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Hello, my name is Don Allen and I am your District Governor for the year 2006 -2007. There were 15 other fine Lions and guests from District 4-A1 at the Inter-national Convention in Boston. Our new International President, Jimmy Ross, and all the District Governors were inducted on the Fourth of July. Yes, we were able to see the fireworks display associated with the Boston Pops concert that took place on the Charles River. As IP Jimmy is from Quitaque, Texas (pronounced “kit away”), they imported a color guard on horse-back, the Texas Cowboy Band, who was decked out in spurs and chaps, and many Texas Lions marching with big Texas state flags.
As your, and heavy on the “YOUR”, governor, I am here to help make all of our Lions Clubs have a great year and be successful. If I can help you solve a prob-lem or answer a question, please contact me. I may not know the answer, but I will tell you that and will find either the an-swer or someone who can find the an-swer. Another way that I want to help is by introducing you to some new ideas (or maybe re-exposing you to an old idea). I asked our newsletter editor, Sue Carner, to include a letter to all members from our IP Jimmy Ross. In this letter, he challenges us to evaluate what we do as clubs
and revital-ize our activit ies. The result
of this process s h o u l d
be more Lions do-
ing projects that they
are enthusiastic about.Perhaps the result of this evaluation
leads to a new hands-on service project that everyone is excited about but just a little too big for your club to handle alone. My theme for the year is “Together We Serve”. Together can be members of the club, or perhaps non-lion friends joining the merriment or, perhaps members of another Lions club (or a zone). The result will be more service being accomplished in the district and that is what we are all about. WE SERVE! Further, how does that make us all feel? After all We Serve is all about giving, and giving makes us all feel GREAT!
I would like to invite you to view the new on-line quarterly magazine, Lions Quarterly or LQ. Go to the Lions Clubs International web site www.lionsclubs.org, select English language, then select News & Events, then PR Tools, the LQ - Lions Quarterly. Then select your connection speed and view the program. While you are there, browse through the other items available like Public Service Announce-ments and videos that are available. Maybe there is something to spark a new idea for your club. I saw many things I did not know were available.
A priority for the year is Campaign SightFirst II. I know you will hear much more about this project from our District Coordinator, PDG Don Lustenberger and your Area Coordinators. Just remember we are not telling you that you must par-ticipate, but we would encourage you to think of the millions of people who ben-efited from SightFirst I. The secret word is Quitaque. Lions have donated/pledged over forty five million dollars for Campaign SightFirst II as of July 4th, 2006.
I want to thank PDG Ken Eaton, Ann Eaton, and Tim Ribal who are working on starting a Branch Club of the Linden Lions club in Valley Springs. They have had sev-eral meetings and are evaluating several hands-on service projects that they can tackle. I wish them luck and look forward to their charter night.
I would like to congratulate all those who helped with the All Star Football pro-gram this year. I was fortunate enough to be on the field and shook hands with the team captains. Each and every one looked me straight in the eye, gave me a hearty handshake, and said thank you sir as I wished them good luck. After the game, the players could have formed two “groups” but they did not, they gathered together North sitting beside South to take part in the awards ceremony. Forty five minutes after the game and the awards ceremony, there were still over one hun-
dred players, parents, and coaches from both teams celebrating. I was really im-pressed with the players and there is no doubt in my mind that this is a program worth supporting. I would encourage ev-eryone to get involved with the program. Call Elizabeth Gibbs-Olson and give her the name of a contact within your club.
I look forward to visiting all the clubs this year. I want to hear about your successes and your aspirations. Let’s all be positive. Remember, TOGETHER WE SERVE.
Don Allen, District Governor
Mission Statement of Lions Clubs International: “To create and foster a spirit of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing voluntary services through community involvement and international cooperation.”
"Together We Serve"Quarterly Newsletter forThe Members of Lions International District 4-A1
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1AUGUST 2006
DonAllen
DISTRICT GOVERNORfrom your
don allen
FIRST QUARTER CABINET MEETING
YOSEMITE REGIONWhere: Chowchilla Inn205 Carlyle Way, Chowchilla
Phone: 559-665-8700Special price for motel is $69.00 + tax (Lions Clubs)for which you have to make your own reservations.Rooms are blocked until August 11, then full price.
When: Friday, August 18, 2006at 6 PM
and Saturday, August 19starting at 8 AM
What: Friday night will be a dinner andinstallation of the Cabinet.
Saturday will be the cabinet/membership meeting.
Prices: Friday dinner $15.00Cabinet registration $5.00
Saturday lunch $6.00Total for all: $26.00 RC Ron Snipes
600 El Rancho DriveMadera, CA 93637
Phone 559-673-4562 Email: [email protected]
Make checks payable to RC Ron Snipesand list names of the Lions the check represents.
PLEASE BRING 2 RAFFLE PRIZES!RC Ron plans to have the raffle prizes given throughout the
meeting so that we can be done by 2 PM.
Come support our new DG Don Allen and his cabinet!
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Hi. I am looking forward to this year working with District Governor Don Allen and his cabinet members. I have always enjoyed visiting the clubs of the district and look forward to seeing as many clubs as I can this year.
