September 7, 2010
Your old newsletter editor is once again at his keyboard trying to think of "stuff" that will be interesting, humorous, and above all - informative. Again, I ask for your suggestions and requests for what you would like to see in the Newsletter.
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King Lion Al gaveled a well attended meeting to order this day. The first order of business was the recognition of the birthday Lions for September. The honorees are: Mike Sand and Ray Pumphrey. As Lion Sand was not present, we concentrated our musical best wishes to Lion Pumphrey (and fined him heavily). We had one visitor today, Shelly Nichols.
All committees for the Loggers' Playday events reported and their reports were heartening. It appears that we have most of our bases covered. As this is just "on paper", we need more volunteers to cover the "no-shows". Contact Lions Ed Wayman, Pete Hegg, Larry Jones, or Jerry Schaefer to volunteer. Lion Mike Lytle reported that he is ordering 375 lbs of Coho salmon from his contact in Alaska. The rub is, for the first time we will be paying for the fish.- @ $3.75 per pound totaling $1406.25. This amount, added to the normal costs, means that we will have an approximate $2100 "nut to crack" before we realize any profit.
Normally we give our guest speakers a little good-natured needling, however
today's speaker is a professional "needler", s
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we backed off. Lion Seppo introduced our program for today - Doris Reed,
Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist.
Doris has a Masters Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and has interned in several clinics in the Pacific Northwest before opening her practice in Aberdeen and Westport.
She informed us that acupuncture and herbal healing has been practiced throughout the world by many cultures for over 5000 years. While her practice locally may be recent, the service she provides incorporates many time tested methods and procedures.
The human body, when properly managed, has great power to heal itself. The service that Doris, and all Acupuncturist and Herbalist like her, provides are procedures to properly manage bodily chemical and neurological systems to facilitate the body's own healing powers. I guess if you can "worry yourself sick", you should be able to "concentrate yourself well". A very interesting and thought provoking program.
Ed Wayman's name was drawn for the attendance pot. (5 minutes after Ed left the meeting)
September 14, 2010
Today's meeting was, as expected, mostly dedicated to this past weekend's Loggers' Playday projects - Salmon Bake and Concession sales. There is good news and not so bad news. The good news: The concession sales were, to put in technical terms, "wowwee". At first glance, it appears to be the best concession sales ever. Co-chairmen, Pete Hegg and Larry Jones sincerely thanked all of the volunteers for their efforts. The "not so bad news": The number of dinners served at the Salmon bake this year was down 100+ from last year. Given that this was the first year that we have had to buy the fish, and attendance being off, we still made it into the profit side of the ledger. It will probably take a couple of weeks until all of the bills come in before we know exactly how much money we made (or lost?) on both projects.
Ed thanked all of the Lions for their efforts and a special "Thanks" to non-Lions Jack Shrauger, Mike Shrauger, Phil McNealy, and Mike Root. (Mike Shrauger, Phil McNealy, and Mike Root are Hoquiam school teachers.)
Lion Larry Jones introduced Jason Ronquillo, head football coach at HHS, as our speaker for today. He prefaced his presentation by making us aware of the new league line-up. HHS chose to go into the Evergreen 1A league which includes: Elma, Forks, Montesano, Onalaska, Rainer, Rochester, and Tenino. Jason stated that there are a couple really strong teams in this league however he is certain that our team can be competitive.
He explained his football philosophy and how it is being applied, both to the current varsity squad and football programs in the lower grades. With so many "one sport" athletes these days, he is pleased with the turn-out for football. Jason states that the members of the football team have a great work ethic and have their "heads on straight". This should be a good year for the team.
As you can imagine, the questions to Jason were plentiful. When asked if he like the new turf at Aberdeen's Stewart Field, he responded, "I sure hated it the last time we were on it!"
Dave Irwin's name was drawn for the attendance pot. He accepted it with a "Wale" of a grin.
September 21, 2010
Another good turn-out this day. (let's keep the trend going) We had one guest, Bruno Pieraccini (il padrino locale).
King Lion Al reminded us of the Zone Meeting on October 7 at the Ocean Palace restaurant on Aberdeen....It was mentioned that our Salmon BBQ signs are still up on Simpson and Sumner. Lion Ed Wayman sheepishly admitted that he had forgotten. Given the amount of his time and medical expertise that he donates to the Lions Club and our sight programs (and the time and expertise he donated to the Convoy of Hope rally this past weekend) he shall be forgiven for this oversight.
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Lion Larry Jones introduced our speaker for today - Bob Lawson. Bob was a standout track athlete from Aberdeen in the 1950's. Several of our members either were on track teams with Bob, or competed against him. After several minutes of nostalgic memories, Bob continued his presentation. Upon graduation from AHS, Bob attended USC and participated in that school's track program. In the 1956 Olympic decathlon qualifications, he came in 2nd to Rev. Bob Richards and was chosen as 1st alternate. After graduation from USC, he chose coaching track as his career and taught at several colleges in the US (Wisconsin, US Naval Academy, and Kansas State) and a few American schools in foreign countries. Bob has been participating in the Senior Olympics and at his last meet he won 8 out of 9 events. When asked who his choice for best track athlete, without hesitation said, "Rafer Johnson" |
(l) Bruno Pieraccini - (r) Bob Lawson |
The attendance pot was claimed by Pete VanderLinden.
September 28, 2010
Not a very good turnout today. I'm certain that the unseasonably warm weather contributed to the absenteeism, however not getting the word (like me) regarding the cancellation of monthly business meeting was a factor as well. We had one visitor today, an ex-member of ours who is now a member of the Cosmopolis Lions PDG Sam Coleman. Sam is recuperating from a 5-way heart bypass and doing as well as can be expected. King Lion Al and several members reported - in detail - regarding Lion Basil Sandstrom's health. Suffice to say, Lion Basil is not well. Let us all keep Basil and Carol in our prayers.
Lion Secretary Jerry reported on a recent visitation to the Cosmopolis Lions. Lions Jerry McFeely and Fred Kogin accompanied Jerry at the visit. We had a really fun evening and sold many books of Rain Derby tickets (at least McFeely did). Schaefer and Kogin held McFeely's coat while he "worked the room" and work the room he did. Like Caesar at the Coliseum, he kept shouting, "More Christians, More Christians"
Our program today was Bill Mayne, a Battalion Fire Chief on the Aberdeen Fire
Department. Bill's
program for today was not of fire trucks nor Dalmatian dogs, but rather his
recent trip to Peru.
The sole purpose of this trip was to take a 7 day backpacking trek from Cusco (Cuzco), Peru to Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Their trip started in Seattle, with flights to Atlanta, Lima, and ended in Cusco. As the elevation of Cusco is 11,600 feet, Bill suffered altitude sickness shortly after de-planeing. Being from the Pacific Northwest, Bill is used to "far out" climate changes and recovered quickly.
They hiked the "Inca Trail" about 7 hours per day with English speaking guides, one at the front of the column and the other at the end. The day's "march" ended when they arrived at one of the 7 different lodges on the trail where they enjoyed comfortable lodging, good food, and if desired, a massage. (sure takes the rough out of roughing it.) Interestingly, the cooks who prepared the meal at each lodge, had to pack up and head for the next lodge to be ready when the group arrived. Bill said that the meals were very good and the service excellent.
Bill's "Travelog", replete with great photos, was very interesting.
Lion Shannon Webster's name was drawn for the attendance pot.
