JODI BURMESTER is the Program Host next week, and she will introduce Mike Mitchell of the Youth Job Center. His title: "Bringing Business and Youth Together," and from this we can surmise what we may hear. These days youth divided by jobs usually equals McDonald's, but there's got to be more to it than that, and this is where we'll find out. The first step is always the hardest, and it sounds as though help is available.

At our last meeting JERRY MILLER was TTOTW, and he passed out a set of riddles. One "where do animals go when they lose their tails?" to which he said the correct answer was "a retailer." Universal groans. He had three others, one requiring knowledge of film photography. No word on whether any table got all four. Editor's table said we did, but he wouldn't accept one of our answers and we paid. We suspect the other tables got the same treatment.

President LINDA presided and led the song, and ROSS ROYSTER gave the invocation. We had one guest, who came a very long way to join us, DAVID KUDJAWU, from the Accra Golden Lions Club in Ghana. He wore a marvelous Lions shirt, the likes of which none of us had ever seen. Well, maybe PHIL has.

LINDA noted an item in the People on the Move column in a local publication, telling of CHRIS WILZ' promotion at M&I Bank. Congratulations, CHRIS!

DAN STOUDT reminded us that Rose Day is coming fast, and we need orders turned in. We have a small problem - a clerical error in our order has us with about 60 dozen excess rose bouquets, and we have to sell them to keep our profits for our service work. That's only about one bouquet for each of us. That should be easy. If each Lion will just make a little extra effort, not only will we cover the error, we'll raise more money. Go and do it! Delivery orders must be turned in by 4:30 Friday April 22, to DAN, MELISSA NOVINSKI or TERRY SCHAR. If you miss the deadline you can still bring the order to the Stark Co. West Office Saturday afternoon, 1:30-4:30. The routing committee will be setting up deliveries in the lower level training room, and they can always use a couple extra people. Please put good delivery instructions on the order forms - it makes life a lot easier for the routers and helps guarantee delivery.

DON NEVIASER issued a preliminary announcement that the Service Club Olympics will be held on July 25 and 26, mostly at Cherokee Country Club as usual. Start your training regimen now.

Recognition for sponsoring new members in the 2003-04 year was given to RALPH JOHNSON, LINDA BERGREN, and CHUCK BASFORD. If we remember rightly, CHUCK had two. We need more like this.

DALE MUELLER said that the Vilas Zoo has raised some money by collecting and recycling old cell phones. He also said that if you have one or more you want to get rid of, he'll take them, and pass them on to the Zoo.

JOHN JENSON reminded that our election ballots are due by noon next Tuesday. Send yours in if you haven't done so, or bring it to the meeting and give it to JOHN before the lunch.

SAL AL-ASHKAR introduced our speaker, Todd Oehrlein, UW Women's Golf Coach. Todd is a UW system graduate and played basketball (obviously) in college. Since then he has coached golf at several levels, including an NCAA Division III men's championship team at UW-Eau Claire. He coaches a squad of 11 women at UW-Madison, 6 of whom are on scholarship (the NCAA limit). About 2/3 of them are from Wisconsin, but this year he has recruits from North Dakota and Spain as well. They do a lot of traveling, particularly in early spring, and much of their competition is at "invitationals" where several schools compete, rather than dual meets as in other sports. This year they played in meets in Arizona, Florida and Texas. Five or six golfers play in a meet, and the four lowest scores count. (Mens's college golf is similar.) They actually have two seasons each year - from the start of school in Fall through November, and then from the start of the second semester until around the end of April - the Big 10 meet is this week. All schools have similar seasons, and the coaches and players at northern schools just learn to deal with the shorter playing season. They do strength and conditioning work all year, and practice indoors in bad weather. One recent graduate, Melinda Johnson, is playing on the LPGA circuit this year. College women's golf is a growing sport, and when he recruits he "sells" the quality of the school, the sports-minded city and the general atmosphere here to prospects. He's a good speaker, and he loves his job.