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5 Fridays and our Membership Chair Lion Roy Pulliam is trying
something new! Our regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, September
30 will be CANCELLED. Rather we will hold our weekly meeting on
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 7PM. Place to be announced. We are offering
this as an opportunity for those members who are unable to attend
our noon meeting and as an introduction of Lions to family and
friends. Roy has a great pro-gram planned and we are looking
forward to meet-ing those members we don’t get to socialize with at
our Friday noon meeting. See you all there! Look for the “HELP
WANTED” column else-where in this newsletter. It is a listing of
those pro-jects that are in need of leadership and extra hands. As
with any organization, the same people seem to be doing the same
thing. If we want the same re-sults, we continue to do the same. If
want change, we need to change the way we do things. Some of the
more ‘seasoned’ Lions are ready to step aside and help newer Lions
take over. Check out the column and see where you might help change
hap-pen! This is especially good for those members who can not
attend our regular meeting. ANNUAL FALL CONVENTION: It is not too
early to plan to attend the MD19 annual conven-tion in Yakima –
Oct. 13 -15. This is the time when all the clubs in WA, northern
Idaho and BC will gather to share and learn. If you can attend only
for a day – it is well worth it. Those who wish to move up in a
Leadership role will gain much from the training sessions and
socializing with other Lions. Car pooling is always available. For
more detailed information check out www.lionsmd19.com. Enjoy
September – the colors and sights are won-derful! Yellow school
buses, new clothes, eager faces at bus stops, football and soccer
games, new opportunities to help at WA Elem, leaves and fly-ing
geese on their way south. Enjoy it all! You deserve the best.
President Helen
Fort Vancouver Lions Club
Vancouver, WA., U.S.A.
Established 1955
September 2011 ISSUE
V O L U M E 5 8 I S S U E 3
W W W . F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N S . C O M
Join Us Each Week On Friday at High Noon!
Bill’s Chicken & Steak 2200 St. Johns Blvd.
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Presidents Corner 1
Hearing Commit-tee
2
Amphitheater 2
Help Wanted 3
MD19 Fall Conv. 4
Calendar 6
Sponsors 7
Strive For 5 5
Sight Committee 5
S E P T E M B E R S P E A K E R S
P R O G R A M D I R E C T O R R O Y P U L L I U M
Sept 2nd
Eric Holmes Vancouver City Manager
Sept 9th Karin Ford
Vancouver Community Library
Sept 16th Chad Doing
Morning Talk show Host
Sept 23rd Anne Vitort
Music therapist
Editor Dotty Scott [email protected]
360-607-4767
President’s Corner Fellow Lions – It appears that summer made a
short visit – hope you were able to get out and enjoy the warm
rays. Just to remind us that we live in the Pacific Northwest,
Mother Nature continues to show her wet side. Enjoy the last month
of summer and get ready for a busy and active Lions Fall season.
Lion Roy and his merry band of ‘wristers’ are finishing up at the
amphitheater. With Lion Charissa and her band of beer sellers our
club will see a nice profit that will allow us to offer
opportunities to those in need. Thanks to all who helped! Job well
done! By the time this newsletter is out to members, Lion Lee Denny
will have finished the frozen berry sale. This requires much
coordination between the grower and our club. Thanks Lee for
helping to make this a suc-cess. Lion Lee is also getting ready to
welcome the youngsters at Washington Elementary School on
Sep-tember 6. His group will have ice cream and good will to all
who attend the before school Open House. This is always a fun time.
Stop by from 3-4pm to help spread the good cheer! The school will
also be having their annual Learning Fair on Sept. 20. At this
evening event we provide din-ner for those families who attend.
This is an excellent way to help the school boost the attendance at
the fair and it is a great way for us to start our year of service
at Washington Elementary. Lee is looking for a chairper-son to head
this up – he has lots of experience and will mentor. Contact Lee if
you are interested. Time for the reins to change hands! Lions Bill
Shalaby and Alan Rhyasen are getting ready to polish off the many
apples that we will be selling in late October. This project, along
with the amphitheater and fruit sales, is one of our biggest fund
raisers. To be successful they need all of us to promote sales and
in-sure that there are more orders than last year. How well we
provide service to those in need is tied to how well we do with our
fund raisers, and the apple project is a ‘biggie’. Thanks for all
your help. MEMBERSHIP OPEN HOUSE – As I mentioned in my July
newsletter, we will be doing some different things with the 5th
Fridays of the month. September has
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Fort Vancouver Lions Club Officers
King Lion: Helen Sutfin 1st VP: Bill Shalaby
2nd VP: Adam Hegewald 3rd VP: Len Leger
Past President: Bruce Armstrong Secretary: Chriss Denny
Treasurer: Steve Staudinger Tail Twister: Marilyn Robertson
Lion Tamer: Fred Larson John Caldwell
Membership: Roy Pulliam Board Members: Kathy Howell, Lee Denny,
John Caldwell, Terry
Robertson, Vikki Hart, Sandy Foster, Program Directors: Roy
Pullium,
Dotty Scott, Hallie Kofstad, Vikki Hart
Sunshine Committee: Wanda Slevin
Technology Guru: Dotty Scott Visitations: Terry Sutfin Social
Chair: Lee Denny
F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N ’ S U P R O A R
Hearing Committee Report We are missing representatives from
Woodland, Presidents please make sure your clubs member joins us at
our next meeting on the 1st Tuesday of every month. This is your
committee we cover ALL of Clark County and the Woodland area. In
August we are meet at Rick Giles home for a BBQ. Please RSVP if you
are coming. Spouses are welcome. By Richard Giles
August Concerts at the Amphitheater
It was a busy month with 6 concerts at the Sleep Country
Amphitheater. We worked 5 Clark County Fair concerts in 7 days:
Beach Boys August 5th REO Speedwagon August 6th Dierks Bentley
August 8th Three Days Grace August 9th Motley Crewfest August 11th
The first 4 Fair concerts were lightly attended but the Motley Crew
show had over 8000 in attendance. We were fortunate to have some
wonderful weather and plenty of volunteers. On August 19th, we
worked the Toby Keith show. We not only needed 25 to wrist band and
be alcohol monitors, but we also needed 14 beer stand workers. It
was a lot of work but we did earn $2870.00. A lot of members and
friends stepped up and worked multiple concerts and filled in for
last minute cancellations. We are fortunate to have so many non
Lions that volunteer to work at the Amphitheater. Even with 5
concerts in 7 days we filled every need that was asked of us. Great
job everybody. There is one more show to go. It is the Heart and
Def Leopard concert on Wednesday, September 14th. We still need
more volunteers for both the wrist banding job and beer kiosk
workers. Please contact Lion Roy Pulliam to help wrist band and
Lion Charissa Steinmann to help in the beer kiosk.
