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June 2015 Stag

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Volume 64 Issue # 12 June 2015
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We Serve

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President
Pancho Sanchez
President’s Message
Join Us
Calendar
Activities
Announcements		 Birthdays/Anniversaries
Cooks List
Board Minutes
Contact Info
District Info

President’s Message  UpArrowPurple

Lion President Pancho Sanchez

     Well my friends and fellow Lions, we are at the end of our year and I am ready to step down as your president and welcome Lion Bob Brewer as your new president next month.

     It has been a great year and I am very proud of all of the hard work you have done for your community and Lionism. We again excelled as a club and all of the thanks goes to you, the members, who put in the time and effort to live the motto, “We Serve.”

     We had a busy May and have a busy June to look forward to as well.  As usual, our cooking crew did a great job at our monthly pancake breakfast for the Senior Center.  We assisted with drinks and clean up at the Spotlight on Scholars event at the 1st Babtist Church on May 7th. Our delegates were at the District Convention from May 8-10.  We assisted Relay for Life at Franklin High on May 16th, cooked breakfast for the Sheldon High Seniors on the 21st, and a pancake breakfast for Adriana Elementary School on May 27th.  If that wasn’t enough, during this year’s county fair, May 21-24, we provided breakfast on the 23rd for the FFA & 4H students from Elk Grove and then we cooked breakfast for about 9,000 students and buyers on the 24th.

      Heads up for June as we enjoy the Pride of Laguna Lions Club’s Brewfest on June 5th at the Laguna Town Hall. We also have the Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands on the 13th of June. Lion Joe is the chair of the event. We will be handling parking as well as cooking for this year’s event. Make sure to sign up and give Joe a hand. We are also doing our monthly breakfast at the Senior Center. Several of the members will be cooking breakfast before heading over to the Mosher Ranch to assist Lion Joe. We are still planning a visitation to Rio Vista on June 2nd and to Fair Oaks on June 11th. We still need a couple more Lions for those events.

     Don’t forget that we will be installing the new president and board of directors at the Installation Dinner at the Senior Center on June 15th. The installation dinner will cost $30 per person. The menu will be Prime Rib with all the fixings, but for those of you who don’t want beef, we will also have chicken and the fixings.You can buy your tickets online, or you can mail your check to the PO Box, or you can bring a check to the board meeting on June 8th. If you are ordering by mail or bringing a check to the board meeting, please identify which dinner you want, Beef or Chicken, and how many of each. If mailing your check, send it to:

  • The Elk Grove Lions Club Foundation
  • P.O. Box 465
  • Elk Grove, Ca 95759
It is our PayPal ordering system. Don’t worry, you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use it. It will accept your credit card. Quick and Easy.
     One final note; as we welcome in the new president and board of directors, we still need a Lion to step forward to fill the 2nd VP slot.
Thanks again for supporting me as your president. I am looking forward to assisting incoming President Bob Brewer as he takes over the responsibilities as our new president.

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Elk Grove Lions Club

P.O. Box 465

Elk Grove, CA. 95759

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays  (except November & December)

Board Meetings: 3rd Monday

Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue

Application for Membership

Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.

    • We hope you will consider joining our club.
    • To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
    • Membership is by invitation.
    • If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
      • Lions are active.
      • Our motto is “We Serve.”
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Club, District and Zone Highlites:

Click Here For More District and Zone News
Pride of Laguna Brewfest
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The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month.
Check out the following photos:
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Scholarship Recipients, Sarah Hunt & Hannah Dokter with Lion Bob Brewer and Lion Lori Dapelo
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Scholarship Recipients Sarah Hunt & Hannah Dokter
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Lions Pancho, Shauna Ono, Tom Anderson, Warren Weaver & Andy Anderson
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Lions Diane Edwards, Shauna Ono, Bill Hibbard & Andy Anderson
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Lion Sharon Mika & Lion President Pancho. Jim & Debbie Switzgable in the back.
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June 8th: Board Meeting (enter through the front door, not the kitchen) The Senior Center Board meeting will be using the large room on June 8th in order to meet their requirement to accommodate large public access once a year.  They start their meeting at 3:15 or so.  We hold our board meeting at 7 pm which leaves a chance for our meetings to overlap.

To avoid interfering with their meeting, we will use the Senior Center Library for our Board meeting.  We will need to enter through the front door of the Senior Center so as not to disturb their meeting in the big room.

June 15th: Installation Dinner at the Senior Center. The installation dinner will cost $30 per person. The menu will be Prime Rib with all the fixings, but for those of you who don’t want beef, we will also have chicken and the fixings.You can buy your tickets online, or you can mail your check to the PO Box, or you can bring a check to the board meeting on June 8th. If you are ordering by mail or bringing a check to the board meeting, please identify which dinner you want, Beef or Chicken, and how many of each. If mailing your check, send it to:

  • The Elk Grove Lions Club Foundation
  • P.O. Box 465
  • Elk Grove, Ca 95759
It is our PayPal ordering system. Don’t worry, you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use it. It will accept your credit card. Quick and Easy.

Dues: Time is coming for our annual dues. As you remember, they are $80 per year. Just so you know, $25 goes to MD4, $43 goes to LCIF and $12 is kept by the club. That $12 per member goes into the admin fund. It is not enough to pay our annual insurance bill, which is why we are always looking for a way to bring in admin funds. We should probably discuss dues at an upcoming board meeting.

Don’t wait until June 30th to pay your dues. You can pay them at the end of this month or you can send your dues check in with your installation dinner check.
The best option is to bring 2 checks to the Board Meeting. Mark the memo field as “Dues” for your dues check and mark the memo field “Installation Dinner/Chicken” or “Installation Dinner/Beef” or “Installation Dinner/1 Chicken-1 Beef” for your dinner tickets. We will know if you want to 1 or 2 beef or chicken dinners because the amount would be $30 or $60.

Let’s reach out to our fellow members:  

Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support.  He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.

As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is at Emeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881

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As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D.  for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.  

We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at 8347 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Suite 123, just north of Calvine Road.  

