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Lion Pete Smith, President

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February 1, 2012

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song- Lion Phyllis; Pledge - Lion Rudy;  Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill.   

Today was Vest Day, so Tailtwister Lion Bill made the rounds checking for vests.

One anniversary – Lion Lyle & Barbara Smith – 2/8/1955.  Happy Anniversary.

In last week’ bulletin, I failed to mention Emily Smith as helping at our Crab Feed.  Emily helped pull the raffle tickets out of the raffle drum for us.  Thank you Emily.  Lion Mary updated us on our Crab Feed.  More details at our next Board Meeting.  If you have not turned in money or receipts please do, so we can get a final tally.  Again thank you to everyone who helped.

Please remember to bring your donations for the Blue Star Moms.  Lion Mary will bring the tote to each meeting for your donations.  If you need another list of items, please let Lion Mary know and she will send it to you.

SAVE THE DATE:  CRAB FEED 2013 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013.       MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!

The District Cabinet meeting will be February 17-18 at the Marriott in Fairfield.   Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration but you are responsible for your meals.

Senior Dinner:  Pres Pete and Lions Jay, Dan, John, Gary, and Patty Huyssoon helped serve dinner at the monthly Senior Dinner last Thursday.  Next dinner will be February 23.

Lion Ron brought in a bottle of Stags Leap Wine to be auctioned off.  Lion Pete won it for $20.

Speaker:  Our speaker this morning was Bea Moretti from the Assist a Grad Scholarship Foundation.  She wanted to thank us for our continued support and to remind us of the upcoming Scholarship interviews.  Since 1970, over $2 million have been given out to local students.  Last year 804 interviews were held.  This year’s interviews will be held the week of April 16-19.  Lion John will chair.

January 25, 2012

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song- Lion Bob; Pledge - Lion Gary;  Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill.   

One birthday – Lion Brian: 1/25/67   Happy Birthday.

The Bulletin Editor was under the weather and was not able to attend this morning’s meeting.  Thank you Lions Bill and Jay for taking copious notes and passing along the information for this week’s bulletin.

The meeting today was dedicated to critiquing this year’s Crab Feed.  Over all, it was a great success, thanks to all the Lions and non-Lions that helped.  Thank you Patty Huyssoon for the countless hours you spent on selling tickets, securing silent auction items,  doing the seating, shopping for prizes, and all the other things you did for us.  Also thank you Carla Antonio for the wonderful job you did in arranging the silent auction items.  You made us look good.  Thank you Dotty Chu for all your help with the raffle tickets both the evening before and the night of the crab feed. Thank you  Lori Lorenz, Student Lion Kara, and Angel and Steve for your help in tearing the tickets the evening before.  And thank you Rodney Ames for tending bar the entire evening.  If I failed to mention your name, I apologize, but please know that your help was and always is very much appreciated.
 
I have attached the crab feed critique, both items that went well and areas that need improvement for next year.   The final figures will be sent out once all the revenue and receipts have been turned in.  Again, I thank everyone for all your help. 

SAVE THE DATE:  CRAB FEED 2013 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013.       MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!

The District Cabinet meeting will be February 17-18 at the Marriott in Fairfield.   Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration but you are responsible for your meals.

Lion Jim returned from his vacation and brought back a handmade wooden box that was auctioned off to Lion Bill for $11.00.  Pres. Pete just missed it at $10.00. It was the perfect size for his hearing aids !!

January 18, 2012

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Ken; Pledge-Lion Rudy; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill.   Seems our flag is missing in action.  Someone from Jack & Linda’s went to Sandy’s and picked up our flag and took it back to their restaurant.   Lion John will order us a new one. 

Crab Feed: - January 21.   We devoted most of our meeting this morning to going over the last minute details.  Please turn in any ticket stubs and money to Lion Jay so we can get an accurate count of the number of people attending and can set up the seating.   The price of crab is $4.99.   1250 lbs. have been ordered and will be delivered to the community center on Saturday.  We have sold approximately 290 tickets, so we are doing fine.   Duty roster was passed out.  Times to remember:

Friday, January 20

• 6:00 pm – Cooking the spaghetti at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  We will also be tearing tickets and folding programs. Please bring ticket stubs and money you have collected and any tickets you have not yet sold. Wine & pizza.

Saturday, January 21

• 2:30 –Lions Dan and Gary will move the sauce and burners to the Community Center from the Fire Hall
• 2:30 – Meet at Lion Mary’s home to help transport the raffle prizes to the community center.
• 3:00 – Start setting up at the community center. (All lions)
• 6:00 – Doors open
• 7:00 –Dinner is served.  Raffle to follow.

All Lions will be needed to help set up and clean up.  The firefighters will serve the food and  pass the “boots” to collect tips.  The Girl Scout parents will again help us in the kitchen.  We could not do this without them.  The bread will be delivered to the fire hall on Saturday morning.  Lion Gary will pick up the wine and Lion Jay will pick up the beer.  Lion Mary will pick up the cakes Saturday morning and Lion Joe will purchase the food and supplies on Friday.   Lion Pete will go to the community center and check on the ice machine, sound system, and table set up.  Garbage dumpster and totes will be delivered on Friday. Please call Lion Mary if you have any questions. 427-8065

The next senior dinner will be on Thursday, January 26 at the Suisun Senior Center starting at 5:45pm.

Lion Mary brought in a tote to collect supplies and money for the Blue Star Moms.  The tote will be at each  meeting so continue to bring in any items that you feel the troops would like or  refer to the list that was passed out at our last meeting.  The Blue Star Moms is a group of women who support Napa, Solano and Yolo counties’ military troops and their families.  They collect supplies and put together care packages and send them to our troops.  The next “packing” day will be March 16-17.  Please let Lion Mary know if you need another list of items that go into the care packages.  Lion Bob collected $100 from his employer to help towards purchasing supplies and the cost of postage. Thank you.

The District Cabinet meeting will be February 17-18 at the Marriott in Fairfield.   Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration but you are responsible for your meals.

Pres. Pete, and Lions Mary, Jim, Bill, Gary, and Joe, picked up wreaths at the National Cemetery in Dixon on Saturday.  Also helping was Dotty Chu and Emily Smith.  We met at Raleys and left promptly at 7:00 am.  With the broom sticks, it made the job much quicker and easier.  We stopped for breakfast at the Black Bear in Vacaville on our way home.  The grass was crunchy and it was a little chilly, but it was fun and very worthwhile.

January 11, 2012

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Gary; Pledge-Lion Jay; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill. 

Birthday:  One birthday this week:  Lion Bill  1/6/1945  Happy Birthday.

Visiting Lion – Lion Carolyn Bailey from the Host Lions was with us this morning.  She came to purchase Crab Feed tickets for her family because we are their favorite crab feed.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  ONE WEEK TO GO.  Please turn in any ticket stubs and money to Lion Jay so we can get an accurate count of the number of people attending and will know how much food to purchase.       We will not know the price of crab until just before the 21st.   1250 lbs. have been ordered.  Ticket sales are slow, so get out there and Sell Sell Sell.  Please let Lion Jay know if you need tickets.   We have received a few responses from the donation letters.   Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We discussed the crab feed in depth at the Board meeting on Monday.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall at 6:00 pm.   We will discuss this more at our meeting next Wednesday.  At that time we will also pass out the duty roster.

The next senior dinner will be on Thursday, January 26 at the Suisun Senior Center starting at 5:45pm. The girl scouts will help us out.

Lion Sonny thanked the club for our thoughts and prayers in the recent passing of his mother.

Our board meeting was held on Monday evening.  Discussed were the crab feed, student lions, and dues structure.  Lion John will remove the Student Lions from our roster with the exception of Student Lion Kara who asked to remain in the club.

Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon attended the Blue Star Moms meeting on Tuesday night.  The Blue Star Moms is a group of women who support Napa, Solano and Yolo counties’ military troops and their families.  They collect supplies and put together care packages on a quarterly bases.  The next “packing” day will be March 16-17.  Lion Mary passed out a list of supplies that go into the care packages.  Please bring any supplies you collect to our meetings.  Lion Mary will bring a tote to put them in and will hold onto them until we put together the boxes.  You can also help out by donating money towards the cost of postage.

The District Cabinet meeting will be February 17-18 at the Marriott in Fairfield.   Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration but you are responsible for your meals.

A signup sheet was passed around again to pick up wreaths at the National Cemetery in Dixon.  We will meet this Saturday, January 14 at the Raley’s  parking lot on North Texas if you would like to car pool, otherwise meet us at the cemetery at 7:30am.  We will leave Raleys promptly at 7:00 am.  Bring a broom stick.  We will stop for breakfast at the Black Bear in Vacaville on our way home.

