Mary Jane, also from VEAC talking giving our program today.
President Craig counting down the last few meetings of his tenure.
President Craig began the meeting today by calling on Lion Pat to sing My Country Tis of Thee, Lion Bob Bricker to lead us in saluting the flag to do the invocation, Lion Dee.
Guests today were our program, Iris and Mary Jane from the Visalia Emergency Aid Council.
Announcements
Lion Steve began the meeting by giving the third and final reading of the slate of officers and board members for the 2021-22 year. Lion Aaron won the presidency with a unanimous vote. No recounts here.
Mark your calendars for our Installation dinner, Thursday, June 17th at the Vintage Press. If you have not done so already, contact Vicki at 559-799-5828 and let her know how many will be there. 5:00-6:00: happy hour, dinner at 6:00.
June Birthdays
After going through a series of birthdays that were in July, Lion Craig, blaming the mix-up on Lion Steve, finally got it right and we sang happy birthday to Lion Dee, who was the only one in attendance with a birthday in June.
Happy Bucks
Lion Aaron was happy because three of the greatest tennis players in history were playing in the French Open.
Lion Dee was happy that the Giants had won four out of five games against the Dodgers and were in first place.
Lion Bob Line was happy that his team beat Lion Tom Links team in golf this morning.
Lion Allen was happy that stock for AMC theaters had “shot to the moon” and he had gained enough money to pay for his “stupid” flood insurance. His son had won considerably more with that same stock.
Lion Vicki was happy her husband was doing landscaping this morning. Mention was made of fertilizer being used. She was also happy that Iris and Mary Jane were with us today.
Lion Pat had $10, asking for a clarification of the fertilizer, and suggested it was 10 minutes from cow to lawn. Could this be a new business venture?
Lion Karen was happy she was going to Laughlin for a few days. Hoping to cool off no dought.
Lion Craig was $10 happy he was able to see his daughter and son-in-law this past week and that was the reason he was not in attendance last week.
Lion Karen was happy for Aaron stepping in and leading the meeting last week. We gained over $90 in fines and happy bucks with him as our leader.
Fines
Lion Dee fined Lion Pat for the fertilizer joke.
Lion Vicki fined Lion Allen for profanity in the lunch line. She did not elaborate.
Secret Greeter
Lion Vicki, who shared with all of us that Lions Steve, Pat, Tony, and Bob Line had not shaken her hand. (or fist bumped)
Winners and Losers
Our guest speaker today, Mary Jane won the $5 and donated it back to the club.
Lion Roy won the Lotto drawing again this week (two weeks in a row) and let it be said that I owe nothing to the club once again.
Marble: Lion Betty, who did not win. So she won but didn’t win.
2021-2022 Slate of Officers and Directors
It’s official fokes
President Aaron Odell
1st VP Jeff Meader
2nd VP Tony Loliva
IPP Craig Wheaton
Secretary Steve Gerrard
Treasurer Karen McVaigh
Directors (2 yrs) Roy Dressel
Betty Odell
Directors (1 yr) Lauri Aguilar
Brent Robinson
Past Pres. Dir. Brad Board
Open
Head Tail Twister Vicki Whitehouse
Head Lion Tamer Pat Harrison
Head Greeter Melinda Blankenship
Membership Chair Aaron Odell
Note: Open spot for Past Pres. Dir.
Lion Vicki won the Free Add this week and this is getting better.
President-elect Lion Aaron leads the meeting today in President Craig’s absence.
Lion Brad was $20 happy to be at club today.
Standing in for president Craig today was president-elect Lion Arron who called on Lion Dee to sing God Bless America, Lion Bob Line to do the invocation, and future first lady Lion Betty to lead us in saluting the flag.
Lion Vicki won the No Fine Badge.
Guests today were our program, District 4-A2 governor, Lion David Beeman, and his wife, past district governor Vicki Beeman.
Announcements
Lion Steve did the second reading of next year’s slate of officers. The list appears at the end of this newsletter. A not here, we are still looking to fill a Past President position on the board.
District Governor Lion David announced that the state student speaker contest winner was from our district (4-A2). Alexandre Widman, a senior from Orosi high school was awarded $21,000 in scholarship money.
Also, the district convention this year was held virtually but this coming Friday and Saturday, June 4th and 5th, there will be an in-person day here in Visalia, at the Lamp liter Inn. Friday is a food and fun night, with food booths starting to serve at 5:00 followed by music and dancing until the DJ wears out.
Saturday will be officer training starting at 10 AM and all finished by 3:00 PM. contact David at (559) 584-7510 if you plan on attending Saturday as they need a headcount for the free lunch.
Mark your calendars for our Installation dinner, Thursday, June 17th at the Vintage Press. If you have not done so already, contact Vicki at 559-799-5828 and let her know how many will be there.
