Johnson City Lions Club

The Johnson City Lions Club met in regular session on September   19   2019 at the Johnson City Country Club.  Those in attendance were Gary Harrell, Ed Gibbons, Doris Kaifa, Gayle Cox, Brian Powell, Tim Tapp, Ken Gough, David Beerman, Steve Campbell, and Billy Pike.

The Tail Twister collected 3.65 and the Lion Tamer collected .90.

Ken Gough opened the club meeting by leading the pledge to the flag and Tim Tapp was called upon to lead in prayer. VP Brian Powell led the meeting in the absence of President Shipley and he asked for prayer requests.  Requests were made for Clem Wilkes, Judy VanLandingham, Jerry Lonon and Debbie Shipley.

VP Powell read a thank you note for our assistance from David Summoni (eye exam and glasses).

VP Powell also presented a certificate to Lion Steve Campbell for his sponsorship of a new member.

Announcements were made about the Roanoke Eyeglass Recycling trip coming up in October. Ken Gough encouraged us to think about going on this trip – October 12.

The first meeting of October will be the big Turtle Derby Kickoff! All members are encouraged to get the word out.

Lion Tim Tapp won today’s drawing and donated the money to the Turtle Derby.

Lion Tapp introduced Josh Jarnigan who is a guidance counselor at Science Hill High School. Mr. Jarnigan presented an informative program on what is facing some of our youth today as well as some of the ideas for community involvement with the students at Science HIll.

With no further business to come before the club, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted

Tim Tapp Secretary.

Johnson City Lion’s Club Board Meeting

September 12, 2019

Present: Steve Campbell, Jerry Lonon, Don Raines, Ken Gough, Brian Powell, Tim Tapp, Debbie Shipley, Ed Gibbons, George Winton

President Debbie Shipley called the meeting to order.

The Treasurers Reports were presented by Ken Gough.  we have 6,470.01 in the Admin Account and 31,608.97 in the Projects Account.

Don Raines made the motion to accept the reports and George Winton provided a second.  All were in favor.

Jerry Lonon provided an update on Lion Clem Wilkes.

Ken Gough stated that eyeglasses need to be in by September 19th and October 12 is the Roanoke Recycling Trip.

The Turtle Derby is November 9th at 10 am. and the kickoff will be the first meeting in October.

New Business:  Ed Gibbons requested that 7500 be given to buy a camera for Unicoi County Schools.  There was much discussion about this and all were in agreement that this would be a good service to the people of Unicoi County.  Ed made this in the form of a motion after the discussion and George Winton provided a second.  The motion carried.

Tim Tapp noted that David Howard had requested to be removed from membership once he moved and that this had apparently been overlooked.  Tim made the motion that David be removed (with regret) and Ed made the second.  The motion carried.

With no further business to come before the club the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Tim Tapp- secretary

September 5, 2019 Lions Club Meeting

JC Lions Club – JC Country Club – 12 noon

Present: Judaun Alison, David Beerman, Rusty Crowe, Ed Gibbons, Ken Gough, Charles Green, Doris Kaifa, Jerry Lonon, Brian Powell, Dennis Powell, Billy Pike, Don Raines, Debbie Shipley, Tim Tapp, George Winton,   Guest – Millie Burke,

Meeting was called to order by President Shipley. The Pledge was led by Charles Green and the blessing/invocation was led by Tim Tapp.  The Tail Twister collected 4.58, and the Lion Tamer collected 3.40.  President Shipley won the drawing and donated the funds to the Turtle Derby.

Announcements were made concerning upcoming eye screenings for daycares and schools in the area. The screenings are listed on the Lions App.  If a Lion has not downloaded this app it is easy to do and an easy way to keep up with club events.  It was also announced that the Turtle Derby will be held at the Boys and Girls club on November 9th from 9 – 12 noon.

Millie Burke was present and brought greetings from the District as well as giving several lucky ticket holders the chance to go home with a small Lions Club Door Prize.

