May 2012 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
May 7th will be our first meeting of the month. Board meeting to follow.
This meeting will be a bit unusual as we will also be having our monthly presentation that night.
Lion Dean Haas will give his slide show from a recent trip to Russia.
May 21st is the date for our second meeting of the month.
June 4th is our annual officer installation dinner.
It will be at Simpson’s restaurant with social at 6:00ish and our dinner meeting starting at 6:30.
DGE Sande Guinther will be in attendance to install our newest slate of officer.
I will have a sign up sheet at the next two meetings.
If for some reason you cannot make either of these meetings, and wish to be at the installation, please call me. 258-7833.
Sunday June, 17th is Father’s Day and that means it’s fly-in breakfast time.
Everyone's help is needed.
Here Are the Work Assignments for Fly-Inn:
A few meetings ago, it was suggested some of you guys with old cars / hot rods bring yours to display. As of right now, we have about 4 cars scheduled to be there. The more the merrier. Our thoughts are to have them out front of the hanger.
Should we have someone designated to keep watch over the cars???
Thursday, April 26th we cooked a pancake supper for the Manawa Elementary School.
Approximately 150 people were served the pancakes, sausage, and egg meal.
On hand to help that Thursday were Lions Cas B., Lloyd Mathison, Bob Draeger, Ed Brolin, Mike Tenant, Dave Neelis, Polcat, Denny Daniels, Art O’Keefe, Todd Mallasch and myself.
The facilities were very good, we actually had a real kitchen to work out of. Thanks to all that helped make the day a success.
It looks like we will make about $450.00 for our efforts.
We had a few pancakes, a couple bags of eggs and plenty of sausages left over. All the leftovers were taken to King and given to the homeless vets. It was said by Denny that this donation was appreciated by the vets. The following morning I received an email from Jeni Mursau (the coordinator for the event).
The contents of it are below:
Dear Waupaca Lions,
We were VERY pleased with the pancake supper the the Waupaca Lions put on for us! I am continuing to hear this morning that the food was delicious! So kudos to your club! Clean up of the kitchen was superb! I enjoyed working with you, and we will contact you for future events that may happen here at Manawa Elementary School.
Jeni Merssau
Roses
Our rose sale is over and by all counts, this one was another success. We sold over 700 dozen roses.
Lions Brian and Dave will have final reports to present.
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Annual Election of Officers!
At our April 16th meeting our annual election of officers was held.
Next years slate of officers, unanimously elected, is:
President - Cas Borszowski
1st VP - Todd Mallasch
2nd VP - Ken Dugenske
3rd VP - Tom Olmsted
Lion Tamer - Lloyd Mathison
Tail Twister - Bob Penney
Secretary - Dennis Daniels
Treasurer - Brian Godfrey
Past President - Dale Matheson
Chaplain - Chuck Krueger
One year term directors - Don Andersen and Bill Dugenske
Two year term directors - Floyd Swan and Al Kraeger
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All golf shirts ordered with the Lions design will be able to be picked up at our next meeting (May 7th). Price, including tax, will be $15.00.
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Lion Floyd Swan is organizing our newest project, parking cars at the Iola Old Car Show. Floyd needs names and addresses for everyone that can help. (the addresses are needed so your credentials, meal tickets, etc. can be mailed directly to you.) Call Floyd at 258- 9193.
The Annual Senior Health Fair at the Hendrickson Center was held a about a week ago. Lions Denny Daniels and Chuck Krueger we there to man the Lions booth.
Thanks guys!
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Monday, April 30th was the annual officer training session in New London. This evening is for Presidents, V.P.’s, Secretaries, Treasurers, Tail Twisters, and Membership Chairs. Waupaca was well represented with close to 100% attendance of our officers.
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Remember, our web site is:
www.waupacalions.com
This is a good source for what’s going on in our club. All newsletters from the last 2 years are archived there. There are links there to get you
to LCI’s and other Lions web pages. You can also navigate to the facebook page Lion Todd has set up for us.
If you get to that page, make sure you click the “like” button to receive updates to the page.
Until next month
Lion Dale
April 2012 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
April 2nd will be our first meeting of the month. Board meeting to follow.
April 16th is the date for our second meeting of the month. This is an important meeting for everyone to attend.
Our annual election of officers and board of directors will be held that night.
Please make every effort to be present for for this meeting.
Thursday, April 26th is our evening to cook pancakes, sausages and eggs for the Manawa Elementary School. We will be serving approx. 150 students and parents. There will be a sign up sheet at our next meetings.
Monday, April 30th Region 5 will be holding their annual officer training program at Crystal Falls in New London. The evening program is for Presidents, VP’s, Secretaries, Treasurers, Tail Twisters, and Membership Chairs.
Dinner is provided and paid for by the district.
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Roses
By the time you receive this, the first phase of our annual rose sale will be over, all that’s left is the delivery phase. Friday April 13th and Saturday, April 14th are our delivery days. Our central location for picking up roses will be the Waupaca Truck Stop. Lion Steve has once again allowed us to use his facilities for coordinating the deliveries. Thanks Lion Steve.
Thanks are also due to Lions Cas and Dave for their efforts in coordinating this years rose sale. Also, Lion Todd has spent the time to get our rose sales up and running on the internet. This has given us another tool to sell roses. Thanks Todd.
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For the second month in a row, we have a new member in our ranks.
Lion Chris Johnson hasjoinedtheWaupacaLions. LionChriswassponsoredbyLionDonAndersen.
Welcomeaboard Lion Chris!
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Annual Election of Officers Notice!
We will be holding our annual elections at the second meeting in April.(the 16th) Our election committee has come up with the following slate of officers and Board of Directors. Nominations will also be taken from the floor the evening of our elections. Our slate for the Lionistic year of 2112-2013 is:
President - Cas Borszowski
1st VP - Todd Mallasch
2nd VP - Ken Dugenske
3rd VP - Tom Olmsted
Lion Tamer - Darrel Dunbar
Tail Twister - Bob Penney
Secretary - Dennis Daniels
Treasurer - Brian Godfrey
Past President - Dale Matheson
Chaplain - Chuck Krueger
One year term directors - Don Andersen and Bill Dugenske
(Lion Bill will take over the one year remaining on Lion Tom Olmsted’s Board of Director term)
Two year term directors ?????????????
At the time of this writing, we are in need of two nominee’s for these board of director positions. This is not a time consuming or hard position. Our board meetings are held the first meeting of the month. Your voice as a board member will help guide us in future decisions and activities.
If you would like to serve on our board of directors, please contact Lion Mike Tenant at 715- 513-0002 or myself at 715-258-7833 home or 715-258-3832 work.
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Lion Todd is our club CEP Representative. Last Saturday, March 24th, the second installment of this program was held. Lion Todd, Lion Denny and myself were in attendance. A few very good ideas came from this program. Todd will be giving an in-depth report on this at one of our April meetings (due to work, he may not be able to attend the April 2nd meeting.)
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I’m leaving this in our newsletter for another month. Let me know if this is something that’s feasible to do.
We have a fair amount of our Lions that collect, restore, and display really cool old cars, hot rods, etc. It was suggested that maybe some of you might be interested in running a few of your machines out to the fly in breakfast for the people to see. Whadayathink?
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If you did not hand in the surveys from last months newsletter, you still can, but they must be returned by our next meeting.
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At our last meeting the possibility of getting shirts with our Lions design printed on them was brought up. The thought was a golf shirt is much cooler at workdays and cleaning is easier. I will be bringing some samples for you to look at. Approx. cost for the golf shirt, with printing will be $14.00 to $16.00.
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Lion Denny handed me a flier from the Red Cross. On April 14th there is an Open House at the local office. At the open house there will information pertaining to the opportunities to become a disaster volunteer.
There is also a CPR course available. How many of you have been trained in CPR? If given the opportunity, would you take the CPR course? It would be nice to know about CPR in the event that someday you might need it. I’ll look into that and report back.
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19 Reasons to not have kids
1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2,000 sq. foot house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
3. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20X20 foot room.
4. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using the ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a “hit”. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
5. The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
6. When you hear the toilet flush and the words, "Uh-oh", it's already too late.
7. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
8. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a four-year-old.
9. Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.
10. Super glue is forever.
11. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool, you still can't walk on water.
12. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
13 . VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
14. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
15. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
16. You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
17. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens.
18. The fire department in Waupaca has a 5 minute response time.
19. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy. It will, however, make cats dizzy, and cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
Till Next Month
Lion Dale
March 2012 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
March 5th will be our first meeting of the month. Board meeting to follow.
March 19th is the date for our second meeting of the month. This will be a joint meeting our Lioness club. Our guest speaker will be Lion Dean Haas. Dean will be sharing his experience from his recent trip to Russia with a slide show.
March 24th is the second CEP gathering at Cedar Springs in Manawa. At the initial meeting we had 3 Lions from Waupaca there. We will now need 5-7 Waupaca Lions attending this meeting. If you have the desire to help out on this program and would like to attend, please contact Lion Todd Mallasch or myself. This is opportunity is open to anyone with the interest to improve the level of service we provide to our community.
Along with the CEP program, the next District Cabinet Meeting will be held on March 24th as well. It is to be held at Cedar Springs immediately following the CEP. If you wish to attend both, you may. If you wish to attend the CEP and not stay for the cabinet meeting you will be able to leave prior to the start of the cabinet meeting.
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Roses
Our rose sale is in full swing now. This is our major fundraiser. Get out there and sell.
Remember, our last day we can sell roses is March 22nd.
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We have a new member in our ranks. Lion Ed Brolin has joined the Waupaca Lions. Ed had been a member of the Lions when he was living in Illinois.
Welcome aboard Lion Ed!
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At our last meeting, Lion George Sherb mentioned the very real shortage of volunteers to deliver meals on wheels. If you could possibly spare a little time and help out in the worthwhile
cause, or if you would like more information about this please contact Lion George.
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Due to a conflict, our pancake supper we are cooking at the Manawa School has been pushed back a week from Thursday, April 19th to Thursday, April 26th. More information on that as
the date nears.
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Are you saving your Piggly Wiggly receipts? Please do so and turn them in at our meetings (there is a jar to deposit them in at the head table). We receive 1% of the gross receipts from the
Piggy Bank program.
Election Committee Notice!
We will be holding our annual elections the night of our second meeting in April. (the16th) Could the 3 of you have the slate of officers and board of directors ready by around the 24th of
March? This will give me time to publish them in the April newsletter. Thanks!
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Speaking of elections, have you ever considered becoming a leader in the Lions Club? There will be openings for two Board of Directors and a 3rd Vice President. From my perspective,
being in an officer position has been a positive, fulfilling, gratifying experience. I have had the chance to meet a lot of wonderful people that I would not have met otherwise.
If you think you would like to become a leader of our Lions Club, please let us know. You will not regret the decision.
While we are on the subject of Lions Officers, on Monday, April 30th, region 5 will be holding their annual Lions Club Officer Training. It will be held at 6:30, Crystal Falls, New London.
Dinner will be on the district. This training session is for Presidents, VP’s, Secretaries, Treasurers, Tail Twisters, and Membership Chairs. Please make an effort to keep this date
open.
