District Governor Lion Marco Martinez talks to the club.

Todays Meeting

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

Lion Johnathan from the Pride club presented our club with a certificate honoring us for fifty years as members of the Lions Eye Foundation. He noted that he always follows through; however, not always right away, as he has had the certificate for two years. 

We had many guests today, as Lion Marco Martinex, our district (4A2), was visiting.

Lion Rick, who attended our Friday meeting for the first time in many months, won the No Fine badge.

Announcements

Lion Allen announced that there will be a Vision Screening this Friday, October 17th, from 4:30-7:00 at Ivanhoe Elementary School.

Lion Dee announced that Lion Leigh and he had attended a meeting of their Leo Club at LaSierra Academy. He said that they have been very active in projects this year, participating in clean-up efforts at Grover Beach and Happy Trails Riding Academy, among the many activities. It’s an exciting year with thirty kids in the program.

Lion Johnathan

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that a friend of his son was playing JV Football.

Lion Tom Link was happy that he played a great round of golf in the morning.

Lion Brad was happy to be going on vacation to Wichita, Kansas, to see one of his kids.

Lion Roy was $5 happy, $1 for every game the Dodgers had won in the Postseason. He was also happy for Lion Allen that the Yankees’ postseason had been ended by the Blue Jays. 

Lion Allen was happy to see the District Governor and all the guests here today.

Lion Melinda was also happy to see all the guests with us today.

Lion Karen was happy to see that her son-in-law was with us today and may become a member. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing was won by Lion Rick today, and he donated it to the Leo Club. 

Lotto ticket: Lion Allen won, but did he win? 

Lion Dee won the Marble Drawing today, but he did not actually win; he did not draw a white marble and went home with nothing, not even the marble he had drawn out of the pot. 

Lion Bob Line was a wonderful person and said, Go Dodgers.

Prospective member Alvin Martin with his wife, Jennifer, and grandson Kai

Todays Meeting

First Vis-President Lion Colin stood in for Lion Tom today and called on Lion Tony to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Pat to lead us in song, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

Introduction: Our guests today were prospective member Alvin Martin, his wife Jennifer and grandson Kai.

The no fine badge went to Lion Tom Link, and thus, the club’s collections would be much less than expected.

Auction Items

Lion John had a bag of swag from the Rawhide baseball that went to Lion Pat.

Lion Roy had a jar of Pomagranate Jelly from Casa de Fruta that went to Lion Melinda for $12

Announcements

Our board meetings will now be held on the 3rd Friday of every month. (That’s next week for you board members.) They will still be at 11:00 at Left of Center just before our regular meeting.

Lion Colin announced that we had received a thank-you letter for our donation to Young Life of Tulare County and the Boys and Girls Club.

Lion Colin standing in for Lion Tom today

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy that the Might Oak chorus, of which he is a member, was having its annual Harmony Explosion event on Saturday at COS.

Lion John was happy that his wife had turned 65 and was now on Medicare.

Lion Tony was happy that he was going on a River cruise in France next week. (he will be checking out the scene on the Seine)

Lion Mark, who took notes for the Roar this week (thanks, Mark), was happy that the Packers and Fresno State both won their football games.

Lion Allen was happy that he saw the Red Sox play the A’s in Sacramento recently.

Lion Roy was happy to see our guests Alvin, his wife, and his grandson.

Fines

Lion Mark was fined for being late today. 

Lion Elaine was fined for being “kinda late”. 

Lion Bob Line was fined for not wearing his badge. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Bob Line, who wanted it to go to the Bob Line Foundation, but ended up giving it to the Lions Eye Foundation. 

Lotto ticket: Went to Lion Bob Line. (This guy wins everything)

The marble drawing went to Lion Pat, who picked a marble that was very close to white, but not quite. 

Lion Karen won the Ad and says Good Luck Giants.

Lion Leigh was our speaker today, talking about his involvement with Tulare County Special Olympics. 

Todays Meeting

Our president, Lion Tom, led the meeting today and called on Lion Colin to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pad to lead us in singing the song, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

The no fine badge went to Lion Leigh.

The secret greeter today was Lion Karen, who earned some dollars for the club, as Lions Tom Link, Dee, Pat, Tony, and Roy did not shake her hand.

Announcements

As this was the first meeting in September, we sang happy birthday to Lions Bob Line and Tony, who had the pleasure of being born in the ninth month.

Lion Melinda announced that the annual dues were now due and payable.

Lion President Tom Gaebe reminded us that October will be here soon, and that means Band Review time; we need help with that event.

Lion Leigh talks about Special Olympics. 

Auction Items

Lion Tom Link had been to the coast and had two large pieces of chocolate that Lion Melinda took home for $20, without any competition.

Lion Melinda had an auction item herself, one that reminded us all of what Lion Link brings back most often, and that was Salt Water Taffy from the coast. It was purchased by Lion Mark for $5, with no competition.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that a friend of his had recently undergone open-heart surgery and was doing well.

Lion Pete was happy that he had survived nine days with his grandkids, and in one more day, they would be going home. He was also happy to have gone to a Giants/Orioles game and had a great time.

Lion Dee was happy his granddaughter had the lead in a fall play.

Lion Karen had $5 because she had won $50 from last week’s Lotto.

Lion Leigh was happy because Lion Pat had made a donation to Tulare County Special Olympics. Pat has noted that requests for donations that you receive in the mail for Special Olympics do not go to the local group.

Lion Mark was happy that his daughter was recognized for doing well at her work.

Lion Roy was happy that even though the Dodgers had not been doing well, they were still in first place. He was also happy that he was able to ride his motorcycle to the meeting today.

Lion Brad was happy that a two-year project at his home in Washington State was almost done.

Lion president Tom was happy that he was able to be in and out of the DMV in only thirty minutes.

Lion Melinda had a happy buck for being able to spend some relaxing time at the coast with Carol Jones.

Lion Roy was happy that the club may have a new member.  Alvin Martin, who had contacted the club via email and will be visiting this coming Friday. He is blind and is familiar with Lions’ efforts with the blind. Pleas welcome him.

Fines

Lion President Tom fined Lion Brad for not attending a meeting for some time.

Lion Pete fined his father-in-law, Lion Bob Line, for not giving 10% of last week’s marble drawing winnings to the club.

Lion Dee also fined Lion Bob Line for being the face of Quail Park at Shannon Ranch in commercials. Lion Dee is getting a little tired of seeing Bob face on the TV all the time. 

Trivia

Since last week’s speaker was COS president Brent Calvin, Lion Roy opted for COS Trivia today. 

For Lion Bob Line (his name keeps coming up at this meeting), what year was COS founded? He didn’t know the correct answer of 1926, on the grounds of Visalia High School (Now Redwood)

For Lion Tom Link: What year did COS move to its present campus on Mooney?  Like Bob, Tom was also wrong, but close; it was 1940.

For Lion Leigh: How many campuses does COS have? Leigh’s guess was incorrect; it is 3.

For Lion Brad: How many students does COS have?  His guess of a little over 13,000 was over the amount of 12,571 and thus wrong.

For Lion Colin: How tall is Brent Calvin? He was close at 6’6″ but two inches off, and thus wrong, he is 6’8″

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Dee

The marble drawing went to Lion Dee, but he was unable to draw the white marble and lost out on the $25. (maybe hel’l make it up with the Lotto ticket)

Lion Pat Says Shop at Links 

(note: some sizes and colors may not be available)

Lion Pat won the free ad today.

Thanks to Lion colin for taking notes as I collected money.

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.