North Shreveport Lions
Club
The Yellow
Rag
a weekly
newsletter
NORTH
SHREVEPORT LIONS CLUB
1434 Hawn
Avenue; Suite #3
Shreveport,
LA 71107
www.northshreveportlions.org
We meet
every Thursday
“Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”
The
Yellow Rag
March 27,
2008
Opening: Presiding: President Merle Gore; Prayer: Lion Jimmie Giles; Pledge: Lion Oscar Smith; Song: Lion Jerry Paige, Lion Jimmie Giles sounding the cymbals and Mike Middleton on the Chromatic Pitch Instrument.
PRAYERS:
All members and their
families.
VISITING:
Introduced by Lion
Gloria Lynch, her husband,
Billy; Merle introduced his son, Chase. Lion Hubert Gleason introduced
Thurman Smith, Dr. Roger Davis; and Dr. Denise McAdory
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM: Not known at this time…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ø Lion Gloria Lynch announced the St. Pius Lion Cub eye screening resulted in 4 referrals out of the 58 who were screened. Merle is working on his church.
Tailtwisting:
Lion Archambeau had guest Chase Gore passing the offertory pot. A few late comers were fined. The finale was trivia questions. Lots of fun!!
PROGRAM: Lion Trey Gleason introduced Dr. Todd Thoma, Caddo Parish Coroner. He has only been our Coroner for three days – and he is already implementing the points on which he ran for the office. Local autopsies are now being done at LSUHSC instead of Little Rock – a big savings in transportation and autopsy costs. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) nurses are now being used for sexual assault investigations. Todd now has new offices provided by the Parish Commission next to the Parish’s Health Unit on Creswell. The planned North Louisiana Forensics Center can now go forward with the interests of all user parties’ involvement. The center will be located on land being donated by LSU on Linwood at Tulane. Since taking office, Todd has not found many problems in the Office and he has retained all the staff AND the team work/involvement is improving. Delivery of Death Certificates will now be much more efficient and timely. Todd has met with the Louisiana Organ Procurement Administration (LOPA) and more efforts are underway to do a better job of organ and tissue harvesting. This was another excellent program.
Ticket
Drawings: The $5.00 ticket winners were: Lions Bryan Self
and Jerry Paige.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Trey Gleason failed to pull the winning Queen.
ATTENDANCE:
Lion Cindy
Johnson 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 in March!?!; Rose Sale in May