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At our last meeting Lion Todd handed out a survey from the Club Excellence Program. Those of you who took them home to fill out must have them completed to hand in the night of March 5th. Those of you who were not at the last meeting and would like to participate in the survey can do so that night. You have to fill out the forms that night so we can get them sent in.
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We have a fair amount of our Lions that collect, restore, and display really cool old cars, hot rods, etc. I was suggested that maybe some of you guys might be interested in running a few of
your machines out to the fly in breakfast for the people to see. Whadayathink?
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Lion Todd has been busy with our web site. You can now purchase roses from the Waupaca Lions online. This cannot replace our person to person selling of roses, but is another tool to use to increase our sales. Let people know this is another way to buy roses. You can direct people to www.waupacalions.org to order online. Thanks Todd! We have also been in contact with WDUX and there will be about 20 public service announcements about our rose sale.
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Last Friday Lion Floyd Swan had surgery to repair vertebrate in his neck. As of Sunday all is well and Floyd is home resting. Good news indeed. His pain in the neck should be all better.
What a sec...... Floyd Swan.......pain in the neck........there’s a joke in there somewhere........must resist!!!...walk away from the keyboard!..... leave it alone!....Oh hell, I can’t....
You know, maybe instead of surgery on his neck, maybe they should have performed surgery a little further south on his anatomy!!!
Floyd, you know we love ya, get well soon!
Lion Dale
February 2012 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
February 6th will be our first meeting of the month. Board meeting to follow.
Saturday, February 11th, is the first session of the CEP program.
It is being hosted in Manawa at Cedar Springs. Things get going at 9:00 AM and will go until around lunch time. Lunch will be served.
As of right now we have 3 Lions attending. Lions Todd, Don, and Denny will be representing the Waupaca Lions.
The Manawa and Clintonville Lions will be there too.
This is a great opportunity to learn how to improve our club and ability to serve our community. If you wish to attend please let me know ASAP so you can be included, or if you have any questions about the CEP, give me a call.
February 20th is the date for our second meeting of the month.
Our guest speaker will be Arden Adamson. Arden is involved with the EAA and the Young Eagle program which will be held in conjunction with our Fathers Day fly in. The Young Eagles is an EAA sponsored program to promote an interest in aviation in our youth. They will draw people to the airport, as will we with our breakfast. Holding both events the same day should benefit the Young Eagles and our Lions club.
March 5th and 19th will be our meeting dates in March.
More on that in the next newsletter.
Roses-Roses-Roses
It’s that time of the year again. Everyone should have gotten their order forms so you can go out and sell roses.
If you did not get yours yet, please contact Lions Cas or Dave
(I have heard Lion Chuck has already used up his first book of order blanks and has had to resupply)
Remember, this rose sale is our biggest fund raiser.
Without the money from this sale, our ability to serve our community and the various
Lion projects is severely hampered.
GET OUT THERE AND SELL!
Please.
We have a new member in our ranks.
Lion Keith Murie has transferred from the Iola Lions to grace our roster.
Welcome aboard Lion Keith, we look forward to the contributions you will make.
Stuff We Do
Once again I am going to forgo our “Stuff We Do” article and instead I want to share a letter I received from DG Lion Sue.
This is a must read for every Lion and every Lion must be part of the solution to this problem.
Greetings Lion leaders
Tonight I was working on gathering some information for officer training, playing around on the LCI website. Any given day, I can go on the LCI (LionsClubs.org) website and get a running total of membership in our district. Today, year-to-date (7/1/11 to 1/27/12) we have dropped 131 members (including deceased members) and added 90 new members, for a net of -41. Campers - we have a problem! We have 46 clubs that have submitted reports for drops, there have been 112 drops - 63 of them were "Resigned in Good Standing". WHY? Why are so many members resigning? How many would we have if every club reported? We have 5 clubs that have not reported any membership yet this Lions year - another 4 that haven't reported since November. So again, how many drops / adds would we have if every club reported?
This a huge concern for me as your District Governor. It must be a concern for others. We all work so hard at getting people to join our wonderful association; what can we do to keep our members? When we have a new member induction ceremony, we pledge to give our members a proper orientation session - but do we? Do we explain the ins and outs of our clubs? Do we sit with them? Do we include them in conversation? Do we share with our new members our goals? Do we share our passion about Lions? Do we involve them in committees? Do we respect their ideas? Do we encourage them to get involved? Do we snuff out their enthusiasm by saying "we tried that and it didn't work (how many years ago)? We don't have a choice about the death of our members. We have far too many that drop because of non-payment of dues - why are they
not paying their dues? How are we failing the members that drop in good standing?
LCI has created a wonderful program called CEP - Club Excellence Program. I have attached a description. We are going to start CEP with Manawa, Clintonville and Waupaca on February 11th. I am of the opinion that every club in this district that has lost a member because of nonpayment
of dues or resigned in good standing needs to participate in this program! We need to better understand who we are as Lions, how we can better serve our community and our fellow members, in order to stop this dramatic decrease in membership. We can do CEP on a club-byclub basis or with two or three clubs working together. It is a couple of hours that will make a difference in the life of your club! PCC Lion Dean Haas, DGE Sande Guinther, VDG Peter Andre and I are all trained CEP facilitators. We can get the ball rolling to turn this around. I however can't want it for you or your club - I can only make the four of us available to help you!
Don't wait any longer - call me, email me, send me a post card!
When is the last time your club has visited Lions Camp in Rosholt? I absolutely believe, if you bring your members to camp - see the kids' lives we are impacting, it will make a difference in your membership. You need to schedule a visit for this summer - do it now!!
When is the last time you did a hands-on service project - collected eye glasses, donated blood,
donated dictionaries, served food at a homeless shelter - those service projects keep a club connected!
It is far too easy to just write a check. When you go visit camp, bring your check! As a club, collect the eye glasses and hearing aids, and bring them to camp! Collected canned goods and bring them to the food shelter!! Have a soup supper - invite the community to join you at no charge!!
One of my goals this year was to add one new member per club, above any losses. That means, in the next five months, we have to add a minimum of 113 members to reach my goal (72 clubs at +1, plus an additional 41 to make up for the losses so far this year).
What can the leadership in this district do to help you and your club? Too many people out there are counting on the Lions of 27-B2 for us to not respond to their needs? Please let me know how I / we can help!!
Lion Sue Doell
27-B2 District Governor
H - 920-734-9662
C - 920-716-2302
January 2012 Newsletter:
Here’s hoping everyone had a very Merry Christmas and the New Year brings prosperity and good health to you and yours.
Lion Dates to remember:
January 2nd will be our first meeting of the new year. Board meeting to follow.
January 13th, 14th, and 15th is the annual Lions Bonspiel in Madison. We again have 3 teams competing this year.
January 14th is the next District Council meeting. It will be held in Cecil.
January 16th is the date for our second meeting of the month. There is a guest speaker scheduled for the evening.
February 6th and 20th will be our meeting dates in February. More on that in the next newsletter.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
Saturday January 14th Dave Neelis and Paul Hagen
If you have any questions or need a substitute, contact Lion Cas.
Our Annual Christmas party was finally held after rescheduling a couple of times. The wait was worth it though. The meal was great and being together with each other is always enjoyable. However our entertainment we had scheduled for the 12th could not make it on 19th. Thanks to Lion John Edlebeck, we became our own entertainment with John leading us in song. If memory serves, we sang 5-6 Christmas Carols. Judging from the volume of our voices I would guess allapproved. Heck, even Lion Cas joined in the fun.
Our winner of the 2nd annual “Big Buck Contest” was crowned. Lion Dave Pogrant led the field of ALL the deer entered in the contest. Lion Bill Dugenske came in a close second. I believe the bucks entered in this years contest was double of last year. Way to go Dave!
If you were not able to attend this years party you missed our awards presentation. We had the great fortune to able to award 2 of our Lions with the Birch Sturm Fellowship. Lions Rex Evchuck and Wayne Much have been inducted as a Birch Sturm Fellow. Congratulations Lions, it is well deserved!!
Lion Mike Tenant was scheduled to receive this fellowship too, but was unable to attend our Christmas Party due to the Larry McCarren Locker Room show. ($1.00 fine?) Mike has said he will be at next Mondays meeting and we will present it to him then. *********************
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
Mike has no idea he is getting this. Please keep it quiet. I will be editing out the award stuff in his copy of our newsletter.
(Below is from our last newsletter. I’m leaving it in this months edition as a reminder. Please read and bring an opinion or questions to our next meeting)
The Club Excellence Process (CEP)
There is a new program to help local clubs become better clubs. It is called The Club Excellence Process (CEP). The CEP is a 4 step workshop process dedicated to club improvement. Participating clubs will 1) examine their community’s needs, 2) Analyze their membership experience, 3) Locate resources, 4) Develop an action plan to implement
After completion of CEP each participating club should have ideas on how they can better serve their community and improve their club.
Manawa has decided to do this and the first session is scheduled to be held in Manawa on Saturday February 11. Other clubs from our zone are invited to participate too. The first session is expected to last the morning (about 4 hrs). The second session will be scheduled at a later date (sometime in spring).
What say you Waupaca Lions? Is there enough interest to get involved in this? Are there other ways to better serve our community? Would we like to find out? At our January meeting we will discuss this and see if there’s enough interest to get involved with this.
About a month ago in the first installment of “Things We Do” I reported that we, The Waupaca Lions, purchase glasses for students who cannot get them as most children do. At the request of the school nurse we have recently assisted two local students (families) with the purchase of glasses.
In the December issue of The Wisconsin Lion newsletter, Waupaca was one of the featured clubs on the B-2 page. There were photos from the morning we served breakfast at the vets home in King.
The January issue has a photo of us from last June when we were installing the wheelchair ramp.
As per usual our trusted bean counter, Lion Treas. Brian has given me your annual dues notice to insert in this months newsletter. You know what to do with it! No, don’t throw it in your “ignore-these-bills-until-I-get-Christmas-paid-for” drawer.
Stuff We Do
Sorry, running out of time this month for “stuff we do”. It’s been a hectic December for me at work and Linda and I are still trying to catch up.
Do you know of someone who would be interested in becoming a Lion?? We (Lions in general) are losing members at a faster rate than we are replacing them. In your everyday travels, you certainly must meet up with friends or acquaintances that might become a Lion. Tell them about what we do, invite them to one of our meetings. Please!
Till next newsletter
Lion Dale
December 2011 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
Christmas Party Information
Due to a scheduling problem at Simpson’s we had to move our annual Christmas Party from the 12th to the 19th. Our meal will be at 6:30, social starts whenever you get there.
There are 3 Lions that had signed up for the party and have not gotten back to me to let me know if they can attend on our new date. Lions Stu Duchow, Ken Dugenske, and Mike Waldschmidt, you need to contact me if you are, or are not planning on attending the party on this new date.
Also, anyone who has not signed up for the party and wishes to attend, please let me know by December 11th.
You can call me at work (258-3832) or at home (258-7833).
Remember, in December we will meet only one evening and that is our X-mas party on the 19th. Do not show up for a meeting on the 5th as there is none scheduled.