Senator Rusty Crowe was the speaker for today’s program. Senator Crowe is a fellow Lion but can’t be with us much due to his duties in Nashville and among his constituents in the district.  We are always happy to have him when he can make it.

Senator Crowe listed several points in which Tennessee is in good shape and shared some areas of concern. Tennessee is ranked 43rd in the nation in Public Health and 35th in Education.  He talked about solutions to these issues.  He also noted tax issues and some of the gains in this area.  Tennessee is #1 in the nation in Fiscal Responsibility and this is just one area where we are doing well.

President Shipley thanked Senator Crowe for his time today. With no further business to come before the club the meeting was adjourned.

The Johnson City Lions Club met for its regular meeting on Thursday August 15th at 12 noon at the JC Country Club.

Those in attendance were:  Jerry Lonon, Billy Pike, Ken Gough, David Beerman, Judy VanLandingham, Justin Mitchell, George Winton, Brian Powell, Debbie Shipley, Tim Tapp, Charles Green, Ed Gibbons, Doris Kaifa, and guest Mike Morton.

President Shipley called the meeting to order.  Lion David Beerman led in the pledge to the flag and Lion Brian Powell led in the invocation.  The Lion Tamer collected 1.35 and the Tail Twister collected 3.55.  Jerry Lonon won the drawing and donated all of the winnings to the ETSU scholarship fund.  Jerry really wanted to keep the money to put towards the down payment on a new Ferrari but he was bullied into giving the money to charity.  Better luck next time Buffalo!

President Shipley called upon PDG Ed Gibbons to induct our new member Justin Mitchell.  Ken Gough stood in for Justin’s sponsor Steve Campbell.  We welcome Justin to our club and look forward to many years of his service in the club.

Ed Gibbons announced upcoming eye screening dates.  The most recent one is August 21st.

Secretary Tim Tapp presented the program on his work at the Day Reporting Center.  This is a drug and alcohol treatment facility operated but the Tennessee Dept. of Corrections.  One of the successful graduates of the program, Mr. Mike Morton, also spoke.  Mike has benefitted from eyeglasses provided by the club and he shared a word of thanks on behalf of all who have received vision assistance from our club.

With no further business to come before the club, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp – Secretary

Johnson City Lions Club Board Meeting  August 8, 2019

The meeting was called to order by President Debra Shipley.

Those present were Debbie Shipley, Ed Gibbons, George Winton, Jerry Lonon, Ken Gough, Brian Powell, Tim Tapp

Ken Gough provided the financial report noting $6, 387.20 in the Admin Account and $32,936.61 in the Projects Account.

Ed Gibbons made a motion to accept the report and Brian Powell made a second to the motion.  The motion carried.

Old Business:  Much discussion continues regarding the Turtle Derby.  At present it appears that we will be once again using mechanical turtles.  The JC Boys and Girls club, Carver Rec, were both discussed as possible venues.  A report will be presented at the next meeting.

New Business: A discussion took place regarding a club drive to try and build membership in all service clubs.  The details have not been fleshed out yet but it is a project that most feel would generate some level of interest.

President Shipley asked for a list of Program Chairpersons for the coming months.  They are as follows:   September – Tim Tapp, October – Ed Gibbons, November – Tom Terry, December- Debbie Shipley, January – Ken Gough, and April – Don Raines.  We still need folks to volunteer for February, March, May and June

(the list was not available during the meeting due to an oversight by Secretary Tapp)

Eye Screenings begin on August 21, 2019

With no further business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp

Johnson City Lions Club August 1, 2019 – Johnson City Country Club, 12 noon

The meeting was called to order by President Debra Shipley.  Lion Tim Tapp led in the pledge and Lion Brian Powell led the invocation.  We participated in a video greeting card for Lion Clem Wilkes who has been under the weather.

The Lion Tamer collected 1.70 and the Tail Twister collected 4.30.  the winner of the drawing was Gayle Cox and he asked that the money be donated to the Milligan College Scholarship Fund.

