North Shreveport
Lions Club
The Yellow
Rag
|
We meet every
Thursday at the D&W Business Center,
1434 Hawn Avenue. |
Yellow
Rag Editor
Mike Middleton |
Opening: Presiding:
President Lion Stuart Reeks; Prayer:
Lion Jimmie Giles; Pledge:
Lion Kevin Anderson;
Song: Lion Trey Gleason, Lion Jimmie Giles sounding the cymbals.
PRAYERS: The Club and all of its members and their
families who were not able to be present today.
VISITING:
Lion Alan Yokem had
Mr. Ted Dixon.
NEXT WEEK’S
PROGRAM: Lion Oscar Smith will have Mr. Gerry Robichaux. He
is with the Senior Olympic Steering Committee.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Irish Auction –
Thursday, March 17th at 6:30 p.m.-- We are in dire need for items
for auctioning and door prizes – we also need people – members and
friends/family. It will be in our
clubroom at 6:30 p.m. and the caterer will again be Good Eats and the cost is
$12.00 per person for eating.
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State Convention the weekend of April 29th
in Baton Rouge. Pres. Reeks has
the information and convention information.
All Lions are encouraged to attend – particularly, the club’s officers.
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The Lions Rose Day will be May 6th
– the tickets will be available next week.
Tailtwisting: Lion TT Archambeau had Lion Bryan Self passing the pot. A few latecomers were fined.
Lion Kevin was verbally
assaulted for his leading of the Pledge; likewise, Lion Trey
Gleason for not providing adequate cues to the club’s band
for the First Verse.
PROGRAM: Lion Mike Middleton introduced Mr. Lester Kimble and Mr. Travis Lewis, the
manager and co-manager of Sam’s Wholesale Club. Sam’s recently contributed $1,000 to the
NSLC. They spoke about the Wal-Mart Foundation. They are the largest contributor to communities everywhere; they
gave back to the community last year over $174 million – the local Sam’s Club
gave over $40,000 last year. Mr. Sam Walton developed what is today’s success based on
improvements given to previous successful companies such as K-Mart, Sears and
others. Last year, the lowest price concept grossed over $285 billion for
Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs. They employ 1.5 million people and are second only to
the federal government in their number of employees. They provide many benefits to their employees. Their profit per
employment is much less than Microsoft and General Motors. By the way, the local Sam’s has over 115,000
members.
Ticket
Drawings: The
$5.00 red ticket winners were: Lions Oscar Smith and Bud Byrd.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Bill Archambeau pulled the winning Queen for $127.50.
ATTENDANCE: Lion
Steve Fulco was not here to claim the attendance prize.
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Louisiana Lions Childrens’ Camp, LSU Lions’ Eye Foundation, Northwest Louisiana
Eye Bank, Louisiana Association for the Blind, Northwood High School Leo Club,
Scholarships for Northwood and Green Oaks High Schools
FUNDRAISERS: Chicken Charbroil –
October; Candy & Nuts – November / December;
Irish Auction – March 17, 2005; Rose Sale –May 6,
2005