Todays Meeting

Lion President Tom led the meeting today and called on Lion Steve to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pat to lead us in singing “America the Beautiful,” and Lion Dee to do the invocation. Lion Tony announced our guest, George Watson, from the Central Valley Compassion Coalition, as our speaker.

Our guest, George Watson, drew the no-fine badge, drawing Lion Amy’s ticket. Lion Amy was then ushered to the front, so we could officially induct her into the club. Her sponsor, Lion Dee, was with her, and Lion President Tom did the ceremony.

Lion Karen was our secret greeter today, and the club made a good deal of money, though some grumbling was heard from more than one of us that we had shaken her hand.

Announcements

Lion Melinda announced that she had a whole bunch of thank-you notes from those to whom our club has recently donated, and she passed them around for everyone to read. Also, an announcement about the next eye screening scheduled for Saturday, March 7th, at the Tulare County Office of Education on Mooney Blvd. The event takes place from 10 AM to 2 PM and is part of the annual STEAM event.

Lion Dee announced that Lion Tom Link was recovering from a bout of pneumonia, which kept him in the hospital for a couple of days, but he is home and doing well.

Auction items

Auction item from Lion Karen: English toffee. It went to Lion Melinda, who stated that whoever had the highest bid would add $1 to it; it ended up being $10.

Lion Dee giving info about Lion Tom Link

Lion Amy is being officially inducted into the club. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Amy was happy for the lovely induction ceremony and happy to be part of the group; she was also happy for her dad’s 85th birthday.

Lion Dee was happy to have Lion Amy with us.

Lion Karen was happy to have won the lotto tickets last week. She won $10 and gave 10% to the club. She was also happy to have Lion Amy in the club and happy that Lion Alvin was able to be with us this week.

Lion Melinda was happy to have Lion Amy with us and was always happy to have another lady in the club. She was also happy to have helped Lion Roy photograph the Special Olympics Basketball teams last Sunday in Tulare. It was one of the neatest experiences she has ever had.

Lion Geoff was happy that the Dodgers were in spring training and that he had a second interview for a promotion at work.

Lion Roy was happy to have photographed the Special Olympics last Sunday and to have gone on a motorcycle ride to Highway 198 west of Coalinga on Tuesday.

Lion president Tom was happy that Tax season was here, and happy to have Lion Amy with us.

Fines

Lion Pat had $5 to cover Lion Tom’s fine.

Trivia

For Lion Amy: What was the first US colony? She answered Ronaoke, which was wrong; it was Jamestown, VA.

Lion Rick: Who were the only two non-presidents to appear on us paper money? Rick got 50% with Alexander Hamilton, but couldn’t get the second, Benjerman Franklyn.

Lion Leigh: If someone asked for your “John Hancock,” what are they referring to? He correctly answered, your signature.

Lion Allen: When did the US officially get involved in WWI? His answer was 1918, which was wrong; Lion Alvin’s answer of 1921 was also wrong. The correct answer was 1917.

Lion Geoff: Who was the king of England was it during the American Revolution? He correctly answered King George III.

Lion Tony: True or False: Apply Pie was invented in the USA. He correctly answered False, but didn’t know where. After several answers, Lion Roy was correct with England.

Drawings 

$5 drawing went to Lion Tony, who gave it to the Eye Foundation.

Free Ad went to the Lion Geoff.

Lotto tickets went to Lion Leigh, who drew his own ticket.

The marble drawing went to Lion Pat, who drew a yellow marble and won nothing.

Lion Geoff won the free ad.

Lion Pete, who was in charge of the Student Speaker contest, outlined the rules. 

Todays Meeting

Lion president Tom began the meeting with a warning to be careful because it was Friday the 13th, adding that he had already lost his keys. He also cautioned us that, if we watch the Winter Olympics, we should not attempt any of the athletes’ actions in our living rooms. (No details were provided)

He asked Lion Betty to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pat to lead us in singing “America the Beautiful,” and Lion Bob to deliver the invocation before turning the meeting over to Lion Pete, who was in charge of the Student Speaker Contest. He read the contest rules and turned the lechurm over to contestant #1.

