The Oklahoma

Lion

October 2020, 405-947-6540 Oklahoma Lion online: www.oklahomalions.org

10/12 Columbus Day

10/16 Boss’s Day

10/31 Halloween

10/31 Council Meeting

Council Chairs Cor-ner It is with great pride that I got the chance to deliver the paper-work from LCIF on the matching grant

that has been awarded to the Li-ons Meadows of Hope for $100,000.00. I was able to sit down and talk with Bryan about

the project in more depth and how the grant will be used. PCC Dan Farrell is

the Project Chairperson and I have been assigned as Administrator for the grant. Bryan is hoping to have the community building up and completed before the end of June 2021. I know that Bryan gives us a report on the Meadows of Hope at each of the Council Meetings, but I just wanted to let our Oklaho-ma Lions know that our Meadows of Hope is doing well and Bryan is doing a great job. Their new offic-es in Stillwater look great!

Last month I got to attend one of the Stillwater Noon Lions Club meetings. And while there, I got the opportunity to give the 1VDG pin to Lion Paul Anderson and the 2VDG name badge to Lion Derek McCubbin. A big thank you to these Lions for stepping up to Serve! I also got to visit with our ID Michael Banks and his wife, Li-on Anne Banks and witness the Stillwater Noon Lions club using Zoom for their members who were unable to attend due to COVID-19

and listen to PCC Tom Cummings talk about precautions being used with Kids Sight. The

club also purchased two Kids Sight cameras and a printer and are ready to perform screenings. I have been able to attend both the SW’s and E’s District Cabinet Meetings and witness first hand how our DG’s are going about the business of running their Districts and managing the constant chang-es due to the impact of COVID-19. I am still hoping to visit NW’s Dis-trict Cabinet Meeting. WE SERVE is our slogan, but do we? I have seen many clubs hold different events during these trying times. These events have been

successful because they have posted updates on MYLCI and other media outlets. Other clubs are doing things but just not re-porting them to LCI. Reporting our service hours is easy. Just go online and record your event and the number of service hours com-pleted. Let's show the world that COVID-19 will not stop Oklahoma Lions from living up to our slogan WE SERVE! Question: Why does reporting our service hours matter? 1. It paves the way to in-creasing our partnerships. Service reports provide tangible evidence to prospective partners of Lions International’s global engagement and impact. These relationships strengthen the organization and yield benefits at the local level. 2. It helps to increase our membership. People want to par-ticipate in real, visible change. Service reporting allows Lions clubs to continually engage their communities, tell their story more effectively, and ultimately grow their member base. Neal Wood CC MD-3 918-465-6397 neal@mcalesterink.com

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OCT 2020 Hello, 3East Lions! District 3East Lions are doing great this year. I know that together we will make 2020 a memorable year. And not because of the pan-demic. But, in spite of the covid-19 virus. We will work together to make 2020 a year to remember. I have asked you to work on mem-bership and you have. We have some new members this year. As I Mentioned; the addition of new members will be an asset to your club, an inspiration to all your activities, an extra pair of hands to work. Proudly wear your lions vest whenever you are on lion's business. Be prepared to “talk about Lions!” Thanks to all of the clubs for making 3East a 100% district for PU101s. We have started the new year off right. Please remember to track all of your service hours – that is all the time spent helping others. This does not have to be only Lions pro-jects. It refers to the hours spent on any volunteer effort. Report to the designated person in your club and send in to LCI. You need to go to MyLCI to do this. Keep working on your Cowboy Ca-dillac ticket sales. Drawing is scheduled for November 14, 2020, 1:00 at the Wadley Buick-Chevrolet Dealership, located at 1301 N. Broadway Ave in Ada, OK . Selling just $30 worth of tickets will earn you a pin. It is fun to collect these car-pins. The District 3E Cabinet meeting will be held October 17, 2020, at The BriefCase in Henryetta, starting at 9:30 to noon. Please all zone chairs, club presidents , cabinet of-ficers attend. All Lion members are welcome. We discuss our district's plans for the year. Your input is val-

uable. In addition, mark your calen-dar for October 31st for the Council meeting in Oklahoma City. 9:00am. I would like to visit your club. Just give me a call to arrange a time. Please keep me informed of your activities. Thank you club secretar-ies for your reports. Here are some district clubs and what they are do-ing. CLUB REPORTS; HENRYETTA LIONS This busy club held a Corn Hole Tournament Labor Day weekend. It

