October 19 & Novmeber 2, 2017 Bulletin

October Meeting:

We had our first two students of the month.

Katie McCaslin will be the Valedictorian of her class at BCCA, has played soccer for 12 years, has done service projects in the Dominican Republic for the past three years, while accumulating 20 college credits while still in high school. She plans to attend either Grove City or Liberty University for Business or Engineering.

Joe Dragonjac from BHS is a member of the NHS, the Gifted Program, a Student Ambassador, has received the West Point Leadership Award, is a Key Club member and was on the Prom Committee. Joe has played Tier 1 hockey for 8 years which enabled him to compete on a team in Europe twice. He has earned 47 college credits during his high school time and plans on attending Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, or Vanderbilt for Chemical and Bio-molecular engineering.

A Centennial pin was awarded to Lion Jim S. Olayer.  Now he joins Lions Smith and Verbosky as a recipient of that special pin.

$250 Donations were made to Meals on Wheels, the Darlington Food Pantry, and the Adoption Connection in Beaver. 

Some of the upcoming activities: 

Christmas trees will be delivered on November 25 around 11:00 am.  Helping hands are needed.

Christmas Tree Sale  Dec 1 – 20                  

Christmas in Blackhawk Dec 2  - Blackhawk High School - 10:00 am

Wreath Making Dec 3   - Lion Bouril's House        1:00 PM        

Chippewa Plaza  Sat & Sundays                  2960 Clayton Ave  1:00 pm         

Santa on the Christmas Tree Lot  -  December 16 - 1:00  pm.

Lighthouse Christmas Party Dec. 23  - Lighthouse, New Brighton  - 6:00 PM

Night at the Races  - February 10   -  Patterson VFD  5:00 PM

BCAB Party for the Blind - March 17pm   6:00pm                

The Christmas Extravaganza will be Saturday December 16^th at the tree lot.  Santa will be there from 12 to 2, and we need to get the word out to the local day care centers and elementary schools. Dave Zackery from the Blackhawk band agreed to have his band at the Christmas Extravaganza from 2-4pm.

The next Combined Zone meeting will be held Dec 9th at King’s Restaurant near the Beaver Valley Mall. It will be from 8:30 till 11   Officers and Lions are encouraged to attend.

Students of the Month for November: BCCA will be Judith McChesney and BHS will be Sydney Pyle

2017 Chippewa Area Lions Club Christmas Party

Thursday December 7th 6:30PM at the Hawk’s Nest Tavern at the Blackhawk Golf course. 

Please call Nancy Lamey 724-843-6885 or Gaylen Miller at 724-336-6116 by November 22nd with reservations.  Payment will be collected on the evening of the party.  Checks should be payable to the Chippewa Area Lions Club

 

Night At The Races

The Night at the Races tickets will be available at the meeting if you want to get an early start on selling some horses.  The tickets are for $15 or $20.  A horse and one admission $15, Horse and two admissions $20 and there are boxes on the ticket to designate which the ticket is for. 

It is time to start getting Chinese Auction items donated from local businesses as well as lining up sponsors for the program.

September 13, 2009

September 13, 2009

At the first meeting we had a report on the Lion's picnic. Great job by KL Hendry, Lion Lamey and Lion Bouril.




The budget for the year was established at the first meeting.

We entered two horses at the Night at the Race with the West Mayfield VFD.
Hoof Harted is again representing our club, although when we had Lion Miller look at him running, she said she didn't see much hope. This is what she saw..... You judge.
Now we know why Lion Don got such a good deal on him.
We also entered "Dave's Hope" as a second chance. Lion Miller thought "Dave's Hope" would definitely make a run for the money!

This Wednesday, September 16, there is a combination Zone and Region meeting at the Lighthouse at 6:30 in New Brighton. Officers should try to attend. The ZC and RC will have as special guests representing Camp Kon-o-Kwee Spencer. They will present a brief overview of how their special programs help the blind, sight-impaired and a host of other serious physical issues that confront some children.The Zone Chairmen and I will try to summerize of District Governor Evan Punchard for the upcoming year. We need to hear from you about any special projects we should attack during this year.

