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 Ed Ball; Prayer:
Lion Jimmie Giles; Pledge: Lion Oscar Smith; First Verse: Lion Gene Bacon
with Lion Jimmie Giles
playing the cymbals.
Visitors: Mr. Jason Hodges visiting with Lion Mike Middleton; Lion Gloria Kennedy had
visiting with her Aunt Maynell Whitney from
Jonesboro, Maine.
NOTES/Remarks: Lion Stuart Reeks has
the program next week – a mystery speaker
The April 10th regular meeting will be held at Northwood High
School.
We will pay for our own lunches as usual, but, this will help us to meet
our 59 NHS Leo Club members. WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN EXACT HEADCOUNT BY MARCH
27TH – LET THE PRESIDENT KNOW IF YOU WILL ATTEND.
Tailtwisting: Lion TT Bill Archambeau fined several for being late – Lions Patricia Schwartz,
Bryan Self, Pete Copes, Larry LaBorde, Bill Alexander and Garry Lipscomb.
Rag Editor Lion Mike Middleton was fined for not ensuring members
got a Rag for the last two weeks – sorry folks – I was out-of-town and one
week was for a funeral – but, I’M BACK!!!
Lion Gene Bacon’s hand was called for reading a joke at the
top of the meeting rather than waiting for the TT’s time.
Lion Jimmie Giles was corrected for playing the cymbals without
being signaled to play by Lion Gene. Trivia questions took up the rest
of the great session.
Program: Lion Jerry Paige introduced a March of Dimes
volunteer -- Ms. Gail Rains,
Director of Patient Services at Shriners Hospital. The March of Dimes helps
save babies from premature birth and other health threats. Premature birth affects more than 460,000 babies
in the U.S. every year – the Shreveport area has the highest number of incidences
for all the state. The upcoming March of Dimes WalkAmerica functions will
be held on these dates: April 5 – Springhill; April 12 – Many; and April 26th
– Shreveport. To participate, call
318.869.0400 or toll-free 866.508.2333. The website for the walk is www.walkamerica.org. General information about MOD is available
at www.marchofdimes.com. Companies
and groups are certainly welcomed to participate.
Hints for healthy babies: *See a health care provider before and during
pregnancy; *Don’t drink, smoke or use drugs and avoid secondhand smoke; *Learn
the signs of pre-term labor and what to do if it happens to you.
Ticket
Drawings: The
red ticket winners were: Lions Steve Davitt and Larry LaBorde.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Jimmie Giles got the chance and failed to “pull” the lady.
Attendance Prize: Lion Charles Strickland would have won
– but he wasn’t at the meeting.
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Louisiana Lions Childrens’ Camp, LSU 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;
Irish Auction – March; Rose Sale – April