY MODEL AIRPLANES HE HAS CONSTRUCTED USING A 1/32 SCALE OF THE ORIGINALS.  HE HAS BEEN VERY METICULOUS IN USING ACCURATE DESIGNS FROM THE ORIGINALS.
 
THAT IS ART'S NEW FOUND HOBBY. I'LL BET SOME OF OUR OTHER LIONS COULD COME US WITH A PROGRAM OF THEIR HOBBY. CAN YOU??

PROGRAM FOR  6/15. MR BEN CANRROE. CLINICAL MEDIATION.

Hot Dog Cook Out, New Members(?), Avoiding Elder Abuse/Theft

WITH A ROUSING CHEER FOR THE SAN DIEGO PADRES, OUR GROUP OF 20 LIONS & GUESTS ROSE IN UNISON(?) TO "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME", ABLY LED BY LION LEE MORTON.

LION KARSTEN THEN ROSE &, IN HIS USUAL LAUDATORY APLOMB, BID OUR PRESIDENT A COLORFUL GOODBYE FOR HIS LAST WEEK OF PUTTING UP WITH US.

THAT SAID, LION SCHLOSS REORTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL HOT DOG COOK OUT AT THE CLAIREMONT REC. CENTER, WITH OUR LIONS DELIVERING 165 HOT DOGS!!

LION GARY LEARN INFORMED US OF THE FINAL TOUCHES BEING PUT TOGETHER FOR THE CLUB FOLDER IN KEEPING WITH OUR ONGOING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.

AND SPEAKING OF MEMBERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE RETURN, AND POSSIBLE NEW MEMBER, DR. STEVEN CHINN, DDS. ALSO, WELCOME BACK TO THE LION'S DEN, LION CYNDI MEEVES.

SO YOU THINK YOU ARE SAFE FROM PERSONAL & FININCIAL THEFT?  GET THIS: OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY WAS NONE OTHER THAN PAUL GREENWOOD, DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HEAD OF THE ELDER ABUSE UNIT &  FAMILY PROTECTION DIVISION. PAUL PROCEEDED TO OUTLINE FOR US TEN (10) DIFFERENT WAYS & METHODS USED TO BILK US EVERY DAY, THEN GAVE US TIPS TO HELP REDUCE THE RISKS OF BECOMING A VICTIM, WHICH GAVE US PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT,  AND A BIT ON THE SCARY SIDE.

LION LOIS REMINDED US OF THE COMING INSTALLATION, SATURDAY, JUNE 25. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW. AND FINALLY - YOUR LION PRESIDENT BUCKEL'S LAST BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST -  11 AM.

Blind Community Center, Lions Learning Day, '11-'12 Club Officers, Old Mission Bay Athletic Club

Meeting on 5/18/11

ABLY ASSISTED BY 18 LIONS PLUS GUESTS, LION PDG SCOTTY SCHUETZ LED THE MULTITUDE IN OUR POPULAR VERSION OF "AMERICA".

AND, ONCE AGAIN, LION KARSTEN INTRODUCED DR. STEVEN CHINN, DDS, WHO HAS VISITED US TWICE & IS IN LION TO BECOME A NORTH PARK MEMBER. WELCOME DR. CHINN.

PRESIDENT ART THEN READ A LETTER FROM THE BLIND COMMUNITY CENTER, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF $887, SIGNED BY LION LEE MORTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. INCIDENTALLY, THE NORTH PARK LIONS HAVE BEEN A CONTINUING SUPPORTER OF THE CENTER SINCE 1969.

F.Y. I. THE LIONS LEARNING DAY WILL BE CONDUCTED 6/18 AT THE JULIAN HIGH SCHOOL FROM 8 - 12.  CLASSES ESPECIALLY FOR INCOMING OFFICERS.

LION KIM HAPPILY INFORMED US THAT HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM SCORED A 6-0 WIN IN FINLAND.

ANOTHER REMINDER: YOUR 2011 - 2012  CLUB OFFICERS WILL BE INSTALLED SATURDAY, JUNE 25. BE THERE, OR BE SQUARE (WHATEVER THAT MEANS).