Lion Rieseck reports that the broom sale (and presale by Lions Hegner and Verbosky) was a success. We are currently out of brooms, the closet is empty, nothing in the van, and Lion Ray is a happy Lion. Thanks to the Lions who showed up to sell. A job well done.

Our next fundraiser is White Cane Days. October 2,3,4 at Wal Mart
Mark it on your schedule so you aren't taken by surprise.Lion Don is already in training.

This Thursday is the District Governor's visitation.
This is a night to make sure you are at the meeting and wearing the green. So, clean up and get to the meeting.
District 14-N2nd Cabinet Meeting/Fall RallySaturday, October 24Holiday Inn, Beaver FallsPast District Governor’s Meeting………………10:00 A.M.Preliminary Cabinet Meeting……………………11:15 A.M.Lunch……………………………………………NoonCabinet Meeting…………………………………1:00 P. M.Fall Rally Banquet………………………………6:30 P. M.BanquetCost--$20/personChoice—Boston Baked Scrod or ChickenCordon BleuKeynote SpeakerInternational Director Jerry Smith from OhioReservations must be sent to PDG RaymondHayes. Sr., PO Box 156, Nu Mine, PA 16244,No later than October 15thPlease make checks payable to District 14-NIf you wish to spend the night at the HolidayInn, please call them at 724-846-3700 no laterThan September 24th. Tell them that you areWith the Lions Clubs and the cost is $89.00Plus tax per night.

July 19, 2009

Well, the carnival is over and as our Lion philosopher Olayer said: "Never have so few worked so hard for so little to benefit so many!" But at least we had fun.
Lion Don was his usual refined, sedate self, almost timid in approaching the people as they passed by. That is probably the reason that the Pan Game raised $254.15 while the Darts only made $237.00. It was a slow year. There were several times that Lions Dave and Ray were almost arrested for loitering at the Pan Game. Some nights the Darts took in so little money Lion Don was almost charged with vagrancy.
But he rallied, even when one night Lion Don decided to try to break the old dart game record for pay out. At one point in the evening, money was leaving the dart game at such an astounding rate, that he appeared to be the key part of Obama's stimulus plan. At another point, he had our funds so low, the pan game had to loan him ten dollars to continue. But the crowd loved him, and with stoic determination, he rallied back to show a small profit for the evening.

Then we had the dunk tank..... Now this is a true story.
It has now been proven that the residents of Chippewa love their Chief of Police more than their Varsity Cheerleaders. They seem to prefer to see their Chief of Police plunging into that cold water than dunking a lovely young lady in a two piece swim suit.
The cheerleaders wanted to earn some money... So they were to work the dunk tank for three nights and split the money. But, due to the weather conditions, they were only able to work two evenings.
The Chief also worked two nights, and allowed us to keep all the money.

The Chief appeared to out earn the Cheerleaders by a 3-1 or 4-1margin. The dunk tank earned $779.50 . Even after almost having to treat Lion Sir for hypothermia on Saturday night, the dunk tank was successful.

So the final tally is $1,270.65.
There will be an additional amount of money "donated" to the treasury from the over-under bet between Lion Ray the Wise and Lion Don the Cocky. I'm sure more details will be discussed at the first meeting in September along with Lions Don's side of the story (and a request for an audit of the books).

Dates to remember:
July ????? Organizational meeting of the Chippewa Lions at ????????

August 6, 2009 Rochester-Beaver Lions Steak Fry at Shelter #2, Two Mile Run Park in Beaver. Cost is $10 call Bernie or Pat Joyce at 724-495-7524 for reservations.

August 13, 2009 Little Beaver Lions Steak Fry at the Lions Pavilion at the Darlington Polo Field at 6:30. Cost is $14.00. Bring your own place setting. Contact Mark Carter 724-846-4413 or mtc8008@hotmail.com by Monday August 3rd or contact Lion Livengood by Saturday, August 1st so he can add your name to his list to turn in.

August ?????? At 6:30 Chippewa Lions picnic at Chippewa Park.

September 3, 2009 at 6:30 First regular meeting of the year at Eat-N-Park at 6:30.

September 10, 2009 First Fall Broom Sale of this year 6:00 at the Municipal Building. Mark it on your calendar and don't be late, this is a chance to meet people in the community, help them out by selling them a broom and helping Sal's by imbibing in an after sale beverage.

