Random Acts Funding Returns on December 4 Once again, the GJ Lions will practice their unique Ran-dom Acts of Kindness, and member who attend the Dec. 4 meeting will be able to participate. In this program, members who are current on their club bill will be given a $100 bill to donate to anyone they encoun-ter whom (in their opinion) needs it. While some members simply donate it to their favorite charity, that’s not the purpose of the program. The goal is to find individuals in need. It could be someone in front of you at the prescription counter, or a single mom shipping for Christmas who can’t afford something. Also, a few members try to match the donation and ex-pand the program to have a bigger impact. In the past, a hand-ful will get together and pool their funds to but a major item for a particular family. The origin of this GJ Lions program came from an idea from Past President Gregg Palmer. He learned about a Rotary Club in California who did something similar, but instead of money, they gave out little seed packets. Explained Palmer, “If we can take a Rotary idea, and then make it far better than what those cheap tightwads were doing, then so much the better.”

Trivia Answer Last month’s challenge dealt with expansion teams in Ma-jor League Baseball. The question was to name the city that has received not one, but two expansion teams — and was awarded those two teams within 8 years. The answer is Seattle, who was granted the Seattle Pilots in 1962, who then became the Milwaukee Brewers the very next year. Then MLB gave Seattle the Mariners, who actually stayed this time. The first correct answer came from Craig Hall. Incorrect guesses came from Larry Jones (who guessed Chicago), Nick Beightel (Los Angeles), Joe O’Connor (Washington/Baltimore), and Jim Nickerson (Tom Brady).

Program Calendar: Dec 4 — Random Acts of Kindness Dec. 11 — Community Hospital (Chris Thomas) Dec. 18 — Spouses Day (Christmas Concert Pomona Choir) Dec. 25 — Christmas (no meeting)

Email additions or corrections: Executive Secretary Deb Moesser at gjlionsclub@gmail.com Website: www.GJLions.org Facebook: Grand Junction Lions Club https://www.facebook.com/gjlions

Ask The Pride We get many letters here

at The Pride. Members are troubled, or confused, and don’t know where to turn. This month, we’re continuing with out advice column: Ask The Pride. Members can seek advice anonymously, and some random-ly selected member will offer their insight to help answer that letter. Here’s this month’s letter… and a member’s answer. Dear The Pride: In this modern world of changing terms and attitudes, can you tell me what’s the difference between a wife and mistress? Sincerely, Confused Dear Confused: The difference is night and day.. Sincerely, The Pride

Trivia Challenge This month’s theme is human history. In the entire history of mankind, there are only 12 people who have personally accomplished this. And of the 12, four are still alive. You challenge is to identify this amazing achievement. The prize is again a delightful treat from Enstrom’s (7th & Colorado). Entries are by email only — no phone calls, texts, letters, or telegrams. First correct entry wins. Send your answer to: GJLionsTrivia@aol.com

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Board of Directors: President………..……..……Scott Fedderson 1st Vice Pres. ……….….....…Angela Wetzel 2nd Vice Pres…..........................Evan Walton 3rd Vice Pres…………….Glenda O’Halloran Secretary………….....…Brian Hollingsworth Treasurer……………………....Meghan King Tail Twister…….……….…...Randy Kendall Lion Tamer ……….…..........Dr. Laurie Stein Director………...…….……...…Phil Onofrio Director…………………...……Don Kendall Director………………..…......Jim Nickerson Director…………...…….…Craig Glogowski Membership Chair……….…Shawna Grieger �

Dec. 1, 2018 “The great thing about naming a baby is

realizing how many people you hate.”

