June 2015 Newsletter - Roswell Lions Club, Inc.

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