August Newsletter

Board of Directors Meeting: The board of directors met on Tuesday, August 4 at the Hok Si La Park office at 6pm. There were 8 Lions and 1 guest attending

New Treasurer: Lion Chuck Harlan has taken over the finances of our club. Lion Chuck Bremer has stepped down after12 years as treasurer. Please thank both of these great Lions for all their work. Due to the changes on signature cards the monthly report will be several days late and should be available at the next meeting.

August Dinner Meeting: The regular club dinner meeting for August will be on Monday, August 10, at the Lake City VFW. Socialk hour at 6pm, dinner at 6:30pm. The speaker will be Susan Draves speaking about the Farmers Market.

TC Jet Pilots Get Together: The jet Pilots from the Twin Cities area will be hosting a weekend at Hok Si La Park on August 29-30. Our club has agreed to help out with meals, raffle and parking as a fundraiser for our club. We will need help with all these items. Heidi's Hug-a-Muga will be catering the food for us. Lion Lisa Quest will have more detailed information aabout how you can help. This will be a new and interesting fund raising possability, so you save some time to help out.

Fall Fund Raiser: The board discussed the fall fund raiser that we have done in the past. The main discussion was about having to split up more duties and make sure we have enough help selling tickets and we still make money. There are rising costs we are looking at and the board wants to membership to give their opinion as to whether we continue or not. Please bring your opinions to the August Dinner Meeting.

Help Needed: The club needs a new Lion Tamer, Kenny and Judy McEwen are retiring from the Lion Tamer position ater doing a great job. This is not an overwhelming position and fun way to help the club. Also, The club is looking for a new Tail Twister. Lion Ron Wiegel and Lion Karen Wiegel and Lion Linda Hoelenbacher have also done a great job. They would just like to pass the duties on. This is a fun position and very important to the club. Details will be available at the August meeting.

New Fund Request Form: Lion Robbie Smith has created a new form for funding applicants to fill out to give to board more information about their request. This will help greatly with the funding process by organizing the information required by the club in a universal format.

Aluminum Can Collection: There was a discussion to get more information about getting access to all the cans at the Fireman's Dance and possibly the beer tant at Water Ski Days. Several Lions will ask those organization about this.

Hiway Pick Up: We will have a Hiway Cleanup on Thursday August 13. We will meet at the Roschen Park Shelter at 9am. There will be a sign up sheet at the August dinner meeting. Don't miss out on a wonderful brunch served by Lion Robbie at the conclusion of the pickup.