As the chairperson of the MERLO team, I am going to rotate our meeting places between Merced and Modesto. If anyone knows of a place to meet, let me know. I think we have a great group of Lions on the MERLO team this year, and we are anxious to help any club. If there are any clubs with challenges, please call me and we will try to help you solve them.
I enjoy going up to Camp Pacifica when the campers are there. This year we will have about 110 campers. There is a lot of work to be done to receive the campers. We need more Lions to come up to camp before it starts and while the campers are there.
I love football. The All Star game at UOP this year was a well played game. The south team lost but there is always next year. The food was great in the Stadium Club.
Jim LovingVice District Governor
VICE DISTRICT GOVERNORfrom your
jim loving
ATWATER WINTONRon Cunningham CERESRon RichterSidney LongCHOWCHILLAWendy SchmidtRobbie LoquaciDELHI BALLICOBrenda BerryJeffery MillerESCALONThurman Conway HILMAR-IRWIN-STEVINSONJoe VieiraJack AlvordJACKSONPatrick HollandJim VinciguerraMark BoniniJohn SondenoLAKE DON PEDRO GOLD CHAINWalter BarclayJoan BarclayLINDEN David Miller
LIVINGSTONRichard WarneBetty SteppLODIJason ClarkLODI MEXICAN AMERICANJames MendezHector GalvanMADERA BREAKFASTGreg WilletMichael DenverMADERA MADERA EVENINGJosie KoopNellie BegleyDavid CantuMARIPOSABetty WilliamsMODESTO 500Arral PhippsClaudia MillerMOKELUMNE HILLRex BakerMURPHYS ANGELSDaniel MillekenAnthony Dentley
PATTERSONMohamed ObeidRIPONGary MedeirosSAN ANDREASAlfred WhitedSONORAPatricia GreeneJoseph DuganSONORA SONORA MOUNTAINFrank MecklerRobert PressonJoanne PressonSTOCKTON DELTALuis Rico-CastilloTRACY TANK TOWNLouis CampbellConnie ChapmanDavid SasserCindy SasserWATERFORDJames MillerStacey HanceBernice JonesWEST POINTVenita MeyersGerald Meyers
JimLoving
CHOWCHILLA • R C Wisener
DENAIR • Thomas Dougherty
ESCALON • Brent Focha
LINDEN • Edward Marugliano
LOS BANOS • Frank Manzanedo
RIPON • Earl AugustaEdmund Feichtmeir
SONORA SONORA MOUNTAINJerry Tucker
STOCKTON FIL AMPriscilla Flowers
STOCKTON PACIFICA • Jock Thornhill
STOCKTON SAN JOAQUINFernando Moreno
WATERFORDLeo Holzer
In Memoriam:Let us take a moment to remember the Lions in our district who have gone onto the great jungle.
We will truly miss their friendship and the many contributions they have made to our clubs.
WELCOME NEW LIONS TO DISTRICT 4-A1(April 1, 2006 – June 30, 2006)
As the May District newsletter was going to press even before the convention week-end in April, I was not able to get the results of the convention published before now.
Soooo….here they are for those of you who might not have heard them.
FOOD FAIRE held on Friday:Best Food: ArnoldBest Decorated Booth: San Andreas 49ers and Modesto 500SLOT TOURNAMENT on Friday:Top Prize – PDG Felix Romo2nd Prize – Lion Steve Teranishi3rd Prize – PDG Ann Tognetti4th Prize – Lion Robert Cahill5th Prize – Lion Frank FloresDISTRICT BOWLING:Lowest Score – Judi Howell, Delta1st Place Men’s single game handicap – Rene Hill, Dos PalosSeries – Jerry Walden, San Andreas 49er Breakfast1st Place Women’s single game handicap – Lori Beasley, MaderaSeries – Debbie Mercado, Stockton Fil-AmHigh Game – Ted Glass, South Stockton (244)Handicap Team 1st Place – Madera Breakfast2nd Place – Merced HostScratch Team 1st Place – South Stockton2nd Place – Hilmar
CAMP PACIFICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (8 open slots):PDG Russ Custer, PDG Bob Ransom, Fred Bunch, Brower Dimond, Diana Tanner, Robert Zetterberg, PDG Ann Tognetti
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYEMOBILE: Sandra McCoy, Norm Pederson
CONVENTION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR STANISLAUS: PDG Pat Dimond2008 CONVENTION: Marriot Hotel, San RamonDISTRICT LION OF THE YEAR: PDG Howard AbramsDG PAT DIMOND – MELVIN JONES AWARD
BULLETIN CONTEST:Small Club by Region – Yosemite: Delhi Ballico; Mountain: San Andreas 49er Breakfast; San Joaquin: South Stockton; Stanislaus: Modesto Breakfast. Overall Small Club: Stockton San JoaquinLarge Club by Region – Yosemite: Merced Breakfast; Mountain: Sonora Mountain; San Joaquin: Linden; Stanislaus: Oakdale. Overall Large Club: Madera Breakfast
SCRAPBOOK:1st Place – Modesto 500 • 2nd Place – Linden • 3rd Place – Delta
TOP CLUB:Division A (less than 25) – Mountain: San Andreas; San Joaquin: Delta; Stanislaus: Greater Modesto; Yosemite: Delhi Ballico; Overall: San Andreas 49er Breakfast.Division B (26-45) – Mountain: Lake Don Pedro-Gold Chain; San Joaquin: Lodi Mexican American; Stanislaus: Turlock; Yosemite: Chowchilla; Overall: Dos PalosDivision C (46 or more) – Mountain: Arnold; San Joaquin: Linden; Stanislaus: Oakdale; Yosemite: Merced Breakfast; Overall Winner – Tracy Breakfast.