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Happy Birthday to Lions:

Don Thompson, Sterling Kloss, Howard Stoll

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Anniversaries

Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Bill Hibbard, Bob Brewer, Charlie Brummer, Dan Pearson, David Simpson, Don Thompson, Marv Neill, Pancho Sanchez, Randy Feist, Ray Martinez, Sterling Kloss

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June 15 – Installation Dinner

June 22 – Waiting for the new list

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ELK GROVE LIONS FOUNDATION

Board Meeting Agenda

May 18, 2015

 

Call to order                       Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez                          5:00pm

Attendance:

X President: Francisco Sanchez X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
 X 2nd VP: Ray Martinez Ex Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
Ex Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika X 2-Year Director: David King
X 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver X 2-Year Director: John Muegge
X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard X Membership Director: Dan Pearson
Ex Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

Andy Anderson Dave King
Don Thompson Bill Kirkland
 Marv Neil Joe Tallerico

Guests:

Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable:  Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Dave King and second by Lion Bill Hibbard; approved

Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley: Lion Jim Switzgable moved to accept Treasurer’s report with Lion Dan Pearson seconding; approved

Correspondence: (see folder)

Award from Running of the Elk for Lions supportAward from ACS Relay for Life for our supportanother 100 letters from FFA students asking to buy their animal

Committee Updates

Eyesight: Dave King set for Kohl’s Child Spree with the site van.  Dr  Eliopolis and Dr Holcomb will support us again this year.  No children this month and 1 adult supported with exam and glasses.
Assets: Don Thompson  “More crap out there than I can shake a stick at”.  We need a cleaning effort.  Pancho working with Ferrellgas to get gas converted from Natural gas to propane on new griddles.

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:

                                        Date                  Chairman                                  Notes

Jesse Baker Games 4/23 L Pancho Sanchez Hamburgers and Hot Dogs served on 4/23 lunch for kids during their annual games.
FFA / 4H Golf Tournament 4/24 L Andy Anderson Last of the FFA Golf Tournaments.  Next year will be a shooting tournament
CSD Hands Helping Hands 4/25 L Pancho Sanchez Cut up watermelon, tomatoes,  onions and helped serve food for Creek Week.
Elk Grove Elementary School 5/1 L Dave King Hot Dog dinner fundraiser.   Dave and Pancho report that the PTA raised $300 from Hot Dogs (also raised $750 from the cotton candy booth)
Spotlight on Scholars 5/7 L Warren Weaver Lion Joe Tallerico, Jack Edwards, Pancho Sanchez and Bob Brewer pulled it together with Lion Warren.
Senior Center Breakfast 5/9 L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable Served 160 and raised $832 for the SCEG.  13 Lions worked 51 hours.
ACS Relay For Life Survivors Breakfast 5/16 L Charlie Brummer Lions Charlie Brummer, Pres. Pancho Sanchez, Bill Hibbard and Jim Switzgable cooked pancakes and sausage for about 125.  New stainless steel griddle worked like a champ as did the griddle given to us by a Roseville donor.
End of Watch Fund inaugural Law Enforcement Memorial Ball is on May 23rd at the Aerospace Museum at McClellan Park.  3 tickets purchased.  Paid after last Board meeting.  Any correspondence?  Anyone going? 5/23 N/A Lion Bill Hibbard will attend and represent our club.

New Business:                                              Motion                 Second          Approval

Lion Jim asked about providing $1000 to FFA to support the   Lion Taka Blackburn made a motion for providing up to $1000 for Lion Andy to use in the at the County Fair Lion Dave King Yes
Lion Bill Hibbard raised the issue of checks being signed by Lion Rick Schriver for the Crab Feed.  He requests that the checks audited against receipts to make sure they are appropriate. Lion Bill Hibbard makes a motion to have an audit done on the crab feed checks signed by Lion Rick Schriver.  Lion Bob Brewer and Lion Pancho Sanchez and Lion Warren Weaver provide this audit. Lion Dan Pearson Yes
  Request from Lion Sherry Retzlaff, Pride of Laguna, to provide monetary support for the Kids Day event earlier this month (District Event).  We approved $100 last month. Lion Dave King made a motion to donate $400 Lion Jack Edwards Yes

Upcoming Events:                    Date                   Location                   Chairman

Sheldon HS Senior Breakfast 5/21 First Baptist Church L Warren Weaver
Elk Grove & Pleasant Grove FFA Breakfast 5/23 Cal Expo L Andy Anderson (he buys food too)  Get to storage shed at 5:30am
FFA Buyer – Seller – Adult Breakfast at the Sac Cty Fair 5/24 Cal Expo L Warren Weaver.  Walnut Grove will join us and possibly Zone.  Be there by 6am at Gate 12.
Adreani Elementary School Pancake Breakfast 5/27 Adreani Elementary School L Joe Tallerico – pancakes only – serve around 7:30am
Elk Grove HS Sunset Dinner 5/27 Elk Grove High School Be there at 3pm to start cooking
Senior Day in the Park 6/3 Senior Center of Elk Grove L. Bob Brewer
Senior Center Breakfast 6/13 Senior Center of Elk Grove L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable
Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands 6/13 Mosher Ranch L Joe Tallerico – parking assistance and hot dog cooking
Installation Dinner 6/15 Senior Center of Elk Grove L Bob Brewer

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:     6:35PM

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ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB

Board Meeting

May 18, 2015

Call to order Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez after Foundation meeting

Attendance:

X President: Francisco Sanchez X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
Ex 2nd VP: Ray Martinez Ex Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
Ex Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika X 2-Year Director: David King
X 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver X 2-Year Director: John Muegge
X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard X Membership Director: Dan Pearson
Ex Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

Andy Anderson Dave King
Don Thompson Bill Kirkland
 Marv Neil Joe Tallerico

Correspondence: (see folder)

Committee Updates

Membership: Dan Pearson   no new prospects
Sunshine: Fred Handley Ain’t No Sunshine when he’s gone
Visitation: Sharon Mika Rio Vista club:“ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE AN EVENING MEETING..BEGINNING AT 6 PM…..SHARP.”Working toward:June 2nd – Rio Vista (meet at Cassidy’s at 4:30pm to carpool)June 11th – Fair Oaks – Coco’s

