North Shreveport Lions Club

 

The Yellow Rag

a weekly newsletter

 

We meet every Thursday at the D&W

Business Center, 1434 Hawn Avenue.

Yellow Rag Editor

Mike Middleton

 

Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”

 
May 26, 2005
 

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:

 

¨      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.

¨      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. 

¨      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.

¨      The North Shreveport Lions Installation Banquet will be held at 6:30 pm on June 23, 2005.  The location has not been finalized at this time.  We should be able to annouce the location at the next meeting.

¨      The District 8-L banquet will be held on Saturday, June 11, at the Ramada Inn in Natchitoches.  The Ramada in is located on the bypass. 

¨      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 – March 17, 2005; Rose Sale –May 6, 2005

 

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