Facebook. It is called Fort Vancou-

ver Lion Members. Please join the page and get the latest information about some of our activities and

please share with us your social ac-tivities as well.

Crestline Elementary School was destroyed by fire. The Good Vibra-tions Library, a bookmobile for

summertime reading, established by a Lion member, was a total loss.

Our club is collecting books to re-build the library for the students. The Orchards-evergreen Lion Club

is spearheading the collections and they are calling on our help.

Leo Legends Club invites you to attend their Charter Dinner Friday, April 12, 7 PM Northcrest Church

5602 E Mill Plain Blvd. Reservations are required. Space is limited, so

contact Helen Sutfin 696-9162 or e-mail Helens@wa-net.com, Adults $7.00, Children $3.00, Leos Free.

We have a lot going on in April: the Benefit Concert, we want to

make this event very successful. Please sell a lot of tickets to friends

and families. Allen and Renee Rhyasen will be program speakers at an upcoming

meeting. We are all looking forward to sharing with them their exciting

experiences in the Far East. As usual, I thank all who helped at the Share House, Clark County

Sight and Clark County Hearing Committees.

Have a wonderful spring.

In Lionism: King Lion Bill

Fort Vancouver Lions Club

Vancouver, WA., U.S.A.

Established 1955

APRIL 2013 ISSUE

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Presidents Corner 1

Benefit Concert 2

Board Mtg. Minutes 3

3 Grands Concert 4

Spring Conf. Report 5

Social Committee 6

Club Activities 7-8

Sight Mtg. Minutes 9

Aviation Res. Fair 10

MD-36 Convention 11

Calendar 12

Sponsors 13

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

President’s Corner

Bill Shalaby

Fellow Lions:

We are inching towards the last

quarter of this Lions fiscal year. We have a lot ahead of us in fundraising, administrative functions and service

activities. To cite a few, Strawberry sale, White Cane, WSSB Track Meet,

installation of new members, and in-stallation of a new President. This is only a partial list. Please check the

calendar for the complete list. Worthy of note for the month of

March is our participation in the Dis-trict 19G Spring Conference. Fort Vancouver Lions Club had a great

showing of 13 individuals, 12 mem-bers and spouses. Dotty Scott and

Helen Sutfin were recognized by the LCIF President for their hard work in founding and guiding the Leo Leg-

ends, a club for 12-18 year old girls and boys. We received several

awards as well for our Web site, Busi-ness Card, Newsletter, and Achieve-ment Speech.

Terry Sutfin was elected as a trus-tee for the Lions Sight and Hearing

Foundation. These achievements are truly a group effort. Thanks to all who helped. The conference was educa-

tional, social and fun. Nancy and Bruce Preece, and Hallie Walker at-

tended Leadership 101. All members attended interesting seminars. Some pinochle and clamming had to be

squeezed in as well. Thanks to Adam Hegewald who

started a social page for our club on

A P R I L S P E A K E R S

P R O G R A M D I R E C T O R

R O Y

April 5 Jenifer Nass, Program

Director, Clark County

Watershed Stewards

April 12 Lion Al Rhyasen, Year

Long stay in Hong Kong

April 19 Julie Tumelty, Principal of

the new HeLa High

School

April 26 Brian Wheeler, Trail

Blazer announcer

Editor: Shelly Brown Lsbrown65@comcast.net

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King Lion: Bill Shalaby

1st VP: Adam Hegewald

2nd VP: Sandy Hammond

3rd VP: Bruce Preece

Past President: Helen Sutfin

Secretary: Carol Bisbee

Treasurer: Hallie Walker

Tail Twister: Marilyn Robertson

Lion Tamer: Fred Larson

John Caldwell

Membership: Roy Pulliam

Board Members: Sandy Foster, John

Caldwell, Lee Denny, Ralph Harding,

Dotty Scott, Len Leger

Program Directors: Roy Pulliam,

Dotty Scott, Bruce Armstrong,

Len Leger

Sunshine Committee:

Colleen Lanphier

Technology Guru: Dotty Scott

Visitations: Terry Sutfin

Social Chair: Lee Denny

Fort Vancouver Lions

Club Officers 2012 –13

Benefit Concert

April 5, 2013 Thank you to everyone who helped with our most recent Benefit Con-cert on April 5th. Most of all, thank you to the musicians. They do-nated their time and talents to help us raise funds for all of our con-

certs. Both “Three Together” and “The Rite of Spring” are fantastic bands and do a lot of charity work. If you ever get a chance to see them, thank them for their help.

