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.