Welcome To
The Adventures of Lion "Lil" Pete
Hi my name is Lion Pete
Stevens, "Lil" Pete to my friends and I'll be serving in the newly
crated position of 1st Vice Zone Chair for this coming year for Region II Zone
3 District 11E-1 of the Michigan Lions.
I will be helping our Zone Chair with his duties by visiting all the
clubs in our zone and attending as many of their functions as I can in to help
promote their clubs, events and most importantly visitation between clubs.
Now just a little about me, As
you can see from my picture I'm not your average Lion but then again Lions can
come in all ages, shapes and sizes, I'm about 2 feet tall a woodsman by trade
retired from the forestry service and recently relocated from Evart now living
near one of the our lakes here in the Cadillac area. I'm a firm believer
in what the Lions organization stands for and the work they do to help and
support those with vision, hearing related challenges. OH Yeah did I mention I'm a Garden Gnome?
This website will include
pictures and stories of my travels and the people I meet over this coming year. Each of the clubs in our zone (Baldwin,
Cadillac, Evart, and Luther) have graciously agreed to let me visit each of
their clubs for 30 days at a time so I can see first hand what they do and get
the chance to know their members.
I'm currently staying with
the Cadillac club and recently attended their "Picnic in the Park"
open community meeting. It was loads of
fun, the rain even stopped a few hours before and the sun kept peaking out from
behind the clouds drying things up nicely.
I got to meet most of the club and their families and even had the
chance to sit down with their President
Lion Rick Coccia and go over club strategies for the coming year. Check
out these pictures from the Picnic Meeting which they held on August 20th.
With two grills going one
cooking up hotdogs for the visiting members of the community while the other
was grilling up brats for the club members good food
and fellowship was enjoyed by all that attended. Music soon filled the air when the free jazz
concert being held across the street at the Rotary Pavilion started and some of
the club members went across to enjoy the band and pass out free hotdogs to
those in attendance.
After making my rounds at the picnic/meeting and being
introduced to everyone I join my fellow Lions for a plate of food as we discuss
the clubs upcoming "Sight for Life" golf outing. It sounds like fun I already volunteered to
help work the event and maybe get the chance to hit a ball or two.
I think this is going to be a interesting year and I can't wait to meet all the other
clubs in my zone. I have a zone meeting
down in Evart on the 9th and I'll get the chance to meet a whole bunch of my
fellow 11E-1 Lions when I attend IPDG Larry Morlocks appreciation dinner next
week down in Big Rapids.
I look forward to helping our
Zone Chair this year and also our clubs in anyway I can. Keep checking back to see what I'm up to and
what's going on with the clubs in Region II Zone 3.
Thanks
1st Vice Zone Chair Lion "Lil" Pete
Region II Zone 3
Cadillac's "Sight for Life" Golf Outing
Hi again it's "Lil" Pete it's August 22nd
and the Cadillac Lions just had their 3rd Annual "Sight for Life"
golf outing at the Missaukee Golf Club over by Lake City and it was a fun, wet
day with the rain coming down off and on throughout most of the event. We played 18 holes and did everything from
putting with a driver to driving with a putter, we also had a opposite hand
tee-off and a blind tee-off where you have to get blindfolded then try to hit
the ball. It was pretty much duck and
cover on that hole!
The day came off well with 11
foursomes playing and with the shotgun start things moved along pretty
fast. We sold mulligan's
and 50/50 tickets at the start of the outing (I helped out selling the Mulligan's)
and had an awards luncheon afterwards where we so more 50/50 and tickets for
random prizes, we gave out 109 prizes in total.
I'd say 90% of the club was
in attendance and may other golfers were there just to enjoy the day. Between all the tickets sold and the money raised from the golf itself the club took in over $2000 for
the 1 day event. Not to bad huh!
Lion Tom Jones gave me a lift
out to the hole I was working where I helped out on the links demonstrating how
to hit the ball at the blind hole. You
can check out the photos below if you like.
