Vol. XXIX, No. 11 May 2016We Serve

District 14-K Communicating with Our Members

Twenty Lions met onApril 26 to hear a possiblenomination for a person toserve as 1st Vice DistrictGovernor in the comingLions Year 2016-17. Theywere Past DistrictGovernors and members ofthe Executive Committee.

PDG Dennis Butz nomi-nated a fellow member andpresident of his EmmausLions Club, Lion Donald R.Kaufman, to the post. Hesaid that he “talks, looksand lives like a Lion,” and is“very hands-on and willcatch up on what is miss-

ing.” Although not a mem-ber for a length of time,PDG Dennis said LionKaufman “will get out to allevents so others will get toknow him.”

He was dismissed fromthe room at Christ Churchon Airport Road, while the20 Lions deliberated. Theyvoted to approve him as thenext 1st VDG.

When Lion Kaufmanreturned to the room, hesaid, “I am grateful that theposition became availableto me. I look at it as a greatopportunity to help the dis-trict now and in the future.I will do my very best, real-izing I may stumble alongthe way.”

District Governor KarenBrady suggested that LionKaufman get on the LCIwebsite to receive trainingas a 2nd VDG. He will alsogo to the State Conventionin Reading this month tofurther learn that position.DG Brady will send a letterto Lions Clubs Internationalin Oak Brook, Ill., reportingon who attended this meet-ing, and that we followedthe rules for LCI to approve.She had seven days to sendthe information to LCI.

1st VDG RecommendedTo Serve in District forLions Year 2016-17

The final CabinetMeeting of this Lions Year2015-16 will be held onSaturday, June 11 atFriedens U.C.C. Church,7227 Rt. 873, Slatington.

Following that meetinga short convention commit-tee meeting will be held todispose of the conventionballots, hear the treasurer'sreport, and reorganize thecommittee for the 2017District 14-K convention.

PDG Dennis Butz hasforwarded the list of win-ners in the convention raffle,when a total of $500 wasawarded to the following:

(1) $100, SlatingtonLions Club; (2) $50, KarleneLaub; (3) $50, SlatingtonLions Club; (4) $50, ClaudeShappelle; (5) $25, JohannaMatey; (6) $25, Carm Hauze;(7) $25, Bruce Trout; (8) $25,Coplay Lions Club; (9) $20,Bangor Lions Club; (10) $20,Slatedale-Emerald LionsClub; (11) $20, JohnHocking; (12) $15, JuneBlair; (13) $15, EmmausLioness/Lions Club; (14)$15, Dolores Waln; (15) $15,Helen Chunko; (16) $10,Dick Schreiner; (17) $10,Stan Reith, and (18) $10,Bangor Lions Club.

Convention Committee to MeetAfter Cabinet on June 11th

More than 70 Lions andLionesses of District 14-Kattended the annual MelvinJones Fellows honor lunch-eon on Sunday, April 24 atthe Leithsville Fire Co. ban-quet hall.

Five Lions received thefellowship plaque and twoothers received ProgressiveMJF diamond pins.

The speaker, PastInternational Director GenePolgar, a member of the

Whitehall Lions Club, toldthe audience that the moneyrepresented in each fellow-ship goes strictly for human-itarian needs, not onlyaround the world, but alsohere in Pennsylvania andthe Lehigh Valley.

Thousands of peoplehave been victims of earth-quakes in Japan andEcuador recently, and LionsClubs InternationalFoundation will help to

relieve the suffering andrestore the dignity of thosewho have survived.

“Take pride if you are aMelvin Jones Fellow,” PIDPolgar said. “You have alegacy that will help otherswho are down and out.”

