August 2008Brown County Lions Club: In the hills o' Brown - Scenic Spot of IndianaDistrict 25 E-1 Chartered: Feb. 5, 1943 65 Years of Service |
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Lion privy to defend title September 13 is the We Care Gang Abe Martin Community Picnic, where the Brown County Lions will be defending our title as outhouse race champions. Lion Margie McClain has custody of the winning privy, which needs a new paint job, since the only thing we didn’t win last year was the decoration contest. Lion Dave Miller is expected to return as our potty jockey. Contact Lion Margie to offer your artistic/decorative talent.
August meeting to feature motorcycle cop The August 19 meeting will be a vest night. The program will be Todd Arnold of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Motorcycle Drill Team. We’ll also be initiating Jan Halladay as a new member.
Dining Out card sales underway Lion Larry Weir reported that the Dining Out cards are in circulation. Fifty-three were sold at the fair, and local banks and hotels have them out for sale. With the fair and bulk sales underway, he announced that we’re 1/8 of the way to our goal of $10,000 in sales. Instead of advancing books to members for sale, this year the cards will be sold to Lions, who will then reimburse themselves with the proceeds of those they sell. The Club will buy back your unsold cards. This will make keeping track of proceeds much easier. Sales at the IGA will begin on August 22, with the team of Lions Jerry Simo and Alan Hazelbaker boasting that they will sell the most again this year. Lions Terry Woodhouse and Richard and Jan Halladay contend that they will unseat the reigning champs.
Playhouse prospers, new chair needed Lion Gloria Berryman reported that the second play, How the Other Half Loves, brought in $3,206, which is below last year’s second play by 17 percent. That was a disappointment, but we have great hopes for the third play, The Boys Next Door. Earl Eversoll is the captain of this play, and he still has a few openings. If you haven’t signed on (or even if you have), give him a call at 988-6227 to let him know you’re available to work. Fifty-one Lions (and a number of spouses and friends) worked the concession for the last play: 5 Lions worked 2 shows and 1 Lion worked 3 shows. We only had one show that went over $300 in sales and it was a Saturday night worked by Tom and Sonnie Taylor and Bob Boger. Together they took in $353! A special thank you goes to Captain Don Stuart for putting together a great group of workers. After three years of heading up the Playhouse Concession, Terry and Gloria Berryman are going to give someone else an opportunity to earn 12 points. They stress that it is not a one-man job, and they don’t recommend a husband and wife co-chair as it won’t give you a chance to get away. The job entails getting captains for each show (and our captains have been great!), securing supplies, maintaining the concession area, banking, and keeping accurate records of workers. If this sounds like something you would like to do, give them a call at 988-4465 and you can job-shadow them for the last show to see how it all works.
July 4 fireworks was a blast! Lion Bill Swigert wants to thank all of the Lion volunteers for their help this year. Seventeen Lions trolled the crowd and ten Lions and companions counted the collected funds. We collected $4,721.67, only slightly below our recent-memory record of $4,800. The top collector was Lion Jim Milnes, though he was closely followed by Lion Adam Young. Lion Sheriff Buck Stogsdill provided security for the collections.
Fair news Lion Jerry Simo reported that 33 Lions covered 56 shifts parking cars through the week at the Brown County Fair. Superman Lion Earl Eversol worked every night. As promised, the weather was good with only a fluke of a rain shower! The Fair Board was very happy with our work and will invite us back next year. Lion John Wood reported that 20 Lions worked at the Lions booth at the fair. Lion Vickie Gilmore will chair next year’s fair booth.
Project notes · Lion Gary Havely reported that he collected 76 glasses and one cell phone this month. · Lion Jim Rispoli has taken over the mint sales position. He has placed sales displays at six new businesses and deposited $49 already. · Lion Jim Rispoli will be signing up Lions to clean up the highway before the October visitor crush at the dinner meeting. Bring your calendar. · Lion Dave Miller held a Riverwatch monitoring session on Saturday. He reported that our testing session in conjunction with Cub Scout Pack 190 will be featured in an upcoming issue of the state-wide Riverwatch newsletter. · Lion Bob Gilmore announced that the Indianapolis Colts are seeking clubs to staff concession stands at Lucas Oil Stadium this football season. There are approximately 12 events through the year, but we could work with other Lions Clubs to split a stand by games. We would need to commit 14-21 persons for each shift, to arrive 6 hours before game time. Unlike the Playhouse, you wouldn’t see the game, but the club would earn 10% of gross sales, which is estimated at $1,000-1,500 per game. If you are interested in working this project, let Lion Bob Gilmore know soon. He’ll gauge interest and communicate that to the board.
Lion President Rick’s message The fireworks were spectacular, the band & choir excellent, and the public thankful. The Lions that worked the bucket brigade under Bill Swigert collected a record amount, along with shop donations collected by Ann & Jim Callahan and Don Stephenson. The fair parking also went well under the guidance of Chairs Buddy Mercer, and Jerry Simo, with daily supervision from Earl Eversole. “The guy doesn’t know when to go home,” said Lion Jerry. Mr. Sisson at the Love Bugs Booth said to thank all of the Lions for such a great job parking. I heard that again Thursday from one of the Fair Board members. I also heard a lot of positive comments about our dining coupons. Good job Margie McClain, and Larry Weir. Also, a big thank you goes to the Playhouse Chairs, Gloria and Terry Berryman, and all the concession stand workers for their hard work. So, it was a good month to be a Lion, and I was very proud! As you can see by the events mentioned above, we were very busy. That is why the improvement initiatives I mentioned in July are so important. At the August board meeting we took the next step towards making these improvements, by assigning committees to those tasks. I have asked the Directors to help lead these efforts, and also identified several folks that we would like to have help. You will be hearing more about this at our August dinner meeting, so I will only mention the titles of the committees, and who will be leading them. We are hoping to get the committee members on board, and have a kickoff meeting soon. The committees are: 1. Leadership Development, led by Director Jerry Simo. 2. Finance Committee, led by Director Dave Miller. 3. Events Committee, led by Directors Debbie Havely, Gloria Berryman, and Rosemary Saurer. 4. Membership Committee, led by Directors Rich Greeno, Margie McClain, and Bill Dougherty. Lion Linda Welty will be our Public & Social Services Representative. Lion Director Jerry Simo will be our Parliamentarian. These efforts are being undertaken to try to make sure we don’t burn people out by overloading them, try to get help where needed, and try to make the task easier. It is also intended to give us back up for our critical positions, and ensure our future. We need your help to accomplish this. So, please look at the committees and if you are interested in helping, let one of the Directors know. I am proud to be a Brown County Lion. |
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