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:                                                                                                                                                       Notes

Lion Rick Schriver has volunteered to take over Cook List administrator from L Dave King. Get with Rick to reserve your dinner responsibility in the new year.
Convention News from Lion Pancho. Club of the Year (3rd year in a row!).  Community Service Award

New Business:                                            Motion               Second          Approval

Request from Matthew Oberholtz / Obe Ski School who is holding the 2015 Disabled World Water Ski Championship in Elk Grove on September 20 – 27.  He is looking for in-kind donations from the Elk Grove Lions Club.  We helped him hold the 2012 Disabled US Nationals by providing food during the event.  He would like to work with us again.  L Don Thompson to investigate. Don to speak to him on Tuesday.  He will have news for next Board Meeting
Lion President Pancho requests $3300 for end of year club awards bought with donations to various non-profits including NCLSA, LEF, LCIF, Folsom Project, etc. Lion Bill Hibbard made a motion to support the request to spend $3300  Lion Jim Switzgable approved
  Request from Lion Sherry to provide monetary support for the Kids Day.

 Upcoming Events:                    Date                  Location                                  Notes

Installation Dinner 6/15 Senior Center of Elk Grove $30 per ticket.  L Bob Brewer is chair
Annual BBQ for 70 – 80 people.  Menu being planned 9/5 Shortline Lake L Don Thompson to chair.

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:  6:45   PM
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The organizational structure for our Lions Club is as follows: Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 4, District 4C5, Sacramento Region, Sutter Zone, Elk Grove Lions Club.

This bulletin is produced each month by the Bulletin Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at jack.edwards@surewest.net or by phone at 916-240-9302 or by mail at:

Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759

President: Pancho Sanchez 916-595-9103

Secretary: Jim Switzgable  916-684-7700

Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302

1st VP: Bob Brewer 686-7084

2nd VP: Raymond Martinez 709-2101

3rd VP: Taka Blackburn 686-6696

Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770

Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439

Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954

1 Year Dir: Warren Weaver 715-9636

1 Year Dir: Bill Hibbard 956-5860

2 Year Dir: John Muggee

2 Year Dir: Dave King

Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753

Past Pres: John Zehnder  690-4934

Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865

Make-up Clubs

Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento

Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social 7:00 pm
Meeting Papa’s Pizza
505 C Street, Galt

Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm
The Old Spaghetti Factory
7727 Laguna Blvd. Elk Grove, CA
 Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson Ashley
Taka Blackburn Valerie
Bob Brewer Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano Teresa
Chuck Davis Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III Sunni
Dianne Edwards Brian
Jack Edwards Tracey
Randy Feist Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr Peggy
Lorene Fuhs Robert
Fred Handley Pam
Bill Heston Jr Linda
Bill Hibbard Linda
Bob Hillyer Shirlee
John Jackson
Dave King Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr Dusty
Sterling Kloss Tina
Kirk Marchetti Robin
Ray Martinez Connie
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Jack Megna
Name Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muggee Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee John
Marv Neill Annajean
David Ogden Diann
Shauna Ono Greg
Jim Parino Charlette
Dan Piersen Shelli
Shelli Piersen Dan
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy Leann
Pancho Sanchez Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver Jessie
David Simpson Ginger
Howard Stoll Jeanette
Jim Switzgable Debbie
Matt Switzgable
Joe Tallerico Lynda
Don Thompson Sue
Bob Turner Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler Patricia
Warren Weaver Patricia
Dennis Weiss Diane
John Zehnder Nancy
John Zehnder Jr Linda
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International President
Joseph Preston
“Strengthen The Pride”

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District Governor Erv Gon

District Governor

Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)

Embarcadero Lions Club

32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831

Res.916 427-5747

Email:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net

1st Vice District Governor

Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)

Pride of Laguna Lions Club
Cell: 916-225-8321
Res: 916-681-9726

Email: mikeretzlaff@sbcglobal.net

2nd Vice District Governor

Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: 2vdg@district4c5.org

 

Cabinet Secretary

Lion Cat Gon

Embarkadero Lions Club

Email:cs@district4c5.org

Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Sarah Enloe

Maharlika Lions Club

Email: ct@district4c5.org

Sacto Region Chair

Lion Cecille Baylon

Golden State Lions Club

Email: SacramentoRegion@district4c5.org

Sutter Zone Chair

Lion Jeri Retzlaff

Pride of Laguna Lions Club

Email: jeri_retzlaff@sbcglobal.net

District Pride Editor

Lion Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: editor@district4c5.org

©  Elk Grove Lions Club

May 2015 Stag

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Volume 64 Issue # 11 May 2015
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We Serve

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President
Pancho Sanchez
President’s Message
Join Us
Calendar
Activities
Announcements		 Birthdays/Anniversaries
Cooks List
Board Minutes
Contact Info
District Info

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Lion President Pancho Sanchez

     As they say, time flies when you are having fun. Well, we must be having a lot of fun at the Elk Grove Lions because the year has flown by and I only have a couple of months left as your president. I hope you have been happy with my leadership. I have really enjoyed being your president, but enough of that for now. Back to work as we still have two months to go.

     We had a busy April and May will be busy as well. Probably the most important issue that we are facing is the replacement of officers for the coming year. We thought we had a full roster of officers but have had to vice presidents step down in the past two weeks. We need two Lions to step forward, one to fill the 1st VP and another to fill the 2nd VP slots.  If you need more time to adjust to moving up the line, it may be possible for our 3rd VP to move up if that makes it easier for you to volunteer to step up. I have heard a rumor that Lion Jack Edwards may be willing to step in as our 1st VP. We will still need another Lion to step up to fill the roster. A special thanks to Lion Warren Weaver and his cooking crew for cooking a Tri-tip dinner for the Walk to Remember.  Lion Don and Lion Jim and their crew did a great job at our monthly pancake breakfast for the Senior Center.  They served 154 people.

