OUR LIONS ROAR

Volume 67, Number 4

OCTOBER 2005

BOARD ACTIONS

The Board of Directors held its October meeting on October 6, 2005, at the home of Past President Dick Stephens. Nine board members were present. The board approved a contribution of $1,000 to LCIF for Hurricane Katrina relief which will count toward a Melvin Jones Fellowship for a Lion to be named at a later date. Lion Bob Moore will try to get the Country Club on March 10 for the reverse raffle. The Board also discussed the possibility of having a Christmas cocktail party in lieu of a regular dinner meeting if the party would not cost more than a regular meeting. There was a continuing discussion on the status of White House ornament sales.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 6 Board Meeting at Stephens

October 13 Dinner at FCC

October 27 Dinner At FCC (DG visits) Board Meeting Follows

October 20 Zone 2 Meeting at Café DaVanzo

October 28,29 Fall Conference at Fairlakes Hyatt

November 3 Dinner at FCC

November 17 (Spouses invited) Charter Night at FCC

HAPPY

HALLOWEEN

Jack Rowley, President Bob Sexton, Secretary and Editor

CLUB ACTIVITIES FOR SEPTEMBER

During the month of September, the Club made the following donations:

Eye exams (9) $ 270 Eyeglasses(14) 919 Leader Dog School 1,000 Rappahannock Area American Red Cross 250

Activities other than cash donations included: (1) September 8 cookout at the home of Lion Rick and Lioness Margi Decatur, (2) September 22 dinner program by Janel Donohue, Director of the Rappahannock Area United Way, on the work of the United Way and help that participating agencies provide, (3) Sight and Hearing Screening Van at Lafayette Upper Middle School on September 29 and (4) President Jack Rowley and Lion Tom Clark visited Leader Dog School in Rochester, MI on September 28.

SIGHT AND HEARING VAN

On September 29 the club worked the Sight and Hearing Van at Lafayette Upper Middle School. Lions Stephens, Glover, Snyder, and Zeleznock, as well as Lioness Betty Monroe and Lucille Kimman screened 157 third graders as well as a few fifth graders between 9:00 AM and 2:30 PM. Of those screened, there were 34 vision referrals and 2 hearing referrals. Our many thanks to our volunteers who worked the screening van.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

October 13 is our annual retreat dedicated to discussing the operations of the club. Be prepared to voice your opinions in this open forum. No club business will be conducted at this meeting.

District Governor Woody Woodard will be our guest at the October 27 meeting. DG Woody will meet with the board after the dinner meeting which will be followed by our November board meeting.

FALL CONFERENCE

District 24-A Fall Conference will be held at the Fair Lakes Hyatt on October 28 and 29. Registrations are due by October 19. On Saturday morning there will be various training sessions and seminars. The luncheon speaker will be International Director Sam Milliken from Pennsylvania. A general session will follow in the afternoon. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow Lions from throughout the District.

WHITE HOUSE ORNAMENTS

The White House Christmas ornament sales are underway and two members have accounted for sales of about one third of our order. See King Lion Jack Rowley if you have not received any ornaments. Please try to sell to your friends and neighbors. These make very nice Christmas presents.

DIRECTORY UPDATES

Please remember to let the Club secretary know if you have any changes in the information printed in the handbook, such as address, phone number, or email address.

Page 14—Delete Lion Bob Cadow

Page 15—Change Bob Gramann’s email to: rgg@bobgramann.com

LEADER DOG SCHOOL VISIT

LION BOB CADOW

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lion Bob Cadow on Monday, October 10. Bob had been a member of the club since October 1963. He was a Melvin Jones Fellow and served the club as Secretary from 1979-1989 and as Treasurer from 1989-1999. His funeral will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, October 14 at Covenant Funeral Service in Fredericksburg.

October has not been a good month for our Lions family. In addition to the death of Lion Cadow, Lion Ken Lapin’s mother passed away on October 3 in North Carolina. Also, Lion Bob Sexton’s brother passed away on October 5 in Warren, Ohio.

Our sympathies go out to all of the families impacted by these deaths.

Fredericksburg Host Lions Club

FREDERICKSBURG HOST LIONS