Jungle Jargon

A Monthly Broadcast to

THE LIONS CLUB OF CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY

Contact us at: http://cranburylions.org

“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”

Ideals in Government		Mutual Helpfulness
Social Progress	Understanding	Civic Betterment	Fellowship

President	Ray Dickey	Directors – 2 years	Joe Addonizio
1^st Vice President	Walton Caldwell		Dave Cook
2^nd Vice President	Richard Stannard		Andre Mento
3^rd Vice President	David Stout		Peter Turner
Secretary	George Smith
Treasurer – Operating/Projects	Dennis Kennedy	Directors – 1 Year	Don Herr
Assistant Treasurer - Projects	<open>		Alex Johnson
			Mike Kaiser
Immediate Past President	Bob Virgadamo		Rick Cusworth
Information Technology Chairman	Dave Shaffer	Publicity Chairman	Jon Goldstein
Lion Tamer	Jeff Caldwell	Jargon Editor	Bob Virgadamo
Tail Twister	Joe Carroll	Web Master	Michele Hart

April, 2004

April 6 – Board of Directors Meeting – 7:30PM, Tom Gambino Library Room

April 7 – Regular Meeting – 7PM, Cranbury Station, Dinner: Chicken Cordon Bleu

Speaker: Lion Larry Leson will discuss a unique industry: brokering speakers.

April 21 – Lion of the Year Meeting – 7PM, East Brunswick Chateau, Dinner: as reserved

Joint meeting with the other Clubs in our Zone to award Lions of the Year, in lieu of speaker.

May, 2004

May 4– Board of Directors Meeting – 7:30PM, Tom Gambino Library Room

May 5 – Regular Meeting – 7PM, Cranbury Station, Dinner: Beef & Mushroom Marsala

Speaker: TBA

May 19 – Regular Meeting – 7PM, Cranbury Station, Dinner: Chicken Parmigiana

Member Interactive Discussion Topic: Service to Your Country, or, “What did you do in the war, Daddy?” Discussion can include any volunteer effort in lieu of military service, such as Peace Corps, recycling drives (WWII), etc.

A Message To All Cranbury Lions

For some reason, this year’s meeting attendance has been unusually low. As Lions, we have agreed to help the community through fundraising and volunteerism. In the past, our members have volunteered, directly, at meetings. With attendance down, so is our volunteer corps. We realize that the dynamics of our Club have changed and members have more demanding roles with careers and family, but the Board has asked that all members make every effort to attend as many meetings as possible throughout the year.

Things To Know

Our Interactive Member Discussion Topic for May is scheduled to be “Service To Your Country”, or “What did you do in the war, Daddy?” In addition to military service in peace or war, these short reminisces can include service in the Peace Corps or any activity that benefited the war effort such as USO service, recycling drives, etc. 2-5 minutes per member should do it.

Update on Updike – As previously reported, the Township Committee has given the Cranbury Lions Club a “Letter of Intent”, advising that as soon as the property is actually deeded over to the Township, they will turn the Updike barn over to the Lions. Additionally, Sharbell Construction, the current owner of the property, has advised that they may provide us with a donation, in form or substance, for the project. ALL Lions are asked to promote this project to friends and neighbors in an effort to promote community awareness, not only of the project itself, but of the fact that we are approaching our 75^th anniversary. Fundraising efforts will begin as soon as the property is deeded to us. Lion Dave Shaffer, our Technology Chair, has updated the Barn Project on the website. Project Chair Mike Kaiser and his committee is trying to insure that the barn project is reported on in the Cranbury Press as often as possible. Updates will be placed in the Jargon as the project moves forward.

In preparation of this project, the Board is trying to determine what our storage needs are, exactly. Every member who has any stored paraphernalia – the float, signs, boxes of records, historical documents, pancake breakfast equipment…anything – should make a list of the items and give the lists to Lion Bob Virgadamo or Lion Mike Kaiser, so proper planning can be done.

A display case housing our historic memorabilia, which was to have been placed in the Community Room as consideration for our donation towards the construction of the room, has been officially denied by the School Board. Nonetheless, the Board of Directors is working with the Township to obtain a location for a permanent display case for the Club’s historic memorabilia. When the display case is finally installed, the Board has voted to dedicate it to the memory of Lion Mason Blaich, who stored the historic items in his home for nearly a quarter of a century.

Mason was the Chairman of our Health and Welfare Committee, which leaves us with a vacancy. The Club is looking for two Members to fill these openings, preferably two retired Members, since, in addition to getting cards and flowers, the committee members make hospital visits, as necessary. Any interested members should please contact President Ray.

The Annual Lion of the Year Joint Zone Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at the East Brunswick Chateau. Dinner will be a choice of beef, chicken or fish. As usual, this is also our Spring “Spouse Night” Meeting, so you are encouraged to attend with your spouse or significant other to honor this year’s Lions of the Year. A sign-up sheet is circulating at regular meetings, or contact Lion Bob Virgadamo (395-7050) with your reservation, before April 14.

