Anna Hernandez from Catholic Charities talks to the club today about how many people they have helped from last years floods. 

Todays Meeting

Lion President Melinda was once again at the helm and called on Lion John to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country Tis Is Thee, and Lion Pete to do the invocation.

Lion Allen announced our guests today: Lions Robert and Billy from the Sequoia Club joined us, along with Lions Joe and Adiel from the Ivonhoe Club. Anna Hernandez, from Catholic Charities, was with us today as our speaker.

The No Fine badge went to Adiel from Ivanhoe today.

Announcements

Tuesday, June 4th, 12:00 PM: Visitation with Sequoia Lions Club, Amegos Restaurant, 5113 W. Walnut Ave, corner of Walnut and Akers. 

Lions Park: The sign at Lions Park, located at 6500 W. Ferguson, needs some restoration work. The lion’s seal is gone, and it needs repainting. Lion Melinda will inquire with the city on how to proceed. 

Past presidents meeting: Lion Tony has set this year’s past presidents meeting for Wednesday, June 5th, at Mountain Mikes Pizza, 3103 South Mooney Blvd. The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. and will discuss our officer lineup for the 24-25-year term.

Club merger meeting: The second meeting with the Sequoia Lions Club took place on Wednesday, the 22, and more progress was made regarding how the process will work. Club funds will be merged, and that process with the state of California, since our club is a 501C three corp, will take some time. The expected merger should take place sometime in the early fall. Both clubs will set a slate of officers now, as the new year will begin July 1st, and we’ll divi up the roles once the merger takes place. Meeting days and places have not yet been formalized, but we will meet weekly as our club does now.  The Sequoia club meets twice a month at Amego’s.

Lion Robert from Sequoia Lions noted that one of their club’s big fundraisers, a firework booth, is coming up soon and asked for help from our club. A sign-up will go around next week.

Up date on Lion Steve: He is doing better and hopes to be back at our meeting next week. 

Lion Brad happy to be back after his trip to Washington state.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Bob Line was happy that he was unharmed after he faceplanted crossing the street on his way to our meeting.

Lion Dee was happy his granddaughter had been promoted to High School this week.

Lion John was happy that he was going to the Firestone-Walker Brew Fest in Paso Robles at the end of this month.

Lion Pete was happy that we were joining forces with the Sequoia Club and that the SF Giants were almost back to the 500 mark.

Lion Billy from the Sequoia club was also happy that our two clubs would merge.

Lion Tom Link was happy to invite all of us to the cemetery on Monday to see the Avenue of Flags. He assured us we would not have to make this a long-term stay, and also, there would be no cover charge.

Lion Mark was happy that Lion Bob Line was OK and that no harm came to him from his fall. He was also happy that the Dodgers were doing so well this year.

Lion Pat is also glad Lion Bob is OK.

Lion Betty was happy to see all our guests here today.

Lion Melinda was also happy to see the folks from Sequoia and Ivanhoe clubs today.

Lion Brad was happy to see that Lion Bob was okay, and he invited Bob to come to the Brad Board School of Falling, as Lion Brad had much experience.

Lion Roy was happy he was headed, along with his wife Javonna, on an 18-day road trip to Kansas City, Missouri, for a volume photograph seminar. They take ten days to get there, and while there, they will take in a Royals/Yankees Game.

Fines

Lion Melinda fined Lions Tom Link and Elaine for being late. Though Tom claimed that he had already paid his money when the bell rang, he paid the fine anyway.

Lion Betty fined Lion Allen because Allen had mixed up our speakers name in introducing her.

2024 Scholership winners. 

Lion Tony presents one of  the Lions scholarship winner, Valeria Gutierrez- Aguirre from Golden West High School.  Lindamarie Herrera from Redwood High School also was a receptent. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Allen who donated it to the eye foundation.

Lotto ticket: Lion Betty.

The marble drawing went to Lion Dee, his attempt to find the white marble came up short.

Lion Pete says Gretings from North Carolina, where he will be for the next month.

Lion Dee performs with the  Group Some Assembly Required for todays meeting.

Todays Meeting

Lion President Melinda led the meeting today and asked Lion Pat to lead us in the flag salute. The members of Some Assembly Required led our song, the Star Spangled Banner. Then, Lion Bob Line did the invocation.

No fine badge went to Lion Dee

Announcements

Monday night, May 20th (tonight): Lion Dee announced that The Mighty Oak Chorus has a “Come Sing with Me” event at the Rise Church, 1023 N. Chinowth. 

Wednesday, May 22, 8:30 AM. Visalia Emergency Aid office, 217 NE 3rd Ave. The second meeting to discuss the merger with the Sequoia Lions.

Lion Melinda talked a little about the district convention held last weekend at the Visalia Windam Hotel. New district officers were announced, and a note was made that the Laton Lions will hold a Tri Tip Dinner on June 1st.

Some Assembly Required preforming

Auction Items

Lion Tony, who had been back to Colorado to take care of funeral services for his father-in-law, did not bring back anything to auction off, but he did have $20 to put in the pot. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy his granddaughter was in the play Aladen at her school. 

Lion Betty was happy that she had upgraded her photo from an iPhone 5 to a 13. 

Lion Aaron was happy he was able to watch the best email pickleball team in the world recently. 

Lion Roy was happy he got to ride to the meeting today. 

Lion Melinda was happy that she had gone to the district convention last weekend; she learned a lot. 

Lion Allen, who also attended the convention last weekend, was happy because he won two nice raffle prizes. 

Lion Pete was happy that the Lion Dees group was with us today and that it was his 44th anniversary. 

Here is Some Assembly Required preforming at our meeting today. 

Fines

Lion Melinda fined Lions Elaine and Mark for being late. 

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Betty.

