“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”

March, 2002

 

March 5 – Board of Directors Meeting – 7:30PM, Library Conference Room

March 6 – Regular Meeting – 7PM, Cranbury Station, Dinner: Sliced London Broil

                   Speaker: Charles Devany, will discuss Ethics in Business

 

March 20 – Regular Meeting – Spouse Night – 7PM, Cranbury Station,

       Dinner: Broiled Pork Chops

                  In lieu of Speaker: Irish Step Dancing, featuring Katie Stannard

 

April, 2002

 

April 2 – Board of Directors Meeting – 7:30PM, Library Conference Room

April 3 – Regular Meeting – 7PM, Cranbury Station, Dinner:

                     Speaker: Representatives from Princeton Lightwave will discuss fiber optics

 

April 17 – Lion of the Year Meeting – 7PM, Pierre’s Restaurant, Dayton – Dinner: TBD

                     This a joint meeting with the other Clubs in our Zone

                     Speaker: Lion of the Year Ceremonies in Lieu of Speaker

 

Things To Know

 

Welcome to our newest members: Gene Buckley, Andy Johnson, and Carol Malouf

 

Best of Luck to our new Programs Co-Chair, Charley Devany, who has agreed to organize the June Induction Dinner and the Holiday Party.

 

For those of you who may have missed the article: when Lion Wayne Stahl was a member of Cranbury’s first Boy Scout Troop, he was told by his Scoutmaster in the mid-1920’s, that he had become an Eagle Scout. It was discovered by the Boys and Leaders of Troop 52 that Lion Wayne had never received the official recognition of becoming an Eagle Scout. Although it is 75 years late, the paperwork was submitted and Lion Wayne has been made an Eagle Scout in troop 52. Our heartfelt congratulations are extended to Lion Wayne, as he receives this honor.

 

The March 20^th meeting has been designated “Spouse Night”. We are happy to announce that Katie Stannard will perform her Irish step dancing techniques for us. As you all know, we have certain space limitations, so it is fairly important to know how many spouses will attend, so please make sure you sign the sheet going around at the meetings. The room will only accommodate 60 people, and we average 35-40 members per meeting. Therefore we can only accept the first twenty guests for dinner. Additional guests may arrive after dinner a/a 8PM to attend the demonstration, but in standing room capacity only, as space permits.

 

The Lion of the Year Dinner Meeting will be April 17^th, and will be a joint meeting with the other Clubs in Zone 1. This year’s Lion of the Year dinner will be hosted by South Brunswick at Pierre’s in Dayton. Spouses are invited. Since we are going to another Club, we will need to give a “headcount”. The dinner choices will be Roast Beef, Chicken Francaise, or Salmon; cost will be $20 per person. Please use the sign-up sheet, which will begin going around at the March 6^th meeting.

 

The State Convention will be held at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Cherry Hill, NJ on May 16 through 18, 2002. There will be expanded Hospitality Room Services and a Pin Trading Event. We would like to send at least 7 delegates to the convention. All Members wishing to attend the State Convention should see Lion Andy Jost.

 

The five Lions signs you see as you enter Town, are beginning to look a “little worn”, and the Board has voted to rehab the signs. The structures (posts and cross members ) will be painted or replaced as needed and new signage will be installed. This repair work will begin when the weather is better in April; an actual date will be determined shortly. The job will need about 10 volunteers. If you’d like to volunteer for this work, please contact Lion Mike Kaiser.

 

Lion Walt Caldwell has begun planning for the 4^th Annual Cranbury Lions Golf Classic. It will be held at the Cranbury Golf Course on Monday, June 3, 2002.   Additional information will be out shortly. Walt will be in need of volunteers to help with the Golf Outing; if you can provide assistance in selling Hole Sponsors, getting golfers, or obtaining prize donations, please contact Walt.

 

The Cranbury Lions will sponsor our Third Annual Trenton Thunder Game at Riverside Stadium. As always, the entire Town is invited. We have blocked 100 tickets, and can get additional, if we sell out early. The tickets are @$8 . The difference from past years is that this year we are only doing seats, rather than the more expensive picnic area. The game date is Saturday, August 10^th. It’s not too early to reserve your tickets today!

 

 

 

Reminders

 

There are still many of you who have e-mail capability, but are still receiving The Jargon via regular mail. Please notify the Editor of your e-mail address by phone or via e-mail at BobV@cranbury.org. Your e-mail address will not be distributed outside of the Club, and will only be used for The Jargon and other necessary Club business. Your participation in this program benefits all of us. Thank you.

 

The Cranbury Lions Club Directory of Members has been placed on a secured page on the website, and can be printed directly from the site when needed. All members have been given the appropriate passwords to gain access. If you have forgotten the logon and/or password, or if you were not at the meeting where the security codes were given, please contact our Information and Technology Chair, Lion Dave Shaffer, at daves@cranbury.org, and request the access information.

 

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 Bob Virgadamo to activate the “phone tree”, so that all members may be notified.

 

Let’s help our Program Co-Chair, Frank Marlowe. 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.

 

Advertising has become a major fundraiser, and fundraising is everyone’s responsibility. Please provide a helping hand by directing all advertising leads to Lion Bob Virgadamo at BobV@cranbury.org.

 

The regular meeting schedule will be interrupted, temporarily, in January 2003. January 1^st  is the First Wednesday. For the month of January 2003, only, the Cranbury Lions Meeting Schedule will be the 2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays, January 8^th an 22^nd. The Board Meeting will be January 7^th. This early notification will be repeated in the future..

 

Member Pick-Up

Bob Perrine (Cranbury Elms) and Ed Lawson (5 S. Main)

3/6, George Smith – 3/20, Andre Mento – 4/3, Mahlon Thompson – 4/17 – Charley Devany

If you cannot make your pick-up, and/or if you switch (or need to switch) with someone else, please notify Bob Virgadamo as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you are unable to make a meeting.