Lion Craig and program speaker Walter Deissler

Todays Meeting

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

Lion Dee won the no-fine badge.

Announcements 

This week’s meeting is our Wednesday evening at 5:30 at Quail Park Shannon Ranch. If you have not done so already, contact Lion Lauri at laurimaguilar@gmail.com  and let her know you will be attending and if you will be bringing a guest. 

Lions Leigh and Dee joined another La Sierra Military Academy’s Leo Club meeting. Things are moving right along with the group. They have about twenty members and have their first project, helping out at the April 28th Special Olympics Track and field event. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Betty was happy they recently had a new garage door installed at their house.

Lion Bob Line was happy his grandson, an El Diamonte high school coach, was featured in an article in the Visalia Times-Delta. (a local newspaper)

Lion Pat was $5 happy that a particular quartet he knows (and belongs to) recently sang the National Anthem at the Visalia Rawhide game. It actually ended up being a duo because certain people (Lion Dee) did not get the message and watched from the stands.

Lion Leigh was happy that his granddaughter and two great-grandkids were back in town from a stay in Michigan.

Lion Dee was happy that the Might Oak Chorus he is part of is having an event next Saturday, April  29th, at the Neighborhood Church.

Lion Mark was happy that one of his kids had completed a move from Texas to Idaho.

Lion Roy was happy that the online ticket ordering system is up and running for our I Love the 80s to Death Murder Mystery Dinner on September 16th. 

Lion Tom draws for the white marble, coming up empty. 

Today Walter Deissler talked about historic preservation in Visalia. Several areas have been set aside as historic areas of the city, and he talked about the history of Visalia and the movement to preserve that history that began in 1978. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Bob Line, who donated it to the Leo Club. 

The Lotto ticket went to Lion Brad. 

The marble drawing went to LionTom Link,  who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble.

Two Leos and their advisor Priscilla Lara were guests today.

Tickets to the September 16th ” I Love the 80s to Death” Murder Mystery Dinner are Now available online.

Get Tickets

New Online Booking Available For Club Programs 

An online booking system has been set up to make it easier for the club to book speakers for our meetings (and a lot easier for the program chairman). If you have a person who would like to speak at our club, you can send them to the page, and they can see available days and book right there. That will take that day off the calendar and email the program chairman know they have booked. No more having to contact the program chairman to find out the available days.

Here is the link:  https://koalendar.com/e/speaking-at-our-club-meeting

Todays Meeting

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

Lion Craig won the no-fine badge.

Guests

Club Greater Lion Allen announced that we had four guests today. Two Leo club members from La Sierra were with us, along with their advisor, Priscilla Lara. Our fourth guest was today’s program, Kevin McCusker from Cal Water.

Announcements

Lion Allen announced that there will be a Vision screening at the Manual Hernandez Center on Saturday, April 29th, and he needs help. Please call or text Lion Allen for details at 559-936-4563.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pete was happy that in his grandson’s Wednesday evening baseball game, he went two for three in his team’s 16-0 rout. Pete was also happy that the Dodgers were out of San Francisco.

Lion Karen was happy because she won $10 from last week’s Lotos Ticket and donated $1 to the club.

Lion Dee was happy that the Leos were with us today and that the Giants didn’t lose on Thursday. (that would be because they didn’t play)

Lion Aaron was also happy because the Leos were with us today.

Lion Roy was happy because the Dodgers had won two of three against the Giants in San Francisco. (the reason Lion Pete was happy to see them leave)

Lion Craig was happy because he had spent some time in Lake Tahoe with a good friend who had never gambled and they had come home with $225 more then they had gone with.

Lion Pat was also happy the Leo group was with us today.

Our guest, Leo C.O. Gonzalez had a happy buck for being with us today.

Lion Colin tries to select the winning white marble, but come up short. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Colin  who donated it to the Leos. 

Lotto ticket: Lion Aaron 

Our program today was from Kevin McCusker with Cal Water. Lots of info about our water situation and why we are still in a stage two water restriction when we have had record rain and snow this year. It’s because we get all our water from wells and it takes time for the undergraund acqufirs to recharge. 

Visalia mayor Brian Poochigan giving his program today at club. 

Todays Meeting

With Lion President Tony leading our meeting today, Lion Pat led us in the pledge, Lion Dee led us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Pete did the invocation.

Lion President Tony won the no-fine badge today.

Lion Aaron was our secret greater today; only Roar Editor Lion Roy did not shake his hand.

Announcements

Lion Dee announced that his Barbershop Group, the Mighty Oak Chorus, is having its Broadway and the Silver Screen event on April 29th featuring guests, The Newfangled Four. Click the link for tickets and details.

Lion Tony announced the board meeting this coming Wednesday at 5:30 at Quail Park Shannon Ranch.

