San Diego Food Bank & LCIF Donations to Japan

March 23rd, 2011

LION PRES. SOUNDED THE BELL PROMPTLY @ 12:10 AND 21 LIONS & GUESTS VOICED THEIR APPRECIATION OF  "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL",  LED BY SONGSTRESS, LEE  MORTON.

OUR CLUB GUEST TODAY WAS  LION PATTI WILSON OF THE MISSION LIONS CLUB.

HOLD THE PRESSES !!! LION KNOTT SR. INFORMS US THAT HE HAS RESIGNED AS TREASURER OF THE HORSHOE CLUB.

THEN, LION RUSSELL DONATED 65 "HAPPY  $$" PROCLAIMING THAT HE & JEANNE ARE CELEBRATING THEIR  65TH  WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.  WOW!! HOW DID SHE PUT UP WITH HIM THAT LONG??

WE HAD A TWO STAGE PROGRAM PRESENTATION TODAY:
THE FIRST PART,  BRIAN HARTLEY WAS  INTRODUCED BY LION DICK HARTLEY.  BRIAN INFORMED US OF THE LATEST  LIONS INT'L PROJECT IN WORKING THE JAPAN DISASTER AND THE ONGOING FUND RAISING EFFORTS.  OVER  5 MIL HAVE BEEN DONATED SO FAR BY LCIF & OF COURSE THE JAPANESE LIONS HAVE ALSO DONATED TO THE CAUSE.  

THE SECOND PROGRAM PHASE,  INTRODUCED BY LION BARONE, WAS TRISHA GOOCH.  TRISHA IS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE S.D. FOOD BANK, MEANING SHE RAISES THE MONEY TO BUY THE FOOD & OPERATE THE PROGRAMS.  THE S.D. FOOD BANK HAS SERVED THE HUNGRY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR 34 YEARS.  THE FOOD BANK SERVES 18,000 MILITARY FAMILIES EVERY MONTH. ALSO PROVIDES A "BACK PACK" PROGRAM FOR 2,300 CHILDREN.

THIS WEEK 3/30  OUR GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE  PDG ALICE TANA.  ALICE WILL BRING US MORE INFO ON THE "JEEPERS - CREEPERS"  EYE  GLASS COLLECTION PROGRAM.  SO, ANY EYE  GLASSES YOU HAVE AROUND - - BRING THEM TO THE MEETING.

LION PRES SOUNDED THE BELL PROMPTLY @ 12:10 AND 21 LIONS & GUEST VOICED THEIR APPRECIATION OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL", LED BY SONGSTRESS LEE MORTON.

OUR CLUB GUEST TODAY WAS LION PATTI WILSON OF THE MISSION LIONS CLUB.

HOLD THE PRESSES !!! LION KNOTT SR. INFORMS US THAT HE HAS RESIGNED AS TREASURER OF THE HORSHOE CLUB.

THEN LION RUSSELL DONATED 65 "HAPPY $$" PROCLAIMING THAT HE & JEANNE ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 65 TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. WOW !! HOW DID SHE PUT UP WITH HIM THAT LONG ??

WE HAD A TWO STAGE PROGRAM PRESENTATION TODAY: THE FIRST PART, BRIAN HARTLEY WAS INTRODUCED BY LION DICK HARTLEY. BRIAN INFORMED US OF THE LATEST LIONS INT'L PROJECT IN WORKING THE JAPAN DISASTER AND THE ONGOING FUND RAISING EFFORTS. OVER 5 MIL HAVE BEEN DONATED SO FAR BY LCIF & OF COURSE THE JAPANANESE LIONS HAVE ALSO DENOTED TO THE CAUSE.

THE SECOND PROGRAM PHASE, INTRODUCED BY LION BARONE WAS TRISHA GOOCH. TRISHA IS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE S,D. FOOD BANK, MEANING SHE RAISES THE MONEY TO BUY THE FOOD & OPERATE THE PROGRAMS. THE S.D. FOOD BANK HAS SERVED THE HUNGRY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR 34 YEARS. THE FOOD BANK SERVES 18,000 MILITARY FAMILIES EVERY MONTH. ALSO PROVIDES A "BACK PACK" PROGRAM FOR 2,300 CHILDREN.

THIS WEEK 3/30 OUR GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE PDG ALICE TANA. ALICE WILL BRING US MORE INFO ON THE "JEEPERS - CREEPERS" EYE GLASS COLLECTION PROGRAM. SO ANY EYE GLASSES YOU HAVE AROUND - - BRING THEM TO THE MEETING.