I would also like to thank all of the sponsors for this Spring’s concert: US Digital again donated $2,000.00, we received donations of $250 for Craig Limoges and the New Phoenix Casino. $100 donors were:

Salmon Creek Postal Annex, Blind Onion, Shanahans Tavern, Total Mer-chants (Cheri Perry), and Hydraulics Inc (Adam Hegewald). New Sea-sons donated a $50.00 gift card, and Beaches Restaurant donated eight

$25 gift certificates. Dotty Scott again created our promotional flyer and the Concert Pro-gram. Rick Giles printed all of the tickets. Len Ledger helped with all of

the organization of the show and got Beaches and New Season to do-nate. Lori Pulliam donated water and cookies that we sold that night and also manned the ticket booth. Shelly Brown took pictures and

video of our secret performer. Attending the concert from our club were: The Browns, Milligans, Pulliams, Nielsons, Giles, Adam Hegewald and Carol Bisbee. Thanks for attending.

Now for the secret performer: Rick Giles was Ricky Demento, relative of the great Dr. Demento and sang his classic, “Shaving Cream.” Rick did a great job and if you come to lunch next Friday, April 12th, you will

see the performance. We will also get it on our website and perhaps You Tube also. The band rehearsed with Rick only 2 times, but he memorized the song and put on a great and memorable per-

formance. We had a pretty good walk up crowd and raised almost $1,000 in ticket sales. We sold the New Seasons $50.00 gift card for

$40.00 and one of the Beaches certificates for $20. We have 7 Beaches gifts to sell at our next Friday lunch meeting to finish

our sales for the concert. With the previous ticket sales and the $3,100 we made from ad sales we should gross over $4,400.00. Expenses will be: $500 donated back to the Foundation at WSSB

(The Pacific Foundation for Blind Children), $400 for the Sound System that evening and $65.52 for the Concert Programs (PIP).

So we should net over $3000 for our charities.

Look for our next concert in October. We are considering a Lions

Talent Show.

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Fort Vancouver Lions Board Meeting

March 7, 2013

Present: Bill Shalaby, Ken Milligan, Sandy Hammond, Sandy Foster, Helen Sutfin, Dotty Scott, Terry Sutfin, Lee Denny, Adam Hegewald, Hallie Walker, Carol Bisbee. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by President Bill Shalaby. A quorum was present. Minutes: Were approved as distributed. Correspondence: The 65th Annual Sight Foundation Banquet will be held April 20th. There is an invitation to attend the Melvin Jones din-ner for the Washougal Lions Club on March 26, 2013. Social time will begin at 6:00 pm and the meeting at 6:30. The book drive for the summer book program run by a Crestline Elementary teacher will be on March 26, 2013 Treasurer’s Report: Hallie distributed reports for the Foundation and FVLC accounts. They were approved as distributed. Old/New Business: Voting at the Spring Conference was discussed. We will have 9 votes. The slips for voting certification will be distrib-uted at the Conference by President Bill Shalaby. The voting will be for by-laws changes, and election of District officers. Terry Sutfin is run-ning for a Trustee position on the Sight Foundation Membership: At the present time we are maintaining at 91. We have added five new members and dropped five. We have an application for Nick Banks. A unanimous vote was cast for Nick to become a new member. Roy encouraged everyone to invite people to the BINGO night on March 28th. It will be held at Devine Consign on Main Street. Leo Legends: Dotty announced that the Charter night will be held April 12th at 7:00 pm at their regular meeting location, Northcrest Church, 5602 E. Mill Plain Blvd. The Leo’s will be providing the money for Lasagna, salad and rolls. Denny Tichener will be install ing. 1st VP Adam Hegewald-Club Administration: American Legion: There were both positive and negative responses from the members. After discussion it was decided that Adam would talk to the American Legion about our concerns, and then schedule another meeting there before a final decision is made on that loca-tion. Devine Consign: A request was made for $100.00 to obtain prizes etc for Bingo Night to be held at Devine Consign. It was moved, sec-onded and unanimously approved that $100.00 be used for that evening event. We are also encouraged to bring prizes from home. The date is March 28th. Committee Chairs (co-chairs): All VP’s should be checking with the committee chairs listed in their areas of responsibilities. They should check that projects, etc. are on schedule, and whether they have recruited co-chairs for their committees. Phone Tree: There was minimal response from those wanting to be on the call list. Bill and Adam will work on the list. Activities, Projects, Dates, Lead times: Patrick Herrea has turned over the books he had. Helen has the book for Washington Elemen-tary School. A comprehensive overview for all projects and fund-raisers has not yet been developed. 2nd VP Sandy Hammond-Fund Raising: White Cane: Carol Bisbee asked for suggestions for new locations for our White Cane fund raiser. Albertsons on Fourth Plain, Columbia Credit Union and Burgerville were mentioned. Benefit Concert: April 5th is the date for Benefit Concert. Advertisements are selling well. We need to sell more tickets. The cost is $15.00. Roy Pulliam has tickets. 3rd VP Bruce Preece-Service Projects: RAP: Bruce Armstrong is heading up the International piece. He will present a list of options for us to choose from in support of the Li-brary in Zambia. Several options are still being discussed for participation on the National level. Our reading program at Washington is our local project and that has been completed. Tree Planting: Ron Nielson is the chairman for this project. Sixty trees will be ordered and delivered just before Arbor Day. These will be for the fourth graders at Washington Elementary School. They will be presented April 10th. Pajamas for Foster Kids: Larry Ball delivered the pajamas collected to Sleep Country. Twenty pairs were donated. First Grade Reading: Helen reported that 78 books and Clementine oranges were given to the first graders at Washington Elementary School. There were a dozen volunteers to read with the children Yarn Drive: Bruce Armstrong has a basket for collecting yarn to send to Zambia. He will collect yarn until the end of March. Other Items: Bell: After our bell was returned it was noted that several past presidents names were not engraved on the bell. Investigation into adding names revealed that no additional names can be engraved on the bell. Supplies: We need to order new business cards, brochures and rosters. Spring Conference for MD 19: Our delegates will be voting for by-laws changes, Trustee for the Sight Foundation and the new officers for the 2013-2014 year. Terry Sutfin is a candidate for Trustee. Election of Officers: We need to have a slate of officers for FVLC to vote on before the end of April. We need a candidate for 3rd VP and also two for the Board of Directors. Adam will be responsible for recruiting nominees to present to the board. We need to have three read-ings of the candidates before we can vote on them. The new officers must be reported to MD 19 before the 30th of April. Washington Elementary School: Bruce Preece suggested that in keeping with the goals for increasing literacy we consider a project for the Washington Elementary School such as a bulletin board on George Washington. No decision was made at this time. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm. The next meeting will be April 4th at 6:00 pm at the Columbia Credit Union on Fourth Plain. Respectfully Submitted, Carol Bisbee, Secretary

