North Shreveport
Lions Club
The Yellow
Rag
|
We meet every Thursday
at the D&W Business Center, 1434
Hawn Avenue. |
Yellow
Rag Editor
Mike Middleton |
!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS and happy new year !!!
Make club meetings a positive New Year Resolution – see you on January
8th, 2004 !!!
Opening: Presiding: President
Lion Ed Ball; Prayer: Lion Charlie Smith; Pledge: Lion Mike
Middleton; Leading the song was Lion Scott Harkey and
Lion Craig Kennedy sounding the cymbals. Special prayers:
Lion Gene Bacon
Upcoming programs:
A reception is being planned for March
21st at the State Exhibit Museum. The guest will be the granddaughter of Helen Keller. Please plan to attend and show our appreciation
for her traveling to Shreveport. More
details available later.
attendance: If you weren’t at today’s special
annual Christmas assembly, then you missed a great bunch of people. You also missed the Tailtwister’s annual reciting
of A Cajun Christmas, A Special Christmas Poem, and the club’s participation
in The Cajun Twelve Days of Christmas. In attendance today: Lions DG Bonnie Pharr, Ed Ball, Mike Middleton, Gary
Lipscomb, Elena Corley, Cindy Fortson, Mary Howe, Stuart Reeks, Bryan Self,
Craig Kennedy, Steve and Rubye Davitt, Hubert and Libby Gleason, Bud and Nita
Byrd and grandson, Thomas; Oscar Smith, Jerry Paige, Ed Stevenson and wife, Faye; Bob
and wife, Dorothy;
Scott Harkey and son, Jack; Bill Archambeau and
wife, Dorothy; Charlie Smith and wife, Francine; Alan Yokem and wife, Kelli; Larry
LaBorde and wife, Putty; Paul Little and
wife, Martha; Mrs. Joe Rosett.
It was such a great attendance, too bad we can’t have this many folks at
every meeting.
NOTES/Remarks:
Tailtwisting: Lion TT Bill Archambeau had Lion
Mike Middleton walking the pot. Several
late folks and those who missed last date’s Board Meeting were fined.
Several tough TV trivia questions were asked and lots of fines were
collected. Lion DG Bonnie Pharr gave a LSU SEC
Championship plate to the club for an auction – President Ball got
the plate for $20.00.
Program: Lion Tailtwister Bill Archambeau
was the program as mentioned in the
“Guest” section.
Ticket Drawings: The red ticket winners were:
Lions Mike Middleton and Hubert
Gleason.
BLUE TICKET: Dot Archambeau failed to
draw the Queen of Hearts – over $300 next week.
Attendance Prize: Lion Gene Bacon 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;
Irish Auction – March; Rose Sale – April