Next Meeting, Tuesday, September 1, at the Coliseum Restaurant & Bar, at noon. We get to start on the first day of the month, for whatever good that may entail. All we know for sure is that the Labor Day Holiday is pushed as far away as it can get.

This will be one of our Business Meetings, with much of the business as yet undefined. We will no doubt hear a bit more about how full we got the Bus Stuffed, and of course September is one of our Eye Bank Tissue Transport months, so we will be reminded about that. (Are your times of availability and phone numbers correct?)

There apparently was some confusion about who is actually holding a current seat on our Board of Directors, But our fearless leaders got that sorted out. Our Board now has 10 members, MIKE KNOWLTON, JOHN JENSON, SCOTT GROVER, LINDA BERGREN, GAIL STIRR, JEFF SCHNEIDER, PHIL INGWELL, CRAIG BUTLER, JACK HEIM and KEVIN OLSEN. It is stated that four are “at large”, which makes the Editor wonder if the whole bunch isn't running loose. OK, we know President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Membership Director. JACK HEIM apparently has two seats as Past President and TailTwister (unless we've abolished the PP, which would be risky because we might need him/her some time.) The others are ambiguous. Or maybe we've got somebody other than the actual Past President (there are several on the list) officially ensconced in that seat. But we are no longer confused, right?

And there may be further discussion of the Holiday Treat Sale, which must focus on the relative importance of our famously staple Fruit Cakes, which come only in cases of 24. That really makes LINDA's life difficult if she has 25 advance orders. Since we no longer have access to a corner of Oscar Mayer's frozen storage locker, holdover stock is not an option. (Didn't know about the frozen storage? That's not the only traditional custom that has perished with the passage of time.) Rumor has it that order forms will be available at the meeting (also on our web site), and that ALL orders MUST be in by the second meeting in October.

At our last meeting, Pres. MIKE opened the meeting, and PDG PHIL INGWELL gave the invocation. JODI BURMESTER gave a report on the stalwart MCLC Lions who Stuffed The Bus: Stuffers were LINDA BERGREN and granddaughter, DALE BURMESTER, JODI BURMESTER, BETTY INGWELL, and MIKE KNOWLTON. Sorters, a week later, were BETTY INGWELL, JODI BURMESTER and DALE BURMESTER.

Our new District Governor inducted our newest member, ADAM GRASSNICKLE. ADAM is a former Lions Camp camper, who joins us as an effort to give back to Lions for the experiences he had. He's also a recent UW graduate who's looking for a permanent job! He majored in History (those who don't read the lessons of history are fated to repeat them.) and Political Science (politics could sure use some science, these days. We already have enough hot air). Welcome, ADAM!

SCOTT GROVER then formally introduced our new District Governor, DICK SCHWEDRSKY. DG DICK presented his three goals for the year: Manage Change, Communicate, and Serve. The first is a very tall order, the second emphasized the electronic means of supplying information that have pretty much replaced the printed word (including this BULLetin) and the third is what we've always done. Sounds like a practical agenda.

Upon request, the Editor provided a verbal recap of the Great Beer Semi-Truck Driveway Encounter, and following that light moment, the meeting was concluded.