Those in attendance today were:  Brian Powell, Tim Tapp, Debbie Shipley, Ed Gibbons, Doris Kaifa, David Beerman, Judy VanLandingham, Judaun Alison, George Winton, Charles Green, Gayle Cox, Jerry Lonon, Don Raines, Ken Gough.  Our guests were Linda, Harry Ennis, Carol and Bill McDonald.  We also sang happy birthday to Bill McDonald and Judy VanLandingham.

After several announcements of upcoming events, President Shipley introduced DG Carol McDonald who shared several things especially the exciting news of a new club in the works.  Tusculum University hopes to have a campus club beginning this Fall Semester.  She also reminded us of the district cabinet meeting and the district convention.

President Shipley presented a Lion’s Club Pen to DG Carol.

Lion Judy VanLandingham talked about some opportunities to promote Lions Volunteer Blind Industries.  Harris Ennis reminded everyone of the October Eyeglass recycling event in Roanoke.

With No further business to come before the board the meeting was ajourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp – Secretary

Johnson City Lion’s Club Meeting June 20,2019

The JC Lions Club met for its regular June meeting and the following Lions were present: Ken Gough, Gayle Cox, Don Raines, Tom Terry, Ed Gibbons, Debbie Shipley, Tim Tapp, Doris Kaifa, Billy Pike, and Judy VanLandingham.  Today’s Guests were Herb Greenlee and Amy Tapp

The meeting was called to order by President Debbie Shipley who also led in the pledge to the flag. Tim Tapp was called upon for prayer..

President Shipley made several announcements including the fact that the lettering on the pavilion is complete and the city has taken care of the cost. Thanks to Gayle Cox for all of his leg work on this.

Lion Ed Gibbons, a Past District Governor and illustrious member of our club, installed officers who were unable to be installed at the regular installation ceremony in May. Ken Gough was installed as treasurer, Doris Kaifa was installed as Lion Tamer, and Tim Tapp was installed as Secretary.

Judy VanLandingham was inducted into membership with Ed Gibbons conducting that ceremony. She was presented her new member credentials and new member kit and her sponsor Doris Kaifa was also recognized.

Doris Kaifa introduced Mr. Herb Greenlee who has spent many years serving our community as a servant leader. Mr. Greenlee has especially invested his life into the youth of our community.  He spoke on how his life was impacted by mentors and how he is seeking to begin a mentorship program through the Carver Rec. Center.  Mr. Greenlee was presented a Lions Club pen in appreciation for his program today.

Debbie Shipley one the drawing once again which has started an investigation to see if the drawing is rigged in favor of the president. She got away with 3.75 which she donated to the Turtle Derby.  This was a great sacrifice because now that she is retired she can use all of the extra funds she can muster.   In all seriousness, Debbie is a great sport and we are proud to have her serving as the president of our club.

President Shipley announced that there will be no meeting on July 4th.

With no further business to come before the club, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp – Secretary

The Johnson City Lion’s Club met for its regular board meeting on June 13, 2019 at the Johnson City Country Club. Those present were Brian Powell, Ken Gough, George Winton, Don Raines, Steve Campbell, Jerry Lonon,, Ed Gibbons, Debbie Shipley, Tim Tapp.

The meeting was called to order by President Debbie Shipley.

Steve Campbell read the minutes of the last meeting. A motion was made by Ken Gough to accept those minutes as read.  A second to the motion came from Brian Powell.  the motion carried.

Lion Ken Gough shared the Projects Treasury report. He had developed a new format and the club was pleased with the results.  Lion George Winton made a motion to accept the projects treasury report and Brian Powell provided a second to the motion.  The motion carried.

President Shipley shared the Administrative Treasury report. She noted a checkbook balance of 6,166.80 in that account.  Ken Gough made the motion to accept the report and Don Raines provided a second to the motion.  The motion carried.

Lion Ed Gibbons announced that the Turtle Derby is scheduled for July 6th and that this date will not work. There was much discussion and all were in agreement that the July 6th date will need to be cancelled.  Further discussion led to the decision to table decisions on the derby date until a visit had been made to Mountain City to coordinate with their date.  Other venues will be investigated in the mean time.