The Officer Slate for the Lion year 2004-2005 will be released shortly, and will be read at the next meeting. Any member wishing to volunteer for an officer or board position should contact President Ray ASAP. The slate will be voted upon at the May 5, 2004 meeting.

The Cranbury Lions Sixth Annual Golf Outing, will take place at the Peddie Golf Course in Hightstown on Monday, May 17, 2004. As in the past, a single golfer will pay $125, which will include a golf cart, greens fees, lunch, dinner, awards and prizes. Non-golfers may attend the dinner at a cost of $30 per person. Lunch will be burgers, ‘dogs, chips, beer and soft drinks; dinner, with a two-hour open bar (5:30-7:30 – beer and wine, only) will be steaks, B-B-Q Chicken, and ziti, with salad. Golf Chairman Doug Pearce, has asked that everyone try to bring in at least one golfer and one advertising sponsor. Applications are available at the regular meetings or from the Golf Committee (Lions Doug, Walt Caldwell, Jon Goldstein, or Bob Virgadamo).

The Annual Super 50/50 is coming! Lion Henry Behnke advises that tickets will be made available to all Lions at the April 7^th meeting; members who are unable to attend will receive theirs in the mail. This is one of our sustaining fundraisers, and members are asked to sell ALL the tickets they are supplied with, and are encouraged to sell as many more as possible. As usual, the drawing will be held at the Memorial Day Parade.

And, speaking of Memorial Day, Parade Chairman Bob Wood will need volunteers for Parade Day, and Lions Jon Goldstein, Doug Pearce, and Richard Stannard may need assistance with sprucing up the float; sign-up sheets will begin circulating shortly.

We have the dates for our annual visits to the Trenton Thunder. The Thunder have, once again, granted us a spot on their 50/50 calendar. The game is Thunder v. Mets on Friday, June 25, 2004. For the uninitiated, there are some 300+ organizations applying for 71 spots (home games) in the 50/50 line-up. This will be our fifth year as a 50/50 recipient. The Club will need at least six volunteers to sell 50/50 tickets at the game, but the more volunteers we have, the more tickets we can sell. Volunteers who sell tickets need not be Lions, but must be over 18. All volunteers are admitted to the park free and will be given vouchers for a hotdog and a beverage.

Our Annual Trenton Thunder Game Club Outing will be on Saturday, August 14, 2004, between the Trenton Thunder and New Britain, the double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Tickets are $10, each and are now available. Sign up sheets will begin circulating at the appropriate time, but members are encouraged to sell as many tickets as possible to friends and relatives early on so that additional seats can be obtained if needed.

Reminders

Please remember that the Coupon Collection Project is still active. Please deliver your cut manufacturer’s coupons to Lion Chris Thompson at the meetings (or to Lion Bob Virgadamo, if Chris is unavailable), or drop them off to one of the collection boxes in the Library or the Town Hall. Remember that this very worthwhile project will cost each of us a mere 10-15 minutes per week. And, let us not forget that these coupons are being collected to help military families overseas, and that “We Serve”.

Frank Marlowe has been our Program Chair for a few years now, and has done quite an excellent job lining up speakers for our bi-monthly meetings. You can all imagine how difficult it can be, finding speakers that will be of relative interest to all our Members! We all come in contact with someone interesting on a regular basis. When you do, or if you have any suggestions for speakers, please give Frank a call, or e-mail him at marlowe@cranburynj.com . Additionally, any member who has a suggestion for interactive discussion nights, may give their suggestions to Frank, as well as any Board member.

It is important that we increase our fundraising capability without requesting money from our small community over and over again. With over 300 commercial locations in our immediate area, the website is one of the easiest and best fundraisers we have. We ask every member to please try to bring in at least one advertiser per year. Refer all advertising leads to Lions Joe Addonizio, Dave Shaffer or Bob Virgadamo.

Any member who learns of the sickness or death of another member, or in a member’s family, or any other similar incident or emergency, should contact Lion Dave Cook to activate the “phone tree”, so that all members may be notified.

Member Pick-Up

Ed Lawson (5 S. Main), Bob Meyers (95 N. Main) / Max Mesner (Rossmoor)

Lion Don Jo Swanagan has volunteered to be the “permanent” pick up driver for Lion Bob

Lion Dennis Kennedy has volunteered to be the “permanent” pick-up driver for Lion Ed

Lion Joe Addonizio has volunteered to be the “permanent” back-up driver for both

Lion Frank Marlowe has volunteered to act as the “regular” pick up driver for Lion Max, but additional volunteers are necessary for this pick-up. Please contact Lion Rick Cusworth to be placed on his list.

If you cannot make your pick-up, and/or if you switch (or need to switch) with someone else, please notify Lion Rick (655-2426) as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you’re not going to make a meeting.

THE LIONS CLUB, CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY Asks that you PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS
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