
Visalia Host Lions Roar Newsletter for 6-20-25

President Lion Melinda presides over her last meeting, and our last of the 2024-25 year.
Todays Meeting
Lion Melinda led her last meeting as president and called on Lion Tony to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Dee to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.
Guest: Today, our guest was Griffin Epstein from the Visalia Rawhide, who was also our program speaker for the day.
Announcements
News Flash: Lion Melinda buys lunch for Lion Steve, gets gavel stolen, story at 11:00.
We are dark the next two Fridays: No meetings on June 27th or July 4th, we’re back and ready to go on Friday, July 11 (very convenient, back on 7/11)
Lion Tom Link had a thank you for Lion Melinda serving as president these last year and a half, resulting in a standing ovation.
Lion Melinda noted that she will not be attending the installation dinner. She will be in Iowa with her 103-year-old aunt, hoping to send her along to her next life. After that, she will be going to the Lion International Convention in Florida.
Keeping with tradition, Lion Melinda did not select a secret greeter and put $5 into the pot.

Lion Pat with a happy buck

Lion Melinda presided over her last meeting as President.
Thank you, Melinda, for your 18 months of service.

Lion Melinda from her first meeting as president, in January 2024.
Auction Items
Lion Tom Link had visited the coast and brought back a bag of Salt Water Taffy, (surprise-surprise) which he auctioned off to Lion Pat, who then donated it to our speaker, Griffin.
Happy Bucks
Lion Tom Link was happy that he had been at the coast this past week.
Lion Allen was happy that the Dodgers had turned away ICE agents at Dodger Stadium and that his son, Travis, had turned 38 recently.
Lion Roy was happy the Dodgers had won 2 of 3 from the Giants last weekend and 3 of 4 from San Diego after that. He was also happy that it would reach only 80 degrees on Saturday, as he had an outdoor photo shoot in Woodlake.
Lion Brad was happy his daughter had closed escrow on her condo last Thursday. He was also happy for Lion Melinda’s year and a half at the helm of our club.
Lion Dee was also happy for Lion Melinda’s presidency and for Lion Tom’s incoming presidency.
Lion Mark was also pleased with Lion Melinda’s time as president.
Lion Pat had $20 for Lion Melinda.
Fines
Lion Dee finds Lion Tom Link for being late. (surprise-surprise) Think of Gomer Pyle when you read that.

Griffin, from the Rawhide, talking about the season to date.
Lion Dee’s Trivia Challenge
For Lion Bob Line: How many residents lived in the colonies when we were granted independence? His answer was $ 2.5 million, but the actual answer was $7 million.
For Lion Brad: When was the 4th of July celebrated at the White House, and who was the president? His answer of 1918 and Woodrow Wilson was just a bit off; it was 1801 with Thomas Jefferson at the helm.
For Lion Tom Link: What year was the 4th declared a holiday? His answer of 1862 was very close; it was 1870. Initially, it was an unpaid holiday for federal employees, but in 1941, it became a paid one.
For Lion Roy: How many hot dogs are eaten on the 4th of July? His guess of 156 million was very close, but the answer was 150 million. (But how many are vegi dogs?)
Drawings
The $5 drawing went to Lion colin who donated it to the Leo Club.
Lotto ticket: Lion Pat
The marble drawing went to Lion Brad, who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble.

Lion Allen holding the clubs Gavel Hostage at Anahaim Stadium.
News at 11:00
As previously reported, our outgoing president, Lion Melinda, stated that the gavel had been stolen when she was getting lunch for Lion Steve. She accused Lion Allen of taking the Gavel, but he denied it, and no proof was provided. However, over the past few days, this reporter received an image that appears to be taken at Anaheim Stadium (is that a Red Sox game?) Three men are in the photo, one of whom seems to be Lion Allen holding what looks like a gavel. Visalia PD has been notified, and if Lion Allen appears in their jurisdiction again, they will pay him a visit. More news as it becomes available.
Correction: Lion Allen informed me that he has NEVER verbally denied taking the gavel as was reported above.
Installation dinner
Our annual installation dinner was held on June 26th at the Visalia Country Club, where we installed new officers for the 2025-26 year. Lion Tom Link served as MC and Tom Gaebe was installed as our new president, with Lion Pete Sherwood conducting the installation and Lion Dee providing a history of Lions and our Host club. A fine evening was had by all.

Lion Tony won the free ad. Despite the fact that I wanted to put the COS Giants in the ad, I went ahead and put this logo in.
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)
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