Speaker:    No speaker this morning.  That’s $5.00 you owe us Lion Mario.

January 4, 2012

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Sonny; Pledge-Lion Jay; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill.  We met at our new location – Sandy’s 101 Omelets.

Birthday:  One birthday this week:  Pres. Lion Pete 1/4/1949  Happy Birthday. He did not want a slave, but we gave him a rip roaring song to get his birthday started.

VEST DAY:  Tailtwister collected fines from those that forgot to wear their vests this morning. 

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.     We will need everyone’s help.   As of today, the price of crab is $5.15 but hopefully that will drop in a couple more weeks.  1250 lbs. have been ordered.  Ticket sales are slow, so get out there and Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.  Please let Lion Jay know if you need tickets.   We have received a few responses from the donation letters.   Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We will be discussing the crab feed at the Board meeting next week.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall. Pres. Pete has contacted Lion Dan about the double burner and has taken it over to Sheldon Oil to get fixed.   Be sure to turn in the ticket stubs with the money you collect.

Thank you to Patty Huyssoon for helping Lion Mary put together 27 raffle baskets on Saturday.  We are still in need of a few more prizes.

The next senior dinner will be on Thursday, January 26 at the Suisun Senior Center starting at 5:45pm.

The District Cabinet meeting will be February 17-18 at the Marriott in Fairfield.   Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration but you are responsible for your meals.

Pres. Pete auctioned off the can of cookies that our visiting Lion from Hawaii gave us last week.  Lion Jay won them for $6.00.

Please keep Edith Gaither in your thoughts as she is recovering from a recent heart attack.  She had 2 stents put in and will be recuperating at home for the next 2 months.

A signup sheet was passed around again to pick up wreaths at the National Cemetery in Dixon on Saturday, January 14.  Please meet at the Raley’s parking lot on North Texas if you would like to car pool.  We will leave promptly at 7:00 am.  Bring a broom stick.  We will stop for breakfast at the Black Bear in Vacaville on our way home.

Speaker:    No speaker this morning.  Pres. Lion Pete paid the $5.00 fine.

December 28, 2011

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:20; Song-Lion Jim; Pledge-Lion Rudy; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Well we were in for a surprise this morning when we showed up at Jack & Linda’s and they were CLOSED.  No warning.  Lion John braved the cool morning air and waited in the parking lot to send everyone over to Sandy’s for our meeting.  They did a great job for not having any advance notice that we were coming.  We ordered off a special “senior” menu with 10 breakfast items to choose from. Our waitress this morning and future meetings will be Phena.  Good job.

Visiting Lion:  We had Lion Richard Ching visiting us this morning from Honolulu, Hawaii.  Lion Richard belongs to the Kaimuki Lions Club which has about 20 members.  Lion Richard presented Pres. Pete with a visiting banner and a can of Hawaiian cookies. 

Birthday:  One birthday this week:  Student Lion Kara Lorenz 12/25/1991.  Student Lion Kara has been attending meetings at a Lions club in Monterey and has been helping them with their events and fund-raisers.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.     We will need everyone’s help.   We are not sure what the price of crab will be yet.  Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.   We have received a few responses from the donation letters.   Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We will be discussing the crab feed at the Board meeting in January.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall. Pres. Pete will contact Lion Dan to see if he needs help fixing the double burner.  Please let Lion Jay know if you need tickets.  Be sure to turn in the ticket stubs with the money you collect.

A signup sheet was passed around to pick up wreaths at the National Cemetery in Dixon on Saturday, January 14.  Please meet at the Raley’s parking lot on North Texas if you would like to car pool.  We will leave promptly at 7:00 am.  Bring a broom stick.  We will stop for breakfast at the Black Bear in Vacaville on our way home.

Our condolences to Lion Sonny and his family on the passing of his mother.  Take care Lion Sonny.  We are thinking of you.

Lion Jay gave a report on his vacation to the coast over Christmas.  He did not bring back a souvenir to auction off, so he paid the tailtwister $20 which is what we would have received for an auction item anyway.  Sounds like he and Patty had a great time.  They spotted some whales and sea lions and he even made friends with a seagull named Jonathan.(!) 

Another good time was had by Lion Phyllis and her family.  They spent the week-end in San Francisco seeing the sights, drinking some bubbly and spending time at the Sir Francis Drake hotel. 

Speaker:    No speaker this morning.  Lion Jim paid the $5.00 fine.

December 21, 2011

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Bob; Pledge-Lion Mary; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Visiting Lion:  Region Chair Lion Billy Gaither attended our meeting this morning.  Lion Billy announced the next monthly Senior Dinner will be held at the Suisun Senior Center the last Thursday of January. The remodeling project has been postponed until March or April.  The next District Cabinet meeting will be held in February at the Fairfield Marriott.

CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION:  We will be meeting at Jack & Linda’s Café for one more week and then we will be moving over to Sandy’s 101 Omelets the 1st meeting in January.  Pres. Pete, Lions John and Joe visited Sandy’s 101 Omelets and talked to Sandy and came up with a plan.  We will continue to pay $10 per meal.  They have put together a “Senior Menu” which has 10 different breakfast items and 5 lunch items to choose from.  They will also dedicate a waitress to us.   Thank you to Lion Jay and Patty who offered to serve us coffee and pastries in the meantime.

Lions Joe, Gary, Bill, Ken, Mario, Sonny, Rudy, Ron, John, Mary, Bob, and Patty Huyssoon “Rang the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm and also manned the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall until 7pm.   We had hot coffee and doughnuts to get us started.  The Girl Scouts showed up to help us out as well.  Thank you to everyone that helped.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.     We will need everyone’s help.   1250 lbs. of crab have been ordered.  We are not sure what the price of crab will be yet.  Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.   Donation letters have been sent.  Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon have been busy purchasing raffle prizes.  Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We will be discussing this more at the Board meeting in January.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

A sign up sheet will be passed around next week if you would like to join us in picking up wreaths at the National Cemetery in Dixon on Saturday, January 14.  Meet at Jack & Linda’s if you would like to car pool.  We will leave promptly at 7:00 am.  Bring a broom stick.

On Saturday, Lion Bob will deliver the canned goods we collected over the last month to the Food Bank.  Thank you Lion Bob.

Speaker:    No speaker this morning.  That’s $5.00 you owe us Lion Ken.

Lion Jim read a newspaper article that was in the Daily Republic on the history of Cordelia.  Lion Jay paid the fine for having his name mentioned in the article. 

December 14, 2011

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Jim; Pledge-Lion Hal; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Anniversary this week:  Lion Gary & Nancy 12/17/1967.  Congratulations.

Lion Bob passed around the basket for canned goods for the last time this morning.   Lion Brian has added a barrel of canned goods that he collected at his store to our collection.  Lion Bob will deliver all the canned foods to the Food Bank. Good job Lion Bob.

We held our Board meeting on Monday evening.  Topics discussed were Crab Feed, Salvation Army Bell Ringing, upcoming socials, care packages for Troops, and meeting location.

We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. We will also be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  WEAR YOUR VESTS.  Lion Mary will bring the coffee and doughnuts.  Girl Scouts will be helping us.  Please stop by to help us out.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.   The Duty Roster will be passed out before the Crab Feed, but if there is a job you would like, please let Lion Mary know.  We will need everyone’s help.   1250 lbs. of crab have been ordered.  We are not sure what the price of crab will be yet.  Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.   Signs are up and donation letters were sent this week.  Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon have been busy purchasing raffle prizes.  Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We will be discussing this more at the Board meeting in January.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

We will not be participating in the Student Speaker Contest this year.

Lion John has gone through the training and has signed our new Charter with Boy Scout Troop 853.

Speaker:    No speaker this morning.  Lion Mary paid the $5.00 fine.

December 7, 2011

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Sonny; Pledge-Lion Phyllis; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

We had one visiting Lion this morning.  Zone Chair Lion Barbara Robertson from the Host Lions Club.

Today was Vest day and we only had 1 member without his vest.  Good job.

Lion Bob passed around the basket for canned goods.   We will continue to collect canned goods or $1 one more week.

We have received a thank you from the Solano Office of Education for our recent donation.

Next Board meeting will be held on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 pm.

We held our Christmas party on Saturday evening at the Blue Frog with 32 people attending.  Gift exchange gained us $245 in our Admin fund.  Lion John will bill you for your guest’s dinner.  A good time was had by all.
 
