game. If you can spare some time to raise funds for our Admin coffers, please consider working concerts at the amphitheatre. It takes a healthy Admin budget to run our club and this is a fun way to help raise these type of funds. I look forward to a good year of community service, fellowship, and camaraderie. These are the “perks” that come with being an active member the Fort Vancou-ver Lions club. King Lion Craig Limoges

Fort Vancouver Lions Club

Vancouver, WA., U.S.A.

Established 1955

JULY 2015 ISSUE

V O L U M E 6 2 I S S U E 1 Join Us Each Week

On Friday at High Noon!

China Cook

2804 St. Johns Blvd.

Vancouver, WA 98661

President’s Corner 1

Hillsboro Hops/Fourth

of July potluck

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End of the Year

Celebration

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Strawberry Sales/

Sight Committee

Meeting Minutes

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Board Meeting

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Calendar 7

Sponsors 8

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E : Greetings and welcome to the new fiscal year of our Lions club! Let’s start off by offering a pro-found thanks to Lion Sandy Ham-mond for her leadership over the past year. Also, a wholehearted thank you goes out to Lion Carol Cooper for her years as Secretary, as well as Lion Adam Hegewald, Helen and Terry Sutfin, and Roy Pulliam for their selfless service on our Board. With that, let’s wel-come aboard the exciting slate of new Officers and Board members as listed in this newsletter. Please give your support to these valua-ble members who have re-affirmed their commitment to Li-ons by stepping up to leadership positions within our Club. With active involvement of our mem-bers, we look forward to another successful year. Speaking of active involvement, many thanks to Lions Al Rhyasen, Adam Hegewald, Tony Licata, Ron Nielsen and the rest of the Berry and Fruit committee for our re-cently successful fresh strawberry fundraiser. Cherry sales will be finalized soon so please encourage those who want these sweet juicy treats to get in their orders ASAP! Other activities happening this month are on the calendar and in-clude cherry pickup day, helping out with the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure, and a fun outing to a Hillsboro Hops

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American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure

This bicycle event benefits the American Diabetes Association. On July 25, we will be helping with registration, serving food, and giving awards. Please consider com-ing to help with this worthwhile event! King Lion Craig

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F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N ’ S U P R O A R

King Lion: Craig Limoges

1st VP: Diana Olds

2nd VP: Tony Licata

Past President: Sandy Hammond

Secretary: Doug Wilson

Treasurer: Gay Enyeart

Tail Twister: Chriss Denny

Lion Tamer: Fred Larson

Membership: Dotty Scott

Board Members: Steve Staudinger, Martha

Johnson, Carol Cooper

Program Directors: Bruce Armstrong,

Len Leger, Cheri Martin, Roy Pulliam

Sunshine Committee: Eva Halter

Visitations: Terry Sutfin

Social Committee: Len Leger, Roy Pulliam

Fort Vancouver Lions Club

Officers 2015-16

July 4th Barbecue Lion Tony Licata and his wife Linda would like to host an evening of July 4 Barbecue Potluck at their home in North Vancouver for Lions members and their guests. The backyard in their new home has a lovely

southerly view of fireworks launching on the Columbia River which they would like to share. The party would start at 6:30 PM and continue through the fireworks. Tony and Linda will take care of the grilling meats and soft drinks. Guests will need to bring lawn chairs and a side, salad, or dessert. Guests may also bring wine and or beer to share if they desire. If you would like to attend, please let Lion Tony know the number of people to expect from your party to:

email: amlicatasr@gmail.com or Telephone: 817-528-4211

Hillsboro Hops Game

Our club will be attending the Hillsboro Hops game this year on Sat-urday, August 22nd. It is a 5 PM game. We will tailgate there before

the game too if you want to. The regular price is $16 for lower level tickets. I will check on group tickets once we have an approximate number attending. I will have a signup sheet at the Friday meetings. If you want to email me back I can sign you up too. Thanks, Roy Email: rapid14@aol.com

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Year End Celebration What a year it has been!! Our end of the year celebration was a great success too. Although it was hotter than dick-ens, we had great food, and wonderful fellowship at a beautiful location. Thank you Lions Doug and Tracy for allowing us to use the hanger again at the Pierson Air Museum. If you have never visited the museum make sure to get down this summer some time. During our celebration I handed out 100% attendance pins to many lions. I also thanked the board that served with me last year with a lions coffee mug. I can’t thank them enough for the commitment and dedication to our club in assuring we serve our communities. I also presented Lion Martha Johnson with the “rookie of the Year” award. As I mentioned that night Martha jumped in with both feet when she became a lion. She has backed, sewed, orga-nized, and assisted with many activities. I jokingly said I don’t think she knows the word “No”. The one thing that impressed me with Martha was her eagerness in taking on the Santa Store. That is a big job but Martha was able to pull it off without a hitch. Thank you Martha, you are a wonderful addition to our club. Then finally I awarded “Lion of the Year” to Len Leger. There are so many things I could say about Len but let me touch on a few. Len is the most kind, gentle, respectful person I know. He came to each and every board meeting with great ideas. He didn’t hesitate to voice his opinions but did so in a respectful manner. He participated in many service projects and did a great job in coordinating our social events. The one thing that I wanted to make sure Len was recognized for was his great idea of the “Century Club” awards for our members who between the years of ser-vice and their age totaled 100. We are not sure yet but we might be the first club to recognize those members and if isn’t was for Len we would not have that honor. It’s an honor for me to say that Len is my friend and I thank him for all he does for our club. Finally I want to thank the entire club for the privilege of being your leader for the past year. It was a great experience and who knows I might take it on again in the future. We are a great organization and I am proud to be a member of Fort Vancouver Lions Club. King Lion Sandy Hammond

