Barboursville Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse

February 14 Meeting:

Those in attendance tonight (12 of us) got a chance to learn some information about our club, our zone, and our district. There was a 20 question quiz in which individual members who answered a question about our organization were able to earn a "piece of candy." Every member was able to answer at least one question.

News about our 5K Run/Walk

Completed:

Scheduled a date - March 24 @ 9:00 a.m.

Secured a location: Barboursville Park, Shelter #8

Secured corportate Sponsor: St. Mary's Medical

Center

Verified insurance

Put 5K info on tristateracer.com website

Not completed:

Order metals for race

Order T-shirt for race

Secure media for race

Release advertising

Pre-register runners/walkers

Put packets together

Provide literature for joining Barboursville Lions

Club

Race-day items:

Set up registration tables with volunteers

Set up finish line with volunteers to pull tags

Provide refreshments - pizza and water?

Display Lions club banners and flags

Set up trophies

Upcoming events:

Zone Meeting

Date - March 5

Location - Lesage Lions Clubhous

6020 Kyle Lane

Time - 6:30 p.m.

Meal cost - $7

Reservation - must be made by March 2

Spring Round-Up Night

Date - March 27

Purpose - to increase membership

Barboursville Lions Club Celebrity 5K Run/Walk

You can view the registration form at the following website:

tristateracer.com

January 24 Meeting:

Our guest speaker this evening was Emily Prince, who was accompanied by her husband Randall and her daughter Brooklyn, who has type 1 diabetes. Young Brooklyn is four years old and was diagnosed about two years ago.

Emily explained the nature of this auto-immune disease that has led to glucose levels for Brooklyn as high as 955 and as low as 20. Brooklyn's condition has led to her having to wear an insulin pump to control her glucose levels.

The Prince family came to our club seeking financial support to help secure a diabetic alert dog to help warn them when Brooklyn's levels either go too high or too low, especially during the night

Past District Governor Lion John Pinkerman, who is currently secretary/treasurer of Lions Multiple District 29 and president of the Lesage Lions Club, inducted two new members into our club this eveing. The new members, Peachie Childers and Janet Roe were previously members of the Barboursville Lioness Club in the 1990s. Lion Peachie's husband Amon was a former Barboursville Lions Club members who passed away last year. Lion Janet is the wife of long-time Barboursville Lions Club member Lion Lennie Roe. Both Lions were sponsored by long-time friend and Lion Bernice Hesson.

We lost our oldest member, Lion Charlie Astle, shown here at our spring pancake breakest nearly two years ago. He became a member of the Barboursville Lions Club on March 1, 1947, and served the club for nearly 65 years. At age 95 he had not been as active, but he still helped sell pancake tickets for our spring and fall pancake breakfasts. Being a regular attendee at the Barboursville Senior Center, he always helped to promote our club. Lion Charlie died Monday, January 23, at the Huntington Hospice House.

The club decided to go forward with a 5K Run/Walk at the Barboursville Community Park on March 24. This event will be called the Barboursville Lions Club Celebrity 5K Run/Walk. The club is hoping to secure some local radio, tv, and sports celebrities to participate. Pre- registration for this event will be $20 for those who register by no later than March 17. You can register atTriStateRacers.com. Also registration forms will be distributed at various locations in our area. To ensure that you get a shirt, you will need to send your registration fee (check) made out to the Barboursville Lions Club, P.O. Box 117, Barboursville, WV 25504 and indicate your shirt size.

As a non-profit service organization, the Barboursville Lions Club will use all moneys raised from this event to meet some of the needs of our local area and community. We will be funding three scholarships this year to Cabell Midland High School seniors who will pursue further education in West Virginia. Our funds will also be used to provide eye exams and eyeglasses for those in need. Any additional funds will be used to help meet the additional needs of those in our community.

January 10, 2012 Meeting:

Seventeen Lions and four guests attended tonight's meeting. Our guest speaker was world-class runner Jacob Burcham, a junior at Cabell Midland High School. He was introduced by his coach, Chris Parsons. Coach Parsons chronicled many of Jacob's accomplishments and records, noting that Jacob set state records last year in the 800, the 1600, and the 3200 meter runs at the state track meet in Charleston last spring. It was quite evident that coach Parsons was aware early on in his relationship as Jacob's coach that Jacob was a very special athlete. He sees nothing but a bright future for him. Considering that Jacob has run the equivalent of a 4:03 mile, his coach feels that Jacob will break the four-minute mile before he gets out of high school. By doing so, he will be only the sixth high school student to ever do so.

