The crowd at Saturday’s Murder Mystery Dinner.
A good time was had ball all, well, all except the three that died. 

Saturday’s I Love the 80s to Death Murder Mystery Dinner went off without a hitch. Fun was had, a murder, or actually three murders were solved, and everyone went home alive.
Lion Tom Link was the big winner, going home with three raffle prizes; several of our members went back in time, dressing up in ’80s attire complete with wigs and those fabulous 80s fashions.

Todays Meeting

This month, bullpen president Lion Brad led our meeting today and called on Lion Bob Line to lead us in singing God Bless America, Lion John Parker for the flag salute, and Lion Dee to do the invocation.

Guests today included Zone Charman Johnathan Ward from the Pride Lions Club and Lisa Monteiro from the Mineral King Preservation Society, who was our program today.

Lion John Parker won the no-fine badge.

Announcements

Lion Tom Gabie will once again head the club’s participation in the band review and announced that this year’s date will be Saturday, October 21.

Lion President Brad announced one last time that the Murder Mystery dinner was Saturday evening.

Happy Bucks 

Lion John Parker was happy he could attend a meeting of the Buttonwill Lions Club recently. In a town of 1,600, this club has 169 members and is the highest per capita Lions Club Membership in the nation, if not the world.

Lion Johnathan Ward was happy to be visiting our club.

Lion Mark was happy to see Jonathan Ward here and was happy his daughter, Rebecca Lynn, finished her orientation at Kaweah Delta.

Lion Allen was happy the Murder Mystery dinner was finally here. He was also happy his son Travis, an air marshall, had completed his year of probation on the job.

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy for USC.

Lion Roy was also happy that the Murder Mystery dinner was here.

Fines

Fines were levied against Lion Tom Link and Lion Mark for being late. 

Drawings 

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

The marble drawing went to Lion Tony, who did not pick the white marble.

The Lotto ticket drawing went to Lion Bob Line. Rumor has it that he spent his entire winnings on raffle tickets at the Murder Mystery Dinner. 

Programs

Zone Charman Jonathan Ward gave a short program on some goals this year. 

Lisa Monteiro was our the program also. Lisa is the director of the Mineral King Preservation Society and her talk was about the history of Mineral King Valley and the goals of the society.  

Fellow Lions at the end of the Murder Mystery dinner on Saturday, September 16, 2023

Keith Stump, Executive director for Able Inc, talks to our club today. 

In Memory: Lion Bob Bricker  1928-2023

We began our meeting today with a moment of silence in memory of Lion Bob Bricker, who passed on Monday, the 28th. Bob was ninety-five years old, and for 64 of those years, he was a proud Lion. His memorial is scheduled for November 18th; more details will be forthcoming.

Our Meeting

Lion President Brad, the third in a series of bullpen presidents, led the meeting today and called on Lion Dee to lead us in singing My Country Tis of Thee, Lion Allen for the flag salute, and Lion Bob Line to do the invocation.

Being the first meeting of September, we sang happy birthday to those with birthdays this month. Lions Tom Gaebe, Lion Bob Line, and Lion Tony were all in attendance.

Speaking of Lion Tony, the birthday boy won the no-fine badge today and was today’s secret greater. And apparently, he was not too popular as several people had to pay up for not shaking his hand.

Announcements

Lion Dee announced that the LaSierra Leo Club held their first meeting. It was an organizational meeting.

This Tuesday, Sept. 5th, there will be a visitation with the Sunset Lions at Marie Callenders; the meeting starts at  6:00. Contact Allen (559-936-4563)  if you wish to attend; he needs a couple more people to make it official.

Murder Mystery dinner is just two weeks away. We need gift baskets and cards, and we need people to attend; tell your friends, neighbors, and the people you work with.

Auction Items 

Lion Allen had spent a week in Vegas and brought back a pink Vegas ball cap that Karen bought for $5. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Dee had a sad buck for the passing of Lion Bob Bricker; he was a good friend and will be missed.

Lion Bob Line was happy that his third daughter and her husband were doing another Honda commercial for their car, which has over 800,000 miles on the clock.

Lion Tom Link also had a sad buck for Lion Bob Bricker’s passing; he had fond memories of snow skiing and golfing with Lion Bob. He did have a happy buck for the USC Trojans.

Lion Pete was sad that Lion Bob Bricker had passed. He was happy that his backpacking trip had gone well, and he could check off one more thing on his bucket list with his climbing of Half Dome.

Lion Aaron was happy he could attend the meeting and that Lion Bettie was feeling better.

Lion Pat was happy his third grandchild was baptized in Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove. He said that place was so big you just about needed a map. He was also sorry to hear about Lion Bob Bricker’s passing.

Lion Roy was happy that his vacation to the Columbia River with his wife Javonna had been fun, but he did not bring back anything to auction off, so he gave $20; he was also sad to hear of Lion Bob Bricker’s passing.

Lion President Brad put in a sad buck for Lion Bob Bricker’s passing.

Fines

Lion Dee fined Lion Karen for ignoring him at a recent Rawhide game. He also fined Lion Tom Link for being rude recently at Costco by honking at him in the parking lot.

Lion Pat fined Lion Aaron for not referring to his wife as “Lion” sweetie.

Lion Elaine was fined for being late.

Lion Tom Link draws a non white marble

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Elaine

The marble drawing went to Lion Tom Link, who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble.

Keith Stump from Able Inc. 

Priscilla Lara, Leo Advisor at LA Sierra Academy 

Todays Meeting

Lion President Mark led our meeting today and called on Lion Dee to lead us in singing God Bless America, Lion Tony for the flag salute, and Lion Brad to do the invocation.

Guest:  Pricilla Lara, an honorary Lion, was our guest today. She is the Leo Advisor at La Sierra Middle School and was our guest today.