     We are assisting with drinks and clean up at the Spotlight on Scholars event at the 1st Babtist Church on May 7th. May is District Convention month; our delegates will be there from May 8-10.  We will provide assistance to the Relay for Life at Franklin High on May 16th, cooking breakfast for the Sheldon High Seniors on the 21st, and a pancake breakfast for Adriana Elementary School on May 27th.  If that is not enough, during this year’s county fair, May 21-24, we will be providing breakfast on the 23rd for the FFA & 4H students and then about 1,000 students and buyers on the 24th.

      Heads up for June as we want to support our friends at the Pride of Laguna for their Brewfest on June 5th at the Laguna Town Hall. We also have the Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands on the 13th of June. Lion Joe is the chair of the event. We will be handling parking as well as cooking for this year’s event. We will be doing a visitation to Rio Vista on June 2nd and to Fair Oaks on June 11th.

     On a final note, please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December.

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Elk Grove Lions Club

P.O. Box 465

Elk Grove, CA. 95759

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays  (except November & December)

Board Meetings: 3rd Monday

Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue

Application for Membership

Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.

    • We hope you will consider joining our club.
    • To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
    • Membership is by invitation.
    • If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
      • Lions are active.
      • Our motto is “We Serve.”
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Club, District and Zone Highlites:

Click Here For More District and Zone News
Pride of Laguna Brewfest


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The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month. Check out the following photos:
20150427_193531April Meeting, getting ready to induct new member.
20150427_193538Dinner is finished. Ready to induct new member.
20150427_1934402nd Vice District Governor Kumar and Past District Governor Andy
20150427_193501Past District Governor Andy, President Pancho and prospective member Shelli Pierson
20150427_194233Time for the Lions Pin. Lion Shelli Pierson and Lion President Pancho
20150427_194259Lion Dan Pierson, Lion Shelli Pierson and Lion President Pancho
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Let’s reach out to our fellow members:  

Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support.  He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.

As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is at Emeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881

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As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D.  for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.  

We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at 8347 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Suite 123, just north of Calvine Road.  

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Happy Birthday to Lions:

Fred Handley, Jack Megna, Matt Switzgable, Bob Hillyer,
Jim Switzgable, Dianne Edwards, Chuck Davis, Shauna Ono, Dan Pierson.

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Anniversaries

Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Bob Turner

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May 11 – Bob Brewer

June 8 – Dave King

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ELK GROVE LIONS

ELK GROVE LIONS FOUNDATION

Board Meeting Minutes

April 20, 2015

 

Call to order                       Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez
Foundation meeting held after Club Board Meeting

Attendance:

X President: Francisco Sanchez X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
X 2nd VP: Ray Martinez Ex Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
X Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika X 2-Year Director: David King
Ex 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver Ex 2-Year Director: John Muegge
X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard X Membership Director: Dan Pearson
X Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

Joe Talerico Don Thompson
Andy Anderson Charlie Brummer
Rick Schriver

Guests:

Shelli Pearson

Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable:  Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Jack Edwards and second by Lion John Zehnder, Jr;   approved

Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley:

Lion Dan Pearson moved to accept Treasurer’s report with Lion John Zehnder, Jr seconding; approved

Correspondence: (see folder)

Committee Updates

Eyesight: Dave King  Supported 6 – 8 children and adults over the last few months.
Assets: Don Thompson Key control begins again.  Need to buying insulated coffee container for transport.

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:

                                                Date                  Chairman                                  Notes

Sacramento Section FFA Project Competition Dinner 3/24 L Warren Weaver Annual dinner that coincides with the section project competition for FFA.  5 Lions worked 35 hours.
Region Student Speaker Contest 3/27 RC Cecille Baylon Our candidate performed well but lost in the Regional contest
Wilton 4H Tri-tip and Chicken Dinner Fundraiser 3/28 L Sharon Mika Cooked plenty of food.  Only about 60 attended the event but those that did, were very happy.  10 Lions worked 41 hours to raise about $550.
Mel Oneto Pasta Feud 3/29 L. Dave King Lion Dave, Lion Presidente Pancho and Lion PDG Andy  represented us up in Lincoln.  Dave made more than enough spaghetti for the event.
Running of the Elk 3/29 L. Teresa Rodriguez 8 hardworking Lions worked 154 hours to support this fundraiser for the Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation
Walk To Remember 4/11 L. Warren Weaver Cooked Tri-tip lunch for those participating in the walk to remember SFC Bryan Hall at Elk Grove Park.
Senior Center Breakfast 4/11 L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable 154 served, $793 raised for Senior Center, 11 Lions worked together to execute another excellent breakfast.

New Business:                                            Motion                 Second          Approval

Lion Taka Blackburn has asked for reconsideration of the End of Watch Fund Request.  They are a 501(c)(3) charity that provides assistance to families of law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty, employees experiencing tragedy, as well as our community’s senior citizens during the holidays and juveniles who are receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.Their inaugural Law Enforcement Memorial Ball is on May 23rd at the Aerospace Museum at McClellan Park.  Tickets are $75 ea., $700 for a table of 10. Lion Taka Blackburn made a motion to donate $225 to the dinner.  Three dinner tickets are available to the club. L Dave King approved
SCEG requests support for Senior Day in the Park on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 7am – 1pm.  Support will be the same as in the past. Motion by L Jim Switzgable to support this event with labor. L Dave King approved

New Business:                                 Motion           Second          Approval

