Sonora Lions Club Sonora Lions Club, P.O. Box 101, Standard, CA 95373

Pine Tree Restaurant, Wednesdays at 12 Noon

District 4-A1, Mountain Region, Zone 3

www.SonoraLions.org

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Volume XCIV, No. 5 “Sonora Lions, Serving the Mother Lode since 1922” November 2016

Announcer & 50-50 Ticket Chef Chris Link

Chief Chef Joe Skaff Chief Chef Kenny Ayers

Our Sonora Lion and Chef Tim Atchley

Judy Meeks Raffle Prize Chef

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District Governor Lion Marilyn Richardson and Lion Barbara Raines with Kristen, a puppy in training for the Lions Project for Canines Companions for Independence

Top left: Lion President Wendy Dart

Top: Lobster dinners ready to be served.

Left: Lion Karyn Calhoun and Terry Skaff slicing and

dicing.

Below left: Our Lion with Kristen, our puppy in train-

ing. Below: Lion Ruth Moyer taping table cloths down

for the raffle tables. Bottom: Lions Frank Meckler,

Lorie Kaiser, Kenny Ayers, John Egger, and Tim

Atchley in the Kitchen

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Above: Lions Jill Schwab, Bob & Joanne Presson, Diann

Kaiser and Terry Skaff assemble cutlery for the dinner.

Door Prize was a $500 Gift

Certificate from Heuser’s Fur-niture. The winner was Alex

Mitt who was not present when his name was drawn.

Right:

Kathy Atchley slicing lemons. Left: Guests enjoying their dinner.

Above: Second 50/50 Drawing Winner—$125 Right: First 50/50 Drawing Winner—$125

Cash winnings were presented by our Lion Kelly and PDG Tom Penhallegon

Photos courtesy of Kenny Ayres, Wendy Dart & Ruth Moyer

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November Birthdays & Anniversaries

11/1 - Wendy Dart 11/16 - Seanna Phillips

Weekly Club Lunch Meetings

Oct 5th

Meeting At the appointed hour Lion President Wendy Dart quieted the rowdy group and opened the meeting in regular form.

Guests: We were glad to see Jim Henry on his 4

th visit to our Club,

and to hear that his application has been turned in. Wonder of wonders, Lion Doug Fleming came in early!

Birthdays: Lions Kenny Ayers and Loren Kaiser both have birthdays on the 10

th. Lion Kenny spun the birthday wheel and paid a fine,

but we still sang our melodious Birthday song to them.

Announcements: A Thank You letter from DG Marilyn Richardson was read thanking us for the hospitality extended to her at her visit. She enjoys visiting clubs and seeing what projects they are working on. Ms. Kirsti Dyer sent a letter for the Sonora Track Team, thanking us for the Club’s great support, and for the check for $3500, which will be used mainly for entry fees and travel for meets.

Lion President Wendy presented a Centennial Year Lion’s pin to Lion Bill Dunlavy for bringing in a new member.

MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Fall is finally here. We’ve had a few days of glorious rain and cooler temperatures with the scent of burning fireplaces in the air. All these changes bring on a burst of

newfound energy and a desire to tidy things up for the com-ing winter months. It brings to mind all the celebrations and festivals we reminisce about from our childhoods. I was reading an email sent out recently from our International President Bob Corlew relating the unfortunate events occur-ring in two small towns here in the US where the Lions Clubs were sponsoring an event, as they had been doing for years, but where participants in the event drew unintended attention by making a political statement and in an offensive manner. Even though no club or club member had helped with that particular project, the Lions Club was still as-signed the blame for being the sponsor of the parade. This prompts me to remind everyone that we are held in high regard for the work we do in our communities and held to a higher standard. I urge everyone to keep that in mind when you’re out in public doing anything. Folks probably know you’re a Lion, and are looking at what you are doing. If you are doing something that is contrary to the image we are trying to project, all the good work that we do in our commu-nity is lessened. So during the upcoming holiday festivities and celebrations, please keep these things in mind. We are a good club with a solid reputation in the area. Our goal is to build and improve on this foundation. In the words of the late Helen Keller, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Sonora Lions ROAR!