Here in District 14-Kthere are 476 Melvin JonesFellows and 34 ProgressiveMelvin Jones Fellows. Thatrepresents more than

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Five Lions Receive MJF Plaques;Two More Are Progressive MJF's

Special recognition went to the new Melvin Jones Fellows recipients of plaques, seated (l-r): LionsChristopher W. Speck, Sr., Vernon Altemose, Jack Graff, Robert Yost, and Johanna Matey (she isalso holding plaque given to her late husband, Robert Matey posthumously). Standing: LionessDolores Kichline, 1PMJF and IPDG Fred Folland, 2PMJF.

P.I.D. Gene Polgar delivered the main address at the MJF Honors Luncheon At left isDG Karen Brady and at right the luncheon chairman PDG Joe Chunko

LION DONALD KAUFMAN

OBITUARIESDebra Barrett

Lion Debra G. Barrett,58, of Honolulu, Hawaii, amember of the UpperLehigh Lions Club and aformer Cabinet Secretary ofDistrict 14-K for PDG'sBernice Kulp, April Kucsanand Joseph Chunko, died onMarch 12, 2016 in Honolulu.

Prior to moving toHawaii, Debra and her hus-band, Lion Bob, resided inSchnecksville. While here,she had worked for BloughNursing Home andKidspeace.

Born in Scranton, amemorial was held for heron Saturday, April 30 in theCorey Brian StrauchServices funeral home inScranton.

Memorial donations aresuggested to Upper LehighLions Fund of Hope, UpperLehigh Lions Club, P.O. Box84, Schnecksville, PA 18078.

Marilyn M. MohrLion Marilyn M. Mohr,

79, of Allentown, formerly ofMacungie, died on Monday,April 11, 2016 in LehighValley Hospital, Cedar Crest,Salisbury Twsp. She was thewife of Richard H. Mohr for55 years.

Born in Allentown, shewas a daughter of the lateWilliam and Anna (Erdell)Schaffer.

She was a member of theUpper Lehigh Lioness Cluband the Upper Lehigh LionsClub, where she served onmany committees over theyears. Marilyn was a mem-ber of St. John's U.C.C.Church, Fogelsville, whereshe taught Sunday school formany years.

Besides her husband, sheis survived by sons Dean R.of Macungie, Thomas W. ofEvans, Ga.; a sister, RuthSchaffer, of Whitehall; andthree grandchildren.

Services were held onApril 15 at Keller FuneralHome, Fogelsville.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the church atP.O. Box 817, Fogelsville, PA18051.

Thomas Leibensperger, Jr.Thomas Leibensperger,

Jr., 44, of Springfield, Va.,died on Friday, April 1, 2016.

He was born in Kingston,N.Y. to Lion Judith (Reppert)Ott and the late Thomas P.Leibensperger.

A 1990 graduate ofWhitehall High School and a1994 cum laude graduate ofSusquehanna University witha B.A. degree in political sci-ence, he was managing direc-tor for AmericanConservatives for Change.Tom previously worked forBlue Cross Blue Shield in

Washington, D.C.Besides his mother, he is

survived by his step-father,Dale W. Ott; brother Bruce; aniece and nephew; step-moth-er, Judith A. Leibensperger;step-brother, Ryan Ott; step-sister, Heather Gring; fiancéeNoelle Chilmonik.

Preceding him in deathwere his father Thomas; mater-nal grandparents Margaret andWarren Reppert; and paternalgrandparents, Geraldine andPaul Leibensperger.

A private memorial serv-ice will be held for family andfriends.

Our District had a very successful Convention lastmonth. I hope you were able to attend the training ses-sions offered and found time to visit with fellow Lions. Iwas truly honored to be elected District Governor. Ithank you for your votes and I ask for continued supportto serve the Lions of District 14-K to the best of my abili-ty.

Additionally, at our Saturday evening banquet,many Lions were honored with special awards. I was oneof those recipients. I was honored with the Lions ofPennsylvania Foundation Fellow award. It came as acomplete surprise and I want to thank those responsiblefor this recognition.