Request for labor support preparing condiments for the CSD Creek Clean-up on 4/25.  Arrive at 8:30am to prepare condiments.  If we can, help server lunch at 11am.  We meet at the Pavilion in Elk Grove Park at 8:30am.  This event could be used to help fulfill our agreement with CSD. We will support this without having to make a motion as this is an event we have supported for many years.
Adreani Elementary has submitted a request to L D King for their annual pancake breakfast on 5/27. Lion Joe Tallerico will chair.  L John Zehnder, Jr made motion not to exceed $300 L Sharon Mika approved
Rebecca Hoffman, Light of the Valley Lutheran Church request for support for their May dinner fundraiser for a new playground serving their church and surrounding community. Rebecca did not show up to present.  Tabled.
Phyllis Davis, Elk Grove Food Bank, request to have the 11th Annual Run For Hunger event on June 27th placed on our website calendar. motion by L Taka Blackburn to support L Jack Edwards approved
Chamber of Commerce 9th Annual Salute to Education.  This event funds and supports the Chamber Business and Howard Wackman Scholarships maintained by the EG Community Foundation. Tabled
Request from Jodi Tannehill of Relay for Life for Lions asking that brunch for Survivors and Caregivers be donated by Lions. At Franklin HS on May 16th. 10 -11:30.  Motion – labor and equipment and up to $250 to purchase. Coffee, fruit, sausage, pancakes L Sharon Mika approved
Request to provide overflow parking support for Western Festival.             10am – 5pm.  May 2 – 3. Tabled
Jesse Baker Games request Motion by L Pancho Sanchez to spend up to $500 to offer a hot dog lunch on Thursday, April 23rd. L Sharon Mika approved
Transition of bank accounts Motion by L Jim Switzgable to have the incoming President, 1st VP, Secretary and Treasurer signatures on accounts by start of the year L Dave King approved
Elk Grove Elementary Dinner L Dave King made a motion to provide a hot dog dinner on May 1st L Taka Blackburn approved

 Upcoming Events:                 Date          Location                                         Chairman

FFA / 4H Golf Tournament 4/24 Emerald Lakes Golf Course L Andy Anderson
Spotlight on Scholars 5/7 First Baptist Church L Warren Weaver
Senior Center Breakfast 5/9 Senior Center L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable
Elk Grove CAN-SIRS Benefit Softball Tournament (concessions) 5/16-5/17 Wackford Softball Complex / Elk Grove Park Softball Complex L Rick Schriver
Sheldon HS Senior Breakfast 5/21 First Baptist Church L Fred HandleyL Warren Weaver
Elk Grove FFA Breakfast 5/23 Cal Expo L Andy Anderson (he buys food too)
FFA Breakfast at the Sac Cty Fair 5/24 Cal Expo L Warren Weaver
Spotlight at the Ranch: BBQ & Country Bands 6/13 Mosher Ranch L Joe Tallerico

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:     8:55 PM

Items to address during our next Board Meeting:


  2. Elk Grove Lions Foundation      2015 – 2016 Board Members

       Position                                                 Lion

President Bob Brewer
1st Vice President Ray Martinez
2nd Vice President
3rd Vice President Sharon Mika
Treasurer William Kirkland, Jr
Secretary Rick Schriver
1 Year Director Dave King
1 Year Director John Muegge
2 Year Director Jim Switzgable
2 Year Director Don Thompson
Bulletin Editor Jack Edwards
Tail Twister Tom Anderson
Lion Tamer Marv Neill
Membership Director Dan Pearson
Immediate Past President Pancho Sanchez

ELK GROVE LIONS CLUB

Board Meeting

April 20, 2015

Call to order by Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez  @   7:00pm

Attendance:

X President: Francisco Sanchez X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
X 2nd VP: Ray Martinez Ex Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
X Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika X 2-Year Director: David King
Ex 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver Ex 2-Year Director: John Muegge
X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard X Membership Director: Dan Pearson
X Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

Joe Talerico Don Thompson
Andy Anderson Charlie Brummer
Rick Schriver

Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable:  Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion John Zehnder, Jr and second by Lion Dave King;   approved

Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley : Lion Jack Edwards will move to accept Treasurer’s report with Lion Dave King  seconding –  one opposed – Lion    Taka Blackburn; approved

Correspondence: (see folder)

Awards:  MD-4 – Top Club Award – accepted by John Zehnder, Jr for 2014 – 2015 year.International – Club Excellence Award for 2014 – 2015 year.Thank you notes from previous donations

Committee Updates

Membership: Dan Pearson Shelli Pearson up for vote-  L Bob Brewer motion, L Sharon Mika second – approved (one vote against- L Dan Pearson)
Sunshine: Fred Handley Ain’t No Sunshine when he’s gone
Visitation: Sharon Mika Rio Vista club:  “IF YOU GUYS DO DECIDE TO JOURNEY OUR WAY, PLEASE GIVE 48 HR. NOTICE TO ENABLE FRANK TO GET MONEY OUT OF THE BANK.NORMAL MEETINGS ARE ON: EVERY TUESDAY AT 12:15 PM….SHARP…ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE AN EVENING MEETING..BEGINNING AT 6 PM…..SHARP.”  We cancelled the April 9th event.Working toward:June 2nd – Rio Vista, June 11th – Fair Oaks
Eyesight: Dave King  Helped between 6 – 8 people in the last couple of months.
Assets: Don Thompson Keys being brought under control.

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:

                                                       Date                  Chairman                Notes

None

New Business:                                              Motion                 Second          Approval

L Dave King wishes to step down as Cook List administrator for our meetings.  We need a volunteer to replace him. L Rick Schriver has volunteered to take his place
Request from Shortline Lake Association to cook and serve their annual BBQ on Saturday, September 5th.  Serving between 70 – 80 people.  Must plan out the menu. L Jim Switzgable  made motion to support this as an administration event.  L Don Thompson to chair. L Jack Edwards yes
Request from Matthew Oberholtz / Obe Ski School who is holding the 2015 Disabled World Water Ski Championship in Elk Grove on September 20 – 27.  He is looking for in-kind donations from the Elk Grove Lions Club.  We helped him hold the 2012 Disabled US Nationals by providing food during the event.  He would like to work with us again.  Lion Don Thompson will collect questions. L Don Thompson will have him come in for the next Board meeting.  Tabled until then.
Get 6 locks as theft deterrents Motion by L Bob Brewer to have L Don Thompson purchase good quality security locks and install. L Dan Pearson approved

Upcoming Events:                        Date                  Location                           Notes

District Convention: Club delegates at the convention are President Pancho Sanchez, 1st VP Bob Brewer, Director Warren Weaver, Immediate Past President John Zehnder, Jr, Tail Twister Tom Anderson May 8 – 10, 2015 San Ramon PDG Lion Andy Anderson will also automatically be a delegate per his status with the District.