Lion President Wendy Dart Wendy.dart@sonoralions.org www.sonoralions.org

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Green Bag Day: Today was Green Bag day, and our Club mem-bers donated 10 very heavy bags.

TMAP: Lion Tom Penhallegon reported that 32 people have quali-fied so far to have trees removed from their property, thru the TMAP program. They expect to remove 50 – 60 trees. The Rock A Thon fund raising project for TMAP has been cancelled, due to minimal support. Plans are to schedule it in the spring, and to have a full day event with booths and mu-sic, at the Fair Grounds.

District Meeting: The District 4-A1 meeting will be held Nov 4 & 5 in Escalon. A dinner will be Friday night, with the District meeting held Saturday. The focus is on Hearing and Hunger. Our club will contribute $10 for any member towards the cost of the event.

Sickness and Distress: Lion Loren Kaiser has been diagnosed with Auto immune hepatitis. He is very uncomfortable now, but is hoping for a remission. Lion Lynda LaFlamme is still feeling sore from her car accident. Lion Rayma Garcia’s brother is doing poorly. PDG Jeanine Tucker has been diagnosed with eso-phageal cancer. Lion Chris Link was admitted to Stanford Hospital for a heart checkup. Please keep all of these friends in your thoughts and prayers.

Health Fair: A sign up sheet for volunteers to assist Lion Dr. Fleming at the Health Fair Oct. 18

th & 19

th was passed around.

Happy/Sad Bucks: Lion Chris Halley reminded members of the Second Satur-day event in downtown Sonora, and that her gallery is avail-able for classes and projects. Lion Kelly Ward gleefully re-lated a grandchild is on his/her way. Lion Tim Atchley is proud that his granddaughter’s team came in first. The last of Lion Joe Skaff’s daughters was married last weekend. Seventy-one years ago Lion Ray Bailey left Iowa and be-came a resident of California. Lion Mike Eachus attended his grandson’s wedding in Santa Barbara. One day Lion Kenny Ayers had nothing to do, so he counted how many pull tabs equaled one pound – and found it’s a total of 1047!

Secret Lion and Raffles: Lion Kelly Ward was the Secret Lion, and collected a few bucks. Raffles were won by Lions Judy Meeks and Dennis Heppner, and the critter was won by Lion Kelly Ward. Lion Ruth Moyer had won the Lion last week, and today had him all dressed up in a leather flight jacket and helmet, scarf, and shoes.

Lobster review: A speaker had not been scheduled for this meeting, so that we could have a lengthy discussion, led by Co-chairmen Tim Atchley and Joe Skaff, of duties of members at the Lobster Dinner this Friday night. This is one of our largest money raising projects, and everyone needs to do their part.

Raffles: The marble draw was won by Lion Frank Meckler. After he drew a white marble, he checked the bag just to be sure there really was a black marble in there.

Oct 12th

Meeting The meeting was opened in regular form by Lion President Wendy Dart, who welcomed Lion Jerri Critchfield back from her boat trip down the Mississippi. Of course, she had a wonderful time.

Guests: Lion Tim Atchley introduced Peter Cowles, President of Seeds of Dignity Ministries, our speaker today. We are glad Jim Henry also joined us for his fifth visit. His induction into the Sonora Lions Club will be next Wednes-day.

Birthdays: Birthdays: Lion Kelly Ward has her birthday next week. She paid a fine to not have the Birthday song sung, but of course the members sang it to her in our usual outrageous manner. Lion Crazy Bill Simpson said he was glad his hearing aid batteries were dead.

