The Yellow
Rag
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We meet every
Thursday at the D&W |
Yellow
Rag Editor
Mike Middleton |
Opening: Presiding:
President Lion Stuart Reeks; Prayer:
Lion Chaplain Jim Peck; Pledge:
PP Robert Schwartz;
Song: Lion Robbie Railford, PDG Giles sounding the cymbals.
PRAYERS: The Club and all of its members who were not
present.
VISITING: Lion Trey Gleason was accompanied by his
daughter, and Alan Yokem brought his son Charles.
NEXT WEEK’S
PROGRAM:
Liz Swaine from the Mayor's office will
be our speaker.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Rose Day: Lion President and Rose Day Chair Reeks ask that
everyone get their rose money in as soon as possible so we can close the
project out before the end of the Lion year.
If the money comes in as Lion Stu predicts we should make about $4,300
on this years rose day sale. That would
be about a $300 increase over prior year.
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Lion President Reeks will bring boat tickets for
the raffle held in conjunction with the Big Bass Rodeo in September to support
our state projects.
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Another easy fundraiser courtesy of Past President Gloria Kennedy is selling the "Book". This is a book of dining coupons which can be
sold for $20 and the club will get $10 of that.
See Lion President Reeks to
get your books.
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The North Shreveport Lions Installation
Banquet will be held at
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The District 8-L banquet will be held on
Saturday, June 11, at the Ramada Inn in
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Attendance for our weekly meetings has been
falling off recently. Please make
every effort to attend and support your Lions Club.
Tailtwisting: Lion Tailtwister Bill Archambeau fined the late comers and the
President for a late start. He then
started in on the Shreveport Bossier trivia with "new questions".
PROGRAM: President Stu Reeks introduced his wife Susan
Reeks. Susan gave a very
detailed prensetation about LSUS. She discussed the many ways LSUS helps the
community and helps working people go to school locally. LSUS has always been a very strong school
academically and has helped a lot of people in the community go on to achieve
bigger and brighter things.
Ticket
Drawings: The
$5.00 red ticket winners were: Lions Trey Gleason and Stu Reeks.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Trey Gleason failed to pull the Queen.
ATTENDANCE: Lion Larry Kennedy 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 –