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FEBRUARY 2015 CHILI DINNER PLANNED FEBRUARY 23
The Tri-County Lions will hold the Annual Chili Dinner from 4-8pm at Connie's Kitchen February 23. Lions should try to arrive around 3-3:30pm to get preparations underway.
Be sure to bring in any remaining Silent Auction items. Minimum bids on all items will be half of the item value.
Thanks to the Lions for soliciting silent auction donations, and also for donating chili ingredients. Also, thanks to all the many area businesses that have supported this fundraiser so well.
MENU Traditional Chili White Bean Chicken Chili Frito Pie All-You-Can-Eat, with Beverage & Dessert Adults $10; Children 10 and under $5.
Pre-selling as many tickets as possible will help ensure a successful fundraiser. If more tickets are needed, they may be picked up during business hours at Connie's Kitchen.
Please keep track of tickets sold and turn in the appropriate funds to the treasurer.
Eye Bank Director Tells Agency Highlights, Answers Questions Lions Club President Ray Valentine introduced Valerie Stewart, Executive Director of the East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank, at the February 9 meeting. Lion Ray has not only served on the Board of Directors of the Eye Bank, but has been the recipient of corneal transplants. Last year, the Eye Bank provided corneal tissue for 700 transplants! Eye Bank FAQs: How long has the agency been in operation? The Eye Bank began in 1964, and is located at the University of Tennessee Hospital. Does it cost to donate eye tissue? There is no cost for donation, and every gift is made anonymously. How soon must a donation be made? The donation occurs within 21 hours of death. What about the old Eye Donor Cards? Tennessee law made the cards irrelevant; now the wish to donate is indicated on an individual's drivers license. While the waiting list for corneal tissue currently numbers 45, she noted the waiting time to receive tissue is usually just a matter of days, due to the work of the eye bank staff. The local eye bank is recognized as one of the best in the world.
Tennessee Smokies Regular Season Schedule Below are the 2nd or 4th Monday Home Games (coinciding with our meeting nights). All games begin at 7:05; however, we would arrive earlier for the picnic prior to the game, as in years past. April 27 7:05 Chattanooga May 11 7:05 Montgomery June 8 7:05 Birmingham July 13 7:05 Biloxi Aug.10 7:05 Jacksonville We'll all likely be ready for a seventh inning stretch by then!
www.smokiesbaseball.com Option 1: Calhoun’s at the Yard – Menu 1 (left) is included in this package. Fri-Sat $29 adults, SunThurs $27 adults. All attending will get a Smokies ball cap! Option 2: Picnics – like past years. Menu includes hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ, chips, slaw, beans, and cookies; $21 adults.
SERVING YOUTH: “ON MY OWN” SESSIONS COMING UP Training is provided for new participants. Glenn Turner, UT Extension, will follow up with a reminder and details of where and when to report a few days prior to the simulation. Wearwood Elementary School: Wednesday, February 25, noon. Ten volunteers are needed to help with this one hour simulation for 26 eighth graders, and need to arrive by 11:45 am. Sevierville Middle School: Friday, March 27, with two morning simulations--first 8:3010:00am and second 10:15-11:45am. More than 20 volunteers are needed for each session.These will be large groups of eighth graders. There will be multiple stations and they could use lots of help. Note: both simulations are in the morning--help with both or just one. The new curriculum is totally debit card based, so no checks are written. This allows students to move through each stop quickly and allows more critical thinking and interaction. “Last school year we impacted nearly 1,000 students,” noted Turner. He can be contacted by calling 865-453-3695 (Office) or mailto:egturner2@utk.edu?subject=On My Own Simulations.
Have You Visited Our Updated Club Website? In a major update, the club website at http://www.kmmoffett.net/weserve is now modernized so the entire site is responsive; that is, it resizes appropriately for the screen size of any device. In other words, it should look good in a desktop browser, on a tablet, or on a smartphone. Check it out, and let us know what you think. So far we have received good feedback from a club in Mexico. We want your local feedback as well. In a somewhat related development, Lions Clubs International announced their new responsive website (for the English language website) on February 13.
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ZONE MEETING! There will be a Zone Meeting Saturday, February 28, at 6:00pm, announced Zone Chair Peggy Chandler (Dandridge Lions Club). The meeting will be held at the Shoneys Restaurant in Dandridge, just off I-40 at Exit 417, on Sharon Drive.
PIP ERVIN HEADLINES JOHNSON CITY EVENT District Governor Ed Gibbons, Johnson City Lions Club, announced Past International President Jim Ervin, Albany, Georgia, will be the featured speaker at the District 12-N Convention, scheduled for Friday, February 20, and Saturday, February 21 at the elegant Carnegie Hotel on State of Franklin Road in Johnson City. The venue is across the highway from East Tennessee State University. One of the highlights of the annual event is the election of a new District Governor and Vice Governors for the coming year. Friday night's meal is compliments of East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank. One of the ETSU Lions Club members will be performing Friday evening. Other entertainment includes the group "Mellow Fellows". The hospitality room on the sixth floor will be open Friday afternoon and after the dinner Friday night. Registration is available on site. Saturday events begin at 9:00 a.m, with Johnson CIty's City Manager kicking off the meeting, Other upcoming events include the Tennessee State, MD-12 Convention at the Riverview Inn, Clarksville, TN, May 8 - 10, 2015, and the 98th Lions Clubs International Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26-30, 2015,
JANUARY TREASURER'S REPORT SUMMARY Lion Judy Moffett's report showed an Administrative Account end-of-month balance of $1,105.32. [Note: All current dues payments have been made and will be reflected in the February report.] The Project Account balance was $1,799.70, reflecting a $70 payment to 20/20 Optical for eyeglasses and $800 to White Cane Days. Savings Account balance is $1,851.20.
CONTEST DEADLINES APPROACHING Correspondence from the District Contest and Awards Chair, PDG Jim McFarland, indicates nominations for the Club's “Lion of the Year-2014” and Lion of the Decade-2005-2014” are due by the end of the month.