Next Meeting - August 16, Tuesday noon, at the Coliseum Bar & Restaurant, as usual. This is our Program Meeting for August, and we will be honored by the appearance of our new District Governor, Eric Holthaus. We can expect to hear what the plans and goals are for Lions International and International President Robert “Bob” E. Corlew, as well as for our District. The District Governor is our pipeline to State and International, and one of the privileges of being a Lion is to be a part of Lion service on a grander level than one Club can manage by themselves. The DG also puts in a lot of hours and miles to keep the system up and running, as someone we know well is likely to experience next year.

Pres. MIKE gonged our last meeting into order, which wasn't too difficult with only nine Lions present. There was conversation, laced with war stories, about the upcoming Stuff The Bus project. Help is still needed for that one.

It was pointed out that September, which is only a little more than three weeks away, now, is one of our Eye Tissue Transport months. If you are a transporter, check your contact infor on the website so the dispatcher can find you. If you aren't, yet, and want to be, talk to SCOTT GROVER, who presides over those who cometh and goeth.

A digression - the Editor just listened to PID PHIL INGWELL read Scripture on the TV broadcast from Bethel Lutheran Church. Whatever happened to “if you're going to do something important, wear a suit!”, PHIL? It was a nice shirt, though.

Of course, in the midst of all this heat and humidity, LINDA BERGREN said she would shortly be taking orders for Holiday Treats. Fruitcake Time!! Well, not quite yet, but not too soon to start reviewing your prospect lists.

A comment from The Man Who Does (Almost) Everything, SCOTT GROVER - It would take a donation of $200 from each and every member to replace the money we get from these fundraisers during the Club year. Sometimes when We Serve, we can go do it ourselves, but there is no denying the power of money, particularly when the need is somewhere on the other side of what one of our astronauts called “The Big Blue Marble.”

The meeting ended with a mass dispersal, making the closing bell unnecessary. When it's over, it's over. See you next Tuesday.