We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. We would like to have 2 Lions on each shift.  On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Mary will bring the coffee and doughnuts.  Girl Scouts will be helping us.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.   The Duty Roster will be passed out before the Crab Feed, but if there is a job you would like, please let Lion Mary know.  We will need everyone’s help.   1250 lbs. of crab have been ordered.  We are not sure what the price of crab will be yet.  Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.   Signs are up and donation letters are being sent this week.  Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon have been busy purchasing raffle prizes.  Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.  We will be discussing this more at the Board meeting.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

Speaker:  Our speaker this morning was Adrienne Bradley, a UC Davis student majoring in Agriculture and Economics, speaking to us on “Feeding the World”.   Adrienne is the current California State FAA President.  Very interesting.

November 30, 2011

Pres. Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Phyllis; Pledge-Lion Gary; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

One birthday this week – Lion Dan 11/24/45.  Lion Dan was out hunting birds this morning and was not at the meeting.

We had 2 visiting Lions this morning.  Region Chair Lion Billy Gaither and Past DG Barry Fredenburg.

Lion Bob passed around the basket for canned goods.   We will continue to collect canned goods or $1 until Dec. 14

Next Board meeting will be held on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 pm.

We will have our Christmas party on Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  If you have not yet signed up and would still like to attend, please call Lion Gary so he can notify the restaurant. The club will pay for the member’s dinner and guests will be charged $30 each.  Choice of entrees are Salmon, Rotisserie Chicken, or Prime Rib Sandwich. Bring a wrapped $20 gift for the gift exchange.   We have wine left over from the Spaghetti Feed that we will bring for the Cocktail hour.  Cocktails 6:00 pm,  Dinner 7:00 pm.

We are still looking for a Student Speaker Chairman and 2nd V.P.  If you are interested, please let Pres. Pete know.

We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Mary will bring the coffee and doughnuts.  Girl Scouts will be helping us.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.   We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  The Duty Roster will be passed out before the Crab Feed, but if there is a job you would like, please let Lion Mary know.  We will need everyone’s help.   Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.   We have one of the signs up, but please contact Lion Jay if you are able to help put the other two signs up.  Donation letters will be sent out the first of December.  Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon have been busy purchasing raffle prizes.  Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.

Did you see the article and picture in the Daily Republic this week end on our Kases4Kids program?
 
Speaker:  No speaker today.  Lion Jay paid the $5.00 fine.

November 23, 2011

1st VP Sonny called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Rudy; Pledge-Lion Hal; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Lion Bob passed around the basket for canned goods.   We will continue to collect canned goods or $1 until Dec. 14.  Lions Jay, Mary and Patty Huyssoon helped the Scouts and firefighters put together 10 food baskets for needy families on Saturday at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

Lion John picked up over 160 pairs of eyeglasses the scouts collected during their recent canned food drive.

Next Board meeting will be held on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 pm.

We will have our Christmas party on Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  The club will pay for the member’s dinner and guests will be charged $30 each.  Choice of entrees are Salmon, Rotisserie Chicken, or Prime Rib Sandwich. Bring a wrapped $20 gift for the gift exchange.  Corkage fee is $10.  Cocktails 6:00 pm,  Dinner 7:00 pm.

We are still looking for a Student Speaker Chairman and 2nd V.P.  If you are interested, please let Pres. Pete know.

We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Mary will bring the coffee and doughnuts.  Girl Scouts will be helping us.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  SAVE THE DATE.   We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  The Duty Roster will be passed out before the Crab Feed, but if there is a job you would like, please let Lion Mary know.  We will need everyone’s help.   Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.  Western Sign has updated our signs again this year and they are ready to be put up.  Please contact Lion Jay if you are able to help put the signs up.  Donation letters will be sent out the first of December.  Lion Mary and Patty Huyssoon have been busy purchasing raffle prizes.  Please let Lion Mary know if you can donate towards the purchase of raffle prizes.  Raffle prizes are an important part of the success of our Crab Feed.

Lion Jay reminded us that the Cordelia Fire Hall will be holding their annual rummage sale in the Spring.  They have a trailer available for storage so you can start bringing your “treasures” over anytime.

Lion Mary announced there will be an article in the Daily Republic on our Kases4Kids program.  We have also submitted it to the Non Profit Holiday Wish List. 

Speaker:  No speaker today.  Lion Ron paid the $5.00 fine.

November 16, 2011

1st VP Sonny called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Bob; Pledge-Lion Susan; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Birthday:  Lion Mary celebrated her birthday on Saturday, 11/12. 

Lion Jay reported that Lion Jim Campi has been under the weather.  Get well Lion Jim.

Lion Bob passed around the basket for canned goods.   Remember to bring your canned goods or $1 until Dec. 14.  We will be putting together food baskets for the Salvation Army on Nov. 19 at the Cordelia Fire Hall at Noon.

We will have our Christmas party on Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  The club will pay for the member’s dinner and guests will be charged $30 each.  Choice of entrees are Salmon, Rotisserie Chicken, or Prime Rib Sandwich. Bring a wrapped $20 gift for the gift exchange.  Corkage fee is $10.  Cocktails 6:00 pm,  Dinner 7:00 pm.

Our Board Meeting was held on Monday night.  Topics of discussion were: Crab Feed, Assist a Grad, Student Speaker, Kases4Kids, Charlie Company,  and Downtown Tree Lighting Candyland.  Donations approved were Assist a Grad $500, Salvation Army $250, and Aptos Science Camp $300.

If anyone is interested in being our Student Speaker Chairman this year, please let Pres. Pete know.

We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Mary will bring the coffee and doughnuts.  Girl Scouts will be helping us.

Lions Bob, John, Ken, and Mary sorted 4000 pair of eyeglasses at the Vallejo warehouse on Saturday.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19. Lion John has applications.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  The Crab Feed was discussed in detail at our Board Meeting.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  The Duty Roster will be passed out before the Crab Feed, but if there is a job you would like, please let Lion Mary know.  We will need everyone’s help.   Lion Jay has tickets. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.  Western Sign is updating our signs again this year.  They will be ready to be put up shortly.  Donation letters will be sent out the first of December.

Speaker:  Our speaker today was Lion Susan speaking to us on one of her life’s experiences and the benefits of takingVitamin D and getting a second medical opinion.

November 9, 2011

1st VP Sonny called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Jay; Pledge-Lion Jim; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Guests:  Dr Tony Seabrooks was with us again this morning.  This was his 2nd visit.  Welcome back.  Margaret Manzo from the FF Downtown Association was also with us this morning.   Margaret is proposing a community service project for us for the evening of Dec 2 during the downtown tree lighting and Holiday candlelight stroll.  She will put the details together and send it to us.  Board meeting item.

Tailtwister Lion Bill was busy checking for voter stubs.  Remember to bring your voting stubs after each election or pay $1.

1st VP Sonny passed around the basket for canned goods.   Remember to bring your canned goods or $1 until Dec. 14.  We will be putting together food baskets for Salvation Army on Nov. 19 at the Cordelia Fire Hall at Noon.

We will be “Ringing the Bell” for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Dec 17 in front of JC Penneys from 9am-5pm. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall from 11am-7pm.  Sign up sheet will be passed around and we will be signing up for 2 hour shifts.

We will be sorting eyeglasses at the Vallejo warehouse on Saturday, Nov 12. Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Lee Gile has offered to make us lunch while we sort glasses.  Lion Bob will pick up the boxes of eyeglasses we have collected from Lion Gary.  Meet at the Lemon Street warehouse at 9:00am.

Lion Mary dropped off 50 more filled eyeglass cases for Mission Solano.  1st VP Lion Sonny will deliver them.

Lion John is a proud new grandpa of a bouncing baby boy.  Aden John Woods was born Sunday.  6 lbs 7 oz.  Lion John will pay the fine next week.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19. Lion John has applications.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  Lion Jay passed out the Crab Feed tickets this morning. Sell Sell Sell. Ticket price is $40.  We will discuss this more at the next Board Meeting.   Western Sign has graciously volunteered to update our signs again this year.  Lion Jay dropped them off yesterday and they will be ready to be put up shortly.

Speaker:  Our speaker today was Suzette Benucci.  Suzette was here to tell us about the upcoming Science Camp to be held in Aptos on February 14-17 for students 10-12 years old.  Cost is $350 per student.  The camp provides programs in science and environmental education.

November 2, 2011

1st VP Sonny called the meeting to order at 7:15; Song-Lion Rudy; Pledge-Lion Mary; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bob

Vest Day:  Stepping in as tailtwister, Lion Bob was busy collecting fines from those that forgot to wear their vests. He then proceeded to collect either a canned good or $1 from all members.  The canned goods will be donated to the food baskets that will be given to Salvation Army. It was decided to continue to collect canned goods until Dec. 14.  At that time Lion Bob will take the food to either the Salvation Army or the Food Bank.