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Lions Sight Foundation of Clark County June 2, 2015

Board Room, Washington State School for the Blind The meeting was called to order by President Steve Seymour at 6:31 Attending: Bruce Manning, Columbia Crest; Mark Miller, North Clark, Ed Hewitt, Columbia Crest; Don Hol-ly Salmon Creek; Peggy Lansverk, Vancouver Lions; Elsie Holly, Salmon Creek; Bill Lundin, Hazel Dell; Jeff Fish, Hazel Dell; Ralph Harding, Fort Vancouver; Steve Seymour, Ridgefield, Bob Weller, Fort Vancou-ver. It was moved by Don H., seconded by Jeff F. to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2015 meeting. Motion Passed. Treasurer’s Report by Acting Treasurer Ralph Harding Beginning Balance $ 4,981.29 Receipts $ 1,025.00 Cash on Hand $ 6,006.29 Disbursements $ 3,698.56 Balance $ 2,307.71 Pending Payments $ 8,800.00 Available Balance - $ 6,492.29 It was moved by Bill L. seconded by Jeff F to approve financial report. Savings and Investments Report Ralph Harding Investment Value Change Savings $ 2,827.50 + $ .12 USA Cornerstone $ 10,446.26 - $ 43.82 USAA Income Super Fund $ 6,798.17 - $ 26.13 Vanguard-Healthcare $ 57,090.52 + $ 1,862.90 Total $ 77,161.45 + $ 1,782.87

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Strawberry/Cherry Sales 2015 On Saturday June 13th 10 Lion’s got up early and drove to “Columbia Fruit” in Woodland Washington, to load their trucks by 8:00am. Off to our 6 locations where 28 lions distributed 470 pails of fruit as cus-tomers came to pick up their orders. This was completed in 2 hours from 10am until noon. This was our first fruit sale for the 2015 year. We combined cherries and strawberries for the first time. A total of 32 lions and friends worked about 150 hours raising combined strawberry/cherry sales of about $7650. There will be more cherry sales coming so we should exceed $8000. Final cherry orders stop Sat-urday July 4th with delivery date Saturday July 11th. Please order right away by going to www.lionsfruit.com or call Roy Pulliam at 360-608-3043. Also Roy’s email rapid14@aol.com. We are now starting our frozen berry sale scheduled for Saturday August 22nd. We will have flash frozen: strawberries, marion berries, blueberries, and raspberries. Yum! Yum! Bill Shalaby has agreed to be the record keeper for the frozen berries. Many thanks to all the club members for stepping up and making this such a huge success! In particular Adam Hegewald who did the record keeping which included for the first time our cherry or-ders and entering in all the emails. He logged in almost 50 hours on this project alone. Dotty Scott continues to help with our web site development of sales along with Tony Licata who intro-duced www.lionsfruit.com and this now shows all 4 fruit sales and will be permanent on our web site. Both Tony and Dotty are trying to move us along into cyber marketing which will be exciting to see us embrace this new approach. Keep your eyes peeled for new and exciting ways we can share to our friends and neighbors.

Thanks again and now look for “It’s Smoothie Time” sales with our fruit. Allen Rhyasen

