JOHNSON CITY LIONS CLUB
MEETING OF AUGUST 16, 2018
WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT TODAY AT THE LIONS MEETING. IN ATTENDANCE WERE LIONS TIM TAPP, BRIAN POWELL, ED GIBBONS, KEN GOUGH, CHARLES GREEN, BILLY PIKE, JERRY LONON, GAYLE COX, DORIS KIAFA, DAVID HOWARD. GUESTS WERE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR ADAM BOWLING AND HIS WIFE CAROL, NATHANAEL HUGHES, PRESIDENT OF THE ELIZABETHTON LIONS CLUB. LION NATHANAEL IS THE ZONE CHAIRMAN THIS YEAR AND HIS FIRST ZONE MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 13TH HELD AT 1339 STATE LINE RD., ELIZABETHTON, BUILDING A . TIME IS FROM 6PM TO 8PM. LET US TRY AND GO TO THIS ZONE MEETING TO HELP LION NATHANAEL GET THE NUMBERS HE WANTS TO BE THERE. COST OF THE MEAL IS $10 AND IS BEING CATERED BY CITY MARKET (NATHANAEL MOM’S RESTAURANT).
PRESIDENT LION TIM CALLED ON PDG ED GIBBONS TO LEAD THE PLEDGE AND LION BRIAN POWELL FOR THE PRAYER. TAIL TWISTER LION DON RAINES APPOINTED LION CHARLES GREEN TO BE HIS TAIL TWISTER IN HIS ABSENCE. LION CHARLES WAS COLLECTING FROM EVERYONE THERE AND EVEN TRIED TO FINE OUR GUESTS. WE TOLD HIM THAT LION DON RAINES USUALLY LETS THEM SLIDE BY SO HE DECIDED TO LET THEM OFF. BOY, I SURE HOPE WE DON’T ELECT HIM TAILTWISTER NEXT TIME. HE’S ROUGH.
LION ED SAID THE NEXT KIDS SIGHT EYE SCREENING IS THIS COMING TUESDAY (21ST) AND WEDNESDAY (22ND) AT THE TELEMON HEAD START IN ELIZABETHTON. ELIZABETHTON LIONS CLUB IS DOING THE TUESDAY AND OUR CLUB IS DOING WEDNESDAY. IF YOU CAN HELP LION ED WEDNESDAY, CALL HIM AT 914-9991.
LION PRESIDENT TIM HAD AS HIS SPEAKER TODAY, SCOTT AND ELIZABETH COTTRILL. ELIZABETH HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE BIRTH. SHE HAS HOME SCHOOLED ALL HER CHILDREN AND HAS COLLECTED A LIBRARY OF BOOKS FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE BLIND AS WELL AS OTHERS. I NOTICED IN HER SPEECH SHE WAS FINGER READING BRAILLE AND TALKING AS FAST AS HER HANDS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE PAGE. SHE TRAVELS AS A SPEAKER FOR BLIND FAMILIES. SHE IS IN NEED OF A BRAILLE PRINTER FOR HER COMPUTER TO HELP HER PREPARE HER SPEECHES. WE ARE TO DISCUSS MAYBE A CONTRIBUTION FOR HER TO PURCHASE ONE. LION PDG ED MENTION THAT MAYBE OUR CLUB CAN SEND IN A GRANT REQUEST TO LIONS INTERNATIONAL TO HELP WITH THE PURCHASE. MORE INFO CAN BE SEEN AT LIVINGBOOKSLIBRARY.COM OR A DELECTABLEEDUCATION.COM OR EMAIL HER AT EACOTTRILL@GMAIL.COM. OF COURSE BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING ON THIS PER LION KEN GOUGE THIS HAS TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD OR DIRECTORS. 😉 WE SERVE!!
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