Jungle Jargon
A Monthly Broadcast to
THE
LIONS CLUB OF CRANBURY, NEW
Contact us at: http://cranburylions.org
“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”
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Ideals in
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Mutual
Helpfulness |
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Social Progress |
Understanding |
Civic Betterment
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Fellowship |
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President |
Rick Burke |
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Directors – 1 year |
Frank Brennan, Jr. |
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1st Vice
President |
Mike Kaiser |
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Dave Cook |
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2nd Vice
President |
Andre Mento |
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Ray Dickey |
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3rd Vice
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John Kobland |
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Jeff Grundy |
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Secretary |
George Smith |
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Treasurer – Operating/Projects |
Glenn Johnson |
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Directors – 2 Years |
Walt Caldwell |
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Assistant Treasurer - Projects |
Elaine Homoky |
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Jon Goldstein |
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Tom Reilly |
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Immediate Past President |
Alex Johnson |
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Peter Turner |
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Information Technology
Chairman |
Dave Shaffer |
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Publicity |
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Lion Tamer |
Paul Hayden |
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Jargon Editor |
Bob Virgadamo |
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Tail Twister |
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Membership Chairman |
Mike Kaiser |
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September, 2006
September 5 – Board of Directors Meeting –
September
6 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Captain Ed
Kahler of the Cranbury Police
September 20 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Eric Chernivokich, manager of the New York
Sports Club – His topic will be: Fitness for the rest of
Us; How an hour of exercise
can make your other 23 better – ways to add quality and quantity to the rest of
your life, for the rest of your life.
October,
2006
October 3 – Board
of Directors Meeting –
October 4 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Ms. Sue Dunning, Executive Director of Big Brothers & Big Sisters (tentative)
October 18 – Regular Meeting –
Speaker: Hank Kalet, Editor of the Cranbury Press (tentative)
In Memoriam
Lion W. Scott Applegate, 38, passed away on
Correction
The calendar that went out with the last dues bill apparently
had a typographical error, showing the second September meeting as the 21st
(a Thursday). Please note that the meeting is as regularly scheduled on the
third Wednesday, September 20.
Things To Know
Beginning with the first September meeting, our regular “Dress Code” is back in effect: Business attire or Business Casual, please.
Even
though we have begun sending a new “Calendar
of Events” with the dues mailings, we’d like to remind all members to please,
share the Jargon with your Spouse,
so that our events may be better scheduled on your personal, or family,
calendars for better attendance. Please Note that Spouses are invited to attend
the “off-premises” meeting at the Grape Escape, to assist in the Club Project
of making wine as a table favor for our 75th Anniversary
Celebration.
The
August meeting, was held on August 2, at the Grape Escape; we had very
good attendance and quite a few spouses attended. During this third meeting in
our wine making project we “Racked” our wine which entailed emptying and
cleaning our barrel, then we will put the wine back in the barrel for aging. We were encouraged to taste
our wine, which had strong coffee notes, with plum and berry after tastes,
indicating the opposite on the finished product: that our wine will have
pleasant berry and plum notes, with a light coffee, possibly chocolate, finish.
But the ‘exciting’ part is that we have an opportunity to taste the wine at
that point! For your calendar: the fourth “wine meeting” will be
We had 37 people attend our Annual
Cranbury Day is
September 9, and Lions Don Herr and Walt Caldwell, are looking for additional
volunteers to cook, serve, act as cashiers, sell 50/50, work the Ice Cream
Cart, and sell 75th Anniversary Celebration Tickets. If you were
unable to make the September 6 meeting and haven’t signed the volunteer sheet,
please contact Don or Walt and let them know what time you’ll be able to work.
The USA/Canada Forum
will be in
The Golden Ager’s
Luncheon will be on September 16th; Co-Chairs Mahlon Thompson
and
Reminder…Hold the time and date for the Cranbury Lions 75th Anniversary Celebration –
Tickets for the 75th Anniversary Celebration are
now available, and will be going out to all Lions in our dues envelope. The
Committee and the Board are hoping that every Member will attend this historic
event in our Club’s history, and now is a good time to start planning a table.
But if for any reason a Member can’t use the tickets sent to him or her, we ask
that you try to sell them; if you are unable purchase them or sell them, please
return them to the Ticket Committee within 60 days.
Membership – Membership – Membership
As always we are looking for new members. This year’s theme from International President Jimmy Ross is
‘Renewal’,
and President Rick has adopted this theme. With so many new homes in Cranbury,
there are many opportunities for new members. We ask all Cranbury Lions to try
to bring in New Members. Membership applications can be obtained from Secretary
…And Attendance…
On the flip side of the membership coin, we also seem to be
having a problem with attendance. Over the last couple of years meeting
attendance has diminished from an average of 45+ members per meeting to an
average of plus or minus 25 members, per meeting. Our core volunteers have
always come from sign-ups at the meetings, and with meeting attendance down, so are the number of volunteers.
While we would love to see “a packed house” at every meeting, it is
understandable that many of our Members can’t make every meeting due to the
demands and obligations to their jobs and families, however, the Board of
Directors is asking every member to try to attend at least one meeting per
quarter.
Reminders
Frank Marlowe has been our Program Chair for a few years now, and has done quite an excellent job lining up speakers for our meetings each month. You can all imagine how difficult it can be, finding 20 speakers per year 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 .
Even though we have a few new fundraisers, the Cranbury Lions Club is always in search of additional new fund raisers – different, entertaining, and most importantly, fun. Any member who has a fundraising idea should share the idea with President Rick, or bring it up at one of the meetings. The list of potential fundraisers, and the input from interested Lions, will be discussed at a Board of Directors meeting, and presented to the general membership at a regular meeting.
While it is important that we increase our fundraising
capability, it is equally important that we do it without continually
requesting donations from our small community on a too frequent basis. 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 new advertiser per year.
Refer all advertising leads to Lions John Kobland,
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
Member Pick-Up
Lion
Lion Frank Marlowe has volunteered to be the “permanent” back-up driver.
Drivers: if you cannot make your pick-up, or need to switch, please notify Rick Cusworth as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you’re not going to make a meeting.