A FASCINATING & ENTERTAINING PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED BY LION CUNNINGHAM, REPRESENTING THE "OLD MISSION BAY ATHLETIC CLUB". WE LEARNED MANY THINGS, ESPECIALLY OF THE "OVER THE LINE" TOURNAMENT. THEY PLAY 50 COURTS WITH 1300 TEAMS IN DOUBLE ELIMINATION. DENNIS ALSO PASSED AROUND A BOOKLET OF SEMI XX RATED PHOTO'S AND INFO. AND DID YOU KNOW THAT "MISS EMERSOM" IS CHOSEN ON THE 2ND SATURDAY, AND MOSTLY FOR HER GREATER "UP FRONT"  PHYSIQUE? ENOUGH SAID.

NEXT WEEK, 5/28, OUR PROGRAM WILL BE ON "ELDER ABUSE".

Chuck Robbins to be Honored, James T. Ostrich of Warbirds West, Club Installation

Meeting on 5/11/11

FIRST V.P. RENFRO BROUGHT OUR MEETING TO ORDER, PROMPTLY CALLING ON LION MORTON TO LEAD US IN OUR EVER POPULAR "AMERICA."

SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ENSUED, PUNCTUATED BY SEVERAL "HAPPY DOLLAR" NOTES.

LION PDG HANNUM INFORMED US OF THE PAST DISTRICT CONVENTION'S VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, AND THAT LION BRAD WEEKS WILL BE OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

LION JIM KNOTT, SR. TOLD US OF HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH RATS & SQUIRRELS.  (YOU HAD TO BE THERE).

AND ON A MORE SERIOUS & INFORMATIVE NOTE. YOU PROBABLY KNOW (OR SHOULD) THAT LION CHUCK ROBBINS WAS A SIGNALMAN, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE WWII SOUTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. BUT, DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WILL BE A GUEST OF HONOR AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.? AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE - LION ROBBINS.

WE WERE ENTERTAINED & INFORMED TODAY BY MR. JAMES T. OSTRICH. JIM IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF "WARBIRDS WEST", OPERATING FROM GILLESPIE FIELD. HIS VISUAL DISPLAY INCLUDED A WIDE VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN MANY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WARBIRD RIDES, THE MISSING MAN FLY BYS, PLUS PARADES WITH A VARIETY OF MILITARY VEHICLES.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:  INSTALLATION OF OUR 2011 - 2012 CLUB OFFICERS WILL BE SATURDAY, JUNE, 25. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW.

AND FINALLY:  "I HAVE NOT FAILED.  I'VE  JUST FOUND 10,000 WAYS THAT WON'T WORK."   Thomas A. Edison

Breakfast on the Bay, Nominated Officers, Nice Guys San Diego

Meeting on 5/4/11

OUR MEETING OPENED BY CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF IRVING BERLIN WITH LION MORTON LEADING THE WAY WITH "GOD BLESS AMERICA".

WE WERE THEN TREATED TO A GREAT BBQ BUFFET LUNCHEON (FOLLOWED BY AN APPRECIATIVE APPLAUSE).

LION KARSTEN INTRODUCED HIS GUEST:  DR. STEVEN CHIN, OPTOMETRIST.

IN ADDITION, WE HAD OUR MONTHLY RECOGNITION & HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS IN SONG TO SEVERAL OF OUR DESERVING LIONS.

DR. KNOTT REMINDED US OF OUR COMING BREAKFAST ON THE BAY & WILL NEED SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS. MORE ON THIS LATER.

LION HASELHORST THEN READ THE NOMINATED SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR, WHICH WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS WEEK.

LION GARY LEARN INFORMED US THAT 28 YEARS AGO HE "FREED" HIS WIFE, CAROL, FROM "MAIDENHOOD".  CONGRATS TO BOTH FROM ALL OF US.

LION CUNNINGHAM THEN INTRODUCED OUR SPEAKER, STAN HOLLMAN.  STAN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF CAREERS,  BUT TODAY SPOKE AS A SPONSOR OF  THE "NICE GUYS SAN DIEGO", AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING WOUNDED VETERANS, WHICH INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SUPPLYING A VARIETY OF NEEDS;  ALSO, BACK PACKS FOR TROOPS CARRIED FOR FIELD WOUND USE, AND LATER TRANSPORT TO EVAC UNITS.

AND DID YOU KNOW? YOUR NORTH PARK LIONS CLUB WAS CHARTERED 85 YEARS AGO.

