EL CAJON VALLEY HOSTS LION’S NEWSLETTER
September 15, 2025, Members: _37___ Guests: 1
Facebook: El Cajon Valley Host Lions Club
Volume 2026 ________________________________________Issue 9
CALL TO ORDER: _Penny Duane
Invocation: __Mark Clifton______________ Pledge of Allegiance: Keith MacArthur_________
Patriotic Song: ___Phil Smith_____________
Song: Today’s song is going to be by a gentleman named George Lohan.
Mr. Lohan was a patron.
He was a songwriter.
He wrote a play.
And one of the plays he wrote this song for was George Washington Jr.
A musical that they wrote back in 1906. Tell me you guys might have been there.
Oh yeah, I remember that.
Oh yeah.
But it’s a great song from elementary school.
I remember it.
It’s called… You’re a grand old flag.
HELEN KELLER QUOTE BY: __Carol Livesay________________
“It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow man, the devil would die in his own tracks of boredom”
GUESTS:
__ Mike Nolin
GOOD TO SEE: _
| PP Kiley Grunstad | PP Carl Ruiz | Ron Black |
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
CLUB PICNIC: Saturday, Sept 20, PP Chris Bramwell’s House,
1608 Rancho Judith, Alpine, 91901, 1 PM
Pancake Breakfast Sunday, October 5, 2025, 8 am to 12 noon
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
Members are responsible for selling or giving away 10 pancake breakfast tickets $100 will be charged to member accounts. Members can keep funds collected from ticket sales or turn in to apply to member accounts. If able to sell more than 10 tickets, funds collected from sale of additional tickets are turned in but not applied to member accounts (members are not billed for additional ticket sales unless for personal use).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
JIM SING (9-16-39) DAVE SCHWAB (9-29-48)
PDG MERCY WALTERS (9-25-41) KIRBY MORRISON (9-15-61)
TERRY WINEGAR (9-11-54)
GOOD CHEER: _________________________________________________________
IF you know of any members who are in distress, sick, or in the hospital, PLEASE notify PP Yvonne so our good wishes can be conveyed to him/her. 619/838-4262
Sad News:
I was deeply saddened to hear of Susan Acker’s passing. Please accept my heartfelt condolences during this difficult time. Susan’s warmth, generosity, and presence in the El Cajon community touched many lives, and her memory will continue to live on in the hearts of those who knew her.
May Bob Acker find comfort in the love and support of family and friends, and in the cherished memories. My thoughts are with him and his family.
September EXEMPT BADGE: _________________
Grant Thiem
Roger Stebleton
Chris Bramwell
Yvonne Paris
VICE PRESIDENT REPORTS:
1st VP (Vacant)
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2nd VP Penny Duane: ___________________________________________________________
3rd VP Grant Thiem III: Lions Picnic this Saturday at Chris Bramwell’s Home ____
Chris needs dessert contributions for the picnic.
HAPPY DOLLARS/FINES: TT __Bob Acker___________________________
Paul Tremblay $20 left the board meeting a little bit early on Thursday night.
He kind of snuck out because his grandson, who was playing for the freshman football team at Del Norte High School. He had an interception, and that was the second interception of the season, two weeks in a row, so leading the team in the interceptions, and Del Norte beat Romona 28 to 7.
Carl Ruiz $50 I know maybe not too many of you realize I was gone for a while.
Anyway, I went on a cruise.
Well, me and the wife went on a cruise to Alaska.
So we celebrated our 50th anniversary, which was September 3rd.
Ron Black $5.00 Last Monday, certainly after the meeting, we had a wildfire going to our mobile home park.
about four or five houses were completely demolished, and came up from the old I-80, and Leon and I were just jumping into the automobile because our bushes were on fire next to our house.
The house across the street burned up, and the one down below it burned up.
I’m just happy our house is still there,
Mark Clifton $5.00 Because old Bob came down and rode all over Coronado with me last week, six miles, sitting on the bike for 20 years with this new knee, and he bought me lunch.
Well, you want to put in more than five.
Kiley Grunstad $20 would you put $20 in because I’m not going to make it through this meeting.
I’ll see everybody next week.
Mike Raney $5 for Mike Nolin, a Happy five, our last visit, not a happy occasion.
It’s rather fast, but it comes over several times a year and helps it go to work for the following week.
Jim Sing $70 Well, I don’t want to hurt Carl’s feelings, but tomorrow Jill and I will be married 69 years
Bob Mareau $5.0 Our treasurer has a grandson playing freshman football.
I have a great-grandson.
He’s also on the freshman team at Mount Carmel
Don Anthony $5 happy dollar for Penny doing her first meeting, good job
Dyna $50 celebrated 26 years since arriving in America on September 15, 1999.
Susie Cline $5 sold a piece of property in Texas that had been in the family for 166 years.
Penny Owens $5 Penny Duane I think you’re doing a great job.
Business Meeting:
LION’s BOARD MEETING
Paul Tremblay Report
Financial Report Overview
Fact | At the end of August, the organization had $30,730 in cash and $10,300 in receivables due to the July-August billing period.
Fact | The activities fund started at $5,900 and increased by $192, while the general fund started at $38,146 and decreased by $3,037.
Concern | There have been significant expenditures in the first two months that are timing related affecting cash levels, but will recover throughout the year.
_UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
September 22nd , Kevin Mansfield, Baseball Player
October 6th, Sheriff Kelly Martinez
October 27th, Kara Wilson, the county court school’s curriculum director
ATTENDANCE DRAWING: ___Tom Normandie_ $__10.00______
50/50 OPPORTUNITY DRAWING: Chris Bramwell__$__60.00______
TODAY’S RIB TICKLER
Lead to serve and serve to lead
AP Singh, International Lions President
