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Club News:
The main attraction at our first meeting in April was an extremely well-behaved guide dog in training, presented by Allen and Patricia Caldwell from Guiding Eyes for the Blind. It costs $25,000 to breed, raise and train each dog, yet there is no charge to the blind partner for the dog, the training, or the follow-up support. Lions Marshall Updike and Jim Adamy were also presented their 15-year pins at this meeting. Congratulations Lions! PID Ed Cordes and Lion Gail Cordes were present at our second meeting, and they showed slides and described their recent trip to Nicaragua to dispense eyeglasses. Lions Don Williams, Merrill Lynn, Bill Powell, and Al Draht painted the west side roof on the Cooper Pavilion in Big Flats Community Park on April 16th. Eighteen hours of labor and $70 of material were donated to this cause. Lion Don's goal is to get the east side painted in the next several weeks.

Membership Chair Lion Rita Dery had a creative exercise for us at the first meeting in April: Suggested member applications were distributed after the regular meeting, and members were given 10 or 15 minutes to write as many names as they could think of. There was an element of competition to it, and the effort yeilded 40 to 45 prospects! Individuals and spouses will receive invitaions for our Summer Picnic as guests of the Club. These invitations will by signed by the referring Lion.

Members are reminded of the Mint Sale at Sam's Club on June 1st, and the Memorial Weekend Coffee Reststops at Cambell on May 25, 26, and 28. King Lion Gary Bernhardt would also like to remind members of the MD-20 Convention in Binghamton on May 3 - 5. Lions Rita Dery and Donna Barto are delegates to the Convention. Please note that the May 13th meeting will begin at 7PM instead of 6:30 due to Journey for Sight. We have some busy months ahead!

Board Action:
Our Club received several Thank You notes in April for various donations. These included the Big Flats Branch Library, Boy Scout Troop 3097, Big Flats Little League, Finger Lakes Region Lions Hearing Foundation, Leader Dogs Foundation, and LCIF, Dr. Jean Behar, for $800 donation for September 11 Disaster Relief. Lion Gene Herber reported that Adopt-A-Highway turnout was poor on March 30th due to Easter Holiday Weekend. Three members donated 14 hours. Lion Merrill Lynn suggested that future pick-ups be scheduled on weekdays and possibly in the evenings to get better participation. Sales Tax Update - Lion Gary reported that he had spoken with Attorney Charles Becraft's office and had been referred to the Dobromil Accounting firm for input. The secretary has not applied for a vendor tax number at this time.

Phone and Email Changes:
Lion Al Draht's Email address is abdraht@Juno.com
Lion Dave Manchester's Email address is dlman@localnet.com
Lion Don Williams' Email address is dwilliam@localnet.com

Birthdays in April:
Happy birthday wishes go out this month to Lions Charles Easterbrook, May 8th, and Al Draht, May 20th.

Memorial Day Coffee Stop Schedule:


	Friday May 24 Set-up & serve Lance Muir Pat Johnston Norval Johnston Gary Bernhardt Neal Gummoe (truck) Saturday May 25 - 8-11 Lois Love Dick Wardell Merrill Lynn Mary Ann Balland 11-2 Grace Yanak Mike Yanak 2-5 Gary Bernhardt Adrienne Bernhardt 5-dark Jim Adamy Marshall Updike (store materials for Monday) Monday May 27 - 8-11 Don Williams Jean Williams Rita Dery 11-2 Dick Wardell Merrill Lynn 2-5 Gary Bernhardt Adrienne Bernhardt C. Esterbrook 5-dark Bill Powell Donna Barto Tear-down Lance Muir Neal Gummoe The custodian from DOT will be around from 6 AM on. Materials can be stored in a shed. Remember to bring a chair. Baked goods individually wrapped should be given to a Lion going up to Campbell to serve if you are not serving yourself. Only 3 Lion's have signed up to donate food so I expect others will give so we can have snacks for visitors. This is a major money maker so we need to make it as welcoming as possible. Have Fun!! Rita

Decals:
Water slide-off decals are available to members for $1.25 each. These are good for application to car windows:

Lions Club Bulletin		Big Flats, New York
President	Gary Bernhardt – 562-3471
Secretary/Treasurer	Norval Johnston -- 562-3290
Editor	John Farr -- 562-7621
May, 2002

	May 13^th @ 5:30PM	Journey for Sight.
	May 13^th @ 7:00PM	Dinner Meeting at Jennifer’s Restaurant. Our speaker this evening will be Justice Charles Wood.
	May 18^th	Adopt-A-Highway. Lion Gene Herber is in charge.
	May 20^th @ 7:00PM	Board of Directors meeting at the Jay House.
	May 25, 26 & 28	Coffee Reststop at Campbell. Lion Rita Dery is in charge

Pit Crew: 7am – 11am	Pit Crew: 11am – 3pm	Pit Crew: 3pm – 7:30pm
Merrill Lynn	Al Draht	Don Williams
Dick Wardell	Al Redner	Gary Bernhardt
Al Redner	John Farr	Steve Connors
Gary Bernhardt	Bill Powell	Bill Powell
Ed Fairbrother	Don Williams	Skip Smith

SetUp: 9:30am–11:00 am
Norval Johnston
Pat Johnston
Loisann Love
Jim Ormiston

Serving Crew: 11am – 2pm	Serving Crew: 2pm – 5pm	Serving Crew: 5pm – 8pm
Norval Johnston (Cashier)	Rita Dery (Cashier)	Bim VanEtten (Cashier)
Pat Johnston	Neal Gummoe	Gene Herber
Mary Ann Balland	Grace Yanak	Don Roe
Sue Brinthaupt	Mike Yanak	John Hoos
Jane King	Ray Conklin	Larry Kotacska
Harry King		Bryan Foster
		Donna Barto
CleanUp/Teardown: 7:30pm - ?
Charles Easterbrook
Skip Smith
Marshall Updike
Gary Bernhardt
Jim Adamy
*PLEASE CONTACT KING LION GARY AT 562-3471 IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT!!!!*

	SetUp – Sat., 6/22 @ 4:00 p.m.		Pit Crew – Sun., 6/23 @ 8:00 a.m.
	Don Williams		Don Williams
	Gary Bernhardt		Merrill Lynn
	Lance Muir		Lance Muir
	Charles Easterbrook		Gary Bernhardt
	Bryan Foster		Larry Kotacska
	Serving Crew Set-up & Serve– Sunday, 6/23 @ 10:30 - 12:00
	Pat Johnston
	Gene Herber
	Ray Conklin
	Norval Johnston (Cashier)
	Merrill Lynn
	Dick Wardell

	Serving Crew Set-up & Serve– Sunday, 6/23 @ 12:00 - 1:30
	Bill Powell
	Norval Johnston (Cashier)
	Pat Johnston
	Rita Dery
	Mary Ann Balland
	Sue Brinthaupt

	Tear Down/Clean Up – 6/23 @2:30 p.m.
	Don Williams
	Gary Bernhardt
	Lance Muir
	Charles Easterbrook