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:           7:35       PM

Elk Grove Lions Club 2015 – 2016 Board

              Position                                                 Lion

President Bob Brewer
1st Vice President Ray Martinez
2nd Vice President open
3rd Vice President Sharon Mika
Treasurer William Kirkland, Jr
Secretary Rick Schriver
1 Year Director Dave King
1 Year Director John Muegge
2 Year Director Jim Switzgable
2 Year Director Don Thompson
Bulletin Editor Jack Edwards
Tail Twister Tom Anderson
Lion Tamer Marv Neill
Membership Director Dan Pearson
Immediate Past President Pancho Sanchez

 
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The organizational structure for our Lions Club is as follows: Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 4, District 4C5, Sacramento Region, Sutter Zone, Elk Grove Lions Club.

This bulletin is produced each month by the Bulletin Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at jack.edwards@surewest.net or by phone at 916-240-9302 or by mail at:

Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759

President: Pancho Sanchez 916-595-9103

Secretary: Jim Switzgable  916-684-7700

Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302

1st VP: Bob Brewer 686-7084

2nd VP: Raymond Martinez 709-2101

3rd VP: Taka Blackburn 686-6696

Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770

Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439

Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954

1 Year Dir: Warren Weaver 715-9636

1 Year Dir: Bill Hibbard 956-5860

2 Year Dir: John Muggee

2 Year Dir: Dave King

Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753

Past Pres: John Zehnder  690-4934

Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865

Make-up Clubs

Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento

Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social 7:00 pm
Meeting Papa’s Pizza
505 C Street, Galt

Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm
The Old Spaghetti Factory
7727 Laguna Blvd. Elk Grove, CA
 Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson Ashley
Taka Blackburn Valerie
Bob Brewer Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano Teresa
Chuck Davis Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III Sunni
Dianne Edwards Brian
Jack Edwards Tracey
Randy Feist Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr Peggy
Lorene Fuhs Robert
Fred Handley Pam
Bill Heston Jr Linda
Bill Hibbard Linda
Bob Hillyer Shirlee
John Jackson
Dave King Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr Dusty
Sterling Kloss Tina
Kirk Marchetti Robin
Ray Martinez Connie
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Jack Megna
Name Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muggee Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee John
Marv Neill Annajean
David Ogden Diann
Shauna Ono Greg
Jim Parino Charlette
Dan Piersen Shelli
Shelli Piersen Dan
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy Leann
Pancho Sanchez Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver Jessie
David Simpson Ginger
Howard Stoll Jeanette
Jim Switzgable Debbie
Matt Switzgagle
Joe Tallerico Lynda
Don Thompson Sue
Bob Turner Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler Patricia
Warren Weaver Patricia
Dennis Weiss Diane
John Zehnder Nancy
John Zehnder Jr Linda
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International President
Joseph Preston
“Strengthen The Pride”

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District Governor Erv Gon

District Governor

Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)

Embarcadero Lions Club

32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831

Res.916 427-5747

Email:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net

1st Vice District Governor

Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)

Pride of Laguna Lions Club
Cell: 916-225-8321
Res: 916-681-9726

Email: mikeretzlaff@sbcglobal.net

2nd Vice District Governor

Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: 2vdg@district4c5.org

 

Cabinet Secretary

Lion Cat Gon

Embarkadero Lions Club

Email:cs@district4c5.org

Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Sarah Enloe

Maharlika Lions Club

Email: ct@district4c5.org

Sacto Region Chair

Lion Cecille Baylon

Golden State Lions Club

Email: SacramentoRegion@district4c5.org

Sutter Zone Chair

Lion Jeri Retzlaff

Pride of Laguna Lions Club

Email: jeri_retzlaff@sbcglobal.net

District Pride Editor

Lion Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: editor@district4c5.org

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President
Pancho Sanchez
President’s Message
Join Us
Calendar
Activities
Announcements		 Birthdays/Anniversaries
Cooks List
Board Minutes
Contact Info
District Info

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Lion President Pancho Sanchez

     Another busy month for the Elk Grove Lions Club.  We had our Annual Spring Crab Feed on March 7th. Had a great turnout,too. On the 9th, our regular meeting night, we hosted the Zone Student Speaker Contest. Our club winner Johanna Martin was the winner and went forward to the Regional Student Speaker Contest on 27th.

     We had a slim crew for the Senior Center Pankcake Breakfast but everyone ate their fill and we had a great time supporting the Senior Center. We also supported the Sheldon sober grad night fundraiser on the 14th.

     We visited the Capital Lions Club on the 19th for a great visitation. We supported another fundraiser for the Pleasant Grove PTA on the 20th and the Wilton 4-H fundraiser on the 28th. Lion Jack Edwards and Lion Warren Weaver joined me at the Regional Student Speaker Contest to support our winner, Johanna Martin. Unfortunately, she did not win that night. We also supported our friends at the Delta Lions Club Delta Tea Fundraiser. Dave King represented us at the 4th Annual Mel Oneto Pasta Feed on March 29th in Lincoln, CA

     Although, our calendar does not look as full as usual at this time, we are planning a visitation to the Fair Oaks Lions Club on the 9th of April and we have our April Senior Center Pancake Breakfast on the 11th. Lion Andy Anderson is heading up the 4H Golf Tournament on the 24th. Please check the board minutes to see who is the chairperson for upcoming events and volunteer to assist them with our commitments to our community this month.

     We announced our roster of candidates for next year’s office and will be voting on them this month. Make sure to attend the meeting and provide your input to the future of our club.

     On a final note, please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December.

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Elk Grove Lions Club

P.O. Box 465

Elk Grove, CA. 95759

Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays  (except November & December)

Board Meetings: 3rd Monday

Location: Senior Center of Elk Grove 8830 Sharkey Avenue

Application for Membership

Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.

    • We hope you will consider joining our club.
    • To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.
    • Membership is by invitation.
    • If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:
      • Lions are active.
      • Our motto is “We Serve.”
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The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month. Check out the following photos:
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Troop 59 Presenting a Check to the Lions Club
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Our volunteer servers lined up to eat
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The Taylor Chicks; Entertainment for the Crab Feed
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Raffle Items at Crab Feed
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Lion Dave King & his wife Julie enjoying the March Crab Feed
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Let’s reach out to our fellow members:  

Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support.  He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.