Happy Bucks
Lion Tom Gabie was happy that he had finished the Clubs taxes.
Lion Brad Board was $20 happy to be at the meeting today, as he had not been in attendance for a few weeks.
Lion Allen was happy that people care about him, especially the lady from Inda who keeps calling him about his auto warranty. He was also happy that he got three checks in the mail from State Farm insurance for his COVID rebate.
Lion Dee was happy for memorial day and wanted to remember all those who had given all for their country.
Lion Tom Link was happy they had power in their neighborhood. Apparently, a utility pole had gone down and Edison had brought in a generator to supply power to his neighborhood.
Lion Roy was also happy because the Darling Hotel was ranked one of the top 25 new hotels in the world on Trip Advisor.
Lion Aaron was happy we are all here today, and he also got an insurance refund.
Lion Vicki was happy because her husband is doing well and playing golf today.
Fines
Lion Vicki fined Lion Betty for having a big photo in the newspaper covering her appearance at the city council meeting regarding the smoke shop near Huston School.
Lion Roy fined Lion Brad for not paying attention when he was driving to the meeting today. He did not see Roy walking along Center street.
Lion Vicki fined bot Lion Tom Link and Lion Bob Line for taking while Lion Aaron was trying to conduct the meeting.
Lion Karen fined herself for going to the coast this past week, buying an item to auction here at the club then forgetting to bring it today. Next week she says.
Lion Allen fined Lion Steve for spending about twenty minutes trying to figure out how to work Zoom at the last board meeting.
Lion Roy fined himself for forgetting about the Board meeting.
Lion Karen fined Lion Aaron for messing up Govoner David Beeman’s name.
Lion Tom Link fined Lion Karen for making Lion Rick stay home and babysit while she comes to meetings.
lion Vicki fined both Lion Bob Line and Lion Pat Harrison for making short jokes. She also Fined Lion Bob Line for pretending he was Janet by taking an extra name tag she had and putting it on to avoid being fined for no name tag.
Winners and Losers
Lion Karen won the $5 drawing and donated it to the Leo club.
Lion Roy won the Lotto drawing and let it be said that I owe nothing to the club next week, 10% of nothing is still nothing.
Today’s Program
Lion David Beeman gave us some information in his talk about the new Lions app called My Lion, with some valuable information on it and available for both iOS and Android.
District Governor Lion David Beeman was our program today.
Governor David’s wife Vicki accompanied her husband and is herself a PDG.
Lion Bob Bricker won the ability to draw for the white marble but was not lucky enough to get it.
District Governor David Beeman had award pins for several lions for years of service in the club. Lion Dee was the only member present and was awarded a forty yaar pin.
2021-2022 Slate of Officers and Directors
President Aaron Odell
1st VP Jeff Meader
2nd VP Tony Loliva
IPP Craig Wheaton
Secretary Steve Gerrard
Treasurer Karen McVaigh
Directors (2 yrs) Roy Dressel
Betty Odell
Directors (1 yr) Lauri Aguilar
Brent Robinson
Past Pres. Dir. Brad Board
Open
Head Tail Twister Vicki Whitehouse
Head Lion Tamer Pat Harrison
Head Greeter Melinda Blandenship
Membership Chair Aaron Odell
Note: Open spot for Past Pres. Dir.
Lion Steve won the Free Add this week and I am so thankful.
Our meeting today was held at Quail Park at Shannon Ranch on Flagstaff Ave. in North Visalia. Lion Bob Line, a resident at Shannon Ranch arranged today’s lunch. (thanks Bob) Our meeting began with Kathleen Remillard of Shannon Ranch welcoming us and giving us a little overview of the facility. Lion Pat got right to the point by asking how much it costs, after all, nothing happens without money.
We dispensed with the song, happy bucks, and fines but we did have a nice lunch provided by Quail Park and spent the time in conversation.
We did have two guests today, Lion Lori brought along her boyfriend’s father, Ron Hicks to our meeting. He is considering joining the club, and Lemoore’s Lions president Neil Johnson was also with us. He is also thinking of joining one of the Visalia clubs after his stint as president is over, as he lives here in town. We were told to be on our best behavior so as to lure them both into our club.
Announcements
Lion Betty announced the results of the city council meeting last Monday evening in Visalia. On the counsel’s agenda, that evening was the smoke shop that was slated to open two blocks from Huston School. She informed us that very few people attended the meeting and no one from the school was there. The measure lost 2-1.
Installation Dinner: Thursday, June 17th at the Vintage Press, 5:30 cocktails, 6:30 dinner. $25 for Lions members, $30 for guests.
Memorial service for Don Landers: Last October Lion Don Landers passed away. Due to COVID, there was no public service. I received an email from July, his wife, that there will be a service on October 16th at 11:00 at Gateway Church. I put this on our Lions Calendar on our website.