January 2nd will be our first meeting of the new year. Board meeting to follow.
January 16th is the date for our second meeting of the month. There is a guest speaker
scheduled for the evening.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
Saturday December 10th Deb and Arnie Abel
Saturday January 14th Dave Neelis and Paul Hagen
If you have any questions or need a substitute, contact Lion Cas
November means deer hunting and donating your deer hides to the Lions Camp. Since this project started 1991 the Wisconsin Lions Clubs have raised over $300,000+ for the camp. Lion Dick Helbach is the contact for donating hides in the Waupaca area. You can drop your hides off at his house or contact him at 258-3366.
Also, Lions Poehlcat and Steve Klismet have been soliciting deer hides at the Waupaca Mobil Truck Stop. According to Lion Steve the truck stop will register up to 2000 deer the week of hunting. With luck maybe we can pick up a bunch of hides for camp. Thanks Steve and Poehlcat for your effort!
And speaking of deer hunting. our second annual “Big Buck Contest” is underway. We have at least one successful hunter with a qualifying deer. (no, once again not me). The winner will be determined at the Christmas Party.
If you have a deer to enter, please be sure to measure the widest point of the antlers (outside dimensions) in case there are multiple deer entered.
It’s with great sadness to report to you the passing of Lion Dr. Robert “Knobby” Nelson. He unexpectedly passed away in late October. Knobby had been a Lion the last 42 years. His contributions to Lionism and ever present smile will be greatly missed.
November 7th was the latest roadside cleanup effort. Todd Mallasch, Robert Draeger, Don Westley, Don Andersen, Judge Phil Kirk, Sandy DeBeers and Stu Duchow were the seven Lions that helped keep our section of Hwy. 49 free from garbage.
The Club Excellence Process (CEP)
There is a new program to help local clubs become better clubs. It is called The Club Excellence Process (CEP). The CEP is a 4 step workshop process dedicated to club improvement. Participating clubs will 1) examine their community’s needs, 2) Analyze their membership experience, 3) Locate resources, 4) Develop an action plan to implement
After completion of CEP each participating club should have ideas on how they can better serve their community and improve their club.
Manawa has decided to do this and the first session is scheduled to be held in Manawa on Saturday February 11. Other clubs from our zone are invited to participate too. The first session is expected to last the morning (about 4 hrs). The second session will be scheduled at a later date (sometime in spring).
What say you Waupaca Lions? Is there enough interest to get involved in this? Are there other ways to better serve our community? Would we like to find out? At our January meeting we will discuss this and see if there’s enough interest to get involved with this.
Stuff We Do
The second installment of “Stuff We Do”.
For years longer than I have been a member of the Lions, we have donated money to the Waupaca Public Library. The library uses this money to purchase large print books for the elderly and others who have trouble reading the smaller print typically found in books.
Recently I found out the library will take a large selection of these large print, along with normal size print books, and take them to local nursing homes and assisted living centers. These books are rotated between the library and the nursing homes / assisted living centers giving the residents a constant fresh supply of reading material.
Other ways we have supported our local library is through the purchase of walkers and wheel chairs to aid in mobility at the library.
Till next newsletter
Lion Dale
November 2011 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
November 7th. Regular meeting at Simpson’s.Board meeting to follow.
November 21st. Our second meeting of the month with a guest speaker.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
November 12th - Jerry Lyons and Dave Neelis
Call or contact Lion Cas if a substitute is needed.
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Membership in Lions Clubs is on the decline. In our zone (which includes 6 Lions clubs) membership is down 4 members due to resignation or death. This is not a new trend as overall membership has been going down for some time now. Obviously, Lions Clubs cannot survive if membership is constantly declining. I urge all of you to keep this in mind when out and about and invite a prospective new member to one of our meetings. These new members are the future of the Lions.
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It’s District Convention time once again. This years district convention will be November 4th and 5th in Green Bay. If you wish to attend this year, and have not registered it is probably best to register at the convention. You will be on your own for meals though, the deadline for purchasing meals at the convention has passed.
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Last month I reported that Piggly Wiggly was sending out their piggy bank checks. The Waupaca Lions received a little over $100.00 for the receipts we turned in. This got me to thinking, there was only about 4 of us saving “Pig” receipts. There HAS to be more of us shopping at Piggly Wiggly. Please save your receipts. If everyone of you would participate in this I would bet we (Waupaca Lions) could receive $500.00 annually just by turning in our Piggly Wiggly receipts. This is free money! We have a jar at our meetings you can deposit your receipts in.
It doesn’t get any easier than that.
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Fall 2011 Highway Cleanup
Monday November 7th at 4:00 PM
(meet at Westley Heating Parking lot on Hwy 49) Two more volunteers are needed to give us the perfect number of helpers. If you can help that afternoon please call Lion Todd. 715-281- 9330 (remember that there are refreshments served afterwards)
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Our annual Christmas Party is Monday, December 12th, at Simpson’s. Cocktails 5:30 - 6:30, meal to be served at 6:30. I have a signup sheet that will be passed at the next 2 meetings. If you cannot attend either of these meetings but wish to attend the Christmas Party, give me a call at 258-7833. Leave a message if I’m not there.
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November means deer hunting and donating your deer hides to the Lions Camp. Since this project started 1991 the Wisconsin Lions Clubs have raised over $300,000+ for the camp. Lion Dick Helbach is the contact for donating hides in the Waupaca area. You can drop your hides off at his house or contact him at 258-3366.
And speaking of deer hunting. Last year we had an intraclub “big buck contest”. Is there any interest for a 2nd Annual? Five dollar entry fee, largest rack wins (as measured at widest point of rack, outside dimensions) Deer must be harvested during the 9 day gun hunt. Winner splits pot with the Waupaca Lions Club. Our next meeting will be the only opportunity to sign up. All entries submitted would be on “your honor” system.
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A few weeks ago Lion Mike Tenant suggested I publish an article about the Waupaca Lions and our involvement with eye glasses. This was to be done to benefit the newest members of our ranks and help them understand some of what we do. After thinking about this a bit, such an article
is also a good review / reminder for ALL of our members. To take this idea one step further, if time and space allows, I am going to try to do a small bit on some of our smaller projects we are involved with. Sooooooo......here is the first monthly installment of the new article called. “Stuff We Do”. (I know, I know, you’re wondering how I came up with such a clever name, aren't’ you? It’s just another example of my pure genius!) Stuff We Do
In our annual budget, the Waupaca Lions designate money to purchase corrective eye glasses for students of the Waupaca School system. These students are discretely recommended to us by the school nurse. The criteria for students to qualify for these glassesis, when it appears the parents, for whatever reason cannot (or will not) get their child glasses; we see to it the child receives the needed glasses with no questions asked.
Also, you may have noticed collection pails for used eye glasses at various local business’s. Almost all Lions clubs in Wisconsin collect used glasses. These glasses are sent to a Wisconsin correctional facility where the prisoners sort and package the glasses by prescription. These glasses are then sent to missions worldwide where they are distributed to the needy. Glasses that cannot be recycled and reused have the frames melted down and the precious metals are harvested from them. The Wis. Lions recently sold a bunch of gold from these frames. I do not remember the value of this gold, but it was a lot of money.
Till next newsletter
Lion Dale
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The Irish Funeral
A man was leaving a convenience store with his
morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual
funeral procession approaching the nearby
cemetery. A black hearse was followed by a
second black hearse about 50 feet behind the first
one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary
man walking a dog on a leash. Behind him, a
short distance back, were about 200 men walking
single file.
The man couldn't stand the curiosity. He
respectfully approached the man walking the dog
and said: "I am so sorry for your loss, and this
may be a bad time to disturb you, but I've never
seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?"
"My wife's."
What happened to her?"
"She yelled at me and my dog attacked and killed
her."
He inquired further, "But who is in the second
hearse?"
The man answered, "My mother-in-law. She was
trying to help my wife when the dog turned on
her."
A very poignant and touching moment of
brotherhood and silence passed between the two
men.
"Can I borrow the dog?"
The man replied, "Get in line."
October 2011 Newsletter:
Lion Dates to remember:
October 3rd. Regular meeting at Simpson’s. Board meeting to follow.
October 17th will be a special meeting for us. District Governor Lion Sue Doell will be our guest for the evening.
I urge all of you to make plans to attend this meeting so everyone will benefit from our District Governors message.
This will also be a joint meeting with the Weyauwega / Fremont Lions
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
October 8th - Vern Hanke and Art O’Keefe
November 12th - Jerry Lyons and Dave Neelis
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At our last meeting, Lion Wayne Visentin informed me he will be moving to Port St. Lucie, Florida from Oct - June and returning to our northern climate for the summer months. But not to fear, Lion Wayne will remain a Waupaca Lion.
Good luck on your move and we wish you all the best on your relocation. Um.....Errr.....next winter when our temps dip below 0, do you have room for guests???
How about holding a meeting at your place?
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It’s convention time once again. This years district convention will be in Green Bay. If you wish to attend this year, and have not registered, you still have time to do so.
Your last two Wis. Lion newsletters had the registration form in it, or Lion Denny or I have copies you can have.
You may register for the convention anytime (even at the door the weekend of the convention) however no meals can be purchased after October 15th.
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The Waupaca Lioness club is using our mini storage unit to keep their nesco’s, etc. in.
Anything on our Lions float is theirs. Please keep this in mind if you are borrowing our chairs, tables, nesco’s etc.
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Piggly Wiggly is in the midst of sending out their piggy bank checks. Our receipts totaled a little over $10,800.00 thus earning us a check for $108.00 For those who saved their receipts over the past year, thanks. This is an efforless way to earn a few dollars for our projects. Anyone wishing to start saving theirs, keep them in an envelope and when you get a bunch of them you can turn them into me and I’ll get them to the “Pig”.
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The annual fall workday at the camp in Rosholt is scheduled for October 22nd. If you can spare a Saturday to help out with the dock removal, raking, and generally putting the camp to bed for the winter, call Dale Schroeder at 877-463-6953 or e-mail him at dschroeder@wlf.info for more information. You must register for this workday before October 14th.
Lion Dale
September 2011 Newsletter:
August and the summer is almost over. Time to get back to our regular meeting schedule.
Lion Dates to remember:
Wednesday, Sept. 7th is the first Zone meeting of the year. It will be held at Cedar Springs golf course in Manawa. This meeting is not just for club officers, all Lions are welcome. If you wish to attend, please contact me before September 1st. Cost for the meal is 10.00. I will be RSVPing our attendees on Friday the 2nd.
Our regular monthly meetings will be held on the 2nd and 3rd Mondays of the month.
Monday, Sept. 12th Meeting at Simpson’s (Board Meeting to follow)
Monday, Sept. 19th. Meeting at Simpson’s Our guest speaker will be a representative from the Vets Home in King. Lion Cas, remember I will be gone that evening.
October 3rd. Regular meeting at Simpson’s. Board meeting to follow.