Rather than giving a formal talk, Jacob answered numerous questions from the audience. The questions included some of the following: What is your training regimen? What is your diet? Do you have any specific interest in a college you would like to attend? What about your trip to France? Jacob said that he pretty well trains all year, but it does not always include just running. He said that he did aerobic training to increase his stamina. He consumes between three and four thousand calories a day, and he noted that the cooks at school give him seconds. At the present time he is interested in two schools: Stanford and MIT. He would like to go into engineering. He did comment on his trip to France for the World Youth Championships, specifically noting that he roomed with a speed walker. It was in France that he ran the equivalent of a 4:03 mile in the 1500 meter run. He said that he was spurred on by the competition.

Jacob's mom, Lion Renee' Burcham, commented that through his success in track that Jacob had been able to venture from West Virginia to such places at Seattle, Washington; New York City; Philadelphia; Myrtle Beach; and Lille, France. Being a world-class track athlete has afforded him the opportunity to participate in the Jim Ryan Dream Mile, the Penn Relays, and the World Youth Championships in France.

At this meeting a proposed 5K Run was discussed. A committee headed by Jacob's mom, Lion Renee' Burcham, was formed with the following agreeing to serve on the committee: Lion Ashley Hesson, Lion Bernice Hesson, Lion Sheri Vance, and Lion Donna Cross. Our hope is that this will become an annual event known as the Barboursville Lions Club Celebrity 5K Run/Walk. The committee will work on the many details related to having this event.

Veterans Home Visit:

On Christmas Eve Lion Janet Artrip delivered socks to the veterans at the Barboursville Veterans Home. Above you will note two nurses, kitchen workers, and a number of veterans who received socks. Lion Janet is putting out a plea for any Lion who would like to purchase a pair of diabetic socks or a WVU or Marshall baseball cap and deliver the item to Lion Lennie Roe's Insurance Agency on Rout 60 next to the pink elephans. The hats will go to some amputees, and the diabetic socks will go to those who actually need to wear them rather than normal socks. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated.

Christmas Food Baskets:

Assembly & Delivery

On Friday, December 16, 2011, ten Lions and one Leo helped assemble food baskets at the Barboursville Baptist Church. Sixteen hours were contributed to the assembly of the food baskets. A special thanks goes to Lion Orman Hall and Lion Larry Poynter, who spent about three hours each in collecting the non-perishable food items from three elementary schools: Davis Creek Elementary, Nichols Elementary, and Village of Barboursville Elementary.

On Saturday, December 17, 2011, six Lions and two additional volunteers helped deliver what turned out to be 11 food baskets. The club spent slightly over $300 on perishable food items for those food baskets.

Christmas Dinner

Twenty-four Lions and 15 guests attended the Christmas dinner. We enjoyed a fine turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Following the meal, we were entertained by Corey Sargent, an eight grade student from Barboursville Middle School, who sang some Christmas favorites. The evening ended with carol singing and the awarding of door prizes. We all had a wonderful evening of fellowship and good food. This is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Bell Ringing:

Lions Doc Hale and Lennie Roe started ringing bells for the Salvation Army at 10:00 a.m.

At noon Lions Janet Artrip, Bernie Hesson, and Phyllis Smith rang the "bells."

Our two newest members, Lions Renee' Burcham and Sheri Vance, rang the bells beginning at 2:00 p.m. Renee' was accompanied by her daughter Jessica, and Sheri had her daughter Leo Isabella Vance with her to ring the "bells" for the Salvation Army.

Working the 4 to 6 shift were Lions Randy and Cathy Tye

Lions Steve and Cindy Forman and Charlie Buzzard braved the below freezing temperature to ring the bells from 6 till 8 p.m.

The bottom line for the bell ringing is that 12 Lions donated a total of 24 hours to support the Salvation Army..

Senior Brunch

Christmas With Santa

There were no pictures taken at this event; however, 11 Lions worked this project. The good news is that our club made about $800. Thanks to the Lions and Leos who worked.

Nov. 22 Meeting:

The guest speaker tonight was Leigh Anne Zappin, executive director of the Huntington Area Food Bank. She gave an interesting talk, explaining that one out of every four children in this area served by the Food Bank go to bed hungry. Through the generous support of various food venders, the federal government, and local organizations and individuals the food bank will be distributing nearly seven million pounds of food this year. The need has never been greater. Our club presented a check from money raised at the memorial for PDG Lion Roger Hesson for $202.42. Furthermore, the Leo club with the help of some of our Lions raised money to be given to the Food Bank. Leo Isabella Vance presented a check to the executive director for $200.

