Lion David Redmon (#34) won the Tail Twister’s pot on the first drawing.

Guests were Mr. Chris Barber, Chairman of Millage Campaign for JPS, Past District Governor Jeff Boone and Lion Sharon Schamber, President of the Petal, Ms. Lions Club. Attendance this week was 25 members plus 4 guests.

Cox Communications has given us a date of October 22 for our Lions TV Auction. The first organizational meeting for the auction will be Tuesday, August 16 at Western Sizzlin, 7:00 P.M..

Remember the District 7-0 Cabinet meeting which will be at Dyeann’s House this Saturday July 30 from 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. All Lions are welcome!!

Mr. Steve Singleton, Superintendent of Jonesboro Public Schools was our speaker this week. He talked about current trends in our school system with emphasis on the Governor’s program of No Child Left Behind NCLB with student achievement in literacy, math and science technology. Other topics discussed were safety and security, career academics and learning community and teacher working conditions with recruitment and retention.

Next Tuesday, August 2 our speaker will be Coach Steve Roberts, ASU Football. This will be a good program to invite a guest or prospective member.

Sheriff Jack McCann will be our speaker on August 9.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be August 11 at Couch’s Restaurant at 6:30 A.M. August 16 will be a business meeting.