I can't wait for next weekend to go down to IPDG Larry Morlocks appreciation
dinner it will be great to meet all the Lions from the other clubs.
Well until next time.
Thanks
1st Vice Zone Chair Lion
"Lil" Pete
Region II Zone 3
IPDG Lion Larry Morlock's Appreciation dinner
Wow...tonight was fun it's August 29th and I just
attended IPDG Lion Larry Morlock's Appreciation dinner down at the Holiday Inn
in Big Rapids. Man there sure was a whole
lot of people there tonight. Besides who
you see me with in the picture at our table was Lions
Deb & Shelby Struble from the Evart Club, they invited me down next
Saturday to visit and help out at the pig roast their club is having during the
big car show down at
Lets see now what else
happened tonight...I met PDG Lion Janilee McClure who invited me down to speak
at her club in White Cloud, oh man I'm not sure what I'm going to speak about
but I'm sure I'll come up with something.
I met and talked with so many people, so many
Lions and each welcomed me into my new position and wished me good luck with
this coming year.
Well this night was about
IPDG Larry and showing him how much we appreciated all the fine work he did for
us the past year. There were speeches
and awards, rounds of applause, and oh yeah after dinner we had cake...very
good cake. Lion Larry not only had his
fellow lions there but family and several visiting Governors from the other
districts from around the state. At the
end of the night I was lucky enough to meet and have my picture taken with both
IPDG Larry and the new District Governor Wayne Kreitner (See the picture below).
Hey I almost forgot to ask,
how do you like my tie? I was told the
dinner was business causal so I had to break out my power tie. You know it's funny how no one commented just
how must DG Wayne and I look alike I noticed it right off the bat. Oh Well I bet
if I was wearing my glasses someone would have mentioned it.
Well I'd better go, it's been
a long day but I'll be back next week. I
have a club visitation with my ZC at the Cadillac Club on Tuesday and then
another one in Luther on Wednesday. This
year is just starting and we're off and running already. Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
1st Visitation Cadillac Lions Club
It's September 1st...wow the summer sure went by fast! Tonight I did my very 1st Region II Zone 3 club
visitation with my Zone Chair, I was kind of nervous but decided I'd
just follow his lead. We visited the
Cadillac Lions Club, they meet at McGuire's Resort the
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. I've
had a chance to meet most of the club since I have been doing an extended
visitation here for the past 12 days and have already been able to attend a
couple of their events.
As a visiting guest I got to sit at the head table
right next to the club's King Lion Rick Coccia (sitting next to him is club
treasurer Lion Bill Taylor). The meeting
opened with the pledge and a prayer then went straight into dinner over which
the room was full of many different conversations at the various tables.
One of the main topics was
the fact we were served prime rib for dinner!
I was just grabbing a dinner roll and the steak sauce when this picture
was taken. Other conversations seemed to
be about money and the increase in amount of vision assistance requests that have been
coming into the club.
After dinner that
conversation moved to be a big part of the meeting. Last years budget was gone over and
projections for the coming year were made.
The out come was that the clubs worried if things continue the requests
for vision assistance will soon out way the club's monies coming in.
So new criteria was set on
who help will be given to and their budget for this year was trimmed to make
way for the anticipated continuing increase in vision related assistance
requests. Other then that there was some
brief correspondence, the announcement that a member Lion Wes Bueker has
resigned due to health reasons, and updates from recently past and upcoming
fundraisers. The meeting practically ran
itself. It ended with the tail twister
announcing the 50/50 winner then the meeting was adjourned.
1 meeting down and 3 more
visits to go, tomorrow night I'm off to the Luther Lions Den with my ZC. This weekend on Saturday the 5th I have the
pig roast down in Evart and then next week on the 9th we have our 1st Zone
Meeting down in Evart at the town hall.
