Regular
Meeting Minutes 03-25-2013
Attending: George & Linda Johnson, Evan Burnett, Art
Runyan, Brenda Flaherty, Kay Bryant, Shirley Gibson, Bev Jolley, Bernice Beck,
Rodney Mitchell, Bud & Julia Green, Terry & Bill & Dawn (& 3
children), Kelly & Rich Hill, Chris Beck,
Guests, Torry Skinner (her parents & Brother)
Pledge of
Allegiance
Sing
“America”
Prayer
Terry Skinner:
She’s
attended Rainier Schools since 1st grade. 3.857 GPA, she’s #1 in her class in GPA.,
She’s in more than 5 clubs and President of Honor Society & SADD. She has 350 community hours so far this
year. She’s in AP Calculus. She wants to be an actuary for an insurance
company. She just turned in a
scholarship to St. Martins and she’s been offered a scholarship to Eastern. She works at Yelm Cinemas and babysits a
lot. She likes to read & hang out
with friends. She plays 3rd
base in fast pitch.
She raised
$8,000 for a trip to Europe. She had a
great time. She went to Italy, Greece
& France. She washed windows and did
a lot of work to go on this trip. She
will have to live on St. Martins campus if she gets the $10,000 leadership
scholarship on top of the $16,000 scholarship she already received. (Benedictine scholarship.) It’s a lot of work to pay for schooling at
St. Martins.
Hope to have
a positive impact on the world. She
tries to be kind and has a bubbly personality.
She enjoys volunteering. She will
continue building her community work.
Why does she
deserve this scholarship? She needs the
money for school. She hopes to make a
difference in the future.
She pays for
her own car repairs. She had to have
$500 set of springs to have replaced. A
friend replaced these parts and something else failed which cost a lot more in
the end. Her JEEP “Just Empty Every
Pocket.”
George thanked me
for making the banners and making the dinner for about 50 people! Very nice!
Dee
McDermot: Awards to give out today –
- Bernice Beck – Earned a letter from LCI for 15 years
of membership
- Chris Beck – Earned a letter from LCI for 15 years
of membership
- Linda Lazelle – Earned a letter from LCI for 20
years of membership
- Art & Charlotte – Both earned letters from LCI
for 20 years of membership
- Linda Lazelle – Earned an award for “Strive for
Five” award. This is an award
certificate for the appreciation for her help in building our club in the
2011- 2012 year.
- President George Johnson – Earned a “Strive for
Five” award. He was awarded a patch
to place on our club banner and pins and a certificate.
Bob Kelly and
Jim LaBelle present the “Melvin Jones Award” to one of our members. It is the greatest recognition that a Lions
member can receive from the LCI. Our
clubs donations to the Melvin Jones Foundation helps fund major disaster relief
around the world.
In 2011 the
Bill & Melinda Gates foundation challenged LCI to fight Measles. LCI raised $10 million and Bill & Melinda
Gates matched it with $5 million – for a total of $15M to fight measles
worldwide.
Bernice and
Art escorted Linda Lazelle to the front of the room to receive her Melvin Jones
Award. Linda worked from 1983 – 2007 at
the Attorney General’s office. She
retired in 2007. She’s received a lot of
awards through her work and has been recognized by fellow employees &
colleges.
Linda is a
charter member of the Rainier Lions Club.
She was their first secretary.
She is now the club treasurer.
She is now caring for 2 dozen baby chicks at home. She enjoys visiting with her grandchildren
and children.
George
mentioned about the auction that’s coming up in April. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts & American
Heritage Girls!
Evan had 2
pieces of cake…..3 pieces????
Evan said
“Whatever” so Bev brought him some more cake…….
Second
Announcement of New Offices for the 2013 -2014 year:
(Listed on
agenda.)
The Kites
will be purchased at the $1.00 store (Limit of $75.00) for the Rainier Family
Fun Make Your Own Kite Day. We plan on
purchasing 50 kites. We’ll need string
and tails for the kites, too.
Bernice Beck
mentioned that there will be a bowling fundraiser by Spanapark. This is the Spanapark Lions Club big
fundraiser for the year. The Daffodil
Princesses will be there. It’s a lot of
fun.
Bernice
Beck: We will have fundraiser at Jim
Bobs Family Restaurant on Thursday May 2, 2013 from 10 – 7. On Saturday will be at the Texaco in Rainier
on May 4, 2013 from 10 – 6. Bernice
explained about what the White Cane Days is all about to our 4 new Lions
Clubs. Evan explained about the man the
Rainier Lions Club provided cataract surgery for – through the NW Lions
Foundation. Bernice passed around a
sign-up sheet.
“Knights for
the Blind.” Helen Kellers challenge to
the Lions Clubs International.
The Dinner
for Five will be held on Wednesday - May 15th, at Mr. Dougs
Restaurant. The RLC pays for dinner for
the top 5 students and their parents (or guardians). It will be a buffet. We will guarantee 35 people will show up for
dinner. The NVN will show up. (The RLC scholarship will be announced at
graduation, though.) Price has not been
determined, yet.
There will be
a special board meeting next Monday night to discuss Bluegrass Festival
planning.
The Lions
Clubs eradicated “River Blindness” worldwide.
It took five years to achieve this, but it has been achieved. The Lions Clubs makes a big difference in the
world.
George
mentioned the different activities that are going on in the area.
Together
(Rainier Community Cares) had a CPR class a couple of weeks ago. (You can contact Juliette Pia for more
information on CPR classes.)
The Rainier
Food Bank is on Wednesdays and Saturday 9 AM – Noon. They have a clothing bank that they’ve
started. They will be an auction in the
near future. There is a family of 8 that
has had a house fire. They are gathering
supplies for this family right now.
