Lion Tom Link auctioning off a bag of cookies. 

President Tony led our meeting today and had Lion Leigh do the flag salute, Lion Pat leed us in singing My Country Tis of Thee, and Lion Bob Line do the invocation.

The No Fine Badge went to Lion Leigh Mosconi today, and Lion Aaron did the Lion Tammer’s job. 

Lion Elaine was our secret greater today, and everyone shook her hand.

Announcements 

Allen announced that we had done 52 eye screenings at the Trunk or Treat event at Quail Park Shannon Ranch on October 29th and thanked Lions Roy and Rick for helping him.

Note: Board meeting this coming Wednesday, the 9th, at Quail Park Shannon Ranch, be on the lookout for a menu from Lion Lauri.

Lion Allen was taking up a collection to buy Lottery quick picks for Saturday’s billion-dollar lottery. (no one won, so we all came up empty)

Guests 

Our one guest today was also our program, Noe Garibay.

Auction Items

Today was a day for auction items; we started it off with Lion Betty, who had been to the coast for Lion Aaron’s birthday and brought back some Almond Brittle that went to Lion pat for $8; Lion Tom Link had also been to the coast and had a bag of cookies from the Brown Butter Cookie Company that were purchased for $7 by Lion Roy (and they were good) Lion Pete had a Golf Marker from St. Andrews golf course in Scotland, where golf got its start over 600 years ago, the marker went for Lion pat for $20.

Happy Bucks

Lion Aaron was happy that he and Betty had been to Avila Beach last week for his birthday.

Lion Leigh was $5 happy to be back at a club meeting after many weeks away; in that time, he got a new granddaughter and celebrated his 36th anniversary.

Lion Roy had a happy buck for the California September 11th memorial in Clovis, close to his home. The beautiful memorial even has a sapling from the tree that survived the attacks 21 years ago in New York.

Lion Pat was happy to let us know that if we wanted to give to the Tulare County Special Olympics, we should send our check to Leigh because if we give to the state of national Special Olympics, non of that money goes to Tulare County. (Leigh is the head of the Tulare County Special Olympics)

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy for all those who had helped at the recent band review.

Lion Elaine was happy about the rain we had received and the coming rain.

Lion Karen was thankful for all the help selling pumpkins at the Trunk of treat.

Lion President Tony was also happy for the Trunk or Treat, where we sold $400 worth of pumpkins and had a great time.

Lion Tom Link was happy Halloween was over, as he had over 1,500 kids that evening. (did he have one of those counters that they have when you go in the door at Costco?)

Lion Pat was happy they had an old fashion hay ride in Elderwood with about 20 kids, from babies to teens.

Fines

Lion Pete fined Lion Tom Link because Tom’s phone rang during the meeting.

Lion Allen fined Lion Aaron for going to the coast for his birthday instead of going to the New Members’ night in Caruthers.

Lion Tom Link fined Lion Tom Link because he had to leave early.  OK, OK, he fined himself, but I was just seeing if you were reading this. 

Lion Pete fines Lion Tom Link for the phone call.

Winners and Losers

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

Lotto tickets went to Lion Pat. 

Lion Bob Line won the Free add today. 

Lion Allen making a point.

President Tony led our monthly evening meeting and called on Lion Steve to lead us in the pledge, Lion Bob Line to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Melinda to do the invocation.

No fine badge: Went to Lion Roy.

Announcements

Lion Tony announced the Trunk or Treat event at Quail Park Shannon Ranch, where our club would sell pumpkins and offer eye screenings on Saturday night, October 29th, from 5:00-8:00. The event went off well, with lots of attendees, and the club selling $340 worth of pumpkins. Lions Lauri, Dennis, Melinda, Brad, Karen, President Tony, and his wife Nancy helped. Lion Bob Line encouraged people to have a pumpkin painted, and their children’s eyes screened at the eye screening tent, where Lions Allen, Roy, and Rick screened about 45 kids.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Melinda was $20 happy we were still doing our evening meetings, giving her a chance to attend. She was also happy that she had spent a week visiting former Host Lions members Ed and Carol Jones who had moved to Texas. They both said hi to all the club members. They have joined a Lions Club in Texas, and things are going well. $10 of the twenty was for not bringing anything back from her trip.

Lion Roy was happy he could ride his motorcycle to work today as he had had to drive his car for a couple of weeks.

Fines

The only fines today were because of people not wearing their badges: Lion Bob Line, Lion Steve, and Lion president Tony.

Winners and Losers

$5 went to Lion Bob Line, who donated it to the eye foundation.