Lion Mary has arranged for us to “Ring the Bell” for the Salvation Army again this year.  Saturday, Dec 17  in front of JC Penneys. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall.  Sign up sheet will be passed around.  We will be signing up for 2 hour shifts.

We will be sorting eyeglasses at the Vallejo warehouse on Saturday, Nov 12. Sign up sheet was passed around.  Lion Lee Gile has offered to make us lunch while we sort glasses.  Lion Bob will pick up the boxes of eyeglasses we have collected from Lion Gary.

Lions John, Mary, Jay, and Patty Huyssoon served dinner at the Suisun Senior Center on Thursday, Oct 27.  This was the last dinner until after the first of the year.  They will be remodeling the kitchen at the senior center, so it may be longer before the next dinner.  If the kitchen is not ready by January the dinner will be moved to the  Joseph Nelson Community Center in Suisun.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19. Lion John has applications.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  The tickets are being printed and should be available soon.  Ticket price to remain at $40.  Lion Mary is updating the checklists and will discuss this at the next Board Meeting.  We have contacted Western Sign to have the signs updated.

We will be assembling food baskets for the Salvation Army on Nov. 19 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

We are still looking for a 2nd V.P. and Student Speaker Chairman. Please let Pres. Pete know if you are interested.   

Speaker:  Our speaker today was Lion John, giving us a brief history of Suisun Valley.

October 26, 2011

Pres Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15 am.  Song-Lion Phyllis; Pledge-Lion Gary; Dollar & Prayer-Lion Bill

Birthday:  Lion Joe 10/21/1949.  Happy Birthday Lion Joe.

Lion Bill did a paddle audit for Lion Susan’s paddle.  13 signatures.  She paid a fine for “showing off”. 

Lion Mary has arranged for us to “Ring the Bell” for the Salvation Army again this year.  Saturday, Dec 17  in front of JC Penneys. On the same day we will be manning the Toys4Tots booth inside the mall.  Sign up sheet will be passed around.  We will be signing up for 2 hour shifts.

World Service Day:  Lion John helped the Host Lions deliver plants to the 3 convalescent homes on Saturday.  Pres. Pete read  thank you notes we received from 2 of the homes.

We will be sorting eyeglasses at the Vallejo warehouse on Saturday, Nov 12.

Next Senior Dinner will be Thursday, Oct 27.  This will be the last dinner until after the first of the year.  They will be remodeling the kitchen at the senior center, so it may be longer before the next dinner.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19. Lion John has applications.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  Pres Pete is having the tickets printed and should be available soon.  Lion Jay reported that the Cordelia firefighters will help serve the food in place of the scouts this year.  Ticket price to remain at $40.  Lion Mary is updating the checklists and will discuss this at the next Board Meeting.

Don’t  forget to bring your canned food or $1 to the meetings in November.  We will be assembling food baskets for the Salvation Army on Nov. 19 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

We are still looking for a 2nd V.P. and Student Speaker Chairman. Please let Pres. Pete know if you are interested.   

Speaker:  No speaker today.  That’s $5 you owe us Lion Debbie.

October 19, 2011

Pres Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15 am.  Song:  Lion Sonny;  Pledge: Lion Hal;   Dollar & Prayer:  Lion Bill

Birthday:  Lion Jay 10/14/1947.  Happy Birthday Lion Jay.

Visiting Lion:  Lion Adina Schwerdtfeger, secretary of the Vacaville Ulatis Lions Club.  The Vacaville Ulatis Lions  are holding a Pasta for Peace Party at Pietro’s #2 in Vacaville on November 2.  Tickets are $20.  If interested please visit www.ulatislionsclub.org/events or call 447-4697.

Lion Sonny reported that we had a net revenue of $2493.00 from our Spaghetti Feed.   

Lion Mary has arranged for us to “Ring the Bell” for the Salvation Army again this year.  Saturday, Dec 17  in front of JC Penneys. More details later.

Winterhawk BBQ netted us $28.55.

We gave hayrides at Ledgewood Creek Winery last Saturday & Sunday, from 11-4.  Ledgewood Creek will donate 12 cases of wine for our crab feed in exchange for us driving the wagon.  We had a good time and earned $74.00 in tips.  Lion John did a great job narrating along the way on the history of Suisun Valley.

World Service Day:  Saturday, October 22.  Meet at the JC Penney parking lot at 9:30 am.

We will be sorting eyeglasses at the Vallejo warehouse on Saturday, Nov 12.

Next Senior Dinner will be on Thursday, Oct 27.  This will be the last dinner until after the first of the year.  They will be remodeling the kitchen at the senior center, so it may be longer before the next dinner.

Lion Bob presented the club with a check for $50 he received from the sale of firewood.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19.

Crab Feed: - January 21.  Pres Pete will have the tickets printed and should be available soon.  Lion Jay will check to see if the Cordelia Firefighters can help us in place of the scouts this year.  Ticket price to remain at $40.

Board Meeting – Lion John read the minutes from our Oct Board meeting.  Topics included:  Crab Feed, 2nd VP position, Spaghetti Feed, Flag Day, Salvation Army, and Food Drive.  We will begin collecting canned food starting with the 1st week in November.  Bring a canned good or $1.00. Lion Bob will chair.

If anyone is interested in filling either the position of 2nd V.P. or Student Speaker Chairman please let Pres. Pete know.   

Speaker:  No speaker today

October 12, 2011

Pres Pete called the meeting to order at 7:15 am.  Song:  Lion Ken;  Pledge: Lion Rudy;   Dollar & Prayer:  Lion Bob

Lion Sonny should have a total for us on the Spaghetti Feed by next week.  After all receipts are turned in we will split the net with the Cordelia Firefighters.

We are still waiting for a total from the Winterhawk BBQ. Lion Sonny will follow up with the winery.

We will be giving hayrides at Ledgewood Creek Winery on Saturday & Sunday, Oct 15 & 16 starting at 11:00.  Ledgewood Creek will donate the wine we need for our crab feed in exchange for us driving the wagon.  Please show up if you can help.  Event is from 11am-4pm both Sat & Sun.

Lion Jay thanked us for our donation to the Cordelia Fire Dept Open House and Appreciation Day at Falls School. 

World Service Day:  Saturday, October 22.  Meet at the JC Penney parking lot at 9:30 am.  We will be delivering plants to the 3 convalescent hospitals.

Next Senior Dinner will be on Thursday, Oct 27.  This will be the last dinner until after the first of the year.  They will be remodeling the kitchen at the senior center, so it may be longer before the next dinner.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19.

Our thoughts and prayers go to Lion Gary and his family as his father passed away over the week-end.
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Lion Ron paid a fine for bragging.  He was selected as Top Salesman in the Country for the company he works for.  Keep selling those stoves Lion Ron.  Congratulations.

Lion Rudy only has one more week as a single man.  He will be married on the 22nd.   Congratulations Lion Rudy.

Lion Jim gave us an update on the on-going battle with his ex-bookkeeper.  Keep us updated Lion Jim. 

Board Meeting – The Oct Board meeting was held on Monday night.  Lion John did not have the minutes ready so he paid the fine.  Topics included:  Crab Feed, 2nd VP position, Spaghetti Feed, Flag Day, Salvation Army, and Food Drive.  We will begin collecting canned food starting with the 1st week in November.  Bring a canned good or $1.00. Lion Bob will chair.

If anyone is interested in filling the position of 2nd V.P., please let Pres. Pete know.

Speaker:  No speaker today.  It was Lion Phyllis’s turn, but Lion Bob had requested that she switch dates with him, but then he couldn’t get a speaker so he passed it on to Lion Hal.  Someone paid the fine.

October 5, 2011

Pres Pete called the meeting to order a couple of minutes late and paid the fine.  Song:  Lion Sonny,  Pledge: Lion Joe;   Dollar & Prayer:  Lion Bill  It was Vest day so Tailtwister Lion Bill was busy collecting fines.

Birthdays:  Lion Ken 10/1/36; Lion Mario 10/5/79;  Lion Wayne 10/4/58;  Lion Debbie 10/3/64.
Anniversaries:  Lion Jose & Marie 10/11/2003;  Lion Sonny & Carla  10/10/2004.

Guest:  Past Dist Gov Lion Barry Fredenburg of the Vacaville Vaca Lions.

First order of business was the induction of our newest member Lion Susan Turner.  Welcome.  Lion Jay is her sponsor and will teach her the ropes. (?)  Lion Susan has her paddle, so expect a visit from her.

