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Events Calendar:
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Jun 8th
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Antique Car Show BBQ. Lion Lance Muir is in charge.
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Jun 9th @ 6:30PM
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Dinner meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn. Lion Rodney Dutton will speak to us about Eyeglass Reclamation.
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Jun 14th
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Community Days BBQ. King Lion Rita is in charge.
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Jun 16th @ 7:00PM
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Board of Directors meeting at the Post Office Building.
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Jun 22nd
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Historical Society Open House. Lions Don Williams and Mary Ann Balland are in charge.
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Jun 23rd @ 6:30PM
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Club Meeting & Installation of Officers.
Significant others are welcome - Please RSVP to Lion Grace
Yanak no later than Thursday the 19th. See menu below.
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Club News:
We stayed busy in May with three consecutive weekends of Adopt-A-Highway, followed by coffee service over the Memorial Day weekend at the Campbell rest stop. We were also fortunate to have Lion Art Elliot as a speaker at our May meeting. Lion Art gave a heartfelt account of the services offered by the Finger Lakes Region Lions Hearing Foundation, and sprinkled it with good humor.
Without a doubt, June is the busiest month of the year for our Club. Work begins on June 8th with the Vintage Car Show Chicken BBQ, followed by the Community Days BBQ on the 14th and the Historical Society Open House BBQ on the 22nd. We'll round out the month with the Awards Dinner and Installation of Officers on June 23rd.
Menu for Awards & Installation of Officers Meeting on the
23rd:
* Cucumber and Dill Bisque
* Tossed Caesar Salad with Croutons
* Grilled Chicken with Tropical Fruit Salsa
* Rice Pilaf
* Fresh Summer Medley of Vegetables
* Chocolate Raspberry Mousse
Board Action:
We received a note from Art Elliott, speaker at the last dinner meeting, thanking the Club for inviting him and sharing how much he enjoyed his visit. We also received thank you notes from LCIF and Boy Scout Troops 3097 and 87 for recent donations, and Empire State Speech and Hearing Clinic for participating in their raffle. Lion Donna Barto attended the Testimonial Dinner for DG Rich Shaff. She reports that our Club received a first place award for Lions participation and that Lion John Farr received the Chuck Koman Award. Lions Mike and Grace Yanak hosted Cancer Trekker Polly Letofsky for a Saturday night, and Lion Donna Barto took her to Elmira. Lion Donna also joined her for the 5K walk and then took her back to Ithaca. Installation Dinner - It was suggested last fall that widows be invited as our guests to this function. Lion Sue will peruse the membership records and provide Lion Rita with a list. Finally, the menu for the School Reunion Dinner has been changed to chicken!
Farewell to the Johnstons:
In May we bid farewell to two faithful and long-time members, Lions Pat and Norval Johnston, who are moving to West Virginia. Lion Pat joined our Club in 1995 and had perfect attendance ever since.
She chaired or served on a number of directorships and committees, but she's probably best known as Lion Tamer, and for her six years leadership of the Big Flats Food Pantry. Whether it was a picnic, BBQ, or the Pantry, if it had to do with food, Pat was your Lion. Lion Norval served in all capacities of Vice President and President, as well as a variety of leadership roles in committees and directorships. With 15 consecutive years of perfect attendance, Lion Norval is a double recipient of the Lion Of The Year award. Notably, Lion Norval served as Secretary/Treasurer for five years and is a three time recipient of the 100% Secretary Award. Together they sponsored ten new Lions, and this is perhaps their greatest contribution to our Club, our District, and Lionism in general.
King Lion Rita adds the following: "Others in Big Flats have known Norval and Pat much longer than I but their friendship and example have taught me what Lionism truly is. As a fairly recent membaer, I knew that they would willingly help. All throughout this past year as President I have depended on Norval to keep me organized and on track and making my job easier. With the Johnstons on my speed dial help was only a phone call away. Others in the Club can give you all the statistics on their impact on the Big Flats Lions Club but for me they are shining examples of what "We Serve" means both to the community, the Club and its members. They will be missed! Rita
Dery"
We'll miss their friendship and service, and we wish them all the best.
Hilton Garden Inn Agreement:
As was reported in the May Bulletin, the Board approved the proposal from Hilton Garden Inn for the upcoming year, and this includes an increase in dinner price to $12. Members present at the April Board meeting filled out an evaluation form on the services provided by the Hilton and requested that the menu be known prior to the meetings.
Birthdays in
June:
Happy birthday wishes go out to Lions Rita Dery, June 11th, Gene
Herber, June 17th,
and Bryan Foster, June 22nd.