Lotto tickets went to Lion Melinda.

Marble: Lion Roy won the ability to find the white marble, but he came up short.

Today’s Program

Lion Bob Line won the free add this week. 

Lion Betty making change for a happy buck. 

Lion President Tony lead the meeting today and called on Lion Craig to lead us in the pledge, Lion Dee to lead us in singing God Bless America, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

Announcements

Our monthly evening meeting is this Wednesday night, October 26th, at 5:30, at Quail Park Shannon Ranch.

Guests

We had three guests today, Visalia School district superintendent Kirk Shrum, who was our program, with him was Andre Pecina, who, based on the information on his business card says he is an Administrator, communications, strategy, and outreach for the district. Also with us was president Tony’s wife, Nancy.

Auction Items

Lions Betty and Aaron had been to Lake Tahoe and brought back a box of fudge that Lion Betty auctioned off for $13 to Lion Karen, with Lion Pat chipping in $3 of that total.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy as he made the choking motion because the Dodgers had lost in the first round of the playoffs. The ABD (anyone but the Dodgers) wish had come true. 

Lion Miriam was going camping at Pismo for one night; it would be her first time camping, so one night was good, in case this was not to her liking.

Lion Craig was happy because he was leaving for a trek in Nepal on Monday.

Lion Karen was happy for the visitors today, and happy Lion Pat helped here with the purchase of the fudge.

Lion Bob Line was happy because the logo now being used for Visalia Unified was designed when he was superintendent.

Lion Allen was happy the two vision screenings went well at the charter schools this past Wednesday. He was also happy Lion Craig helped out.

Lion Tom Link was happy the band review went so well last Saturday.

Fines

Lion Betty fined Lion Roy because he had his badge sideways.

Lion Karen fined herself for haveing to leave early. 

Lion Tom Link was fined because he was late. 

Winners and Losers

$5 went to Lion Roy who donated it to the Eye Foundation.

Lotto tickets went to Lion Pat.

Lion Craig drew for the coveted white marble but came up with another color that did not net him anything.

Lion Betty points to Lion Pat as today’s winner of the Lotto ticket. 

Brent Calvin, today’s program won the no-fine badge. He sold it to Lion Tom Link, the first dual no-fine badge in club history. 

Lion President Tony lead the meeting today and called on Lion Karen to lead us in the pledge, Lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country Tiss of Thee, plus Lion Brad to do the invocation.

Secret greater: Lion Bob Line was the secret great today, was only Lion Janet, and Lion Bob Bricker did not shake his hand. “worth every penny,” they said.

Announcements

Lion Tom Gaebe made one last announcement about the band review on Saturday, the 15th. 32 Bands would be in attendance.

Lion Allen announced that there would be a Vision Screening at Quail Park Shannon Ranch as part of their Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, October 29th, from 5-8 PM.

Auction Items 

Lion Karen had been to Grece and brought back a bag of Olives purchased by Lion Pat for $10. She also auctions off a small bottle of Anise Liqueur from her trip to Greece that Steve purchased for $10.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Craig had $5 happy bucks as he counted down the days until his trip to Nepal. He told us that Katmandu, the largest city in Nepal, was also the largest city in the world without running water.

Lion Tom Link was happy that Lion Bob Line was inducted into the COS hall of fame and that the COS Girls Volley Ball team was the best.

Lion Janet was with us today and was $10 happy for that fact.

Lion Allen was happy to see Janet and that the charter school vision screening was coming up this Wednesday.

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy the USC Trojans were ranked 12th in the nation in football.

Lion Bard was also glad to see Janet.

Lion Karen was glad to see Lion Janet because Karen was the only girl at today’s meeting before Janet arrived.

Fines

Lion Allen fined Lion Roy for the “Greek” joke he told and could not repeat in public.

Winners and Losers

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

The Lotto tickets went to Lion Tony.

Lion Tony won the free ad, and this hurts. It seemed son innocent on Friday. 

Our newest member, Lion Colin Franey, gets his Lions name badge.

Lion President Tony led the meeting today and called on Lion Brad Board 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.

The No fine badge went to Lion Brad Board. 

Lion Roy was the secret greater and was able to avoid several people and earn the club some much-needed cash.

Announcements

This was our monthly birthday callout, but none of the members who had birthdays was present, so we skipped it.

Lion Roy announced that we had received two pairs of eyeglasses donated by Mary Dyck, who contacted us through our website. We do get frequent contacts from our website, so more people are finding our club.