September 11, 2009
The newly chartered Mars-Seven Fields Lions Club will hold its Charter Night on Friday, September 11, 2009 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM. At the Twelve Oaks Mansion, 160 Sharberry Lane, Mars, Pa., 16046. All Lions of District 14-N, including friends and family are invited to share in this ceremony and celebration. The evening will commence with a cash bar at 6:00 PM followed by a sumptuous buffet and a comprehensive program.
The cost is $40.00 per person. Checks should be made payable to the Mars-Seven Fields Lions Club and mailed to Lion Kathy Daugherty at 704 Breckland Drive, Seven Fields, Pa., 16046. Inquiries may be addressed to kmd@zbzoom.net or to 724 591-5788. We strongly encourage you to attend our Charter Night to share with us the commemoration of this new club and the continued efforts of Lions Clubs International in promoting community service. Please RSVP by Friday, August 8, 2009.
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Reservation for the Mars-Seven Fields Lions Club Charter Night

September 16, 2009 Zone and Regional meeting at the Lighthouse in New Brighton for Presidents and secretaries. It wouldn't be a bad idea for 1,2,3 VP's to go to see all the excitement and action of one of these meetings.
RC MacDonald and ZC Roberts Jr. Will have you crying for more!

September 17, 2009 District Governor's visitation Municipal Building at 6:30 Start pressing that clean pair of underwear you've been keeping for a special occasion. The wearing of the green is also recommended.

October 1, 2009 6:30 Regular meeting at Eat-N-Park
October 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 2009 White Cane Days at Wal Mart

October 15th,2009 6:30 Regular meeting Municipal Building

June 4, 2009

Call to order – 1st VP Bard Hendry
Pledge – all
Lions Invocation – Lion Ellenbaum
Introduction of guests – PDG Eli Rebich by PDG Roberts
Meal:
Program: 1st VP Bard Hendry who sponsored Lion Raymond Rieseck presents Lion Ray with a Melvin Jones Fellowship

PDG Rebich inducts the officers for 2009-2010

KL Bard Hendry , 1st VP Larry Elenbaum, 2nd VP Joe Verbosky, 3rd VP Philip McConnell, Secretary Larry Livengood, Treasurer Dave Turner, 1 Yr. Jim Bouril, Gaylen MillerDir. 2 Yr. Dir.Nancy Lamey, Richard Lamey, Membership PDG Tom Roberts, Lion Tamer Raymond Rieseck, Tail Twister Clint Berchtold, Past President Thomas Roberts Jr.

King Lion Hendry presents $1,000.00 to Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer

Treasurers report: No report
Secretary report: No report
Correspondence: None
Committee reports: Broom Sale Lion Rieseck
Darlington Days - Lion Bouril
Carnival - July 14 to 18 3 booths
Motions and discussions: None
　 　
Adjourn for tour of the camp

May 21, 2009

Call to order – King Lion Roberts Jr.

Pledge – all

Lions Invocation –"Lord, as we Lions gather here, we pause to offer up this prayer. Bless now the food that we partake- and every effort that we make - to build the towns in which we live, and put it in our hearts to give. To worthy causes, bless the blind, and all we do to serve mankind. Be with us till we meet again, and bless our land and homes. Amen"

Lion MacDonald Lions Toast - Not above you, not beneath you, but with you

Introduction of guests – Lion MacDonald - SOM - Vincent Pucci

Scholarship winners Michael Pearson , Alexa Borello.

Meal

50-50 $ 12 Lion MacDonald

Program: SOM - Vincent Pucci

$1,000 Scholarships:

Michael Pearson

Alexa Borello

Presentation of $1000 to Chippewa Library accepted by Stacey Rider from KL Roberts Jr.

Treasurers report: No report

Secretary report: Reading of minutes. Motion to approve Lion Waite 2nd Lion Berchtold Approved X

Committee reports: Rose Sale - KL Rieseck 225 dozen $ 1,100 profit
Camp Kon-O-Kwee/ Spencer May meeting - Lion Berchtold June 4 - Officer Installation, award presentations

Broom sale -Lion Rieseck May 28, 6:00 PM at Municipal Bldg.