As a reminder, the Pennsylvania State Convention isMay 19-22, 2016. We will be gathering at The CrownePlaza Hotel in Reading. I urge you to try to attend part ofthe convention. There are many seminars available.Session topics include: Lions to Leaders, Developing NewClubs, Keep One (retention), Your Club Your Way, and PAVolunteer Certification Law. There are many more!

June 5, 2016 is our All-Star Soccer Classic at theWhitehall Athletic Field. I encourage you to come outand volunteer, but most of all, sit in the stands and sup-port our All-Star Athletes. If you would like additionalinformation, please contact PDG Joe Chunko.

The International Convention will convene inFukuoka, Japan. My husband and I will depart on June19 and return June 29. I'm excited to be a part of this won-derful celebration worldwide. This entire experience willbe inspiring as well as overwhelming. When we return,I will be more than happy to share with you.

As I progress into my year as District Governor, I amhappy to attend your Charter Nights and install club offi-cers. I hope I'm available. If you should have specificrequests, please contact me. Also, there are severalCabinet positions that need to be filled. We are in partic-ular need of Zone Chairs. Those Zones in need of Chairsare Region I, zone C, Region II, zones A and B, andRegion III, zone B. Zone Chairs are very important sincethey are the main form of communication to the clubs ofour District. While setting my goals and action plans, itis the Zone Chairs that I am relying upon for assistanceand insight.

Have a great Spring and enjoy the sunny days.

1st VDG Marsha Johnston

1st Vice District Governor’sMessage

Honored to Be ElectedDistrict Governor

There are two months left in this Lions year. As ofthe day I'm writing this, we have a net loss in membersthis year of 22 Lions. I believe that we belong to the bestservice organization in the world! In order to maintainour level of service, we need to keep our current mem-bers and invite new members to join us.

We always lose members in December and June, asclubs clean their rolls so as not to be charged for thoseLions who are not paying dues or participating in proj-ects or meetings. We have two months to save thoseLions. I'm challenging all the clubs to reach out to theirmembers and offer to help them. Perhaps someone isn'tattending meetings because they've been ill or don't liketo drive in the evening any longer. Offer to car pool sohe or she can attend meetings. Offer to help if he or shehas been ill. If they are unhappy with the club, find outwhy and determine if the relationship can be saved. Ifit can, do what is necessary. If you find that a Lion isnot paying their dues, figure out a way that they canmeet the financial obligations of membership. Perhapsyou can set up a payment plan. Perhaps this is a verydedicated Lion who has fallen on hard times. Maybeyour club can pitch in and pay their dues. There aremany reasons Lions stop attending or don't pay theirdues. Do a little work now and see how many Lions wecan keep active through the end of the Lions year.

Service projects are the best way to engage newmembers and keep current members involved. Haveyou looked at your service projects lately? Are they rel-evant to your community? It might be time to find newways to help. Look for a park to spruce up, a retirementhome that needs gardening, or a day care center orChurch that can use some help. While you are perform-ing your service, make sure you wear something toidentify you as Lions. This advertising may be all youneed to get someone interested in helping or joining.

Remember to “Ask 1” person to join you in a serv-ice project, a fund raiser, or a club meeting. We grow byword of mouth so please remember to tell your friendsand family what great things Lions do.

Our State Convention will be held at the CrownePlaza Hotel in Reading from May 19 to 22. It is closeenough for Lions in our district to drive if you decideyou want to attend for one day. You might get a chanceto meet our International President at this event. Iknow some of you are planning to go. If you haven'tmade up your mind yet, let me suggest that you attendso you can meet Lions from the entire state and you canattend some great seminars.

Thank you for all you do to live up to the Lionsmotto: “We Serve!”