I'll post my next update tomorrow night after the meeting in Luther. Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
2nd Visitation Luther Lions Club
It's Wednesday September 2nd and I just returned with
my ZC from the Luther Lions Den were we just finished our second club
visitation. The Luther Lions meet on the
1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month and man are they ever a busy club. They just finished hosting a 4 day
Well just over the upcoming
Labor day weekend they have a Horse Pull and
concession planned on Saturday the 5th and then music and a dance that same evening. Then without even missing a beat they're
having a full menu breakfast on Sunday morning the 6th and a horse shoe
tournament and concessions for that too!
I volunteered to come back over this weekend and help work the breakfast
on Sunday you can get a good feel for a club seeing how they work together.
The rest of the meeting ran
pretty smooth, their new furnace is getting delivered, their lawn mower
recently died on them so they voted to hire a neighbor who had stepped forward
and offer to mow their yard instead of buying a new mower right now, they
thought it would be better maybe to wait and see if they go on sale at the end
of the year. They scheduled their
highway cleanup day and of course lined up all their upcoming events and
fundraisers for the next month.
A very notable thing happened
during the meeting a 25yr membership pin from LCIF was awarded to Lion Beverly
Armstrong for outstanding service to the Luther Lions Club. The award was accompanied by applause and
congratulations from her fellow club members.
Our ZC spoke then formally introduced me to the club and afterwards we sold
a lot of our new district pins to the club members. Lastly the 50/50 winner was drawn and the
meeting adjourned, all in all I think this was a very good meeting!
Well I better go I need to
get some rest but I'll be back after I finish helping with the Pig Roast down
in Evart on Saturday, it will be good practice since I'll now be helping out
the Luther Club with their breakfast on Sunday.
Oh yeah don't forget our 1st Zone Meeting is next week Wednesday the 9th
down in Evart at the Township Hall.
Wow...finally my first zone meeting it should be fun! Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
Evart's Pig Roast in the Park
Happy Labor Day Weekend! It's Saturday September 5th and I just left
Evart where the Evart Car Club was holding their Annual Labor Day Weekend
Classic Car Show down at the
At 2:30am this morning Lions
Shelby Struble, Rick Aube, Randy Van Buren fired up the roasters and started
cooking. The meat was injected with fruit juices to added to it moistness as
the pig roasters slow cooked the 14 butt roasts getting them ready to be
served.
Here I am with Evart Club President
Tamie Lundborg passing
out buns and butter to the people as they go through the line. 279 meals were served today and beside the
roast pork, coleslaw, baked beans, roll & butter, milk were the other items
the meal included.
The food and car show were both
great and the lions club made $955.00 from the day. While walking around checking out the cars I
bought a raffle ticket, it was to try to win a 1978 Corvette from the people at
Well I'm not sure how I
looked in a hair net but we'll see if I have to wear one again tomorrow when I
head back over to the Luther Lions Club to help out with their full menu Sunday
breakfast. I like these trips, not only
do I get to help out the clubs in our zone but there always seems to be some
good food around as well. Until tomorrow!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
Luther Lions Club Full Menu Breakfast
Good Morning! Well I guess it's not morning anymore
but when my day started it sure was.
It's Sunday September 6th and I just returned from the Luther Lions Den
where I helped out the club during their full menu breakfast.
I had barely made it in the front
door when I was snagged by Lions Eddy McCarthy & Shirley Flynn to help them
greet and collect money from the people as the enter the building. In the picture on the left I had just
purchased some 50/50 tickets from Lion Eddy so I'm keeping one eye on her to
make sure those lucky ones in her hand don't get passed off to anyone else but
me.
This has been a very busy
weekend so far for the Luther Lions, yesterday they have had a Horse Pull with
concession and then last night live music and a dance here at their club
house. Now today this breakfast and
starting just afterwards a horse shoe tournament with yet another
concession. This is a working club.
The turn out this morning was
great with 118 people in total attending the breakfast. The room began to fill quickly while I was
there and the guys in the kitchen (left to right in the picture below) Lions
Norm Slosser - King Lion Bob Flynn - Chuck Draper were kept hoping filling
peoples plates with all the great food.