Spaghetti Dinner was held on Saturday evening.  Lion Sonny thanked everyone who showed up to help.  Lion Sonny will have the total figures for us after all the receipts are turned in.   The Firefighters did a great job serving the food and selling the tickets.  It will be a 50/50 split.  Thank you to Lion Jay and Patty for their help and for the use of the fire hall.

 Ledgewood Creek Winery will donate the wine we need for our crab feed in exchange for us driving the wagon for hayrides for them during the Suisun Valley Family Fun Days on October 15 & 16.   This will be an easy and fun fund-raiser for us.    No sign up sheet will be passed around. Please show up if you can help.  Event is from 11am-4pm both Sat & Sun.

Lion Jay reminded us of the Cordelia Fire Dept Open House and Appreciation Day at Falls School on this Saturday from 10-4.  Come out and have a hot dog and soda. 

World Service Day:  Saturday, October 22.  Meet at the JC Penney parking lot at 9:30 am.  We will again be delivering plants to the 3 convalescent hospitals.

Lion Mary read a letter we received from Lion Andy Lazelle of the Eureka Lions Club.  He had read the article in the Lion Magazine and sent us a check for $50  to help purchase more backpacks.  Thank you Lion Andy.

Lion Bob announced that we will be sorting eyeglasses at the warehouse in Vallejo on Saturday November 12.  He will check with Lion Lee Gile to make sure that date will work.  Sign up sheet will be passed around.

District Cabinet meeting will be held in Windsor on Saturday, November 19.

Lions John, Gary, Jay, and Mary served dinner at the Suisun Senior Center last Thursday.   Also helping out was Patty Huyssoon.  Small crowd attended so we were finished by 7:00 pm.

Speaker:  Past Dist Gov Barry gave us an update on the Lions Eye Foundation program.

September 28, 2011

The Bulletin Editor was doing her civic duty this morning and attending Jury Duty and was not at the meeting so this newsletter will be very short.

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25.  Lion Sonny thanked everyone that helped with the BBQ.  We set up in light rain, but then it gradually cleared and the sun came out.  Attendance was very low but we still managed to sell a few burgers and dogs.  We also sold quite a few raffle tickets and raffled off prizes 2 times during the day.  The Coast to Coast Band was very good. Lion Sonny will have final numbers for us after all receipts are turned in.
 
Spaghetti Dinner –Saturday, October 1.  We will be cooking the spaghetti on Friday night at 6:00 pm.   Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under. Doors open at 5:00 pm with dinner being served at 6:00 pm.  Raffle prizes have been purchased.   Lion Joe will purchase the cooking supplies, Lion John will organize the bar, and the firefighters will help set up and serve the food.  Sign up sheet was passed around.

Lion Gary has worked out a deal with Ledgewood Creek Winery for us to do “hayrides” for them during the Suisun Valley Family Fun Days on October 15 & 16.   This will be an easy and fun fund-raiser for us and the only cost would be the bales of hay and gas for the tractor.  We would like to have 3 members helping out at a time possibly in 2-hour shifts. More details next week.  Sign up sheet will be passed around

A resignation letter from Lion Adam was read.  Due to responsibilities at work and home he needs to take a step back. We were sorry to hear that Lion Adam.  Hopefully things will work out so you can return.  Take care.

On a sad note, Valerie Prigmore’s mother, Irene, passed away this week.  Irene walked the track with us many times at the Relay for Life.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you Lion Jim and Valerie.  Funeral was held yesterday at Holy Spirit.

Lion Mary would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts on the recent passing of her sister after her short battle with cancer.  Next year’s Relay for Life will take on a new meaning for many of us.

Lions John, Gary, Jay, and Mary served dinner at the Suisun Senior Center on Thursday, September 29.   Also helping out was Patty Huyssoon.  Small crowd attended so we were finished by 7:00 pm.

Speaker:  No speaker this morning. 

September 21, 2011

Pres. Pete rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Phyllis– song, Lion Hal – pledge, Tailtwister Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   

Guests:  Ramon Duenas.  He is looking for a club to join to get more involved in the community.  Welcome

Visiting Lions:  Host Lions Pres. Leo Martin and Zone Chairman Lion Barbara Robertson.  They were with us this morning to discuss the upcoming World Service Day and Flag Day.  These are joint projects we work together on.  With the closing of the Solano Lions Club, we now only have 2 clubs in town and discussion centered on how to best work these two projects between us.  We will be delivering flowers to the Convalescent homes on Saturday, October 22.  We will meet in the JC Penney parking lot at 9:30am.   

Tailtwister Lion Bill was busy this morning.  There was a nice article in the newspaper on Lion Rudy and his Western Sign business.  Although he did mention being a member of the FaST Lions, it was decided that it was bragging and he needed to pay up. Lion Rudy also announced that a wedding date has been set for October 22. Congratulations.  Tailtwister Lion Bill also fined Lion Mary for her new car…$1.00 per wheel.  The more Lion Barbara Robertson talked the more fines Tailtwister Lion Bill collected. Good day for the Admin fund!   

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25.  Lion Sonny reports that the planning for our BBQ is moving along.  We will start setting up at 11:00 and will be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs.  We will also be selling sodas and water.  Winterhawk will supply the tent as well as the BBQ.  We will need to supply chairs, signage, banners, utensils, and BBQ supplies.  Lion Bob will set up a table to sell our sunglasses.  We will receive 20% of all wine sold that day as well as 10% of vendor profits.   We will want as many members there with vests on as possible to sell raffle tickets and to help with the BBQ.  Music will be provided by The Coast to Coast Band. We have several raffle prizes and will have drawings at 3:00pm and 5:00pm.

Spaghetti Dinner –Saturday, October 1.  We will be cooking the spaghetti the evening before at the Cordelia Fire Hall starting at 6:00 pm. Lion Jay has the tickets.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under. Raffle prizes have been purchased.  We will also have a children’s raffle.  Lion Joe will purchase the cooking supplies, Lion John will organize the bar, and the firefighters will help set up and serve the food.  Sign up sheet was passed around.

Lion Gary is working with Ledgewood Creek Winery on a fair price for us to do “hayrides” for them during the Suisun Valley Family Fun Days on October 15 & 16.   This will be an easy and fun fund-raiser for us and the only cost would be the bales of hay and gas for the tractor.  We would like to have 3 members helping out at a time possibly in 2-hour shifts. More details next week.

Lion Bob brought back a bag of goodies from his last visit to Eureka and auctioned it off.  Lion Bill won it for $12 and received 6 “Lion” light bulbs.  These light bulbs were left over from a fundraiser that Lion Bob’s dad did years ago.

We will be serving dinner at the Suisun Senior Center on Thursday, September 29.  5:45 pm

Speaker:  No speaker this morning.  Lion Dan paid the $5.00 fine.

September 14, 2011

Pres. Pete rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Ken– song, Lion Sonny – pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   

Birthday:  Lion Adam 9/12/1971.  Happy Birthday.

Guests:  Susan Turner and Allison Doolittle were with us again this morning.  Welcome.

Our Sept Board meeting was held on Sept 12.  Topics discussed included Winterhawk Winery BBQ, Ledgewood Creek BBQ, Spaghetti Feed, and eyeglass case project.  Motion was made, seconded, and passed for Lion Mary to purchase a TV for the Crab Feed Raffle.  The membership application from Susan Turner was approved.  A date for induction will be set.   Donations were approved for Volunteers of Vacaville ($500), and Cordelia Fire District Appreciation Day ($450).  These will be paid out after the Spaghetti Feed.  Donation Request for Archway Recovery Gala died for lack of motion.    Next Board meeting will be Monday, October 10.

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25.  We will start setting up for our BBQ at 11:00.  We will be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs and will be selling them along with sodas and water.  Winterhawk will supply the tent as well as the BBQ.  We will need to supply chairs, signage, banners, utensils, and BBQ supplies.  Lion Bob will set up a table to sell the sunglasses again.  We will receive 20% of all wine sold that day as well as 10% of vendor profits.   We will want as many members there with vests on as possible to sell raffle tickets and to help with the BBQ.  Lion Mary and Patty have purchased the raffle prizes.

Spaghetti Dinner – Lion Jay has the tickets for our Spaghetti Feed.  Tickets are in groups of 10.  When you sell the tickets, please fill out the sheet and indicate if the ticket is for a child or an adult and circle it on the ticket.  Saturday, October 1 is the date and Cordelia Fire Hall is the place.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.  Lion Mary and Patty have purchased the raffle prizes, Lion Joe will purchase the cooking supplies, Lion John will organize the bar, and the firefighters will help set up and serve the food.

The final figures are in for the Ledgewood Creek BBQ.  After all expenses, we netted $912 from the BBQ and $115 from the sunglasses.