Three speakers addressed student mental health. All were good, with the winner, a girl from Redwood High School, being exceptional. We all agreed that this was one of the best contests we had seen in many years.

After the contest, we had lunch before continuing the meeting.

Lion Bob drew his own name and won the no fine badge.

The secret greeter was Lion Roy, who collected several dollars as he was not Mr. Big Popular.

Announcements

Lion president Tom thanked everyone who worked at the Super Bowl party at the Navigation Center the previous Sunday: Lions Melinda, Tony (his wife, Nancy), President Tom (his girlfriend, Mary Lue), and Amy.  Nancy, Lion Tony’s wife, is on the Board at C-Set, which operates the Navigation center, and also wanted to thank us. She noted that while attendance was lower than hoped, those who attended were very grateful for our presence.

Lion Allen announced the Super Bowl pool winners: Lion Melinda (first quarter), Lion Tom Gaebe (half time), Lion Allen (third quarter), and Lion Brad won the game’s final score. 

Happy birthday was sung to Lion Leigh, who was the only member present with a February birthday.

Auction items

Lion Leigh had a package of chocolates from his recent trip to Pismo, which he auctioned off to Lion Melinda for $20.

Lion Pete reads the rules of the speech contest.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Karen was happy to have won the first-quarter Visalia Prides Super Bowl Pool ($250) and gave us 10% ($25).

Lion Pat was pleased that his grandson (whom he is sponsoring with a personal trainer) and the football team he is on were able pick up the cheerleading squad, whereas the track team could not.

Lion President Tom had a happy buck for the work Lions Pete and Melinda had done for the speech contest.

Lion Bob won the Marble drawing last week and gave 10% ($13) to the club. 

Lion Roy was glad he did not take part in the football pool at Leo Costa’s gym. It was $100 per square, and the square he thought he would pick did not win.

Lion Mark had a happy buck for Pete, who did a great job leading the speech contest, plus a happy $5 for everyone who was here today.

Lion Tom Link was happy he was off to Moro Bay after our meeting.

Lion Pete had noted that Lion Tom Link had moved out of his neighborhood, and the IQ of the neighborhood had diminished substantially because of that. He also had $5 because he was going to his home in North Carolina for the next month. Lion Melinda asked what Lion Pete would do about the large amount of Halloween candy that is given out each year, now that Lion Tom was gone.

Lion Pat noted that neither Lion Bard nor Lion Dee was here because both were at a singing Valentine’s Day card that Dee was delivering to Lion Brad’s daughter at Redwood High School.

Lion Tom Link was pleased that time at his townhouse in Moro Bay was donated at the Christmas Tree Auction to C-Set, and that the auction raised a lot of money.

Lion Allen was happy that one of our guests for the speech contest remembered him from twenty-five years ago.

Fines

Lion president Tom noted that last week he absolved Lion Mark of a late fine, but this week there would be no absolution. Lion Mark was able to talk his way into the meeting during the speech contest, so he was fined.

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Bob, who had hoped to keep the money, but then relented and gave it to the Eye Foundation.

Lion Pat won the drawing for the Lotto ticket. 

The marble drawing was won by Lion Allen, and he drew something other than the white marble.

Lion Pat won the free ad today and says go Eagles.

Visalia’s city manager, Leslie Caviglia, talks to the club about the city’s five-year plan.

Todays Meeting

Our president, Lion Tom, was unable to attend the meeting, and the first vice president, Lion Colin, presided, calling on Lion Roy to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Dee to lead us in song, and Lion Pete to deliver the invocation.

The no fine badge went to Lion Pat today.

Auction items

Lion Roy was given a bottle of meds by Lion Bob Line, who had noted that Lion Tom Link had left them on the table at their morning coffee meeting. Roy decided they made a good auction item, and Lion Tom paid $5 to get them back.

