Friendship Through Lionism

Today I am reminded of the old saying " The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" My suggestion is to cross over to that other side. Often when we have done a job many times over it is good to change. There are times when we feel silly just thinking about complaining about it, however when I think about this great group of women in our club and how well we support each other I hope our communication skills are at an all time high. This month our nominating committee will be calling for a new slate of officers, perhaps they will ask you to do a job you have done before, however this is your time to CROSSOVER don’t be afraid to speak up and say you might be interested in another position we would be delighted to hear of your interests, or if you would like to work with another person, sharing the responsibility often makes the job a bit more fun. Share it with a friend. After all friendship and enjoying each other as a group is what makes our club strong. This year more than any other we need to hear from each and every one of you, so please help us when we call on you. The year will fly by for you just as it has for me; and together through Lionism we can make a difference.

Your President, Anne Thatcher

Pancake Day – February 12^th –

Dempsey School

Pancake Day - crafts, books, bakes go

ods, candy, etc. needed for our table. Also, workers needed for 2 hours shifts. We still need articles for the kitchen basket we are preparing for raffle. Sign up at the February meeting. Workers will be at the school on February 11^th at 4:00. You can drop off your baked goods and items then. If not, please bring early in the morning on the 12^th

Also, used paperbacks and old cookbooks go well too!!

Please bring any calendar money to be turned in to Jean Smock

Important Dates

February 10 – Dinner Meeting –

District Governor – Jeff Sweeney to visit

February 12 – Lion’s Pancake Day

February 14 – Valentine’s Day

February 24 - Zone Meeting

February 28 – Board Meeting

March 4-5 – Convention

March 6 – Swim for Diabetes

March 16 – Red Cross Cookies

CLUB NEWS

Raffle – February 10

Joyce Yates, Gayle Reidenbach, Pat King

Greeter – February Meeting – Jean Smock

Wanda Evans (2-27)

Scheff, Deb (2-16)

Sellers, Pam (2-11)

Arbors – Bingo – February 17

Anne Thatcher

Mary Jane Santos

Opal Hardin

DINNER MEETING

Special Guest - District Governor Jeff Sweeney

February 10 – 6:30

William Street Methodist Church

We are pleased to welcome District Governor Jeff Sweeney, as our special guest speaker. We encourage all Delaware Community Lions to attend our February meeting and bring guests to meet our District Governor.

DG Sweeney has a distinguished career as a Lion. His bio from the District Directory:

“Jeffrey S. Sweeney, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, USA, was elected to serve as Governor of District 13F at the district’s annual convention, held in Reynoldsburg Ohio, April 2-3, 2004. Governor Sweeney was born November 25th, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio. Governor Sweeney comes from a family of one brother and a sister. He graduated from Bloom Carroll High School then graduated with a degree of agricultural Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1992. He is currently the Design Data Systems Coordinator at ATS Ohio in Lewis Center.

Governor Sweeney grew up as a lion. His Grandfather, Grandmother and both parents have been members of lions clubs for as long as he can remember. His Family has hosted international exchange students from: Japan, Sweden, Peru, and two from Finland. He went to Finland with Lions Youth Exchange for six weeks in the summer of 1988.

He was the multiple districts’ first three year Lions All State band member and has attended eight international conventions. Governor Sweeney joined Tipp City Lions Club (District 13E) in August 1994, and then a year later transferred to the Canal Winchester Lions Club. He was quickly nominated as the club’s third vice-president and worked his way up the vice presidential chairs to become the club’s president. The following year he became the club’s secretary and held that office until this year. While being his club’s secretary, he held the position of zone chair, until he became the district’s deputy district governor. Governor Sweeney has earned three 100% secretary awards, a Council of Governor's Award of Merit, The International President’s Certificate of Appreciation and has had perfect attendance since joining the organization.

Governor Sweeney has been married to Lion Loretta since 1993 and has three children: Nicholas, Kamala and Caden.”

Lion Information

People In Need [PIN]

Please remember to bring in

items for PIN. For February please bring in applesauce.

Always needed – cans of fruit, small cans of juice, cereal, eggs and instant

oatmeal.

Zone Meeting - February 24

Delaware Lions Club

The next zone meeting will be February 24^th at the Delaware Lions Club, 3341 Airport Road. Cost of the dinner will be $10.00. Make Reservations by calling 740-363-7408.