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District Governor’sMessage

Let's Grow Our Members

TATTLE TAILEROfficial Publication of

District 14-K, Lions Clubs International

Office: 2556 Wood’s Edge Rd., Bath, PA 18014-1408

Phone/Fax: 610-837-1264

E-mail: tattletailer14k@rcn.com

EDITOR: ..............................Wm. J. “Bill” Halbfoerster, Jr., P.D.G.COORDINATORS ....................................All Zone Chairpersons

The TATTLE TAILER is published monthly, and e-mailed the beginning ofeach month to all subscribing Lions and Lioness members in the district. It isalso available online at lions14k.org/newsletter/tattletailer. You can elect toreceive a notification by e-mail when the Tattle Tailer is published by going tothe district website and signing up on the mailing list subscription page. Thereis a link on the bottom of the Tattle Tailer page listed above that will take youto the sign-up page. Address all bulletins, newsletters, activity reports, adver-tising and boosters to 2556 Wood’s Edge Rd., Bath, PA 18014 or e-mail to:tattletailer14k@rcn.com.

KAREN BRADYDistrict Governor

MARSHA JOHNSTON1st Vice District Governor

Vacant2nd Vice District Governor

CHERYL FATZINGERCabinet Secretary

DAVID DANIELCabinet Treasurer

DG Karen Brady

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Dates to RememberState ConventionWyomissing, Pa.

All Star Soccer ClassicPast District Governors

AdvisoryExecutive CommitteeCabinet Meeting, Reg. 1

Intl. Convention Fukuoka, Japan

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Lower Lehigh Lions Club - Flea Market & Garage Sale,Saturday, May 7, 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at MacungieMemorial Park. 15x25-ft. Lots, $17. Rain date, Sunday,May 8. Reserve early. Contact Ron Bechtel, 610-966-3040 orBob Kichline, 610-966-4941.

Bath Lions Club - All-you-can-eat Pancakes, etc. fund-raiser, Sat., May 21, 8 to 10 a.m. at Applebee'sNeighborhood Grill and Bar, 3702 Easton-Nazareth Hwy.Adults, $7.00; kids under 7, $4.50.

Tatamy/Stockertown Lions Club - Spaghetti Supper, Sat.,May 21 at Tatamy Fire Co.

Upper Saucon Lions Club - Flea Market & Craft Show,June 4, at Living Memorial Park, Coopersburg. For moreinfo: 1-800-405-2773.Have Your Club Event Listed Here By Sending Info to: tattletailer14k@rcn.comNote: Use “Club Event” in subject line. There is no charge for this listing.

PIN TRADER

BOB KUCSANwants your

Pins & Banners

610-759-5137

The Lehigh ValleySaturday A.M. Lions Clubin Allentown wants yournew and used children'sbooks.

The collection will beused by Lehigh County

Conference of ChurchesSixth Street Shelter.

If you have any chil-dren's books, call LionJohn Kratzer at 610-841-9039 and he will be glad topick them up.

L.V. Saturday A.M. Lions Collect Children's Books

COMING EVENTS

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$600,000 from this districtthat is serving humanitarianneeds and providing grantsthat aid people.

PID Polgar, DG KarenBrady, PDG Joe Chunko,and Lions David and CherylFatzinger made the presen-tations to the following:

The Recipients• Lion Christopher W.

Speck, Sr. of theMountainville Lions Club -a past president twice;transports visuallyimpaired Lions to events;repairs chairs to help a blindLion succeed; active sup-porter of a food pantry, andis active in his church andusing his carpentry skills torebuild a parsonage porch;and grilled and served hogdogs, etc. to the needy wait-ing in line for an allotmentof food for their families.

• Lion Vernon Altemose,a member of the EastonLions Club for 54 years,serving as a president andtreasurer. A C.P.A. with hisown practice, he served asaccountant and treasurer ofthe Presbyterian Home formore than 30 years, is activein seven other organiza-tions. A true Lion, he isdescribed as compassionateand caring to all he encoun-ters.

• Lion Jack Graff, amember of the LowerLehigh Lions Club, and 27thmember to receive the MJFrecognition. A retired airtraffic controller and Navyveteran, he chairs the hear-ing and sight committees ofthe club, identifying needystudents in the East PennSchool District, and seeingthat they get a free eye examand pair of glasses.