October 17th will be a special meeting for us. District Governor Lion Sue Doell will be our guest for the evening. I urge all of you to make plans to attend this meeting so everyone will benefit from our District Governors message. This will also be a joint meeting with the Weyauwega / Fremont Lions
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August 5th and 6th was our Candy for Camp days. Once again Lion John has organized this fundraiser for us, thanks for all you do! Taking shifts at our local business’s were: Mike and Marv Waldschmidt, Vern Hanke, John Edlebeck, Nobby Nelson, Chuck Krueger, Dale Matheson, Dan Losby, Sandy DeBeers, Dave Johnson, Todd Malasch and John Snider. This years candy donors were Brian Godfrey and Dave and Joan Pogrant. Our donations received totaled $631.00. A special thanks to Walgreens, The City of Waupaca, Piggly Wiggly, Waupaca Post Office, Chase Bank, and K Mart for allowing us to conduct our fundraiser at their locations.
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August 6th was the annual foundry picnic. Once again the picnic was held at Swan Park. We were responsible for many chores, some of which were: Driving attendees in golf carts to and from the parking lot, running the bingo game, keeping the beverages flowing, dunk tank, refereeing one of the kickball fields, running the scoreboards for the tourney, helping with the Sport Challenge game adapted for this years picnic, etc.
In all, we had over 20 Lions (and a few grandchildren) helping out. These Lions were Lions Lee Solberg, Floyd Swan, Bob Draeger, Mike Tenant, Stu Duchow, Darrel and Ruby Dunbar, Don Andersen, Pat and Denny Daniels, Dave and Joan Pogrant (along with two of their grandchildren and Dave’s brother and sister-in-law), Andy Wendt, Marv Waldschmidt, Poehlcat, Phil Kirk, Dale Matheson, Arnie Abel, Larry Gordon, Dick Helbach, Tom Olmsted, and Cas. (I have tried to list everyone, if I missed someone, it was truly unintentional).
When it was all said and done, we made 1200.00 for the day.
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Monday, August 8th was the steak fry in Rosholt. The Manawa and Weyauwega clubs were there too. Many thanks go to Dave Johnson for coordinating this evening. There was close to 80 people from all three clubs attending. The steaks were great and it was a good chance to meet fellow Lions from the other clubs.
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Monday August 15th was one of our roadside cleanups. Lions Todd, Bob, Stu, and Don were
the crew for the day.
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Tuesday, August 16th was our first annual Wisconsin Veterans Home breakfast. Looks like we have a new service project on our hands. Below is the report from Lion Denny:
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Great weather, great food and the Veterans really enjoyed themselves at this breakfast served at the Vets Home Park.
According to some of the Vets, this was “The best breakfast they had ever had at the home.” Around 80 vets were able to attend the breakfast and the leftover food was delivered to the Displaced American Veterans that live in one of the buildings at the home. A follow up call from the activity director stated we are “The talk of the town” in King and the most asked question was “When will they (Waupaca Lions) be back??
Our cost for the day was about 100.00 and the benefits were immeasurable. A great thanks to all that volunteered for this great service project. There was a compliment of Lions and Lioness’s helping this day. They were: Dave and Joan Pogrant, Vern and Jan Hanke, Pat and Dennie Daniels, Darrel Dunbar, Don Andersen, Bob Draeger, Stu Duchow, Todd Mallasch, Don Westley, and Lee Poehlman. Lion Denny
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August 20th. Waupaca Triathlon. According to Lion Dave Pogrant, everything went as it should for the day. Nobody can park cars like the Waupaca Lions Club. It will take some time before we will know what our take will be for the day.
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August 28th was the Waupaca Rod and Custom show. This year we did breakfast along with the regular noontime meal. Breakfast went over well enough to make it a part of next years menu. I believe the final count for breakfasts served was 103. Now that the attendees know breakfast will be available next year should be even better. Our share of the profits were right around $1000.00.
We had a good sized crew this year and everyone was needed. Thanks to Lions Cas, Denny, Ken, Brian, Larry, Todd, Dale, Wayne, and Don. Along with helping out cooking, Lions Rex, Poehlcat, and Jim used their trucks to haul all the equipment to and from the park. Thanks everyone.
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Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
September 10th- Dave and Joan Pogrant
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See you September 12th.
Lion Dale
August 2011 Newsletter:
It’s August, our busiest month of the year. We have things going on almost every weekend.
On to our hectic schedule.
Dates to remember:
August 5th and 6th will be our Candy for Camp days. Lion John Edlebeck has informed me
about 1/2 of the shifts have not been filled. Please, if you can spare a couple of hours on Friday
or Saturday, contact Lion John. If we cannot fill the schedule, we cannot raise the funds to help
support the camp. To schedule a shift for Candy for Camp, give John a call at 256-3785.
August 6th is the foundry picnic. At the South Park steak fry I had passed a sign-up sheet for
the picnic. We did quite well getting people assigned to the many jobs we have to do. However,
we are in desperate need of about 5 more people to help.
This year the foundry has added a third field, (as apposed to two like last year) to the Kickball
tournament in order to speed the tournament up. There is a need for one more Lion to sit in a
scoring tower and run one of the scoreboards for the kickball tournament. This is an easy job.
You will sit in the scoring tower and watch a kickball game and keep track of runs, outs, and
innings. In between games there is plenty of time to refill the cold beverage you are enjoying.
The foundry has brought a new game to the picnic. It’s called the “Sport Challenge”. We are in
need of 2 Lions to help with this. I do not know a lot of the details of this new game, but Gordy
Barth assured me that all we have to do is run a stop watch and record the participants times for
this game.
Also, it would be great if we could have a couple of extras. There is always something to be
done. Occasionally, someone has to leave early and an extra could fill in. If nothing else, these
extras can give someone a break from their job.
Please give me a call if you can help out. My home number is 258-7833, Leave a message if no
one is home.
Monday, August 8th is the steak fry at the Rosholt camp. I forgot to get this announcement in
the July newsletter. (My apologies, and I should be fired for this omission). If you did not get a
chance to sign up for this, don’t fret, there is still time. Please give me a call (258-7833) to
reserve a steak for you and your spouse, girlfriend, etc. by Thursday, August 4th. This is a
multi club event. Manawa and Weyauwega/Fremont Lions will be there with us.
It’s a great chance to meet Lions from other clubs.
For our new (and old) members: There are tours of the camp available this evening. If you have
never been to this 400+ acre camp, it’s well worth the trip. Tours start around 4:00 - 4:30 and
we will start cooking our steaks somewhere around 5:30. Remember to bring your own plates,
silverware, utensils, etc.
To get to the camp, go to the intersection of Hwy. 66 and County Rd. “A”, approx. one mile
east of Rosholt. Take County Rd. “A” north. The camp is located about 1 miles north of Hwy.
66. You cannot miss it.
Monday August 15th is scheduled for the highway cleanup. Meet at Westley’s Heating
parking lot at 4:00. Questions? Call Lion Todd at 715-281-9330
Tuesday, August 16th, we are serving breakfast for the vets in King. Set up starts at 6:00. We
start serving at 7:00 and finish around 10:00. There is a need for about 10 people to make
pancakes, cook sausage on the “super weenie machine” and serve breakfast to the remarkable
people that served our country. Call Lion Denny (258-8732) to volunteer to help in any way
you can.
Equipment needed for this day will be one pancake machine, and the “super weenie machine”,
along with all the utensils, mixer, etc.
August 20th. Waupaca Triathlon. Our duties are parking cars Saturday morning. Lions Dave
Pogrant is coordinating this project. If you have any questions about your assignment or wish to
help, give Lion Dave a call at 256-4096,
August 28th is the Waupaca Rod and Custom show. We will need about 8 guys again. This
year we will be doing a breakfast meal as well as the burger, brat, hot dog lunch thing we have
done in the past.
Breakfast will be served at 7:00 and running until it’s gone, or around 9:30. Immediately after
breakfast we will start cooking lunch.
Equipment needed for this day will be one pancake machine, the egg cooker, Lion Jim DaWalts (I
hope) gas grill, and the “super
weenie machine”, along with all the utensils, mixer, etc.
September meeting dates!
Due to the Labor Day holiday our regular meetings will be held on the 2nd and 3rd Mondays of
the month.
Monday, Sept. 12th (Board Meeting to follow)
Monday, Sept. 19th. Lion Cas, remember I will be gone that evening. Idaho streams and trout
are beckoning.
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Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
August 13th - Paul Hagen and Larry Gordon.
September 10th- Dave and Joan Pogrant
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For all of you that have embraced the internet and the latest technology, remember you can save
our club money (and save me a lot of time) by getting this newsletter electronically through your
e-mail account, AND you can always get information about our club by going to our website at:
www.waupacalions.com.
And now....We can be found on facebook too!
"Like" our facebook page & you will automatically get the latest pictures and club updates sent
right to your facebook account.
If you have any questions of how to do any of this, please contact Lion Todd at 715-281-9330.
To receive our newsletters electronically, please drop me an email at;
teamoutfitters@waupacaonline.net
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Last Saturday, the 23rd was the Birch/Sturm golf outing held at Glacier Woods in Iola. There
was 40 foursomes from around the state. Waupaca was well represented with 3 groups
participating.
The Lioness Club had a team there with Linda Kassera, Marge Nelson, Miralee Much and one
other in their group.
The Waupaca Lions had 2 foursomes in attendance. One group consisted of Lions Dave and
Joan Pogrant, and Joan’s sister and her significant other. They shot a score of 10 under par.
Good enough for around 12th place. If memory serves, I think the winning foursome was -17.
Our second groups golfers were Lions Don Anderson, Floyd Swan, Vern Hanke, and yours truly.
Lion Floyd spent a great deal of the day searching for his golf balls in the woods left of the
fairways, while I spent most of the day perfecting my slice which put me in the woods on the
right side of the fairways. I think I found more golf balls than I lost. A victory, for me, of sorts.
Unlike myself and Floyd, Lion Vern was no stranger to the fairways and spent most of the day
there, waiting. I remember on about our 12th hole peering through the branches and underbrush
seeing Vern standing in the fareway. A 150 yards distant, on the other side of Vern was Floyd
thrashing about, breaking branches and causing quite a ruckus. Vern’s arms were crossed and he
had a look of minor irritation about him. My assumption was Floyd had said something
unsavory to him. But Vern kept his composure throughout the day and golfed well. Vern also
sank a couple of really long putts, both for birdies I believe.
Lion Don’s golf game is boring. Not once did we scour the woods for an errant shot of his. He
was able to hit long, straight drives from the tee box. His irons were consistently able to find the
greens. His chipping game usually ended with the ball a close putt for birdie. I guess you could
say Don contributed too. Not quite perfect, but pretty darn close! My guess is, he has played
this game before.
We also finished our round with a score of 10 under, but more importantly, it was a great day for
a round of golf with a great group of guys and a lot of money was raised for Lions Camp,
Hearing, Diabetes Awareness, Children's Vision Screening, and Youth Projects.
Until September.
Lion Dale
July 2011 Newsletter:
The big news is we have another fly-in / drivein breakfast under our belts
and this year the weather was not on our side. The rain seemed to have kept
people away as our attendance numbers were down a bit. We served approx.
550 people. Considering the weather, I thought it was a pretty good turnout,
as did everyone I talked to.