Swim for Diabetes – Sunday, March 6

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Ohio Wesleyan

Please keep this date on your calendar. We need 3 people for 2 hour shifts. Let’s help our Delaware Lions. Sign up sheet will be available at the February dinner meeting.

Cookies for Red Cross - Wednesday

– March 16

Red Cross has requested 20 dozen cookies. We will need to take them to the Red Cross on Monday or Tuesday, March 14, 15^th. Sign up sheet will be available at the February meeting. Each person is asked to donate 2 dozen cookies.

Official Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting

The Delaware Community Lions Club of Delaware, Ohio held its regular Board Meeting at the District Technology Center on January 24, 2005. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Lion President Anne Thatcher who acted as chairman, with the following board members in attendance:

Linda Aldrich Judy Byers Sandy Coffee

Wanda Evans Marilyn Green Opal Hardin

Sheila Milligan Pam Sellers Jean Smock

Anne Thatcher Joyce Yates

Minutes of Business Meeting

¨ The minutes were approved as presented.

¨ Correspondence was shared.

¨ The Treasurer's Report was approved as presented.

Old Business:

There was nothing to report

New Business:

¨ Lions Convention will be March 4^th and 5^th. Lion President Anne, Treasurer Pam, Lion Linda, and Secretary Joyce will be going. Our club is responsible for 2 raffle gifts. Regifting was suggested.

¨ Cookies are needed for the Red Cross. Members should deliver them on either March 14^th or 15^th.

¨ Pancake Day is February 12^th at Dempsey Middle School. Members will be asked to bring utensil/kitchen items for a basket, which will be raffled. We also need lots of homemade baked goods. Lion Wanda will organize the workers. Friday February 11^th at 4:00 at Dempsey will be set-up.

¨ Lion Judy reported that the next Zone Meeting would be February 24^th at the Delaware Lions Club.

¨ The Swimathon is March 6^th 11:00-5:00. There will be a sign up in February.

¨ Lion Marcia Jones will be calling a meeting to put together a slate of officers for 2005-2006. Members are encouraged to think about helping when they are called.

¨ Dave Sellers will audit the Ways and Means books. Lion Linda moved and Lion Opal seconded the motion to approve Dave for the audit. The motion passed unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce Yates, Secretary

The Ohio Lion Newsletter

Want to read The Ohio Lion Newsletter on line – go to ohiolions.org. or ask a member of your club that has access to a computer to print a copy off for you.

The next issue of The Ohio Lion Newsletter will be a hard copy. Copy should be available by mid March. Distribution is being made thru District Officers who will then distribute to Zone Chairs for distribution to local clubs.

International Association of Lions Clubs International President Clement Kusiak

300 22^nd Street First Vice President Ashok Mehta

Oak Brook, IL 60521-5466 Second Vice President Jimmy Ross

Phone: 630-571-5466 Immediate Past President Dr. Tae Sup Lee

District Officers

District Governor Jeff Sweeney, 6171 Bay Brook Dr., Canal Winchester, OH 43110

614-834-1516 [H]

jeffsweeney@juno.com

Vice District Governor: Ron Robbins, 8737 Olentangy River Road, Delaware, OH 43015

614-888-8773 [H] 614-436-5880 [W]

rrobbins@sequentHR.com

Deputy District Governor:

Eileen Long, 940 Minerva Avenue, Columbus, OH 43229

614-885-8613 [H]

e24cl@aol.com

Immediate Past District Governor:

David Risen, 1219 Hilton Drive, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

614-864-9819 [H]

drisen@insight.rr.com

District Cabinet Sec/Treasurer:

Bill Christensen, 70 Flintlock Way, Canal Winchester, OH 43110

614-837-1851 [H] 614-275-1367 [W]

lionbill@insight.rr.com

Zone 2 Chairperson: Judy Byers, 97 Yorkshire Road, Delaware, OH 43015

740-363-7633 [H]

Ohio Lions Inc.