Ledgewood Creek Winery is asking us if we would like to do “hayrides” for them during the Suisun Valley Family Fun Days on October 15 & 16.  We are requesting a $500 donation to do it.  Lion Gary will present it to the winery and will get back to us.  This would be an easy fund-raiser for us and the only cost would be the bales of hay and gas for the tractor.

We have received a thank you from Access Adventure for our donation.

Lion Jay brought back a bag of goodies from his last vacation to the coast and auctioned it off.  Member-to-be Susan bought it for $20 and received 2 bottles of wine…”Sin Zin” and “Horses’ Ass”.

We will be serving dinner at the Suisun Senior Center on Thursday, September 29.  5:45 pm

Speaker:  No speaker this morning.  Lion Gary paid the $5.00 fine.  Lion Hall suggested that when we do not have a speaker,
perhaps one of our members would like to tell us an interesting “life story” of something that happened in their life.

September 7, 2011

Pres. Pete  rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Adam– song, Lion Gary – pledge, Lion Bob-dollar and a prayer.   Today was vest day so our liontamer was busy collecting fines.  We had a small crowd and a short agenda…

Anniversaries: Pres. Pete & Cindy Smith 9/10/1999.  Was that a buck and 1/2 you put in the pot Pres. Pete???  Congratulations.

Guests:  Susan Turner was back for her 3rd  visit  and  has turned in her application for membership.  Welcome aboard!

If you haven’t yet looked at your Lion magazine this month, be sure to read the article featuring the FaST Lions and our Kases4Kids program on Page 10.   Check it out…

Next Board meeting will be Sept 12 at the Cordelia Fire Hall 7:00 pm.    

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25.  Lion Sonny was absent this morning, so he will bring us up to date next week with details.  We will want as many members there with vests on as possible to sell raffle tickets and to help with the BBQ.

Spaghetti Dinner – Lion Jay has the tickets for our Spaghetti Feed.  Tickets are in groups of 10.  When you sell the tickets, please fill out the sheet and indicate if the ticket is for a child or an adult and circle it on the ticket.  Saturday, October 1 is the date and Cordelia Fire Hall is the place.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.  Raffle prizes have been purchased.

Remember 9/11.  There will be a Fire, Police, and Emergency Rescue Vehicle Open House on Civic Center Drive in Fairfield on Sunday, 9/11 from 1:30-3:30pm.  Bake sale, hot dogs and silent auction.  Come on out and support them.

Speaker:  No speaker this morning.  That’s $5.00 you owe the tailtwister, Lion Sonny.

August 31, 2011
Pres. Pete  rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Jay– song, Lion Phyllis – pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer. 

Birthdays: Lion Hal 8/31/1927;  Student Lion Sarah – 8/31/1991.  Happy Birthday.

Anniversaries:  Lion Jay & Patty Huyssoon 9/6/1986; Lion Ken & Rita Perkins 9/5/1960; Lion Phil & Bianca Ewing 9/6/1973.  Congratulations.

Guests:  Susan Turner was back for her 2nd visit,  and Zachary Burke and Dr. Tony Seabrooks.  Welcome.

Lions Jim P (Valerie), Joe (Dotty), Dan, and Patty Huyssoon served dinner at the Suisun Senior Dinner last Thursday.  Next Senior dinner will be the end of Sept.

Did everyone see the article in the LION Magazine this month featuring the FaST Lions and our Kases4Kids program?  Page 10.  Nice article.  Check it out…

Next Board meeting will be Sept 12 at the Cordelia Fire Hall 7:00 pm.    

Student Lion Sarah is off to join the Army this week.  She will be reporting to boot camp in Ft. Leonardwood, Mo.  We are proud of you, Student Lion Sarah.  Take care.

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25.  We will BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs and will receive 20% of all wine sold as well as 10% of all the vendor profits.  Lion Sonny to get more details.  We will want as many members there with vests on as possible to sell raffle tickets and to help with the BBQ.

Last Sunday we cooked up hamburgers and hot dogs at Ledgewood Creek Winery for their annual Car Show.  We grossed $1015 from the BBQ, $13 in tips, and $305 from the winery for the wine by the glass they sold.   Lion Gary will have a final total for us shortly. We had a great turnout of lions to help.  Also helping were Aiden Burke, and Patty Huyssoon.  We  sold $110 in sunglasses.  $5/pr or 3/$10.  Susan Turner jumped right in and helped Lion Bob sell those glasses.  Good job.  Thank you to everyone who showed up to help.

Spaghetti Dinner – Lion Debby has the tickets available.  Tickets are in groups of 10.  When you sell the tickets, please fill out the sheet and indicate if the ticket is for a child or an adult and circle it on the ticket.  Saturday, October 1 is the date and Cordelia Fire Hall is the place.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.  Raffle prizes have been purchased.

Remember 9/11.  There will be a Fire, Police, and Emergency Rescue Vehicle Open House on Civic Center Drive in Fairfield on Sunday, 9/11 from 1:30-3:30pm.  Bake sale, hot dogs and silent auction.  Come on out and support them.

Guest:.Our guest this morning was Denise Sposato, District Manager of the Junior Achievement program.  JA is a non-profit program with a purpose to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.  They are looking for volunteers for their Elementary, Middle Grade, and High School programs.  For more information please contact Denise at 925-465-1076 or visit www.janorcal.org.

August 24, 2011
Pres. Pete  rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Jim– song, Lion Bob – pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer. 

Birthday:  Lion Jim Campi – 8/19/1941

We had two guests with us this morning.  Susan Turner and Jim Petty.  We met both of these guests at the tomato festival this week-end and they expressed an interest in what we do.   Welcome.

Next Senior Dinner will be on Thursday, August 25-- 5:45 pm – Suisun Senior Center. Signup sheet was passed around.

Next Board meeting will be Sept 12 at the Cordelia Fire Hall 7:00 pm.    

Lion Bob presented Lion John with his 100% Secretary’s Award that he picked up at the District meeting.  For more information on our District – visit their new website at www.district-4c2.com

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25 will be our day at Winterhawk.  We will BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs.  We receive 20% of all wine sold as well as 10% of all the vendor profits.  Lion Sonny to get more details.  We will want as many members there with vests on as possible.  We will provide 4 silent auction items.  The winery will provide 2 items.

Tomato Festival –We had several Lions helping out this last weekend at the Tomato Festival.  Lion Bob reported that we made $505 on the sunglasses we sold for $5.00 each.   We will set up our sunglass table at upcoming events as well.  Lion Adam reported we sold 283 glasses of beer and wine.  We will receive 50% of the net profits.  Thank you to everyone that showed up to help.

Sunday, August 28, we will be BBQ’ing at Ledgewood Creek Winery for their annual Car Show.  Set up starts at 9:00 am.  We will be cooking Hamburgers and Hot Dogs and will again receive $2.50 for each glass of wine they sell.   Lion Jim will supply the ice and Lions Gary and Mary will be shopping for supplies on Friday. Please come out and help.

Spaghetti Dinner – We will hold our annual Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, October 1 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.  We will again have an extra raffle for the kids. Lion Debbie will drop off the tickets this week at the Cordelia Fire Hall.

Lion Bob will set a date to sort eyeglasses at the Warehouse in Vallejo for sometime in November.

Hayride – Lion Gary will pick a date in September for a hayride social.  We will start out at his house and meander through the vineyards and stop at the local wineries for some wine tasting.  Can you guarantee no rain this year Lion Gary?  Be sure to bring blankets to spread on the hay bales.

Guest Speaker:  No guest speaker this morning – Pres. Pete paid his $5.00 fine.

August 17, 2011
1st VP Adam rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Mary– song, Lion Ken – pledge, Lion Bob-dollar and a prayer. 

Anniversary:  Lion Jim & Cheryl Campi - August 23, 1964.  Visiting Lions:  Region Chair Lion Billy Gaither.  Lion Billy has tickets to the Archway Gala to be held on 9/17/11 -  $240 for a table of 8.

Next Senior Dinner will be on Thursday, August 25-- 5:45 pm – Suisun Senior Center. Signup sheet was passed around.

Board meeting –Lion John read the minutes from our August Board meeting held last week.    

Winterhawk Winery.  Sunday, September 25 will be our day at Winterhawk.  We will decide if we want to BBQ or let someone else do it.  We receive 20% of all wine sold as well as 20% of all the vendor profits.  If we BBQ, we get 100% of our profits.  If someone else BBQ’s we get 20% of their profits.  We will want as many members there with vests on as possible.  We will need to provide 4 silent auction items.  The winery will provide 2 items.

