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WHAT'S THE NEWS IN DISTRICT 9SW?
“The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.” Woodrow Wilson   9SW 2010-11 District Pin Honors showcases “The Freedom Rock” in Adair County to honor veterans of all ages SPECIAL THANKS TO: Clarissa Terpstra and Mary Ann Huegerich from Exira for an excellent job of organizing “Needlework for a Cause” at the Iowa Lions State Convention in Des Moines. 26 quilts were sewn together to be presented to the Ronald McDonald House in Des Moines. Thanks ladies, for using your talents to help children in need! These ladies will chair the project at 2011 Iowa Lions MidWinter Conference in Cedar Rapids. They will gladly accept your knitted or crocheted 12 inch squares to assemble more quilts. WELCOME NEW 9SW LION MEMBERS:
CONGRATULATIONS TO Jack Brown, member of Greenfield Lions Club: received a Master Key for recruiting 20 new members. Jack has been a member of Greenfield Lions Club since 1982. 9SW CLUB ACTIVITIES To see your club’s activities here next month: please email or USPO mail your Monthly Membership Reports and Club Activities Report to District Governor Ardie Klemish BY THE 5TH DAY OF THE MONTH. Also include future club projects & activities so that they can be included in this newsletter. Members from other clubs may come to support your efforts! Information received by the 5th will be in the following month’s Iowa Lion newsletter. Adair – held a pancake supper, donated proceeds to Save Iowa Kidsight. Fundraiser: concession stand in Adair City Park for summer ball games Adel – erected American flags at residential homes all over Adel for Memorial Day to honor servicemen Anita – awarded five scholarships to graduating seniors Atlantic – Served pancake supper to 500 people. Donated to Camp Hertko Hollow, and to local student singing with Celebration Iowa this summer. Audubon – sold burning bushes, sponsored bike rodeo at elementary school, donated to Relay for Life, presented Warren Coleman award to Bill Shaw, presented Melvin Jones Fellowship to Father Wayne Gubbels, had club Lions float in Tivoli Fest parade in Elkhorn. Donated toward Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes. Bayard – sponsoring local youth to Camp Hertko Hollow, working on city beautification, entered their club’s 1919 Reo car in four summer parades. Carlisle – donated to Iowa Lions Foundation, LCIF, and Carlisle After Prom. Clarinda – sold burning bushed, served pancake breakfast for Clarinda Regional Health Center. Donated toward Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes. Clearfield – sold burning bushes, donated to Save Iowa Kidsight, Clearfield Betterment Club, BoyScout Troup #6, and Lenox Stock & Saddle Club. Earlham - screened children for Iowa Kidsight; provided free After Prom breakfast for students; Erected a building on main street for can and bottle collection Exira – awarded scholarships to graduating seniors, held Memorial Day breakfast with all proceeds donated to Save Iowa Kidsight, served breakfast at June 19th cancer walk, served food for June 27th car show. Guthrie Center – awarded 4 scholarships to graduating seniors, donated to Relay for Life, delivered Meals on Wheels, held honorary lunch for graduating senior class. Harlan – awarded scholarships to 5 graduating seniors, did highway cleanup, donated towards Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes, donated to help defray cost of shipping articles from school elementary students to US troops stationed overseas. Indianola Evening – screened 402 children for Iowa Kidsight from January to May, 2010 Indianola Lioness - held two fundraisers: soupless supper and nuts sales Jamaica – awarded two scholarships to graduating seniors Lamoni – raised 180 flags for Memorial Day, donated to Civil War Reenactment Days Martensdale – cleaned highways, donated to Save Iowa Kidsight Missouri Valley – held Iowa Kidsight screening, hosted a zone meeting Mount Ayr – planned activities for county fair and Mt Ayr Days New Virginia – held a pancake breakfast, awarded four scholarships to graduating seniors, donated to Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes Norwalk – Held blood drive, donated funds to sponsor Des Moines Community Band for July 3rd town event. Donated to Iowa Lions Foundation, Norwalk softball program, the science lab at Iowa School for the Deaf, raffle prizes for Soap Box Derby, donated to INGO Auxiliary/Bear for Solders Children, awarded three scholarships to graduating seniors Oakland – conducted Iowa Kidsight vision screening for 50 students, did highway cleanup, organized annual blood drive, awarded two scholarships to graduating seniors, held pancake breakfast Osceola – awarded five scholarships to graduating seniors, sponsored 3 campers to Camp Hertkow Hollow (for diabetic kids), awarded two Melvin Jones Fellowships: one to DennisWhite, one the Warren Keeler. Panora – cleaned the town square, repaired Mills City Park shelters, helped with bingo at Care Center three days, donated to Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes; donated to Guthrie County Hospital Foundation, Iowa Lions International Youth Exchange Camp, and Camp Hertko Hollow Diabetes Camp for Kids. Redfield – cleaned roadsides, served fresh popcorn to elementary staff & students as a thank you for their help in cleaning