Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-20-24

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-20-24

santa reading the roar

It’s been reported that Santa reads the roar. 

Daniels last day

Our server, Daniel, received his yearly tip and said goodbye as he will be moving to LA on January 1st. 

Visalia host lions meeing for December 20th, 2024

Jody Gilman speaks to the club. 

Lion Tony was our fearless leader today, filling in for  Lion President Melinda, who was away; he called on Roar Editor Lion Roy to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Dee to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Pete to do the invocation.

The no-fine badge went to Lion Allen today.

Announcements 

We will be dark next week: Lion Tody noted that we will be dark next week; we’ll see you all next year on Friday, January 3rd.

Guests 

Guests today were our speaker, Jody Gilman, from Soroptimists, along with Visalia Emergency Aid Counsel director, Mary Jane Jennings.

Happy Bucks

Lion Dee was $5 happy to be back at our meeting today as he has been out recovering from back surgery for several weeks.

Lion Roy was happy to see Dee back. Since he had watched a YouTube video showing several Yankees Fan’s reactions to game five of the World Series, he was reminded (because Dee was back) to have another happy buck for the Dodgers win.

Lion Pete was happy that Mary Jane from Visalia Emergency Aid was with us today and that Dee was back and doing better. He was also glad to see Mary Jane from Visalia Emergency Aid.

Lion Tom Link had a happy buck because his daughter was with us today, and he was one of the few lion members who remembered that the last meeting before Christmas was always Lady’s Day.

Mary Jane also had a happy buck because the club supported the Visalia Emergence Air Council with its annual check of $1,000. We also collected over $500 additional from club members today, along with toys for the kids. She was also happy because she was going to Texas on Monday for a well-deserved vacation.

Lion Leigh was also happy that Lion Dee was back with us.

Lion Bob was happy his daughter, Jody, was with us today.

Lion Mark was happy Dee was with us, that we were all here today, and wished everyone a Merry Christmas.

Lion Elaine was happy that she was a member of this club and that Lion Betty was at Stanford Medical Center getting a diagnosis and a plan for the issue with her heart.

The Questions

Lion Dee was back, and he resumed his questions/fines. If you don’t know the answer, you are fined.

#1. Where was St Nicholas from?  This one was presented to Lion Roy, whose answer of Greenland brought a few chuckles from the group. The answer was Türkiye.

#2. Who was the actor who played six roles in the film The Polar Express?  Pete correctly answered Tom Hanks.

#3. In the story, The Christmas Carol, what was Scruge’s first name? Lion Steve was given the question, and he did not know; Lion Pat filled in the answer for him: Ebenezer

#4. Where was egg knog invented? Several people guessed this one, but Lion Colin came up with the correct answer: England.

Lion Dee

Lion Dee is happy to be back at the club after several weeks away. 

Lion Elaine

Lion Elaine is happy to be a member of the club. 

Lion Tony

Lion Tony Leading todays meeting

Winners and Losers

The $5 drawing went to Lion Bob Line, who donated it to Visalia Emergency Aid. 

The Lotto scratchers went to Lion Colin. 

The Marble went to Lion Tony; no luck, though. 

Golden State Warriors

Lion Leigh won the free add today. 

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-13-24

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-13-24

Visalia Host Lions Meeting 12-13-24

Todays Meeting

Lion President Melinda led our meeting today and asked Lion Tony to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Bob Line to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Pete to do the invocation.

The no-fine badge went to Lion Tom Link, but he did add $10 to the pot because he won the marble drawing last week, so the club coffers were not too severely dinged. 

Melinda noted the missing bell and offered $5 to get it back. It was quickly retrieved from the table where gifts were gathered for Visalia Emergency Aid.

Announcements

Notice: No meeting on Friday, December 27th. Too close to Christmas.

Lion Pat announced that Lion Dee is improving after his back surgery.

Lion Betty hopes Stanford Medical Center can discover what has happened to her heart. She has an appointment with them on December 20th. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Visalia Emergence Air toy drive next week: Bring an unwrapped toy for a boy and a girl or write a check to Visalia Emergency Aid.

Lion Pete

Lion Pet has a happy $5

Lion Tony

Lion Tony collecting happy bucks and fines. 

Lion Melinda leads todays meeting

Lion Melinda leads today’s meeting. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Karen had a happy buck for thinking that Lion Pat was singing at the Gateway Church last week; it turns out someone won the Pat Harrison lookalike contest, and Pat was not there. After some confusion, the club received some confusion dollars from Lion Karen.

Lion Pat had $5 happy dollars for his musical group, the Mighty Chorus, which played for the Tulare County Republican Women’s group at the Visalia Country Club last week. He noted that the women were dressed to the nines.

Lion Roy had a happy buck for the Ear of The Lion in Clovis. A person had emailed our club about donating some hearing aids, and since Roy lives in Fresno, he offered to pick them up and deliver them. The group provides hearing aids to qualified low-income people in need.