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F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N ’ S U P R O A R
Help Wanted LEARNING FAIR AT WA. ELEM. (Sept. 20) Chairman -
time: appx 3 hours day of event Mentor available to work with and
train – school food service personnel on site * Plan menu *
Organize sign-up sheet for volunteers (5-7) * Assign tasks evening
of the event Contact Lee Denny [email protected] APPLE PACKING AND
SALES – OCTOBER 28 -29 Unloading apples at the warehouse and
packing trucks for delivery – time: appx. 2 hours *need people with
pick-up trucks * 12 – 15 people to work the various delivery
stations (2-3 per station) – time: appx. 2 1/2 hours Contact Alan
Rhyasen [email protected] or Bill Shalaby [email protected]
HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP – TBA This is a new project the club is
considering * State Dept. of Transportation has full details
*Determine highway section to be cleaned *Set calendar date
*Arrange for volunteers Contact Len Leger [email protected] LUNCH
& READING & MENTORING BUDDIES – WA ELEMENTARY * Meet with a
child one day week for one hour (time set to your schedule) * Must
fill out Volunteer Application form (school office) * There are a
wide variety of opportunities for service at the school Contact
Principal Sean McMillian: [email protected] SCRAPBOOK EDITOR
– on going Compile the club’s year of events into a scrapbook * The
finished product will be entered into the MD19 Scrapbook Contest *
Guidelines for the contest will be provided PHOTOGRAPHER – on going
* take pictures of the various club activities *distribute pictures
to the Scrapbook Chairperson and to the area newspapers
Please mark you calendars for a special evening meet-ing on
Thursday, Sept. 29th. We are cancelling our usual Friday lunch
meeting on September 30th so we can all get together for din-ner on
Thursday the 29th. We hope to see our usual attendees plus our
members that work during the day and can't make our Friday lunch
meetings. We are using this meeting to invite our family mem-bers
to attend and also any potential new members. Where we meet will
de-pend on how many sign up to attend. We plan on a 6:30 social
half hour with dinner at 7 PM. Please email me back and let me know
if you can at-tend and if you are bring-ing a guest. We will
contact everyone with the meeting location. Think about anyone you
know that might like to help us help our commu-nity and have a
whole bunch of fun while doing it. Let's work together to make this
special meeting a huge success. Thank you, Roy Pulliam
[email protected]
If you are interested in renewing or get-ting the Multiple
District newsletter, you should go to the website: lionsmd19.com
and then to the BORDER CROSSING link and sign up there. This is a
good deal. Boarder Crossing needs to be renewed annually.
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F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N ’ S U P R O A R
MD19 Fall Convention
Hotel Information is on Page 5 of this Newsletter
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F O R T V A N C O U V E R L I O N ’ S U P R O A R
Sight Committee The Lions Sight Foundation of Clark County met
on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. We received 55 applications for exams
and glasses this month.. 9 appli-cations were denied: 6 needed more
information; 1 non-resident; 1 had too many requests; and 1 had
insurance. A total of 46 applications were reviewed and approved
for exams and glasses. The Foundation voted to increase the amount
that we pay for vision exams from $25 to $50, effective for
vouch-ers signed after September 1, 2011. Our next meeting will be
held at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Washington
State School for the Blind.
Contact Roy for more information
Yakima Convention Hotels Prices in US funds & do not include
taxes None of the hotels charge for parking. Headquarters : Howard
Johnson Plaza Hotel, 9 North 9th St. Phone: 509-452-6511 Toll Free:
800-446-4656 Code MD19 Lions $84.00 Single Occupancy $89.00 Double
Occupancy Breakfast included (Deadline for room reservations is
9/28/11) Additional Hotels: Deadline: September 12, 2011 1. Red
Lion Yakima, 607 East Yakima Avenue, 800-733-5466 Code: MD19 Lions
or Lions Clubs Inter-national $89.95 Single/Double Occupancy $99.95
Triple Occu-pancy 2. Cedars Suites, 1010 East “A” Street,
509-452-8101 $90.00 Single $98.00 Double 3. Fairfield Inn &
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rooms 4. Hilton Garden Inn, 401 East Yakima Ave. 509-454-1111
$109.00 King & Double Queens 5. Holiday Inn, 802 East Yakima
Ave. 509-494-7000 $99.00 for all rooms 6. Holiday Inn Express, 1001
East “A” St. 509-249-1000 $93.00 Single/Double 7. Ledgestone Hotel,
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September 2011
October DATES TO REMEMBER… Club Excellence Program October 8th
Fall Convention October 13-15 Melvin Jones Dinner October 22nd
Apple Delivery October 29th
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