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

Lion Roy won the free add. 

Lion Pete giving his talk on last years backpacking trip in Yosemite.

Todays Meeting

Lion President Melinda led our meeting today and called on Lion Leigh to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Dee to lead us in singing America the Beautiful, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

No fine badge went to Lion Tom Gaebe.

Lion Bob Line was our secret greeter today and only Lions Mark and Tom, who were late, didn’t shake his hand.

Announcements

Discussions at our board meeting last Wednesday at Mountain Mike Pizza included the progress on merging our clubwith the Sequoia Lions Club. The board heard from several who were at the meeting with the Sequoia group. All agreed this was a positive move for both clubs. One of the things to be decided was the day of the week we will meet. Sequoia Club meets on Tuesday, and we also discussed that that could be a better day for us. We have another meeting with the Sequoia Club on Wednesday, May 22. We also talked about a delay in setting the list of officers for the 24-25 year until more progress with the merger. That could allow us integrate offers between the two clubs.

Also, please keep Lion Tony and his wife Nancy and their family in your thoughts and prayers as Nancy’s father passed away a few days ago, and they have gone back to Colorado, where he lives, to help with arrangements.

Happy Bucks

Lion Pat was happy that his daughter had started her new position at the VA near San Diego in wound care.

Lion Mark was happy that he was going to an outdoor concert at Fresno’s Woodward Park this weekend.

Lion Melinda was happy about the good weather.

Lion Colin and Lion Aaron were both happy to be here today.

Lion Tom Link was happy he was going to Moro Bay for the weekend. He was also happy that he would be going to a retirement party for all the Visalia Unified School District employees who had taken their Golden Handshakes for early retirement, his daughter being one of them.

Lion Pete was happy his son-in-law had just graduated from the University of North Carolina with an MBA. He was also happy his two grandsons were on the Cal Ripkin, All-star team.

Lion John was happy to see his Sister and Brother In Law, who had come to town to play in a pickleball tournament.

LIon Bob Line was happy that Lion Lauri Aguilar had been promoted to Quail Park at Cypresses’s head of Memory Care and is hopeing that she will be able to come back to our club.

Lion Leigh was $2.22 happy because he had cought a 22 inch trout. Lion Dee suspected it was a fish story but Lion Leigh said it was not just a story, what it was was about three meals.

Lion Allen was happy to talk with his son Travis recently and hear that as an Air Marshall he was going from Vancover to London to Hawaii to Las Vegas this week. It’s a hard job keeping the airlines safe but somone has to do it and that someone is Travis.

Lion Dee was happy to be Alive.

Lion Roy was happy that he was able to ride his motorcycle today and on a day ride to the Kings River above Pine Flat lake on Tuesday. 

Fines

Lion Tom Link and Lion Mark were fined for being late. Lion Mark was fined an extra doller for sneeking in the back door.

Lion Tom Link was also fined for having his name tag upside down.

Lion Pete was fined for not having his name tag.

Lion Melinda has Lion Dee draw for the marble, but he came up empty.

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Pat who donated it to the Leo Club.

Lotto ticket: Lion Tom Gaebe

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

Things are goingRoy’s way, last week the marble drawing, this week the free add.

Todays Meeting

Lion President Melinda just made it to our meeting today. She was visiting one of our former members and presidents, Janet McClintock, and it was hard for Melinda to get away. Melinda called on Lion Allen to lead us in saluting our flag, Lion Pat to lead us in song, and Lion Pete to do the invocation.

No fine badge went to Lion Bob Line.

Announcements

Wednesday, May 8th: Board Meeting at Mountain Mikes Pizza at 5:30.

The one birthday this month was our missing lion, Craig Wheaton.

Lion Steve is still having some issues with vertigo, so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Lion Tony has been gone for a few meetings taking care of his wife Nancy’s father, who lives in Colorado. Please keep his father-in-law in your thoughts and prayers also.

The meeting last Wednesday with the Sequoia Lions about merging our two clubs went well. It seems that both our clubs see this as a positive thing. While some details need to be worked out, like meeting days and how we will take care of the funds, our clubs have most other details in order. Another meeting is set for Wednesday, May 22, at Iris Fever’s office at the Visalia Emergency Air counsel.

Today’s speaker was former Lion MJ Juarez-Bermudez. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion John was happy to see Lion Betty back with us after her open heart surgery. 

Lion Pat was $5 happy because he could give the Woodlake Memorial district his unused lawn mower, which they needed.

Lion Roy was also happy to see Lion Betty with us today and was happy he got to see Lion Pete’s new office this past week when he was doing a business portrait next door. He was also happy that the Merger meeting with the Sequoia club had gone so well, and he was happy that the Dodgers were in the first place. 

Lion Brad was also Happy he was taking a trip to Washington state to visit his kids. 

Lion Betty thanked everyone for their prayers for her recovery from open heart surgery. 

Lion Melinda was happy for Lion Pat’s kindness in giving the memorial district his lawn mower, that Lion Betty was back, and for the group of women who visit with former Lion Janet each week. 

Lion Allen was happy that the Red Sox took two of three games against the Giants. 

Lion Pat was happy to see several lovely women around Lion Bob Line when he went to coffee recently. 

Lion Pete was happy that one of those women around Lion Bob was his wife, Claudia. 

Fines

Lion Dee fined Lion Tom Link for being “really” late today. 

Lion Brad was fined because he was also a member of the Farmersville Kiwanis Club. 

Lion Melinda fined herself because she had not selected a secret greater today. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Brad, who donated it to the Leo Club (but not in honor of Dee because of that fine) 

Lotto ticket: Lion Tom Gaebe

The marble drawing went to Lion Roy, who picked the white marble for the first time in about twenty years.  

Lion Tom Gaebe won the free ad.