Visalia’s City Manager Leslie Caviglia

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pete was happy that Friday was his wife, Claudia’s, birthday, and he was smart enough not to reveal her age. 

Lion Dee was happy to be back at the club after a stint in the hospital and a few days in rehab.

Lion Geoff was happy to have gone to the Chiefs’/Raiders game in Vegas recently, though the outcome did not suit him. But the suit he had on at the game left no doubt about where his loyalties lie.

Lion Roay was happy to see Lion Dee back at our meeting and that he was on the mend.

Lion Colin was also happy to see Lion Dee.

Lion Roy had given Lion Alvin a ride to the meeting and had learned that they had even more in common than having lived across the street from each other years ago. It is indeed a small world.

Lion Mark was also happy to see Lions Dee and Alvin at the meeting.

Fines

 Lion Tom Link was fined for being late. 

Lion Mark fined himself for having to leave early. 

Lion Dee, feeling like his old self, fined Lion Melinda for the terrible food he had while at Kaweah. The Oatmeal was especially bad, and he stated he would not serve it to prisoners of war. (he did say that the nurses and staff were great) 

Drawings 

Lion Leigh won the $5 drawing and donated it to the Leo club. 

The Lotto Ticket went to your Roar editor, Lion Roy, who thought, “Finally, I’ll get paid for writing this thing,”  but alas, it was not to be.

Lion Leigh also won the free ad today.

He said, “Go 49ers.”
But he’ll have to carry that over to next year. 

Lion Melinda

Todays Meeting

Our president, Lion Tom, led the meeting today and called on Lion Roy to lead us in the flag salute, Lion Dee to lead us in song, and Lion Pete to do the invocation.

Greeter Lion Tony introduced our guests: Eric Quek, our speaker for the day, Anna Comi, her husband Luca Comi, and Luca’s father-in-law, Carl Anderson.

The no fine badge went to Lion Allen today.

Announcements

Lion Dee announced that his daughter had the lead in her school play.

Lion Melinda announced the latest project, collecting canned goods, which will be donated to the COS food bank for the Holidays.

Roy agreed to head the Candy Cane Lane parade organization arrangements and will be handing out maps at the corner of Main St. and Liberty starting at 4:30 on Monday, December 1st. Look for the email announcement, and a sign-up will be passed around next meeting (November 21st)

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy that Lion Pete had signed up to speak to us on December 12th about his Yosemite backpacking trip this past summer.

Our guest, Eric, had a happy buck because he did not listen to us Dodger fans. (Eric will be speaking to us on December 5th) 

Lion Alvin was happy that he was now a Lion member and that his family would be spending a week at Disneyland.

Lion Mark was happy to see all the guests today and was also happy that Fresno State was winning.

Lion Geoff was once again happy that the Dodgers had won the World Series (I try to get this in every edition of the Roar)  and that he was going to a concert at the Save Mart Center that night. (and a thank you to Lion Geoff for taking notes for the Roar this week)

Lion Tom Link was happy that our guest, Carl Anderson, had “allowed” his neighbor to decorate his home for the holidays. (Apparently, you can’t miss those decorations)

Lion Pete was happy to see all the guests at the meeting.

Lion Allen congratulated the Dodger fans on their second in a row World Series Win, (there it is again) plus he was happy for Carl Anderson’s Boston shirt.

Lion Roy was happy to see all the guests and was happy he had a nice motorcycle ride to Maraposa and Bass Lake the past Tuesday.

Lion president Tom was happy that the USC Trojans had won last week (and noted that BYU had not) and was happy to see Lion Alvin with us today.

Lion Karen, in channeling Lion Ruth from the past, was just happy it’s Friday.

Fines

Apparently it was no fine Friday. 

Our program today was presented by Anna Comi, who talked about her trip with her husband, Luca, along part of the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain this year.

Dee’s Trivia

Thanksgiving trivia was the theme today. 

For Lion Pete: What was the Thanksgiving meal served by Charlie Brown?  No one, including Lion Pete, knew the answer. It was buttered toast, popcorn, pretzels, and jellybeans. 

