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.