As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is at Emeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881

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As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D.  for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.  

We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at 8347 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Suite 123, just north of Calvine Road.  

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Happy Birthday to Lions:

Lorene Fuhs, Joe Tallerico,

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Anniversaries

Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Bob Hillyer, Bud Schafer, Dianne Edwards, John Jackson, Lorene Fuhs, Sharon Mika, Shauna Ono, Teresa Rodriguez, Vern Vincent

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April 13 – Bill Hibbard
April 27th – John Zehnder, Jr.
May 11 – Bob Brewer

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ELK GROVE LIONS

Board Meeting Minutes

March 16, 2015

Call to order                       Lion President:  Francisco “Pancho” Sanchez                          7:00 PM

Attendance:

X President: Francisco Sanchez X Secretary: Jim Switzgable
X 1st VP:  Robert Brewer X Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
Ex 2nd VP: Ray Martinez Ex Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X 3rd VP: Taka Blackburn Ex Treasurer: Fred Handley
X Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika X 2-Year Director: David King
X 1-Year Director: Warren Weaver X 2-Year Director: John Muegge
X 1-Year Director: William Hibbard Ex Membership Director: Dan Pearson
X Imm Past Pres: John Zehnder Jr.

Other Lions Present:

Chris Joyce Rick Schriver
Charlie Brummer Andy Anderson
Don Thompson

Guests:

Boy Scouts Troop 59: presented a generous donation for $500 Jackie Lewis and Mary Lewis request support for a few events coming up for the Strauss Festival  (see below)
Kyle Blackburn thanks Lions who supported his effort to complete Eagle Scout project:  Dan Pearson, Pancho Sanchez,  Bob Brewer, Bill Kirkland Judy Tannahill heading up Elk Grove Relay for Life and wants to improve the event.  Hopes that Elk Grove Lions will discuss possibilities to be involved at some point in the future.

Secretary Report by Lion Secretary Jim Switzgable:  Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Bob Brewer  and second by Lion Jack Edwards, approved

Treasurer Report by Lion Treasurer Fred Handley :

Lion John Zehnder, Jr will move to accept Treasurer’s report with Lion Warren Weaver seconding. Motion approved

Correspondence: (see folder)

Roseville Host – 90th anniversary dinner, $60 per person

 

Committee Updates

Membership: Dan Pearson Not present
Sunshine: Fred Handley Not present
Visitation: Sharon Mika Capitol Lions, Thurs, March 19th
Eyesight: Dave King 4 kids and 1 adult provided services since last month.
Assets: Don Thompson Don wants more pots.  Warren doesn’t

 

Old Business / Chairman’s Reports:

                                                          Date          Chairman                                  Notes

Blue and Gold Spaghetti Dinner for Troop 179 2/19 L Taka Blackburn 150 served.  7 Lions worked 32 hours.  A well done event
Michael Lee Eagle Scout Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser 2/20 L Taka Blackburn Michael didn’t sell a lot of tickets (50 ahead of time) but we were ready with food for 150 to support walk-ups at the high school.  Michael learned from the experience.
Gary Davis / Teresa Rodriguez Fiesta Fundraiser for EG Lions at The Falls 2/27 Not a Lion’s event Update on any donation?
Pleasant Grove Aggie Backers – burgers and brew (food & bar) 2/28 L Warren Weaver Served 180 people at a very good event.  8 lions counting the bartenders, worked at least 56 hours.
Spring Crab Feed 3/7 L Ray Martinez Andy came forward with some numbers.
Zone Student Speaker Contest 3/9 ZC JT Retzlaff Elk Grove Lions winner also wins here and moves to Region event on March 27th at 65th Street at 7pm.  Come chear her on.
Senior Center Breakfast 3/14 L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable 164 served, $786 raised for Senior Center, 8 Lions scrambled to make it work
Sheldon Sober Grad Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 3/14 L Warren Weaver 200 people served, 4 Lions pulled it together.

 

New Business:                                                Motion                         Second          Approval

Request from the Strauss Festival Committee to have the Lions cook a drive-thru Tri-tip dinner fundraiser with sight to be defined.  Looking at September 9th or 16th.  Lions are asked to cook Tri-tip, baked potatoes, green salad and dessert. Lion Dave King will get more information and bring it back to next Board meeting.
Donations to consider as Lion Pancho’s year comes to an end.  Any motions? Lion Taka Blackurn makes motion: $216 to LCIF, $108 to Medical Emergency Fund, $108 to Lions Ear Lion Jim Switzgable approved
The Elk Grove CAN-Sirs benefit will be held May 16, 17. We will again have the three softball complexes. We invite the Lions Clubs to provide the food and drink. We are trying to get Bartholomew Park concessions for this year.The hours we request are from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on both days. We leave it to the Lions to provide the menu. There were a lot of compliments from players on last year’s fare.Your past participation has been appreciated.  Forwarded by Lion Rick Lion John Zehnder Jr, Jr moves that we support this event as we did last year.  Lion Rick Schriver will chair. Elk Grove CAN Sirs should write any donation they want to Elk Grove Lions Club to support our Admin Fund. Lion Sharon Mika approved
The District 4-C5 Lions Special Kids Day is getting close.  It’s May 16th and we are still looking for help.We are still selling banner patches with a 2015 rocker for $100 – These will make a colorful statement on your club banners. Lion Jim Switzgable makes motion to buy a banner patch for $100. Lion Taka Blackburn
Please consider Sheldon H.S. senior pancake breakfast-May 21, 2015 at First Baptist Church.  We do this every year with Fred as chairperson. Lion Warren Weaver makes motion to not only consider but to provide support for this event as we do each year.  Lion Warren will chair the first part of this event if another Lion will tag team with him (perhaps past chairman Lion Fred Handley? Lion Jim Switzgable approved
Donation of $500 to Elk Grove Regional Scholarship Foundation to help defray their expenses for Spotlight on Scholarships. Lion John Zehnder, Jr makes motion to donate $500 Lion Taka Blackburn approved
I’m the Treasurer for the End of Watch Fund; a 501(c)(3) charity that provides assistance to families of law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty, employees experiencing tragedy, as well as our community’s senior citizens during the holidays and juveniles who are receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.We’re hosting our inaugural Law Enforcement Memorial Ball on May 23rd at the Aerospace Museum of California, at McClellan Park. We’re currently seeking both sponsors for our event, as well as soliciting associations to purchase tickets to the Ball.Tickets are $75 each. However, if an entire table is purchased, there is a reduced price for associations of $700, instead of $750. Tabled
Strauss Festival requests help with bar for Fall Fundraiser at Laguna Town Hall on October 24th Lion John Zehnder, Jr makes motion to tend bar for this event Lion Sharon Mika approved
Strauss Festival requests our parking support (as in the past) during the Festival from July 23rd – 26th. Lion John Zehnder, Jr makes motion to support this activity, even if there is no bar. Lion Sharon Mika approved
Discussion of future support for the Elk Grove Relay for Life Lion Pancho Sanchez will meet with Judy Tannahill to discuss our future relationship with this event
Lion Bill “Bad Billy” Hibbard lost or damaged some of his personal equipment during robbery of our trailer Lion Dave King makes a motion to reimburse $200 to Bill for his lost or damaged personal items. Lion John Zehnder, Jr approved
Running of the Elk requests a $250 donation to help cover costs for upcoming fundraiser Lion Dave King makes motion to make the $250 donation Lion Warren Weaver approved