Lion Tom Link announced that our adopted Huston School is doing well with its attendance goals this year.

Auction Items 

Lions Betty and Aaron had been to Hawaii and brought back two boxes of Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts; one was scooped up right off the bat by Lion Steve, whose offer of $10 was quickly accepted, and the other was procured by Lion Mark for $12. It pays to be quick. 

Lion Tom Link had been to the coast for a few days and brought back a $10 bill as an auction item.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pete was happy baseball season was in full swing.

Lion Pat was happy because he had seen the movie Moneyball and they had mentioned Visalia in that movie.

Lion Bob Line was happy to be back with us after a bout of shingles. Not fun, he reported and noted that we should all make sure our shots were up to date. 

Lion John Parker was happy that he was finally going to go on a Cruz that they had booked back in 2019, and that had been postponed because of that little detail called Covid.

Lion Aaron was happy that he and his wife, Lion Betty, had spent two weeks in someplace called Hawaii.

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy the Dodgers had a winning record.

Fines

Lion Roy fined Lion Betty because she had her badge on upside down.

For some reason, Lion Tony fined Lion Karen. I did not make readable notes about the reason, so we shall leave it at that.

Lion Dee announcing the Mighty Oak Chorus  Event on April 29th

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion John Parker, who donated it to the Leo Club. 

Lotto ticket: Lion Karen 

The marble drawing went to Lion Bob Line, who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble.

Mayor Brian Poochigian was in our program today, and he gave a short overview of the city’s projects and goals and then turned it over to questions. We had enough to take up the rest of his thirty minutes. From why Great Wolf Lodge backed out of their project to street repairs and, of course, the recent rain (there has been no flooding in the city because of careful monitoring of the channels by city staff) and the fact that the rumor that high 198 was going to be used as flood control. (not true, fake news).

Next week we will have Kevin McClusker from Cal Water to talk about—-Water.      Water-Water everywhere. 

Lion Pat draws a non-white marble and comes up empty. 

Todays Meeting

Lion President Tony led our meeting again today and called on lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country Tis of Thee, Lion Leigh for the flag salute, and lion Dee to do the invocation.

Secret grater: Lion John Parker; only Lion Elaine didn’t shake his hand.

Guests

We had two guests today, Lion Allen’s son Travis and our program today, Jill Gearin from the Visalia Rawhide.

Announcements

Lion Pat had a “sort of” announcement about an Ozone spray bottle for sanitizing.

Lion Allen reminded all of us about the Lions MD4 convention at the Windom here in Visalia: May 4-7th.

Lion Dee updated us on the Leo club formed at the La Sierra Charter School in Visalia. They had their second meeting recently. Lion Dee, along with Lion Leigh and District Govoner Falguni Patel, were there. The governor gave a nice speech to the twenty or so students about what it meant to be a Lion. Their first service project is helping the Tulare county Special Olympics on April 28th. 

Auction Items 

Lion Tom Link had been on a trip to Montray for a Cementary conference and had not brought back anything, so he donated $10

Lion President Tony had been to Colorado to visit his wife Nancy’s dad, who is 94. He also failed to bring back anything to the auction so he donated $25.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Roy was happy he had run into Lion Vickie last week and reported that she was doing well. She says hi to all of you. He was also happy because on opening day, Thursday the 30th, the Dodgers had won, and the Giants had lost, meaning that so far, the Dodgers have won all their games, and the Giants have lost every one of theirs.

Lion Dee was happy about all the snow we have in the Sierras this year.

Lion Craig was happy that he got to see and ski with his daughter this past week at China Peak, where he had to walk down the snow to get into the buildings, and getting on the lift was a little tricky.  He was also happy that he would be skiing at Tahoe soon.

Lion Pat was happy because he didn’t realize that the Dodgers were doing so well.

Lion Steve was happy that his granddaughter, who goes to Clark Intermediate in Clovis, was in the Play Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as Willy and is quite the actress.

Lion Allen was happy that he would be playing a Willy Wanka slot machine on his week-long trip to Vegas next week; he was also happy that our Guest, Jill, has been a lifelong Red Sox Fan and that baseball is back.

Lion Elaine was happy that she has had no flooding at her house, which is close to the St. Johns River.

Lion Tom Link was happy he had a birdie and a Par in his Friday morning golf game.

Fines

Lion Pat fined Lion Leigh for the special Olympics polar plunge and the fact that Leigh was doing it in Lindsay at a “heated” pool. 

 Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Steve, who donated it to the Leo club. 

Lotto ticket: Lion Allen

The marble drawing went to Lion Pat, who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble. 

Jill Gearin from the Visalia Rawhide was our program today. She is the Rawhides on-air game announcer and media rep. Her journey was from Boston, where she went to school and got to work in the broadcast booth at Fenway park, to her work in Visalia since 2019. Her goal is to be an announcer for a major league team.