April Newsletter

April 2026

Lions Board of Directors Meeting: The Lake City Lions board of directors met on Tuesday, April 7 at 6pm at the Lake City VFW, There were 11 Lions and 3 guests attending.

Treasurer's Account Balances 3/31/2026:

Activity Account: $ 4,073.37

Administration Account: $ 4,391.11

52 Club $ 8,152.56

Aluminum Cans $ 6,693.55

Cash $ 761.00

Fireworks Fund $ 251.00

April Dinner Meeting: The regular April dinner meeting will be on Monday, April 13 at the Lake City VFW. Social hour will be at 6pm, dinner at 6:30pm. Guest speakers will be Lisa Zmuda and Karen Smith from the Lake City Area Arts.

Jet Ski Club Event: There will be representatives from the Jet Ski Group at a special meeting before the regular meeting on Monday April 14 to work out more details for the weekend event in August. They will be at the regular meeting to meet more club members.

Zone Meeting: The Zone 6 meeting will be on Wednesday, April 15 at Zumbro Falls. Please contact Lion John Mortenson 651-347-9268 if you wish to attend. We will be car pooling.

Hok Si La Dining Hall Cleanup: Cleanup day at Hok Si La will be on Thursday April 23 starting at 10am. There will be a sign up sheet at the April Dinner meeting.

White Cane Days: The White Cane Day will be on Saturday May 2. There will be more details and a sign up sheet at the April dinner meeting.

Requests for funds: The club received a lot of requests this month. This is a list of actions taken by the board. The board approved $300 for the Fall Festival committee, $300 for a bus trip for the Friends of Frontenac State Park for a bus trip for students, The board approved $500 for the Lincoln High After Grad party, The board is looking into a work day with volunteers from the club to help with a local project, the board received a request from the local music boosters that will be reviewed after the club receives more information, the board approved $500 for the Wabasha County Fair Kid's peddle pull contest, the board approved $500 for annual rent on the club's storage facility, The board approved $200 for a new sign on the aluminum can collection bin, and the club is going to support the Local Legion Basebll program with the same funds as last year. If you have any questions, bring them up at the business meeting at the April dinner meeting.

Club 52 winners for March

$500 Tom Brown, $100 Connie Settle, Gary Wieck, Cheryl Huettl

 An old man and his wife went to their local fast food restaurant. The man placed an order for one hamburger, french fries and a drink. He unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half, placing one half in front of his wife.

He then carefully counted out the french fries, dividing then into two piles and placing one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people around themwere looking and whispering.

Obviously they were thinking, “That poor old couple-all they can afford is one meal between the two of them.”

As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table and politely offered to buy a meal for the couple. The old man said they were fine-they were used to sharing everything.

People closer to the table noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite. She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink. Again the young man came over and begged to let him buy another meal for them. This time the old woman said “No, thank you, we are used to sharing everything.”

Finally as the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin, The young man came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a single bite of food and asked, “What is it that you are waiting for?”

She answered, “Teeth!”