Announcements: We received a letter from Susan Mundy, our contact for the Green Bag program, who reported that the Mother Lode Food Project volunteers delivered 4131.5 pounds of food, toiletries, and pet food and $335 in checks to ATCCA this week. She also said, “As always, I can’t thank each of you enough for your part in making the project a continuous suc-cess.” Lion Bob Bader gave a recap of the Board meeting which was held today prior to our regular meeting. (Complete min-utes of the meeting are printed elsewhere in this newsletter.)

Lions volunteer to help Indigeny Reserve during their Open

House on October 8th.

Left: Lions Dennis Schroe-der & Ray Bailey greet visitors while Lion Tom Penhallegon at right guards the pumpkin patch. Other Lions directed the many visitors in parking.

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cational school that provides housing and food for 125 older students who would otherwise have to walk 3 – 4 hours daily to attend. Balay Dangpanan is also a feeding program and home for people needing medical treatment, and gives as-sistance with the complicated paperwork people need to receive medical care. He did a slide presentation of children who have been helped with surgery and medical care. Also, in one section of the restaurant was a display of beautiful products made in the Philippines for sale, and these pur-chases helps fund the programs.

White Ball Drawing: Finally, Lion Joe Skaff won the opportunity to draw a black marble but drew a white and so did not win the $345.50. Chances are improving though, since there are only 15 white marbles left.

Oct 19th

meeting The meeting opened in regular form, with President Lion Wendy Dart presiding. She hoped that everyone had en-joyed the rain we had last weekend. It was good to see Lion Lynda LaFlamme up and around, and able to attend the meeting. Lions Joanne and Bob Presson arrived late, using the excuse of long lines of traffic. Also late was Lion Paul Berg, but he came in hauling a heavy, huge plastic tub full of pull tabs, saying there were 3½ more tubs in the back of his pickup. These tabs had been collected by the students of Mark Twain Elementary School in Angels Camp over a period of time, but never turned in. 10 pounds of these tabs will pay for one family to stay a night at the Ronald McDonald House while their child is a patient in the Children’s Hospital. Lion Alex Mitt said his son lives across the street from the Ronald McDonald House in Oakland, and that the facility is beautiful and so appreci-ated by the families that stay there. The tubs will be taken to the District 4-A1 meeting the first weekend in November, and will be quite a sensation.

Lion Dr. Doug Fleming talked about the times for the four shifts of volunteers, who will assist him and his staff doing glaucoma eye testing at the Health Fair.

Sickness & Distress: Lion Loren Kaiser is being treated with medications for his hepatitis, and is feeling better. We are still missing Lion Lynda LaFlamme from our meetings.

Committee Reports: Lion Joe Skaff gave a report on our successful lobster din-ner last Friday. He thanked everyone for working so hard to make it a success. His favorite moment of the evening was watching The ‘Dehydrated Lion’ sipping water thru a stir stick. Everyone enjoyed the antics of The Lion during the dinner, and applauded when it was revealed that Lion Kelly Ward had been wearing the costume.

Happy/Sad Bucks: Lion Tim Atchley again had a sad buck for his losing San Francisco 49ers. Lion Ruth Moyer enjoyed her time directing traffic at the Indigeny Reserve Open House last Saturday, and reported that a complete stranger, a young man carry-ing a child, asked if she needed water. Ruth replied that she was a little parched. The young man left, purchased two bot-tles of water and returned to give them to her. Lion Tom Penhallegon also had a great time at the Indigeny Pumpkin Patch, selling over $500 worth of pumpkins. Lion Jerri Critchfield is happy to be home from her trip. In Branson, at the huge Sight & Sound building, she watched a story of Moses, complete with live camels and horses on the large stage. Lion Ray Bailey got his pen back.

The Secret Lion: Lion Joe Skaff was the Secret Lion, and six members did not shake his hand and had to pay.

Raffle Winners: Lion Jill Schwab won the first pot, and Lion John Moyer won the second, and said it would go toward the newsletter print-ing costs. Lion Ray Bailey won the use of the Critter for next week.