was well attended on a very hot Monday in a parking lot. The club picked up trash on Main, still doing “meal mobbing” at local res-taurants, and planning for activities in October. DG Dollie and VDG Da-vid Wooddell attended the Tournament. A fun Day! SOUTH GRANDLAKE/LANGLEY See the Lions Magazine (Winter2020) page 48 for an article submitted by the Langley Lions Club. Note: magazine is full of ide-as for your club to do. WYANDOTTE LIONS Cancelled the “All Hallows Eve” an-nual Halloween event due to covid-19. MCALESTER LIONS October 17, 2020, partnering with the Rotary Club for a combined Blood Drive and Food Drive. Will donate the food to the four shelters in the area. MUSKOGEE NOON LIONS

Meetings are again happening at the Cowboys Barbeque. Service activities are on hold, membership maintains. The club plans to sell Cowboy Cadillac tickets. TULSA DOWNTOWN Meetings are at BKL Engineering and also doing zoom. Have an up-coming event with KJRH and Triad Eye Center to collect eye-glasses. Big fundraisers, Mayfest and Octoberfest, were cancelled. Still providing eye exams to the needy. Also, continue collecting eyeglasses. DEWEY LIONS

Scheduled September meeting in Wann at long time member, Lion Snelson's home. DG Dollie and 1st VDG David visited for the annual cookout. BARTLESVILLE LIONS Lion Roseanne held a a vision

screening at Jane Phillips Elemen-tary, Lions provided a Flag protocol lesson to first graders at the St Johns Elementary School. Lions Evelyn, Dennis, David and Dollie handed out U.S. flags on a pedestal and a coloring paper to about 60

2020-2021 District 3-E Governor

Dollie Wooddell (C) 918-336-8833

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students. Delivered food/diapers/water to the food bank. Catering lunch for the Belanca Fly-In at the Bartlesville Airport September 26th-

club meetings are at the Lions Com-munity Building as well as zooming with a good response from club mem-bers. VINITA LIONS HAVE CHARITY REVOLVER RAF-FLE, Smith & Wesson 610 10mm – Drawing on Dec 10, 2020 For a ticket see a Vinita Lion or call Kent Ryals 918-256-2274/kentryals@sbcglobal.net to get your ticket.

News from your State Secretary PCC Marvin Ainsworth.

I had been to a Lion pancake breakfast with Ray Fischer (Surrey Hills Lions). There I met Lion Bob Lee and Lion Bob Lee asked me to Join the OKC Down-town Lions.

I’ve been a Lion since 1990 I had no idea of what Lions did other than they cooked pancakes all the time. And since I liked pan-cakes I joined. In 2010 I trans-ferred to the OKC Westside Lions

I soon found out that these Lions were doing a whole lot more than just eating Pancakes. I felt more worthwhile while serving our com-munities.

• I’ve picked up trash along the

streets

• Blocked traffic for bicycle

events

• Parked cars for the PGA,

• Helped with handicapped

young people at teen night parties for the disabled

• Cooked and delivered Mobile Meals

• Parked cars for the State Fair

• Took tickets for the Auto Show

for years

• Collected money for White Cane

• Sold Cowboy Cadillac tickets

• Been to Lions Conventions, Fo-rums, and meetings from Wash-ington to Florida.

• Put out Flags

• Served in every office on the Club level

• Served as District Governor and

then Council Chair

• Ate more pancakes than anyone I have ever known (that’s my specialty)

• Met thousands of Lions from all

over the World

• Walked the streets to form new

clubs, Inducted new members, served as a Guiding Lion

• Installed Club Officers

• Had more fun than a barrel of monkeys

• Sadly I’ve had to say goodbye to many of my Lion Friends that have passed away.

• Been your State Secretary for the last 5 years.

• And so much more

I’ve been a lion now for 30 years even though LCI shows something else.

My daughters and grandchildren now live in Clackamas, OR and Spring-field, MO. My oldest has asked me to come live in Springfield, MO.

So at the end of February or early March I will be moving to Springfield, MO.

I’ve already looked up the clubs from Springfield to Table Rock Lake. There are 11 of them that I can join and/or visit. I know the demographics of each of those clubs and what they do for their communities.

I am going to miss all my friends here. And hope to stay in touch with Zoom and Facebook.

This will be my third time to retire. I hope I can adjust to sleeping in and having my morning coffee on the patio at 10am rather than 6-6:30.