Treasurer Lion Chris McNeely reported that the Fall Pancake Breakfast has raised about $1700. The apple butter project has netted about $1200. Proceeds from these two projects will help fund the Senior Brunch and Christmas food baskets. The club has also purchased about ten pairs of glasses for those in need this year.

One hundred dollar will go to support the CMHS Student Council Christmas Knights progam.

Everyone should clear your calendar to attend the Barboursville Lions Club Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 13, at the Barboursville Community Center. We will have a wonderful Christmas dinner, and there will be special entertainment provided. Please make your reservation (if you did not do so tonight) by calling Lion Betty Buzzard no later than December 11. Our chef, Rhonda Woodrum, needs to know how many will be attending, so be sure to call.

Several projects are coming up in December. If you were not at the meeting tonight and would like to work a project, just let me know. I will gladly welcome your support.

Just some random shots of those in attendance tonight. I am reminded of the generosity of Lion Phyllis Fisher/ Thanks to Lion Ashley Hesson for getting our guest speaker. It was great seeing all the Vance family in attendance. I only hope that our new members can see that our club is really doing its part to support our community. Thanks for all you do. We are definitely living up to the Lions motto "WE SERVE."

Nov. 8 Meeting:

Lion Bernice Hesson is presented the grave marker for her husband, PDG Lion Roger Hesson, by PDG Lion Eddie Queen

Youth Exchange student Taylor Foster from Cabell Midland High School went to Finland this past summer with financial support from our club. Lion Bernice Hesson was contacted byYouth Exchange state chair/secretary Lion Sue Via asking for financial support for Taylor to go to Finland. Our club supplied that support. Taylor is shown with members of the Barboursville Lions Club and Leo Isabella Vance.

Four new members were inducted tonight by PDG Lion Eddie Queen. They included from L-R Lion Saundra Boyd, Lion Renee' Burcham, Lion Sheri Vance, and Lion Sam Vance. President Lion Charlie Buzzard sponsored each of the new Lions. He, along with Lion Kathy Stephenson and Lion Bernice Hesson helped pin the new members.

Jack Artrip/Jim Earls Memorial Apple Butter Day:

Seventeen of our Lions participated in this project. That is GREAT!!! Even though Lion Linda Brady and Lion Betty Buzzard did not actually work stirring apple butter, they provided food for all the workiers. A big thanks to both of them.

The 17 Lions worked a combined total of 136 hours. One of those Lions, Penny Gross, who is shown in the first picture above, worked the entire day. It is with tremendous regret that we will be bidding farewell to Lion Penny. She will be moving to Virginia to be near her daughter in a matter of days.

The great news is that nearly all the apple butter has been sold, and we should make over a thousand dollars after expenses. Also, two of our newest Lions, Sam and Sheri Vance helped work this project. Furthermore, Leo Fiona Dundas also helped stir the apple butter. Thanks to everyone who worked this project.

A Night of Remembering PDG Lion Roger Hesson:

On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, the Barboursville Lions Club celebrated the life of PDG Lion Roger Allen Hesson.

Three featured speakers spoke glowingly and with great sentiment about Lion Roger. First, Lynn Butler from Setzer's World of Camping, said that Roger never met a stranger and really loved to talk to people. Next PDG Lion Jim Cannon, who served as a District Governor with Lion Roger in 2003-2004, did a power point presentation. His remarks brought out laughter and tears to those in attendance. Lion Jim expressed how close he and Lion Roger were. They truly had a close bond. However, he stated that Lion Roger as "ELVIRA" MADE AN UGLY WOMAN Finally, PDG Lion Eddie Queen expressed with deep emotion how much he loved Lion Roger, who stuck by him through the tough times more than a brother would have done.

District Governor Lion Darrell Jennings was in attendance and introduced the PDGs.

In attendance were a number of PDGs:

PDG Dick Clark - South Charleston

PDG John Pinkerman - Lesage

PDG George Woodrum - Hometown

PDG Jim Cannon - Wilsonburg

PDG Tina Cannon - Wilsonburg

PDG Eddie Queen - Cross Lanes

Approximately 60 Lions and guests attended the celebration. Lions Clubs represented included Barboursville, Lesage, Milton, Wayne, Cross Lanes, South Charleston, Charleston Gold Dome, Hometown, and Wilsonburg.

To honor the memory of Lion Roger, a scholarship will be given in his name to a graduating Cabell Midland High School senior. Also, Lion Bernice Hesson was presented the COMMUNITY PERSON OF THE MONTH trophy, which has been given to several Lions and community leaders over the last several years. She will retain it permanently. Finally those in attendance made contributions to the Huntington Area Food Bank in memory of Lion Roger. The total collected was $202.42.