Right after the first gully washer hit, I ventured beyond the comfort, safety,
and dryness of the hanger to see how the eggs and sausage crews were faring.
The first thing I see is a new class 2 white water stream raging past the large door
of the hanger. Lion Bill’s pants were wet half way to his knee.
Lion Cas is cowering under an umbrella held by a very wet looking Lion Phil.
It was then I realized the cooking crews had set up their equipment in the absolute
lowest part of the tarmac. EVERYTHING (possibly from the entire airport)
drained right where they were trying to cook. A glance towards Lion Mike
and the egg cookers revealed Mike trying to stay as dry as possible by standing
on a wooden pallet while the angry waters raged below.
Not remembering seeing any pallets in the area earlier that day,
one was left to assume the pallet was caught up in the flash flood
and deposited at the base of the egg cookers. (Cas was jealous of Mike’s pallet.)
After a few inches of rain fell, Lion Steve contacted his wife Carol.
She delivered a pop up shelter to put around the super weenie machine.
Due to Lion Steve’s quick thinking and resourcefulness we will not have to test
the Lions Clubs International life insurance policy.
Thanks Steve and Carol.
It might be prudent that we put 4 personal floatation devices on the shopping list
for next year, Coast Guard approved of course.
Would you guys like the old type PFD
or a new style type that auto-inflates when you fall in?
The good news is it appears we will do all right in the profit and loss department,
although all the numbers are not in as of this writing.
Many thanks are due:
First to the Waupaca Community for showing up on a cold rainy Sunday.
Without their support not only at our fly-in, but at all of our activities,
the Waupaca Lions Club would not be the club it is today.
Secondly, a huge thanks to all of you.
I cannot believe this breakfast goes off as smoothly as it does.
Any issues of last Sunday were relatively minor and fixed quickly.
Thank you to all the people that hauled stuff, set up stuff,
sold stuff, cooked stuff, served stuff and at the end of the day, cleaned stuff.
We did a lot of stuff!
This could not happen without all of your teamwork and cooperation.
A special Thank You goes out to our Lions that were parking cars.
Lions Dick, Sandy, Lloyd and Bob are owed a HUGE thanks
(and some dry clothes) for standing out in that weather.
Thanks guys!!!
Dates to remember:
Monday, July 11th - Our annual steak fry at South Park.
For our new members who have never been to our steak fry,
here is a little more information about the evening:
No need to wear your vests.
Spouses/ significant others are invited.
The meal, catered by Niemuth’s, includes steaks (you will cook your own),
baked taters, slaw, etc.
Beverages (almost anything you could want) are provided, too.
Festivities start around 5:30,
we will start cooking somewhere near 6:00 - 6:30,
or whenever the fire is ready.
You will need to bring:
plates, silverware, napkins, placemat or tablecloth,
spatula or fork for turning your steak and any seasoning you wish for your steak.
This is a social evening, be prepared to enjoy yourselves!
If you have not had a chance to sign up for the steak fry,
please contact Deb or Arnie Abel at 715-258-2232.
It is imperitive you call and let the Abel’s know you plan on attending.
Last year we had ordered 10 extra steaks.
We ran out of steaks and some people that had signed up did not get to eat.
Please call them before July 7th.
August 5th and 6th will be our candy for camp days.
Lion John Edlebeck will be in contact to set up your two hour shift,
or if you have a shift and location you desire,
give John a call to reserve it.
Info for Candy for Camp will be in the last page of this newsletter,
and here on the website.
August 6th is the foundry picnic.
We will need at least 20 people to help out with bingo,
driving golf carts, scorekeeping for kickball tourney, keeping the beer taps going,
dunk tank, etc.
As of this time I have not had a chance to contact the foundry to get specific
info from regarding the picnic.
Please keep this date open if you can.
I will have a sign up sheet at the steak fry.
Tuesday, August 16th we will be making breakfast for the vets in King.
More info later.
August 20th. Waupaca Triathlon.
Our duties are parking cars Saturday morning.
Lions Dave or Joan Pogrant will be in touch to schedule your help.
August 28th is the Waupaca Rod and Custom show.
We will need about 8 guys again.
This year we will be doing a breakfast meal as well as the burger,
brat, hot dog lunch thing we have done in the past.
Last Wednesday, I attended a meeting with the County Line Trailblazers
(we work with them at the Rod and Custom show, they serve the food and we cook it).
Our breakfast will be a duplication of the fly in breakfast.
Pancakes, sausage, and scrambled eggs.
We will need one pancake cooker and one egg cooker in addition to our usual kitchen set-up.
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Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
July 9th Phil Kirk and John Edlebeck
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The 4th of July is almost upon us, and with it is the parade in downtown Waupaca.
We have a Lions float for such a holiday.
Would anyone care to volunteer to ride on the float?
You could be a hero to your kids or grandkids and invite them to ride along.
Let me know if you are interested.
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Our brat stand project has hit a snag.
We need someone to head the project.
This is not going to be a labor intensive ordeal.
All you will need to do is set a date, order food
and get help from the 15 people that signed up
to work the brat stand. There are plenty of us
with trucks to haul equipment to the site.
If you are interested in heading this committee,
please contact me.
Otherwise, it will be scrapped.
Linda Radtke, from the “Make a Wish” foundation has been in contact with me
about helping to grant a wish for Jessica Reickhoss.
Jessica is a 6 year old from Waupaca with a brain tumor, epilepsy,
and other major health concerns.
Her wish is two fold;
One part her wish is a trip Disney,
and that is being taken care of by the “Make a Wish” people.
The second part of Jessica’s wish is to have a wheelchair ramp
so her parents can get her in and out of their house easily.
That’s where we come in.
Last Monday night we got together at Lion Rex’s shop.
Construction of Jessica’s ramp began with the crew of Lions Wayne Much,
Rex Evchuck, Ken and Bill Dugenske, Tom Olmsted, Poehlcat, Floyd Swan
and John Edlebeck.
The 3 sections needed for her ramp were completed
and Monday, June 27th plans are to install the ramp at her house.
As expected, young Jessica is very excited about getting her new ramp.
But in this excitement she is also worried about making sure the people
that are going to bring her the new ramp are properly fed.
Being that Jessica’s favorite establishment of fine dining is McDonalds,
at her insistance we will be served a Happy Meal,
possibly delivered by non other than Ronald McDonald himself.
Our efforts will be making a little girl very happy.
See you at the steak fry
Lion Dale
June 2011 Newsletter:
Dates to remember:
Monday, June 6th is our annual officer installation dinner.
District Governor Elect Lion Sue Doell will install our slate of officers
and board members for the 2011-2012 year.
We will also have three new members to install.
If you did not get to sign up for the installation dinner and wish to attend,
you must call me by June 2nd. My home phone number is 715-258-7833.
If there is nobody there, please leave a message.
Sunday, June 19th is the date of the Fly-in Breakfast at the Waupaca Municipal Airport.
Please keep this date open, we need all the help we can get for this event.
Monday, July 11th - Our annual steak fry at South Park.
For our new members who have never been to our steak fry,
here is a little more information about the evening: Spouses / significant others are invited.
The meal is catered by Niemuth’s includes steaks (you cook your own), baked
taters, slaw, etc. Beverages (almost anything you could want) are provided, too.
Festivities start around 5:30, we will start cooking somewhere near 6:00 - 6:30,
or whenever the fire is ready.
You will need to bring: plates, silverware, napkins, spatula or fork for turning your steak and any
seasoning you wish for your steak.
This is a social evening, be prepared to enjoy yourselves!
August 5th and 6th will be our candy for camp days.
Lion John Edlebeck will be in contact to set up your 2 hour shift.
August 6th is the foundry picnic.
I have been contacted by the foundry and our services are requested again.
We will need at least 20 people to help out with bingo, driving golf carts,
scorekeeping for kickball tourny, keeping the beer taps going, dunk tank, etc.
More info will be available next newsletter.
Tuesday, August 16th we will be making breakfast for the vets out in King.
More info later.
August 20th. Waupaca Triathlon.
Lions Dave or Joan Pogrant will be in touch to solicit your help.
August 28th is the Waupaca Rod and Custom show.
More info to follow.
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Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
June 11th Larry Gordon and Chuck Posnanski
July 9th Phil Kirk and John Edlebeck
Thanks go out to Lions Cas and Todd.
Todd will take over scheduling the roadside pickup and
Lion Cas will handle the scheduling for the recycling center.
Thanks guys!
Please remember that we still are participating in the Piggly Wiggly Piggy Bank program.
The piggy banks that were in the entrance of “The Pig” have been taken down.
We now have to save our receipts and hand them in to the service counter.
Our annual scholarship program was changed a bit this year.
We normally give $2000.00 to up to 4 students.
This year we had 5 qualified students, to not omit anyone, the board approved
$2500.00 to be divided equally between the 5 students.
See you June 6th.
Lion Dale
May 2011 Newsletter:
Dates to remember:
Monday, May 2nd is our first meeting of the month. We will have a board meeting immediately
following our regular meeting. There will be quite a bit to get through during the board meeting.
Lots of fly-in things to hash over. Please make an effort to be there as your imput is important.
Monday, May 16th will be the second meeting of the month. Our speaker this night will be one
of our own, Lion John Edlebeck.
May 19th - 21st is the Lions State Convention held at the Paper Valley in Appleton. If you
wish to go and have not yet registered, you may do so by sending in your reservation. There was
a registration form in one of the latest issues of Wisconsin Lion, or you can download one from
the internet. I believe that Lion Denny may have one also.
Monday, June 6th is our annual officer installation dinner. District Governor Elect Lion Sue
Doell will install our next years slate of officers and board members. I will have a sign up sheet
for this evening starting on Monday, May 2nd.
Sunday, June 19th is the date for the Fly-in Breakfast at the Waupaca Municipal Airport.
Please keep this date open, we need all the help we can get for this event.
Other dates to be covered in future issues of our newsletter;
Monday, July 11th - Our annual steak fry at South Park
August 5th and 6th will be our candy for camp days. This might conflict with the foundry
picnic, assuming we are asked to work there again. I’m sure we can get enough of us to fill the
work schedules for both of these functions.
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Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
May 14th - Dave Rollins and John Snider
June ?????
Adopt a Highway. Our first scheduled pick-up will be held on May 2nd at 4:00 PM. We will
meet at Westley’s Heating, located on Hwy 49 north of Waupaca.
And speaking of the recycling center and adopt-a-highway schedule. Lion Vern Hanke has
decided to step down as the chair of both of those committees. I am not sure how long Vern has
scheduled our recycling and highway clean up, but it has been quite a while. Thank you Vern,
your efforts are greatly appreciated. We now need a replacement for him on both committees. I will
be looking for volunteers on Monday.
Please remember that we still are participating in the Piggly Wiggly Piggy Bank program. The
piggy banks that were in the entrance of “The Pig” have been taken down. We now have to save
our receipts and hand them in to the service counter.
If you missed our last meeting, we have a new Lion. He is Brent Parker. If you have not had the
chance, make sure you introduce yourself and welcome him to the Lions. I believe this makes 5
new Lions for this year. Good news indeed.