 

Upcoming Events:                                            Date          Location                                  Notes

Pleasant Grove Elementary PTA Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 3/20 Pleasant Grove Elementary School L Taka Blackburn
Wilton 4H Tri-tip and Chicken Dinner Fundraiser 3/28 Alta Mesa Gun Club L Sharon Mika
Mel Oneto Pasta Feud 3/29 Lincoln Lions Club L Dave King
Senior Center Breakfast 4/11 Senior Center L Don ThompsonL Jim Switzgable
4H Golf Tournament 4/24 Emerald Lakes Golf Course L Andy Anderson

Good of the Order:

Adjournment:            8:50      PM
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The organizational structure for our Lions Club is as follows: Lions Clubs International, Multiple District 4, District 4C5, Sacramento Region, Sutter Zone, Elk Grove Lions Club.

This bulletin is produced each month by the Bulletin Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at jack.edwards@surewest.net or by phone at 916-240-9302 or by mail at:

Elk Grove Lions Club P.O. Box 465 Elk Grove, CA 95759

President: Pancho Sanchez 916-595-9103

Secretary: Jim Switzgable  916-684-7700

Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302

1st VP: Bob Brewer 686-7084

2nd VP: Raymond Martinez 709-2101

3rd VP: Taka Blackburn 686-6696

Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770

Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439

Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954

1 Year Dir: Warren Weaver 715-9636

1 Year Dir: Bill Hibbard 956-5860

2 Year Dir: John Muggee

2 Year Dir: Dave King

Membership: Dan Pearson 217-2753

Past Pres: John Zehnder  690-4934

Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865

Make-up Clubs

Delta Lions Club
2nd Thursdays, 7 am
Bartley Cavenaugh Golf Course
8301 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento

Galt Lions Club
2 & 4 Thursdays
6:00 pm Social 7:00 pm
Meeting Papa’s Pizza
505 C Street, Galt

Pride of Laguna
2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pm
The Old Spaghetti Factory
7727 Laguna Blvd. Elk Grove, CA

 

 Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses
was Emailed to Each Member
Name Spouse
Andy Anderson
Tom Anderson Ashley
Taka Blackburn Valerie
Bob Brewer Cheryl
Charlie Brummer
Brad Dano Teresa
Chuck Davis Rebecca
Rigo De La Torre Marina
Daniel DiBenedetto III Sunni
Dianne Edwards Brian
Jack Edwards Tracey
Randy Feist Barbara
Lewis Flint Sr Peggy
Lorene Fuhs Robert
Fred Handley Pam
Bill Heston Jr Linda
Bill Hibbard Linda
Bob Hillyer Shirlee
John Jackson
Dave King Julie
Bill Kirkland Jr Dusty
Sterling Kloss Tina
Kirk Marchetti Robin
Ray Martinez Connie
Lu Lu Martinez
Tom McDaniel
Jack Megna
Name Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muggee Rebecca
Rebecca Muggee John
Marv Neill Annajean
David Ogden Diann
Shauna Ono Greg
Jim Parino Charlette
Dan Piersen Shelli
Shelli Piersen Dan
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy Leann
Pancho Sanchez Theresa
Bud Schafer Jr Rosanne – Ro
Rick Schriver Jessie
David Simpson Ginger
Howard Stoll Jeanette
Jim Switzgable Debbie
Matt Switzgagle
Joe Tallerico Lynda
Don Thompson Sue
Bob Turner Alice
Don Veninga
Vernon Wheeler Patricia
Warren Weaver Patricia
Dennis Weiss Diane
John Zehnder Nancy
John Zehnder Jr Linda

 

District Contact Info UpArrowPurple
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International President
Joseph Preston
“Strengthen The Pride”

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District Governor Erv Gon

District Governor

Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)

Embarcadero Lions Club

32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831

Res.916 427-5747

Email:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net

1st Vice District Governor

Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)

Pride of Laguna Lions Club
Cell: 916-225-8321
Res: 916-681-9726

Email: mikeretzlaff@sbcglobal.net

2nd Vice District Governor

Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: 2vdg@district4c5.org

 

Cabinet Secretary

Lion Cat Gon

Embarkadero Lions Club

Email:cs@district4c5.org

Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Sarah Enloe

Maharlika Lions Club

Email: ct@district4c5.org

Sacto Region Chair

Lion Cecille Baylon

Golden State Lions Club

Email: SacramentoRegion@district4c5.org

Sutter Zone Chair

Lion Jeri Retzlaff

Pride of Laguna Lions Club

Email: jeri_retzlaff@sbcglobal.net

District Pride Editor

Lion Kumar Kalagara

Folsom Host Lions Club

Email: editor@district4c5.org

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