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”
July 1, 2004
Opening: Presiding: President
Lion Stuart Reeks; Prayer: Lion Jimmie Giles; Pledge:
Lion Ed Ball; Song: Lion Robert
Schwartz and Lion Jimmie Giles sounding
the cymbals.
PRAYERS: The prayer was especially for all members who were not present today.
NEXT WEEK: ???
VISITING: No visitors were in attendance today.
NOTES/Remarks:
- Lion
Stuart thanked all who were in attendance
at last week’s installation banquet. (He reminds all who had committed to attending and did not,
still owes for their meal). A lady
in West Shreveport is donating to the club a Christmas Spoon which was part
of a fundraiser in 1974. PDG Craig Kennedy sent word that the new Grand Cane Club will be
having its charter meeting soon – please attend if you can. The NSLC Board Meeting will be held July
14th… The President then
gave us the “bad news” – time for the Tailtwister.
- Past
President Ed Ball gave recognition/awards
to several who missed the Installation Banquet: PDG Gleason for
the Candy and Nut Fundraiser; Lion
Steve Davitt for Assistant Lion Tamer.
- We have received acknowledgements
from the Eye Bank and the La Association for the Blind for our continued
contributions.
- July 17 at 1:00 p.m.:
District Governor’s Cabinet Meeting will be held at the First Baptist
Church, 508 2nd Street, Natchitoches.
- Sell raffle tickets for
the Corvette and boat.
Tailtwisting: Lion Archambeau kept us entertained with Lion Paul
Little “breaking legs.” He first fined PDG Hubert Gleason for
missing the Installation Banquet for the first time in remembrance (“jet lag”).
A few were fined for arriving late: Lions Oscar Smith and Kevin
Anderson. The Birthday Song was “sang” to Lions Hubert Gleason, Patricia Schwartz, Ed Stevenson and Ruby Davitt (in June).
Lion Paul Little and Martha are celebrating their 54th
anniversary --- Lions Steve and Rubye Davitt also recently celebrated
their anniversary.
Program: Lion Jerry Paige introduced Ms. Ollie Tyler, Caddo Parish Schools Superintendent. She can also now be recognized
as Lion Tyler, as she was inducted into the South Shreveport Club on Wednesday. Lion Tyler
revealed a framed “Mission Statement” which has
been ordered to be present in every classroom in the system. She subscribe to “not leaving a child behind”.
Priority
Goals I – “Raise the level of the educational program and student performance:
Raise the level of accountability to focus on results and attention
to detail.” Priority Goal II: Recruit, train, evaluate
and retain high quality staff. priority III: Coordinate and deliver
efficient and effective administrative support functions aligned with school-based
needs. Priority IV: Expand family, community and school connections:
Create a high level of expectations for parental/guardian and community participation
in student learning…Lion Tyler gave to those in attendance
today a 12-page “Semi-Annual Report”. I’m
sure the same information is available at www.caddopublicschools.com. She gave so much information today that is
positive about what is going on in the schools. A few special notes: Caddo Parish has seven “Blue Ribbon” schools
and we have top academic performers in the state -- #1 elementary; #1 &
#2 middle school; and #2 high school. This
was a great program and sorry those who were not here missed such a great
program.
Ticket Drawings: The red ticket winners were:
Lions Bill Archambeau and Lion Charlie Smith.
BLUE TICKET: Lion Hubert Gleason failed to
pull the Queen for the $96.50 pot.
Attendance Prize: Lion Mary Howe was not
present to collect the pot.
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 2004; Rose Sale –May 2004