Program: The program was presented by Peter Cowles, the President of Seeds of Dignity Ministries, an organization working with faith based partners to help less fortunate Filipinos break out of the long-term bondage of poverty, both physical and spiritual. The Phil-ippines is a fast growing country with much poverty, and currently in turmoil with a new president leading the country. Almost all of the island of

Mindanao is now off limits due to great safety concerns. He talked about four of their programs to help poor people. Their most successful projects are providing fishing boats and put-put taxis, to help people provide for themselves. One of their best feeding programs is at a home for 70 chil-dren, the Balay Pasilungan Tribal Home. Many tribal parents want their children to receive education, but the children have to walk 3 – 4 hours to and from school just to attend. This Home was started to provide a place for children to stay Sunday thru Friday, in a safe environment, where they could have meals. The Marilog High School of Agriculture is a vo-

Collect

those

tabs Lion Paul with one of the tubs full of tabs.

Birthdays: Lion Ellie Duste said she is 73 and proud of it. Members sang a deafening birthday song, even tho she had spun the wheel to pay a fine.

Announcements: Information was given for upcoming events, including the Paddle Palooza Spooktacular, Camp Pacifica’s Night at the Horse Races, the Linden Lions Baroldi & Rib Feed, and the Tracy Breakfast Lions Crab Dinner. The Salvation Army is

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requesting members to again become Bell Ringers for the upcoming Christmas season. Please sign up if you are able to help. Some of our members are at the Health Fair today, assisting Lion Dr. Doug Fleming in glaucoma screening. Eight Lions helped Dr. Martinez-Torres do the testing of 151 people yes-terday.

Guests: We welcomed Jim Henry, who is to be inducted into the Club today, and Cynthia Hadell, our speaker. Also welcomed was Alex Mitt, a member of the Escalon Lions, who was the win-ner of the $500 prize gift certificate from Heuser’s Furniture Center given at our Lobster Dinner, and his friend Lynnet. They are a fun couple, and we encouraged them to visit again.

Alex Mitt also was the winner of the $500 Lobster Drawing Door Prize

A New Member: The induction of Jim Henry was held, with his sponsor Jim Gormely at his side. Lion Tom Penhallegon gave a history of the Lions organization, and pre-sented to Jim a vest, pins, and information packet. Lion Jim then said he had lived in Sonora for 30 years, and had been a school financial manager.

Happy/Sad Bucks: Lion Jerri Critchfield’s Happy Buck was that her church is having their annual Pastie dinner this Saturday. A Pastie is a baked meat and vegetable filled crust, like a calzone, and in the 1800’s was made by the wives of the Cornish miners for the men’s lunches. Lion John Moyer is thankful for his quiet mornings sitting in his chair, thinking and listening to music, while wife Ruth sleeps. He is also happy to be going to a 60’s class reunion in Tuolumne this Saturday, and seeing old friends. Lion Mal Perry just got back from a wonderful trip to Ireland, and then participated in a 2 mile paddle board race on Lake Tulloch, coming in second. Lion Mike Eachus is happy because he was able to get out of bed this morning without falling down. Lion Kailen Hill just finished repair work on his pickup, and then his other vehicle died. A sad buck was given by Lion Bob Presson, whose son is still in jail, for a year now. Please keep him in your thoughts.

Secret Lion: The Secret Lion was Mike Eachus, better known as the Rat Fink, who fined most of table number one for ignoring him.

Raffles: Raffle winners were Lions Mike Eachus and John Poor-baugh, and the Critter was won by Lion Wendy Dart.

Program: The speaker today was Cynthia Hadell, Attorney at Law, who spe-cializes in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Her interesting program covered numerous aspects of law, and elicited many questions from the members.

Marble Draw: With only 15 white marbles left in the bag, chances were

good for a winner, and Lion Bud Regelin pulled out the black

marble and won $356!!

40 Year Member Lion Wendy Dart presented a 40 year member chevron to Lion Ray Bailey, who reminisced about winning $1000 years ago in a Ronald McDonald bicycle race.