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  10-5 on Saturday and 11-4 on Sunday.  We need a minimum of 4 adults at the beer garden at all times.  Sunglasses will be sold for $5.00 each.  Set up at 7:30 am.  Lion Mary will provide the tent, Lion Jay the sand bags, and Lion Bob the table, chairs, tablecloths, signage, mirrors, etc.  The Downtown Assn will provide the tent and everything we need for the beer garden.  Please plan on helping out.  Wear your vests…

Sunday, August 28, we will be BBQ’ing at Ledgewood Creek Winery for their annual Car Show.  Set up starts at 9:00 am.  We will be cooking Hamburgers and Hot Dogs and will again receive $2.50 for each glass of wine they sell.   

Lions Jay, (Patty), Bob (Karen), Mary, Adam (Kim & Aiden), Joe (Dotty), and Sonny (Carla) attended the Spaghetti Dinner held at the Fire Hall on Saturday night benefitting Medic Ambulance.

Lions Adam, Sonny, Phyllis, and Bob attended the District Cabinet Meeting on Saturday.  They thought it was interesting (?) and offered some suggestions for next time.
               
Spaghetti Dinner – We will hold our annual Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, October 1 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters and the Fast Lions.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.  We will again have raffle prizes for the kids. Lion Debbie is printing up the tickets and should have them shortly.

Lion Mary has tickets for the Food & Wine Pairing on Saturday at the Tomato Festival.  $15.00 for 8 pairings or you can purchase the tickets on Saturday for $18.00. 

Lion Jay announced that the Cordelia Fire District has cancelled their golf tournament. They refunded our $200 sponsor fee. The raffle prizes that were purchased for the tournament will be donated to our Spaghetti Feed. 

Lion John is the proud grandpa of a new granddaughter:  Sophia Noemi Donahue – born August 13. Congratulations.

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speaker this morning was our own Lion Jim P.  Lion Jim told us about his long and frustrating journey of trying to sort out the mess his bookkeeper left him with after she embezzeled $70,000 from him.  She very cleverly opened credit cards and accounts in his name, took cash that should have been deposited in his bank account, and forged his signature on checks. He reported it to the Fairfield police and the  District Attorney and has not gotten any help.  Come to find out, Lion Sonny employed this same bookkeeper 8 years ago and had the same thing happen to him.  Lion Jim, please let us know of any new developments. 

August 10, 2011
Pres. Pete rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Adam– song, Lion Phyllis, – pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   We were on our best behavior (?) today as we had distinguished guests visiting us today.

Visiting Lions:  Dist Governor Jean Roybal, 1st Vice DG Ben Anderson, Region Chair Lion Billy Gaither, and Zone Chair Lion Barbara Robertson.

Next Senior Dinner will be on Thursday, August 25-- 5:45 pm – Suisun Senior Center. Signup sheet was passed around.

Board meeting –We held our August Board meeting on Monday evening.  Minutes will be read next week.  Motion was passed to donate $121.61 to Sean Godwin, the Eagle Scout who presented his project to us last week.

Winterhawk Winery.  We have reserved Sunday, September 25 as our day at Winterhawk.  Next Board meeting we will decide if we want to BBQ or let someone else do it.  We receive 20% of all wine sold as well as 20% of all the vendor profits.  If we BBQ, we get 100% of our profits.  If someone else BBQ’s we get 20% of their profits.  We may just want to put up a table with our banners and brochures.  We will want as many members there with vests on as possible.  We will need to provide 4 silent auction items.  The winery will provide 2 items.

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  Signup sheet was passed around for both the sunglass booth and the beer garden.  Please sign up for 2-hour increments. 10-5 on Saturday and 11-4 on Sunday.  We need a minimum of 4 adults at the beer garden at all times.  Sunglasses will be sold for $5.00 each and cost us $2.50 each.

The following week, on Sunday, August 28, we will be BBQ’ing at Ledgewood Creek Winery for their annual Car Show.  So far they have 50 cars signed up and hope to have 100-150 cars. Signup sheet was passed around.  We will be cooking Hamburgers and Hot Dogs and will again receive $2.50 for each glass of wine they sell.  We will need your help.  Lions John, Mary, and Gary will get together to purchase supplies.

Lion Jay has tickets for the upcoming Spaghetti Feed on August 13 at the Cordelia Fire Hall benefiting Medic Ambulance.  Cost is $10.  Please let Lion Jay know if you would like to buy a ticket.

The District Cabinet Meeting will be held on August 12-13 at the Fairfield Marriot.  You can register at the door.  The club will pay your registration fee but you are responsible for your meals.

Spaghetti Dinner – We will hold our annual Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, October 1 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  Motion passed to give Lion Mary $300 towards r raffle prizes.  This will be a two-way split with the Cordelia Firefighters.  More details later.

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speaker this morning was District Governor Jean Roybal.  Intl Pres’s goal this year is for each club to plant a tree.  Pres. Pete agreed to discuss this at our next Board meeting.  This year’s Student Speaker Contest topic is “What Can Americans of Yesterday Teach the Americans of Tomorrow.” 

August 3, 2011
Pres. Pete rang the bell at 7:15 am. Lion Jay– song, Lion Sonny, – pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   Today was Vest day so Tailtwister Lion Bill was busy collecting fines.

Visiting Lion – Lion Nancy Meadows-Triguero of the Host Lions was visiting this morning.  She has tickets for their annual Prime Rib in the Park to be held 8/27.  Tickets are $75.00.

Lions John, Mary, and Bob served dinner at the Suisun Senior Center on Thursday night.

District Governor Jean Roybal, along with the Zone and Region Chair will be our guests at next week’s meeting.

Board meeting – Monday, August 8 – Cordelia Fire Hall – 7:00 pm

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  Signup sheet was passed around for the sunglass booth.  Please sign up for 2-hour increments. 10-5 on Saturday and 11-4 on Sunday. We will be selling our sunglasses in one booth as well as manning the beer booth at the east end across from Tomato Alley.

The following week, on Sunday, August 28, we will be BBQ’ing at Ledgewood Creek Winery for their annual Car Show. Signup sheet will be passed around.  We will be cooking Hamburgers and Hot Dogs and will again receive $2.50 for each glass of wine they sell. 
 
The Cordelia Fire District will hold their annual Golf Tournament on August 29 at Green Valley Golf Course.  If interested, please see Lion Jay.  Tee sponsorships are $200.   If you don’t golf, you can still support the Fire District by attending the dinner only.  $75.00 per person at the Green Valley Country Club.

Lion Jay has tickets for the upcoming Spaghetti Feed on August 13 at the Cordelia Fire Hall benefiting Medic Ambulance.  Cost is $10.  Please let Lion Jay know if you would like to buy a ticket.

The District Cabinet Meeting will be held on August 12-13 at the Fairfield Marriot.  Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration fee but you are responsible for your meals.

Christmas Party will be held Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  SAVE THE DATE

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speaker this morning was Sean Godwin from Troop 853.  Sean is working on his Eagle Scout project and is asking for our help in donating money towards the supplies to build a bench at Holy Spirit School.  We will discuss this at our next Board Meeting.

July 27, 2011
Pres. Pete rang the bell at 7:15 am . Lion Bill– song, Lion Sonny.– pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   

Anniversaries:  Lion John & Marsha-7/30/1972,  Lion Joe & Dotty-7/30/1972, Lion Ron & Kathy 7/31/ 2004.

 Next Senior dinner will be Thursday, July 28 at the Suisun Senior Center.  5:45 pm. Sign up sheet was passed around.

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  Sign up sheet will be passed around next week.  Please sign up for 2-hour increments in both booths.  We will be selling our sunglasses in one booth as well as manning the beer booth at the east end across from Tomato Alley.
 
The Cordelia Fire District will hold their annual Golf Tournament on August 29 at Green Valley Golf Course.  If interested, please see Lion Jay.  Tee sponsorships are $200.   If you don’t golf, you can still support the Fire District by attending the dinner only.  $75.00 per person at the Green Valley Country Club.

Lions Jim, John, Gary, Mary, and Joe attended the Relay for Life this past Saturday.  We did not put up our tent but that didn’t stop us from walking laps.   We do not have a total yet on donations for our team. Donations will be accepted through August.  While at the Relay, Nancy Ames won 2 raffle prizes, but Lion Gary forgot to pick them up.  The prizes were picked up that evening and tailtwister Lion Bill auctioned them off for $5.00.

Because we only had a few people sign up for our trip to the Lion’s Club Appreciation Day at Raley Field  it was decided to cancel the trip.

