Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter 8-24-22

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter 8-24-22

Lion President Tony

Lion President Tony leads our monthly evening meeting. 

Lion Karen with happy bucks.

Lion Karen with her happy bucks. 

Lion President Tony lead us in our monthly evening meeting and called on Lion Lauri to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Bob Line in leading our song, God Bless America, and Lion Melinda did the invocation tonight.

The no fine badge went to Dr. Craig Wheaton, who was also our program.

Lion Melinda was the secret greater, and we gained no cash as everyone shook her hand.

Guests

Karen, a friend of Lion Craig, was our guest tonight.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that his daughter-in-law had a baby this past week and it appears it will be a very smart kid as Pat said it had a very large head.

Lion Craig had 5 happy dollars for all the people at our night meeting for August.

Lion Melinda was $10 happy to be at the evening meeting as she can not make our Friday meetings.

Lion Roy was happy that he got through the MRI that he had on Monday and that the Dr. said he still had a brain.

Lion Janet was happy to see everyone.

Lion Karen had a happy buck because the Giants were still in the running for the wild card.

Fines

There were no fines at this evening’s meeting.

Winners and Losers

Lion Bob Line’s wife, Norma Kay, won the $5 raffle and donated it to the eye foundation.

The lotto tickets went to Lion Dennis.

 

Today’s Program

Our own Lion Craig was our program today, along with his guest Karen. They talked about their hike around Mt. Blanc in Europe. About the scenery and the various huts they stayed in during their trip.

 

 

 

Lion Craig delivering tonight’s program.

Lion Craig delivering the program.
giants

Lion Karen won the free add and is hoping the Giants get into the playoffs as part of the wild card. 

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter 8-19-22

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter 8-19-22

Lion Brad with the blood drive idea

Lion Brad shares a project he saw the Redding California Lions doing on a recent trip north. 

Lion Tom

Lion Tom announces the Huston School donation our club makes has been going to help attendance. 

Lion president tony led the meeting today and called on Lion Pat to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Dee to lead us in singing God Bless America and, and Lion Aaron to do the invocation.

No fine badge: Went to your Roar editor Roy. ( and I know that saved me a few dollars)

Lion Betty was the secret greater and she was able to avoid several people and earn the club some much-needed cash.

Announcements

Next weeks meeting will be our monthly evening meeting at Quail Park Shannon Ranch:  Wednesday, August 24th. 5:30 

There will be no meeting next Friday. 

Mark your calendars for September 15th, the day of the Threes Rivers Lions Club 75th-anniversary celebration at the Three Rivers Lions Arena. Reservations must be received no later than September 1st. Call their secretary Mary Andrade at 559-561-4692 and leave a message regarding attendance.

Lion Cheri from the Pride Lions shared a fundraising opportunity with all the clubs in the area. Fresno State needs help with its concession sales on the following dates (Football games) Sept 1 and 10th, Oct. 15th and 29th, and Nov. 25th. Contact Lion Tony if you would like to help. Funds will go to clubs based on attendance.

Lion Miriam announced that the TC Association of Realtors is hosting a Los Vegas Night. Even though she did say there would be Russian Roulette, we persuaded her that we were fairly certain this was not a game that would be played at that event.  Check out the flyer for this event.

Guests

We had two guests today, Dr. Shravan Gunde and Dr. Sireesha Palkamsetti, who are considering joining the club.

Auction Items

Although not an auction item, Lion Roy had been on an auto trip from San Francisco to Ferndale and did not bring back anything to auction off, so he gave $10.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Miriam had a happy $5 because her grandmother had undergone two surgeries in the last few weeks and is doing well.

Lion Aaron was happy for our two guests today.

Lion Pete was happy he will be on his annual backpacking trip next week and will not be at our meeting.

Lion Brad was happy that he had bought another home in Washington state this past week (that makes two)

Lion Tom was happy that within the hour, he would be off to Moro Bay, where the temps were in the 60s.

Lion Pat was happy his neighbor had told him about a broken sprinkler head in his backyard because he never looked out the window at that part of his yard.

Lion Craig was happy that he would be up at Shaver Lake soon and gave part of two weeks ago’s marble winnings for a total of $10 happy bucks.

Lion Roy was happy about the car trip he and his wife had recently returned from up the coast, happy that the Dodgers were in the first place by a few games, and happy that he had photographed the Kaweah Golf Tournament two weeks ago.

Fines

Lion Aaron fined both Lions Tom and Bob Line for having their own conversations while our two guests were introducing themselves.

Lion Tom fined Lion Bob Line for not showing up at the recent Rawhide game even though he had told Tom he would be there. Bob’s excuse, it was just too hot.

Lion Roy fined Lion Karen for sending him the notes from last week’s meeting yesterday, six days after the meeting, and too late to do the newsletter. This was the second time Karen paid two dollars.

Lion Dee fined Lion Bob Bricker for his phone going off earlier in the meeting; Dee said it woke him up.

Lion Pat fined Lion Dee for being so comfortable after his back surgery that he could just fall asleep during our meeting.

Lion President Tony fined Lion Miriam for her promotion earlier.

Winners and Losers

Lion Miriam won the $5

Lotto tickets went to Lion Steve.

Lion Brad drew for the coveted white marble but came up with another color that did not net him anything.

Today’s Program

 

 

 

Nick Perry from Valley Life Charter School was our guest today. His talk was about the music program at the school and the need for Guitars for the Students, by the end of his talk he had pledges for at least six guitars.

Nick Perry
49ers

Lion Pete won the Free Add today and wanted to get the ball rolling for football season.