October 26 meeting With Lion President Wendy Dart presiding, our meeting started off in regular form, except for a somewhat disorgan-ized beginning to “God bless America”.

Guests: Our guests included Peter Van Houten, a guest of Lion Ron Cole. Mr. Van Houten lives in Twain Harte, and is an Assis-tant Dean of Students at Berkley. Lion John Moyer intro-duced his cousin Nedra Doyle and her husband, Lloyd , who are here visiting from Eugene, Oregon. They are on the re-turn leg of a five week trip around the country in their motor home. Also visiting was John Bristow, a former member of

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World Diabetes Day is November 14

This year's World Diabetes Day theme is "Eyes on Diabetes." According to the International Federation of Diabetes, one in two adults with diabetes is undiagnosed. A diabetes screening can identify asymptomatic individuals who may have diabetes but don't know it. Lions, this-November 14 conduct a diabetes screening in your community! Help raise awareness about diabetes, and give community members the resources and information they need to lead healthier lives. Learn how to organize a diabetes screening.

the Lions, who had been President of the Sonora Lions twice. It was special that he brought a large bag of pull tabs with him. Our speakers for today’s program were Sheriff Jim Mele, Under Sheriff Bill Pooley, Canine Deputy Wyatt Oliver and Zeus.

Birthdays: Lion President Wendy Dart has the Big 60 birthday Nov 1

st ,

and she paid a Big Fine. Lion Chris Link’s birthday is tomor-row, the 27

th. Although he paid a fine, the members bellowed

out the Birthday song so beautifully it brought him to tears.

Announcements: Lion Ron Cole paid a fine because his daughter called him during the meeting. There was a display of beautiful photographs taken by Club members, to be judged for the Lions Photo Contest. The winner today will be sent to the District for further judging. A signup sheet for volunteers for bell ringing for the Salva-tion Army was passed around. Tickets to be sold for the Pancake Breakfast fund raiser on December 3

rd were passed out to members by Lion Jerri

Critchfield. A final report on the Health Fair was given by Lion Dr. Doug Fleming. Nine Lions helped man the booth for Glaucoma testing, serving 33 hours, and 293 patients were seen. Of that number, 16 were found to have elevated eye pressure, and were encouraged to have further testing. Glaucoma does not have symptoms in the early stages, and diagnosing it early can prevent future problems. The Club Christmas party will be held Sunday, Dec. 11

th at

the home of Lion Dr. Doug Fleming. Bring something for the Pot Luck and a gift for the exchange. Student Speaker Contest & Spouse Appreciation Day will be on February 15, 2017

Committee reports: Lion Tom Penhallegon suggested a project to raise funds for TMAP. He showed pictures of cute decorated snowmen made with rounds of pine trees that could be sold. When he mentioned this to Cal Fire, they quickly agreed to cutting the wood, and soon delivered them. They will be sold for $25 each, or a family of 5 for $100. Members who can help deco-rate them please contact Lion Tom. The Fall issue of the Friends and Neighbors magazine had an excellent two page article on TMAP. The Sheriff’s Department recently donated $250 to the TMAP project. At a special Board Meeting today, it was voted to donate $4000 to the teachers at the Jamestown Elementary School. More information is in an article elsewhere in this newsletter.

Happy/sad bucks: Lion Ray Bailey paid $4, to cover fines for not being here for the next month. Lion Tim Atchley helped his wife Kathy cele-brate her 65

th birthday in San Diego last week. Lion Chris

Link enjoyed attending his first ever football game. Lion Glenn Gottschall and his wife returned from a wonderful trip to Ireland. Lion Tom Penhallegon was glad that Past Presi-dent John Bristow was visiting us.

Secret Lion: Lion President Wendy Dart was the Secret Lion, and Tail Twister Lion Kelly Ward collected fines from Lions Lynda, Jerri, Bud, Chris, Bill, and Ed.

