Jungle Jargon
A Monthly Broadcast to
THE
LIONS CLUB OF CRANBURY, NEW
Contact us at: http://cranburylions.org
“A Country Club Trying to Serve Its Country”
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Ideals in
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Mutual
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Social Progress |
Understanding |
Civic Betterment
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Fellowship |
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President |
Rick Burke |
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Directors – 1 year |
Frank Brennan, Jr. |
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1st Vice
President |
Mike Kaiser |
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Dave Cook |
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2nd Vice
President |
Andre Mento |
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Ray Dickey |
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3rd Vice
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John Kobland |
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Jeff Grundy |
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Secretary |
George Smith |
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Treasurer – Operating/Projects |
Glenn Johnson |
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Directors – 2 Years |
Walt Caldwell |
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Assistant Treasurer - Projects |
Elaine Homoky |
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Jon Goldstein |
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Tom Reilly |
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Immediate Past President |
Alex Johnson |
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Peter Turner |
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Information Technology
Chairman |
Dave Shaffer |
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Publicity |
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Lion Tamer |
Paul Hayden |
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Jargon Editor |
Bob Virgadamo |
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Tail Twister |
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Membership Chairman |
Mike Kaiser |
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June, 2007
June 5 – Board of Directors Meeting –
June 6 – Regular
Meeting – Annual Student Affairs meeting –
In lieu of Speaker: Presentation
of Student Awards; Presentation of plaque to
June 23 – 75th Anniversary Celebration –
Celebration of Service –
Formal Passing of Gavel – Speakers include: President
July, 2007
July 17 – Board of Directors Meeting –
July 18 – Regular
Meeting –
Speaker: Tom Petrino – Appraisals of antiques with live
appraisals of items brought to the meeting by members. A good night for spouses
with treasured objects for appraisal.
… About the 75th Celebration…
All Cranbury Lions are asked to contact Lion Bob V, to add their names to the 75th Anniversary Booster Sheet; one name per line; $5 per name; the $5 can be billed with your dues.
Things To Know
Even though we have begun sending a revised “Calendar of Events” with each dues mailing, we’d like to remind all members to please, share the Jargon with your Spouse, so that our events may be better scheduled on your personal, or family, calendars for better attendance. Please Note that Spouses are invited to attend all meetings, but are wholly encouraged to attend “Spouse Night” meetings.
The Annual Spring Raffle Super 50/50 grossed
$5540; the
payout amounts were 25%, or $1385; 15%, or $831; and 10%, or $554 (Total 50%,
or $2770). The winning tickets were drawn on Memorial Day, after the
Parade, and the winners were: 1st –
District Governor Elect Bob would like to thank all members
who were able to attend his and Vice District Governor Abaño’s Hospitality Room
and or the State Convention, held at
the
The Barn Project…President
Elect Mike Kaiser, who has chaired the Barn Project, has advised that they are
ready for the storage of all our equipment. So as not to create another
“project” all equipment will be relocated to the Carriage House as it used. Any
Lion who has any stored items is asked to purchase a watertight plastic storage
box, or boxes, as needed, transfer all material to the box and contact either
Lion Mike or Lion Bob V to schedule a drop off to the barn. The Club
would like to thank Lion Mike, as well as Lions Glenn, Bob, Frank III, and all
the volunteers who helped bring this project to fruition. We Serve.
The 9th
Annual Golf Outing was held at the Peddie Golf Club on
The Drug Free Fair
was held on May 19, and, we would like to Thank Lions Richard Stannard, Alex
Johnson and
This year’s Memorial
Day Parade was helmed by Lions
We managed, once again, to get a spot in the schedule and
will have our Annual Trenton Thunder
Super 50/50 at Riverside Stadium on June 1st, and in spite of a
“3-inning game, due to a massive rain delay, our volunteers raiser $360. Thanks
Lion Bob and his perennial crew of ticket sellers.
The Middletown Lions, who have been big supporters of our 75th,
are holding an Antique Auto Meet on July 1st, in Holmdel.
Applications and information are available from Lion Mike Kaiser.