277 attend District 4-A1 Convention
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Editor & Public RelationsLION SUE CARNER(Modesto 500 Lions)1136 Cecil Way, Modesto, CA 95350(209) 524-2921Fax (fax same but call first)Email [email protected]
Printed by:Mattos Newspapers, Inc. • Newman, CA
The official newsletter of District 4-A1 Lions
Page 50 Roy Peterson is Roy Patterson. Email address and the rest
of his information is correct.Page 50 Escalon new meeting place – Escalon Sportsmen Club, 25195 E.
River Rd., 1/8 mi west of McHenryPage 82 Ron Snipe’s spouse is JeanaPage 83 David Strobel is not married
(remove Rogette)
DISTRICT DIRECTORY CHANGES (already!)
Governor Don's comments on the above letter...Access to the means to report your Club Renewal Initiatives is on the left side of the
main page, labeled “Club Renewal Initiative”. If you have any trouble finding the loca-tion of the web site, call me (DG Don Allen) or our Cabinet Secretary, Diana Tanner.
I hope you will all consider doing this evaluation of your club activities; just think of the excitement of finding a new service activity or fundraiser. Do you remember your first Lions club activity and how eager you were to participate? By finding a new activity, your whole club could be just like a club of brand spanking new, wet behind the ears members! If any club would like a facilitator for your club review, I will try to assist you or find an impartial person to assist, just contact me.
Letter From International President Jimmy Ross:Dear District Governor:
In our Boston sessions, I spoke about the 2006-07 Lions Club Renewal Initiative to strengthen Lions clubs.
To communicate to Lions clubs the importance of this initiative, I am asking you to print the following announcement in your next district bulletin:
Dear Lions:During the next 12 months, you will encounter many opportunities to contribute to
the success of your club.One such opportunity is the Lions Club Renewal Initiative. At a full meeting ear-
ly this year, please consider conducting a review of club practices. This can include the success of your club meetings, member recruitment, member relations, service projects, and fundraisers.
A Club Renewal Initiative form may be accessed and submitted online through the Lions Web site: www.lionsclubs.org. The form is also available in a paper format from [email protected] or 630-571-5466 ext. 287. It will help guide you and your club through the renewal process by identifying:
• Highly successful club activities/practices that should be continued and expanded.
• Less successful club activities/practices that should be changed and improved.
• Unsuccessful club activities/practices that should be replaced by something brand new.
This discussion will help strengthen your club. Your fellow members may decide to eliminate an unprofitable fundraiser, or perhaps introduce a new service project.
For your club’s participation in the renewal process, the club will receive from Lions Clubs International a Club Renewal Banner Patch. Through your participation, your fellow Lions will benefit as members of a renewed, invigorated club.
Thank you for participating in the Lions Club Renewal Initiative.
Sincerely,Jimmy M. Ross, 2006-07 Lions International President.
Dear Lions of District 4-A1:Such challenges I have had getting this newsletter
written! My computer crashed, so it has taken me 5 different computers to get it finished. Otherwise this would have been done a week ago! Hopefully when
I am ready for the next edition I will either have the computer fixed or a new one! I am now writing this last part on a friendís computer in San Diego after I watched her being installed as DG for District 4-L6.
Camp Pacifica is busily in session - hope to see some of you there on Lions Day and also Lions Day at the Modesto Nuts! Both of them are great fun. For those of you who have never seen the camp, you can tour the camp and see where your money is going. It will be neat to finally have a new medical building - it was sorely needed! There will be a BBQ at the ball field prior to the Modesto Nuts game and then there will be fireworks after. Both of these events are family oriented, so bring your spouses, significant others and children.
The next cabinet meeting will be in Chowchilla and will be the installation of DG Don's Cabinet. Come out and support him, as well as renew old friendships or make some new ones. Try to get some of your members, who have never been to a cabinet meeting, especially your new members.
I was glad to see that DG Don is going to continue the Diamond awards. I think that is a very worthwhile program. What a neat way to recognize the good that our local Lions do for their clubs, communities, or beyond!
If any of you have any suggestions on subjects for the district newsletter, please let me know. For those who purchased an ad in the district roster, you will get one published in the newsletter for 1 quarter some time during the year for the same price. Hopefully the district Lions will support the advertisers.
"What are you doing to me, DG Pat?" The unvailing of our new District Governor, Don Allen at International Convention, Boston, July 2006.
ATTENTION…ATTENTION…ATTENTION…ATTENTION…Change is good – remember that!! Plan ahead!!
The second and third cabinet meetings will have a region rever-sal (Please disregard the DG’s fancy calendar)!
2nd cabinet meeting, October 27-28, 2006 San Joaquin Region at Linden Clubhouse
3rd cabinet meeting, February 16-17, 2007 Mountain Region at where ???
▲ DELHI-BALLICO LIONS had their annual Pig in the Park with about 110 folks braving the heat. They also have 3 new members – congratulations!