PAST MEETING ON 7/8/2009

WITH RESPECT TO LAST WEEK’S MARINE HYMN OPENING;  LION BATTEY PAVED THE WAY, OPENING WITH A ROUSING RENDITION OF "ANCHORS AWAY," FOR US OLD SALTS.

WE ALSO WELCOMED A NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER WITH PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR RICK HANNUM.  WELCOME ABOARD, RICK.

ALONG WITH THE USUAL FINES & FRIVOLITY,  LION T.T. VERNETTA INTRODUCED THE "MYSTERY GREETER,  LION CINDY MEEVES,  WHO COLLECTED MANY FINES. 

LION HASELHORST THEN INTRODUCED OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER,  DAN DRISCOL.  DAN IS A PAST MEMBER OF THE N.P. LIONS,  HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE AND GAVE AN INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE PROGRAM OF ITS EFFECTS,  INCLUDING LOSS OF BALANCE, SPEECH CONTROL & SLEEP LOSS.  HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, BARBARA OF 41 YEARS.  DAN ALSO THANKED 5 OF OUR MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT (SEE PHOTO).

OUR PROGRAM NEXT WEEK 7/15 WILL BE BY MICHAEL PURCELL  "BIG BROTHERS & SISTERS."

THE FOLLOWING WEEK 7/22 WILL BE BY GUSSIE ZACK; A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHO WAS IN THE BARRACKS NEXT TO ANNE FRANK.  DON'T MISS THIS  ONE.

THE DRAWING WAS WON BY LION KARSTEN THE ATTENDANCE BY LION JEFF HORVITZ.


25 MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY - WERE YOU THERE?

ONE MORE TIME:
"WHEN WEALTH IS LOST, NOTHING IS LOST WHEN HEALTH IS LOST, SOMETHING IS LOST. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, ALL IS LOST."

C - YOU NEXT WEEK - LION JESSE

Past Meeting on 7/6/2009

LION BATTEY LEAD THE OPENING OF OUR MEETING WITH A ROUSING RENDITION OF THE MARINE CORP HYMN.  WHY ?  BECAUSE YOUR NEW PRESIDENT WAS A IS A RETIRED MARINE.

AFTER OUR NEW LION TAMER, VERNETTA,  MADE THE ROUNDS COLLECTING FINES FOR THE USUAL & UNUSUAL - OUR MYSTERY GREETER MADE KNOWN HIS MISSION IN THE FORM OF OUR PRESIDENT, LION "GOTCHA" MIKE.

THERE WAS A SEMI-DECISION AT THE BOARD MEETING TO OBSERVE SOME OF OUR PAST (DECEASED) LIONS BY PLANTING TREES (ON) ARBOR DAY.  MORE ON THIS SUBJECT LATER.

LION BEN WARREN INTRODUCED OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER:  DR. DENNIS SMITH.  DR. SMITH GAVE US A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE UPDATE ON THE SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND.  HE NOTED THAT THE CENTER WILL BE UNDERGOING A 3 PHASE RENOVATION PROJECT.

1ST - THE INTERIOR, WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $600,000; 2ND CONNECT THE 2 BUILDINGS, WHICH WILL RUN ABOUT $1,000,000 AND LAST, RENOVATE THE INSIDE FLOOR PLAN, COSTING $500,000. THE S.D. CENTER FOR THE BLIND'S MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.  SERVNG THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE 104,466 IN 2009.

Student Speaker Update, a Retired Police Chief, and Eyeglasses

MEETING ON 3/16/11

OUR SAINT PATTIE'S DAY MEETING OPENED WITH LION MORTON LEADING THE WAY WITH OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, DELIVERED IN SOMETHING LIKE 19 KEYS BY 19 LIONS.

AND IF YOU MISSED IT, OUR TAILTWISTER, VERNETTA, DID A BIT OF AN "IRISH JIG" AROUND THE TABLES, AS SHE COLLECTED AN ASSORTMENT OF FINES.

THEN THE MEETING TURNED TO THE DOGS, WHEN LION LOIS INTRODUCED HER COMPANION DOG, GABRIENA, OR "GABBY". GABBY HAS BEEN HER COMPANION FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW. CONTINUING: LION LEARN GAVE US A SHORT UPDATE ON OUR CONTINUING MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN & PUBLICITY EFFORTS. THEN LION KIM GIBBS INFORMED US THAT HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER TEAM WON THEIR MATCH LAST SATURDAY WHEN SHE (HER DAUGHTER) SCORED THE WINNING GOAL.

LION JEFF HORVITZ TELLS US THAT OUR STUDENT SPEAKER WON THE ZONE CONTEST AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE REGIONAL CONTEST IN TWO WEEKS (MORE LATER).