Roses, Roses, Roses; another year is in the books. We sold a little over 700 dozen and made
about $5000.00 for our efforts. To everyone that sold roses, you did good. You may give yourself
a pat on the back, but do not wrench your shoulder doing so.
We had 22 Lions help out with delivery on April 8th and 9th. Lions Cas, Daniels, Draeger,
Duchow, Dunbar, Evchuck, Gilles, Godfrey, Gordon, Hanke, Heier, Kirk, Krueger, Mallasch,
Matheson, Much, Nelson, Penny, Poehlman, Scherb, Wendt, and Scherb were there to deliver. If
anyone was missed, I apologize.
Once again Lion Dave Johnson (with the help of Cas) did an outstanding job of organizing this
event. Dave has been doing this for some time and his attention to detail is second to none. The
Waupaca Lions salute you, Dave. Thanks for all you do!
Wisconsin Lions Foundation car and truck plates are now available. To learn more please go to
http://www.wisconsinlions.org/license-plates.html
The work assignments for the fly-in breakfast will go out with the June newsletter (it’s getting
late and my typing is getting worse every second). Basically, whatever you were assigned to last
year will be what you are assigned to this year. I will have to get our new members plugged into
wherever they are needed.
And speaking of the fly-in breakfast.....how are raffle ticket sales going. If you are running low,
Lion Mike says we can always print more.
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Navaho Wisdom
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in northern Arizona when she saw an elderly
Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped
the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the
woman got into the car.
Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The
old Woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until
she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally 'What in bag?' asked the old woman.
Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.'
The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of
an elder, she said: 'Good trade.'
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Lion Dale
April 2011 Newsletter:
It’s springtime. There’s no other place on earth I would rather be than central Wisconsin during
this time of the year. I love waking up to temps in the single digits. Our lovely white snow piles
seem to be getting bigger (‘cause they are). The sleet, rain, snow and other indescribable
precipitation freezes into a solid blob on the sidewalks and driveways. Time to invest in a salt mine.
BAH HUMBUG, bring on June!
Dates to remember:
Monday, April 4th will be our next regular meeting.
There will be a board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
I will not be able to be at the next meeting
and will leave the evenings agenda in the capable hands of VP Cas.
(There are a couple of fish along Florida’s gulf shore that I have not yet caught
and I plan on remedying this situation)
Friday & Saturday, April 8th & 9th are the delivery dates for our annual rose sale.
Help will be needed to deliver roses throughout the area.
Please make plans to help out on either of these 2 days.
Headquarters for the rose delivery is at East Side Mobil,
across from the Ford Garage.
Contact Lions Cas or Dave for more information.
Monday, April 18th is the date for our second meeting of the month.
This meeting will be held as a joint meeting with the Lioness Club.
The Lioness Club will give a report on what they have been doing in the past and
what is scheduled for them in the future.
Lion Denny will be doing the same from the Lions perspective.
After these reports, Lion Dick Helbach will give a presentation on what’s new at the Lions Eye Bank.
We will then break into separate meetings with the Lioness Club moving to the other side of the room partition.
The Lioness Club will be holding a food drive that evening.
All items will be donated to one of the local food banks.
It seems appropriate for us to do the same.
Please bring nonperishable food items to contribute.
Lion Jim Noll was scheduled to be our speaker for this evening.
Jim will be rescheduled for sometime next fall.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
April 9th - Don Andersen and Vern Hanke
May 14th - Dave Rollins and John Snider
Call Lion Vern Hanke (715-258-7180) if a substitute is needed.
A reminder:
Monthly newsletters are available via e-mail to anyone who would prefer receiving
it that way. Sending newsletters via e-mail saves time, paper, envelopes, and postage. If you
wish to get your newsletters via e-mail please send me an e-mail and let me know.
My address is: teamoutfitters@waupacaonline.net.
Elections were held last meeting.
Many thanks to Lions Mike Tenant, Rex Evchuck, and Wayne Much, our nomination committee.
The slate of officers and directors for next year are:
President - Dale Matheson
1st VP - Cas Borszowski
2nd VP - Todd Mallasch
3rd VP - Ken Dugenske
Lion Tamer - Darrel Dunbar
Tail Twister - Bob Penney
Secretary - Dennis Daniels
Treasurer - Brian Godfrey
Past President - Wayne Much
Chaplain - Chuck Krueger
One year directors - Arnie Abel and Debra Abel
Two year directors - Don Anderson and Tom Olmsted
Please remember to bring nonperishable food items to the April 18th meeting.
Do you remember this from the August newsletter?:
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Since I have a little room left on this page, here’s a partial news story. Today, 7/20/10 I received
a phone call from Pam Mohr at Lions International. Seems we are going to have a national,
(opps, correction) a world wide celebrity on our hands This Lion will be having his/her picture
published the Lion magazine. Some questions come to mind with this news. Will this Lion let
stardom go to his/her head? Is it proper and appropriate to levy a quarter fine because of their
newly found fame ??? A dollar??? In honor of having his/her picture published in the Lion
Magazine, I would like to take this opportunity to be the first to congratulate Lion ..........
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This article was to be published in one of this winters editions of the Lion Magazine. I contacted
Pam not too long ago and the publishing date has been pushed back to sometime this summer.
Stay tuned.
Lion Dale
March 2011 Newsletter:
Dates to remember:
Monday, March 7th will be our next regular meeting.
There will be a board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
Monday, March 21st is the date for our second meeting of the month.
We have Peter Gephart from the Lions Camp scheduled as our guest speaker.
Monday, April 4th is our regular business meeting with a board meeting to follow.
Friday & Saturday, April 8th & 9th are our delivery dates for the annual rose sale. Help
will be needed to deliver roses throughout the area.
Monday, April 18th, is our second meeting of the month.
Lion Jim Noll will be our guest speaker.
Jim is from Brussels and is the 27B2 district Orientation/Retention chairman.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
March 12th-Robert Nelson and Wayne Visetin
April 9th - Don Andersen and Vern Hanke
Call Lion Vern Hanke (715-258-7180)
if a substitute is needed.
How are your rose sales going?
We only have a few shorts weeks to go before the last day of
sale (March 17th) is upon us.
Go out there and sell, sell, sell.
Lions Denny has suggested we look into a new fundraising activity for the summer.
Running a brat / hot dog stand for a few hours either on Friday or Saturday.
We might be welcome to do this at Gary’s Piggly Wiggly.
There could also be the possibility of setting
up for some of the festivities held downtown.
(Friday night concerts for example)
Some things that need to be discussed are:
1). What would our approximate start up costs be?
2). Do we have enough Lions willing to cook and sell the brats?
3). Could we make any money at it?
4). Will we have to be licensed and inspected by the local health dept?
5). Storage and transportation of the stand?
Please mull this around and help figure out if this is a feasible project.
I would like to discuss this at our next meeting.
Maybe appointing a committee to look into this is the way to go.
Lion Dale
February 2011 Newsletter:
It’s February and we are in the stuck middle of another long winter. Seems as though it will be
eternity before springtime and warmer temps arrive. I’m sick of snow, cold, wind and dressing like
an eskimo. I long to be able to look through my car windows for more than 3 minutes before some
inconsiderate driver purposely splatters it with slush and salt again. (Could I be suffering from
Cabin Fever?) Could some of you snowbirds send us some warm weather??? Please!?!?
One thing to help alleviate the winter doldrums is: Our Green Bay Packers are on their way to the
Superbowl. My condolences to any Bears fans we may have. NOT!
Dates to remember:
Monday, February 7th will be our next regular meeting. There will be a board meeting
immediately after the regular meeting.
Monday, February 21st is the date for our second meeting of the month.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
February 12th - Marv Waldschmidt and Bob Draeger
March 12th - Robert Nelson and Wayne Visetin
Call Lion Vern Hanke (715-258-7180) if a substitute is needed.
The Waupaca Lions have two new members;
Tom Olmsted and Larry Gordon. Lion Tom was installed at our last meeting.
Due to confusion in scheduling, Lion Larry did not make it to our last meeting for installation,
but will be at our February 7th meeting.
If you have not yet had the chance to introduce yourself to our new Lions,
be sure to do so and welcome them to the Lions.
It’s that time of year again. Roses, roses, roses. Time to get out and sell again. If you did not
get your order forms, please contact Lion Cas. I’m sure he will have more at the Feb. 7th meeting
too.
Our membership is on the rise. Excellent news! If you have someone you think would make a
good Lion, please invite them to one of our meetings or functions. We also have a letter of
invitation ( skillfully crafted by Lion George) we could send out to them.
Lions Darrel Dunbar and Dave Johnson have both been absent for a while due to health
issues. Guys, take care of yourselves and get back on your feet. You are needed here.
Lion Dale
Below is a letter written by Governor elect Sue Doell to the Lions in 27-B2 District
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To: Lions in 27-B2
In July, I will be inducted as your 2011-12 District Governor. I want to kick my year of
service in high gear, in advance of the International Convention I will attend in Seattle. In order
to do that, I must begin building my cabinet. Most Cabinet members are asked to serve by the
District Governor. I expect there are people both willing and able to serve on the Cabinet, who
would liked to be asked, but I don’t know who they are. I am looking to you to help me identify
these people!
The Cabinet meets five times a year - generally in August, in conjunction with the District
Convention in November, most likely again in January, March and at the State Convention.
Attendance is not mandatory, but strongly encouraged.
Cabinet positions that may be available (I’m still confirming some at this writing) include:
Chaplain - Children’s Vision Screening Coordinator - Curling - District Diabetes Chair - District
Elections - District Eye Bank Director - District Hearing Conservation - District Song Leader -
District & State Bowling - Leo Chair - Lion Tamer - Peace Poster Contest - Mission to Mexico
Chair - Youth Exchange. If you have any interest in learning about any of these opportunities,
please contact me!
We have a huge need for Zone and Region Chairs. A Zone Chair is the point-person
between the District Governor and the local clubs in a specific area. There are generally four to
eight clubs in a zone. The club leadership in the zone should meet three times a year - those
meeting set up by the Zone Chair. Zone Chairs are also asked to visit each club in their zone
once a year. The Region Chair provides leadership to the Zones and generally sets up the officer
training for that region. These are great “get your feet wet” opportunities for Lions wanting to
serve beyond the club level. To serve as a Zone Chair you must have served as a Club President.
To serve as a Region Chair, you must have served as a Zone Chair. We are seriously looking for
volunteers!!
Besides the Cabinet, we still have a need to fill the 1st Vice District Governor (the
Governor to follow me) and the 2nd Vice District Governor (next Governor in line). You might
be tempted to step up knowing that the International Conventions for the next two Governors
are Korea and Germany, respectively. In order to serve as a District Governor, you must have
served as a Club President and Zone Chair.
If you might be interested in getting more information about any of the positions
mentioned, please give me a call or send me an email. My goal is to grow our district, having
greater leadership “to serve” at every level!
Thanks for considering another level of Lions service!!
Sue Doell
27-B2 District Governor Elect
January 2011 Newsletter:
The start of a new year!
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and the new year brings us
good fortune.
As a holiday present from Lion Treasurer Brian to all of us,
you will find your yearly statement enclosed.