▲ DELTA LIONS had their installation and President Norma presented 4 Lion of the Year awards to Joanne Dexter, Ann Corvey, Elisa Barosso, and Elizabeth Gibbs-Olson. Activities include working on the Relay for Life and attendance at the LCI Convention in Boston.
▲ HILMAR-IRWIN-STEIVINSON LIONS had BBQ elk in May and they did not invite us! Yummmmmm! They also cheered their district bowling team results but were lamenting that there was no prize for winning the Corona Consumption Contest! In May they also brought in 3 new mem-bers. Fundraiser include a BBQ for the Hilmar Swim Team, Car Night in July and a chicken BBQ in September.
▲ LE GRAND LIONS are in the process of purchasing a building site for their clubhouse. They also had a pancake breakfast in the park as a fundraiser for the cancer society. Future plans include White Cane Days in October and an auction in November.
▲ LINDEN LIONS presented Gerald Steele a Melvin Jones award in March. Work projects included Asparagus Festival, Lobster feed, Charity Raffle, Linden Cherry Festival and San Joaquin County Fair. Also they have had a PDG night and a PP (get your mind out of the gutter – Ed) night.
▲ LODI LIONS worked at the Lodi Grape Festival at a wine booth and a Pitch-to-Win booth. Donations were made to PALS ($10,000 community project donation) and 4 student scholarships.
▲ MADERA BREAKFAST LIONS participated in the Relay for Life, are busy working on the cabin and the Nurses’ Station/Medical Building at Camp Pacifica, and have a booth at the ball field. They are also busy bringing in new members – Busy Club Brings In Members!! And of course Moonlight Madness is coming up – one of these days we will have to check that out!! They also gave some scholarships and cooked meals at Camp paci-fica on July 27 (somebody’s birthday!). Congratulations to Lion Jim Beasley on his Melvin Jones Award.
▲ MARIPOSA LIONS had their installation with salmon and tri-tip – yummy! They also worked on the Mariposa Lion’s and Sierra Classic Car Show at the end of June.
▲ MARIPOSA GOLD OAK LIONS had a taco salad fundraiser and donated to bus elementary school kids to the Mining & Mineral Museum in Mariposa, sober grad night and Junior Diabetes Walk.
▲ MERCED BREAKFAST LIONS continue to do highway cleanup and club visitations. Due to an oversight by the local college, they will not be giving out their three college scholarships this year but will do six next year. However, they did give out six high school scholarships to Leo club members. Fund raisers include a Margarita Booth at the Spring Car Reunion and a fireworks booth. Congratulations to Lion of the Year, Allen Sietsema.
▲ MODESTO LIONS report the PDG Sax had to have some heart tests in July. He feels he is doing OK but very tired. Is getting back to meetings and has a gin rummy game planned for tonight. The club has a Lake Tahoe trip planned for October 7-8 at the Horizon. Their Chicken BBQ is set for
September 16 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. (drive thru) at Seasons on McHenry. Price is $10.00
▲ MODESTO BREAKFAST LIONS have been busy with putting out flags for the various patriotic holidays. Fund raisers include a champagne brunch (yummmmy!), a garage sale, and a food booth at Graceda Park on July 4th.
▲ MODESTO 500 LIONS had their annual work weekend at Camp Jack Hazard (Y Camp) in June. (Sure miss those temperatures right now. Ed.) Congratulations to Lion of the Year, Paul Forakis and Melvin Jones Fel-low Wayne Hill. There were also three music related scholarships given as well as the John Grisez scholarship. Having won the district scrap-book award, they are busy getting the book ready for the council of governors meeting in August. They also attended the LEF annual meeting in SF and the All Star Football game the same day. They are now gear-ing up to work on the Stanislaus County Fair - their major fund raiser.
▲ OAKDALE LIONS cooked breakfast for the Relay for Life and had a food booth at the Chocolate Festival. They also have been busy putting out flags. (I liked the entry about because of the shooting there will be no speaker for the last July meeting - is not that against the law?? Ed.) They are also doing a community calendar and preparing for the fall fund-raiser.
▲ SAN ANDREAS 49ER BREAKFAST LIONS won the top club award for small clubs for the 5th year in a row. Congratulations! It's obvious that a lot of time and effort was put into earning this award - how many district events do you go to and not see someone from their club? They have also been busy working on their cabin at Camp Pacifica. They also gave a scholarship and two camperships to Camp Pacifica.
▲ STOCKTON HOST LIONS taught us what duck farts are at the conven-tion: 1/3 Kahlua, 1/3 Bailey's Irish Cream, and 1/3 Crown Royale! This is a one shot drink and is supposed to clear your sinuses. (I would think it would clear a few other things, like your brain! Ed.) They also acknowl-edged the passing of PDG Vince Busam who had been well enough in November to attend the club's 85th anniversary.
▲ STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN LIONS gave donations to City of Hope, American Heart Association, Stockton Blind Center, Relay for Life, and Latino Youth Leadership Conference. They also won the best bulletin award for the small club category at the convention. They were also able to get an ambulance donated by AMR.
▲ SOUTH STOCKTON LIONS will be giving a Culinary Arts scholarship annually in Duane Clair's name. They also worked on the Asparagus Festival, the Relay for Life, and held a golf tournament. Congratulations to Melvin Jones Fellows Dave Guardino, Dick Bokides, and Larry Mills.
