Stand-in President Lion Colin is as excited as Lion Bob as he draws the white marble and wins. 

Todays Meeting

First Vice President Lion Colin led the meeting today in Lion Tom’s absence, and called on Lion Bob Line to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country ‘Tis of Thee, and Lion Dee to do the invocation.

Announcements

Lion Melinda announced the status of Lion Aaron, who had recently undergone a procedure at the hospital. He is at home, doing well and resting.

Lion Dee announced that twelve of our members went to the Rawhide game on Wednesday, the 27th, and had a good time.

The No-Fine badge was awarded to Lion Allen today.

Today’s secret greeter was our club secretary, Lion Melinda, who collected a lot of money for the club.

COS President Brent Calvin was our speeker today. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that he had a good eye doctor’s appointment with Dr. Bianco, who, come to find out,  is related to our first vice president, Lion Colin.

Lion Melinda was happy to be leaving for Paso after the meeting to visit with Carol Jones.

Lion Tom Link was also happy to be going west after the meeting, to his house in Moro Bay for the weekend.

Lion Dee was happy the Giants were on a five-game winning streak.

Lion Mark was happy for Lion Pats’ good eye appointment, and happy that Lion Colin was our fearless leader today.

Lion Roy was pleased that Lion Melinda had assisted at two recent school photo days, one of which they had photographed 473 people in just three hours.

Lion Pete, who took notes for the roar today, (thank you Pete)  was happy that his grandson had a good soccer game and that he was going to a Giants game this coming week.

Lion Allen was happy that Colin had stepped in to lead the meeting today.

Fines

Lions Tom Link and Steve were finds for not having a badge. 

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Steve

The marble drawing went to Lion Bob Line, who won that sucker. We shall call Lion Bob the White Marble Man. 

Lion Pete won the free ad today and advertised Lion Colin’s company.

Todays Meeting

Lion President Tom led the meeting today and called on Lion Mark to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Bob Line to lead us in song, and Lion John to do the invocation.

Head greeter, Lion Tony, introduced our guest and speaker, Jason Crabtree from CSET and the Navigation Center. 

The no fine badge went to Lion Bob Line today, causing the club to be just a little short of funds collected.

The secret greeter today was Lion Melinda, and she gathered a bunch of dollars, one each from Lions Pat, Tom Link, Bob Line, Elaine, and Steve, along with Lion Roy, who paid under protest.

Announcements

Lion Tom announced the results of the board meeting, held just before our regular meeting today. The main thing that was decided was to increase the cost of our meal to $15 starting this coming Friday, the 22nd. We have to pay for 21 meals each Friday, and we have not been getting that number for some time, so the club has been going in the hole every week. This little bit extra will help to close that gap a little.

We also decided to take the $500 donation to Visalia Post Acute (formerly Redwood Springs) out of the budget, along with the $600 that was allocated to the Super Bowl Party for the homeless, as we have not done that event since before COVID. 

Lion Dee announced the Rawhide night at the ballpark would be Wednesday, August 27th, with a cost of $22 per person, and that includes admission to the air-conditioned Hall of Fame club.

Lion Melinda handed out new member applications to each of us, now all we have to do is use them.

Lion Jason Crabtree from CSET and the Navigation Center was our speaker today, he is a member of the Visalia Breakfast Lions.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Steve started off the happy bucks by just being plain happy.

Lion Dee was happy that they had a new two-legged little one at his house: this one has feathers and will shortly learn to fly.  The bird got trapped in their garage and Dee and his wife are helping both the baby and its mother out.

Lion Leigh was happy that he did not get sick from eating a cookie from a package that had a dead mouse in it.

Lion Mark was happy to see Melinda back at our meetings, and was grateful for Lion Karen doing the treasurer’s job.

Lion Roy was happy that he and his wife Javonna were going to Sunnyvale for a couple of days.

Lion Melinda was happy to be back after going to a funeral in San Francisco, and she was happy that she didn’t have any surprises like Lion Leigh had in a box of junk her Ex had left her before moving.

Lion Allen was happy the Red Sox were in second place. Lion Dee was happy that the Dodgers were in second place, rather than first, where they had been for most of the season. 

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy his granddaughter was on the JV team in school since she is only a freshman.

Lion Tom Link was happy the 49ers were playing this weekend.

Fines

Lion John fined Lion Tom Link for being late, not to the main meeting, but to the board meeting that took place just before our regular meeting.

Lion Mark was fined for trying to tell Lion president Tom that he should fine people for talking.

Lion president Tom fined Lion Karen for telling him Lion Roy was the head greeter when it was Lion Tony.

