At our weekly Tuesday morning meeting
today, Eric Grant (#14) won the Tail
Twisters pot on the first drawing.
Attendance was 17 members and one
"guest"-- Thomas Benedict, whose transfer
membership from the Russellville Lions
Club had been approved by the Board
last week, to take effect as soon as we
have received official notice from
the (no doubt sad) Lions in
Russellville that their Board had OKed him to
transfer in good standing. (Tom thus
gets another free breakfast from us,
but since he indicated an interest in
serving on the Sight, Car Show, and TV
Auction committees, if any of those
should meet, be sure to include Tom in
the group.)
Announcements:
1. Golf Team Captain Vern Drake
informed the group that our heroic golf
team, in its first outing yesterday at
the Mid-South tournament in north
Memphis, came up with a most credible
four-under-par score, but that was not
enough to win the tourney. They
battled humidity and swarms of black bugs
in addition to other teams, but still
had a good time and represented our
club well, and all for a great
cause. (Vern is going to try and recover
from all the stress of this competition
by taking off on a cruise in the
Baltic Sea.)
2. Sight Committee member and
current keeper of our new SPOT vision
screening device Bryan Ulmer advised
members that if anyone wished to read
up on the device prior to our getting
the formal training from the
manufacturer, they should contact him.
3. Tony Bari announced that our
annual Awards and Installation Banquet
will be held on Tuesday evening, June
18th, in the newly relocated Fat City
restaurant on E. Johnson Ave. More
details, and a sign-up list will be
forthcoming, but mark that date on your
calendars.
4. A Flag Day sign-up sheet for
flags to be put out on Memorial Day next
Monday [May 27th]. SEVERAL flag routes
are still uncovered-please contact
Lion Pat Snodgrass if you can take one
or two.
5. Ball cap order? Secretary
Charles Hartwig passed around a sign-up
sheet for members wishing to order new
caps with the club logo. The special
offer for free logos will expire at the
end of the month, AND with at least
12 orders needed (at $13 each), and all
of the same color. Nine cap orders
were received, and reflecting the
wonderful diversity of our club, there is
a three-way tie for the preferred
color. (The ONLY thing agreed on was that
no one wants a white cap.) To be
continued at the last May meeting next
Tuesday.
Monthly Business Meeting:
Secretary Charles Hartwig read the
draft Minutes of the May 16th Board
meeting, and Treasurer Ron Erwin went
over the monthly Financial Report, as
of April 30th.