• Lion Robert Yost, amember of the BethlehemTownship Lions Club, whohas given 14 years of dedi-cated service, serving asvice president, president,and on the scholarship,membership, golf and chari-table giving committees.

• Lion Johanna Matey ofthe Hellertown Lions, aLions' helper for 20 yearswith her late husband Bob,who was a Lion since 1985.He died two weeks beforethe April 24 presentation,and the MJF plaque for himwas presented posthumous-ly at the club's 90th charternight. A past president, shehas helped at all fundrais-ers, especially working eachmonth in the hot dog trailerat the Saucon ValleyFarmers Market and atHellertown-Lower SauconCommunity Day.

• Lion/Lioness DoloresKichline, a member of theLower Lehigh Lions,received her first PMJF dia-mond pin. She joined

Lionesses in 1988, held alloffices, and is presentlypresident of the Lionessclub. She helps at the salesof shoofly pies atCommunity Days andspring and fall flea markets,and is liaison for OldZionsville Food Bank. Andwith her husband, makesvisitations to Old ZionsvilleU.C.C. church members andhelps with church dinners

and breakfasts.• Immediate Past

District Governor FredFolland of the Slatedale-Emerald Area Lions Clubreceived his secondProgressive Melvin JonesFellow pin at the recent con-vention and DG KarenBrady made it again at thisluncheon.

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LIONS CLUBS ACTIVITIES(EDITOR'S NOTE: Items are selected from monthly M&A reports, a month prior topublication, sent in by Lions club secretaries to the Editor. M&A forms have been pro-vided. 2014. Mail to: Tattle Tailer Editor, 2556 Wood's Edge Rd., Bath, PA 18014or E-Mail: tattletailer14k@rcn.com. We'll publish as much as space allows.)

REMINDER: Pictures of club activities are wanted for Tattle Tailer.

REGION I

ALBURTIS: The club delivered 160 pounds of food to the Second HarvestFood Pantry at St. Paul's UCC food pantry in Trexlertown. . . .A $250 donationwas received from a local business. . . .The monthly hoagie sale in March net-ted $46.50. . . . .Guest speaker at our March 3 meeting was Doug Yingling ofthe Center for Vision Loss. ALTON PARK: No March report. EMMAUS LIONESS LIONS: Annual Creative Basket Party was planned forTuesday, April 19 in Faith Church, Hamilton Blvd., Allentown. . . .These contri-butions were approved: $300 to East Penn Neighbors Helping Neighbors;$250 to Lehigh Valley Children's Hospital; two basket party tickets as a doorprize at district convention; $50 hole sponsorships to St. John's UCC GolfTournament and Fund of Hope Golf Tournament; and $300 to Emmaus PublicLibrary. . . .Penny Party profit, $2,981.64. EMMAUS: The club turned in 5,230 pairs of used eyeglasses at the annualDistrict Convention . . . .A Night at the Races sponsored by our club raised$6,200 for local charities. . . . Sold 442 sandwiches at monthly hoagie sale . .. .Donated $3,000 to support Emmaus High School Marine Fitness Team fortheir trip to compete nationally in San Diego, California.KUHNSVILLE AREA: Donated $100 to the Salvation Army. . . . Planningchicken barbecue for April 23 at Jordan U.C.C. Grove in Walberts.LEHIGH TOWNSHIP: At a March meeting, we heard Wildlife ConservationOfficer Brad Kreider of the Pa. Game Commission. . . .An electric scooter thatwas repaired was loaned to a local resident. . . .Fire victims Robert and LoisKunkle received a $500 donation from our club.LEHIGH VALLEY SATURDAY A.M.: Have arranged a spring White Cane atRedner's Market on Airport Rd. for the weekend of April 29-30, May 1. NextWhite Cane in fall.. . . .Have started a raffle for the annual fishing event forvisually impaired kids and families at Moyer Lake on May 22. . . .Two mem-bers attended district convention.LOWER LEHIGH: Collections of used eyeglasses, aluminum cans and foodfor Zionsville Food Bank continue. . . . Cedarbrook Bingo will be held on April5 and the Spring Flea Market is set for May 7. . . . BonTon Booklet sales totaled315. . . .Current applicants for membership in the Emmaus High School LeoClub helped bake cookies and packaged them at the district convention forMeals on Wheels.MOUNTAINVILLE: No March report. ONTELAUNEE: Bruce Trout was welcomed as a new member of our club. .. .Club will award two $250 scholarships at Northwestern Lehigh High Schoolgraduation. . . .June lottery tickets now available from members. SLATEDALE-EMERALD AREA: Continuing to guide and support two Leoclubs. . . .Have monthly hoagie sales. . . .Received $50 donation for use ofhospital bed. . . .Took Flower Power orders in April . . .Placed ad in SoccerClassic booklet in memory of PDG Don Trexler.SLATINGTON: Annual Comedy Night fundraiser held on March 5 atSlatington Skeet Club. . . .Approved $500 for brick block at Beacon Lodge andcampership for blind resident at $625.. . . .Approved eyeglasses for two resi-dents. . . .Will participate in St. John's Lutheran “Breakfast Bunch” feedingprogram for needy families.. . . .. .Melvin Jones dinner April 24. . . . Steak fryfor Youth Football Assn. on May 20. . . .IronPigs game June 1UPPER LEHIGH: Schnecktucky Derby planned for April 30. . . .Made and soldEaster candy on six separate days in March at the Schnecksville FireCompany. . . .Hoagie sale later in spring.