Lion Bob Line won the no-fine badge.

Lion Bob was also our secret greeter today.

Announcements

The Three Rivers Lions Club will have its 76th-anniversary party on September 7th; those planning to go should RSVP to Lion Steve by September 2.

Lion Allen announced that we would be having a visitation with the Sunset Lions Club on Tuesday, September 5th, at Marie Calendars, meeting starts at 6:00. Let Allen know if you plan on attending.

Next week’s meeting will be our Wednesday evening at Mountain Mikes Pizza.

Speakers are needed: If you have someone who would be a good program for our club, send them to the sign-up page of our website:  https://www.visaliahostlions.org/booking/
They can find a day that works for them and book it.

Murder Mystery Dinner, September 16th. Need 2-$25 gift cards and your sign-ups now. 

Happy Bucks 

Lion Allen was happy that he was going to be spending a week in Las Vegas.

Lion Bob Line was happy that his daughter and son-in-law were going to be doing another commercial for Honda; seems their Honda has about a million miles on the clock.

Lion Dee was happy that Parcilla was with us today and happy that he has six great-grandkids and four more on the way. (he’ll need a flow chart soon)

Our guest and honorary Lion, Parcilla Lara, was happy to be with us today and ready to kick off another year with the Leo Club.

Lion Brad was happy that Hurchaine Hillory was headed our way with some much-needed rain.

Lion Roy was happy the Dodgers had a commanding lead in the NL West, that Priscilla was with us today, and that he was taking a much-needed vacation with Javonna to the Columbia River for the next couple of weeks.

Lion Colin was happy that he and his wife were headed to Nappa for some R+R, and he was happy to be back at the club after a short absence.

Lion Tony was happy he and his wife Nancy were headed to Colorado to see Nancy’s dad. He was also happy that they had a good time at the Sequoia Lions Visitation this past Wednesday.

Lion John was happy to see Parcilla with us today.

Lion Mark was happy Parcilla went to Mt. Whitney high school where he graduated from and encouraged all Whitney grads to put in a buck. He was halso happy that his daughter moved from Texas to Idaho, where shes only a ten hour drive from Visalia.

Lion Mark holds the marble can and Lion Tony draws a black marble, winning zero dollors. 

Drawings 

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

Lotto ticket: Lion Allen

The marble drawing went to Lion Tony who picked a nonwhite marble, winning nothing but that nonwhite marble.

Visalia Fire chief Dan Griswold talkes to our club.

Todays Meeting

Lion President Allen, who presided over his last meeting as part of our bullpen presidents group, called on Lion Bob Line to lead us in singing God Bless America, Lion Brad for the flag salute, and Lion Betty to do the invocation.

Lion Iris, visiting from the Sequoia Lions Club, won the no-fine badge. 

Lion Pat was the secret greater today, and he was so popular that only Lion Bob Line did not shake his hand.

Announcements

Lion Allen Benoy from the Sequoia Lion Club announced a fundraiser they were having at the Texax Roadhouse on August 23 from 3-9. When you mentioned them at the door, 10% of the proceeds got to the Sequoia Lions.

Lion Karen noted that we still need two $25 gift cards from each club member for the Murder Mystery Dinner on September 16th. Speaking of the MMD, another sponsor came on board; Altura Health will be a $500 sponsor.

At our board meeting this past Wednesday at Valhalas, we voted to give Lion Dees barbershop group $200 toward the Yough Harmony Explosion on September 9th.

Auction Items

Lion Roy had a small box of Jelly Beans that he brought back from his visit to the Ronald Regan Library a couple of weeks ago, and Lion Elaine purchased them for $6.

Happy Bucks 

Lion Karen was happy she could get her flight to Hawaii rerouted to another location and away from the fires.

Lion Pat had relatives in Hawaii who lost their home but were safe.

Lion Tom Gaebe was happy our fire chief Dan Griswold was with us today.

Lion John was happy we had a visitation from the Sequoia Lions today.  We have a visitation scheduled with them for next Tuesday at Amegos Restaurant, 5113 W Walnut Ave.

Lion Pete was $20 happy that Sequoia Lions were with us today; he was happy that his grandson made it to the finals of the Cal Ripken playoffs in Idaho though they did not go on to the World Series. He was also happy he spent some time in San Diego with family and that he would be going on his annual backpacking trip out of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite in a couple of weeks.

Lion Bob Line was happy he got to play a round of golf this morning with Lion Tom Link.

Lion Tom got a birdie on the golf course in his game with Lion Bob, and the bird lived to tell about it.

Lion Mark was happy to see Sequoia Lions today and happy that his daughter got a job as a physical therapist.

Lion Allen Benoy from the Sequoia Lions was happy to be with us today.

Lion Iris from Sequoia was also happy to be here.

Lion Steve was happy he had a good lunch with his son at the Vintage Press.

Lion Tony was happy to see Chief Griswold and the Sequoia Lions.

Lion Roy was happy he could ride the motorcycle today and would go home through Badger after the meeting. He also had a sad buck because his dog Waffles had to be put to sleep a couple of weeks ago.

Lion Pat had a happy $10 for teaching Lion Roy a new word, Piker. Lion Tom accused Roy of being a Piker last week. Was this the North American version of the word or the Australian version?

Fines

Lion Mark fined Lion Bob Line for talking on his phone while driving. 

Lion Roy fined himself for not being at the club for a couple of weeks, and he fined Tom for making him think the former mayor of Washington DC, Marion Berry, was at the club last week. 

Lion Steve drew for the white marble but didn’t get it. 

Drawings 

The $5 drawing went to Lion Larry from the Sequoia Lions who donated it to the Leo club.

Lotto ticket: Lion Tom Link