Drug Posters prizes Lion MacDonald June 3rd at BIS

Dunk tank - Darlington Days KL Roberts Jr. Visit to Little Beaver - KL Roberts Jr.

Adjorn

May 5, 2009

Call to order – King Lion Roberts Jr.
Pledge – all
Lions Invocation – Lion Elenbaum
Lions toast - "Not above you, not beneath you, but with you."
Introduction of guests - None
Treasurers report: Activity $ 5,135.19 Administration $ 1,859.58
Motion to approve Lion Berchtold 2nd Lion Elenbaum Approved X

Secretary report: Reading of minutes.
Motion to approve Lion Rieseck 2nd Lion Miller Approved X

Correspondence: Correspondence with Little Beaver

Committee reports: Darlington Days - Lion Roberts Jr. Dunk tank
Rose Sale Lion Rieseck May 8th pickup May 7th
Brooms - Lion Rieseck - May 28 West Mayfield
June 4th meeting - Lion Berchtold - Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer
Scholarships- Lion MacDonald - recommendations

Motions and discussions: Motion: Reserve 2 slots at $ 75 each at the Chippewa Carnival Lion Miller 2nd Lion Elenbaum Approved
Motion: Lion Berchtold moves to accept Lion MacDonald’s recommendations of Michael Pearson and Alexa Borello as the scholarship winners. 2nd Lion Olayer Approved

April 16, 2009 Meeting

Call to order – King Lion Roberts Jr.

Pledge – all

Lions Invocation – Lion Elenbaum

Lions toast - Not above you, not beneath you, but with you.

Introduction of guests - Lion MacDonald - SOM - April - Sarah Sadara and parents Tony and Beth Sadaka

Meal:

Program - SOM April - Sarah Sadara- 4 year Letterman Soccer. CoCaptain this year. Letterman track 10, 11th, 12th, NHS 2 years, 2 year Teen Leadership Officer College: Slippery Rock University - Exercise Science

50-50 $9 Lion Waite came all the way back from Flordia just to win the prize!

Treasurers report: Activity $4,988 Administration $ 1,815.08
Motion to approve Lion Waite 2nd Lion Turner Approved X
Secretary report: Reading of minutes.
Motion to approve Lion Waite 2nd Lion McConnell Approved X

Correspondence: Lighthouse Night at the Races

Committee reports:
Sight Seals - Lion Turner $1,777.77 (144 donations)
Rose Sale KL Rieseck 225 dozen ordered
Brooms - KL Rieseck - Stay with Superior - May 14th
Scholarship- Lion MacDonald (May 21th) will be a significant others night
May 30th Officer training at the Lighthouse 9-12.
Student of the Month for May will be Vincent Pucci

June meeting - Lion Berchtold - Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer June 4th at 6:30 pm.

Motions and discussions: PDG Roberts makes a motion that we purchase 2 horses for the Lions Race at the Night at the Races at the Lighthouse. 2nd Vic Kelminskis Approved
Horses named: Hoof Harted and Dave's Hope



Adjourn

April 2, 2009

Call to order – King Lion Tom Roberts Jr.

Pledge – all

Lions Invocation – Lion Elenbaum

Lions Toast: Not above you, not beneath you, but with you.

Secretary report: Reading of minutes. Lion Elenbaum 2nd Lion Berchtold Approved X
Correspondence:

Committee reports:
Rose Sale KL Rieseck - May 8, 9th at Fire Department 225 dozen ordered
ZC Lion MacDonald- Drug Poster winner , Zone Meeting for new officer training, review of last Cabinet meeting, and a summary of the upcoming scholarship
June meeting at Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer
IN THE ZONE with ZC Who: Scholarship night May 21... 2 $1,000 scholarships
Lions Appreciation Day at Beacon Lodge July 19, 2009
Beacon Lodge Work weekend April 24-26
King Lion Roberts Jr. Darlington Days May 30, 31 Dunk tank
Carnival July 13, 14
Beaver Falls Carnival June
Permit to sell brooms in West Mayfield

Meal:

Adjourn

March 19, 2009

ZC Lion MacDonald introduced Paul Kessler as the Student of the Month for March.