Lion Jay will have tickets for the upcoming Spaghetti Feed in August at the Cordelia Fire Hall benefiting Medic Ambulance.  Cost is $10.  Please let Lion Jay know if you would like to buy a ticket.

The District Cabinet Meeting will be held on August 12-13 at the Fairfield Marriot.  Lion John has registration forms.  The club will pay your registration fee but you are responsible for your meals.

Cordelia Fire District made the front page of the Daily Republic this week, but Lion Jay forgot to mention FaST Lions in the article.  Tailtwister Lion Bill collected a nice fine.

Lion Bob paid a fine for bragging rights for his new granddaughter born this past Saturday.  “Presley Victoria”.  Congratulations Grandpa.

Christmas Party will be held Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  SAVE THE DATE

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speaker this morning was Elaine Clark from the Heather House.  Heather House is the only permanent homeless shelter in Fairfield.  They will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. Their annual fundraiser “Taste of Solano” will be held October 2 at Rancho Solano.

July 20, 2011
We opened the meeting at 7:15 am. Lion Jay– song, Lion Jim P.– pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   Pres. Pete was so busy talking that he lost track of time and forgot to open the meeting, so we started the meeting without him.  He paid dearly for that.

 Next Senior dinner will be Thursday, July 28 at the Suisun Senior Center.  5:45 pm. Sign up sheet was passed around.

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  We will have two booths and will need everyone’s help.  We will be selling our sunglasses in one booth as well as manning the beer booth at the east end across from Tomato Alley. Lions Bob and Adam will chair and will pass around signup sheets next week.
 
The Cordelia Fire District will hold their annual Golf Tournament on August 29 at Green Valley Golf Course.  If interested, please see Lion Jay.  Tee sponsorships are $200.   If you don’t golf, you can still support the Fire District by attending the dinner only.  $75.00 per person at the Green Valley Country Club.

Lion Jim led the discussion on the upcoming  Relay for Life.  Armijo HS has placed a number of restrictions on the use of their track and field.  No tent stakes, no food or beverages in tent area – food to be eaten in designated areas only, no breaking down of tents until Sun. morning, no noise after dark.  Because of all the restrictions, it was decided not to put up our tent this year.  We will still have a team, so please feel free to go out and walk a few laps.  Luminaries will be lit in the evening.  Program starts at 9:00 am.  Donations will be accepted through August.

Sunday, July 31 is Lion’s Club Appreciation Day at Raley Field hosted by the Sacramento River Cats.  Tickets run from $7 to $15.  We need a minimum of 20 people to get the discounted price and to get our name on the scoreboard.  Signup sheet will be passed around one more time.

Pres. Pete auctioned off a gift he brought back from the Grand Canyon.  Lion Jim P. won it for $20.

Lion Jay has tickets for the upcoming Spaghetti Feed on August 13 at the Cordelia Fire Hall benefiting Medic Ambulance.  Cost is $10.  Please let Lion Jay know if you would like to buy a ticket.

Pres. Pete held his first Board meeting on Monday, July 18 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  Topics discussed included Tomato Festival, Car Show, Relay for Life, Winterhawk fundraiser, Eyeglasss Case project and Cabinet meeting.  Motion passed to donate $250 to Access Adventure.  We will be putting together another 100 eyeglass cases for Mission Solano in August.  Next Cabinet meeting will be held in Fairfield on August 13. 

Christmas Party will be held Saturday, December 3 at the Blue Frog.  SAVE THE DATE

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speaker this morning was Captain Allyn Kemp of the Cordelia Fire Dist.  Captain Kemp wanted to thank us for our past support of their Appreciation Day Open House held at Falls School.  This year’s Appreciation Day will be held October 8.

July 13, 2011
1st  V.P. Adam opened the meeting at 7:15 am. Lion Bob – song, Lion Sonny– pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer.   

Two Birthdays this week – Lion Lyle Smith – 7/8/1931 and Lion Phyllis Craig – 7/10/1922 – Happy Birthday.   
One Anniversary – Lion Bob & Karen Dias – 7/14/2001 -  Congratulations.

Lion Jay announced that our Lions truck took 1st Place in “Best Decorated Vehicle” in the July 4th parade.  Again thank you Lion Pete for allowing us to use your truck.

 Next Senior dinner will be Thursday, July 28 at the Suisun Senior Center.  5:45 pm.

August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  We will have two booths and will need everyone’s help.  We will be selling our sunglasses in one booth as well as manning the beer booth at the east end across from Tomato Alley. Lions Bob and Adam will chair and will pass around signup sheets next week.
 
The Cordelia Fire District will hold their annual Golf Tournament on August 29 at Green Valley Golf Course.  If interested, please see Lion Jay.  Tee sponsorships are $200.   If you don’t golf, you can still support the Fire District by attending the dinner only.  $75.00 per person at the Green Valley Country Club.

Lion Jim P passed out registration forms for the Relay for Life again today.   Please turn in any donations to Lion Jim P along with your registration form.  Relay will be held July 23 at Armijo High School.  We will set up our tent at 8:00 am.

Sunday, July 31 is Lion’s Club Appreciation Day at Raley Field hosted by the Sacramento River Cats.  Tickets run from $7 to $15.  We need a minimum of 20 people to get the discounted price and to get our name on the scoreboard.  Signup sheet will be passed around one more time.

Lion John passed around our member roster again.  Please let him know if you have any changes to your information.  Updated rosters will be passed out next week.

Pres. Pete will hold his first Board meeting on Monday, July 18 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  7:00 pm

Kim Burke, wife of 1st VP Adam, participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this past week-end.  Congratulations Kim.

Guest Speaker:  Our guest speakers this morning were Michael Muir and Gabriella Nathan-Funk from Access America.  For information on this program, visit www.access-adventure.org or call Michael at 432-0152.

July 6, 2011
1st  V.P. Adam opened the meeting at 7:15 am. Lion Bob – song, Lion Jay– pledge, Lion Bill-dollar and a prayer .   Today was Vest day, so tailtwister Lion Bill was busy collecting fines from those that forgot.

Birthday – Lion Ron Howe celebrated his birthday on July 4.  Anniversaries – Lion Jim & Valerie Prigmore will celebrate their anniversary on 7/10 and Lion Brian & Lori Lorenz on 7/13.  Congratulations.

4th of July Parade.  Lions Jay, Adam, Mary and Pres. Pete participated in the 4th of July parade in downtown Fairfield.  Lion Bill joined them for the pancake breakfast at the Moose Lodge before the parade.  Also helping out were Patty Huyssoon, Aiden Burke, and Cindy and Emily Smith.  The 1929 Ford pickup was decorated with our club banners and plenty of flags.  Thank you Lion Rudy for making us another banner and Pres. Pete for letting us use the truck.  It was HOT out there, but we had a good time.  Hopefully next year we will have more members participating.  Pres. Pete paid fines for giving us the wrong time and forgetting to bring water.

 Lions Billy, Mary, Bob, & John, along with Edith Gaither and Patty Huyssoon served dinner at the Senior Center on June 30.  Next Senior dinner will be the last Thursday in July at the Suisun Senior Center.  5:45 pm .

SAVE THE DATE:  August 20-21 – Tomato Festival – Downtown Fairfield.  We will have two booths so we will need everyone’s help.  We will be selling our sunglasses  in one  booth as well as manning the beer booth at the east end across from Tomato Alley.
 
The Cordelia Fire District will hold their annual Golf Tournament on August 29 at Green Valley Golf Course.  If interested, please see Lion Jay.  Tee sponsorships are $200.  Our club will sponsor one tee.  If you don’t golf, you can still support the Fire District by attending the dinner only.  $75.00 per person at the Green Valley Country Club.

Lion Jim P passed out registration forms for the Relay for Life again today.   Please turn in any donations to Lion Jim P along with your registration form.  Relay will be held July 23 at Armijo High School. 

Sunday, July 31 is Lion’s Club Appreciation Day at Raley Field hosted by the Sacramento River Cats.  Tickets run from $7 to $15.  Lion John has details.  We need a minimum of 20 people to get the discounted price and to get our name on the scoreboard.  We will carpool – should be fun.  Sign up sheet was passed around.

Lion John is updating our member roster.  Please let him know if you have any changes to you information.  Copies will be passed out next week.

Pres. Pete will hold his first Board meeting on Monday, July 18 at the Cordelia Fire Hall.  7:00 pm

Guest Speaker:  No guest speaker today.

A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING was held after our regular meeting this morning.  Due to his job responsibilities, Lion Billy Gaither has decided to resign from our club and transfer to a club closer to his employment.  Motion was made, seconded, and passed to accept his resignation.  Lion Billy will continue to help out at the Senior Dinners every month.
 

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