I wish to thank everyone who played a part in making this celebration an extremely wonderful experience. It is our hope that the spirit of "Lion Roger" will continue to manifest itself in all that we Lions do.

L-R District Govenors Jim Cannon, George Lively, Roger Hesson, and Glen Baker,Jr.

The Hesson Family

We had a really delicious meal!

Lion Bernie displaying framed program

Lion Bernie holding Community Person of the Month Trophy, which she will permanently keep.

The head table from left to right Lion Kathy Stephenson, PDG Lion Tina Cannon, PDG Lion Jim Cannon, Lynn Butler, and PDG Lion Eddie Queen.

District Governor and PDG table: Includes District Governor Lion Darrell Jennings, PDG Lion George Woodrum, Lion Zelma Woodrum, PDG Lion John Pinkerman, Lion Jo Clark, and PDG Lion Dick Clark

Lions and friends enjoying the power point presentation

Lions Janet and Penny, thanks for helping serve the food.

Fall Fest Activities:

Five Lions rodes the trolley in the Fall Fest Parade. They included Lions Linda Brady, Lennie Roe, Tennyson Thornberry, Chris McNeeley, and Charlie Buzzard. Also on the trolley was one Leo, Isabella Vance. Lion Lennie had three of his grandchildren, and Lions Tennyson and Chris also brought their children along for the ride on the trolley. I wish to personally thank Lion Penny Gross for buying the candy that we gave out during the parade.

The pancake breakfast was a big success. Thanks to the 19 Lions and three Leos who worked the breakfast. Thanks goes to Lion Linda Brady, who chaired this event. How many attended and what money was made will be given later. Roughly we made over $1,500 and served over 300 who came through the door to eat.

MESU: The club screened 27 patrons over a two-day period on Friday and Saturday during Fall Fest. I wish to thank the following Lions from the Lesage and Milton Lions Clubs: Lions Dee Watson, Gary Watson, Erma Abbott, Cole Tabor, Greg and Lynn Meadows,and Dave Vititoe.

Our club members who helped screen were Lions Bernice Hesson,Penny Gross, Margie Brady, Charlie Buzzard, Larry Poynter, and Charlotte Adkins. Our club will share in the cost of gasoline for the sight van. Our members also need to help work on the sight van to support the Lesage Lions Club at the Arts and Crafts Festival and the Milton Lions Club at the Pumpkin Festival.

Sept. 13 Meeting:

This meeting did not have a guest speaker, and there was no business conducted. The meeting consisted of training Lions from Milton and Lesage Lions Clubs as well as members of our club on the two portable eye screening machines. Thanks goes to Lion Dee Watson from the Lesage club, who helped train. Sorry, there were no pics taken of the training.

August 23 Meeting:

Our guests tonight were Cabell Midland head football coach Luke Salmons and assistant coach Matt Altobello. The one word that characterized what they were trying to instill into their players was "relationships." They emphasized how important it is for team members to like each other and to work together as a team. Apparently they are very demanding of the players, emphasizing that those players who really wanted to play with enthusiasm would actually be on the field. Coach Salmons said that there were over one hundred players on the team.

The club agreed to forego a regular meeting on September 13, opting to get some training and retraining on the portable eye screening equipment.

The club was informed that club members who wish to ride the trolley in the Fall Fest Parade on September 15 should catch the trolley at the K-Mart parking lot at 5:15 p.m. New Lion Penny Gross agreed to get the candy to be passed out during the parade.

Lions Orman Hall, Lennie Roe, Charlie Buzzard, Betty Buzzard, and Bernie Hesson are serving on the Fall Fest Pancake Breakfast project prior to the breakfast on September 17. Hopefully Lion Steve Nash or Lion Clayton Cremeans will be able to operate the 50/50 raffle.

President Charlie Buzzard reported that the club, with the help of members of the Lesage and Milton Lions Clubs, will help in doing eye screenings on Friday, September 16, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. They will also screen on Saturday, September 17, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Zone Meeting Aug. 9:

The picture above shows two new members, Lion TommyTurman and Lion Penny Gross with their sponsors, Lion Larry Poynter and Lion Linda Brady. The new members were inducted by PDG Lion John Pinkerman. Lion Linda Brady stood in as Lion Penny's sponsor due to the fact that Lion Tennyson Thornberry had to work last night. Lion Tennyson recruited Lion Penny.

Lion John Pinkerman extended thanks to Lion Gerald Sturgeon who helped the Barboursville Lions Club sponsor the Lesage Lions Club 40 years ago. Lion Gerald, president of our club at that time, presented the charter to Lion John Pinkerman, who served as Lesage Lions Club's first president. The Barboursville Lions Club will be celebrating its 70th birthday next year, having been chartered in December 1942.