Bookcliff Country Club — Noon

CLUB MEETS EVERY TUESDAY Bookcliff Country Club — Noon Board meets the fourth Monday of every month Newsletter Editor: Reford C. Theobold Song leader: Alan Workman Pianist: Hugh Plumleigh Chaplain: Brad Higginbotham Executive Secretary: Deb Moesser

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Rookie Breakfast Dec. 11, 7:30 a.m., Bookcliff Country Club Learn club history, plus ticket-selling strategies from Larry Jones and Brian Mahoney

Attendance by rookies and sponsors is MANDATORY. Failure to attend will result in fines! RSVP to Shawna sgrieger@wcca-gj.com .

Website Update... From Angela: Please go to the new website and login to put any missing information in. You will need to request a new password. If the system doesn't recognize the email address, please hit the "register" button to sign up again. If you have any questions please reach out to Angela Wetzel. �

Upcoming Events: Programs Committee meeting will be Dec 6 at Noon at Rockslide Brewery. Open to any Lions Members. The group will look at plans for possible programs for the next 6 months. Lunch is on your own Christmas Party Dec. 12 will be at the Blue Moon, start-ing at 5 p.m. Spouses Day at Lions will be Tuesday, Dec. 18, at our regular club meeting. The special entertainment will be the all-star Christmas Choir from Pomona Elementary. Wreaths Across America! This project’s mission is to Remember, Honor and Teach With Wreaths Laid for the Fall-en. Members will be asked to pass the bucket. $15 pays for one wreath to be placed locally. The Board will match a certain percentage of our donations. No Lions on Dec. 25 or Jan. 1. CBC grants were approved for over $120,000 to several organizations. Details will be released in January .

currently attending medical school at the University of Virginia. Daughter Marisa just graduated from the University of Seattle. And daughter Tina is busy raising Lucia, the Johnsons favorite (and so far only) grandchild. Maria’s mother was born in Mexico in the state of Guadala-jara, while her father was born in Spain (but grew up in Guada-lajara). Maria speaks fluent Spanish, and even lived in Mexico for a time. After leaving the Navy, Roger got involved with the Kia corporation in 1992. He later was a partner in a Kia franchise in Tacoma that eventually became the top dealership in Washing-ton. Roger began consulting other dealerships for Kia, and one of those was in Grand Junction. After five months in GJ, Roger decided to buy the franchise in October of 2016. Maria moved from Seattle to join him in October, 2017. Maria handles the public relations and marketing for their franchise. Part of the reason for buying the local franchise was how much they liked the community. Maria joined the GJ Lions because of the influence of her sponsor, Julian Henao. She was his guest at lunch, and she en-joyed the rapport of the club meeting. She was also impressed with the work the GJ Lions do in the community, “And who wouldn’t want to be part of that?” she explained.

Correction: In last months newsletter, there was a profile of new mem-ber (and retired Anchorage detective) Gil Davis. Unfortunately, throughout the story, he was misidentified as Gil Stone. There are two possible explanation for this egregious error: First, the editor had a sudden flashback to Gil Stone, a long-time investigator with local law enforcement; or Two, the editor is getting old, is losing his mind, and needs to be replaced. Regardless, we regret the error.

Lady Lions Christmas Party Coming Dec. 18 Every year Past President Denise Green hosts an annual Christmas party for the lady Lions (yes the guys can come if they are appropriately attired.) They have a little gift exchange, some food and drink and lots of merriment! The details are: When: Tuesday, December 18th at 5:30 Where: Denise Green’s Home at 714 26 Rd Bring: a wrapped gift under $15 RSVP: text 201-4343 by Sunday the 16th

Carnival Night Sponsors Needed We still have some openings for sponsors for Carnival Night, such as wheel sponsors ($250) or the big banner sponsors (prices range from $500 to $5,000). If you have a business that you’d like to promote or adver-tise, or you just received that unexpected inheritance from your mysterious Aunt Gertrude, contact Deb to get the form. The forms are also generally available on the tables at our weekly meetings.

