May 18, 2003

Lion Albert Frankenberger (#4) won the Tail Twister’s pot on the first drawing.

Guests this week were former Lion Gene Moody, guest of Lion Bobby Wood and Mr. Driss Elakrich was a guest of Lion Charles Hartwig. Attendance was 28 members and 3 guests.

We had an excellent program this week by Col. Michael Moody, commanding officers of the U.S. Army 4^th Brigade, 4^th Infantry Division, which recently returned from a years deployment in Iraq. Col. Moody gave us a very informative talk and video presentation on the war in Iraq. Mike is the son of former Lion Gene Moody and nephew of Lion Leon and Betty Lee. He is a graduate of ASU ROTC.

Thanks to all Lions who worked flag routes Saturday, May 15^th for Armed Forces Day. Our next flag day will be May 31 for Memorial Day. Sign up next week for your favorite flag route.

The date of June 29^th has been set for our annual installation of new officers and awards banquet. More information on this later.

Our next program will be Scott Hancock and/or Bob Schuchardt talking about the Craighead County Community Foundation.

Dates to remember:

June 4 Mid South Lions Sight & Hearing annual auction, Memphis, TN

June 5-9 Lions International Convention, Detroit, MI & Windsor, Ontario

June 23-24 Presidents Day at Mid South Lions Sight & Hearing, Memphis, TN

Sept. 9-11 USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum, Reno, NV