Tuesday - October 12, 2004

 

Our Intrepid Song Leader Lion Don Vineyard (#18) was the lucky winner of the Tail Twister’s pot on the first drawing.

Guests this week were Greg Chance with KASU and Jon Brines, son in law of Lion Dave Redmon. Our attendance this week was 26 members plus 4 guests.

The Auction Committee will meet next Monday, October 18^th at 7:00 at the Forest Home Church of the Nazerene. Sign up next week for the times you can work the auction on Saturday, November 6^th. Auction items need to be turned in by Monday November 1^st.

Lion Bill Dickens announced that the pecans will be available by the first week of November for our pecan sale project for November and December.

Lions International has announced that the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum for 2009 will be held in Memphis, TN. This will be a great opportunity for our members to attend a USA/Canada Forum near home.

Our speakers this week was a former member Michael Nelson and Mrs. Andee Evers talking about the Studio for the Arts and the Imperial Dinner Theater located in Pocahontas. The Studio for the Arts is an education program for students and adults in work studies for the arts. The Studio of the Arts also operates the Imperial Dinner Theater which has become quite a tourism attraction for Northeast Arkansas. The new theater just completed costs $2,000,000 has 20,000 sq.ft. and will seat 150 to 200 people.

The next show dates for the Imperial Dinner Theater will be December 10^th - 19^th and January 1^st to February 6^th for a showing of The Wizard of Oz for reservations call 870-892-0030. Tickets for the show and dinner cost $19.95/$17.95. How about our Lions Club Christmas party there????

SCHEDULED PROGRAMS:

Oct. 19 Jonesboro Public Schools - Marilyn Copeland

Oct. 26 Future Business Leaders of America - Bobby Timmerman and Ron Erwin

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Nov. 2 Election Day and Flag Day

Nov. 6 Lions Club TV Auction

Nov. 9 - Dec. Pecan Sales

March 19-20 Car Show