I stopped out to the kitchen when I saw how busy they were getting to see
if I could lend a hand in anyway. Two
full cases of sausages were cooked up, 2 1/2 bags of pancake mix made its way
to the griddle on top of that about 8 loaves of Texas toast was used in making
the French toast also between 3 to 5 lb of sliced ham baked and eggs lots and
lots of eggs were all served or used. Were
all consumed by the many people (including myself) in attendance.
Well by the end of the
breakfast I found out those tickets I had bought weren't so lucky after all
when I didn't win the 50/50 but like the other people that stopped in here
today I did enjoy some great food, and a great time with the Luther Lions, I also
enjoyed helping out this fine club. I
even had a few of the diners stop over and take my picture while I was working
and tell me what a fine looking Lion I was.
It could've been because I look just a little like Luther's King Lion
Bob Flynn and everyone likes Lion Bob.
I did run into this fellow on my way out, but I
figured he must be pretty tame beings how he's kept just outside the clubs
front door. I also figured he must be
kept pretty happy and full with all the great food and companionship that
always seems to be around this building.
But I still wasn't taking my eyes off him no
sir-ee not for one second.
Well I guess this is goodbye
until next week when we have our 1st Zone meeting over in Evart on Wednesday
September the 9th. Both of the VDG's
will be there and we're having "Officer Training" as part of the
meeting so there might even be a couple extra clubs in attendance. Until
next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
Region II Zone 3 - Zone Meeting in Evart
Hello...It's September 9th and I just returned from
attending my first Zone meeting for the year.
It was down in Evart at the township hall and man I guess I can admit it
now I was just a little bit nervous. Our
ZC has done this before but for me when I say this was my first zone meeting I
mean it was MY 1st zone meeting. We will be having four all together this year,
one at each of the clubs that make up our zone.
The attendance was great all
the clubs from our zone were represented, we even had
a few people from other clubs Big Rapids,
After the pledge and prayer
dinner was announced and the meeting was turned over to our ZC who made a very
popular announcement "Dinner is Served". Dinner was laid out buffet style and it sure
was a wonderful meal topped off with apple pie with whipped cream for
dessert. Good conversation and company were
enjoyed over dinner with maybe just a few smart remarks exchanged between clubs.
Our ZC started after dinner
by asking everyone to please stand and introduce who they were and what club
they were from, it gives everyone the chance to know for sure who is
there. After the introductions the ZC
went straight into business asking each club president to stand and give an
update of their clubs membership and activities. Even the visiting clubs when asked gladly
stood and shared news about their clubs to everyone.
As the reports finished 2nd
VDG John was asked to start the program for the night "Officer Training". He passed out information on member
retention, leadership, and spoke about the role of a president within a
club. I think everyone walked away with
more insight and maybe with a few new ideas about their part in their clubs.
At that point the meeting was
turned back over to our ZC who went over the governors
goals for each club and his goals for the district for the coming year. Then 1st VDG Laura Johnson was ask to stand and say a few words which she gladly did. The
meeting was drawing to a close so the ZC asked that the 50/50 drawing be held
and with the reading of the winning numbers (F.Y.I. Luther's Kings Lion Bob
Flynn both drew and won the 50/50 there were a lot of raised eye brows and
kidding). After a Thank You to everyone
from our ZC and myself for attending the meeting it was
then turned back over to the president of the Evart club to be closed.
Before I could even gather my
things to leave I was approached by Lion Deb Struble asking if I would mind
staying for a few days to help out at the clubs concession stand during the "Spit
and Whittle" at the fair grounds over the next few days. It sounded like fun so of course I said yes,
I'll update you all after I finish working a couple days at this great event. This all works out great for me too I had
nothing to do until the District Cabinet Meeting on Sunday anyways, now I get
to help out and spend sometime with my fellow lions. Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
Evarts Spit and Whittle
It's Friday September 11th, Wow! I was so busy with this event today that I
almost forgot what this day is what this day means....silence....no one should
ever forget September 11th and how it changed us all! Well as I was about to say I just finished my
first day helping out the Evart Lions Club with their food booth down at the
fair grounds during the three day "Spit and Whittle" which is held
down in Evart at each year. This is the
clubs last event at their food booth for this year and I couldn't wait to help
out.