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$ 8,061 in interest income since January of 2015 It was moved and seconded that those listed below be the officers for 2015-2016 Steve Seymour President Bill Lundin Vice-President Peggy Lansverk Secretary Bruce Manning Treasurer Ralph Harding Patient Care Coordinator Bob Weller reported that he is in contact with the leaders of the Compassion event planned for Vancou-ver in July. The plan is to take applications and “how to access services” materials to the event. Compassion Vancouver Heights, July 11, 2015, Columbia Presbyterian Church, 8715 St. Helens Avenue, 9:oo am to 3:00 pm. Ed Hewitt made a report regarding the recent District Conference in Kelso. He showed us the out-standing information board that Bill Lundin created for the event. Ed reported few people were interest-ed in obtaining more information on clubs being involved in cooperatives to provide sight services. There was a discussion regarding White Cane Days. The funds gathered are forwarded to the North-west Sight and Hearing Foundation. Further, $ 3,065 came to Clark County from the Northwest Foun-dation to help with “high cost services”. Patient Care 1 application for surgery 45 applications for exam and glasses 3 denied 1 too many requests 2 non citizens/non-residents 42 applications approved The surgery: Jeffery White is a person the foundation paid for cataract surgery earlier in the year. We assisted, because he was faced with delays in scheduling operation and co-pay costs. Even when we helped, it was a surgery that should have happened earlier. Mr. White is in need of YAG Laser Sur-gery to correct problems that are not uncommon for a person who received delayed cataract surgery. I was approved to provide this service via PCLI for a cost of $723. We will apply for 50% grant from the Northwest Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. Good of the Order The Piano Hospital and Pacific Foundation for Blind Children will have a fund raising event on July 26 at Bethany Vineyard. Hazel Dell Lions will move its fireworks stand to 8118 NE Highway 99 this year. Meeting Adjourned 7:40 Next meeting July 7, 2015 6:30 p.m. at Washington State School for the Blind

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Fort Vancouver Lions Board Meeting June 4, 2015

The meeting was called to order by president, Sandy Hammond. Incoming officers were appointed as board members for the night. A quorum was declared. Members present were Sandy Hammond, Len Leger, Carol cooper, Helen Sutfin, Dotty Scott, Roy Pulliam, Craig Limoges, Diana Olds, Martha Johnson, Gay Enyeart, Ad-am Hegewald, and Bill Shalaby. Minutes of the May 28th 2015 board meeting were approved as distributed. There was no correspondence. Treasurers Report by Terry Sutfin was distributed by Helen Sutfin. A request was made that a Profit and Loss Statement reflecting our 2014-2015 Lion year be presented at our final board meeting on June 18th Follow-Up: End of Year Celebration: The date for this is June 25 th at the Pearson Air Museum. It is a pot-luck and will begin at 6:00 pm. Set-up will begin at 5:30 for anyone who can help. Adam reported that our new members will be inducted during the meeting. He has had contact with all six new members. 60th Anniversary Celebration: Len reported a total attendance of 79. Forty nine were from the Fort Vancouver Lions, 15 were from other clubs, and there were 15 guests. Everything went smoothly thanks to all the hard work of the committee. Len reported he had sent an article for the newsletter and one to the International Office for possible inclusion in our Lions magazine. It was suggested that we submit an article to be included in the Border Crossing. 1st VP Craig Limoges-Administration: Installation: Doug Hall did the Installation of Officers, using an airplane theme. It went well. We currently have a vacancy on the board of directors. Craig is following up on several possible candidates. Budget Committee: When we examine our actual expenditures versus our budgeted amounts we will have a base for developing the 2015-2016 budget. Craig will send out a request for budget needs as well. It was proposed that when the actual budget is presented for a vote that only board members be per-mitted at the meeting. Any input members submit prior to this will be considered. Social Committee: The next event is a hike on June 20 th. More details regarding meeting place, time etc. will be announced. After the hike there will be time for a picnic with each member bringing their own lunch. Dotty Scott is coordinating this event. Roy also announced the date for the Hillsboro Hops baseball game. It will be August 22nd. Game time is at 5:00 pm and we will tail-gate prior to the game. Scholarship: Len announced that the Ft Vancouver Lions Scholarship for this year was awarded to a student from Hudsons Bay. The recipient will attend one of our regular meetings. There were 11 ap0pli-cants total. 2nd VP Roy Pulliam-Fund-Raising: Fruit Sales: Adam reported to date we have over $10,000.00 in strawberry sales. The delivery date is June 13th and we still have a few slots open. Let’s fill those slots. One area of need is Hazel Dell. The dead line for cherry sales is July 4th. 3rd VP Helen Sutfin-Projects: Our last major project is Play Day at Washington Elementary. Adam is in charge and we still need volun-teers for all shifts. The date is June 11th which is a Thursday. New Business: Secretary Supplies: Carol reported we are out of letter size envelopes. She is to order 1000 from PIP printing. We are also low on Thank you note cards. The design on the front was discussed. Current-ly the cards have our 50th anniversary pin on them. Following discussion it was decided that the blue Lions Logo be imprinted on the cards. These are to be ordered when the other cards run out. For other office sup-plies save receipts and give them to the treasurer for reimbursement. Retreat Follow-up: On September 9, 2014 the Club Retreat was held. Sandy distributed a list of the general topics. These were: Fundraisers and Service Projects, Social Media, Membership, and Officer Positions. The goals under each category were reviewed. The goals listed under service projects were met. The other categories we are still working on. Dotty Scott will be the membership chair and has been working on some ideas already. The next board meeting will be June 18th at the Columbia Credit Union at 6:00 pm. Helen Sutfin will be retir-ing from the board this year after serving for 12 years. The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Carol B. Cooper, Secretary

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