EL CAJON VALLEY HOSTS LION’S NEWSLETTER
February 2, 2026, Members: __31__ Guests: __1_
Facebook: El Cajon Valley Host Lions Club
Volume 2026 _______________________________________Issue 4
CALL TO ORDER: ___Ron Nevels___________________________________
Lion members should sell 4 Gunsmoke tickets (the president requested)
Invocation: _Rob Ransweiler_________ Pledge of Allegiance: _Penny Duane_________
Patriotic Song: ___Kat Zeman ____ Song: ____God Bless America______________
HELEN KELLER QUOTE BY: ___Don Anthony_______________
GUESTS: Shelly Goza___________________________________
COMMUNICATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gary Robinson
- Member life events: announcement of passing (Bob Groff)
- Upcoming governance meetings: board meeting next Thursday at 6 pm.
- MD4 convention Feb 21–24.
- MD4 cabinet meeting in March in El Centro.
- Help with 50/50 ticket table: to assist Dolores & Mike Rainey — sign up by next meeting
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
Board Meeting Feb. 12th, 6:00 pm Elks Club
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
RON BLACK (2-24-38) BOB MOREAU (2-01-44)
MIKE RANEY (2-28-48) JEFF WINTERS (2-19-79)
RAY RIDLON (2-21-51) GEORGE HURST (2-23-35)
GARY ROBINSON (2-08-50) KILEY GRUNSTAD (2-13-75)
PATTY HAMILTON (2-01-48)
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
Paul Walters is doing better, but is still in the hospital.
PLEASE TEXT HIM AT (619) 990-6258
VICE PRESIDENT REPORTS:
1st VP Penny Duane: Gunsmoke April 18th
- Vendor confirmations: Becker’s Catering, Casino Magic tables, photo booth (Cal), Chicken Hawk band booked; vendor final menus/qty’s pending.
- Venue access confirmed from event day start time (arrive early for setup); coordinate exact load-in window with Ronald Reagan Community Center.
- Silent auction run by Colleen; decorations led by Simone;
- sponsorship outreach by Van Wilsey & Ron Nevels
- need cross-coordination for pick-up/logistics.
- [Club supplies alcohol only (caterer provides bartenders); Julie & chair to source alcohol via Costco/Target — budget & pickup plan required.
- [QR-ticket link live on flyer; printed tickets available next week.
- We have flyers, and they’re really pretty. We have about 180. We have flyers for everybody. We were able to put the event QR code on the flyer.
- Attend post-meeting event prep sessions weekly until the event — confirm availability for weekly prep starting immediately.
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2nd VP Grant Thiem III: ____Chris Bramwell is stepping down as Eyeglass program Chairman. _We need someone to replace him. _____________________________________________
- Eyeglass drive: collection box overflowing; transition of responsibility to Gary Robinson.
3rd VP Kat Zeman: Progress_______________________________________________________________________
LCIF: PP Yvonne Paris: __Activity reporting: members asked to complete activity sheets to catch up on January entries.
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February EXEMPT BADGE: __Carter Short $100_______________
HAPPY DOLLARS/FINES: TT __Bob Acker___________________________
| Gary Robinson | $50 | For Lion. Bob Groff. |
| Grant Thiem III | $50 | I just got back from a trip to Whistler last night for the weekend, where my buddy had a house that was big enough for nine of us to all have our own rooms and bathrooms, and a ski-in, ski-out kind of weekend. |
| Mike Raney | $5 | Oh, five for the birthday and five for Bob Groff. |
| Jim Sing | $5 | My son, who is retired, actually wanted to have lunch with me. He had a photograph on Facebook. Was it a group of police officers in San Diego? What group was that? That was the vice squad. The vice squad. And I was the only guy wearing a suit. Yeah, well, you were the only one without a beer in their hand, too. I was their boss. |
| Carter Short | Except Badge | So I got 100 bucks in. I’ll cover my expenses. I turned 50 this year, which is rad. Not there yet, but in April, I’m going on a surf trip for about 10 days. So I’ll be traveling to Central America. So that looks like I’m buying it this month. I want to make sure that I’m covered, so I’ll cover my future trip. I’m doing El Salvador. That’s what I’m matching up right now for. Swell south. Way different from what it was five years ago. The New president came in, and they cracked down. |
| Dyna Jones | $20 | Just got back from K., Arizona, for one week.Is that what you call it? Yeah.I’m part of the coalition of the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce. |
| Jeff Winters | $10 | But yesterday I was privileged to accompany a few Lions here to the desert.With enough guns and ammunition to fight World War II. Possibly. And that’s worth five happy three dogs. Two hours or so of constant gunfire. I think all of the charges are destroyed or in pretty bad shape |
| Don Anthony | $5 | we had a couple of young people there on their first shoots. And you know what a spinner is? A steel plate hung by two chains. And they shot one of the pieces of chain off, and there was shooting the steel so many times going this way that it unscrewed the nut. But we had a couple of youngsters there yesterday for their first time. They learn safety and how not to shoot each other, and they can hardly wait to come back. |
| Rob Ransweiler | $5 | Just grateful to be here. |
| Ron Nevels_______________ | $3 | I been good this week |
| Dick Nasif | $1 | Just grateful to be here. |
PROGRAM: No Program
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
We will have a regular meeting on February 9th
President’s Day. That’s February 16th. We will be dark that day
We will have a regular meeting on February 23rd, which will be a business meeting.
ATTENDANCE DRAWING: _Ed Waymire_______________ _ $____(not here)____
50/50 OPPORTUNITY DRAWING: Warren McKenna $58______
TODAY’S RIB TICKLER
Lead to serve and serve to lead
Together in service
AP Singh, International Lions President