roadsides, planted flowers in planters on main street, donated to community building, donated to Save Iowa Kidsight, helped Earlham and Adair-Casey with KidSight screenings Shenandoah – served drinks and homemade goodies at rest areas on Memorial Day, served sloppy joes at Orscheln’s parking lot. Stuart – donated to Camp Hertko Hollow, Leader Dogs for the Blind, and Warren Coleman Award for Bob Holmes, served noon meal at Stuart Good Egg Days and at the garden tractor pull, sold burning bushes Villisca – donated funds to complete renovation project on Villisca Swimming Pool Winterset – Sold flags for Flag Days, donated to Madison County Sr Citizens Food Program FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER July 8th Camp Herkto Hollow Lions visitation day 10am-2pm. email reservations to v.murray@camphertkohollow.com July 11-17 -- IA Youth Exchange Camp – Y Camp, Boone July 16 ----- Adair Lions Free Kid Print @ Sr Citizens Center 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. July 16-18 -- Great Plains Lions Leadership Institute – Buena Vista University – Storm Lake, IA July 21 ----- Harlan Lions hosting “Roar into Harlan” motorcycle event 6 to 10 pm, downtown Harlan July 24 ----- First 9SW 2010-11 cabinet meeting St John’s Lutheran Church in Casey Recruitment, Orientation, Activation, Retention **************************************************************************** July News Club Activities | Dates to Remember Let’s start off the new year by thanking and congratulating Jerry and Barb Farley for their great year of service in 2009-2010. They have truly “left a shadow of their life through service.” We appreciate you Jerry and Barb! Great job! I am proud to serve as your 2010-11 9SW District Governor. My husband and partner in service, Lion Ken, live in Adair. Ken has worked at a southwest Iowa John Deere dealership for 44 years, and I’ve been in the banking/accounting/insurance business my entire life. We are both still working. We are here to work for you and your club…not above you, not below you, but BESIDE YOU. Please contact me to schedule club visits, schedule special presentations, or attendance at other events. Secretaries, please email or mail me your MMR’s and your monthly club activities reports.  The new International President Sid Scruggs III’s theme for 2010-11 is “Beacon of Hope”. Sid’s theme includes the photo of the Cape Hatarask lighthouse. “When the raging storms of life rush in, bringing darkness, when the dream fades and despair takes its place, then like a faithful lighthouse on the distant shore, a Lion stands as a ray of light to show the way.” Sid challenges each of us to find the light within ourselves, and be a beacon of hope and service. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” President Scruggs wants each club to have a “signature” service project. The “Beacon of Hope” service campaigns for 2010-11 will include four themed campaigns: August – Engaging our Youth October – Vision projects Dec/Jan – Relieving Hunger April – Environmental. Club secretaries will use the newly redesigned Service Activities Report to report their club’s activities, especially those related to the four international service action campaigns. Clubs that submit those four specific projects online will be automatically nominated for International Beacon of Hope Awards. Be sure to send DG Ardie Klemish a copy of that online submission, and your club will be in competition for the 9SW District Beacon of Hope Award as well at the end of the year. President Scrugg’s acronym for LIONS is “Loving Individuals Offering Needed Service”. That truly reflects what each of Lion does in their own town, district, state, and world. It’s no wonder that Lions Clubs International is ranked as the #1 non-governmental organization in the world, and that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter nominated Lions Clubs International to receive the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago! I have challenged each 9SW club to have a net gain in members in 2010-11. Each club has signed a “pledge” to help bring more “lights” (members) to serve as Beacons of Hope, like the lighthouse is a beacon of hope to ships nearing the rocky shores. Each new zone chair contacted their clubs in April to get that pledge. We CAN achieve that goal by asking a parent, child, sibling, friend, neighbor, school teacher, fellow church member, or business professional in our town to join in our efforts to help those in need. Bring in an entire family as new members! My personal theme is LET’S R-O-A-R! My pin features a cheerleading megaphone. Because of my enthusiasm, I’ve been known as the cheerleader for Lionism in our district, in Iowa, and beyond for many years. ROAR not only is the loud sound that Lions make, but ROAR stands for Recruitment, Orientation, Activation, and Retention. If EVERY 9SW Lion recruits new members, helps to get them oriented, and gets them active in their club and beyond, we will not have a retention problem. So, 9SW Lions, LET’S ROAR! By ROARING together, we will be Beacons of Hope, and a bright light to those in need around the world. 