Lion Joe and Suzanne Carroll will host the Annual Club Picnic at their home again
this year; anyone who has attended this event in the past knows what marvelous
hosts the Carrolls are and what a great time is had at the picnic. The picnic
is open to all Members and their families, as well as any potential members
(and families). The Cranbury Lions Club Picnic will be on Saturday, July 21, at
Our annual Trenton
Thunder Baseball Game is planned and ready. It will be Thunder (NY
Yankees) v. Binghamton Mets on Saturday, August 25. The game starts at
…More about the 75th Anniversary…
Tables are being set for 8, 10, and 12, and ticket requests
are staring to come in – do you have
your table yet? If you need extra tickets, see Lions Walt Caldwell,
Dinner Choices MUST be made before the event; we are required to provide numbers to Forsgate for planning purposes. Dinner Choices are: Prime Rib, Roast Stuffed Boneless Chicken Breast (w/Pecan Crusted Stuffing & Apricot Glaze), or Broiled Salmon. An e-mail will go out shortly asking for your dinner choices. Anyone with out e-mail capability should PLEASE contact Lion Bob V or Lion Andre to provide your Dinner choice and/or seating arrangements.
A Partial list of items that will be auctioned off at the
fundraising portion of the event are:
a
week in a Villa in Tuscany, Italy, Villa (sleeps 16); a Beach House on Anna
Maria Island, Florida (sleeps 4/6); A pair of Continental Airline tickets to
anywhere in North America including Caribbean; Matched pair of bicycles
for a man and woman; Studio Portrait (8 x 10); Trenton Thunder tickets (4 game
series of 4 tickets each, behind Home Plate, between Trenton Thunder &
Harrisburg Senators 7/1, 2, 3, 4), including parking passes for each game;
Luxury suite at Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton for 2007-08 hockey seasons -
Games TBD, Package includes 12 tickets, plus 2 VIP parking passes, food,
beverages, and wait service; Ruth Chris Steak House Gift Cards; Golf Foursome
at Jumping Brook Country Club; McCarter Theater ticket voucher for 2 tickets;
Golf Foursome at Commonwealth Golf Course; 2 Yankees Tickets; Golf Foursome at
Forsgate Country Club; 15 Luxury Skybox tickets to July Trenton Thunder home
game; and much, much more
Membership – Membership – Membership
As
always we are looking for new members. New Members help to keep the Club young,
active, and viable! This year’s theme from International President Jimmy Ross
is ‘Renewal’, and President Rick has adopted this theme. With so many new homes
in Cranbury, there are many opportunities for new members. Additionally, there
is a new Initiative from LCI called “Family
Membership”. For more information about Family Membership, or membership in
general, or to obtain membership applications contact Membership Chair
…And Attendance…
On the flip side of the membership coin, we also seem to be
having a problem with attendance. Over the last couple of years meeting
attendance has diminished from an average of 45+ members per meeting to an
average of plus or minus 25 members, per meeting. Our core volunteers have
always come from sign-ups at the meetings, and with meeting attendance down,
so are the number of volunteers. While we would love to see “a
packed house” at every meeting, it is understandable that many of our Members can’t
make every meeting due to the demands and obligations to their jobs and
families, however, the Board of Directors is asking every member to try to
attend at least one meeting per month.
Reminders
Frank Marlowe has been our Program Chair for a few years now, and has done quite an excellent job lining up speakers for each of our meetings. You can all imagine how difficult it can be, finding 20 speakers per year that will be of relative interest to all our Members! We all come in contact with someone interesting on a regular basis. When you do, or if you have any suggestions for speakers, please give Lion Frank a call, or e-mail him at marlowe@cranburynj.com .
The Cranbury Lions Club is always in search of additional new fund raisers – different, entertaining, and most importantly, fun. Any member who has a FUNdraising idea should share the idea with President Rick, or bring it up at one of the meetings. The list of potential fundraisers, and the input from interested Lions, will be discussed at a Board of Directors meeting, and presented to the general membership at a regular meeting.
While it is important that we increase our fundraising
capability, it is equally important that we do it without continually
requesting donations from our small community on a too frequent basis. With
over 300 commercial locations in our immediate area, the website is one of the
easiest and best fundraisers we have. We ask every Member to please try to bring in at least one new advertiser per year.
Refer all advertising leads to Lions John Kobland,
Any member who learns of the sickness or death of another
member, or in a member’s family, or any other similar incident or emergency,
should contact Lion
Member Pick-Up
Ed Lawson (5 S. Main); Ruth Holroyd (45 S. Main)
Lion George Smith has volunteered be the “permanent” pick up driver for Lions Ed & Ruth
Lion Frank Marlowe has volunteered to be the “permanent” back-up driver.
Drivers: if you cannot make your pick-up, or need to switch, please notify Lion Rick Cusworth as soon as possible. Riders: please notify the assigned driver if you’re not going to make a meeting.