Paul is a 3 year letterman on the varsity football team, 2 year letterman on the baseball team, He is a 2 year member of NHS, and is secretary of the Spanish Club.


Paul will attend the College of Wooster for Business Management where he has received the Dean's Award and Wooster Grant.


Lion Nancy Lamey won the 50-50 drawing, and rumor has it that her loving husband Richard immediately ask for a cut to cover green fees. That is only a rumor, but it does have a ring of truth to it.

The club received a thank you note from the Beaver County Association for the Blind for the donation of $250 and the $100 for a hole sponsor at the May 22, Golf Outing.
Everyone is encouraged to help out with this fund raiser by soliciting hole sponsors($100), teams to play in the outing ($400/4 man team), or having businesses become major sponsors ($500) of the event. Forms for hole sponsors, major sponsors, or players are available from the secretary.

Nancy Lewis will be our sponsored camper at Beacon Lodge again this year. We are asking Nancy to take some pictures of her activities at the camp to be shared with the club.

It was approved that Chippewa and Little Beaver would agree to sponsor a band member to participate in the All State Band.

The Recreation Board requested $200 for sponsorship of a softball team this year. It was approved and a check was forwarded to the board.

Lion Hendry reported that the St. Patricks Day Party for the BCAB at the Lighthouse on March 14 was a success.

Lion Turner reported that $1,522.77 has been collected through the Sight Seals Campaign.

Lion Rieseck reported that the annual Mother's Day Rose Sale will be May 8, 9. Pickup of the roses will be on Thursday evening, and delivery will be Friday with road side sale commencing at the Fire Hall at 10:00 am and concluding when the last rose is sold, or lunch time on Mother's Day, which ever comes first.

March 5 2009 meeting

Call to order – King Lion T. Roberts Jr.
Pledge – all
Lions Toast: Not above you, not beneath you, but with you.
Lions Invocation – Lion Elenbaum
Secretary report: Reading of minutes.
Motion to approve Lion Olayer 2nd Lion Tom Roberts Jr. Approved X
Correspondence: PDG Evan Punchard - District Governor’s gift,
Final Reading of slate of officers 2008-09
King Lion ............... Bard Hendry
1st VP ................... Larry Elenbaum
2nd VP .................. Joe Verbosky
3rd VP ................... Philip McConnell
Secretary .............. Larry Livengood
Treasurer .............. David Turner
1 yr. Director ........ Gaylen Miller
1 yr. Director ........ Jim Bouril
2 yr. Director ........ Nancy Lamey
2 yr. Director ........ Richard Lamey
Membership ........ PDG Thomas Roberts
Lion Tamer .......... Raymond Rieseck
Tail Twister .......... Clint Berchtold
Past President .... Tom Roberts Jr.
Committee reports:
Darlington Days… KL Roberts Jr. May 29-31. Set up and run dunk tank
Blind Party Lion Bard Hendry - 3/14 6:00 Lighthouse
Sight Seals - Lion Turner $1,522.27 profit
Rose Sale KL Rieseck order 225 dozen
White Cane Days - Lion Livengood - Dates set for October 2,3,4, 2009
Motions and discussions: $25 to District Governor’s gift Lion Olayer , 2nd Lion MacDonald Passed
Motion: Lion Rieseck 2nd Lion Olayer Donation to BCAB for Golf Tournament….. $100 hole sponsor. $250 donation. Passed

February 19 meeting notes

Katie Fahlgren was our student of the month for February. She is a member of the Key Club, Spanish Club, Junior Historians. She is in the top 15% of her class, and plans on attending Philadelphia University for Fashion Industry Management.

We had three Lions visiting from Monaca-Center. Peg and Carl Simon and ZC Bruno Stepanski. They were a well behaved group of Lions.....(We still have our bell!)

Lion Gaylen Miller won the 50-50. We will have to inform her hubby that she is now a woman of means. The stimulus plan for bankers is evidently working.