Next week’s meeting will be back at Left of Center and our District Governor, Lion David Beeman will be our program.
Guest Lion Neil Johnson is serving his second term as president of the Lemoore Lions Club
Lion Betty explains the disappointing results of the Visalia City council meeting dealing with the smoke shop near Huston school.
Kathleen Remillard of Quail Park Shannon Ranch welcoming us all here.
Lion president Craig brought our meeting to order and he called on Lion Dee to sing our song, God Bless America, and Lion Allen to lead us in saluting the flag, and Lion Betty to do our invocation.
Announcements:
This coming meeting, Friday, May 21s meeting will be hosted at Quail Park Shannon Ranch, hosted as there will not be a charge for the lunch. Free food, boys and girls. Quail Park Shannon Ranch is located at 3440 W Flagstaff Ave, just north of the interaction pf Demaree and W. Riggen Ave. They will be asking if you have been vaccinated, and if not, they will be giving you a quick covid test before you go in.
The following Friday, May 28th we will be back at Left of Center with our District Governor as our program.
Our Tail Twister, Lion Vicki won the no fine badge today.
This year’s installation dinner will be Thursday, June 17th, arrival 5-5:30, and dinner served at 6:30. $25 cost for Lions members, $30 for guests. Call Lion Vicki at 559-799-5828 if you have not signed up for the evening at one of our Friday meetings.
Lion’s Betty and Aaron gave $20 as their 10% to the club for winning the marble drawing at a former meeting.
Happy Bucks
Lion Dee, showing his excitement for Chris Baldwin’s happy buck.
Lion Dee had a happy buck because he saw former Lion Chris Baldwin, and Chris wanted to pass on the following: Go Dodger Blue.. although Lion Dee could not get the words out that Chris had asked him to say, but we all knew what they were. He said that Chris was going to be coming back to the club sometime in the future.
Lion Pete was happy that he was able to see his grandkids in North Carolina recently and also $5 happy because he left his Kindle on the airplane, and it was found and being returned to him by American Airlines.
Lion Bob Line was happy to see three of his great-grandsons play in a baseball game recently.
Lion Bob tell us all where to go, to get to Quail Park Shannon ranch for this weeks meeting.
Lion Pat was happy that his daughter-in-law was pregnant.
Lion George was happy that his great-granddaughter was excited to watch the film made when he piloted a plane for the last time.
Lion Betty was happy that the money she won from the marble drawing exactly paid for a dinner out with friends.
Fines
Lion Janet was fined for being late.
Lion Vicki fined herself because a friend gave her a Dodger mask, and she forgot to wear it to counter the mask warn by our President, Lion Craig.
Secreg greater was Lion Pete,
Lion Tony got to draw for the white marble but he came up with another color. No win. Better luck next time.
Lion Bon Line won the Lotto drawing, we shall see this week if he won the big bucks.
$5 Drawing went to Lion Aaron who gave it to the Leo club.
Lester Moon talks to the club at our April 21, 2021 meeting.
Lion Bob Line lead us in singing My Country Tis of Thee. Our own pastor, Lion George Fry did the invocation, and Lion Brett lead us in saluting our flag.
Guests: Our only guest today was Lester Moon, who was our program for the day.
Announcements
Lion president Craig announced that at last Tuesdays’ board meeting, the decision was made to keep the next two board meetings (the last two of his term) on zoom.
Lion President Craig
Lion Craig also announced that we need to get a past president’s meeting together soon. The past president’s meeting is held to select Lion of the Year.
Our only guest today was our program, Lester Moon from Hands in The Community.
Lion Melinda reminded us that this year there will be a golf tournament at Valley Oaks on September 17th.
Upcoming programs
April 23: Our own Lion George fry will recount the adventure of his Last Flight.
April 30th: Alberto Ramos of CASA will be at our meeting.
May 7th: Adrian Leal, Principal of our adopted Huston School, will be here to give us an update on life in school or on Zoom.
Have a program idea for the club, have them contact Roy (roydressel@gmail.com or call 559-289-2382) or Craig (everydaycraig@yahoo.com)
Lion Karen announced that since the beginning of our physical year, July 1st, 2020, the club gave $8,500 to charities.
Happy bucks:
Lion Betty was happy because a north Texas pitcher, Hope Trautwein became the first NCAA Division, 1 player, to throw a perfect game by striking out all 21 batters she faced. 21 Strikeouts how about that for a girl. Played against Arkansas Pine Bluff in a 3-0 Victory. Every out being a strikeout. Now that is an accomplishment.
Lion Bob Line was happy that his great-granddaughter was the best over gymnast at a recent competition, taking some credit for the lineage.