Dates to remember:
Monday, January 3rd will be our next regular meeting.
There will be a board meeting immediately after the regular meeting.
January 7th - 9th is the state bonspiel held in Centerville. Good luck to our curlers!
Monday, January 17th is the date for our second meeting of the month.
Our First Annual Lions Blood Drive has been cancelled.
Nobody signed up for an appointment time.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
January 8th - Dave Nellis and Paul Hagen
February 12th - Mike Waldschmidt and Wayne Visentin Lions Bowling Tournament
Contact Lion Denny for more information.
Our Stuff....
has been moved from the Legacy Seed warehouse to Triple Q mini storage in King.
Thanks to Lions Denny Daniels, Andy Wendt, Brian Godfrey, and Don Anderson
for their labor and use of their trucks.
Lion Dale
December 2010 Newsletter:
Dates to remember:
Monday, December 6th is our annual Christmas Party at Simpson’s.
Cocktails 5:30 - 6:30 and our meal will be served at 6:30.
If you have not had an opportunity to sign up for the X-mas party and wish to attend,
call me before December 2nd to be included.
Work phone is 258-3832 or evenings call 258-7833.
If you have something you can donate for the silent auction,
please bring it along.
Monday, January 3rd will be out next regular meeting.
We will be having a board meeting immediately after the regular meeting.
Tuesday, January 4th is the first Waupaca Lions blood drive held in cooperation with the Community Blood Center.
Hours of the drive are from 3:00 - 6:00 PM.
The bloodmobile will be parked in Team Outfitters parking lot.
We had about 14 Lions express interest in donating blood
when the Community Blood Center was at our meeting last spring.
I will have a sign up sheet at the X-mas party so anyone interested can make an appointment.
This is not limited to just Lions. Family, friends, etc. are all welcome.
Please invite anyone you think interested.
January 7th - 9th is the state bonspiel held in Centerville.
Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule:
December 11th - Arnie and Deb Abel
January 8th - Dave Nellis and Paul Hagen
Lions Bowling Tournament
It’s time to think about getting our bowling team together for the state tourney which will be held
in Shawano this year. Lion Denny has the sign up sheet.
Reminder
Our monthly newsletters can be sent via e-mail to anyone who would prefer receiving it that
way. Sending newsletters via e-mail saves time, paper, envelopes, and postage. Also, if you do
not archive your newsletters it is less paper for you to have to recycle. This is 100% voluntary.
If you wish to get your newsletters via e-mail please send me an e-mail and let me know. My
email address is; teamoutfitters@waupacaonline.net.
Adopt a Highway Pick-up
In 2011 our Waupaca Lions Club will again provide volunteers for the Wisconsin Adopt-a-
Highway program. This will be the tenth year in which we have provided this community
service. The program requires three pick-up dates between April and October per year. Trash
bags and green safety vests are provided by the state. The Club is also recognized on the state
provided signs at the beginning and end of the 2 miles of Highway 49 North of Ware Road.
Lions who volunteered to do this Highway Pick-up in 2010 are:
Arnie and Deb Abel, Don Andersen, Cas Borszowski, Bob Draeger, Stu Duchow, Darrel Dunbar,
Vern Hanke, Phil Kirk, Todd Mallasch, Art O’Keefe, Bob Penny, Charles Posnanski, Dave and
Joan Pogrant, and Don Westley.
Our Stuff....
has been moved from the Legacy Seed warehouse to Triple Q mini storage in King. Lion Bruce
Ceranski was more than generous in allowing us to keep our tables, chairs, float, etc. in his
building the past couple of year. Thanks Bruce! His warehouse is now in the process of being
sold which is why we had to find a new home for “our stuff”.
1st Annual Big Buck Contest.......
is over and those who entered need to get their antler measurements to me before the start of our
Christmas Party. We will pay the winner that night. (And I suppose we will have to listen to
your account of just how big this deer was, how the ground trembled with each step the behemoth
took, and I imagine the rack on this Boone and Crocket record buster blotted out the sun too.
<grin> Me???? Only deer I saw was on Thursday when I walked out my back door. Had a
deer about 40 yds broadside and stupid. All it did was stand there and look at me and the only
weapon at my disposal was a dead turkey carcass I was putting in the garbage)
Please remember to save your deer hides for the Lions Camp.
Lion Dale
November 2010 Newsletter:
Dates to remember:
November 1st - Meeting at Simpson’s. There will be a board meeting following the regular
meeting.
November 15th - Meeting at Simpson’s
November 5th and 6th are the dates for the 27-B2 district convention. As of Oct. 15th,
preregistration has ended, however you can register on site the day(s) of the convention. The
convention is being held at The Meadows Convention & Conference Center in Green Bay.
December 6th, Monday is our annual Christmas Party at Simpson’s. Cocktails 5:30 - 6:30 and
our meal will be served at 6:30. I have a sign-up sheet that will be passed at the next 2 meetings.
If you cannot attend either of these meeting and wish to go to the Christmas Party, give me a call
at 258-7833. Leave a message if I’m not there.
January 4th, Tuesday will be our first blood drive for The Community Blood Center. The blood
drive will be held at The Village Plaza Mall (Team Outfitters parking lot) hours will be from 3:00
- 6:00 PM. We had 13 Lions show interest on a sign up sheet a few months ago. If everyone
that signed up, along with their spouse, and maybe a few more of us donated we could reach 30
units of blood.
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November means deer hunting and donating your deer hides to the Lions Camp. Since this
project started 1991 the Wisconsin Lions Clubs have raised over $275,000 for the camp. Lion
Dick Helbach is the contact for donating hides in the Waupaca area. You can drop your hides off
at his house or contact him at 258-3366.
And speaking of deer hunting. Is there any interest in a 1st Annual Waupaca Lions Club big buck
contest? Five dollar (???) entry fee, largest rack wins (as measured at widest point of rack,
outside dimensions) Deer must be harvested during the 9 day gun hunt. Winner splits pot with
the Waupaca Lions Club. Our Nov. 15th meeting would be the last opportunity to sign up. All
entries submitted would be on “your honor” system. Think about it and we will discuss at the
next meeting.
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Lions Club Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
November 13 Jerry Lyons & Dave Nellis
December 1 Deb & Arnie Abel
January 8 TBA
Call Lion Vern Hanke (715-258-7180) if a substitute is needed.
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The confusion over our Piggly Wiggly Piggy Bank is over. We now have our own box to deposit
our receipts in. The box is located (as you are walking out of the store) on the left bank of boxes,
3 rows up, and 2 rows from the left. If you see the County Line Trailblazers sticker, our box is
just to the left of theirs. Piggly Wiggly will donate 1% of the receipt totals to our Lions Club.
Thanks to Lion Don Anderson getting this going for us.
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While digging around in the bottom of the “Official Lions Club Presidential Attache Case”, I saw
an oversize manella envelope postmarked from 4 decades ago. It was sent by the County Post
and postage was a dime. The address was written as “Roy Wendt Waupaca, Wis” No zip, no
street address. Apparently he got it! (Try that now!) One of the items in the envelope was the
picture below. It is a photo taken of the members of the 1937-38 Waupaca Lions Club. The
backdrop is the Delevan Hotel which was on the corner of Main and Union.
Is this the last time a membership picture has been taken??? Next June at the fly in breakfast,
when we have most everyone together we should do this. Lion Todd, will you remember to bring
your camera?
Whew, this was going to be a short newsletter. Got it wrong again.
Lion Dale
October 2010 Newsletter:
Dates to remember for the month:
October 4th meeting at Simpsons. Our guest speaker for the evening will be John Mastalir. Lion John will give us a presentation on what’s new with the Wisconsin Lions Foundation. He will also give us the latest information on the 27 B2 convention scheduled next month.
There will be a board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
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October 18th will be a special meeting for us.
District Governor Dave Polashek will be our guest for the evening. I urge all of you to make plans to attend this meeting so everyone will benefit from our District Governors message.
To save DG Dave another trip to our area the Weyauwega / Fremont Lions will also be with us for joint meeting that night.
In order to show proper courtesy and respect for our governor.
Here is an excerpt from the Lions protocol manual;
All members should rise when the Governor is introduced to speak. This shows proper honor to the office and proper recognition for his efforts in your behalf. At the conclusion of the talk, all members should applaud the Governor with a standing ovation.
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For many year Lions Club Member have faithfully served as volunteers helping the Waupaca Recycling Center city workers. Every second Saturday of the month two Lions are scheduled for duty for which our club receives $25.00. This is a community service and adds $300.00 per year to our Lions Club treasury
and lets the community see the Waupaca Lions “at work” in Waupaca.
Lions Club Recycling Center Volunteer Schedule
October 9
Art O’Keefe & Mike Waldschmidt
November 13
Jerry Lyons & Dave Nellis
December 11
Deb & Arnie Abel
Call Lion Vern Hanke (715-258-7180) if a substitute is needed.
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The annual fall workday at the camp in Rosholt is scheduled for October 23 rd. If you can spare a Saturday to help out with the dock removal, raking, and generally putting the camp to bed for the winter,
call Dale Schroeder at 877-463-6953 or e-mail him at dschroeder@wlf.info for more information.
You must register for this workday before October 14th.
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Adopt-A-Highway Pick Up
The third and final pickup for 2010 will be at 4:00 P.M. on Monday October 18th prior to our club meeting. For more info contact Lion Vern Hanke at 715-258-7180.
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We have a new Lion in our midst.
Steve Klismet was installed as our latest Lion during the September 27th meeting.
Lion Steve has been the manager of the Waupaca Mobil Travel Center for many years.
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And speaking of membership:
Last May at the Lions State Convention it was mentioned that in the previous year, the Lions membership in 27 B2 had decreased by 116 members. This was considered good news when compared to previous years.
In order to boost membership, I would like to challenge everyone to bring at least one prospective member to a meeting this year.
A positive gain of 2-4 members this year is a realistic goal for our club.
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Sometime in the month of November we will be scheduling a blood drive.
This will be in cooperation with the Community Blood Center.
More info will be available by our next newsletter.
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The 27 B2 District Convention is scheduled for November 5th and 6th
at The Meadows Convention & Conference Center in Green Bay.
There is a registration form in the latest Wisconsin Lion.
Lion Dale
September 2010 Newsletter:
September dates to remember:
Due to the Labor Day holiday our regular monthly meetings will be held on Monday Sept. 13th
and Monday Sept. 27.
There will be a board meeting on the 13th.
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Sometimes the news in our small publication is not news we wish to hear. It is with great sadness
that we have lost one of our own. In case you had not heard, Lion Bob Niemuth passed late
last July. According to our membership directory, Bob had been a Lion since 1977 and was a
Melvin Jones fellow. He and his contributions to Lionism will be greatly missed.
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August has been a busy month for us with multiple community service projects and the steak fry
at the Lions Camp in Rosholt.
August 7th was the Foundry Picnic. For the first time in years the foundry had a change of
venue, the picnic was moved to Swan Park. With this move the foundry expanded their activities
(kickball tournament, dunk tank, etc.) which increased our responsibilities, resulting in our being
spread quite thin. In order to meet these expanded chores next year, we will be needing participation
from more of our members. Also, be prepared to be asked to take on the cooking responsibilities
(as of now, just a possibility) at next years picnic.
