June 2015 Newsletter - Roswell Lions Club, Inc.
The Roswell Roar Meet PO Box 1364, Roswell, GA 30077 Lion Bill Staley, Editor 404-290-4414 stabil@comcast.net 3rd Vice President Treasurer Officers for 2015-16 President Tim Dunn president@roswelllions.org Past President Mike Henleben Vice Presidents Barb May firstvp@roswelllions.org Tom Spudic secondvp@roswelllions.org Cindy Kaisharis thirdvp@roswelllions.org Secretary Secretary Cheryl Henleben secretary@roswelllions.org Treasurer Chris Wong treasurer@roswelllions.org Tail Twister Linda Spudic Lion Tamer Tail Twister President Past President 2nd Vice President 1st Vice President Vince Kartley Board of Directors Kay Brown Jonathan Crooks Phil Farias Bill Jones Membership Bill Staley membership@roswelllions.org Webmaster Jeff Hammen Lion Tamer Hear ye, Hear ye We Serve The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000 in today’s money. Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet terrain. The Bank of America was originally The Bank of Italy. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 MPH. LEO CLUB UPDATE – Lions Mike Malone and Tom Spudic have volunteered to be our Lion Advisors to the Centennial HS LEO Club. The HS faculty advisor will be announced in August. REVERSE RAFFLE UPDATE – Had 115 attendees who generated approximately $8000 for Eyesight Roswell. Great job Lion Tim etal. ZONE GOLF TOURNAMENT UPDATE – Held May 11th at the Woodmont CC - had 55 golfers participate and generated an estimated $6000 to benefit the Lions Camp For The Blind. INTER-CLUB MEETING UPDATE – The Woodstock Lions meeting scheduled for May has been rescheduled for JULY 28th . Contact Lion Kay if planning on attending. STATE CONVENTION – Held in Tifton, GA, on May 15-17, was attended by Lion Vince. The RLC auction basket sold for $100. SENIOR EYE SCREENING – Was held on May 27th . SPECIAL OLYMPICS – Was held on May 30th. GHOST and SPIRITS TOUR – Scheduled for June 13th , 7PM. Tour includes 3 “spirit” stops. Tickets $40. Led by Lion Jonathan. RLC OFFICER INSTALLATION – Scheduled for June 15th, 7PM, at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION – Will be held in Honolulu, HA, June 26-30. Member meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month. OR…log on to the Roswell Lions Calendar at http://roswelllions.org/ calendar Board meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month. All members are eligible, and encouraged, to attend. BOARD MEETING – June 8th , 6:30PM, RUMC Room 224. REGULAR MEETING – June 15th , 7PM, Hilton Doubletree Hotel. There are no scheduled meetings for July and August. JUNE 15th – Installation of Officers for 2015-16 - – Birthdays In June vvvv Diane French 6/1 Bill Parsons 6/2 Why Are They Smiling? Robert Joe 6/4 Because, they just Jerry Bramblett 6/18 won $500 at the Reverse Raffle! Congratulations go to….. From “Your Lion Family” Cupcakes… Courtesy of Milt Brand & Tim Dunn Lion Vince Lion Mike Lion Tim “The Sunshine Boys” Lion Phil Membership Count “ ” Lion Milt as MC for part of the awards ceremony “not sure why he’s smiling” The most humorous award of the night went to Lion Bill for a complete hair styling by “Jon” THE “REVERSE RAFFLE” TOTE BOARD A sincere thank you to the members from the RLC and neighboring friends for their participation in the 2nd Annual North Metro Lions Clubs Golf Tournament to benefit the Lions Camp For The Blind. Alan Hooper – Social Media Chairman, US Blind Golf Assn. Chris Chovan – Roswell Transportation Planning Mgr. Welcome to new member John Whetsell with sponsor Robbie Douglas doing the pinning. … ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR The drop off points currently employed are: Roswell Recycling Center, 11570 Maxwell Rd., Alpharetta Furey Family Eye Care, 250 E. Crossville Rd. Roswell Adult Recreation Center, 830 Grimes Bridge Rd. Roswell Library, 115 Norcross St. Roswell Eye Clinic, 1190 Grimes Bridge Rd. Atlanta Bread Company, 640 W. Crossville Rd. Sam’s Club Optometry Department, Davis Drive East Roswell Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Rd. NEW***Optimal Hearing, 600 Houze Way, Suite B-3 **Thought for the day** “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain
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