Club News:

May was a busy month, and with two BBQ’s and a 5K Race, June promises to be busier yet.  Five Lions worked 35 hours at Camp Badger, six Lions contributed 13 hours to Adopt-A-Highway, and six Lions donated 23 hours transporting food to the Council for Aging Nutrition Site.  We also had some very productive fundraisers:  Fifteen Lions served coffee at the Camp Bell rest stop and collected over $417 in donations, printer cartridges garnered $26, and eight Lions walked the Journey for Sight collecting at least $347 for the Community Service Fund (!).  They were Lions Donna Barto, Mary Ann Balland, Stephan Connors, Jim Ormiston, Al Redner, Gary Bernhardt, Grace Yanak, and Mike Yanak.  Lions Gary Bernhardt and Norval Johnston also provided some beautification by replacing the decals on the Lions signs at the airport entrance.

Board Action:

King Lion Bill reported that PDG Art Peck and Lion Donna would be our guests at the Awards Banquet and PDG Art would be the installer of the new officers.  A Chinese Auction of 10-12 items was suggested for the event.  A motion was adopted to have Lion Bim VanEtten present a Certificate of Appreciation to Betsy Stierly of the Leader and Kelly Quinn of the Star Gazette for publicity this year.  Lion Jane King reported that the United Day of Caring would be on Thursday, June 7.  Our project is to do yard work and plantings at the Salvation Army in Elmira.  Lion Jane will request 3 volunteers to help with the project.

District News (from an article by Art Hofstetter):

The Testimonial Dinner for DG Jim Killam at the Painted Post Holiday Inn, May 5^th was enjoyed by all who attended. Many appreciative comments were made by and about our “soon-to-be” Past District Governor.  Soon-to-be District Governor Bob Mizzoni was welcomed to his new post very enthusiastically by the crowd, who warmed to his sincerity, and gentle sense of humor. Apparently, there is a long-standing tradition of passing a gift-wrapped book from the outgoing DG to the incoming DG.  DG Jim explained this, and passed the book to VDG Bob with the traditional admonishment not to open the gift. Bob set the tone for his new administration. He said that he wanted to gain our attention. Ignoring Jim’s advice (Jim did NOT open the present during HIS administration, though many previous DG’s did), Bob opened the present, a joke book, and read a joke about astronauts. It was a protracted “groaner”, but there was sense of warm appreciation, anyway.

Invitation:

Tri-County Housing Council is extending an open invitation to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on June 28^th from 3 to 7PM.  As you may recall, they made a presentation at our meeting on Feb. 26^th regarding their services and their new building on Hibbard Road.

Birthdays in May:

Happy birthday wishes go out this month to Lions Rita Dery, June 11^th, and Gene Herber, June 17^th.

Big Flats Community Days Chicken Barbeque:

DON WILLIAMS               

MERRILL LYNN

DICK WARDELL

AL REDNER  

BILL POWELL

RAY CONKLIN

AL DRAHT      

BRYAN FOSTER  

JOHN FARR     

TOM ABBOTT    

BILL POWELL   

DAVE MANCHESTER

LANCE MUIR   

JOHN HOOS     

GARY BERNHARDT

LARRY KOTASKA

STEVE CONNORS

JIM DUBOIS

NORVAL JOHNSTON

PAT JOHNSTON  

DAVE MANCHESTER

NORVAL JOHNSTON (Cshr)

PAT JOHNSTON  

MARYANN BALLARD

SUE BRINTHAUPT

JIM ORMISTON  

JANE KING     

GUY HENDRICKSON

RITA DERY (Cshr)

NEAL GUMMOE

HARRY KING

HERB COX  

JIM ADAMY 

BIM VAN ETTEN (Cshr)

LOIS LOVE    

GENE HERBER  

ED FAIRBROTHER

GRACE YANAK  

MIKE YANAK   

DON ROE

SKIP SMITH

CHARLES EASTERBROOK

SKIP SMITH        

MARSHALL UPDIKE   

DON ROE

5K Race - Starts at 10:00 am

 These positions are coordinated with the BBQ schedule.  If there are any conflicts please let me know.

Boy Scout Troop 87 is manning the two water stops.  One at the Fire Hall and one at the finish line.

The New York State Police will be doing traffic control on State Route 352.  The Chemung County Sheriff's Department will provide a police escort for the lead runners around the course.  The State Department of Transportation will loan us four "Be Prepared to Stop" signs for the event.  I will place them at the Maple St - Winters Rd turn, at the Bridge St - Maple St intersection, and on Rte 352.

The race will start at the south end of River St.  River St will act as a chute taking the runners onto Rte 352.  They will run on the left side of Rte 352.  The lead runners benefiting from the police escort will then turn onto Winters Rd and follow the normal traffic flow around the remainder of the course.  Runners who fall behind and all walkers will remain on the left side of the road facing traffic.  They will remain on the left side of the road until they make the fourth left hand turn which will take them onto Main St.  Once on Main St they will cross over to the right side of the road.  This will set them up for the right hand turn at River St. to the finish line.

Course Marshals do the best you can.  If the runners cannot cross Main St immediately tell them to work their way to the right side as traffic permits.  This holds true especially for the walkers.  This will also be mentioned to them at the beginning of the race.

The Police escort may not make the final turn onto the north end of River St.  Course Marshal at this turn be prepared to allow him to go either way at his discretion.

The runners will show their race number to the cashier for their chicken dinner.  The cashier may want to make some kind of discernable mark on the number for validation.  Runners drink lots of liquids after a race.  Be prepared for refills!  Hopefully, there will be a functioning water fountain by the pavilion.

You will be loaned a Course Marshal T shirt for the race.  (I want them back for next year!)  You will look "official".  Point the runners in the right direction if you are not busy directing traffic.

Lion Gene

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