Lion George, next week’s program, was happy that one time a plane he was flying stalled, and after having to restart it four times he was able to land it safely.
Lion Pat was happy that Lion George was still what he refried to as a tail dragger.
Lion John was happy he went fishing.
Lion Dee was happy his four year old granddaughter was back in school four days a week.
Lion Melinda was $20 happy that she could be at the meeting with all of us today. The lions club is an extended family.
Lion Brett was happy that his son turned 4 and started playing T-Ball, and he had another happy buck because Wall Street had hit an all-time high.
Lion Allen was happy that his beloved Red Sox were on a nine-game winning streak and that he had won $10 last week with the Lotto tickets.
Lion Vickie was happy her husband was doing great and was out Trap Shooting and for our speaker today, Lester Moon.
Lion Betty was happy that Lion Vicki was going to be helping with Lions Aaron’s installation dinner.
Lion Tom was happy his daughter had finished her chemo treatment’s, and happy Lester was here also.
Lion George was happy, but I am not sure what for. We will just leave it at that.
Fines
Lion Brent fined Lion Bob Line for taking credit for his granddaughter’s achievement, suggesting that the linage in the family helped with her gymnastics.
Lion Vicki fined Lion George for spittle flying all over Lion Tom earlier when George had a happy buck.
Lion Tom was fined for being late again.
Secret Greater: Pat
Lion Tom fined Lion Pat for not remembering that Pat had not shook Tom’s hand.
Drawings:
Lion John Parker draws for the white marble, but came up green.
$5 Lion Dee, gave to the Leo club.
Lotto Tickets: Lion Bob Bricker.
Lion Bob Bricker checking to see if he won anything on his lotto ticket.
Our Program today was given by Lester Moon about three originations that he is in charge of and who help the community with projects like yard clean up, fence building, and various other projects. Ove 365 projects a year.
Lion Dee lead us in singing God Bless America. Our Flag salute was lead by Lion Betty and the Invocation by Lion John Parker.
Announcements:
Lion President Craig announced that the next board meeting would be taking place on Tuesday, April 13th at 5:30 on Zoom. Please use the following link to access
Lion Craig noted that we need programs. If you have any ideas for a good program, please refer them to Lion Craig at everydaycraig@yahoo.com or Lion Roy at roydressel@gmail.com, and we will get them set up.
Lion Allen won the coveted No Fine Badge.
Lion Allen won the no fine badge.
Lion Craig announced that Lion Lauri has secured a date for the next Murder Mystery dinner, but it won’t be until next year. July 16th, 2022.
Lion Daryl Farnsworth was laid to rest on Tuesday, April 6th, at the Visalia Cemetery. Daryl was a long-time member of the Visalia Host Lions. He was president of our club in 1997-98 and an all-around good guy. He will be missed.
Happy Bucks:
Lion John was happy that he has been able to go fishing several times lately, and he was happy his stepdaughter will be getting married soon. She is having her bachelorette party in Miami Beach, plus he and his wife are going on a trip with friends soon.
Lion Pat was happy his son came home unannounced last night. His home is closing escrow early.
Lion George had a happy buck because he would fly his airplane one last time soon. Most of the club wanted either a warning just before takeoff or to make sure George would fly only over open fields for safety’s sake. (for the rest of us, that is)
Lion Allen was $5 happy because he won at the slots in Vegas, and he had one for having know Lion Darrell Farnsworth.
Lion Vickie was happy her husband was doing great; in fact, he was Trap Shooting in Oakhurst as we were meeting today. She was also happy for Lion Betty and Husband Lion Aaron for being in charge of our meeting last week. She also had a happy buck because her kids went to Walt Disney World for a week and had a great time.
Lions Betty and Aaron leading the April 2 meeting
Lion Karen was $20 happy because she was finished with cancer treatments, and she and Rick were fully vaccinated.
Lion president Craig was $5 happy because Lions Aaron and Betty filled in for him at last week’s meeting, and he was going to help close down the Ski resort this coming weekend. Plus, he and his girlfriend booked a six-day rafting trip down The Colorado River this coming July.
Fines:
Lion Vicki fined Lion Betty for another short joke.
Lion Allen fined Lion Roy for making a mistake on the newsletter a couple of weeks ago, getting July Wooley’s name wrong.
Secret greater: Lion George was the secret greater, but that caused many arguments because George claimed that people fist-bumped him instead of shaking his hand. Most of us claimed that we could not be fined by following COVID protocols, so very little, if any, money was earned for the club.
Program: Nope, we didn’t have one.
Raffles:
$5, Lion Bob Bricker won it and gave it to the Leo Club.
Lotto: Allen, we’ll see if his luck holds from his Vegas trip.
Lion Pat won the ability to draw the white marble, but he had no luck.
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