© Elk Grove Lions Club

Volume 72

Issue # 12

June 2022

We Serve

President John Muegge

President’s Message

Join Us

Calendar

Activities

Announcements

Birthdays/Anniversaries

Cooks List

Board Minutes

Contact Info

District Info

President’s Message

President John Muegge’s Message:

Fellow Lions, Friends of the Elk Grove Lions Club and our Community. It was truly an honor to have been given the opportunity to serve as president this past year.

I would like to thank the board officers for their commitment to our club and dedication
to the community during these difficult times. We have suffered from Covid -19, election
strife, and fires that have affected the lives of millions of Californians. We have
persevered through tough times to continue to serve the community of Elk Grove and
beyond.

Club members, thank you for supporting the club as we have supported the community
this year. The Lions Club cannot make it without your service.

It has been an interesting year. We are coming out of the pandemic, or so it would
seem. We are back in a remodeled and newly dedicated Albiani Recreation Center. We
have returned to having regular dinner meetings but have decided to continue with
online Zoom Board Meetings. We have yet to have a Shrimp and Crab Feed but we
compensated by having a tri-tip drive thru dinner which really did well. We are doing the
Community Pancake Breakfasts again but with a more equitable split of costs and
profits with CSD.

I would like to congratulate Lion Jack and his wife Tracy for being chosen as the 2020
Elk Grove Citizen of the Year. I was glad to be able to attend the ceremony which was
delayed by Covid-19. Likewise, I would like to congratulate Lion Warren Weaver who
was one of 7 people inducted into the Elk Grove Hall of Fame.

While the Elk Grove Lions did not have a crab feed, the Theta Tau Theta Crab Feed came back
for 2022.

Finally, to Lion Warren Weaver, the club’s new President, I wish you the best in the
coming year. I am sure that you are embarking on a familiar trail as you have a vast
amount of experience serving the Elk Grove Lions and the Elk Grove community and
will have no problem serving as President. I am looking forward to serving on the Board
under your leadership next year.

Sincerely,
Lion John Muegge

Join Us

Elk Grove Lions Club

P.O. Box 465

Elk Grove, CA. 95759

General Meeting: 6:00PM – 2nd Monday of the month
Location: Albiani Recreation Center

Board Meetings: 3rd Monday @ 6:00PM

Location: Online Zoom Meeting

General Meeting: 6:00PM – 4th Monday of the month (except Nov & Dec)
Location: Albiani Recreation Center

Application for Membership

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Calendar of Events

Club, District and Zone Highlites:

Activities & Photos
Check out the following photos & videos:

No activities and no photos at this time.

Announcements

Let’s reach out to our fellow members:

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 Dr. Diana Holcomb’s office at 8419 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 just south of Calvine Road, next to the Bel Air Market.

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Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Lions:

Don Thompson

Anniversaries

Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club:
Don Thompson – Randy Feist – Bob Brewer – Dan Pearson – Charlie Brummer – Marv Neill

Cooks List

July 11 – John Muegge – Past President’s BBQ & Installation Dinner
July 25 – Bob Brewer
August 8 – Brad Dano
August 22 – Lyndon King
September 12 – Bill Heston
September 26 – Anthony Dapelo

Board Minutes

Minutes of May 16^th Elk Grove Lions Club Meeting

Attendance:

Lions Board Members:	Other Lions
John Muegge- President	Bob Shipley
Rebecca Muegge- Vice President	Jey Strong
Don Thompson- 1 year Director	Anthony Dapelo
John Zehnder Jr – Membership Director
Sharon Mika – 1 year Director
Marv Neill – 2 year Director
Jason Springer – Treasurer
Lions Board Members:

Guest(s):

Scott Walker – Friend of Bob Brewer to joining club

Called to order at 6:22 PM due to finally having a quorum

Scott Walker is a friend of Bob Brewer who is looking to join the club. He lives in Elk Grove and retired from State Correction last year.

Approval of April Minutes- John Jr motion and Sharon 2^nd

Marv: Working on getting Sight Van for Kohl’s Child Spree

Don: Brought new garbage can for Kitchen as needed

Anthony: no club visitations set-up

Adjoin Club meeting at 6:29 and open Foundation meeting

Old Business:

May 14^th Saturday Pancake Breakfast Report: 77 adults and 4 children attended; will be increasing price to $8 for adults due to price of food increasing and reserved food decreasing

Events Motions:

Motions on New Business

Motion	Moved By	Second	Passed	Lead
Move to assist Food Bank Run	John Jr	Sharon	Yes	Lion Jack
Move to approve Carnitas Feed	John Jr	Sharon	Yes
Move to approve Crab & Shrimp Feed	Tabled until we find out about how much help we will get from the Optimist Club and how they want to split the proceeds.
Move to partner with Optimist
Move to support Child Spree Breakfast	John Jr	Sharon	Yes
Move to support Strauss Parking	John Jr	Sharon	Yes
Move to support Strauss Bar 11/5	John Jr	Sharon	Yes
Move to donate $_____ to People-to-People event/Pride of Laguna Creek Lions	Tabled donation until we can find out how much we donated last year.
Equipment: for People to People event:	Jason	John Jr	Yes	Andy
Move to donate to Grateful Garment Project :Donate same amount as last time -a few years back	John Jr	Jason	Yes

The May 23^rd Dinner Meeting will have Linden as Head Cook and be serving Tri-tip

Adjournment at 6:47pm

Club Contact Info

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 newsletter is produced each month by the Stag Editor, Lion Jack Edwards. He may be reached by email at Jack@ElkGroveLionsFoundation.org or by phone at 916-240-9302:

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

President: John Muegge

1st VP: Rebecca Muegge

2nd VP: Vacant

Secretary: Jack Edwards

Treasurer: Jason Springer

Tail Twister: Brad Dano

Lion Tamer: Bob Husted

1 Year Director – Don Thompson
1 Year Director – Sharon Mika
2 Year Director – Taka Blackburn
2 Year Director – Marv Neill
Membership: John Zehnder, Jr.
Past Pres: Taka Blackburn
Public Relations: Jack Edwards
Stag Editor: Jack Edwards
LCIF Coordinator: Andy Anderson

Make-up Clubs

Delta Lions Club

2nd Thursdays, 7 am

Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course

8301 Freeport Blvd.

Sacramento

Galt Lions Club

2 & 4 Thursdays

6:00 pm Social

6:30 pm Meeting

Grange Hall

5th & D Street, Galt

Pride of Laguna

2 & 4 Wednesdays at 6:30 pm

Albiani Recreation Center

8830 Sharkey Ave

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
Charles Brummer
Brad Dano	Teresa
Anthony Dapelo	Chalene
Jack Edwards	Tracey
Randy Feist	Barbara
Bill Heston Jr
Ann Higginbotham	Ron
Ron Higginbotham	Ann
Bob Husted	Charlene
Charlene Husted	Bob
Lynden King
Bill Kirkland Jr	Dusty
Harjeet Kumar	Vanita
Vanita Kumari	Harjeet
Kirk Marchetti	Robin

Name	Spouse
Sharon Mika
John Muegge	Rebecca
Rebecca Muegge	John
Greg Neill	Amy
Marv Neill	Annajean
Dan Pearsen	Shelli
Shelli Pearsen	Dan
Stan Pochop Jr.
Dan Quiggle	Marsalina
Teresa Rodriguez
Jerry Salamy	Leann
Bob Shipley
Jason Springer	Raelynn
Jeylon Strong
Jim Switzgable	Debbie
Don Thompson	Sue
Warren Weaver	Patricia
Dennis Weiss	Diane
John Zehnder Jr.	Linda