Meet Maria Johnson This new member is new to Grand Junction, as well as new to the GJ Lions. Born in San Francisco, Maria and her husband Roger are the new owners of Grand West Kia (in the photo at the bottom of this column). The recently moved here from Seattle. Marie was born in San Francisco, and eventually moved to Tucson to attend nursing school at the University of Arizona. After graduation, she worked for a while as an RN in oncology, but soon filled a need in the area for home health care. She start-ed her own business. Meanwhile, her husband Roger was in the Navy, serving in Intelligence. He eventually served 15 years (plus two years in the Army reserves. The Johnsons have five children, and the pressures of rais-ing that many kids made it difficult to juggle a business and Maria eventually became a full-time mother. Of the five, only son Mitch is still at home. He works at Grand West Kia in the service department. Their son Taylor is currently in the U.S. Navy. Daughter Chelsea has just completed her service in the Marines, and is

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Past Presidents 1. Silmon Smith ………........1921-22 2. M.N. Due ..........................1922-23 3. Fred C. Hogue ..….….......1923-24 4. German C. Fox ...….….....1924-25 5. J.J. Hamilton .………........1925-26 6. Harry P. Smith .....…….....1926-27 7. C.J. Bradfield ……............1927-28 8. John C. Page .....…..…......1928-29 9. F.C. Martin ....……...........1929-30 10. B.H. Day ...........……......1930-31 11. O.D. Williams .................1931-32 12. Roy A. Capman …..........1932-33 13. T.W. Gardner ..................1933-34 14. Al Look..............…..........1934-35 15. P.A. Matteroli .................1935-36 16. R.B. Kel .......……….......1936-37 17. Henbly Seibot .…............1937-38 18. F.O. Garrison …...….......1938-39 19. Clinton Smith ........….....1939-40 20. Rex Howell .........…........1940-41 21. C.K. "Chet" Enstrom …..1941-42 22. T.S. Campbell ...........…..1942-43 23. C.L. Paul …….................1943-44 24. Don Severson …..............1944-45 25. R.B. Williams ..….......... 1945-46 26. Cecil S. Haynie .............. 1946-47 27. Clinton Biggs ....…......... 1947-48 28. Coe VanDeren ........…....1948-49 29. Leland Schmidt ...…....... 1949-50 30. Tom Clam. .......…...........1950-51 31. Tom Mahan ........……....1951-52 32. M.R. Douglass ......….. ...1952-53 33. Ray C. Hume ...........….. 1953-54

34. Frank Hockensmith….. 1954-55 35. D.S. Dykstra .…........... 1955-56 36. Laird K. Smith .…........ 1956-57 37. J. Garth Hall ................ 1957-58 38. Gene Ridenour …..…... 1958-59 39. Al Cornelison .............. 1959-60 40. Frank Rose ........……... 1960-61 41. W.E. "Bus" Bergman …1961-62 42. Charles S. Lumnley …..1962-63 43. Hurst F. Otto ............….1963-64 44. William E. Foster ….... 1964-65 45. Joe Lacy ......……......... 1965-66 46. Don Stacey .....……..... 1966-67 47. Dick Pond .......………. 1967-68 48. John McKean …..…..... 1968-69 49. James Robb ....…......... 1969-70 50. Robert Collins ...…...... 1970-71 51. Jimmy Eisenhauer….... 1971-72 52. Edwin G. Ruland ..........1972-73 53. Lyle Shriver ...........….. 1973-74 54. Keith Mumby ..…........ 1974-75 55. Jim Hill ..........……...... 1975-76 56. Bill Beckwith ......….... 1976-77 57. James E. Wysocki …... 1977-78 58. William E. Sullivan …. 1978-79 59. Brian Mahoney ............ 1979-80 60. Robin Cherp ...…......... 1980-81 61. James A. Leland .......... 1981-82 62. Larry C. Jones …......... 1982-83 63. Ward Scott ….............. 1983-84 64. Tom Burke ...…........... 1984-85 65. Larry Feather .............. 1985-86 66. George White ..…............. 1986