Lion Tom Gaebe announced and took sign-ups for the band review taking place next Saturday, the 15th. Thirty-three bands are in the review this year.

Lion Allen announced a Vision Screening is being held at Valley Life Charter School on Wednesday the 19th from 9:30-1:30. Anyone who would like to help contact Allen at 936-4563.

New Lion Colin Franey was given his name badge and time to talk a little about himself.

Auction Items

No auction items today, but Lion Tom Gabie recently went to Alaska fishing and didn’t bring anything back except $10 cash.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee was happy for his ABD team in the baseball playoffs: ABD=Anyone But the Dodgers.

Lion Pat was happy that Pete had helped him get some money returned.

Lion Steve was happy his son, who was in South Carolina recently during Hurricane Ian, got out safely.

Lion Bob Line was happy for Fresno State Alum Aaron Judge hitting 62 home runs and taking the American league record.

Lion Brad was happy to see that Lion Colin was an Eagle Scout along with Lions Pete and Himself.

Lion Pat was happy that his dad was also an eagle scout and, at the time, was too young to have it awarded. He had to wait till he got of age to receive the award.

Lion Pete was optimistic when he said that the Giants might acquire Aaron Judge next season, and he was also happy because that afternoon, he was leaving for LAX and a trip to Ireland for two weeks.

Lion Allen was happy his daughter got a job.

Lion Craig was happy he was going to Shaver Lake with his girlfriend, but her mom and dog were also coming along. We’ll see how happy he is next week.

Fines

Lion Tom Link fined Lion Tom Gabie for playing the USC fight song right next to him during the meeting, and he could not hear what Lion Tony was saying.

Lion Allen fined Lion Bob Line, an FSU alum, because the Fresno State football team lost to one of the worst teams in the country last week.

Winners and Losers

$5 went to Lion Bob Line, who donated it to the eye foundation.

Lotto tickets went to Lion Tony.

Lion Pat drew for the coveted white marble but came up with another color that netted him zero dollars.

Today’s Program

Our program was a no-show for today so we went home early. 

Lion Tom Gabie won the Free Add this week. 

Visalia Fire chief Dan Griswold gives our club insight into the goings on at the fire dept.

El Presidente Lion Tony led the meeting today and asked Lion Miriam to lead us in saluting the flag, Lion Pat to lead us in singing My Country Tis of Thee, and Lion Aaron to do the invocation.

Lion Craig won the no fine badge today.

Announcements

Next week will be our Monthy evening meeting at Quail Park Shannon Ranch. If you have not received the email from Lion Lauri, please contact her and let her know if you will be attending that meeting. Quail Park needs to know how much food to repair. Dinner is $20.

Auction Items

Lion Brent had gone to Las Vegas but did not bring back anything to auction off (he said it was all business), so he donated $10.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Pat was happy that his nephew had gone to State Line Nevada and won some cash more than once, $1,200 on one occasion, $800 another time.

Lion Bob Line was happy that he was celebrating his birthday this week.

Lion Dee was happy his granddaughter would be in the Little Thearders production of  The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf at the Rawhide Stadium this October 13-15.

Lion Aaron was happy Fire Chief Dan Griswold was with us today and he had a happy buck for being able to watch Rober Federer’s last tennis match. Seeing the three best tennis players (Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal) at one time was a joy.

Lion Karen had ten happy bucks, five for her new granddaughter, and 5 for the fact that she will be going on holiday to Greece. 

Lion Brent, our program chairman, was $5 happy, partly because chief Griswold could make it on short notice for our program today, and his daughter was getting back into Gymnastics.

Lion Craig had a happy $140. He found out that he had paid his dues twice, so he proceeded to give us a long story (for that extra $140 that he donated to the club)  about going through some old mementos and finding his Middle School report card, which was not such a good one as we found out. He also found out from his 90-year-old Cusson that a wedding dress that had been handed down through the family was made from a parashot that his dad had brought back with him from WWII. Lion Pat followed that up with a comment about the bride trying to bail out.

Fines

Lion Dee fined Lion Tom Link for bragging about his golf game.

Lion Dee fined the Dodger fans for not being happy about winning the west. 

Lion Pat fined Lion Tom Link because he closed his clothing store (ten years or more ago), and he has no place to buy good clothing.

Winners and Losers

$5  Lion Craig, who donated it to the Lions Eye foundation.

The Lotto tickets went to Lion Bob Line.

Lion Dee won the marble drawing but not the white marble.

Lion Craig got the no fine badge today. 

Lion Craig won the free ad and went with the Giants.