October 2009Brown 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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Fruit Sale plans in place Thanks to the leadership of Lions Earl Eversol and Vickie Gilmore, the annual Lions Fruit Sale is set to go on December 10-12, 2009, at the Fairgrounds. Volunteers are needed to help unload on December 9 and then sell the 10th through the 12th. If you can help out, contact either Lion Earl or Lion Vickie.
Lions still Kings of the Road Thanks to Tona Martin-Nelson’s leadership, the Lions successfully defended their title as champions of Division Number 2 in the Abe Martin Picnic Outhouse Race. The privy, which was built three years ago by Lions Allen Hazelbaker and Sam Hilker on dual bicycle chassis, again ran so well that no conventional outhouse could catch it. Thanks to Tona for making sure that we performed well while winning number two.
October dinner meeting to look forward The speaker at the October 20 dinner meeting will be recently-retired extension agent Barb Bowman and Betsy Lee, who will discuss the work of Brown County Vision 2020.
Club welcomes new member The Club will induct new member Ken Hein at the October meeting. Ken is a carpenter and pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church here in Nashville. He comes to us from Washington State about a year ago and has already worked the pancake breakfast. He will bring our membership to 110. Please welcome Ken when you meet him at the dinner meeting!
Dining Out cards on the streets Lion Larry Weir announced that his crew has distributed about half the Dining Out cards. Keep selling and buying these great deals!
Riverwatch runs through Brown County Lion Dave Miller announced that on September 21, about 30 Cub Scouts and one Boy Scout conducted a water-quality assessment of Salt Creek at Deer Run for the Lions Riverwatch program. They found the water quality to be high, at least before the Cubs went swimming. Only a few bugs, tadpoles and newts were injured in the event. In related news, but a separate program, our club committed to the Adopt a River program through the DNR about a year ago. One trash clean up was conducted along the banks of Salt Creek near the bridge near CVS. We made a two-year, four-time clean up commitment which it appears we are not going to make. If anyone is interested in chairing this project, please contact Lion President Bob Gilmore. If not, we’ll probably let out commitment lapse.
Eyeglasses and cell phones Lion Gary Havely reports that he recycled 102 eyeglasses and four cell phones in September.
Upcoming dates to remember January 10, Midwinter Conference March 19-20, District Convention, McCormick’s Creek State Park April 22-25, State Convention, South Bend |
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