Yours in Lionism,

Lion Marvin

Eye Glass and Printer Car-

tridge Donations at the State

Office:

Stillwater Noon, Doug Emde

795 pair

Midwest City Lions, Jacque

Mooney 600 pair

OKC West Side, Pat Davison

41 pair

Norman Lions, Ben Odom

200 pair

Surrey Hills, Lynn Wilson 181

pair

Shawnee, (couldn’t read sig-

nature of Lion), 1000 pair

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2020-2021 District 3-NW

Governor

Rob Bodick

580-747-1455 robertbodick@yahoo.com

I have sort of a confession to make; no I

didn’t break any laws. It’s a personal con-

fession. For years I was a resistor. In fact I

was a hard core resistor. What did I resist?

It wasn’t broccoli or some other veggie I

love veggies, it was simply social media.

Yep Facebook, it was the devil. But to my

defense I was a hard core hold out for sev-

eral reasons. Nope, I am not on the witness

protection program, they were operational

and personnel security reasons due to my

job, others were built on simply not putting

myself out there.

That was up until the point I started

working with a nonprofit a few years back.

I was for the most part told I needed it to

survive, network, and help grow the busi-

nesses. I have to admit it was hard at first,

my wife laughed at me; she was already a

long time professional Facebooker. I eased

on into the seat and started working at be-

ing a little more relaxed with it. As I grew

into it I soon realized its potential. I started

connecting with old friends I was stationed

with in the military, old high school friends;

I stay more updated with my family, and

one of the most important things I feel is I

am connected worldwide with fellow Lions

sharing the same purpose.

You may be saying to yourself sounds like

a familiar story one heard around the

world. However as I was preparing this

month’s article that word resistor kept

creeping into my mind. Not in the sense of

the resistors you see flooding the news just

about every night, some people call them

protestors, bottom line they are the re-

sistance to normal social law and order. It

was more on the electrical sense. It was this

one simple question that kept popping up.

Do you want to be a conductor or a resis-

tor?

I know that both are essential to electric-

ity but what parts do they play. Let’s look at

the resistor; they are passive two terminal

components that implement electrical re-

sistance. They are used to reduce current

flow, adjust signal levels, to divide voltage,

and terminate transmission lines. In elec-

tronics and electromagnetism, the electrical

resistance of an object is a measure of its

opposition to the flow of the electric cur-

rent. They have other roles as well but look

at its basic role. Reduce flow, divide, termi-

nate transmission the opposition.

Now let’s look at the opposite the conduc-

tor, in Physics and electrical engineering a

conductor is an object or type of material

that allows the flow of charge in one or

more directions. Conductors can carry a lot

of different levels and come in many forms

some are better than others, some burn out

quickly, but the bottom line is they deliver.

If you Wiki perfect conductor it states a

“perfect conductor or perfect electric con-

ductor (PEC) is an idealized material exhib-

iting infinite electrical conductivity or,

equivalently, ZERO RESISTIVITY.

Why all the talk on electric? Because we

as Lions need to be the spark of electricity

in our towns, or states, our country and the

world. We need to be the conductors that

deliver perfect service; we need to bring the

electricity into the room and light up the

streets. Wait… wasn’t this article about so-

cial media? Yes it is, social media can be

that spark you need. Social media plays a

huge role in the way things are shaped.

There are many great conductive reasons

to have a club Facebook page. They deliver

club news fast, they reach out to other LI-

ONS, you can gain new insights, learn new

tricks, get ideas on out reach the list could

go on. Don’t be a resistor!!!! Bottom line

get out and get a page made. You can start

connecting with young and old alike, and

when people start searching your town

your page can be found, its free advertise-

ment. You can share your events on a much

grander scale.

Now if you already have a page private or

club, are you a part of the 3NW Lions Face-

book group? Link up with others in our

district so we can get out and support one

another. If your online and connected make

friends with those in our community of li-

ons, look me up and hit the button.

Now for a little district news:

I was blessed to be able to share in the 100

year festivities with the Cushing Lions club.

They had

some

great food

and fel-

lowship

and I was honored

to be able to

swear in the in-

coming club lead-

ership and a new member.

Ponca City Noon Lions continue to feed

homeless and low income residents of Pon-

ca City at a local church. They are pumping

out around 100 hot yummy meals every

Wednesday.

Davenport Lions have been continuing their

community service, they will be honored in

an upcoming football game for their hard

work and determination to provide several

thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment

for the football team.