Raffle Winners: Lions Lynda LaFlamme and Bud Regelin were the winners, and Lion Kelly Ward won the Critter.

Program/Speaker Sheriff Jim Mele began our program by purchasing the first TMAP snowman for $25. He also gave a Happy Buck prais-ing the Club for it’s growth. The last time he spoke to the Club there were only two tables of members, compared to the full house now. He discussed the Canine program here in Tuolumne County, which now has four dogs. Each dog costs $10,000, plus the necessary outfitting of cars and items for the dogs like bullet proof vests.

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Health Fair

Above: Lions Kenny Ayres and Jerry Jensen assist Dr. Martinez-

Torres in glaucoma screening.

Above: Lions Robert & Joanne Presson keep records.

Photos courtesy of Ruth Moyer

(Note from Lion Tom)

Fellow Lions

I have come up with a fast and easy project to promote our TMAP program at this Christmas season, Wooden Snow-men. If we can find a source for the wood (free) and have it cut in 4 inch thick rounds, how many of you would be willing to help me assemble, paint the buttons and faces on them getting ready to sell? ... $25.00 donation each --- all pro-ceeds going to TMAP. This could be done as a fun work-day with a BBQ at my house under my carport. PDG Tom Penhallegon GMT 2014/2017 TMAP Project Coordinator TMAP2016@yahoo.com Sonora Lions Club District 4-A1 pdgtom.Penhallegon@sonoralions.org

Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to move

the hearts of men. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

SEE ATTACHED FLYER

FOR NEW INFO !!!

Much of the money for these dogs is raised in the community. Canine Officer Wyatt Oliver is a graduate of Sonora High School, and it is wonderful having him back working in our commu-nity. His partner, Zeus, is 16 months old, and still some-what of a rambunctious puppy. They have been on the streets together for 2 months, with Zeus function-ing as a narcotics and patrol dog. A question and answer session followed, with members wondering why their badges had black bands on them. Recently four officers have been killed just in California, and the shrouding of badges honors them.

Photo Contest: Votes were counted for the Photo contest, and the winner was a beautiful scene of reflections on a lake, taken by Lion Joe Skaff. The photo will be sent on to District for further judging.

Marble Draw: The pot is now up to $63, and Lion Tim Atchley drew his own ticket, which didn’t help, since he pulled out a white ball.

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Drivers: Bob Bader - Bill Simpson & Frank Meckler Hours - 26 Labor cost savings - $ 240.00

Meals Delivered - 140 Miles Driven - 182 Thank you Lions, for your continued help. Members, if you are interested in helping with Meals on Wheels please call:

Lion Chair Frank Meckler 209-984-4102

October Report

Meals on Wheels

Support for

Jamestown Elementary Jamestown Elementary Principal Pelfrey registers surprise on learning of the Sonora Lions Club donation to Jamestown Elemen-tary. Lion Joe Skaff, pictured below, upon learning of the school’s need for classroom supplies and support for school field trips ap-proached the Sonora Lions Club to take this on as a club project. The members were very suppor-tive, and after meeting with the Principal and staff, a list of supplies and costs for field trips was presented to the club. During the Board meeting this week it was approved to donate $4000 to the School - $1500 was allocated for individual teachers to use to assist in class-room expenses and $2500 allocated for field trip expenses.

Above: Lion President Wendy Dart ably assists First Vice President Joe Skaff in presenting the check to Principal Con-tessa Pelfrey. Below: Lions Ruth Moyer, Wendy Dart, Principal Contessa Pelfrey, Joe Skaff and PDG Tom Penhallegon.

