September 23rd Minutes

Call to Order – Lion President Sarah Storrs

Flag Salute – Lion Sarah Storrs

Invocation – Lion Dick Wedin

Introductions & Tail Twisting – Lion Bob Wagner

Approval of August 26 & September 9 Minutes

Treasurer’s Report – Lion Dick Wedin
· Dues Account & Project Account balances
· Outstanding Exam/Glasses: 3

Committee Reports:

Mint Sales: Lion Bob Wagner
· Removed Mint Sale box from Bank of the West due to conflict with bank policy.

Sight & Hearing Committee: Lion Sarah Storrs
· Sarah updated application with current approved language. Need to send updated application to agency screeners.
· Sarah and the committee will review agreement form with providers. May need to be updated.
· Sarah asked that she be removed from the approval process due to possible conflict of interest. Byron and Bob Titus will review applications and approve/deny. Sarah will notify applicants by mail of committee decision.

Play It By Ear Bunco Tournament: Lions Liz Whitaker & Sarah Storrs
· Tentative date: Saturday November 15th, 6:30-9:30 pm
· Locations: PUD—available, free, but small; St. Andrew’s Church—available, $50 rental (secretary to ask pastor if rental can be waived); Hal Homes Center is another possibility. Liz will follow up and secure the location.
· Committee Members: Mark-prizes, Cindy-refreshments, Byron and Chris-promotion & tickets
· Sarah & Liz to secure location, tables & chairs (if needed), MC, “How-to” on Bunco, hearing loss demonstration

Kiwanis Threshing-Bee Pancake Breakfast
· Provided 17 man-hours total (Kiwanis provided 12 man-hours for Indian John). Dick, Cindy, Wayne served Saturday and Dick, Mark and Liz Sunday morning.

Lion Tamer – Any Volunteers?
· Still need a volunteer Lion Tamer. The person is the keeper of the club hardware and delivers club flag, bell, etc to monthly meetings.

Promotional Items Needing Updating with New Meeting Days and/or Location
· City entrance road sign need to be changed to reflect new meeting dates. Bob Titus is following up on source and who is responsible for new signs.

Indian John Hill Rest Stop
· Call date for next year is October 13, starting at 8:30. The phone number is 674-4444. Byron and Dick offered to call in. Preference is east bound, June-September. If months not available then the next preference is west bound during those same months. The next preference is east bound October –April, last preference is same time period but west bound. An additional third caller would be helpful…any volunteers?

Lions Health Screening Unit for Schools– Fall 2009
· Application will be due in November
· Committee: Liz, Doug, Dick, Bob T, Wayne. Sarah and Dick will contact Bill Meehan, Special Services Director, for approval, dates, and location. Looking at 5 days perhaps six with an invitation for Cle Elum School District to participate.
· The club would like to have newspaper and radio coverage once the dates have been sent.

1st Zone Meeting
· September 24th, 7:00 pm Naches. Sarah and Bob W. will attend.

Program
· Lion Byron Thomas provided an informative presentation on Vision Independence Center in Yakima. The Center is a two county project (Yakima and Kittitas) and patients are referred for low vision services by their respective eye doctor. Yakima Lions Club donated $15,000.00 for startup funding along with other organizations and private individuals. The cost of services is free to no-income patients including a sliding scale fee schedule for other patients. The Clinic is currently open 2 days a month with Byron and another optometrist providing their expertise essentially “free.”

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.


Next Meeting: Tuesday October 14th