EL CAJON VALLEY HOST LION’S NEWSLETTER
September 30, 2024, Members: 31 Guests: 1
Facebook: El Cajon Valley Host Lions Club
CALL TO ORDER:
President Keith MacArthur
Invocation: PP Mark Clifton Pledge of Allegiance: PP Wally Simmons
Patriotic Song: PP Phil & Carol Song: America the Beautiful
HELEN KELLER QUOTE BY: PP Kiley Grunstad
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
GUESTS: Michael Hirman, guest speaker
GOOD TO SEE: Kiley Grunstad
COMMUNICATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
.Sec Paul W reported the Spring Valley LC is holding a program Oct 7th to assist immigrants.
.Sec Paul also read a thank you letter from the EC Youth Symphony for our $500 donation.
.Treas Paul T is working on the new directory. A rough will be coming to your mailbox soon for corrections, if any.
***PP Grant Thiem (JR) inducted our newest member, his Son Grant Mason Thiem III (JR3)*** And the Legacy continues!!
OCT 6th – ECVH LC Annual Pancake Breakfast 8-Noon AM Elks Lodge
OCT 10th – ECVH LC Board Meeting 6 PM Elks Conference Room
OCT 17th – El Cajon Valley Lions Foundation Meeting 6 PM Elks Conference Room
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Terry Winegar 9/11, Kirby Morrison 9/15, Jim Sing 9/16, Jon Martin 9/19, Mercy Walters 9/25 Dave Schwab 9/29.
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. Paris4L6@cox.net 619/838-4262
SEPTEMBER EXEMPT BADGE: Tom Hoban and Mark Clifton
VICE PRESIDENT REPORTS:
1st VP Ron Nevels: If you are ‘working’ the pancake breakfast this Sunday, the kitchen crew should arrive by 6:30 AM, and others by 7:30 to help set up and prepare the room for our guests.
PP Phil says entertainment is the Desert Crossing group.
2nd VP Bob Sanchez: No Report
3rd VP Penny Duane: MIA
MEMBERSHIP: Paul Walters: No Re
LCIF: PP Yvonne Paris: No Report
HAPPY DOLLARS/FINES: TT Bob “Hatchet Man” Acker
.Yvonne $5 Happy JR3 being installed today and for a great speaker
.Paul T $5 cell phone rang during the meeting
.Gary S $100 to our foundation…he and Gail went to Harrah’s for a concert, it got canceled, they got a free room so they stayed to gamble – he won $1900 & $2400 and Gail won $2400.
.JR $5 couldn’t locate Yvonne in the directory – he was looking under the wrong name!
.Bob S $100 closed escrow on a $775,000 house
.Coleen $5 going to the Padre game Tuesday
PROGRAM:
Michael Hirman – Sons of the American Revolution, PP & current VP of the San Diego Chapter and Immediate Past Chancellor of the CA Society of SAR.
Michael presented wearing the costume of an American Revolutionary Patriot and brought his 1777-model musket which is a 69 Kaliber rifle. It was the standard gun of the British Army, but this model was given to the Patriots by the French.
To become a member of the SAR you need an ancestor who fought in the American Revolution. The San Diego Chapter of SAR was founded in 1894 and is the oldest, active chapter in CA. Their goal is to preserve the history of the American Revolution. Helen Keller is his cousin, and 16 cousins were Presidents of the United States. Michael’s oldest tie to the American Revolution was his great-grandfather Warner, born in 1746, who joined the Revolution in 1776. Warner ended up captured by the British and held captive on a slave ship until he escaped and returned to a ‘flying camp’ as a Patriot. Another Great Grandfather fought as did a Cousin George.
Michael’s replica uniform is made of wool.
Carlsbad has a replica Green Dragon Tavern, the original of which in Boston brought in revolutionaries back ‘in the day’. Canadians are American Torries who did not want to separate from the British.
Because the Spanish and Indians (Kumeyaay) helped support the revolution, there were many Patriots buried in San Diego near the old Mission/the Presidio.
The San Diego Chapter of SAR will do a July 4th celebration/re-enactment in 2026.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
OCT 7th – Sharon Buetow from Guide Dogs for the Blind
OCT 28th – Ed Waymire on being “The Grinch”
ATTENDANCE DRAWING: Jim Sing (left early) so next week $20
50/50 OPPORTUNITY DRAWING: Cat Zeman $45
TODAY’S RIB TICKLER
ATTENDANCE IS THE PRICE OF MEMBERSHIP
“WE SERVE”
2024-2025 Lions International President Fabrício Oliveira
“ Make Your Mark”