ZC MacWho wants to remind everyone that despite rumors to the contrary..... He is unable to accurately predict if you are going to attend the meeting or not. If you cannot make it, please call him at 724-843-9459 or 724-622-2405. He is thinking of starting a SPAM policy. If you miss a meeting and do not call, he might have some stale bread and an old can of Spam for you to make a sandwich, or you can pay for the meal you missed, and then eat SPAM with the other Lions. It'll give you a choice! When we are in tough economic times, we don't want to pay for meals we are not getting.

We had the second reading of the slate of officers for next year. Next meeting will be the final reading. (Although International has the list already.)

A $100 was approved for the Beacon Lodge Wish list, and $100 for district fund raiser tickets.

Lion Rieseck was not present to receive the rose information again. That is the first time Lion Ray has missed 2 meeting since becoming a Lion. We'll have to send Lion Chief Sir out to check on him.

February 5 meeting notes

Without Lions Turner, Rieseck, and ZC MacWho to whip the crowd into a frenzy, it was a laid back meeting.

Without Lion Turner we guessed at how much money we have, but it didn't stop us from sending in the money for the 500 Club, authorizing payment of $150 for the Little Beaver Challenge, and $500 to sponsor a camper to Beacon Lodge.

As soon as Lion Dave gets home, Lion Olayer said he could borrow a tank of oxygen and a defibrillator from the hospital, and we could stop by his house and have him make out the checks.

Lion Rieseck wasn't there to receive the letter from Little Beaver concerning the Rose Sale so we told them it would be possibly 500 or 600 dozen since we needed additional funds for the year. Gee, I hope that Lion Rieseck was thinking in terms that big. We would hate to upset him. Anyway, We'll turn over the information to Lion Rieseck at the next meeting and he can sort out the numbers.

I attempted to have ZC MacWho take over the selling of the extra shirts and hats, but he was too smart to fall for that. (I must be losing my touch). So if you need a shirt or a hat, let the secretary know, and he'll fix you up. We have 2 hats ($10 each) and three Large T-shirts ($8 each) and one Large Polo shirt ($18) ready to be purchased.

We will have the second reading of the officers for 2009-2010 at the next meeting, then complete the reading in March and turn in the names to the district and International.

Be sure to put aside a set of clean underwear for the next meeting. We will not only have the student of the month, Katie Fahlgren and her parents, but Lions from Monaca-Center are planning on a visitation. (Calm MacWho, they are supposed to get me the number before the weekend.)


Fund raising idea... Community flea market at the Municipal Building........sell spots??

January 15 meeting notes

Despite the temperatures being slightly frigid, the turn out for the first meeting of 09 was well attended.
We had our student of the month.... Michael Pearson.

He is a member of NHS, co-captain of the basketball team, co-captain of the baseball team, member of the varsity football team. National Latin Exam - silver medalist - 3 years. Plans to attend St. Peters College with a major in journalism.

Zone Chairman Hugh MacDonald and Regional Chairman Eric Tonsetic were presented banner patches by King Lion Roberts for their service to the district.

In a related matter, Lion Olayer was presented with first place in the Where's Eric" contest for his Christmas sighting. It was a certificate for a cold adult beverage at Sals. Unfortunately, the meeting went a little long and the gift certificate expired before the meeting was over. Lion MacDonald claimed second place for a 15 minute phone conversation with Lion Eric. He received a can of Mexican beer left behind by an "undocumented American" passing through Chippewa (with Lion Sir in hot pursuit!!!!!)

Lion Livengood started to deliver the new club hats, T-shirts, and polo shirts at the meeting. They will be available at the February meetings. After that, a surcharge, a handling charge, a storage charge, and the dreaded Lion Dave charge will be applied. So to avoid an increase in prices, pick up your order ASAP!

Treasurer's Report: Activity $5,559.02 Administrative $1,283.58

Committee reports:
Lions Lamey and Lion Miller report the Christmas Party was a hugh success. The food was good, the service great and the company interesting. The club is already looking forward in anticipation to the 2009 Christmas party. Thank you ladies for such an outstanding function. (By the way, your nominations, vote, and appointment as next years party chairmen were recorded and entered into the permanent minutes by the secretary.)

Lion Olayer made his final and definitive report on the Christmas tree sale. He expected a profit of $3,080, but after all trees were sold a final profit of $2,791 was made or in other words we suffered a midnight tree migration loss of $289. Again this year, we had more than 20 trees leave the lot unfunded.