The "Spit and Whittle", which started back in 2001 is an informal get
together of wood carvers that's open to all carvers or to anyone just interested
in learning the ropes. It is simply a
weekend of carving and whittling on whatever you like. Lots of visiting and just
plain ole' 'R & R' meeting new friends and sharing information.
Carvers can enjoy this social carving weekend just sittin' around carvin' and
chattin' with fellow carvers from
The Evart Lions Club's food booth serves breakfast & lunch on both
Friday and Saturday then breakfast again on Sunday morning. So I was there bright and early this morning
to help out and just chompin' at the bit to start flipping a few eggs. Things stayed fairly busy during breakfast
but I was still able to meet and speak with a lot of very interesting people
from all over while I worked. I even had
the chance to share some of my wood carving techniques and secrets as well as
pick up a new trick or two myself.
The members of the Evart
Lions Club sure know their stuff when it comes to running this food booth, and
more important they know how to work as a team to see that everything is
covered. I was given several jobs while there
today ranging from "Meet and Greet" stationed up by the menu sign to
"Pie Police" were I had to guard the ever popular pies at the booth from
quick handed samplers. I did such a
great job over breakfast with the eggs that during lunch I took a second turn
at the grill this time flippin' burgers.
It was a fun day and it gets
to start all over again tomorrow morning with breakfast again. Unfortunately I'll have to leave early
tomorrow, I have a District Cabinet Meeting down at Maxfields Restaurant on
Sunday at 9am and I still have to get my notes together and prepare my zone
reports about all my visits and clubs.
This is the Evart Clubs last event here at the fair grounds of the
season, except for the Punt, Pass and Kick, where the club will be handing out hot
dogs, chips and pop for free to the kids participating.
After helping out with their
Pig Roast at
Phew...I just caught a
glimpse of myself in the glass today as I was checking out these pies, I'm
starting to weigh in pretty heavy these days with all the fine food at the
events and meetings I've been going to.
Ok starting tomorrow or maybe after the District Cabinet Meeting on
Sunday I'll have to start setting some limits on myself at these visits, or at
the very least try to. But this one sure
was Fun and Tasty though!!!
I have a lot to do tomorrow
so I'll write again after the cabinet meeting at Maxfield's on Sunday. Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
District 11E-1 Cabinet Meeting @ Maxfield's Restaurant
Ok first of all it wasn't my fault, I just want to make that one fact clear! Sunday September 13th and we arrived late for
the cabinet meeting. I rode down to the
meeting with my ZC and just because I was sitting in the passenger seat (he
calls it the navigators seat) and we make a right when
we should have made a left, It's NOT my fault!
He's got a TomTom for Pete's sake (no pun intended),
instead of blaming me he needs to blame that stupid thing.
Well I'm told the meeting was called to order by DG
Wayne at 9:30AM and was then followed by the pledge and prayer, we arrived sometime
shortly after that. The Governor was in
the middle of his opening remarks as we made our way to our table.
The Governor stated that the
new International President wants the emphasis to be changed this year from
starting new clubs to strengthen our existing clubs by bringing in new
members. Our membership at this point is
at a negative 3 with the good possibility of loosing 15 more with the
1st VDG Laura
Johnson was asked to speak and she informed us that she will be the official
representative of the Governor at all Zone and Region meetings as the Governor
does not plan on attending any of these meetings. She asked all Region and Zone Chairs to
stress to their clubs not to drop any members until they have talked to them
and asked why?
2nd VDG John
Monahan spoke about Retention is the problem that all Lions need to work on and
help their individual clubs with it. We
need to learn to appreciate each other and then we will get along better than
what we do, although most members do their best. It is important to include every member so
that they feel a part of the club. The
whole idea is to get all members involved in their clubs.
