May Newsletter
May 2026
Board of Directors meeting: The Board of Directors met on Tuesday, May 5 at the Hok Si La Park Office at 6pm. There were 8 Lions and 1 guest attending
Tresuruer's Account Balances:
Activity Account: $ 4,447.55
Administration Account: $ 1,884.97
52 Club $ 8,852.97
Aluminum Cans $ 5,193.55
Fireworks $ 1,351.18
Club 52 Winners for March: $100 Mason Grobe, Carol Marx, Lynn Varga, Don Aitken
May Dinner Meeting: The May regular dinner meeting will be on Monday May 12 at the Lake City VFW. Social hour will be at 6pm, dinner at 6:30pm. Guest speaker will be Zack Martin.
White Cane Days: Lion Bob Varga will be leading our group of Lions volunteering on Saturday May 9 at several stores in Lake City to gather funds for defeating Blindness. If you didn't volunteer, stop by and encourage our Lions.
Hiway Pickup: The Club's first hiway cleanup for the year will be on Wednesday May 13, with a rain date on May 14. We will meet at the Roschen Park Shelter at 10am. There will be a sign up sheet at the May regular meeting or you can call Lion John Morteson 651-347-9268 for information or to volunteer.
New Officers for 2026-2027: The list of new officers for the club to approve in May are Past President Wayne Heise, President Robbie Smith, 1st VP Kevin Dillon, 2nd VP Dave Priebe, Treaurer Chuck Bremer, Secretry John Mortenson, Membership Chair, Lori Mortenson, Board members Kevin Books, Jim Arendt, Ken Jacobs, Lisa Quest.
Donations: The club had a number of financial requests from the community. The board approved $100 for the Legion VFW Auxiallary for the Poppy program, Donate $100 to the Great River Homes for sponsoring a hole at their golf outing fund raiser, $200 for rent on the Chapel Area at Hok Si La Park for the recovery is happening event at Hok Si La on June 13th, Donate $425 to purchase 10 new adirondack chairs being built by the high school hop class.
5M1 Emergency Relief Fund ; The board approved donations of $500 each to the Tom Gerken family and $500 to the Michelle Arruda family for their personal disasters. The donations will be matched by the 5M1 Lions Emergency fund, which was created to get help to local famlies. This fund is funded locally by all the Lions Clubs in Southeast Minnesota.
The Potato Family
A family of potatoes sat down to dinner.
There was a mom potato, a dad potato, and three daughter potatoes.
The oldest daughter said, “I have some exciting news! I’m getting married!
“Well, there was an excited response around the dinner table.“Oh, we’re so happy for you!” said dad potato, “Who’s the lucky guy?“
“He’s an Idaho potato,” his daughter responded.“That’s wonderful news,” said mom potato. “Idaho potatoes are solid, salt-of-the-earth types. Real hard workers.“
The middle daughter then spoke, “Wow, what a coincidence. I also just received a proposal, too.“
Again, there was a buzz of excitement around the table
“And who proposed to you?” asked mom potato.
“He’s a sweet potato,” said the daughter.
“That’s wonderful,” said sad dad potato. “Sweet potatoes are known for their kindness and gentleness. He will take great care of you.“
Well, now the third daughter felt it was time to have her say, “Mom and Dad, I’m getting married, too!“
“Oh, my goodness, all three of my daughters are getting hitched at the same time,” exclaimed dad potato. “Who is your future husband?“
“Dan Rather,” said the youngest daughter potato.
A hush fell over the table. The parents and two older daughters looked awkwardly down at their plates.
“What’s wrong with Dan Rather?” asked the youngest daughter potato.
“Well, honey,” said the dad, “he’s just a common tater.”
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