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The publication of the Dutton & District Lions Club

Bulletin Editor ~ Lion Ken Willson PRC

May Edition - 2001

Volume 6 Issue10

Regular Meetings ~ May 3 & May 17

From Lions International

May is Lions Recycle for Sight Month
Each May Lions throughout North America collect used eyeglasses, as well as prescription and non-prescription sunglasses. The collected eyeglasses are shipped to one of nine official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers, where they are distributed for Lions-sponsored or other service groups' missions. Is our club ready to participate in this nationwide effort?

International Collection of Eyeglasses
Attending the convention? Take a pair of your old prescription eyeglasses or sunglasses, or non-prescription sunglasses. Lions Clubs International will be collecting your used eyeglasses during convention week at the Indianapolis Convention Center.

Appeal for India Earthquake Victims
Lions worldwide are asking for information on sending donations to aid the India quake victims. In response, LCIF has set up a special fund, "Gujarat Earthquake Relief-5043," to receive contributions earmarked for disaster relief. LCIF Chairman Ervin makes this appeal: "Please send donations directly to LCIF. That will ensure better coordination of relief activities and larger, more effective rebuilding projects."

 

Worlwide Induction Day

Vision

Lions Worldwide Induction Day began with a vision of a worldwide event that celebrates our past, present and our future...an event that welcomes talented new people into our association and reaffirms our commitment to the service of others.

Action

Lions around the world have turned this vision into action by launching membership drives, initiating public relations campaigns and designing meaningful events to honor the people who will lead us into a new century of service.

The Time Is Now!

This year, the world is moving into a new millennium, and with it, the hope of fantastic new things. The 2001 Lions Worldwide Induction Day will be a tribute to the strength and importance of Lions clubs all over the world. Thousands of new members will be simultaneously inducted into clubs while the world watches. Press releases and media coverage will accompany the event, increasing public knowledge of Lions clubs and demonstrating the importance these clubs have in helping and serving the less fortunate of the world.

Let us start 2001 with intensity and dedication and make the millennium induction day the greatest one ever. This will show the world why Lions Clubs International is the largest and most influential service organization in the world.

To carry on the tradition of service, the fourth Lions Worldwide Induction Day will be held on April 28, 2001.

 Editors Comments: ~

Our Lions year is near an end, but our busy time is upon us. All of us need to remember that we are needed to assist in such functions as our food booth in the park for summer ball functions, as well as for the bingos that continue on a regular basis. If you normally fill in at one of the bingos but plan to be away on vacation, remember to get some other Lion to fill in for you. It shouldn't be up to the organizer. He counts on YOU!.

In the last two issues of Lions Tales you will find some pictures of past and current trading pins, as well as some other interesting photos. I hope that you enjoy them.

It certainly has been a pleasure for me to do your bulletin over the last six years. Give your support to Lion Ron as he takes over this task at the end of June. Provide him with as much information as possible so that the task wont be too onerous.

Lion Ken Willson

 

The following publications will soon be available ONLY via the internet:

  • International Directory
  • IAD-0002: Int'l Activities Division Publication Order Form
  • IAD-178: Lions-Quest Fact Sheet
  • LEO-6: Leo District Constitution
  • LEO-7: Leo Multiple District Constitution
  • Leo-204: Leo Awards MK-9: Lions Community Needs Assessment
  • MK-97: 25 Marketing Ideas
  • PR-763: International Contest Rules
  • PR-9219: Public Relations Program Grants

 

 

 

2001-2002 Executive

Past President Mike Gardiner President Wayne Gaudon

1st Vice Heather MacAdam 2nd Vice (empty)

Secretary Ken Willson Treasurer Stan Champ

Tail Twister Kathy Willson Lion Tamer Ron Reid

Directors

2 year Wally Thibodeau 1 year Ron Poisson

Ron Chalk Peter Donaldson

Membership Chair Allister Cameron

 

Just for Laughs

A big city lawyer went duck hunting in South Louisiana. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going into retrieve it."


The old farmer replied. "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."


The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things in Louisiana. We rule ourselves under the Napoleonic Code. We settle small disagreements like this with the Louisiana Three Kick Rule."


The lawyer asked, "What is the Louisiana Three Kick Rule?"


The Farmer replied. "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom. The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees where he immediately vomited. The geezer's second kick nearly ripped the man's nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his dark heart, vengeful will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old coot now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck."

 

Sight Quiz Question

In what country was the first known cataract surgery performed (sometime around the year 500 B.C.)?

Answer:

India
Source: "Amazing Trivia Facts Calendar," Workman Publishing

 

Our Past History in Pins 

Charter Pin 1967

West Elgin Pin

West Elgin Pin

1972

1977

1978

1979

three bear pins

 

made for a

convention

1980

1981

dog pins of

president

Jim White

1982

1987

1988

1989

1992

1993

1994 - Pres. Ken Willson's pin

1998 ZC Ken Willson pin

1995

1996 RC Ken Willson pin

1996

1997

Millenium pin - 2000

 

Elimination Draw

April 29, 2000

Lions Thought for the Day

I will accept that being a "super" person to all I encounter is not necessary. I can accept imperfections as a part of life that do not make me inferior.

 

 

 

 

 

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