Photos & copy by Lion John Moyer

CLUB OFFICERS President ....................................................... Wendy Dart

wendy.dart@sonoralions.org C: (209) 406-5015

Web Master 1st Vice President ............................................... Joe Skaff

alohaskaff@sbcglobal.net H: (209) 288-2411 C: (805) 813-3115

2nd Vice President ..................................... Rayma Garcia rrgarcia@mlode.com

H: (209) 533-9186 Secretary ......................................................... Bob Bader

garibob@mlode.com H:209-586-6045 C: (209)352-0648

Treasurer ...................................................... Judy Meeks sonorajudy@yahoo.com

H: (209)532-5858 Membership ........................................... Jerri Critchfield

H: (209)532-7828 One Year Director ......................... Thomas Penhallegon

pdgtom.penhallegon@sonoralions.org C: (209)694-5191

One Year Director ........................................... Ed Brown elbvjb@frontier.com

H:(209)928-4399 C:(209)768-6399 Two Year Director ............................... Glenn Gottschall

forest_man@sbcglobal.net H:(209)533-3748 C:(209)743-8123

Two Year Director ....................................... Ruth Moyer jlrmoyer7@gmail.com

C:(307)321-1509 Lion Tamer ........................................................ Ron Cole

ethelcole@sbcglobal.net H: (209)588-8544

Tail Twister ................................................... John Moyer j.moyer@sonoralions.org

Co-Bulletin Editors John & Ruth Moyer C: (307)321-0370

Chaplain ......................................................... Kelly Ward kellyloans1@yahoo.com

H: (801)759-0999 Sunshine ......................................... Lynda K. LaFlamme

H: (209)694-5847

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OFFICIAL MINUTES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

SONORA LIONS CLUB of Sonora, California held its regular Board Meeting at the Pine Tree Restaurant on __October

12, 2016______. The meeting was called to order by __President Dart___ at___10:00___ am. The following Board Members were in attendance: Dart (P) Skaff (1VP) Bader (S) Meeks (T) Atchley (PP) Critchfield (M) Moyer, J (TT) Cole (LT) Moyer, R (2D) Penhallegon (1D) Brown (1D) Others present: Lion Meckler ****************************************************************************************************

Minutes of the Business Meeting Minutes of September 14, 2016: A motion to approve (Skaff/Atchley) MSC Financial Report:

Approved as presented. Sept 30 balances: Admin, $9,013.75; Proj, $10,958.24. Copies attached. Presentation of Bills: none Committee Reports:

Membership- A motion (Critchfield/R. Moyer) to approve membership for Jim Henry MSC. TMAP- Lion Tom reported 47 applications have been approved. Foresters will inspect to determine the tree safety

criteria is met. 4 grant applications have been submitted to Cal Fire. Lions Read to Succeed- President Dart met w/ Summerville and Sonora EL Schools. Summerville EL School is defi-

nitely interested in the program. She requested authorization to purchase additional Kindle Readers. A motion (R. Moyer/Brown) for a budget increase of $600 for this project was MSC.

Lobster Dinner Wrap up- Lions Skaff and Atchley thanked all for the tremendous support. It was noted that some-how we need a better method to track tickets sales. A preliminary estimate of 224 served, $5200 profit including $1570 from the raffle.

Peace Poster- Lion Skaff has contacted the Girl Scouts and Jamestown EL are participating. Poster must be judged and Club winner taken to the Nov 4 District Meeting.

Communications: Thank you from Green Bag project. Letter from Salvation Army requesting support for Christmas Bell Ringing. President Dart will fwd information to mem-

bership to contact Salvation Army to volunteer. Report of Secretary: none Unfinished Business:

Jamestown EL School- Lion Skaff handed out information regarding the needs of the teachers. The BOD is consider-ing taking on this as a new project. Lion Skaff will set up a meeting w/ the Principle to go over the needs and pri-oritize the list before further action by the BOD.

Club Shirts- Lion Atchley will follow up with this. Club Christmas Party- Sec Bader will seek a “volunteer” to host this.

New Business: 9/11 Memorial- A motion (Skaff/Tom) to donate $110 for the purchase of a “brick paver” for the Memorial in Tuolumne

City Park was MSC. Applebee's Pancake Breakfast- Scheduled for Dec 3. Lion Meckler agreed to co-chair the event. President will ap-

point the other co-chair. Tickets to be $10/person. High Clean Up- President Dart will ask Lion Reuter to set a date.