Zone 2 Chair Lion Karen Hall-Dundas, who is also the Second Vice-District Governor for District 29-O, spoke to Lions from Zone 2. She had reports given to her by secretary Lion Dave Vititoe from Milton, secretary Lion Dee Watson from Lesage, and secretary Lion Margie Brady from B'ville.

Lion Karen presented a lively presentation about a contest among the clubs in the zone to see which club can plant the most trees by March 2012. She emphasized that the planting of every tree had to be documented with a picture and date the tree was planted.

Lion Karen also talked about the formation of a new community-based Leo club in Barboursville, which currently has nine members. The club needs to get 15 members to elect officers and send a report to Internationl.

Thirty-six Lions attended the picnic. Most notable was long-time Barboursville Lion Charlie Astle.

Our club's next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 23. Our guest speaker will be head football coach Luke Salmons from Cabell Midland High School.

July26 Meeting:

District Governor Lion Darrell Jennings made his official visit to our club. He made note of his trip to Seattle to the International Convention of Lions. He also noted all the great work the Lions are doing worldwide, stating that the Lions are the only non-profit service organization allowed in China. He put a challenge to our club to support his motto for this year, "More Lions...More Friends" by increasing our membership by a net of 10%. This would mean an increase of four members net by the end of this year. He is also challenging us to join the Lions around the world to plant one million new trees. He asked our club to plant "ten" trees this year.

The District Governor was presented a check from our club for $100 to LCIF. This check was given to honor him as our District Governor.

We had two guests attend the meeting. They were Penny Gross and Hershel Marshall. We are in hopes of installing them as new members of the Barboursville Lions Club.

Our club will be hosting a zone meeting for Zone 2. The other clubs in our zone are Lesage, Milton, Hamlin, and West Hamlin. The meeting will be held at Barboursville Community Park on Tuesday, August 9, at 6:30 p.m.

July 12 Meeting:

Our guest speaker was Helen Freeman, president of the Huntington Outdoor Theater. She talked about the current production, The Wedding Singer. She divulged that the theater spends about $100,000 per year to put on a performance with support from the County Commission and private donations. Our club's board of directors voted to give HOT $250.

Helen was accompanied by Ryan Hardiman, who is the star in The Wedding Singer. He sang a couple songs from the production to enthusiastic approval from the 17 Lions in attendance.

President Charlie Buzzard talked about his goals for this year. Note them below.

1. Increase attendance at club meetings by 15% (shoot for 20 per meeting). Achieve this by having a calling committee headed by membership chair Lion Larry Poynter.

2. Increase club membership by a net of at least 10% (a minimum net increase of four members). Work to achieve this by asking each member in attendance to come up with one person they could invite to join the club. Demonstrate how not to and how to invite a possible new member through a role play, using Lion Roger Hesson to do the role play with Lion Charlie. Finally have a contest to see which member can bring in the most new members by the last meeting in October.

3. To do orientation for new members by showing a power presentation on Lion Orientation. This can be done at a club meeting as well as through email to new members who have the ability to show a power point presentation on their computer.

4. To make new members feel welcome and needed. Make a point to greet new members at each meeting. Also plug them into a responsibility that they would like to do on a club project.

5. To have two separate bank accounts: administrative and activities. This goal was approved by the board of directors. Board member Lion Dick Hale added that the board ought to review whether enough money was placed in the administrative account. The board agreed to put %20 of the comingled accouont into the administrative account. This amounted to $1,000, which should cover dues payments and expenses for this quarter.

6. To do flag presentations and flag etiquette days at local elementaries.

Lion Orman Hall reported on the golf scramble. It made slightly over $4,200.

Please Note!!!! Our next meeting on July 26 will be the official visit of our District Governor Darrell Jennings. Make a special effort to come and bring a possible new member with you. I am sure he would not mind inducting several new members.

June 28 Meeting:

PDG Lion Eddie Queen had his picture taken with outgoing president Lion Bernice Hesson prior to installing the new officers for 2011-2012.

Outgoing president Lion Bernice Hesson passes the gavel to incoming president Lion Charlie Buzzard.

Lion Janet Artrip, chairperson of the scholarship committee presented the John T. Fife scholarship check for $1,000 to Ms. Heather Dejarnett. Heather is the daughter of Eddie and Kimberly Dejarnett of Salt Rock. Her parents and brother accompanied her to the meeting.

Matthew "Scott" Wiseman is presented the Willis Hertig/Claude Thornburg scholarship check, also for $1,000. Scott attended the meeting with his mother, Vicki Wiseman

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