EDITOR'S NOTE:  WITH MY GRANDSON, JEFF RUSSELL, WE DO OUR BEST TO BRING YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH MEETING. HOWEVER, TO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CLUB AND ITS  MANY ACTIVITIES - - - PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

S.C.O.R.E., Blind Center Walk-a-Thon, A Man and his 1,200 mile Walk

Meeting held on April 27, 2011

THE MEETING OPENED WITH THE USUAL FANFARE, LION MORTON LEADING 22 LIONS & GUESTS SINGING (?) "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

WITH LION THOMAS INVOKING ALL TO BE "EVER MINDFUL OF OTHERS",  OPENING THE WAY TO OUR USUAL GREAT BUFFET LUNCHEON.

LION MORTON INTRODUCED HER GUEST FROM THE BLIND COMMUNITY CENTER.

LION KARSTEN PRESENTED A GUEST FROM  S.C.O.R.E.  (SERVICE CORE OF RETIRED EXECUTIVES), WORKING IN PARTHERSHIP WITH SAN DIEGO BUSINESSES, HAVING 95 MEMBERS IN THE LOCAL CHAPTER. COULD ALSO BE A GREAT ASSIST IN OUR ON-GOING MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN.

ALSO ANNOUNCED: THE BLIND COMMUNITY CENTER IS HOLDING THEIR 7TH ANNUAL WALK-A-THON.  TO BE HELD SATURDAY,  MAY 28TH, AT LAKE MURRAY. A SIGN UP SHEET FOR DONATIONS TO  LION MORTON'S PARTICIPATION IS BEING CIRCULATED. OH YES, FORGOT TO MENTION; IT IS A WALK/RUN: 1 MILE / 5K / 10K ENTRY SENIORS 65 & OVER $15 ; AGES 13 TO 64 $25.

LION PRES. ART READ A THANK YOU LETTER FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION, SIGNED BY OUR OWN LION KIM.

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY TOLD OF HIS MANY ADVENTURES AND OTHERWISE WHEN HE EMBARKED ON A 1,200 MILE WALK FROM TECATE TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA. WHICH INCLUDED A STUBORN, BUT VERY NECESSARY, DONKEY, AS THE DONKEY CARRIED ALL HIS SUPPLIES. HE WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY 2 FAITHFUL DOGS. THIS TRIP TOOK 5 1/2 MONTHS, AND HE WILL BE AUTHORING A BOOK COMMEMORATING HIS ADVENTURES.

ELECTION OF CLUB 2011 - 2012 OFFICERS THIS WEEK.

ALSO, OUR BOARD WILL MEET AT 11:00 AM THIS WEEK.

NP Business Improvement, SD County Fair, USS Midway Museum

Meeting on 4/20/11

AND WITH LOTS OF FAN FARE AND FRIVOLITY OUR MEETING OPENED WITH OUR EVER POPULAR LION VERNETTA LEADING US IN A ROUSING "GOD BLESS AMERICA".

THAT SAID, LION MORTON INTRODUCED HER GUEST FROM THE BLIND CENTER.

LION KARSTEN REPORTED A SUCCESFUL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING, WITH THE NEXT MEETING TO BE IN 2 1/2 TO  3 WEEKS.

LET'S SEE; OH YES, LION KNOTT, SR. REMINDED US OF THE COMING SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR, WHICH WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, AND IS ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE EVENT.

AND THE HAPPY DOLLARS FLOWED: LION RUSSELL FOR HIS GRANDSON'S SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, AND, ABOVE THAT, SELLING HIS CONDO. LION SCHLOSS GAVE HAPPY $ FOR HIS BASEBALL TEAM WINNING 6 TO 5. AND KIM'S GOOD NEWS FROM FINLAND. HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM NOT ONLY WON SATURDAY, BUT SHE IS NOW ENGAGED.














OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY, INTRODUCED BY LION RUSSELL, WAS FROM THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM. RUDY SHAPPEE IS A VOLUNTEER FOR EXHIBITS & DESIGNS.  RUDY INFORMED US OF THE MANY FACETS OF THE MUSEUM, BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MANY AREAS WITH OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS AND HOSTING 3500 TO 3800 VISITORS DAILY. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE USS MIDWAY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN EVACUATING OVER 700 REFUGEES DURING THE MOVE FROM SOUTH VIETNAM.

2011-2012  SLATE OF OFFICERS, VOTE WEDNESDAY, 4/27.