May 2015

2014-2015
Newton Lions
Lions Club Motto: “We Serve”
Slogan
Club Officers
Tom Schneider
President
Carrie Herman
1st Vice President
Liberty, Intelligence,
Our Nation’s Safety
Web Site
www.newtonlionsclub.com
Mike Petitjean
May 2015
2nd Vice President
Elaine Brown
Secretary
Daryl Cooper
The Lions Roar
Treasurer
District Governor Elect
Dwayne Willis welcomes
former Newton Lions back
to being a member once
again.
BILL WILSON and
DAN HEINZE
Ron Bretz
Membership Director
Directors
Bob Burke
Brenda Dalton
Erin McDaniel
John Back
WELCOME !
Roar, roar, roar, roar
Jim Daily
Tail Twister
Pat Kirkpatrick
Lion Tamer
Matt Seger
Past President
Les Heisz
Past District Governor
JAMES WILSON
IS INDUCTED INTO
THE NEWTON LIONS
CLUB
BY LION MIKE.
SPONSOR LION RON
WELCOME
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BULLETIN BOARD
FAMILY POT LUCK PICNIC
JUNE 17TH —Installation of Officers
Where: at east shelter in Centennial Park (park is north of 12th
street in eastern half of newton, across from Blue Sky sculpture)
Time: Gather and social at 5:30 p.m.
Eat at 6:00 p.m.
Installation of officers/board members at 6:30 p.m.
Ballgame at 7:00 p.m.
What-to-bring: Bring your favorite side dish (dessert or vegetable
or bean or potato or salad, etc.)
What-will-be-provided: LIONS CLUB will provide chicken, table service, paper products, cups, water and tea.
RSVP: Very important, please let Craig Baier know how many you’ll
be bringing (spouse, children, friends, guests, prospective members). Also let Craig know what food item you plan to bring. RSVP
TO CRAIG AT [email protected] OR leave phone message
with him on his cell at 316 217-4547. Please let us know of your
plans for attending by Friday, June 12.
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Bulletin Board
HOPEFEST
VISION SCREENING
JULY 25TH
NEWTON RECREATION
CENTER
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
SAND CREEK CLEANUP
JULY 8TH—6:00 pm
SEPTEMBER 23RD—5:00pm
NEXT MEETING—June 10th
Board meeting June 18th
No meeting on June 24th
FAMILY POT LUCK PICNIC
JUNE 17TH —Installation of Officers for
July 1, 2015 to June 31, 2016
Carrie Herman—President
Mike Petitjean—1st Vice President
Elaine Brown—- Secretary
TWO YEAR DIRECTORS
Erin McDaniel
John Back
Daryl Cooper—-Treasurer
ONE YEAR DIRECTORS
Pat Kirkpatrick—Lion Tamer
Bob Burke
Melanie Swanson-Tail Twister
Brenda Dalton—-Membership Dir.
Tom Schneider—Past President
Les Heisz——Past District Governor
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Matt Seger
EXCELLENT PROGRAMS
FOR NEWTON LIONS CLUB MEETINGS
Craig Bright, Director with the “We Can” program from
Newton High School helping mentally challenged obtain
a skill
Cynthia Linscheid—Manager of Et Cetera Shop
Discussed about many collections of offerings that are
for sale. Gave a summary of the history and data about
their store in helping others.
District “N” Governor Dwayne Willis from Moundridge
was at this meeting
Chris Zuercher, Prairie View ,Vocational Service
Director. The program assists persons with disabilities
and/or economic barriers find the fringe benefits and
sense of self that comes with being employed.
Lion Robert Hamilton—VA Hospital in
Wichita. Lion Robert talked about his role
of helping blind or sight handicap Veterans
transportation to a VA Hospital for treatment. Need to have transportation assistance help especially in Western Kansas.
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HUMOR
Lettin’ the cat otta the bag
Is a whole easier’n than
putting” it back in the bag.
Will Rogers
Jim Goering presented a very
interesting program about Cuba. He
and his wife, Shirley, traveled to
Cuba in 2014. He talked briefly about
the history of Bastia and Castro
regimes. He gave us an update on
what is going on today with the possible of improved relations of Cuba
and the United States. He mentioned
very excellent schools and free
health care for all of their citizens as
a example. Jim mentioned excellent
fine arts also. Growing of food products seemed to be the biggest concern because of no modern equipment and knowledge of farming
today.