REGION II

BATH: Planning a public breakfast at Applebee's restaurant along Rt. 248on May 21. . . .Voted to sell 1,000 lottery tickets based on the August DailyNumber, splitting proceeds 50% to club, and 25% each to Boy Scout Troop33 and the Bath dog park. . . .Planning Bingo fund-raiser again atNorthampton on July 6-9 and in August at Muhlenberg Hospital carnival. . ..Will participate in July 21-24 Bath Community Days. . . .Donated $25 giftbasket for district convention. CATASAUQUA AREA: Sold May lottery tickets. . . .Held Lions Bingo atJenota Club.COOPERSBURG: No March report. COPLAY: No March report. HANOVER TOWNSHIP: Club is planning a bus trip to Mohegan SunCasino at Pocono Downs on April 11. HELLERTOWN: Held monthly aluminum recycling and hoagie sale.SAUCON VALLEY: No March report.UPPER SAUCON: No March report. WHITEHALL: No March report.

REGION III

BANGOR: Planning April 9 spaghetti dinner.

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP: No March report.

EASTON: Collected food donated by Wegman's and delivered it to foodbank at Project of Easton five times. . . .Drove sight-impaired woman fromEaston area to a meeting in Allentown and back home. . . .Held our 36thannual Easton Lions Wrestling Classic with matches that paired all-starsfrom District XI in Pa. vs. their counterparts from N.J. 500 fans attended.

HECKTOWN - LOWER NAZARETH: Easter egg hunt for community heldon Saturday, March 19. . . Annual golf tournament at Whitetail Golf Club inBath on April 17.

MOORE TOWNSHIP: Have recycling bin at township building.NAZARETH: Our club hosted the quarterly zone meeting on March 7 atEmbassy Bank in Nazareth Square.

PALMER TOWNSHIP: Displayed many events for local organizations onLions electronic sign.

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP: Held a Yankee Candle sale from March 1 toApril 1. . . Still selling brooms for $15 and RADA utensils. . . .Chocolateson Broadway sale successful.

RICHMOND: Club's 64th charter night, April 20 at Sycamore Grill inDelaware Water Gap. Other events: Jacktown, Outback, May 21-22; chick-en barbecue, June 4 and September 10.

