42nd Street Musical Fundraiser, Student Speaker Contest, Past District Governor

AND SO, WITH A BANG OF THE GAVEL & A TING A LING OF THE BELL, LION PRESIDENT LOIS BROUGHT THE MEETING TO ORDER, WITH LION MAX LEADING US IN OUR VERSION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

ON WITH THE MEETING: LION PDG RICK HANNUM REMINDED US OF THE CORONADO FUNDRAISER, PRESENTING 42nd STREET ON 2/10, 6 PM, $50, DINNER & SHOW.

LION JEFF ANNOUNCED THE COMING STUDENT SPEAKERS CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON 2/15, ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING EVENTS.

WHY A LION?? LION BARONE TOLD US OF HIS FIRST MEETING MANY YEARS AGO, THEN LATER BECOMING A MEMBER AS HE WANTED TO HELP & WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. NEXT WEEK, WE WWILL HEAR FROM LION SCHLOSS.

MANY HAPPY DOLLARS FLOWED FROM A LOT OF HAPPY LIONS.

WE WERE HONORED TODAY TO INTRODUCE PDG JUANITA-MANGELS-WILLIAMS. JUANITA IS A 6 YEAR DOCENT ON THE MIDWAY MUSEUM AND PRESENTED SOME VERY INTERESTING & POSITIVE NEWS, AS THE MIDWAY IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHIP MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY.  SHE ALSO BROUGHST US UP TO DATE CONCERNING THE "EAR OF THE LION" PROJECT, WHERE HEARING AIDS ARE COLLECTED, REFURBISHED & DONATED WHERE NEEDED.

NEXT WEEK: WE'LL HEAR ABOUT "VOTING", BY ROTH WEISS.

ALSO: BOARD MEETING

Supporting the Center for the Blind, Student Speaker Contenst, North Park Councilman

Meeting on 1/18/12

WITH OUR USUAL "MIXED CHORUS", 24 LIONS AND GUEST, SANG OUT WITH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, ABLY LED BY LION LEE MORTON.
$$FLOWED AS SEVERAL LIONS HAD WERE "HAPPY".

OUR T.T. VERNETTA CIRCULATED CANDY FOR SALE; PROCEEDS TO GO TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FUND.

LION HASELHORST READ A LETTER FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION. "WHAT A GREAT CHANGE THIS MAKES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US HERE AT THE CENTER FOR THE BLIND". SIGNED, KIM Z GIBBENS, CEO.

LION JOE SCHLOSS ALSO READ A LETTER FROM THE BLIND COMMUNITY CENTER, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION. AND THANKING US FOR OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. SIGNED BY AURORA ORTIZ, PRESIDENT.

WHY AM I A LION? LION CHUCK ROBBINS GAVE A VERY INTERESTING TALK ON WHY & HIS HISTORY OF BECOMING A LION. NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HEAR FROM LION FRANK BARONE.

LION JEFF HORVITZ ANNOUNCED THE COMING STUDENT SPEAKER CONTEST WILL BE FEBRUARY, 15. THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT CLUB ACTIVITIES, AND HE HAS SEVERAL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATING.

OUR PROGRAM SPEAKER FOR THE DAY WAS COUNCILMAN TODD GLORIA. HE PRESENTED A DIALOGUE OF THE CONTINUING PROJECTS, INCLUDING STREET REPAIRS, LIGHTING, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, AND MANY CUTS REQUIRED BY BUDGET RESTRAINTS.

NEXT WEEK:  JUANITA MANGELS-WILLIAMS, PDG, 2001-2002 WIL BE OUR GUEST
PROGRAM SPEAKER.

Dictionary Program, Wheel Chair Olympics, Sports Around Town

OUR MEETNG OPENED WITH "CLUB SONGBIRD LION LEE LEADING US IN OUR OLD FAVORITE, "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

LION KARSTEN THEN TOOK OVER AS OUR ACTING PRESIDENT TO WEAVE US INTO ANOTHER GREAT MEETING..

LION TT VERNETTA THEN COMMITTED A FAU PAU, WHEN WE HAD NO SECRET GREETER, BUT MADE UP FOR IT BY DECLARING "DOLLAR DAY" AND COLLECTING A $ FROM EACH MEMBER PRESENT. ???

LION GARY LEARN THEN INTRODUCED HIS WIFE, CAROL, AS OUR GUEST FOR THE DAY.

GARY ALSO GAVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR DICTIONARY PROGRAM. WITH CONTACTS IN BOTH THE CENTRAL & JEFFERSON SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTION WILL PROBABLY BE NEXT MONTH.

OUR CHARITY PERSON, LION SCHLOSS, READ A NOTE FROM THE WHEEL CHAIR OLYMPICS, THANKING US FOR OUR GENEROUS DONATION. HE ALSO PASSED AROUND A PHOTOGRAPH OF THOSE INVOLVED.

OUR PROGRM SPEAKER TODAY WAS MR. KEITH DOLAN. HE INFORMED US OF VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS, PARTICULARLY BASEBALL & FOOTBALL. HE SPOKE OF CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, AWARDS AND STATISTICS.

NEXT WEEK: BE THERE TO LISTEN TO OUR COUNCIL CHAIR, TODD GLORIA, TO BRING US UP TO DATE ON "WHATS HAPPENING" IN OUR AREA.

EDITOR'S NOTE - JESSE RUSSELL: PHONE # 858 581-8414. CEL# 619 944-7001 ADDRESS: 2404 LORING ST. #263, SAN DIEGO, CA 92109

We Serve in the Holidays

AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR, WHEN YOUR CLUB DEMONSTRATED OUR MOTTO "WE SERVE" FIRST WITH LION KARSTEN BRINGING A HUGE LOAD OF NON - PERISHABLE GOODIES, THEN LION JEFF HORVITZ FOLLOWING WITH 200 CHICKENS. ALL THIS TO THE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE MANY WAITING FAMILES WERE ASSEMBLED ANXIOUSLY WAITING. ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE A LION???