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Mike Middleton

“Liberty, **Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”**

November 10, 2005

Opening: Presiding: President Lion Patricia Schwartz; Prayer: PDG Hubert Gleason; Pledge: PDG Jimmie Giles; Song: Lion Libby Gleason with PDG Jimmie Giles sounding the cymbals.

PRAYERS: The Club and all of its members who were not present.

VISITING: No visitors today.

NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM: PDG Bryan Self will introduce Missy Setters, the acting Executive Director of the Independence Bowl.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

¨ The Christmas meeting will be held on December 15, 2005 at 6:30. Cost will be $10 per person. Please bring spouse or significant other to meeting. No noon meeting on that day. (Originally scheduled for Dec 22)

¨ There will be no meeting on December 22, 2005.

¨ There will be a Cub Sight screening on Thursday, November 17, at 8:30 am. Please contact President Schwartz if you can help. It will be at the First Baptist Church in Blanchard.

¨ The club is currently considering “twinning” with a club from South Louisiana who was adversely affected by the hurricanes. More on this later.

¨ The club received a thank you letter from the Salvation Army for our $500 contribution to the Katrian relief effort.

¨ Please get Chicken Charbroil money into PP Mike Middleton ASAP if you have not already done so.

¨ Kudos to PP Mike Middleton for obtaining a $2,000 donation from Sam’s club for NSLC’s project account.

¨ The Irish Auction is on for March 2006. Please get prizes donated.

Tailtwisting: Lion Bill Alexander fined late comers and the vestless ones before embarrassing the crowd and himself with local trivia.

PROGRAM: PDG Hubert Gleason introduced Captain Matt Phillips with the United States Marine Corps. Captain Phillips, who commands a reserve unit based in Bossier City, shed some light on what is going on in Iraq. He spent some time Iraq and was heavily involved in the taking of Fallujah as well as other missions. His account of the Iraq situation is much better than what is being portrayed in the media. He indicated the majority of the Iraqi people are behind what the US is doing over there.

Thanks Captain Phillips for your service to our country.

Ticket Drawings: The $5.00 red ticket winners were: PDG Jimmie Giles and PDG Bryan Self.

BLUE TICKET: PDG Hubert Gleason failed to pull the Queen.

ATTENDANCE: Lion Chaplain Jim Peck was here to claim the attendance prize.

a weekly newsletter

Yellow Rag Editor

“Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”

November 10, 2005

“Liberty, **Intelligence, Our Nation’s Safety”**