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.