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.

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. 

Lion Melinda talks about her experiences at the Lions International convention in Florida.

Todays Meeting

Lion Pete led the meeting today, and he called on Lion Steve to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion John to lead us in singing “God Bless America,” and Lion Tom Link to deliver the invocation.

No fine badge went to Lion Roy.

Announcements

Lion Melinda was called to the front of the meeting and presented with her past president’s plaque and pin in recognition of her eighteen months of service to the club.

A thank-you card was sent around in appreciation of Lion Steve’s many years of service to the club as secretary. As it was going around, he wondered why no one gave it to him to sing. He found out soon enough.

Lion Melinda announced that the Board had made a quick decision just before today’s meeting and that the annual dues would stay at $140.

Happy Bucks 

Lion John was happy that Lion Sheri Provancha would be the new Council Chair this year, and he was also happy for Steve’s years as our club secretary and for Lion Melinda’s 18 months as our president.

Lion Pete was happy for the recent Cal Ripken Baseball tournament opening ceremonies being held at the Rawhide Ballpark, which added 650 people to the small crowd of about 100 others at the park that day. He also had a happy buck for recently leading a Bible study, which he said was way beyond his comfort zone, but he was happy with the outcome.

Lion Karen was happy for Lions Melinda and Steve’s service, and happy she was going to Mammoth next week.

Lion Dee was a bit sad because he had to cancel a trip to Colorado due to illness, but he was happy for both Lion Melinda and Lion Steve’s service to the club.

Lion Roy was happy with the recent cooler temps and that he had a nice motorcycle ride to and around Wonder Valley the day before. He was also happy that the Dodgers and Red Sox were going head-to-head this weekend in Fenway, but as it turned out, he was not so happy with the result.

Lion Tom Link was happy to have spent some time in Moro Bay this past week.

Fines

Lion Steve was fined because his phone went off during the meeting. His excuse that it was Lions business didn’t matter.

Lion Steve trys to get out of a fine because his phone call was Lions Business. 

Triva 

Today’s trivia was about Visalia.

To whoever could answer: Mike Coz owned Mike’s Quality Cameras for many years in downtown Visalia, where he had worked before he started the business, who owned the former company, and what did that owner have to do with our club?    A: Lion Dee knew the answer, he worked at Main Drug Store’s camera dept, owned by Roland Mar, who was the former president of our club for the  1979-1980 year.

For Lion Melinda: When did Kaweah Delta Hospital open its doors? Her answer of 1965 was two years late; it should have been 1963.

Kaweah Delta had competition from what hospital on Court Street? She did answer that correctly, as Visalia Community Hospital.

For Lion Pat: When was Tulare County formed? His guess was just a year or two off the correct answer of 1852.

For Lion Tony: What does the Spanish word Acequia mean in English? Tony didn’t know, but Lion Pat answered correctly for him: It means Irrigation Ditch. However, he was fined because he answered without being asked.

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion John

The marble drawing went to Lion Tom Link, who appeared to be flabbergasted that he did not win the white marble.

Thanks to Lion Melinda for taking notes for me this week.

Lion Allen won the free on the weekend that the Red Sox played the Dodgers
at Fenway Park. The Sox won two out of the three games, most likely because of Lions Allen’s Ad.