Enid Lions said no virus was going to keep

them down, they were able to continue the

tradition of feeding the teachers at the

start of the school year and have an out-

door antique event planned on Oct 3rd

Chandler Lions had a special visit from Gov-

ernor Stitt,

and were

able to send

him home

with some

Chandler

Bling.

Stillwater lions are setting up for their an-

nual Pumpkin Patch

get down their and buy you a fresh pump-

kin.

Council Chair Neal and wife Nancy in-vited the Council to come to their house last Saturday (9/26) in Wilbur-ton, OK. CC Neal wanted the council to get together as a group and get to know one another better and to form a more cohesive team to lead the Okla-homa Lions through this unusual time.

Those attending: From District E: Gov. Dolly Wooddell & 1VDG David. From District SW: 1VDG Mark Adair, 2VDG Verdana Stephens, Lion Cletus Adams (Anadarko), VCC Jacque Mooney, State Secretary Marvin, and our gracious Hosts CC Neal and Nancy Wood.

CC Neal said there would be lots of fun and food. And I must say he was right. He and Nancy went above and beyond to make sure the Council had a great time. The food was outstanding and as you will see from the pictures...we had a blast.

We did have some discussions from all that were present regarding the many issues before the Council that have arisen due to the Pandemic and how it is affecting the Lions of Oklahoma.

Then we divided up into teams for the Corn Hole toss. The East against the West. Well the West won hands down due primarily to “Dead Eye Mark Adair who scored 10+ points by him self.

Dolly Wooddell with the East team. Check out that form.

Next up for the E team was

Lion Cletus Adams from Anadarko.

David Wooddell with the E Team

Neal trying to save the game for the E team

West Team “Dead Eye” Mark Adair with one of many hole in one “nothing but net” shots that

pushed the West team into the lead.

Marvin try-ing to hang onto his walker with one hand and throw with the other.

See the follow through displayed by Jacque Mooney. She would have been great if she threw harder.

Our last West team player was Ver-dana Stephens. We didn’t get a picture of her but I think she scored a hole in one.

And Last but not the least is CC Neal's com-pletely restored Firetruck

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2020-2021 District 3-SW Governor Tom Love

580-536-1650

tlove7127@att.net

DG Tom Love

We all are welcoming the cooler days of October. We can tell by the change in the color of the leaves and the start of rainstorms that the season is changing. Fall is with us and harvest time is here. As the farmers gather their crops and take them to market, the Lions start to get busy. For many Lions, this is the

time of year to start going out for the semi-annual fund raisers.

The White Cane Safety Awareness Day is one of the most popular with many Clubs. They are planning to get out and conduct their fund raisers to send in and help individuals who are blind or visually

impaired. These funds also go to finan-cially assist the Lions Leader Dogs School for The Blind Program; Lions Eye Bank Programs and Lions World Ser-vices for the Blind (LWSB), located in Little Rock, Arkansas, which assists blind and visually impaired individuals. LWSB provides independent living skills training, job training Skills and Job placement. Some clubs assist local chapters of visu-ally impaired groups in their area.

Other Clubs start working on their Hal-loween festivals and preparations for the Holidays. The biggest ques-tion is, how do we get all of this done with the new COVID-19 rules, maintaining safe distancing, and limiting the num-bers of folks in a specific area.

Lions must take steps to reduce any problems related to COVID-19 and make sure people are safe but also continuing with the events. Families and children are waiting for these popular annual events with many different Lions Clubs. We can still go out and show Lions in action especially during a year of dealing with the virus.

Other events scheduled for October is the SW District cabinet meeting scheduled for October 17, 2020 at the Oklahoma City West Side Club start-ing at 10:00 am. We would like to see all the Lions Clubs in MD-3SW District to have a representative from each Club. Club Presidents can contact me with a request to attend the meeting using Zoom.

The next event is the MD-3 Council meeting scheduled for Oct. 31, 2020. It will also be held at the OKC West Side Lions Club. The meeting(s) begin at 7:45am. Starting with the State Con-vention Planning Committee and continu-ing with Board and Committee reports throughout the day. All Lions Club mem-

bers are welcome to join us.

I would like to thank all of the SW District Lions Clubs for completing and submit-ting their P U101 reports. We are the first District in MD-3 to be 100% in com-pliance with submitting this report. SW LIONS ROAR!

Diabetes Committee Report

By Diabetes Chairperson, Valerie Adair

Hello Lions,

It is so important to take care of our health during the pandemic.

Those with diabetes still need to have a yearly eye exam. Diabetes is the number one cause of blindness in adults. Treat-ment for diabetic retinopathy is 90 per-cent effective in preventing blindness if caught early.