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Helen Sutfin (on the left) and Dotty Scott of the Fort Van-

couver Lions club received the International President's Certificate of Appreciation. This is the 4th highest award

a Lion member can receive from the International Presi-dent. Helen was last year's President of the Fort Vancou-

ver Lions club. Dotty recently help organize a local Leo Lions club consisting of local teenagers.

They both received this award at the Multiple District

Spring Conference March 9th in Ocean Shores, Washington.

Spring Conference Ocean Shores, Washington

March 2013

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Social Committee Report

RENT, the Musical: On Saturday March 9, fourteen members of the Ft Vancouver Li-

ons club and their guests attended the musical, RENT in Decker Theater at Clark College. Prior to the musical we all met at

Beaches’ Restaurant on the Columbia River for a social hour and dinner. One of the highlight of the meal was the excellent service

provided by Robby and Danny Pulliam. A good time was had by all.

Sunday Brunch at 12pm on April 14 before the 3 Grands Concert

to benefit two great schools!

The School of Piano Technology for the Blind (Piano Hospital) and the Pacific Founda-tion for Blind Children (WSSB) are hosting a concert featuring three great pianists, who

have overcome total blindness to excel at piano performance. The concert will be held at the Fort Vancouver High School Auditorium, 5700 E. 18th St. at 2pm on Sunday April

14th. Tickets are $40 per person. Tickets are available at the Piano Hospital or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/353379. There will also be an auction for several ex-

citing items, including a getaway for 5 nights at Sun River, OR, a luxury cabin stay in Kellogg, ID and more. There will be a signup at club meetings to allow for a reserved

section for our club and to plan the Sunday Brunch before the concert.

What’s Next from

the Social Committee?

Ken and I would like to Thank You for all your prayers and kindness you have

shown us, following the death of my oldest son, Kevin. I didn't realize how much comfort cards can be at a time like this.

With love,

Delores and Ken

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY

Friday, March 1, Fort Vancouver Lions: Hallie Walker, Roy Pulliam, Sandy

Hammond, Jerry Jacobus, Carol Bisbee, Bill Shalaby, Sandy and Randy Foster, Lee

Denny, Larry Ball, and Terry and Helen Sutfin helped the First Graders at Washing-

ton Elementary School celebrate READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY. The Lions read to

small groups of students, who then had the opportunity to select a new book to take

home. Lions reading to first graders happens each year as part of the school district

celebration of Dr. Suess’ birthday.