Governor Wayne stated that he
wants to start a new District Award to be presented at our District
Convention. The award will be a silver
dollar with an engraving of Louis Braille on one side. The award will be called the District 11-E1
Louis Braille Award. The award will be
fitted with a ribbon so that it can be worn around the neck, a plaque will also
be presented to the recipient. The
criteria for presenting this award has not been worked out yet, but it will be
presented to the cabinet, and a committee will make the selection.
Our District Treasurer Lion
Kerry McGinley presented the financial statement for the District through Sept.
13, 2009. Lion Kerry urged the Zone
Chairs to talk to the clubs about their donations to the Ear Lab as they were
down last year and not many clubs have donated so far.
Due to Convention Chair Lion
Pam Schroeder absence a report was read on her behalf on 2009 District Convention. Lion Pam asked in her report who was going to be on the committee with her this year as
this will be her final year as chair. DG
Wayne stated that Lions Debbie Kreitner, Jane Raymor and Jan Mast will assist
her. The theme for the 2010 convention
is “Down Home” and will be in
At this point the DG asked all
Region and Zone Chairs to in turn stand and give reports only on the troubled
or negative issues within the clubs in their areas. He stated everyone as dinners and fundraisers
but he wants to concentrate on the clubs and issues that are showing us some
concern. All three RC's gave or had sent
in reports to be read and then seven of the nine CZ also gave or had read
reports about the issues or non-issues in their areas. At this time the Governor noticed we were a
little ahead of schedule so he asked the representatives from the state
projects that were there to speak.
First the All State Band
State Chair PDG Brian Shepherd presented an update and some good information
about the program. He stated that the
All State Band has made 33 consecutive appearances at the International
Convention. We expect about only 48 kids
this year for the band due to the cost of going to
Second PDG Rod Prys spoke to
us about what Welcome Homes is doing. The new correct name is; Welcome Homes
Residential Services. They have
partnered with 8 residential homes to assist the sight impaired. They are all located in the
DG Wayne spoke briefly about
the upcoming Higgins Lake Leadership Conference and urged us all to talk about
this training session with our clubs.
Then he adjourned the meeting for Lunch.
When we returned from lunch
the MERLOW well I guess its MERLOF&W now were asked to give their reports.
MEMBERSHIP: PDG
EXTENSION: PDG Harry Johnson stated he held the first
meeting of the state committee yesterday in
RETENTION: 2nd VDG
LIONS QUEST: PDG Harry Johnson reported that the first
meeting will be the 3rd of Oct.
There will be a one day training session in
FAMILY & WOMEN’S
INITIATIVE COMMITTEE: Lion Gayle Morlock reported that the new Cub Program is
on LCI website. You can download the
booklet and the activity pages for children ages 0-12 years. This new program is a great way to make your
club a "Family Friendly" club and possibly attract younger members.
Next PDG Stan Preshaw our
Peace Poster Chairman was absent so DG Wayne reported for Lion Stan that
schools should be working on the Peace Poster now but if the clubs hurry they
can still get schools active. All
posters will be judged from the District at the November Cabinet Meeting. The State judging this year will be done by
art teachers, not by the artless Governors.
When the DG
asked if anyone else had any matters to bring up Lion
The last piece of business
was our beloved "Tail Twister" he had been keeping notes on anyone who
had spoken out of turn, or anyone who wasn't fully prepared when they were
called on to speak and of course anyone who might have came in late, and he hit
us all up for a fine. Now to be fair he
decided to ask a few questions to everyone present and anyone who didn't know
the correct answers were fined as well. Then just when you thought it was all over he
pulls out a note and reads a challenge given to him by someone who regretfully
couldn't be there today to fine each person already fined today an additional
two more dollars and he had included a $2 bill to start things off. After all fines were collected and with no
further business the Motion to adjourn was made at 2:08 PM and the meeting
ended.
This was an
very interesting and yet costly meeting, I learned a lot about our district and
its clubs. I was little nervous this
being my first District Cabinet Meeting and all but I was met with smiles and
pats on the back from many of my fellow lions.