WERE YOU ONE OF THE MISSING FROM THE BLANK TABLE?

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER TODAY, A RETIRED CHIEF OF POLICE, TOLD US OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE MANY MISSING CHILDREN, BEING A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN'S CLEARING HOUSE, THEY RECEIVE 350 CALLS A DAY, AND HAVE CREATED A SPECIALIZED DATABASE TO ASSIST IN RECOVERING WORK. AN EXCELENT PROGRAM, SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: MARCH 30 OUR GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR ALICE TANA. ALICE WILL BRING US UP TO DATE ON THE "JEEPERS -CREEPERS" EYE GLASSES PROGRAM. SO PLEASE BRING ANY EYE GLASSES YOU MAY HAVE TO THE MEETING.

New Blog, Farmers Insurance and the PGA, Lion Knott wins by forfeitt

Meeting on March 9, 2011

LION PRES. ART RANG THE BELL OF AUTHORITY & 24 LIONS AND GUEST ROSE TO THE OCCASION WITH LION LEE MORTON LEADING US IN A ROUSING SALUTE TO THE BALL SEASON WITH "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME".

AND WHO WOULD MAKE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE, BUT OUR LONG MISSING MEMBER, LION CUNNINGHAM. WELCOME BACK, DENNIS. THEN, LION BEN WARREN INTRODUCED HIS GUEST, LION JOHN BAKER, OF THE SPRING VALLEY CLUB.
AND AS OUR HAPPY TAIL TWISTER MADE THE ROUNDS, LION JIM KNOTT, SR. BROUGHT US UP TO DATE ON HIS HORSE SHOE PITCHING, SEEMS HE WON BY A "FORFEIT".

Jeff on Palomar Mountain for 6th Grade Camp

THEN LION TARR CONTRIBUTED A HAPPY DOLLAR, SPEAKING OF THE NEW BLOG NOW ON THE INTERNET AND WITH THANX TO LION RUSSELL'S GRANDSON, JEFF RUSSELL (Photo Left).

TODAY, OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER WAS TOM WILSON. AMONG HIS MANY ATTRIBUTES, TOM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP AND MEMBER OF THE "CENTURY CLUB", BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MANY CIVIC AFFAIRS WITH MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE PGA GOLF TOURNEMENT ACTIVITIES AT TORREY PINES. HE ALSO SPOKE OF THE MANY REQUIREMENTS IN ORGANIZING A PGA EVENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HOSTED BY THE FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP.

NEXT WEEK, 3/16, OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER WILL BE FROM THE FOOD BANK.

AND, SPEAKING OF THE SPIRALING GAS PRICES: DID YOU KNOW ? A GERMAN GAS STATION IS EMPLOYINBG TOPLESS ASSISTANTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO BOOST TRADE. WHATEVER - - - - -

Supporting 4 North Park Elementary Schools

Meeting on March 2, 2011

NINETEEN (19) LIONS & GUESTS OPENED THE MEETING WITH A ROARING RENDITION OF "GOD BLESS AMERICA", LED BY YOUR NEWEST MEMBER, LION TARR.

WE WERE HONORED TODAY BY THREE LIONS FROM SPRING VALLEY, INCLUDING PDG (2000 - 2001) JUANITA MANGELS-WILLIAMS.

YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET, AND AMONG OTHER BUSINESS CONCERNING OUR CLUB DIRECTION, APPROVED THE ANNUAL CHARITY BUDGET.

AND HERE'S AN INTERESTING REPORT BY LION KARSTEN: PAST SCOUT SPAGHETTI DINNERS WERE SOLD BY TICKETS, AVERAGING ABOUT 70. THIS YEAR THE EVENT WAS ADVERTISED ON FACEBOOK, AND BROUGHT IN OVER 170! BEHOLD THE VALUE OF "FACEBOOK".

AS YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS OUR SUPPORT OF THE NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND TODAY WE HOSTED THE PRINCIPALS OF THESE 4 SCHOOLS, CENTRAL, GARFIELD, McKINLEY & JEFFERSON. WE WERE INFORMED OF EACH SCHOOL'S CURRENT & FUTURE PLANS & PROGRESS. IN ADDITION TO OUR MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS, WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THEIR THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS, PLUS LION ROBBINS' READING PROGRAM.

AND HERE IS ONE YOU MAY HAVE NOT SEEN: THERE IS A LARGE BILLBOARD OFF I-5 SOUTH NEAR THE BALBOA EXIT ADVERTISING OUR LIONS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. (SEE PHOTO BELOW)