Happy Birthday to Lion Corrine, who enjoyed our rendition of "Happy Birthday to You".
The brochure is ready for printing and those that were interested could review it via laptop. Looks nice and we should have it ready to be enclosed with the letter to those on our new member list. The meeting is set for October 14 at 7 at Milano Cafe'.
If you have any member suggestions, please get in touch with Lion Bill Stolly ASAP. The more we have to contact, the greater our chances for a good attendance.
Lion Barry gave a review of the golf outing. Not a great number of participants, but everyone who golfed and attended the party afterward had a good time. Thanks to Lion Barry for organizing this. He did a great job as usual.
Lion President Dean, Lion Carol, and PDG Larry attended the joint Zones 7 & 8 meeting in Arcadia on the 17th. The zone 8 clubs had 49 in attendance and unfortunately the Lima Host Lions were the only zone 7 attendees. The renovations made to the Arcadia Community Building, (which essentially is the Lions Building), is really nice, and they are continuing with a new roof and siding. Lions Clubs are busy in their communities and are all seeking members and looking for ways to make their home areas better places to live.
Lion Todd gave out the flower packets for our annual Fall Flower Sale. Let's all get out there and sell, sell, sell! We have a lot of service commitments and many whom are counting on us to assist them. We need several things to help us. One is more members, and the other is more funds raised. We use to sell thousands of dozens of roses and, while I don't think we can expect to get back to the old numbers, we can do better than we have been doing. Thanks to Lion Dr. Bob, Lion Paul and others that have sold many dozen in the past. We all need to give it our best shot.
50/50
Lion Corrine was the 50/50 $10 drawing.
Lion Carol won the quarterly drawing for $78.
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Program
Anna Miller of the West Ohio Food Bank was introduced by Program Chair Lion Ron. She has been with the Bank for 6 years, and like most other service agencies in the area is seeing a greater need for their services.
The weekly number of people being assisted in any given week is approximately 8,900. Wow! That's a lot of service. The Food Bank supplies 67% of the food used by pantries, 44% used by Kitchens and 56% of food used by shelters.
Many of the clients they serve have to chose between food and other necessities. The warmer months make it a little easier for some, but many can't eat and pay rent too. While some receive other government assistance also, too many have to go without basic needs and their health care needs are not being addressed either.
They are doing great work and utilizing their resources to the limit. They have been giving food away, as we have seen and read in the news, because the sometimes have more than they have room to store. They are seeking new facilities that would increase their storage area and need over $300K for a downpayment on what they want and would take another $300K each year to operate it.
Thanks to Anna and her coworkers at the West Ohio Food Bank a part of the needs of some of our neighbors are being met.
Special thanks to Lion Larry for taking the minutes of the meeting as Lion Fred was roped into a last minute business meeting.
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The invocation was given by Lion Bill Stolly, and Lion Doc Curry lead us in song .... The Lion's Song!
Road cleanup was held August 22nd with Lions Ron, Carole, Larry, Dean, Julie, Barry, and Paul in attendance. Several bags of trash were picked up. No money found.
Lion Lynda Wright reported that fourteen eye exams were paid for by the Lions Zone Site Committee. This represents $2,550 paid out for this project from the start of 2009.
The Lions Golf Outing will be September 9th starting at 12:30. REMEMBER: No Noon Meeting!
It will be held at Tamerac Golf Course. Tee time is 12:30, dinner at 5:00PM. There will be pizza and wings, and there is a door prize for everyone attending. Cost is $18.00 and that includes the cart.
The new members Lions Club Brochure is to be completed next week.
October 14th will be a Membership - In Coming Party at Milano Café. More information to follow. About thirty-five prospective members have been identified, and letters and invitations will be going out in September.
Lions Zone 7 Meeting will be held in Arcadia on September 17th. All Lions are welcomed to attend.
PROGRAM: Lion Barry introduced Ari Sarsarlari from WLIO/WOHL talked about his career at WLIO/WOHL. Ari grew up in Rhode Island before moving to Milwaukee as a teenager.
He attended the University of Wisconsin and majored in Meteorology. His first broadcast job was with WLIO, and he spends about half his time reporting as well as doing weather. FACT: Due to Hurricane Ike, Ohio suffered the most storm damage in 2008.
Ari usually comes to work at 3:30AM to be prepared for the morning show. He enjoys Lima, the people, and his fellow employees at WLIO.
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Special thanks to Lion Bill for taking notes for Fred while he was under the weather.
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The first meeting of August started off with a fine for the King Lion for loosing his gavel. Sometimes these things have a way of walking away. Good thing the Tail Twister pocketed it, er…. found it.
No anniversaries, no runs, no hits, nor errors, but we did have a birthday. Lion Carole Swords celebrated her 29th birthday. Seems like just last year she had her 29th, too.
Lion Ron mentioned that Road Cleanup was coming up, scheduled right before the big football game.
The Ice Cream Sheet was passed around. Lion Carole is looking for volunteers to serve ice cream at Shawnee Manor from 3 to 4PM on Sundays. Please contact Lion Carole if you have a spare hour.
Blood Sugar Testing at the Andersons will take place Tuesday, September 1st from 9AM to 1PM. Contact Lion Larry if you can help out for a few hours.
Lion Barry swung into the club for the meeting to tell us all about the Golf Outing at Tamerac that will be Wednesday, September 9th. Don't forget NO MEETING AT NOON!
This will be in place of the meeting!! If you can't golf, then at least come and putt around with the gang and have dinner with us.
Lion Bill Stolly is working on getting together the membership committee for some phone calls. They will meet at Stolly Insurance on Allentown Rd and man the phone banks to call prospective members.
Lion Larry mentioned that Lions Shirts are $22.00. Be sure to see Larry if you want to order one.
We're still working on details for the Jack Blackburn Music Awards. Please contact King Lion Dean if you have suggestions about a music program honoring Lion Jack in song.
50/50 Drawing: Birthday Lion Carole won $10.
PROGRAM: Lion Barry McCullough welcomed Nate Gast from Custom Audio Concepts. Nate talked about digital TV and advancements in home theater. He started in 1978 with Hart Audio, selling records and turntables. He has installed systems in homes, offices, and even installed satellite radio (XM) into a golf cart along with a DVD player and screen! Custom Audio Concepts is located at the corner of Elida and Cable road. Nate also shares his birthday with Lion Barry.
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