▲ TRACY BREAKFAST LIONS won the top club award for large clubs for the 4th year in a row. They held a Youth Exchange Ball Draw, put on a Girls Softball Pancake Breakfast, and served breakfast and lunch at the Tritons Swim Meet. They donated $600 in camperships to Camp Paci-fica, and a very generous $17,000 to Tracy Interfaith Ministries. They are also busy refurbishing a used van to be able to put on their pancake breakfasts.
OUT and ABOUT
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We would love to hear from all clubs whether you have a bulletin or not: Lion Sue Carner, 1136 Cecil way, Modesto, CA 95350; email: [email protected] (Please put subject as newsletter, as I don’t always recognize names – especially first names only – and don’t want to “spam”
you!) I also advertise club events meant for the district, so that also can be printed. If you want to advertise an event, you need to plan ahead so that it is to the newsletter at least 1 month before the next cabinet meeting.
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District Membership Growth Award: The club with the highest PERCENTAGE NET membership growth will receive an award. All membership numbers will be taken from the International Monthly Membership reports. Beginning member numbers will be the March reporting month, March 28th, 2006 Ending member-ship numbers will be the February 2007 reporting month, avail-
able March 28, 2007. The February 2007 membership must be submitted to qualify.
The calculation is the difference between February 2007 and March 2006 divided by March 2006. These dates will allow time to obtain the award to be distributed at the district convention.
Family DuesThe “Family Dues Structure” amend-
ment passed at the International Con-vention in Boston. Effective January
2, 2007, the dues for qualifying family members, not to exceed 4 additional family members, will be one half of the normal dues. The first family member
pays the full dues amount. Watch for further information explaining the detail in the future. This amendment
only affects International dues.
District 4-A1 Membership Drive Award 2006 - 2007
The club that invites the most prospec-tive members to meetings, service projects, or fund raiser will win the award.
All reports must be on the District Activi-ties Report and must mention the person (s) invited by name, the event and the date.
The dates for the contest are July 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007. Note that the March 2007 report must reach the Dis-trict Governor by April 5, 2007 to qualify. If you have already submitted your July re-port, just amend the August report.
Congratulations To All The Clubs Listed Below!As of the May reporting period (through May 28th) District 4-A1 membership is UP 7 members from the previous reporting month
and we have had 3 of the last 4 months with positive net growth. However, the bad news is that membership is down 44 members since the beginning of the year, July 1, 2005. All the numbers below are from the International web site, the official source of member-ship information. If your club has not submitted a MMR for May or June, you will not be included.
The clubs with a net growth in membership and the number of that increase are:CLUB NET INCREASE IN MEMBERS CLUB NET INCREASE IN MEMBERSWaterford 8 33%! Tracy Tank Town 1 6%Stockton Delta 2 18% Madera Madera Evening 2 6%Turlock 7 18% Stockton Host 3 5%Lake Don Pedro Gold Chain 4 12% Chowchilla 2 5%Lodi Mexican American 3 11% Livingston 2 5%Bass Lake 2 11% San Andreas 1 4%West Point 2 11% Jackson 5 4%Sierra 2 10% Ceres 2 3%Mariposa Golden Oak 2 9% Arnold 2 3%Modesto 500 4 8% Sonora 1 2% Escalon 1 2%Clubs listed below have all had no net change in membership. No increase, BUT NO LOSS.Crows Landing, Dos Palos, Le Grand, Madera Breakfast, Modesto Breakfast, Modesto Greater Modesto, Patterson, Sonora, Sonora Mountain, Stockton San Joaquin, Tracy Breakfast and Yosemite.
New Contests and Awards
ALL STAR FOOTBALL GAME"Lewis' pick seals Lions victoryby Bill Poindexter, Bee Sports Editor
STOCKTON - Justin Chandley's name wasn't called when the outstanding de-fensive player of the 33rd annual Lions All-Star Football Game was announced Saturday night.
Chandley, a 6-foot, 215 pound de-fensive demon from Escalon High, didn't have an 85-yard interception return for a touchdown in the final minute to clinch the North's 23-14 victory over the South, as Armahd Lewis of Edison in Stockton did. Lewis collected the award, but it was Chandley whose name was called several times over the public-address system to a Stagg Memorial Stadium crowd estimated at 3,500.
...It was a play by Chandley that forced the South into comeback mode.
Trailing 14-7 with a few seconds remaining in the third quarter, the South faced third and 11 from its 4-yard line. Quarterback Nick Bates of Madera faded back into his end zone to pass, then retreated left and threw away the ball when Chandley came roaring in.
The ball went out of the end zone for a safety and a 16-7 North lead.
Bates went on to earn the outstand-ing offensive player award after com-pleting four passes for 90 yards in the final minutes of the game, including a 35-yard touchdown strike to Bubba Marroquin of Patterson.
...The South forced a punt, and a 22-yard completion from Bates to Oak-dale's Nick Reed put the ball on the South 49. Lewis intercepted Bates three plays later, avoided a minor traffic jam near midfield and streaked to the end zone for the clinching score with 33 sec-onds left.
