Visalia Fire chief Dan Griswold gives our club insight into the goings on at the fire dept.

El Presidente Lion Tony led the meeting today and asked Lion Miriam to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country Tis of Thee, and Lion Aaron to do the invocation.

Lion Craig won the no fine badge today.

Announcements

Next week will be our Monthy evening meeting at Quail Park Shannon Ranch. If you have not received the email from Lion Lauri, please contact her and let her know if you will be attending that meeting. Quail Park needs to know how much food to repair. Dinner is $20.

Auction Items

Lion Brent had gone to Las Vegas but did not bring back anything to auction off (he said it was all business), so he donated $10.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that his nephew had gone to State Line Nevada and won some cash more than once, $1,200 on one occasion, $800 another time.

Lion Bob Line was happy that he was celebrating his birthday this week.

Lion Dee was happy his granddaughter would be in the Little Thearders production of  The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf at the Rawhide Stadium this October 13-15.

Lion Aaron was happy Fire Chief Dan Griswold was with us today and he had a happy buck for being able to watch Rober Federer’s last tennis match. Seeing the three best tennis players (Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal) at one time was a joy.

Lion Karen had ten happy bucks, five for her new granddaughter, and 5 for the fact that she will be going on holiday to Greece. 

Lion Brent, our program chairman, was $5 happy, partly because chief Griswold could make it on short notice for our program today, and his daughter was getting back into Gymnastics.

Lion Craig had a happy $140. He found out that he had paid his dues twice, so he proceeded to give us a long story (for that extra $140 that he donated to the club)  about going through some old mementos and finding his Middle School report card, which was not such a good one as we found out. He also found out from his 90-year-old Cusson that a wedding dress that had been handed down through the family was made from a parashot that his dad had brought back with him from WWII. Lion Pat followed that up with a comment about the bride trying to bail out.

Fines

Lion Dee fined Lion Tom Link for bragging about his golf game.

Lion Dee fined the Dodger fans for not being happy about winning the west. 

Lion Pat fined Lion Tom Link because he closed his clothing store (ten years or more ago), and he has no place to buy good clothing.

Winners and Losers

$5  Lion Craig, who donated it to the Lions Eye foundation.

The Lotto tickets went to Lion Bob Line.

Lion Dee won the marble drawing but not the white marble.

Lion Craig got the no fine badge today. 

Lion Craig won the free ad and went with the Giants.  

Lion Allen 

Lion President Tony led the meeting again today. Lion Pete led us in saluting our flag; Lion Dee led us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Bob Line did our invocation.

No fine badge: Went to Lion president Tony.

Lion Miriam was the secret greater and was so popular that everyone shook her hand.

Guests

Megan Roberts, granddaughter of our program Lion Richard, was our guest, and at the start of the meeting, Colin Franey was a guest; by the end of the meeting, the board had voted to make him our newest member. Welcome, Colin.

Announcements

Lion Karen announced that Lion Melinda is collecting pull tabs from aluminum cans for our Huston school.

Lion Miriam had been to Miami with her husband for an entrepreneurs conference and did some sightseeing; she brought back a package of Coconut Candies and a package of Cookies from Little Havana; the coconut went to Lion Karen for $8.00 and the cookies to Lion Tom Link for $12.00.

Note: Annual dues are due now.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy because he had an Echocardiogram and an EKG last week, and the doctor confirmed that he had a heart.

Lion Karen was happy that she should have a new granddaughter come Saturday night.

Our guest and fellow Lion Richard Manley was happy his granddaughter was with us today. Richard was also our program today.

Lion Tom Link was happy that he got a birdie during his golf game today.

Lion Karen was happy that Colin Franey was with us today and had submitted his membership application.

Lion Pat was also happy that Colin was with us and that Franeys was still in business.

Lion Craig was happy they found nothing to worry about after Dr. Machado, our guest last week, had taken a biopsy on his back.

Fines

Lion Allen fined himself because he had said “happy birthday shortie” to former president Ruth on Facebook. He also fined both Bob and Tom for having flowered shirts on today.

Lion Betty fined Lion Roy for making Vickie the butt of a “short” joke earlier in the meeting. Tony had said we would have a short board meeting after our regular meeting was over, and I noted that Vickie was not here.

Winners and Losers

$5 went to Lion Steve, who thought he had won the free add, but he recovered and gave the five to the Lions Eye Foundation.

Lotto tickets went to Roar editor Roy who found that he had won nothing to his great surprise: not.

Lion Karen won the marble drawing but came up short (there’s that word again) on picking the white marble. 

Lion Colin Franey won the free ad today. (same guy every week, but this week we can add the Lion in front of his name)

Guest Colin Franey drew for the white marble but came up short. 

Lion President Tony led the meeting today and called on Lion Roy to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Bob Line to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Dee to do the invocation.

No fine badge: Went to Lion Tom Link: with that, there was talk of the club going bankrupt because of the lack of funds.

Lion Bob Bricker was the secret greater and was so popular that everyone shook his hand.

Auction Items

Lion Miriam had been to Miami with her husband for an entrepreneurs conference and did some sightseeing; she brought back a package of Coconut Candies and a package of Cookies from Little Havana; the coconut went to Lion Karen for $8.00 and the cookies to Lion Tom Link for $12.00.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pete had $20. First, he had to leave early, and the happy bucks were for a great backpacking trip to Evolution Valley in Kings Canyon national park. He said he would give us a presentation later in the year. He had also spent some time camping at Huntington and Shaver Lake last week.

Lion Dee was happy that today would be the last day of +100 degree days for the foreseeable future.

Lion Miriam was happy to be back from Miami.

Lion Karen was also happy that the heat spell, which has lasted for nearly two months, was going to be over. In checking temperature records, there have only been three days under 100 during August and the first week of September.

Lion Pat was happy his generator was working just fine, so if his electricity went out, he would not have a problem.

Lion Betty was happy to have Dr. Carol Machado as our program today.

Lion Tom Link was happy Edison did not turn his power off. The program he is on with Edison allows them to do that in emergency situations.

Lion Elaine was happy she went to a Right to Life event the evening before.

Fines

Lion Betty fined Lion Pat for being rude to Lion Bob Line during the song; she said he bumped into Bob as he was making his way to the front and had no apology; in a rebuttal, Lion Pat said he was working, bringing the money to Karen.

Lion Dee fined Lion Bob Bricker because his grandson called him during the meeting.

Lion Tom Gaebe also funded Lion Bricker because he had Bob’s tax information from 2019.

Winners and Losers

The $5 Drawing went to Lion Roy, who donated it to the Lions Eye Foundation.

The Lotto tickets went to Lion Pat.

The Marble went to guest Colin Franey, who drew a nonwhite marble and thus won no money. 

Guest Colin Franey won the free add today.