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Next Regular Meeting

January 7 , 2009

7:00 PM

VFW

Iron River Lions gather on the first Wednesday of each month. 7:00PM at the VFW club in Iron River, Wisconsin.

Dinner meetings are held occasionally on the third Wednesday of the month.

Lion of the Year

Lion of the year Guy Suo

At the October 15 Awards Dinner, held at the Community Center, Guy Suo is presented with the Lion of the Year award by President Jeanne Joseph. (He nearly missed it when he started for his car to return home for the Presidential debate. Thanks to Lion Merv for bringing him back.)

Dale Carlson is Melvin Jones Fellow

Lions President Jeanne Joseph presents Lion Dale Carlson with his Melvin Jones Fellow plaque.

In her remarks to the club, Lion Jeanne said, “This year’s recipient of the Melvin Jones Award is a person who has worked many years to make sure our Blueberry Festival was well publicized. He spent a lot of time on advertising plans and contacting the right people and organizations to get to get the job done. He also was a good mentor to our current advertising chair…He has spent many years listening to children’s special requests for that special gift by being the Lions Santa Claus when Christmas candy was distributed. What you may not know about this year’s recipient, is all the time he spent collecting money and delivering vitamins to kids in Mexico. In spite of difficult health issues he continues to attend meetings and events and help wherever he can. This year’s recipient of the prestigious Melvin Jones Award is Dale Carlson.”

Zone Meeting in Iron River

The October 1, 2008 Lions Club meeting included a visit from District Governor, Bob Schonberg,and Joe Brady, Zone 3 Chair. Cable, Port Wing, and Barnes Clubs were in attendance also.

October 1, 2008 Zone Meeting
Pictured left to right are: Joe Brady, Zone 3 Chair, Barb Gardner, President, Port Wing Lion's Club, Jeanne Joseph, President, Iron River Lion's Club, Bob Schonberg, District Governor and Diane Schonberg.

Bob presented an interesting program on Communications and Public Relations in Lions' Clubs. He stressed the importance of real time communications for speed and the ability to be connected to what is going on from Lion's International, to state to local. This is important not only for informational reasons, but to be able to react quickly to needs other clubs may have.
It was a pot luck dinner hosted by the Iron River Club. There were over 60 people in attendance.