WSSB Track Meet This year’s track meet at the Washington State School for the Blind will be on May

16th. We are hoping for: wonderful weather, plenty of volunteers, and most impor-tantly everyone having lots of fun.

Student athletes from all over Washington and Oregon, will run, jump and throw all day long. No matter what their disability, they will competed with smiles on their

faces as everyone cheers them on. Events include sprints and long distance runs, standing and running long jump, the shot put and modified throw, and the high jump.

We will again serve over 300: athletes and their families, all of the volunteers, and the staff, Johnsonville Brats for lunch. Johnsonville donates the brats. Frito Lay do-

nates chips. Our member, Tracy Hein of Sacred Grounds Coffee donates all of the hot dog buns. IGA donates the condiments.

Everything starts with a pot luck breakfast provided by the staff at the school. The events start at 9 AM and is usually over by 3 PM. If you have worked this event before

you know how much fun it is. If you have not, you are in for a treat.

To sign up contact Roy Pulliam at rapid14@aol.com or just show up. Roy Pulliam, Track Meet Chairman

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Please email newsletter articles for the May newsletter to:

Lsbrown65@comcast.net by Monday, April 29! Thanks!!

Please welcome the 2 newest Fort Vancouver Lions members: Jeff Sparacio, spouse Rachelle, email address is jeffsparacio@gmail.com phone contact: 360-713-2329 Danny Proudfoot, email address is dannypfoot@gmail.com Phone contact is 360-852-6312

Upcoming Lions Projects Next Friday's LEO Legend (the teenage Lions club we created) Charter Night event. Please consider helping with the: setup at 5:30, cooking and serving the dinner, and tear down. We will need a few volunteers to cook the Lasagna at home and bring to the event. Also, consider attending and supporting this new club. Cost is only $7.00. Email me back if you can help with any or all of the above. We will be cancelling our Friday meeting on May 3rd to work the International White Cane day. For new members, this is the day Lions all over the world hand out little white canes to show support in our effort to fight preventable blindness. We will need a lot of help with this one as we are working at several locations over a 2 hour shift at lunchtime on Friday. There are also Saturday opportunities to help. Contact Lion Carol Bisbee to sign up and for locations to work: bisbee7830@comcast.net or call Carol at 360-573-4059 On Saturday, May 4th, we will be working the Diabetes Awareness Seminar at the Con-vention Center in Portland. Lion Craig Limoges is taking signups for morning and after-noon shifts. Contact Craig at craiglimoges@hotmail.com to help. Lion Ron Nielson will be running this event because Craig will be at his son's college graduation.

Twenty-one Lions and friends joined the "Cash Mob" at Billygan's Roadhouse Restau-rant on Monday, March 18th. Lion Roy Pulliam organ-ized the event to support the local establishment in Salmon Creek. The restaurant had been suffering due to an illness that was brought in by a customer and spread to 22 diners. It wasn't Billygan’s fault. Cash Mobs are events that support local busi-nesses all across the country. Monday's Cash Mob re-sulted in over 100 participating and the Columbian and News Channel 6 reporting on it.

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Lions Sight Meeting,

April 2, 2013

Sixteen Lions representing eight Clark County Lions Club in attendance.

Monthly financial report: Beginning Balance $ 2,585.25

March Receipts $ 11,555.00 Cash On Hand $ 14,040.25

Monthly Disbursements $ 4,779.00 Balance $ 9,261.25

Accounts Payable (59 cases outstanding) $ 5,900.00 Available Balance $ 3,361.25

Report for first three quarters of the budget year:

Club Donations $ 15,638.40

Other Donations $ 12,470.00 Total Disbursements $ 43,658.00

During 6 of the first 9 months of 2012-2013 we provided 40 or more glasses.

Dean Stenehjem reported on the Low Vision Clinic Outreach. There have been five re-

cent presentations at places where Seniors live or gather. About 12 people attending at each presentation on the services of the Low Vision Clinic to people in the community.

Low Vision Center staff, monitoring for how folks learned about the services of the clinic.

Lions Sight Foundation Banquet and Auction: Saturday, April 20, Club Green Meadows starting at 5:30. $ 30.00 for prime rib or salmon dinner. Mac Potts on piano.

Patient Care: 38 applications for Service

17 denied or on hold

7 receive partial service from DSHS 3 denied non-citizen, non-resident

7 on hold, not enough information on application to process 21 Reviewed and all of the 21 approved.

Elected Officers for 2013 -2014

Chair Jeff Fish Vice-Chair Ralph Harding

Treasurer Vikki Hart Secretary Bob Weller

Patient Care Dr. Jan Hurtubise

Terry Sutfin announced as Trustee on the Northwest Lions Sight Foundation Board of Di-rectors as representative of our area.

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