New Lions Member:  We’d like to welcome Carmen Merrell, Todd Metz, Rocky Mantik, and Corey Lingen to the Medford Lions Club.  Welcome to the Medford Lions!

2012 STATE LIONS BOWLING TOURNAMENT - AT Sports Page in Medford.       

Hosted by the Medford Lions, the Gilman Lions & Lioness 

The Medford and Gilman Lions and Lioness Clubs held the Grand Prize Raffle drawings today, May 6^th--2012, at the Sports Page Bowling Alley in Medford, Wisconsin. The winners are as follows:

1^st Prize -55 inch Flat Screen TV- Joan Weber -Mukwonago, WI

2^nd Prize- the Garmin GPS system- Jim Shefrel-Abbotsford, WI

3^rd Prize- a Bo Ryan autographed Basketball- Don Mclock-Cudahy, WI

4^th Prize- $200 - Bob Kantowski – South Milwaukee, WI

5^th Prize- $100 – Jim Metz – Medford, WI

CONCESSION STAND;   Spring is here and with it comes ball games! Softball leagues are starting on Wednesday, May 9^th; Tuesday league begins May 15^th, and the Thursday league begins on May 24^th. Lion Sue Giese has done a wonderful job in the past setting a schedule and recruiting Lions Members to work in the concession stand, and she’s working on it again. In addition, a Fast Pitch Tournament is scheduled for May 19 & 20. Workers are needed to fill these shifts. Please call Lion Sue at 715-748-6039, Lion John at

715-748-2959, or Lion Dennis at 715-748-4983. This a big fund raiser for our club, and we will need everyone to participate!

MEDFORD LIONS & THE NORTH CENTRAL RODEO @ THE BRECKE ARENA;            

Lions, mark your calendars for 6:00 AM on Saturday, June 9, Sunday, June 10 and Monday June 11.  All available hands report to the Brecke Arena for "Grounds Clean-up and a Scrumptious Breakfast" on the 3 days listed.  This is an opportunity to offer our help to promote the success of this event and also earn $$$$$ for our club.  Please sign-up for any of the days listed with Lion Shirley Lemke (Email:  dslemke@tds.net or Phone: 715-785-7573) or Lion Jim Sorge (Email: jksorge@tds.net or Phone: 715-748-5467)  

MEDFORD LIONS & SCOUTS – A PERFECT COMBO;    Last fall, Scout Leader Stacie Tanata, approached the Medford Lions with an offer to help with service projects which would benefit our local community and beyond.  The service project chosen was collecting used eyeglasses.  Eleven Scouts earned community service hours by Trick-or-Treating for Used Eyeglasses on October 30, 2011.  The used glasses were presented to Lion President Jim Sorge last fall.  This spring the Scouts again collected used glasses during their "Scouting for Food" project on April 14, 2012.  They dropped off a bag at residences in the city limits to pick up non-perishable items  to donate to Indianhead.  They added a note into each bag for another collection of used eyeglasses.  The used glasses will again be presented to the Medford Lions. The presentation will take place at a picnic on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at the City Park Shelter behind the City Pool.  At this time the Medford Lions will also present patches to the 11 participating Scouts for their help in collecting used glasses.  The patches come from Lions International and have both the Lions & Scouts Emblems on them.  The Medford Lions are honored to have the privilege of joining forces with the Medford Scouts in "Serving Communities Together". 

LIONS PRIDE: The 5^th Annual Pride Shoot Sporting Clays Fundraiser will be on Saturday, June 9^th at The Milford Hills Hunt Club in Johnson Creek. Attached is more information.

BIRCH-STURM MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING:  Attention all golfers!!! The 15^th annual Birch-Sturm Memorial Golf Outing is being held on Saturday,July 21 at the Glacier Wood Golf Club in Iola.  All proceeds will go to the Wisconsin Lions Foundation, Inc. and will be used to help fund its projects, including Lions Camp.                  More information can be found in the attachment.

Bridge across the black River; This is a project that will create a bridge from the Kewanis Park over the Black River to the Legion Park by the BP station.  The River Walk Bridge adds to the gifts the Medford Lions have given to the Medford City Park. This project, however, included several Service Clubs beside the Lions. Other clubs included the Kiwanis, Rotary, VFW and the American Legion, all contributing time and monetary gifts. Great Community Effort as represented by the monetary gifts given by Medford Area Residents & others.  Lion Dave Lemke has given me a Picture of what the Bridge is PROJECTED to look like. If you would like to make a CONTRIBUTION to the fund, please PRINT OFF ATTACHED FORM. 

Current status of Bridge project:     

(1)  The Bridge itself is completed!

(2)  Wiring for lights will be installed soon.

(3)  Landscaping will be done on April 27 & 28. 

(4)  Walking trails leading to the Bridge will be laid out and dug out on April 27 & 28. 

(5)  The City of Medford will help with base for trails and approaches.

(6)  Top layer of blacktop will be installed later in summer.

(7)  VFW & American Legion are installing the South Trail leading to HWY 64.  They are working on a special design for the trail.

(8)  The Dedication of the River Walk Bridge is tentatively scheduled for July 4th, 2012.

(9)  The Committee needs to raise approximately $20,000 to complete the $100,000 Project.

(10) The Medford Rotary is planning a Bridge Fund-Raising Event as are the Medford Kiwanis.

(11)  The Legion has completed their $5,000.00 Pledge! 

(12)  Mark your calendars for a Bridge Fund-Raising Event on Friday, May 18, on the west side of the Bridge --- Come and Enjoy some Delicious Brats!  Many thanks to the Lions that have contributed to this Community Project!         

NOTE;  BOARD MEETING WILL NOW BE AFTER SECOND WEDNESDAY REGULAR MEETING.

Did you know that you can get a WISCONSIN LIONS LICENSE PLATE????   You can order your plate online at (www.dot.wisconsin.gov), search on special license plates.

 The following is information and sites where you may learn more about Lions conventions.

State - http://wisconsinlions.org

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