67. Denny Grannum …......... 1986-87 68. Dan Griffin .........…….... 1987-88 69. Jim Comerford ............... 1988-89 70. Alan Workman ............... 1989-90 71. Steve Ward ……............. 1990-91 72. Jamie Hamilton .............. 1991-92 73. Harry Griff .......……...... 1992-93 74. Doug Simons ................. 1993-94 75. Gregg Palmer ................. 1994-95 76. Bob Van Iderstine ..... ….1995-96 77. Jim Verdieck .................. 1996-97 78. Illene Roggensack ..... ….1997-98 78. Carey Merola ................. 1998-99 80. Rand Taylor ............... 1999-2000 81. Bill Rohr ...........………. 2000-01 82. Tim Wollin .......……..... 2001-02 83. Mike Russell ......…........ 2002-03 84. Doug Thomason ............ 2003-04 85. Lynn Hood .........…........ 2004-05 86. Randy Pearce ....……..... 2005-06 87. Brad McCloud ............... 2006-07 88. Reford C. Theobold ..... 2007-08 89. Karl Clemons ................. 2008-09 90. Josh Aubert .......……..... 2009-10 91. Ky Oday ..........………... 2010-11 92. Jefferson Baker………....2011-12 93. Denise Green……….......2012-13 94. Chris Allen………….….2013-14 95. Jim Giese……………….2014-15 96. Ken Brownlee……..…....2015-16 97. Craig Glogowski…..……2016-17 98. Jim Nickerson……......…2017-18

Melvin Jones Fellowship Recipients GJ Lions Al Look, 1986 Lion of the Year in 1952. Worked at the Daily Sentinel, was a paleontologist, an author and a well-known civic minded member of the community. 12 books about paleontology, archeology, and western Colo rado history. Dinosaur named after him that he discovered; the Allosaurus. David E. Flatt, 1991. David Flatt was the first Lions Club member to sell over $1,000 worth of carnival tickets. Lion of the year in 1976. Member from 1944 to 2000 and sold over $50,000. Robert “Uncle Bob” Collins, 1994 President of the Grand Junction Lions Club from 1970-71. Lion of the Year in 1974. In broadcasting his entire career, great radio voice, last sta tion, being KSTR. His biggest contribution, he wrote a book, the first 50 year history of the Grand Junction Lions Club. Announcer at the Lions Club Parade for many years. Al Cornelison, 1994 Joined in 1954 and was the president in 1959-60. Lion of the Year in 1964. President of Grand Junction Steel. Grew from 2 employees to 250. Helped establish Park Improvement Advisory Board. On original Powderhorn Board. Proposed Stocker Stadium – dual-use stadium Actually built first seating at Suplizio Field. Provided $250,000 seed and challenge money for CMU to establish Tech School, now Western Colorado Community College.

Russ Soderquist, 2001 President Geneva, Ill., Lions; member in Denver. Joined Grand Junction Lions Club in 1969. Member of various clubs for over 50 years. Kevin Wagner, 2004 Joined club in 1997 was a member for 8 years and on the board during that time. First year sales, door to door - $2,700. Perseverance and determination through chemo therapy with his cancer, sold $11,000 that year. Set up shop in Rockslide every year and sold tickets there, Widow Maker Wheat is known as the Kevin Wagner Wheat. As a Lion he sold over $50,000 in ticket sales in 8 years. Larry Jones, 2012 Joined in 1977 President of the club in 1982-83. Lion of the Year in 1994. Instrumental in Watson Island purchase & Las Colonias Amphitheater. First Lions Club member to sell over $100,000 worth of tickets. Tilman (Tillie) Bishop, 2015 Joined 1964. Lion of Year in 1998. Served in elected office as a State Representative, State Senator, County commissioner, and Board of Regents at Uni-versity of Colorado. Nearly $80,000 in ticket sales

Award history complied by Larry Jones

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