Lion Turner and Lion Platz have started to prepare the seals for mailing. Permits have been secured, printing has been taken care of, now the stuffing of the envelopes and the mailing has to be finished. Let's hope this is a good year for people mailing in their donations.

ZC MacDonald reported on the drug poster contest at BIS. It is now part of the art curriculum, so every student will be making a poster, then the number of entries will be reduced to 10 per homeroom, then final judging of one winner per homeroom will be done and district entry will be decided. ZC MacDonald will be announcing when the judging of the posters will take place.

The collection for the 500 Club (the old 365 Club) to benefit Beacon Lodge is on going. If you haven't made your contribution, do it soon We have been a 100% club for 10 years, it's not time to slack off now!

Our annual Blind Party will be Saturday, March 14th at the Lighthouse in New Brighton. Setup will be at 6:00 PM. Clear some time on your calendar and come enjoy the night. We hope Lion Dick Lamey will be there. He earned ALL PRO status with the hot dogs last year.

PDG Roberts wanted to remind all the Lions to be on the lookout for prospective members. Make a list of people you know, then ask them if they would be interested in attending a meeting. You might even find a devoted broom salesman or a person interested in roses.

The initial list of officers for 2009-2010 is:
King Lion ............... Bard Hendry
1st VP ................... Larry Elenbaum
2nd VP .................. Joe Verbosky
3rd VP ................... Philip McConnell
Secretary .............. Larry Livengood
Treasurer .............. David Turner
1 yr. Director ........ Gaylen Miller
1 yr. Director ........ Jim Bouril
2 yr. Director ........ Nancy Lamey
2 yr. Director ........ Richard Lamey
Membership ........ PDG Thomas Roberts
Lion Tamer .......... Raymond Rieseck
Tail Twister .......... Clint Berchtold
Past President .... Tom Roberts Jr.

Additional nominations will be accepted at the next meeting, after which we will have the first reading of the slate of officers.

Check out our new blog: http://chippewalions.blogspot.com/

December 19, 2008

Who says that this is not a season of good news?? In case you didn't hear, the tree sale is over, so you can turn off your caller ID, turn your phone back on, stop wearing disguises or only leaving your house after dark. The King will not be pursuing anyone to sell trees for a while. (If you're bored, he is looking for someone to wash and wax his car!)

King Lion Tom and Lion Don want to thank everyone who took time to come out and work the tree lot, especially last weekend when 70 trees went flying off the lot.
Lion Larry and Lion Dave rated this year as a +2 year. They each gained about 2 pounds eating lunches at the tree lot. It might have been a +4 year, but Lion Don continually interrupted them while they were on their lunch break between 12 and 3.

Lion Don claims he has won the Where's Eric contest. He says that he saw Eric on the tree lot, and in fact, saw him sell some trees. To try and be fair, Lion Sir had the police department sketch artist take a description from Lion Don and draw a composite sketch of Eric Tonsetic. Upon looking at the sketch, there was something vaguely familiar about the picture. A final decision will be made shortly. Just in case, has anyone found a picture for on the soup cans?

Lion Dave has prepared the final accounting of the trees. Lion Don ordered 230 trees at a cost of $6,110. All monies deposited amounted to $8,901. After paying for the trees, a profit of $2,791 is realized. Calculating a profit of $13 per tree times the 230 trees, an anticipated profit was $2990. So, we must have had a visitor or two on the lot. With the tips given, even taking Dashing Don's Down and Dirty Discount Days into account, there is an indication that some trees migrated off the lot without leaving a forwarding address or payment. Lion Don wishes those people who "borrowed" a tree a special Merry Christmas.

Lion Don has made a couple announcements for next year. He believes his under study King Tom is ready to fly solo. Just to give him an early helping hand, Lion Don has already placed an order for next year. He increased the order by 10 Frasier, 10 Caanan, and dropped the number of Douglas by 20 so there will be 230 trees again. Lion Who was wondering if we should order an extra 100 trees. A committee will be formed to see if an adequate display site and tree lot can be established at 126 Carol Rose Drive for the extra 100 trees. Expect their report shortly!

May all the Chippewa Lions have a Merry Christmas