The number one most important thing to talk about this month is the upcoming elections. As most of you know, I only have 4 months left of my term as President and we have to seek nominations for our officer positions as well as announce the call for nominations at our club meetings. So, if you or someone you know would like to serve as an officer for our club, please make sure to be ready when we have nominations from the floor at our March 11th meeting.
I could have started out with the March 1 Crab Feed as the most important topic, but of course by the time you receive this email, we will be cooking and serving almost 400 guests the best crab dinner available in Elk Grove. So, instead of asking you to sell more tickets, I want to thank you for all your hard work so that our club can better serve the community because of the success of this fundraiser.
As expected, February was busy, even though it was a short 28 day month. We started off the month with a visitation to the Mother Lode Lions in Diamond Springs to rescue our bell on February 6th. We followed that a couple of days later by cooking the breakfast at the Senior Center on the 8th,and preparing for a breakfast that didn’t happen because of the weather! We enjoyed our first meeting on the 10th. Since we didn’t book anything for the second week of the month other than our meeting, we double booked the Blue and Gold Scouts dinner and the Pleasant Grove HS FFA Tri-tip Drive through on the 20th. On the final Sunday of the month, a group of us carpooled up to the Union Mine High School for the district meeting. A report to the club will come on the first meeting in March. We hosted a visit by the Fair Oaks club at our meeting on the 24th and spent the remainder of the week finalizing everything for the Crab Feed on March 1st.
As always, we do need to bring in some new members to help us with our efforts to serve our community. So, please join me in bringing in a new member to the club. Ask a friend, who you believe would make a great addition to our club, to join us for dinner! My term is flying by but I am sure the club will fill the remaining time with lots of events that will make our community the great place it is to serve!!
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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
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:
Activities & Photos The club was engaged in several fun events over the past month. Check out the following photos:
Board meeting or should I say Bored meeting.
Lions Bill, Lorene, Pancho and Charlie getting raffle tickets ready.
PDG Gary Dapelo’s Red Sauce
Part of the Kitchen Crew: Lions Johnny Zehnder, John Zehnder Jr., PDG Gary Dapelo, Rick Schriver
Raffle Prize Table. Put together most professionally by Lion Jim Switzgable and his wife Debra
More Prizes
What it is all about, at least for the people who bought the tickets, “The Crab”
More Crab Please!
Thanks to our sponsors.I will buy one of you a drink at the next meeting if you can tell me what is wrong with 2 of the photos.
Announcements
Let’s reach out to our fellow member, Lion Sterling. As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. His wife sent a little note along with his dues payment stating that he would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip.
Emeritus of Laguna Creek 6727 Laguna Park Drive EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881
We have two Tri-Tip drive thru events scheduled for this month. One for the Elk Grove High School and one for the Wilton 4-H. Check with Lion Weaver or Lion Taka and lend a hand.
Next month we will be assisting at the Running of the Elk, Elk Grove’s premier half marathon that supports youth sports through the Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation. Lend a hand at that as well. Check in with Lion Teresa.
Western Festival is just around the corner on May 3rd and 4th.
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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
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Birthdays
Happy March Birthday to Lions:
Dennis Weiss, Don Veninga, Bud Schafer, Dave King, Kirk Marchetti & Randy Feist
Anniversaries
Congratulations on another year of Service to the Lions Club: Howard Stoll, Jack Edwards and Jim Switzgable
Cooks List
March 10 – Swiss Night – John Zehnder Sr. March 24 – Lion Dave???
Board Minutes
ELK GROVE LIONS
February 17, 2014
Call to order Lion President: John Zehnder, Jr. 7:00 PM
Attendance:
X
President: John Zehnder, Jr.
X
Secretary: Warren Weaver
X
1st VP: Teresa Rodriquez
X
Bulletin Editor: Jack Edwards
X
2nd VP: Bob Brewer
Ab.
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson
X
3rd VP: Ray Martinez.
X
Treasurer: Fred Handley
Ab
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika
X
2-Year Director: Pancho Sanchez
X
1-Year Director: Taka Blackburn
X
2-Year Director: Bill Hibbard
X
1-Year Director: Marv Neill
X
Membership Director: Gary Dapelo
X
Immediate Past Pres: Randy Feist
Other Lions Present:
DG Andy Anderson
Charlie Brummer
Guests:
Ron Gangl-future member
Michael Krogen-Wilton 4-H
Secretary Report: Lion Secretary Warren Weaver Motion to approve Board Minutes by Lion Fred Handley and second by Lion Pancho Sanchez
Treasurer Report:Lion Treasurer Fred Handley
Motion to accept Bob Brewer and second by Pancho Sanchez
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: John Zehnder 690-4934
Secretary: Warren Weaver 715-9636
Bulletin: Jack Edwards 240-9302
1st Vice President: Teresa Rodriquez 606-3905
2nd Vice President: Bob Brewer 686-7084
3rd Vice President: Raymond Martinez 709-2101
Treasurer: Fred Handley 628-9770
Tail Twister: Tom Anderson 947-2439
Lion Tamer: Sharon Mika 479-4954
One Year Director: Taka Blackburn 686-6696
One Year Director: Marv Neill 685-9878
Two Year Director: Pancho Sanchez 997-0093
Two YearDirector: Bill Hibbard 956-5860
Membership Director: Gary Dapelo 685-7642
Immediate Past President: Randy Feist 825-8972
Public Relations: Rick Schriver 425-3865
Make-up Clubs
Delta Lions Club2 Thursdays, 7 amBartley Cavenaugh Golf Course8301 Freeport Blvd.SacramentoGalt Lions Club2 & 4 Thursdays6:00 pm Social7:00 pm MeetingPapa’s Pizza505 C Street, GaltPride of Laguna2 & 4 Wednesdays at 7 pmThe Old Spaghetti Factory7727 Laguna Blvd.Elk Grove, CA
Club Roster with Phone Numbers & Email Addresses was Emailed to Each Member
Nickname
Last Name
Spouse
Andy
Anderson
Tom
Anderson
Ashley
Taka
Blackburn
Valerie
Bob
Brewer
Cheryl
Charlie
Brummer
Brad
Dano
Teresa
Gary
Dapelo
Laurie
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
Nickname
Last Name
Spouse
Jack
Megna
Sharon
Mika
John
Muegge
Rebecca
Rebecca
Muegge
John
Marv
Neill
Annajean
David
Ogden
Diann
Shauna
Ono
Greg
Jim
Parino
Charlette
Dan
Pearson
Shelli
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
Linda
Vernon
Vincent
Patricia
Warren
Weaver
Patricia
Dennis
Weiss
Diane
John
Zehnder
Nancy
John
Zehnder
Jr.
Linda
District Contact Info
International President Barry J Palmer “Follow Your Dream”
District Governor Andy Anderson
District Governor
Lion Andy Anderson
Elk Grove Lions
12695 Apricot Lane
Wilton, California, 95693
Res: (916) 687-8133
Cell: (916) 955-3882
E-mail: andersj@frontiernet.net
1st Vice District Governor
Lion Erv Gon (Lion Cat)
Embarcadero Lions Club
32 Sunlit Circle, Sac, Ca 95831
Res.916 427-5747
E-mail:gonfishing32@sbcglobal.net
2nd Vice District Governor
Lion Mike Retzlaff (Lion Sheri)
Pride of Laguna Lions Club Cell: 916-225-8321 Res: 916-681-9726