From the Scrapbook - A Rainy Memorial Day Coffee Reststop at Campbell:
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Lions Gary Bernhardt, Grace Yanak, Mike Yanak, and Charles Easterbrook |
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Activity Report for May 2003:
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· Big Flats Planning Board
- 5 hours
· Boy Scouts - 67.5 hours
· Clemens Center - 10 hours
· Community Days - 7 hours
· Corridor 49 - 4 hours
· Eyeglass Recycling - 7 hours
· Food Bank of Southern Tier - 9.5 hours
· Gold Card News - 20 hours
· Historical Society - 17 hours
· Horseheads Food Pantry - 3 hours
· Little League - 15 hours
· Meals on Wheels - 5 hours
· Race for the Cure - 4 hours
· Steele Memorial Library - 54 hours
· Tanglewood - 15 hours
· Town of Big Flats Committees - 7 hours
· Youth Talent Showcase - 6 hours
In addition:
· Adopt-A-Highway (Rte 17) - 7 Lions worked 18 hours.
· Memorial Day Coffee Rest Stop - 21 members and 6 spouses and friends volunteered a total of 134 hours.
· One dinner meeting and one board meeting were held this month.
· Lion Dick Wardell received his 25-year chevron.
· 50 various Lions pins were sent to Lion Yance for the annual auction.
· Lions Grace Yanak, Mike Yanak and Donna Barto hosted /transported Polly Letofsky during the weekend that she was in the area for the Breast Cancer Walk.
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Event:
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VINTAGE
CAR SHOW CHICKEN BARBEQUE
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Date:
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SUNDAY
- JUNE 08, 2003
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Location:
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NATIONAL
WAR PLANE MUSEUM
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Saturday
June 7 @ 8:00 AM
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SKIP
SMITH
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Pit
set-up / Pickup grill from trailer behind town hall.
need sledge hammer.
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Lance
Muir
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NOTE
- Ensure member with key to trailer is available. Meet
at War Plane
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Steve
Connors
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Museum
@ 9AM (Skip and Lance to deliver pit to site on
Thursday)
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Sunday
June 8
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PICKUP
CHICKENS AT WEGMAN'S – ELMIRA – 6:30AM
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AL
DRAHT / DONNA B.
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PIT
CREW: Light fires by 7:00; Brush and fire off
racks
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Don
Williams
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1st
Chickens on grill by 8:00 AM.
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Merrill
Lynn
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Al
Redner
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Al
Draht
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Gene
Herber
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Bill
Powell
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Lance
Muir
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Tom
Rhodes
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SETUP
- Serving Tent. - 8:00 - 10:30 AM
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MARSH
UPDIKE
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Pick-up
from Presbyterian Church: 9 tables and 35 chairs;
Pick-up from
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John
Farr
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Lions
Club trailer: Tent flys, serving containers, utensils,
etc. Note: Ensure
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Jim
Adamy
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member
with key access to church is available.
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Larry
Kotacska
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CASHIER(S)
- 10:45 AM
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BIM
VAN ETTEN
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Secy/Trsr
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SERVING
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10:30
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12:30
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Mix Drinks
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Grace
Yanak
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Rita
Dery
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Arrange Serving Line
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Mike
Yanak
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John
Hoos
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Finalize all customer needs
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Mary
Ann Balland
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Mary
Ann Balland
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Ensure male help available to
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Neal
Gummoe
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Sue
Brinthaupt
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assist in serving chickens.
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Loisann
Love
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Maintain County hygiene requirements.
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Ensure availability of hand washing facilities &
gloves
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CLEAN
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Remove
all items from serving area and return to point
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Marsh
Updike
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of
origin unless otherwise directed.
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John
Farr
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NOTE
– 2 people to wash pots and utensils at Presbyterian
Church.
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Charles
Easterbrook
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Store
at Church for Community Days.
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Gary
Bernhardt
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Deliver
racks to Community Park
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Skip
Smith
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Lance
Muir
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REMEMBER:
ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAFFIC
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Big
Flats Community Days Chicken BBQ – June 14th, 2003
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Pit
Crew: 7am – 11am
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Pit
Crew: 11am – 3pm
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Pit
Crew: 3pm – 7:30pm
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Lance
Muir
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Al
Redner
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Gary
Bernhardt
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Al
Redner
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John
Farr
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Steve
Connors
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Bryan
Foster
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Bill
Powell
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Bill
Powell
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Ed
Fairbrother
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Skip
Smith
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Jef
Powell
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SetUp:
9:30am–11:00 am
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