Trivia

It’s harvest time around the valley for a lot of crops, so that was the topic of the trivia today. 

1. For Lion Pat: How many ag commodities are produced in Tulare County?  Pat’s answer of 20 was slightly off; the correct answer was 150.

2. For Lion Bob Line: What is the yearly value of those ag products? His guess of around 2 billion was again a bit off; it’s 8.6 billion.

3. For Lion Elaine: What is the most valuable commodity produced in Tulare County?  She answered correctly, Dairy

4. For Lion John: How many dairy cattle are in Tulare County? His answer was not recorded, but it was not correct; it’s 850,000 head.

5. For Lion Tony: How long does it take corn to grow from the time it sprouts to when it’s harvested?  He answered correctly, 4 weeks, because it’s from 20-40 days. Quick stuff that corn.

Drawings 

$5 drawing went to Lion Allen, who donated it to the Lions Eye Foundation.

Lotto Tickets went to Lion John.

Lion Tom Link won the opportunity to draw a white marble but failed in his bid, on to next week.

Lion Dee won the free ad and said:
Come on, Giants, let’s win one game.

Thanks once again to Lion Colin for taking notes while I collected money.

Todays Meeting

Our president, Lion Tom, led the meeting today and called on Lion Betty to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Pat to lead us in song, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

Greeter Lion Tony introduced our guest and speaker, Luca Comi, along with his father-in-law, Carl Anderson.

The secret greeter today was Lion Tony.

Announcements

Lion Allen announced that, after a four-hour class put on by the district, he was certified to do eye screenings. After so many years, I would think Lion Allen should have taught the class. 

Lion Dee announced that the club had decided to attend a Rawhide baseball game on Wednesday, August 27th. The cost is $22 per person, and that includes access to the air-conditioned Hall of Fame Club. The opponent that day will be the San Jose Giants.

Lion Dee also announced that this church would be holding an emergency preparedness fair on the 13th of September from 9:00-2:00 at the LDS church at 4000 W. Caldwell.

Lion Tom announced that annual club dues statements will be sent out soon; they remain at $140.00. You can always give Lion Karen a check, even if you have not received the invoice.

Lion Tom also announced that the monthly board meeting will be this coming Friday at 11:00 at Left of Center.

Luca Comi, our guest speeker. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat had a $100 happy buck because his daughter was now cancer-free. 

Lion Pete was happy that next week he would be backpacking in Yosemite.

Lion Betty was happy to be at our meeting for the second week in a row.

Lion Mark was happy for Lion Pat’s daughter and for Betty Lion being with us today.

Lion Dee was happy for our guests, Luca and Carl.

Lion Tom Link was happy that his lights came back on after an outage and that no “bad boys” came around to take advantage of the darkness.

Lion Colin was happy to have gone on several vacations recently, including a week-long trip to the island of Calalina, and he was also happy that school is starting in a few days.

Lion Elaine was happy that her son-in-law was doing well after a heart attack.

Lion Karen is happy school is starting up shortly, as summer vacation has been work for her.

Lion president Tom was happy that he had not messed up anyone’s names so far in the meeting.

Lion Roy was happy to see Lion Betty back at our meeting. He also looked forward to Lion Melinda’s help at a school photo shoot later in the month. Additionally, he had a nice motorcycle ride to Huniungton Lake the day before.

Fines

Lion Tom Link was fined for being late today. (as Gomer Pyle would say, Surprise, Surprise)
(An earlier edition of the Raor said that Lion Betty was late, that was incorrect)

Lions  Karen, Colin, Roy, and Tom Link all fined themselves $10 for going on a vacation and not bringing anything back to auction off.

Guest Carl Anderson doubled Lion Tom’s donation.

Trivia

Because it’s back-to-school time, Lion Roy did trivia about Visalia schools.

For Lion Dee: Visalia’s population is 146,241. Given that info, how many students does the Visalia Unified School District have? His guess of 15,000 was just over half of the correct answer of 28,893.

For Lion Allen: How many schools are in the VUSD? His guess was close, but no cigar. There are 41.

For Lion Bob Line: What is the first day of school in the VUSD? His guess of Wednesday the 13th was just one day off; it’s Thursday the 14th.

For Lion Tom Link: Where was the first high school in Visalia located, and what year did it open?  Tom got 50% of the answer correct; it was located at the Lincoln Oval, but he could not name the year, which was 1897.

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Steve, who, after much thought, donated it to the Leo Club.

Lotto ticket: Lion Pete

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

Thanks to Lion colin for taking notes for me today. 

Lion Betty won the free add today.