The Yellow
Rag
|
We meet every
Thursday at the D&W |
Yellow
Rag Editor
Mike Middleton |
Opening: Presiding:
President Lion Patricia Schwartz; Prayer:
PDG Jimmie Giles; Pledge: ?; Song: PDG Bud Byrd with PDG Jimmie Giles sounding
the cymbals.
PRAYERS: The Club and all of its members who were not
present.
VISITING: Lion Ed Kniepp, and, technically not a visitor,
but it was good to see Lion Bobby Rosett at today’s meeting..
NEXT WEEK’S
PROGRAM:
No meeting Thanksgiving Day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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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)
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There will be no meeting on December 22, 2005.
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There was a Cub Sight screening on Thursday
morning, November 17, at the
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The club is currently considering “twinning”
with a club from
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PDG Gleason announced that the Nut Sale netted
approximately $800 for the club.
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Please get Chicken Charbroil money into PP
Mike Middleton ASAP if you have not already done so.
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The Irish Auction is on for March 2006. Please get prizes donated.
Tailtwisting: Lion Bill Archambeau fined late comers ones
before embarrassing the crowd and himself with local trivia.
PROGRAM: PDG Bryan Self introduced Missy Setters with the Independence
Bowl. She is an LSU grad and the spouse
of former LSU offensive lineman Ross Setters.
She informed the audience that this is the 30th annual
Independence Bowl, hard to believe it’s been that long. She indicated the Bowl has a couple of good
leads on a title sponsor for next year and there may be an announcement in the
next couple of weeks. The Bowl has
tie-ins with the SEC and Big 12 conferences.
They currently get the 6th pick out of the SEC and the 5th
pick from the Big 12. They are looking
at
Ticket
Drawings: The
$5.00 red ticket winners were: PDG Paul Little and
PP Stu Reeks.
BLUE TICKET: I forgot who failed to pull the Queen.
ATTENDANCE: Lion Cindy Fortson 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 –