Multiple District 13

4074 Hoover Road,

Grove City, OH 43123

Phone: 614-539-5060

Fax: 614-539-5055

Email: lionoffice@rrohio.com

Friendship Through Lionism

Delaware Community Lions – Officers

President Anne Thatcher Lion Tamer Cindy Niles

1^st Vice President Tail Twister Nancy Fletcher

2^nd Vice President Linda Aldrich 1^st Year Directors:

3^rd Vice President Sheila Milligan Marcia Jones

Past President Linnea Davis Opal Hardin

Treasurer Pam Sellers 2^nd Year Directors:

Secretary Joyce Yates Marilyn Green

Membership Saliann Powell Jean Smock

Mae Shafer

Pat King

Committees:

First Vice President –

Program: JoAnn Brown Telephone: Justine Knight

Hospitality: Nancy Fletcher Projects & Activities:

Opal Hardin Marilyn Green

Saliann Powell Justine Knight

Raffle: Pat King Visitations: JoAnn Brown

Second Vice President – Linda Aldrich

Budget: Pam Sellers, Chair Pledge: JoAnn Brown

Marcia Jones, Linda Aldrich, Ways & Means:

Joyce Yates, Judy Byers, JoAnn Brown

Anne Thatcher Judy Byers

Sight & Hearing: Cindy Niles

Deb Scheff, Chair Constitution & By-laws:

Marilyn Green, Salianne Powell Jean Smock

Charitable Donations:

Marcia Jones, Opal Hardin, Chrs.

Pam Sellers, Linda Aldrich,

Joyce Yates, Marilyn Green

Jean Smock, Linnea Davis

Third Vice President – Sheila Milligan

Arbors: Betty Camp Lion of the Year:

Bulletin: Linda Aldrich Sheila Milligan

Invocation: Salianne Powell JoAnn Brown

Sunshine: Anna Dearth Marcia Jones

Lion Information: Jean Smock Anne Thatcher

Linda Aldrich

Aldrich, Linda (12-7) [Garth]

2056 Bean Oller Road, Del., OH 43015

740-369-7733

galdrich@columbus.rr.com or linda.aldrich@scotts.com

Basham, Betty ( 6-9) [Dan Basham]

15672 State Road, Ostrander, OH 43061

740-666-3404

bettysbrownies@aol.com

Brown, JoAnn (8-29) [Jim]

3090 Waterford Dr., Lewis Center, OH 4303

740-548-7103

Byers, Judy (6-23) [Lou]

97 Yorkshire Road, Delaware, OH 43015

740-363-7633

Coffee, Sandy (6-15) [Jim]

723 N 3 B’s & K Road

Sunbury, OH 43074

740-524-5335

Davis, Linnea (4-23) [Les]

104 Wilder St., Delaware, OH 43015

740-363-3485

linlesdavis@earthlink.net

Dearth, Anna M. (1-11)

60 Welshire Court, Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-9696

Evans, Wanda (2-27) [Ed]

311 Klondike Road, Delaware, Ohio 43015

740-369-8474

Fletcher, Nancy (6-20) [Ted]

3161 Hills Miller Road, Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-7150

Green, Marilyn (6-20)

178 Cheshire St., Delaware, OH 43015

740-363-7255

Hardin, Opal (10-29) [Ken]

332 Troy Road, Delaware, OH 43015

740-362-1942

Jones, Marcia (8-7) [Mike]

421 N. Washington St., Delaware, OH 43015

740-362-6253

King, Pat (7-26)

501 Supreme Court, Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-4557

Knight, Justine (1-6)

76 North Street, Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-5246

Milligan, Sheila (10-14) [Lee]

321 Rutherford Ave., Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-5898

semilligan99@hotmail.com or Semilligan00@aol.com

Niles, Cindy (3-25) [John]

3062 S. Sectionline Road, Delaware, OH 43015

740-362-6110

jpniles@yahoo.com

O’Brien, Addie** (8-4)

558 W. William St., Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-6592

Powell, Salianne (4-30) [Edward]

217 Cottswold Drive, Delaware, OH 43015

740-369-6840

Reidenbach, Gayle (11-10) [Fritz]

6954 Candace Place, Worthington, OH 43085

614-846-7628

Santos, Mary Jane (8-28) [Rick]

113 Deerfield Place, Del., OH 43015

740-369-7108

mjsantos@columbus.rr.com or santosma@oplin.lib.oh.us

Scheff, Deb (2-16)

42 Northwood Dr., Delaware, OH 43015