Lion Mark had a happy buck because his daughter, Rebecca, had purchased a new car, and his wife had decorated their home for the home tour.

Lion Pet was $5 happy to be here today; he had been at his brother’s retirement party in Oakland last week.

Lion Elaine was happy that Lion Betty had been fealing well enough to travel to Palm Springs.

Lion Melinda was happy that Lion Brad had sent her a photo of the Mighty Oak Chorus that appeared in the Sun Gazette newspaper.

 

Fines

Lion Roy fined Lion Melinda for using her phone while conducting the meeting.

Lion Elaine fined herself for not having her badge. 

Lion Mark also fined himself because he did not have his badge, but he did have a good excuse as his truck was broken into, and everything was taken, including his Lions badge. We speculated that he would find the person who did the break-in because they would be walking around with his badge on. 

Lion Tom draws a ticket

Lion Tom Gaebe draws a ticket. 

Lion Mark

Lion Mark checks his own tickes after drawing one and found out he had won the five dollars. 

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Tom Link.

The marble drawing went to Lion Melinda, who drew a clear marble and won zero dollars. 

Merry christmas

Lion Bob Line won the free add (same guy every week) 

As always, we are looking for speakers for the club. Use this schuduler app to book your speaker or send them the link to this page and have them do it themsilves. No need to contact me when you want to know if a date is available, if it open on this app, it’s available. (Lion Roy) 

 

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-6-24

Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 12-6-24

Pat displays the afgan

Lions Tony and Mark display the afgan that Lion president Melinda made for Lion Pat. 

Our Meeting

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

The no-fine badge went to Lion Leigh today.

Once again we did not have a secret greeter and Lion Melinda put in $5.

Our only guest today was Johnathan Ward, a fellow Lion from the Visalia Pride Club and our zone chair.

Announcements

Lion Pat, added by Lions Mark and Tony, showed off the wonderful afghan that Lion Melinda had made for him; he soon gave it to Lion Tom Link.

Lion Bob Line announced that Lion Pete would have been at the club, but he was in the Bay Area at his brother’s retirement party with his parents.

December birthdays: it was the first meeting of December, and three birthdays were celebrated. Lions Tom Link, Colin Franey, and John Parker were not only all born in the month of December, but all would celebrate their birthdays on the 20th of the month.

Lion President Melinda noted that the Student Speaker contest will be held in the first part of next year.

Lion Melinda wanted to thank Lions Brad and Mark for covering for her for the last couple of weeks while she was recovering from knee surgery.

Christmas toy drive for the Visalia Emergency Aid Council: Bring an unwrapped toy for a boy and a girl at one of the next two meetings, as we will be giving them to the VEAC.

Lion Johnathan Ward noted that the warming center at St. Paul’s Church will soon open for the unhoused.

Lion Leigh also noted that we will pass the hat to our server, Daniel, in the next two meetings. He has done a great job for us this whole year.

Auction Items

Lion Tom Link had some chocolate bombs that went to Lion Par for $19.

LIon Johnathan Ward, our speaker today.

LIon Johnathan Ward, our speaker today.

Lion Melinda leads todays meeting

Lion Melinda leads todays meeting

Lion Tom auctions off chocolate bombs

Lion Tom auctions off some chocolate bombs. (don’t take a bath with them)

Happy Bucks

Lion Roy had a happy buck for how well this year’s Candy Cande Lane Parade organization went. He was also pleased that he had photographed the Race Against Hunger for Visalia Emergency Aid on Thanksgiving morning; with 5,700 participants, it was a pretty thrilling event. He was also happy that he was putting on a training session in Woodlake for some new photographers in his volume photography business.

Lion Steve was happy the parade went well and thanked everyone who participated.

Lion Johnathan Ward was happy to be with us today but had a sad buck because traffic the night of the parade was terrible.

Lion Leigh was also happy at how the parade had worked out. He had helped solve one big issue: a couple of big trucks could not get to where they were supposed to line up, but it all worked out with some maneuvering through the Enterprize Rent-a-Car Lot.

Lion Allen also had a happy buck for the parade, but as to the truck maneuvering situation, he just walked away from it. He was also excited to spend time with his Kids over the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Lion Mark was happy to spend the Holiday in Idahoe with his daughter.

Thanks to her recent knee surgery, Lion President Melinda was happy she could walk without pain. She was also happy that the parade went well and that Steve made her leave early because walking is still a little hard for her.

No one fined anyone.

Drawings

A $5 drawing went to roar editor Lion Roy today, and he donated it to the Leo club. 

Lotto tickets went to Lion President Melinda. 

Lion Tom Link won the ability to draw for the white marble and yes, he did win the white marble and $69. 

Free Add

El Diamonte logo

Lion Bob Line wone the free add and says go El Diemonte Baseball

Speaker Bookings

 

As always, we are looking for speakers for the club. Use this scheduler app to book your speaker, or send them the link to this page and have them do it themselves. No need to contact me when you want to know if a date is available, if it open on this app, it’s available. (Lion Roy)