I sat next to our Region Chair Lion Tony Rutledge during the meeting and
he told me what a great job I was doing so far.
I look forward to serving this year and helping the clubs in my or any
other zone in anyway I can.
Well I guess that's it until
Tuesday when I have my last meeting with the Cadillac Lions Club before heading
off to start my next 30 day visitation, I believe I'm going down to the Evart
Lions Club next. Wow this first month
has gone by so fast and I've been lucky enough to be able to visit most all the
clubs in my zone, I just need to make it down to
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
Cadillac Lions Meeting out at Lion Pete's Cabin
September 15th and the
Cadillac Lions Club just held one of its bi-yearly meetings out at Lion Pete
Buehler's cabin in the woods out on his property near Cadillac. They cookout on the grill, eat at picnic
tables and when dinners over they have an informal business meeting then most
break and play "TONK" poker.
Word must have gotten out
about my mad grill skills at the "Spit and Whittle" down in Evart last
week because when I arrived tonight I was put to work straight off by Lion Buehler manning
the grill. I don't mind helping out this
being my last meeting for a while with the Cadillac Club, man hard to believe a
month has gone by all ready!
When the last of brats were
done and everyone was served I joined my fellow lions at the picnic table to
enjoy the great food we had in front of us.
The talk during dinner was about the game on TV last night, how much and
when the dues for this year needed to be turned in Oh and of course just plain
old BS and catching up with everyone.
After dinner the club's
president Lion Rick Coccia called the business part of this meeting to order
starting with the pledge and a prayer.
He then read some correspondence the club had received about the
upcoming leadership training up at
Lions
When it was asked if anyone had any new business Lion Tim
brought up the new Lion's Cub program and asked if the club would be willing to
have one, he mentioned that his daughter Rachael wants to join and the Lions Jerod
and Michelle's son Jay also wanted to join.
The vote was in favor of allowing the cubs program and with that maybe
attracting some younger members.
Lion Tim said that with this
decision he would be adding the term "Family Friendly" to the clubs
website and he encouraged all club members to see if their own kids or
grandkids might like to join. At this
point questions came up concerning the clubs attempt at starting a Leo's club
here in Cadillac last year and if that still might be a possibility in the
future. Lion Tim told the club that they
still had the green light to start a LEO they just needed to find a faculty
advisor and that's what stopped things last year, no one wanted the job.
King Lion Rick
asked for any volunteer to escort me down to the Evart Lions Club on the 23rd
to officially pass me on so I may begin my next 30 days with a new club. Lions Carl Daily and the Club Secretary
I wandered around
and said my goodbyes before leaving, thanking the club for the hospitality they
had shown me over the past month and the new friendships I have made. I should be back here again in a few months
after I finish my first round of visits with all the other clubs, and who knows
I might make a surprise visit if Cadillac has any events or fundraisers before
then.
Well the next time
you hear from me I should've started my 30 day stay with the Evart club, on my
calendar for next month so far I've been invited over to Luther club on
Saturday October 10th to their Dinner - Auction - Dance, then a few days later on
Tuesday October 13th I'll meet up with my ZC and we'll make our 4th and last
visitation down to the Baldwin Lions Club, then it's back to Evart for their
special musical meeting on the 14th and then finally I'm off to a Region
meeting in Clare with my ZC the next night on Thursday the 15th...PHEW!
Here I am booked
a month in advance already and I haven't even made it to my second club
yet. At least I have the next 8 days off
to rest. Until next time!
Thanks
1st VZC Lion "Lil"
Pete
Region II Zone 3
3rd Visitation Evart Lions Club
It's September 23rd and I started my 30 day stay with
the Evart Lions Club tonight - it was fun pizza and cake almost like they were
throwing me a welcome party. I'll be
completing the rest of this story just as soon as the cake sugar rush wears off
and I can clear my head enough to write.
Region
II Zone 3
"We Serve"
Baldwin Lions
Club Cadillac Lions Club Evart Lions Club Luther Lions Club
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