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”
August 14, 2003
Opening: Presiding: President Lion
Ed Ball; Prayer: Lion Charlie Smith; Pledge:
Lion PDG Bud Byrd; Leading the song
was Lion PDG2 Paul Little with
Lion PDG Jimmie Giles sounding
the cymbals.
NEXT WEEK’S
PROGRAM: On August
21st, Lion Libby Gleason will
present Mr. Mike Pittman.
Visitors: Ms. Daisy Anderson was
visiting with Lion Gene Bacon. Ms. Elena Corley,
in-charge of the Regions Bank on North Market, was visiting with Lion Hubert Gleason.
NOTES/Remarks:
- President Ed Ball noted a small attendance at yesterday’s Board
Meeting. He passed along that one
item of business was sent to the Finance Committee and the he will be appointing
a By-Laws Committee to address some issues – such as the needed wording
for the pending IRS 501c3 status.
- The Chicken Charbroil will be on October 9th and distribution
of the birds will occur on Friday, October 10th. Lions Mike Middleton and PDG
Bryan Self will chair. Also,
the next week Lion Mike is asking for any volunteers to help on another
project the following week on October 15th thru 18th. This will be to cook pork ribs to help
benefit, the Law
Enforcement Torch Run in support of the Special Olympics – Louisiana. - The Zone Meeting will be held this Monday, August 18th
at 6:30 p.m. at the Willis-Knighton Career Institute and Community Center.
Call Lion Mike at 681.0630 for traveling instructions.
- The Lion Eye Foundation will have a Board Meeting in Lafayette
on August 16th/17th
- Big Bass Rodeo… Sell tickets and the Rodeo is September 27th.
Tailtwisting: Lion TT Bill Archambeau had Lion Paul Little serving
as the pot-man in the absence of Lion Gabby Garbarino. Lion Larry LaBorde received his annual
birthday song. Lions Scott Harkey, Oscar Smith, Larry LaBorde and Robert
Schwartz were late. Then the TT
went off on his Who Wants To Be a Millionaire questions. He got lots of fines and lots of discussions
and laughs.
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PROGRAM: Lion Hubert Gleason
introduced Mr. Andy Shehee. Andy is
a professional-hobbyist chicken rancher.
He gave us lots of information on his hobby. I (your editor), learned a lot today about the different varieties
of chickens and their characters. Some
valuable info: Since WWII, we
have moved to growing chickens as rapidly as possible using steroids
and advanced watering and lighting techniques – of course, whatever
the chicks eat, we also eat and Andy suggests that may be why Americans have
many health problems. He noted
a friend in Arkansas who can raise an 8 pound chicken (27,000 of them)
in 8 weeks for McDonalds --
Andy grows his a little slower at about 7 to 8 months to
grow to 8 pounds. Andy has about 110 chickens – oh yeah, some
broilers can weigh in excess of 12 pounds.
Andy sells some of his eggs at the Donut Shop
next to Leone’s Turkey on Kings Highway near KTBS Television. Andy gave away 5-dozens of prize winning eggs to the following lucky winners: Lions Ed Stevenson, Bob Allen, Bud Byrd, Charlie Smith and guest, Elena Corley. P.S. Lion Gloria invited Andy but asked PDG Gleason to introduce him since she couldn’t be at the meeting. |
Ticket Drawings: The
red ticket winners were: Lions Paul Little and
Ed Stevenson.
BLUE TICKET: NOPE,
Lion Bud Byrd didn’t get it -- the pot is over $140!
Attendance Prize: Lion Steve Prator was not in attendance so the pot is growing.