In new business an application for membership was presented. Justin Mitchell was sponsored by Lion Steve Campbell.  Ken Gough made the motion to accept Justin as a new lion and Ed Gibbons provided a second to the motion.  The motion carried.

New members will be inducted and additional officers will be installed at the next regular meeting.

It was also noted that two of our members, Lion Kaifa and Lion VanLandingham be procured to handle the Derby books and billing for this years Turtle Derby. Ken Gough made the motion to accept this proposal and Ed Gibbons provided a second.  All were in favor and the motion carried.

There was a short budget meeting included in today’s board meeting.

With no further business to come before the club the meeting was adjourned at 1:02 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp – Secretary

The Johnson City Lion’s Club met for its regular meeting on June 6, 2019 at the Johnson City Country Club. Those present were Brian Powell, Ken Gough, George Winton, Don Raines, Steve Campbell, Jerry Lonon, VanLandingham, Tom Terry, David Beerman, Ed Gibbons, Doris Kaifa, Debbie Shipley, Tim Tapp, Judaun Allison and guests Aaron Murphy and Justin Mitchell.

The meeting was called to order by President Debbie Shipley who also led the club in the pledge of allegiance. President Shipley called on Brian Powell to open in prayer.

President Shipley read a thank you note from a member of the community who had benefitted from our vision services. She also presented an award to Tim Tapp for membership growth in the 2018-19 club year.

Lion Ed Gibbons announced that the Turtle Derby is scheduled for July 6th.

Lion Ed also noted that there had been 193 Eyeglass applications from July 1st until present. This comes to a total of 17,000.00.  this is why fundraising is so important.  Lion Ed thanked the club for working and raising money.

The Lion Tamer collected 2.35 and the Tail Twister collected 3.11. Debbie Shipley won the drawing and she designated the Turtle Derby as the recipient of the funds.

Steve Campbell introduced guest and potential member Justin Mitchell.

Doris Kaifa introduced Aaron Murphy from Good Samaritan Ministries. Pastor Murphy share about the ministry and its work in the community.

President Shipley presented a Lions Club pen in appreciation for Pastor Murphy’s visit.

With no further business to come before the club the meeting was adjourned at 12:54 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Tim Tapp – Secretary

JOHNSON CITY LIONS CLUB

MEETING OF MAY 16, 2019

Lions,

You missed a special meeting today. We had two of our distinguished members present. Lions CB Willis and PDG Dennis Powell. They both got proclamations for being in the Lions Club 63 years for Lion Dennis and 45 years for Lion CB.  Mayor Jenny Brock of the City Of Johnson City did the proclamations declaring May 16th, 2019 Lion Dennis Powell and Lion CB Willis Day. Lion Dennis had his wife, Mary, and daughter Candance and granddaughter Mary Allice there also.

It was also our new president’s time to take the podium. (she did it last week for Lion Tim in his absence). In case you don’t know it’s our own Lion Debbie Shipley. To make it official though Lion PDG Ed Gibbons did the installation for the new officers present. Others will be installed later as well as new members. President Debbie gave Lion George Winton a nice statue of a Lion being Lion of the decade and Lion Brian Powell got a nice plaque for Lion of the Year. Letters of appreciation were given to Lion Steve Campbell, Lion Ed Gibbons, Lion David Howard, Lion Ken Gough, Lion Don Raines and Lion Jerry Lonon for their work in their respective Lions positions. Even long lost Lion Clem Wilkes and Lion Theresa Gibbons made it to the meeting. Lion Clem said he came to collect his perfect attendance pin. There were several perfect attendance pins given out, but alas not one for Lion Clem.

Congratulation to all who serve in Lions and especially those with longevity in LIONS SERVICE.

WE SERVE

BULLSHOOTER

Members present: Jerry Lonon, David Howard, Ken Gough, Steve Campbell, Debbie Shipley, George Winton, Brian Powell, Ed Gibbons

The Board of Director’s meeting for the Johnson City Lions Club was called to order on 5/9/19 at 12:16 pm by First Vice President Debbie Shipley.