TATAMY-STOCKERTOWN: Purchased Charitable Enterprises calendarand an ad in All-Star Soccer program. . . .Donated $$50 to Nazareth FoodBank and $75 to Nazareth YMCA. . . .Planning May 21 spaghetti dinner.

WILSON BOROUGH: Welcomed three new members: Pete Deemer,Cherie Deemer, and Cathi Tirrell. . . .Made donation to district bowl-a-thon.. . .Sponsored as in All-Star Soccer Classic booklet.

LIONESS CLUBS ACTIVITIESBETHLEHEM: No March report.

FORKS TOWNSHIP: No March report.

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP: Had annual basket party at the Lehigh Township FireCo. on April 24, along with a bake sale.

LOWER LEHIGH: No March report.

MOORE TOWNSHIP: Club sent $150.40 donation to Allentown RescueMission for Easter dinner; also sent $25 to Wounded Warriors Project. . . .Willsponsor one woman to attend a week at Beacon Lodge during July. We willalso sponsor a girl to attend Camp Energy at Beacon Lodge . . . .Two mem-bers will be bowling at Northampton in April at the district Bowl-A-Thon. . ..Planning a pierogie sale in May.

NORTHAMPTON AREA: Club will be holding a bake sale on May 21 at AceHardware along Rt. 329. . . . .Four members attended the District Conventionon April 2 and six attended the necrology service on April 3. . . .Gave a dona-tion to the Northampton Public Library. . . .We will be sending an 11th gradestudent to the Youth Seminar. . . .Club is selling candy bars.

TATTLE TAILER H May 2016 H 3Melvin JonesLuncheon

Richmond Lions Present Award toCoach; Three MJFs at 64th Charter

The Richmond LionsClub held its annual Father,Son, Daughter Banquet onMarch 2 at the RichmondMethodist Church, with 47fathers, sons and daughterspresent.

Special recognition wasgiven to John O'Brien for hismany years of coaching theRichmond Lions baseballteams - teaching, inspiringand encouraging the youthof the community.

A plaque honoring Mr.O'Brien was presented byPast President CharlesGerrity, who coached base-ball with O'Brien. Theplaque has been placed at

the John O'Brien BaseballField.

64th AnniversaryWhen the club celebrat-

ed their 64th charter nightanniversary recently, clubpresident Larry McEwenpresented three individualswith Melvin JonesFellowships - Lions PaulSmith, Bruce Fox andDennis Fox.

Lion Elwood Fox, acharter member and 63-year Lion, was honored inappreciation of hisunselfish service and out-standing leadershipthroughout his entire mem-bership.

Lions President Larry McEwen presented Melvin JonesFellowship plaques to Paul Smith, Bruce Fox and Dennis Fox.

MJFLuncheonContinued from Page 3

sentations, had all the MJFpast-recipients stand and be

recognized. She said they areamong the 509 from this dis-trict who inspire the lives ofpeople worldwide.

LCIF chairman JoeChunko presided at theluncheon; 2nd VDG-elect

Karlene Laub led the LionsToast; PDG Tom Dieter estab-lished protocol; DG-electMarsha Johnston introducedDG Brady; and District chap-lain and song leader PDGLinwood Gehris offered theinvocation and closed theprogram with the benedic-tion, as well as the openingand closing patriotic songs ofLionism.

Final CabinetMeeting of LionsYear at Friedens

District Governor KarenBrady has issued a call forthe final Cabinet Meeting ofLions Year 2015-16 to be heldon Saturday, June 11.

It will start with break-fast at 10 a.m. in FriedensU.C.C. Church, 7227 Pa. Rt.873, Slatington. The break-fast will be prepared by LionKarlene Laub. Arrive at 9:30a.m.

The reservation deadlineis June 4. Send a check for$7.50 each to RegionChairman Lion WendyNaugle at 6030 SweetwoodDr., Macungie, PA 18062.

Members of the cabinetare to be dressed in theirsummer greens for the annu-al photo.