Lions working at the picnic were: Pohlcat and his friend Mr. Smith, Tom Schneekloth, Mike
Tenant, Cas Borszowski, Andy Wendt, Dave and Joan Pogrant plus their Grandson, Denny Daniels,
Stu Duchow, Todd Mallasch, Mike Waldtschmidt, and Chuck Krueger. The Lioness’s were
there also. Thanks to all that helped. My apologies to anyone I may have missed, I was in a scoring
tower all afternoon for the kickball tourney and may have omitted someone.
Waupaca Lions Club
P.O. Box 171 - Waupaca, WI 54981
September 2010 Newsletter
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Monday,August 9th was the annual steak fry at the Lions Camp. There was a very good turnout
from the Waupaca Club. I believe we had approximately 60 (including spouses) from Waupaca
in attendance. Thanks go out to Lions Dave Johnson and Don Anderson for making that night
happen.
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August 13th and 14th was our “Candy for Camp” days. Once again Lion John Edlebeck organized
this event. As soon as information about man hours and who worked these 2 days become
available, I will get it in the next newsletter.
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August 20th and 21st brought us the Waupaca Triathlon. Our commitment for this weekend is to
aid in traffic control and parking cars at South Park. Lions Dave and Joan Pogrant were the driving
force for this 2 day event.
Lions working shifts at South Park were: Mike Waldschmidt, Wayne Visentin, Don Gillis, Tom
Schneekloth, Bob Draeger, Dave and Joan Pogrant, Art O’Keefe, Dick Helbach, Lee Pohlman,
Darrel Dunbar, Arnie and Deb Abel, Vern Hanke, Wayne Much, Stu Duchow, Andy Wendt, Cas
Borszowski, Phil Kirk, and Dave Neelis. According to Lion Dave everything went smooth and
the weekend was a success. A total of 86 man/hrs were tallied. Thanks to all that helped.
On Friday evening of the Triathlon, we also had a few Lions helping the Lioness’s with the potato
bake-salad toss-melon munching food line. Lions Denny, Vern, Darrel, and Myself spent the
evening helping stock the beverage tanks and cutting water melons and gutting cantaloupe for
the athletes and spectators.
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Saturday, August 28th was the Rod and Custom show held at South Park. Lots of cool cars there
again this year. One of the many winners at this years show was our very own Lion Rex, his car
won best in class. Congrats!
Our effort for the show is cooking burgers and brats. The Lions holding onto the business end of
spatulas and tongs (cooking) were Lions Don Westley, Cas, Jim DaWalt, Mike Tenant, Polcat,
Dan Losby, Wayne Much, Brian Godfrey, and Rex Evchuk. Special thanks to Jim DaWalt, Mike
Tenant, and Polcat. They loaded and hauled the tables, cookers, and other equipment to and from
the park.
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If you buy groceries from Gary’s Piggly Wiggly you might know of the “Piggly Wiggly Piggy
Bank” program. By depositing your Piggly Wiggly cash register receipt in one of the many
boxes dedicated to local charitable organizations, Piggly Wiggly will donate 1% of the receipts to
that group. Lion Don Anderson has started a piggy bank account for us. However, there are not
enough boxes for the amount of groups signed up for this program. The receipts for the Lions
Club should be turned in to the service desk and whoever is working there will put our receipts
into an envelope for us. Next time you do your shopping at “The Pig”, please turn your receipts
in. Every little bit helps our efforts
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August 2010 Newsletter:
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Attention Board of Directors; There will NOT be a board meeting at Simpson’s on August 2nd. The business we could not conduct at the steak fry meeting will now wait until the September board meeting.
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Our annual steak fry was July 12th at South Park. Once again the weather was perfect, the beverages cold and a good time was had by all. Thanks go out to Lions Dave & Joan Pogrant, Cas, Pohlcat, and Stu who arrived early to help set things up. This year, Lions Deb and Arnie Abel took over organizing the evening and did a great job. My apologies to anyone I may have omitted.
Well the very busy month of August is upon us. During the next four weeks we have a steak fry and four fund raisers. Everyone's help is needed, please do what you can to assist with these projects.
The August dates to remember are:
Saturday, August 7th. Foundry picnic at Swan Park.
We need 14-16 people to work the bingo tent, keep beverages stocked, drive tractors, and handout the gifts to the foundry employees. The picnic starts at 12:00. We need to be there about 1/2 hr. before this time to get bingo prizes organized, etc. If you can help, please call Lion Dick Helbach @ 258-3366. Remember, the picnic is at Swan Park. NOT at the Conservation Club as in previous years.
Monday, August 9th: Annual Lions Camp steak fry in Rosholt with Weyauwega/Fremont and Manawa Lions. If you plan to attend be sure to call Lion Dave Johnson @ 258-7440 to sign up before August 6th. Be sure to bring your own plates, silverware, seasonings, napkins, etc. All food and beverages are provided at the camp. Wagon ride tours of the camp will start around 4:30 and the meal around 6:00. If you have not had the opportunity to see our Lions Camp, you should take advantage of this evening and come to Rosholt.
Friday and Saturday August 13th & 14th: Candy for Camp. Lion John Edlebeck will be calling you to set up times and business locations for this fund raiser.
Friday and Saturday, August 20th and 21st- Waupaca Triathlon at South Park. Lions Dave and Joan Pogrant are organizing our duties at this event. If you have any questions, call Dave @ 256-4096. Dave will be contacting you about a week before the Triathlon with your work schedule.
Saturday, August 28th- Waupaca Rod and Classic Show at South Park. Six to eight people are needed to cook burgers, brats, and hot dogs. Help will also be needed to haul tables and other necessary equipment to and from South Park.
A new twist at this years show is the possibility of the Lions cooking breakfast, too. I had a conversation with Stu Mcintyre from the snowmobile club and it was agreed to look into this. The tentative plans are to cook sausage patties and eggs (scrambled or with egg rings) to be served on an English muffin or Biscuit. Nothing will be finalized until after the snowmobile club has their meeting in late July.
I will send the September newsletter out early enough to let everyone know what time we get started for the Rod and Classic Show.
Please call Cas Borzowski @ 256-0451 or Mike Tenant @ 258-9891 to let us know you will be there to help.
Due to the Labor Day holiday our September meetings are tentatively scheduled for the 13th and 27th. More on this in the next newsletter.
Lion Dale
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A reminder: I have started sending our monthly newsletters via e-mail to anyone who would prefer receiving it that way. Sending newsletters via e-mail saves time, paper, envelopes, and postage. Also, if you do not archive your newsletters it is less paper for you to have to recycle. This is 100% voluntary. If you wish to get your newsletters via e-mail please send me an e-mail and let me know. My address is; teamoutfitters@waupacaonline.net.
Last month I gave our Lions Club web address as; www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/WaupacaWi/. Lion Todd told me a much easier address to remember and type which will get you to our web site is:
www.waupacalions.com
Since I have a little room left on this page, here’s a partial news story. Today, 7/20/10 I received a phone call from Pam Mohr at Lions International. Seems we are going to have a national, (oops, correction) a world wide celebrity on our hands This Lion will be having his/her picture published the Lion magazine. Some questions come to mind with this news. Will this Lion let stardom go to his/her head? Is it proper and appropriate to levy a quarter fine because of their newly found fame ??? A dollar??? In honor of having his/her picture published in the Lion Magazine, I would like to take this opportunity to be the first to congratulate Lion....?
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July 2010 Newsletter:
July brings us the start of another year in Lionism. New officers, new directors, and new challenges as the year progresses. As this years president I hope to be able to meet these challenges and with the help of everyone I’m confident we as a group will.
Lion news;
We have survived another fly-in breakfast and a much deserved “Thank You” to everyone that was there. By my unofficial count we had approximately 47 Lions there working in the trenches. A very good turnout and to my knowledge no major problems arose, unless you want to count the terror stricken paralyzing panic that set in when the pancake machines wouldn’t light. Lions Don, Todd, Pohlcat, and Tom found the parts, got the them installed and the pancake machines were up and running. Whew!
Lion Brian has forwarded preliminary numbers to me from the fly-in. Our meal ticket sales were down approximately $600.00 from the previous years. However, in previous years we have been reinvesting some of our proceeds (about $700.00-$800.00 per year) into tables for the fly-in breakfast. There are no plans to purchase more tables, we have all we need, so this will help the bottom line. Brian says it will take a while to get all the bills in to finalize the financial report from the fly-in. Look for that report sometime in September.
Raffle ticket sales went very well this year. Our net for this years raffle is $1600.00, making it the best Fathers Day raffle we have had in the past 5 years. Good job selling those tickets.
During last week of May I had the pleasure to talk to Lion Carl Borchardt. Lion Carl told me he had put in a rough winter due to a couple of heart attacks and he is also on dialysis. Carl is working hard at rehabbing and is optimistic he will see all of us soon. Please keep Carl in your thoughts and we hope to see him soon.
Lions dates to remember;
July 12- Annual South Park steak fry. Starts around 5:00 and the charcoal will be ready to cook steaks around 6:00. To sign up for the steak fry call Lions Deb or Arnie Abel @ 258-2232 before July 8th. Be sure to bring your own plates, silverware, seasonings, napkins, etc. All food
and beverages are provided at the park. There will be a short board meeting prior to eating.
This will be the first time in years that Lion Don Westley will not be involved with organizing this event. Don decided it was time to hang up his ‘tater turnin’ gloves and let someone else take over. Thank you Don for the many years of organizing this event for us.
August 9th. Annual Lions Camp steak fry with Weyauwega and Manawa Lions. To sign up call Lion Dave Johnson @ 258-7440 on or before August 2nd . Be sure to bring your own plates, silverware, seasonings, napkins, etc. All food and beverages are provided at the camp. Tractor pulled wagon ride tours of the camp are available starting around 4:30.
Other August dates to remember are:
Early August is the Foundry picnic. People are needed to work the bingo tent, keep beverages stocked, drive tractors, etc. More info will be available next newsletter.
August 13th & 14th- Are the dates for our “Candy for Camp” sale. Please see enclosed flier.
August 21st- Waupaca Triathlon. Lions Dave and Joan Pogrant are organizing this. If you can help and did not have a chance to sign up for this, please call either of them @ 256-4096.
August 28th- Waupaca Rod and Classic Show. More info will be available next newsletter.
And finally, I am going to start sending our monthly newsletters via e-mail to anyone who would prefer receiving it that way. Lion Todd and I have talked about this and it is easy enough to do. Sending newsletters via e-mail saves time, paper, envelopes, and postage. Also, if you do not archive your newsletters it is less paper for you to have to recycle. This is 100% voluntary. If you wish to get your newsletters via e-mail please send me an e-mail and let me know. My address is; teamoutfitters@waupacaonline.net. If you wish to continue receiving newsletters from the USPS, do nothing.
Starting this month our newsletters will now be archived on our web site making them available for reference. If you have not seen our web site, it can be seen at;
www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/WaupacaWi/
Lion Dale