Central Catholic running back Daniel Stall touched the ball several times in the first half, and his 1-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left in the second quarter pulled the South into a 7-7 tie at halftime.
...Chandley and Escalon teammate Steve Gentry each will attend Delta
College in the fall. Gentry scored the North's first touchdown on a 19-yard catch from game MVP Sana Sausau and had an 11-yard reception on third and 5 during a 13-play, 80-yard scoring march to start the second half.
Scott Schettgen of Sonora kicked all three extra points for the North and should have had a touchdown pass. Schettgen took a pitch from quarterback Taylor Brietzman of Calaveras at the South 35, and threw to Ben Jamerigbe of St. Mary's at the goal line. Jemerigbe came out of the end zone toward the pass, but the ball went off his hands.
The South's defense was loaded with Stanislaus District players, and Johansen's Jeremy White, Hilmar's Wil-liam Paraz, Modesto's Mark Roberts, Golden Valley's Steven Bower and Davis' Anthony Miller all made multiple tackles."
As published in The Modesto Bee, Sunday,
July 16, 2006, pp. C-1 & C-10
Youth Exchange
By Ann Tognetti, PDG
District 4-A1 is an active participant in the MD-4 Lions Youth Exchange Program. Eighteen of our students participated in the program; nine went to Japan and nine went to Europe. Our district is also host-ing 10 students from Japan. Thank you to Tracy Breakfast, Linden, Clements-Lockford, Livingston, Escalon, Merced Breakfast, Sierra Oakhurst and Lodi Lions Clubs for supporting this activity.
MD-4 sent 32 students to Japan, 22 to Europe and 6 to Australia. This program is a wonderful opportunity for our young people to share their culture and learn about other countries.
news fromCalifornia Lions Camp (Camp Pacifica)
By PDG Ann TognettiJuly is here and it’s time for camp! Camp
Pacifica will offer two weeks of camp for the deaf and hard of hearing children. The first week is July 23rd through July 29th and the second week is July 30th through Au-gust 6th. We are expecting around 165 campers, counselors, staff and volunteers. Brooke Meyer is our camp director and she has a great staff to assist her. Our cook is returning from last year and she is willing to do additional jobs around the camp.
Our campers will be fed by the great-est cooks - thank you to the Mariposa Golden Oak Lions, Mariposa Lions, Bass Lake Lions, Sierra Oakhurst Lions, Turlock
Lions, Delhi Ballico Lions, Livingston Lions, Le Grand Lions, Merced Host Lions, Madera Breakfast Lions, Madera Evening Lions, At-water Winton Lions, Chowchilla Lions and Lioness, Merced Breakfast Lions, Dos Palos Lions, San Andreas Lions, San Andreas 49er Breakfast Lions, Linden Lions, Oak-dale Lions, and Stockton Host Lions. Thank you to Frank Lemos for helping to get fresh fruit and Darel Rethwisch for getting water-melons and Ray Nipper for getting eggs. A big thank you to Norman and Helen Clark for providing the horses for the campers (this is one of the most popular activities of the campers).
The Janet Laural Administration and
Medical Building will be dedicated at Lions Day on August 5th, please plan to attend. This building was funded through a $75,000 grant from Lions Clubs International with a matching gift from the late Lion Janet Laurel of Stockton.
Lions Steve Granlees, Norm Clark, Russ Custer, Fred Bunch, Jim Loving, the Tognetti’sk, and Red have been work-ing on completing the building. Lion Steve Granlees has been the driving force; he has spent a lot of time working on this proj-ect. (Editor’s Note: Camp caretaker Red has been hospitalized for a cardiac workup after suffering chest pains. We wish he and his family well.)
Thank you to all the clubs who have been working on their cabins and getting them ready for camp. The Bass Lake Lions, Sierra Oakhurst Lions and the North Fork Lions have done a great job on repairing the “Craft House”.
Hope you’ll be able to attend Lions Day at Camp on August 6th starting at 10:00 AM, join us for lunch, the dedication, the frog jumping contest and being with our campers.
Also look forward to seeing you at Li-ons Night with the Modesto Nuts on Sep-tember 2, 2006 at John Thurman Field in Modesto. Club presidents should be re-ceiving tickets in the mail.
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The Diamond AwardBy DG Don Allen
According to Merriam Webster Dic-tionary, a diamond is described as a “na-tive crystalline carbon that is the hardest known mineral, that is usually nearly color-less, that when transparent and free from flaws is highly valued as a precious stone” and “something that resembles a diamond (as in brilliance, value, or fine quality)”. I liked our previous District Governor Pat Dimond’s idea so much that I want to con-tinue with this award. The works of our Li-ons and Clubs can be described using those same adjectives, so I want to acknowl-edge fine quality projects performed by our Lions and/or clubs. The program is the same, if you have a Lion who has worked hard to produce a fine quality project or had a brilliant idea, or produced a highly valued result, I want to know about it. I also want to know about a club who has worked through the revitalization process and made an improvement in your club.
Further, I want to recognize any new proj-ect that a club has implemented.
Really, the field is very open; if your club or someone in your club is a bright and shining star, I want to give them an award.
This year’s award has two diamonds, much smaller but twice as many, but the important thing is thanking the recipient for their achievement and allowing me to have that feeling of giving.