Calendar of Events: Nov 4/5- District Meeting, Escalon. Dec 3- Applebee's Pancake Breakfast

Remarks by the President: None Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:25 am. Respectfully Submitted, Bob Bader, Secretary

Remember, the date for the Christmas party is Sunday, December 11

th, to be held at Lion

Doug Fleming ‘s home.

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SECRETARY’S MONTHLY REPORT, OCTOBER 2016 Submitted by Lion Secretary Bob Bader

Total Membership from Last Report - ...................... 57

New Members - .......................................................... 1

Dropped Members - ................................................... 0

Transferred Members - ............................................... 0

Total Members at Close - ......................................... 59

Service Hours - 671 / YTD - ................................. 1256

Number of People Served - 510 / YTD - .............. 1411

Number of Lions - 96 / YTD - ................................. 242

Number of Eyeglasses Collected - 0 / YTD - ......... 400

Twinning Relationships - 0 / YTD - ............................. 0

Funds Raised - $6,620 / YTD - ....................... $16,911

Funds Donated - $4,707 / YTD - ..................... $21,105

Total Activities - 18 / YTD - ...................................... 61

Next Board of Directors Meeting Wednesday, November 9th @ 10 am

Pine Tree Restaurant Lounge Hess & Mono Way

ALL ARE WELCOME

November 1 - Stockton Pacifica & Delta

District Governors Visitation

November 3 - Yosemite Lions Club

District Governors Visitation

November 4-5 - District Meeting, Stanislaus Region

District Meeting, Escalon, CA

November 8 - Linden Lions Club

District Governors Visitation

November 9 - North Fork Lions Club

District Governors Visitation

November 10 - Murphy's Angels Lions Club

District Visitation

November 16 - Jackson Lions Club

District Governors Visitation

January 14, 2017 - Merced Golden Lions Club

50th Anniversary

January 14-16 - MD4 Leadership Institute,

Sacramento, CA

February 8-9 - COG, Redding, CA

February 10-12 - MD4 Convention, Redding, CA

February 21 - District Budget Meeting, Oakdale, CA

February 24-25 - District Meeting, Mountain Region

March 3-6 - MD4 Leadership Institute, Ontario, CA

April 20-23 - District Convention, Sacramento

District, Multi-District, and International Calendar of Events 2016-2017

Sonora Club Calendar of Speakers and Upcoming Events: 2016-2017

OCTOBER 26 - Sheriff Jim Mele & Undersheriff Bill Pooley were guest speakers.

NOVEMBER 2 - Donita Osborne, Salvation Army

NOVEMBER 9 - Board Meeting @ 10 am

NOVEMBER 9 - Randy Handvelt, District 2 Supervison

NOVEMBER 16 - Amy Nilson, Columbia College

NOVEMBER 23 - Dark - No meeting Happy Thanksgiving

NOVEMBER 30 - Business meeting, no guest speaker

DECEMBER 3 - Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser @ Applebee's, 8-10 am

DECEMBER 11 - Christmas Party @ Lion Doug Flem-ming’s home

DECEMBER 21 - Dark - No meeting

DECEMBER 28 - Dark - No meeting

President: Wendy Dart Email: wendy.dart@sonoralions.org

Secretary: Bob Bader Email: garibob@mlode.com

Membership Director: Jerri Critchfield Phone: (H) 209-532-7828 Webmaster: Wendy Dart

Bulletin Editors: John & Ruth Moyer Cell: 307-321-0370

Email: j.moyer@sonoralions.org Associate Editors: All Club Members

Sonora Lions Club

P.O. Box 101, Standard, CA 95373 Meetings: Pine Tree Restaurant, Wednesdays @ 12

Noon District 4-A1, Mountain Region, Zone 3

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