Following breakfast,reports from all the commit-tees will be heard. Thosereports are to be sent in toCabinet Secretary CherylFatzinger at 211 Village WalkDr., Macungie, PA 18062before June 4.

Pa. ConventionMay 19-22In Reading

The 93rd annual MD-14State Council of Lions Clubsconvention will be held May19 through 22. It will takeplace in the Crowne PlazaReading Hotel at 1741Papermill Rd., Reading, withthe Lions of our neighboringDistrict 14-U the hosts.

Honored guest for theconvention will beInternational President Dr.Jitsuhiro Yamada fromTokyo, Japan.

Nineteen seminars havebeen planned to provideinterest to everyone frombrand new Lions to thosewho have served for manyyears.

The Reading/Wyomissingarea has attractions to satisfyvery diverse interests - fromReading Fightin' Philliesbaseball, to automotive histo-ry, from trains to hands-onmuseums, and of course theReading Outlets for theladies who like to shop.

The Friday, May 20luncheon will include enter-tainment well known to thisdistrict - the 40-memberParkland High SchoolSerenata of Strolling Strings.

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BOOSTER NAMES NOW BEING ACCEPTED FORLIONS YEAR JULY 1, 2016 THRU JUNE 30, 2017.

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Make Checks Payable to: LIONS DISTRICT 14-K

Send to: PDG Wm. J. Halbfoerster, Jr.

2556 Wood’s Edge Rd., Bath, PA 18014

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Blind Leo Writes of Her Gratitude;She's Accepted by U. Notre Dame

District Governor Karen Brady stands next to Wayne Benninger,encouraging him and others as they participated in the District14-K Bowl-a-Thon at Hampton Lanes in Northampton. Momentslater, he bowled a strike and said, “She blessed me.” Lion Karenand PDG Fred Michael took in pledges at that site. Lion PeggyKratzer served at the Jordan Lanes in Whitehall.

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ON-SITECREMATIONS

Maddie Link, a senior at Allentown Central Catholic High School,was a guest at the Leos seminar during our district convention twoyears ago. She is an awesome youth! She sent this letter of thanks tothe Lions of District 14-K following her talk at the April 2 convention.We congratulate Maddie on her early acceptance into the University ofNotre Dame in the fall! This is WHAT we DO; WE SERVE!

Dear Lions,I am writing with much excitement to inform you all

that I was accepted early to and will be attending theUniversity of Notre Dame in the fall.

The letter that kicked off the best Christmas evercame as the culmination of four long and fun-filled yearsat Allentown Central Catholic High School, during whichI remained an all honors and AP student, sang in the cho-rus, and earned a captain position on the debate team.

In all of these endeavors, I used a wide range of tech-nology including a laptop with screen-reading and scan-ning software, a talking graphing calculator, a VictorReader on which I download textbooks and novels, and aBrailleNote on which I take notes and tests every day.

Supply and demand (or lack thereof) has made thisaccessible technology rather costly. On this note, I want toextend my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of youfor your incredible and unceasing generosity, whichallowed my Mom to purchase much of the technology list-ed above, and also for all the hard work you do in thecommunity to spread awareness and make your generosi-ty possible. Your enthusiasm and dedication, and your

kindness and generosity overthe years has helped set me upfor success.

I plan to bring all the tech-nology purchased with yourgifts to Notre Dame in the fall.There, I will continue to apply itin everything I do, as I strivetoward a degree in MedievalStudies through the College ofArts and Letters. I hope thatthrough using my technology incollege, I will have many oppor-tunities to spread awareness ofthe great work done by Lionsacross the country.

Thank you for everythingyou have done to help me reachand begin this new chapter inmy life. You are inspiring. Godbless you all.

Sincerely,Madeline Link and Newton

Bowl-a-thon Held on April 17

Susan Transue scored a 207 and Yvonne Transue a 123 atHampton as they represented the Moore Township Lionesses.Also shown is a Lion from Plainfield Township.