Eat healthy, real food. Avoid spikes in blood sugar. Read food labels. Women need no more than 30-45 carbs per meal. Men need no more than 45-60 carbs per meal. Of course, follow the advice of your physician.

Exercise reduces blood sugar and makes us feel better!

Do something every day that brings joy. This could be getting outside in na-ture, talking to a friend, reading a good book, cooking delicious food, etc.

The Lions International website has wrist-band for diabetes. It is good to wear as a

reminder to make good choices.

MD-3SW Convention

Nancy Cook-Senn, states we are seeking a site for our District Convention March 26-27! Does your town have a nice meet-ing place, good hotel rooms, and good food? Let me know!

I have attached a printout of the Interna-tional Lions Convention locations from 2021 through 2028. You might wish to save this information. There are several

Conventions which will be held in the USA.

Lawton LEO’s

Lawton Leos cheering on parade partici-pants, directing traffic and recruiting new members. We are always looking for new

members to help us serve in the local community. If you are 12 to 18 years old

and want to serve, we are the organiza-tion for you. We have had members from all schools including home school and we welcome Cache, Geronimo, El-gin, Fletcher, Sterling and whoever can make it to Lawton! Go to the Lawton Leo Club Facebook page and DM us for more information about this community-based organization.

Marie Burns the execu-tive Director for the Okla. Service Founda-tion sent the following from the Seminole Li-ons Club:

The Seminole Lions Club has started the school year off with a big bang.

They received their KidSight Spot Camera right before school started and have already screened 806 chil-dren with 166 referrals. They have eight volunteers that regularly con-duct the screenings at eight schools. They have one more school to go to complete their goal for the fall sea-son. We are excited that the clubs are still checking out KidSight Spot Cameras and screening children as they start school. Thank you to all the clubs that have been so diligent to help detect vision problems in our young children.

The Seminole camera and printer is located in Seminole at Les Walker’s (405 380 7337) house if anyone in 3 SW needs to use it.

President Matt Pollock on camera and PDG Les Walker to the right

Thanks to the generosity of the Lions Club International Founda-tion (LCIF), the funding request submitted by the Lions Clubs of District 3SW was approved in Au-gust for a matching grant of $60,000 to help purchase a new Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) bloodmobile! The funds will help pay for a much-needed bloodmobile to replace the old one at the donor center that serves Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas with blood drives, providing life-saving blood for our area hospitals. All District 3SW club officers will be receiving emails about our fundraising progress, and information about the bloodmobile and how club members, individuals, businesses, organizations, etc. can donate to this worthy cause between now and February of 2021. The Law-ton Noon Lions have kicked off this fundraiser with a donation of $1,500 so the Lions of Southwest Oklahoma are on our way to our goal of $60,000!! Ready to donate now? Send checks made out to “3SW Li-ons OBI Grant” to the 3SW District Treasurer.

Beep, beep, beep!! No, that’s not the

roadrunner. It’s a new OBI bloodmobile coming down the road to your town!!

For more information, email 3swlion-sobigrant@gmail.com or call 580-695-1258 (PCC/Project Chair Dan).

Partnering Together to Serve Our

Communities

On the Lighter Side...Funnies from Ferril Williamson, Wewoka Lions

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Lions State Office News and Notes

Mailing Address: 4123 NW 10th

St.,

Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Office Phone: 405-947-6540,

After hours or Emergency: State

Sec. Marvin's Cell 405-819-1045

Off Hrs.: Mon, Tues, Thurs. 8:30-

4:30

Wed & Fri 9:00– 4:30

Sat-Sun Closed

Email and Web Information

Oklahoma State Office email:

md3sec@coxinet.net

Marvin’s personal email:

oklionmarvin@gmail.com

Website address

www.oklahomalions.org

OK Lion Newspaper:

www.oklahomalions.org (scroll to bottom of

the page and click (OK Lion)

Lions of Oklahoma State Patches

(6” diam.) are now available at the state

office for $6.00 each.

Eye Glasses Recycling Boxes

are now available at the state office.

The cost is $9.00 each.

SW Pin Swap Convention, Jan 14 – 16, 2021

Lake Murray State Lodge, Oklahoma

Council Meetings

Saturday October 31, 2020 (OKC

West Side)

Saturday January 30, 2021 (OKC

West Side)

April 30 through May 1, 2021 State

Convention Apache Hotel and Casi-

no, Lawton

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