For Lion Bob: What was the most popular travel destination for the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday?  It was Orlando, Florida. Lion Bob owed a dollar. 

For Lion Mark: What was the hat that the Pilgrims wore called?  It was a Capotain, Lion Mark owed a dollar as well. 

For Lion Tom Link: What is the Monday after Thanksgiving called?  While Lion Tom did not answer correctly, others in the group knew it is called Cyber Monday. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing was won by Lion Mark, who donated it to the Leo Club.

Lotto ticket: Lion Leigh.

The marble drawing also went to Lion Leigh; he picked a clear marble, winning nothing but that clear marble.

Carl Anderson won the free ad. 
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Our guest and program today, Shelly Bowman, discusses the Neighborhood Degree Center being constructed at Houston School. 

Todays Meeting

Our president, Lion Tom, led the meeting today and called on Lion Melinda to lead the flag salute. Lion Pat to lead us in singing “God Bless America,” and Lion Dee to deliver the invocation.

Once again, Lion Rick won the no-fine badge.

The secret greeter today was Lion Steve, who got a dollar from Lions Bob, Pat, and Tony, who did not shake his hand.

Announcements

Lion Geoff announced that his kids were selling cookie dough as a fundraiser for their school. He passed around a sign-up sheet for it.

Auction Items

Lion Pat auctioned off a bag of candy that he had left over from Halloween. Elderwood has a hayride for the kids who live there, and Lion Pat had a large bag of candy that he had handed out to them. This one was purchased by Lion Roy for $11.

Lion Melinda fined herself for not having an auction item.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Steve had a happy buck for the Dodgers winning the World Series.

Lion Melinda had a happy buck for a recent trip to the coast she had taken, where she celebrated former club member Genie Berchum’s 75th birthday.

Lion Geoff also had a happy buck for the Dodgers’ World Series victory.

Lion Roy had happy bucks for Games 6 and 7 of the World Series, and also one because he rode his motorcycle to the meeting today.

Lion Pete had a buck for Game 7 of the World Series, although he was hoping the Blue Jays would win; it was a great game. He was also happy for our guest, Shelly, being here today.

Lion Mark was also happy that Shelly was with us today and that the Dodgers had won the World Series.

Lion Dee was happy that his Granddaughter was in a play at the Enchanted Playhouse, and he was happy that BY football was (and is still) undefeated.

Lion President Tom was happy for the Dodgers winning the World Series, hoped the USC Trojans would win their game that evening, and was happy he was going on his annual hunting trip.

Lion Tom Link had a happy buck, Go Fresno State Bulldogs.

Fines

Lion Tom Link fined Lion Geoff because Geoff’s Dodger shirt hurt his eyes.

Lion Melinda, who had been at the coast celebrating former club member Genie Burchum’s 75th birthday, did not bring back anything to auction off.

Trivia

World Series trivia

For Lion Bob: What team has won the most World Series titles and how many?  Lion Bob got 50% correct; he knew it was the Yankees but missed the number, 27 titles.

For Lion Dee: who has the most World Series Home Runs: His guess, Yogi Berra, was close, as he did play with the leader, Mickie Mantle, who hit 18 homers. (Yogi played in an astounding 75 World Series Games)

For Lion Geoff: What was the largest crowd ever to see a World Series Game?  His guess of this year’s Game 7 was not correct. The answer was 92,706 who attended game 5 of the 1959 World Series at the LA Coliseum.

For Lion Mark: Who was the only person to pitch a perfect game in a World Series, and what year was it?  Mark could not answer, but bunted it to Lion Steve, who knew it was the Yankees’ Don Larson in the 1956 World Series against who else, the Brooklyn Dodgers.  

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Tony, who donated it to the Eye Foundation.

Lotto ticket: Lion Karen.

The marble drawing also went to Lion Karen, but she did not win a cent, nothing, nada.

Lion Tony won the free ad today and says Go Broncos.