Lion Shipley presented the minutes from the last Board of Director’s meeting and Lion Ken Gough made the motion to approve said minutes and a second by Lion George Winton. Motion approved.

Lion Shipley called on the treasurer’s reports.   Lion David Howard  presented the Projects Treasurer’s report .  Lion Ken Gough made the motion to approve the Projects Treasurer’s report, seconded by Lion Ed Gibbons and the motion was approved.  Lion Debbie Shipley presented the Admin Fund and the motion to approve was made by Lion Ken Gough, seconded by Lion David Howard; motion approved.

Old Business:

Lion Ken Gough informed the board that the recycling center in Roanoke is overflowing with eyeglasses. He feels that this situation of shipping eyeglasses to mission areas are changing; more information will be forthcoming.

Lion Shipley brought up the subject of having a live Turtle Derby. Lion Ed Gibbons told the board that he received information from Scott Carter at ETSU.  It appears that the only date that we can use the ETSU Baseball field is July 6, 2019.  There was various discussions concerning this date and concern of selling the turtles in such a small time frame.  We ended the discussion with Lion Ed going to check with ETSU to see if we can get a later date.

New Business:

Lion David Howard told the board that he will be moving to Georgia in July 2019. Lion Ken Gough volunteered to take over the Projects Fund treasurer’s job.  We will miss you Lion David Howard and please stay in contact with us.

Lion Ed Gibbons passed out a sheet that included various optical equipment from Lion Billy Pike’s office. He suggested that we get with the Kingsport club and explore the opportunities; information will be forthcoming.

Next week we will have Awards Day and we will have the Johnson City Mayor in attendance.

The Board of Director’s meeting was promptly adjourned at 12:52 pm by Lion Debbie Shipl

President Tim (the great) Tapp hosted this years dinner which was arranged by Lion Debbie in spectacular fashion.  The club is indeed fortunate to have been served by such spectacular fellow Lions.  The wives were beautiful, the food was very good.  The planned musical entertainment was cancelled as the lead singer was very ill-I think he had a stroke.  Please, everyone pray for his health and wish him a speedy and complete recovery.   Oh yes,  our company was blest by the august presence of his imminence Lion Jerry Lonon dressed in in his racaus interpretation of sartorial splendor,  Clem Wilkes who actually found a female of his specie to come with him  and, of course, by the ever inspirational presence of Lion Kennie The Poo Googe

FEBRUARY 14,2019

Dear Lions,

Thanks to our eye screeners these past three weeks we did 207 kids. Out of these 207 we had 18 referrals. This means that these 18 children will be evaluated further for eye problems. The places we did were Ashley Academy, First Christian Church, South Side School, Sundale Preschool, Central Baptist and Boone Trail Baptist Preschool.  The eye screeners helping at various places were Tim Tapp, David Howard, Debbie Shipley, Doris Kaifa, Don Raines, Tom Terry, myself and Preston White (ETSU President).

Thank you so much eye screeners. I could not have done it with out you. We have two more places to eye screen in the next few weeks so I will be letting you know I will need help.

Ed Gibbons

JOHNSON CITY LIONS CLUB

MEETING OF FEBRUARY 7, 2019

WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT FOR TODAY’S MEETING, EVEN LONG LOST LION STERLING WINN SHOWD UP. I GUESS IT WAS TOO WET TO PLAY GOLF. OTHERS THERE WERE LIONS GAYLE COX, DON RAINES, BUFFALO LONON, BRIAN POWELL, STEVE CAMPBELL, KING LION TIM TAPP, DEBBIE SHIPLEY, ED GIBBONS, DAVID HOWARD, JUDAUN ALLISON, DORIS KAIFA, GEORGE WINTON AND DENNIS POWELL.