This process is the same as last year, write up a short description of who should receive the award and why and send it to your Zone Chair, Region Chair or me. Bring the person to a cabinet meeting to receive the award. Those receiving awards do not need to pay for registra-tion at the cabinet meeting, they need to pay for meals and/or room. I look forward to making lots of awards. Keep those awards requests coming.
Secret WordBy DG Don Allen
Somewhere within this newsletter is a secret word. The first person to call me with the secret word, will win a prize. Please only call my home number (209) 847-8825 and either tell Patty or me the secret word or leave a message on my home phone with your club, your name, and the secret word. The winner of the contest will be announced at the next cabinet meeting and in this fine newsletter.
RetentionOne of my goals for the year is to have positive NET growth for the district, and
I would be willing to shave both hairs from my head and my beard (Patty has never seen me without a beard) at the August cabinet meeting next year if we
have positive net growth in membership for the year 2006 - 2007. While reviewing some reports on the international web site, I noticed that District 4-A1 (as of this writing) gained 211 members, and that is just terrific, and dropped 248 members from 7/1/05 through 6/30/06. The district had 94 members pass away, move or transfer. The remainder (154) were dropped for various reasons like not attending meetings or not attending and not paying their dues. I looked at my own club and recognized the names and the associated reasons for dropping them, just as all of you do about your own club. Then I remembered visiting the San Andreas Lions Club for new officer installation and remembered installing the “Call Girl”, Lion Sue Garrett. Now Lion Sue’s job is to call the members and remind them of meetings and projects. Guess what? San Andreas Lions Club did NOT loose any members. We are very close to having positive net growth, the difference is only 38 members. Perhaps we can turn the net loss to a net gain if we talk to them when they miss a meeting and ask why or make a special effort to invite them to a service project so they too can enjoy the gift of giv-ing. Take care of the members we have, keep them busy and we will end up next June with more members than we started with this July.
IN MEMORIAMJuly 12, 1918 - April 25, 2006
Vincent James Busam, 87, of Stockton died Tuesday, April 25, 2006 in a skilled nursing facility. Mr. Busam was born in Chicago, IL. He lived in Stockton for 46 years and was owner of Master Cleaners from 1960-1987. He was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church serving as head of ushers for 15 years. While in business, he was a member of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce and was Grounds chairman for its annual bar-becue for about 16 years. Vince served the 49er Council of the Boy Scouts of America on their Board of Directors, as Scout Commissioner, and as Vice President and was awarded the Silver Beaver. Overall he spent 35 years as a Scout Leader. He was a life member of the Stockton Host Lions Club (from 1963!) serving as their President in 1970-71 and as District Governor 1978-79; he also held roles as Zone Chairman, Region Chairman and several other positions. He was awarded Lion of the Year and was a Melvin Jones Fellow. Beloved husband of the late Harriet M. Busam, father of Vincent A. Busam of Los Gatos, California and Tony Busam of Salem, Oregon.
...Gifts may be made in his memory to the Community Center for the Blind, 130 West Flora St., Stockton, CA 95202.
April 28, 2006 • Stockton RecordThanks to Lion Elizabeth Gibbs-Olsen for bringing this to my atten-
tion - again the last newsletter was already printed by this date.For those of you who had a chance to meet this couple, they were Mr.
and Mrs. Lion! They were some of the first people I met as a Lioness 20+ years ago and were very dedicated to their respective clubs as well as to the district itself, and MD-4. Although he had been in ill health for sometime, he had been showing up at cabinet meetings in a wheel-chair, brought by his granddaughter. Vince, we will definitely miss you!
USA/Canada ForumNew seminar list just out. You will find everything you need at the
Columbus, Ohio Forum September 14-16, 2006.http://usacanadalionsforum.org/seminars.html
Don’t overlook the great local tours:http://usacanadalionsforum.org/localtours.html
Remember to sign up for the Friday Night Party-this is the 30th Anniversary of the Forum!http://usacanadalionsforum.org/host.html
Registration form:http://usacanadalionsforum.org/registration.html
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Campaign SightFirst II, Lions Clubs International’s worldwide effort to raise at least US$150 million for blindness prevention programs, has attracted the at-tention of heads of state and world leaders around the globe. The leaders are taking note of the campaign’s potential to affect the future of entire nations and regions by saving as many a37 million from preventable blindness.
Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India and political leader of the world’s largest democracy, wrote to Lions’ International President Dr. Ashok Mehta about the impact that Lions and the SightFirst program has already had in his nation.
I am glad to know that Lions clubs International is engaged in cam-paign SightFirst II to prevent and reduce blindness across the globe.
The dedicated efforts of Lions clubs International to control and elimi-nate blindness has extended much needed medical and other facilities to peoples across the national boundaries to get back their vision. Its activities in this direction are manifested by its landmark SightFirst Pro-gramme and have benefited millions of people to prevent blindness. The continuation of such activities in the form of Campaign SightFirst II has the challenging goal of fighting blindness and making it a thing of the past
I wish the Campaign all success.
John Howard, prime minister of Australia, recalled Lion’s long history of ser-vice to the blind and great success in preventing vision loss around the world.
I welcome the opportunity to endorse the efforts of Lions Clubs Inter-national and the millions of Lions members in reversing and preventing blindness through Campaign SightFirst II.