Newton Lions presenting a check for
$1,000.00 to help purchase a vision screener
for the School District.
Pictured at a school
board meeting are
Supt. Debbie Hamm
Board President Carol
Sue Stayrook Hobbs
Lions Vic & Ron
Lion Bob Burke was present for the presentation
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NEWTON LIONS CLUB BUDGET
BUDGETED FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2015
Budget
American Legion Baseball
$
Big Brothers Big Sisters
$ 500.00
Bill West Santa Parade
$
KU Audio Reader
$ 200.00
Melvin Jones Fund—LCIF
$ 250.00
Newton Community Choir
$ 500.00
Newton Recreation Basketball
$ 300.00
BCAPA
$ 500.00
Cookie Daze Race
$ 125.00
Halloween Walk
$ 300.00
Harvey County Homeless Shelter
$
300.00
Harvey County United Way
$
500.00
Kansas Lions Band
$
500.00
Kansas Lions Foundation
$
300.00
Storage Rental of Equipment
$
300.00
Lions Deaf/Hard of Hearing Camp $
225.00
Newton Panthers
$
200.00
Newton Recreation Baseball Teams $
285.00
Paid
50.00
50.00
Parade of Lights
$
20.00
Peace Connections
$
200.00
Salvation Army(Direct donation)
$
500.00
Salvation Toy Run
$
250.00
Total (WITHOUT eyesight )
$ 6,135.00
$ 50.00
$500.00
$125.00
$ 200.00
$ 1,025.00
USD 373 Pedia Vision Device
$ 1,000.00
Eyesight
$ 2,500.00
$
Grand Total WITH Eyesight
$ 8,635.00
$2,525.00
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500.00
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Newton Lions Club
Board Meeting
April 16, 2015 12:00 noon @ Asbury Park Lakeside Lounge
Present: Tom Schneider, Carrie Herman, Mike Petitjean, Daryl Cooper, Elaine Brown, Erin McDaniel, Bob
Burke, Les Heisz, Bill Richter, and Melanie Babbitt
Absent: John Back, Jim Daily, Brenda Dalton, Pat Kirkpatrick, Ron Bretz
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Call to order: Quote from Lions Club International President, Joe Preston was given.
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Prayer given by Lion President Tom Schneider.
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Minutes of Last meeting and the Treasurer’s Report were received and approved.
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Discussed and finalized the budget. Items listed in the budget are not guaranteed to be paid or donated, but rather as a guide as to where the Club’s resources may be spent over the coming year. The majority of the line items will need approval from the Club Board before they can be distributed.
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See page six of newsletter for detail of proposed budget .
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It was approved to disburse $200 to the Newton Panthers softball team to help tournament fees and
purchase catcher’s equipment.
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It was approved to donate $200 to Peace Connections/Circles of Hope to be used in whatever manner
they decided.
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It was approved that the Newton Lions Club would pay pick up the difference in cost of 18 meals for
the regular Lion’s club meetings if there are not 18 meal-paying attendees. This will help to make sure
that the cost of the meals that Asbury Park provides is met.
It was decided that the Lions Club would make application to the City of Newton for funds for a 4th of
July firework display in the amount of $8000.00.
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Respectfully Submitted,
Elaine Brown, Secretary
Upcoming Events
Sand Creek Clean-Up: April 22 @ 5 pm; July 8 @ 6 pm
Chisholm Trail Bike Ride: May 2nd
District 17 N Cabinet Meeting: Aug 23 @ Burlington
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LIONS CLUB STATE BAND CAMP
JUNE 2-6, 2015-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Newton Lions is sponsoring two Newton High School students
two attend the Band Camp this year. Both will be seniors next
school year: Adrian Rogers, 2nd year attending; Roberto
Toribio, 1st year attending.
USD 373, Newton School District, is starting to use the Pedia
Vision Screener at Cooper Early Education School this summer.
Starting this next school year all schools in the school district,
also at Burrton Schools, two private schools in Halstead,
Newton Bible Christian School and other private schools in the
county.
A LIONS CLUB EMBLEM has been placed on the vision
screener to tell that the Newton Lions Club helped with the
purchase.
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THINK OF SOMEONE
AND GO ASK THEM
TO COME TO THE
NEXT MEETING
The following
pages are to
help Newton
Lions to recruit
new members.
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