KING LION TIM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF IT. LION DON RAINES WAS HARASSING BEING THE TAILTWISTER AND ALSO COLLECTING FOR THE LION TAMER. LION TIM CALLED ON LION ED GIBBONS FOR THE PLEDGE AND LION BRIAN POWELL FOR THE PRAYER. WHILE KING LION TIM WAS MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS TAILTWISTER DON TRIED TO FINE BUFFALO FOR LOOKING AT HIS PHONE. BUFFALO SAID IT WAS FOR LIONS BUSINESS. LION DON’S PHONE RANG DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND HE HAD TO FINE HIMSELF A DOLLAR. I SAW LION GAYLE COX GET AND DELIVERED IT TO OUR SECRETARY. JUSTICE WAS SERVED. HALLELUJAH!!!! 

LION ED MENTIONED THAT ON FEBRUARY 16 THE ETSU LIONS ARE HAVING THE ZONE MEETING AT THE ETSU BASKETBALL GAME. HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY WERE GOING AS THE ETSU LIONS HAVE TO GET THE TICKETS FOR YOU. LION PRESIDENT TIM ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE THANK YOU LETTERS FROM PEOPLE WE BOUGHT GLASSES FOR AND BUSINESSES WE DONATED FUNDS TO. LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL THANK US FOR OUR $1000 CONTRIBUTION TO THEM.

NEXT WEEK IS OUR VALENTINE PARTY AT THE JOHNSON CITY COUNTRY CLUB. IT IS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AT 6PM. OUR CLUB IS PICKING UP THE COST OF THE MEAL. WE ARE HAVING STEAK OR SALMON. YOU NEED TO CALL OR EMAIL DEBBIE OR TIM ON HOW YOU WANT IT COOKED BY TOMORROW. LION GEORGE SAID OUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE PARTY IS A BAND WE HAD A FEW YEARS BACK. LION STERLING WANTED TO KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO PICK THEM UP FROM THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AND TAKE THEM BACK. NOBODY VOLUNTEERED. LION GEORGE SAID THEY WILL PLAY ABOUT 2 HOURS (6:30 TO 8:30).

LION DEBBIE SHIPLEY HAD THE PROGRAM TODAY AND HER SPEAKER WAS ANN RHEM FROM THE SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK. SHE THANK OUR CLUB FOR PAYING FOR THE DIABETIC MEALS WE DID AS PART OF OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR DIABETES FOR LIONS INTERNATIONAL. SHE AND DEBBIE PUT THE DIABETES PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR OUR CLUB. SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SECOND HARVEST AND THE FOODS THEY DISTRIBUTE OVER OUR AREA.

DON’T FORGET THE PARTY NEXT WEEK AND WE’LL SEE YOU THERE.

BULLSHOOTER

Johnson City Lions Club

Minutes of Board of Director’s meeting 12/13/18

Members present: Jerry Lonon, Don Raines, Gayle Cox, Ken Gough, Steve Campbell, Tim Tapp, Brian Powell, Ed Gibbons, George Winton

The Board of Director’s meeting for the Johnson City Lions Club was called to order on 12/13/18 at 12:16 pm by King Lion Tim Tapp.

King Lion Tim presented the minutes from the last Board of Director’s meeting and Lion Ken Gough made the motion to approve said minutes and a second by Lion George Winton. Motion approved.

King Lion called on the treasurer’s reports. There was no Admin Treasurer’s report.  Lion David Howard  presented the Projects Treasurer’s report .  Lion Ken Gough made the motion to approve the Projects Treasurer’s report, seconded by Lion Ed Gibbons and the motion was approved.

King Lion informed the Board that the JC Country Club will be closed the first two weeks of January 2019. Our first meeting will be the third week in January 2019  (1/17/19).

A discussion was held regarding the Valentine’s dinner in February 2019. Lion Ken Gough made the motion to pay for the party out of our Administrative funds.  The motion was seconded by Lion George Winton and the motion was approved.

King Lion reminded the board about the Campaign 100 that was announced by Ron Rhine at a previous meeting. The model is to have each club member to make a donation to this campaign.  Lion Ed Gibbons suggested that we may encourage our members, but we should not require this.  Our club is currently sending LCIF and White Cane Day $1,000 each.

King Lion adjourned the meeting at 12:55pm.