9SW District Convention will be Nov.12-13 at the Congregational Church in Stuart, Iowa. A block of rooms has been reserved at AmericInn in Stuart, phone 515-523-9000. International Director Ron and June Johnson from Maine will be our guest speaker. The convention will include a special tribute to veterans. The 9SW 2010-11 district pin includes a tribute to veterans as well, and features “The Freedom Rock” in Adair County, right in the center of District 9SW. 9SW CLUB ACTIVITIES To see your club’s activities here next month: please email or USPO mail your Monthly Membership Reports and Club Activities Report to District Governor Ardie Klemish BY THE 5TH DAY OF THE MONTH. Also include future club projects & activities so that they can be included in this newsletter. Members from other clubs may come to support your efforts! Information received by the 5th will be in the following month’s Iowa Lion newsletter. Adair - 2 members attended state convention and International Lions Convention Audubon – 2 members attended state convention; pulled Lions Club Float in Exira 4th of July parade Bedford – donated $ for a new shelter roof at Bibbins Park & installed the roof, donated to Bedford Ambulance, and donated a college scholarship Carlisle – 3 members attended state convention; collected 26 pair used eyeglasses, cleaned highway roadsides and city storm trash cleanup Clarinda – donated to Clarinda Regional Health Center EMT and Clarinda Fire Dept. Served over pancake breakfast to approx. 450 people for Glenn Miller Big Band Breakfast. Presented a replica of Santa House made by Mel Hargis to Bob Hamm for his many years of caring for the Santa House. Creston – Lion Beth Perry received DG Certificate of Appreciation from DG Ardie Klemish; 2 members attended state convention Earlham - participated in Earlham Freedom Fest 4th of July Celebration; put official Lions logos on can collection bldg Exira – participated in Exira 4th of July parade; six members attended state convention Greenfield – Jeff LaBarge received DG Certificate of Appreciation from DG Ardie Klemish Guthrie Center – conducted Blood Drive. Conducted Diabetes Can Drive. Helped local students attend missionary trip to Nigeria and Iowa Leadership Conference. Harlan – hosted “Roar into Harlan” motorcycle event in downtown Harlan Indianola Evening – re-screened children for Iowa Kidsight, 2 members attended state convention Jamaica – Lions Bob VanGundy and Gary McDermott received DG Certificates of Appreciation from DG Ardie Klemish Linden – Al Maben received DG Certificate of Appreciation from DG Ardie Klemish Martensdale – club cleaned roadsides; Helen Smith received DG Certificate of Appreciation from DG Ardie Klemish; Massena - Served cookies and cold drinks to travelers @ I-80 rest area on holiday. Cleaned the Lions Hall. Served pancake/sausage breakfast for Massena tractor ride Missouri Valley – served annual Alumni Banquet meal; delivered meals-on-wheels for a month Mount Ayr – Held annual steak & hamburger fry; 23 of 38 members received Perfect Attendance pins for 2009-2010; Murray – received matching grant to help install flag poles & flags in Murray Veterans Memorial Park. Co-sponsored demo derby. New Virginia – held a pancake/French toast breakfast, donated to Old Settlers Assn for fireworks display; purchased new trailer for cooperative Lions Kiddie Rides shared with Truro and St Charles Lions Clubs. Panora – donated to Iowa KidSight and Panorama High School Odyssey of the Mind Competition, screened 29 preschoolers for IowaKidsight. Redfield – sponsored annual Old Settlers Day celebration; held pie contest and bingo. Shenandoah – collected 200 pair of eyeglasses, helped with U.S. Cross-country Veterans Bicycling event, including wounded soldiers from Iraq & Afghanistan on bicycles; helped sponsor local girl to Camp Hertko Hollow. Served meal for Orscheln’s Farm Supply annual event. Stuart – participated in Stuart Good Egg Days parade; helped with Chief Robert Smith benefit FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER July 8th -- Camp Herkto Hollow Lions visitation day 10am-2pm. email reservations to v.murray@camphertkohollow.com July 11-17 -- IA Youth Exchange Camp – Y Camp, Boone July 16 -- Adair Lions Free Kid Print @ Sr Citizens Center 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. July 16-18 -- Great Plains Lions Leadership Institute – Buena Vista University – Storm Lake, IA July 21 -- Harlan Lions hosting “Roar into Harlan” motorcycle event 6 to 10 pm, downtown Harlan July 24 -- first 9SW 2010-11 cabinet meeting St John’s Lutheran Church in Casey 1:00 p.m. Officer Training in morning, lunch provided Aug 6/7 -- Murray Lions Jamboree in Mallory Park Theme “Fun in the Park” Aug 12/22 -- IA State Fair (IA Kidsight screening daily) Aug 18 -- Harlan Lions hosting “Roar into Harlan” motorcycle event 6 to 10 pm, downtown Harlan Aug 19 -- Norwalk Lions Blood Drive, contact Jim Cain Aug 21 -- Grand River Lions Rodeo, Rumley Brothers entertainment Aug 22 -- Exira Lions Garden Tractor Pull Aug 22 -- Audubon Lions sponsoring circus in town Albert the Bull Park Aug 24 -- Stuart Lions sponsoring Circus in Stuart Sept 23/26 -- USA/Canada Forum Milwaukee WI Oct 2 -- Parenting Healthy Children Conference – West Des Moines Oct 3 -- Leader Dog Puppy Day at North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City Nov 12/13 -- 9SW Convention at Stuart Congregational Church and AmericInn in Stuart Jan. 13/16 -- IA Midwinter Leadership Conference – Clarion Hotel in Cedar Rapids
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