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Shelby Lions Club Announces $1,000 Senior Scholarship Program
The Shelby Lions Club is offering a one thousand dollar scholarship to a student at Shelby High School. They will select six "Lions of the Month" throughout the school year based on
community involvement, financial need, and academic achievement. Each Lion of the Month will be invited, along with his/her parents to a Shelby Lions Club dinner meeting the 4th Tuesday
at Deer Brook Golf Club as honorary guests.
Shelby Lions Club will select a scholarship winner from the six students based on personal interviews and an essay on "Why Community Service is Important."
The scholarship will be presented at the Shelby High School awards banquet.
Shelby Lions Club Honors Two Area High School Students
The Shelby Lions Club has honored two area high school students at their meeting Tuesday, October 25th. Taylor Sweat, a junior at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, is the winner of the North Carolina Celebrate Liberty Essay Contest, sponsored by the Lions. Eleventh grade students at the Academy were invited to write about a quote from Thomas Jefferson, "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those willing to work and give it to those who would not. It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes." Lion Gerald Weathers presented Taylor with a plaque and a check for fifty dollars. Her winning essay now advances to district competition. Taylor is the daughter of Holly and Dan Sweat of Boiling Springs. Also, the Lions recognized Ryan Janes as Shelby High School student of the month. Ryan, a senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jaynes and plans to attend college after graduation. He and other students-of-the-month are now in competition for a Lions Club Scholarship. Both students were accompanied by their parents at the meeting.
Winner of Shelby Lions Club N.C. Liberty Essay Contest Wins Lions District 31-A Competition
Taylor Sweat, winner of the Shelby Lions Club N.C. Liberty Essay
Contest, has now won the Lions District 31-A Competition. She
and her parents, Holly and Dan Sweat of Boiling Springs, will travel
to the district cabinet meeting in Asheville Saturday, November 19th,
where she will read her essay and receive a cash award. Taylor is
a Junior at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy in Henrietta.
Eleventh graders at that school were invited to write an essay about
a quote from Thomas Jefferson, "The democracy will cease to exist
when you take away from those willing to work and give it to those
who would not. It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own
debts as it goes." Taylor and her parents attended the October
25th meeting of the Shelby Club. Lion Gerald Weathers, who was
in charge of the contest, presented Taylor with a plaque and a
check for fifty dollars at that meeting
Shelby Lions Club recognizes 2011 Peace Poster Contest Winner
The Shelby Lions Club has recognized 13 year old Tori Owens as winner of its 2011 Peace Poster Contest, held in cooperation with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Shelby. There were nine entries with a theme of "Children Know Peace." At the Lions Club meeting Tuesday, November 8th, Lion Barbara Fitch presented Tori with a certificate and a check for fifty dollars. Her poster now goes to Lions Club International Competition for a chance to win five thousand dollars to be presented in a ceremony at Lions Day at the United Nations in March, 2012. Tori is an eighth grader at Shelby Middle School and the daughter of Michael and Cynthia Owens. Her family accompanied her to the Lions meeting. The program at the November 7th Lions meeting was presented by Brittney Hooker, the Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year. A senior and an honor student at Shelby High, Brittney served as Lady Lion Mascot for the Shelby Golden Lions; is a choir member at Shiloh Baptist Church; and is active in the Math Academy. She has recently begun her first job as an academic tutor at the Boys and Girls Club. She plans to attend Winston Salem State University
President of Shelby Lions Club Elected 2nd Vice District Governor for District 31-A
The President of the Shelby Lions Club, Dave Titus, has been elected 2nd Vice District Governor for Lions District 31-A. His election came during the Lions Cabinet Meeting during the District Fall Convention in Asheville, November 18th and 19th. On the current track, Lion Titus will be District Governor in 2014 - 2015. The last time a member of the Shelby Lions Club became a District Governor was 1982 - 1983 when Freddie Harris served in that position. District 31A covers Western North Carolina and represents Cleveland and Lincoln Counties and all points West including 54 Lions Clubs.
Shelby Lions Club Plants Trees
Shelby Lions Club and Shelby Community Lions Club members have planted 50 dogwood seedlings at Shelby Middle School and Shelby Intermediate School.
The plantings were part of a worldwide effort by Lions Clubs International to assist the environment. Lions across the globe had a goal of planting one million trees, but so far have planted six million.
Shelby Lions Club Perfect Attendance
Shelby Lions Club President David Titus congratulates Lion Yancey Ellis, one of several Lions to receive a perfect attendance pin for 2010-2011. Ellis has been a Lion for 58 years and has had perfect attendance for 38 of those years. The presentation was made at the Valentine's Banquet of the Shelby Lions Club.
Shelby Lions Club Honors Student of the month
The Shelby Lions Club has honored Jaron Webber as student-of-the-month. A senior at Shelby High, he plans to attend either East Carolina University; Winston Salem State University; or University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jaron is the son of Jimmy and Debbie Webber. His grandfather, Joe Webber, accompanied him for the February 28th Lions Club meeting. As a student-of-the-month, Jaron becomes a candidate for a scholarship to be awarded by the club at the end of the school year. The winner will be selected from the students-of-the-month.