Lions Clubs have a long history of service to millions of vision-impaired people. The Sight First Programme has been extremely successful in re-storing sight, preventing vision loss and improving eye-care services and education. Campaign SightFirst II promises to continue this success. I am particularly pleased to see Australians involved in tackling such an important international problem.
Lions Clubs International and Lions members play an important role in the global community by encouraging good citizenship and fostering understanding. The philanthropic work of Lions members is most certainly an example of what I call the “social coalition” - the idea that everyone has a role to play in contributing to social well being.
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those associ-ated with the campaign and wish you all the best for your fund-raising efforts.
Other world leaders who have voiced their support for Campaign SightFirst II include Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, prime minister of the Netherlands; Michael Jeffery, governor general of Australia and Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
The campaign has also received statements of support from media celebri-ties including Walter Cronkite, former television journalist, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, a noted heart surgeon and author of the best selling book, You: The Owner’s Manual.
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 millions members in nearly 46,000 clubs in 197 countries and geographic areas. In addition to its efforts toward conquering blindness, the organization has made a strong commitment to community service and helping youth throughout the world. To learn more about Campaign SightFirst II and the SightFirst program, visit www.Lions-CSFII.org.
CAMPAIGNSIGHTFIRST II
By PDG Don Lustenberger
DG Don Allen1881 Foothills Ct.Oakdale, CA 95361-3310R: 209-847-8825 C: [email protected]
VDG Jim Loving3563 N. Washington Blvd.Livingston, CA 95334R: 209-394-2336 C: [email protected]
Diana TannerCabinet SecretaryPO Box 576786Modesto, CA 95357R: 209-529-8184 C: 209-605-7913F: 209-523-1971 (call first)[email protected]
PDG Bob RansomCabinet Treasurer2915 Bedford Dr.Merced, CA 95340-2725R: 209-722-5098 F: [email protected]
Mountain RegionRC Diann KaiserPO Box 4390Sonora, CA 95370R: 209-533-7768 B: 209-533-7766F: [email protected]
Zone 2ZC Bob ZetterbergPO Box 3580Arnold, CA 95223R: [email protected]
San JoaquinRC Garrett BeckerPO Box 145Linden, CA 95236R: 209-887-3377 B: [email protected]
Zone 2ZC Roy Patterson1236 Audrey Dr.Tracy, CA 95376-3331R: [email protected]
Stanislaus RegionRC Ann Tognetti PDG2012 Canyon Lake Dr.Modesto, CA 95355R: 209-523-9403 B: 209-525-6602F: [email protected]
Zone 2ZC David McCullough2809 Hummingbird Dr.Ceres, CA 95307R: 209-538-2233 B: [email protected]
Yosemite RegionRC Ron Snipes600 El Rancho Dr.Madera, CA 93637-2911R: [email protected]
Zone 2ZC Judith Alvarado1655 Celeste Ct.Merced, CA 95340R: [email protected]
District Newsletter EditorSue Carner1136 Cecil WayModesto, CA 95350R: [email protected]
Top Club ChairmanDick BrownSee Cabinet Secretary Diana Tanner
Club Bulletin ChairmanCarl Thompson338 W. 21st StTracy, CA 95376R: 209-835-2658 C: [email protected]
Zone 1ZC Mark True14811 E Manzanita WayLockford, CA 95237R: [email protected](the above is a one not “L”)
Zone 3ZC John Bristow18193 Sally Ct.Sonora, CA 95370R: [email protected] (at left is ca”L”one.net)
Zone 1ZC Archie Padua2520 Estate Dr.Stockton, CA 95209R: 209-476-1972 B: [email protected]
Zone 3ZC Tom Machado12581 Escalon Bellota Rd.Escalon, CA 95320R: [email protected]
Zone 1ZC Tom Mihok141 N. California Ave.Oakdale, CA 95361R: 209-847-6166 B: [email protected]
Zone 3ZC James Ainslie1081 Elm Ave.Gustine, CA 95322R: [email protected]
Zone 1ZC Rob Glasgow1980 Alan LaneMerced, CA 95340R: 209-723-8698 B: 209-394-6976F: 209-394-6314 C: [email protected]
Zone 3ZC Diane PetersonPO Box 668Bass Lake, CA 93604R: [email protected]
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August 2006 5 MMR due to LCI and District 5 Lions Day Camp Pacifica 10 AM (see article) 18-19 Yosemite Region Cabinet Meeting
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September 2006 2 Lions Night with the Modesto Nuts at John
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7 Merced Breakfast Lions Annual Night Meeting, 7 PM at Yosemite Lake
14 - 16 USA/Canada Forum (see article) 16 Modesto Lions Chicken BBQ (drive thru) 11 AM
- 5 PM at Seasons on McHenry, $10.00
October 2006 5 MMR due to LCI and District 14 Delta Lions Annual Ravioli and Chicken Dinner,
4 - 7 PM. St. John's Espicopal Church, 316 N. El Dorado St., Stockton (Miner & El Dorado), $15/adult & $10/child; tickets & info. Judi How-ell 948-1732; Carrie Guadagnolo 887-2002; Eileen Vaccarezza 887-3648.
27-28 San Joaquin Cabinet Meeting at Linden (See ad)
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