The

Oklahoma

Lion

May 2018 405-947-6540 Oklahoma Lion online: www.oklahomalions.org

Our guest Past International Di-

rector will be Brian Sheehan and

his lovely wife Lion Lori

Brian E. Sheehan, from Bird Island, Min-

nesota, USA, was elected to serve a two-

year term as a director of Lions Clubs

International at the association’s 94th

International Convention, held in Seattle,

Washington, USA July 4-8, 2011.

Past Director Sheehan is the founder and

CEO of Rural Computer Consultants, a

software development company.

A member of the Bird Island Lions Club

since 1991, he has held many offices

within the association, including council

chairperson, long range planning chair-

person, membership chairperson, reten-

tion chairperson, women’s initiative chair-

person and the MD convention chairper-

son. He has also served as the

chairperson of the Headquarter Opera-

tion & Finance Committee, USA/Canada

Lions Leadership Forum Seminars chair-

person, Lions University coordinator,

DGE group leader, GMT liaison and

board appointee to several committees

including Constitutions and Bylaws, LCIF

Executive, LCI Executive, USA/Canada

Lions Leadership Forum and the Centen-

nial Action committees.

He has been a presenter at numerous

Lions events, including the USA/Canada

Forum. He currently serves as the GLT

area leader and is a member of the USA/

Canada Lions Leadership Planning Com-

mittee.

In recognition of his service to the asso-

ciation, he has received numerous

awards including Club Lion of the Year,

the District 5M 4 Diabetes Awareness

Award, the MD 5M Web Site Appreciation

Award, the MD 5M Al Jensen Leadership

Award, the Founders Membership

Growth Award, six International Presi-

dent’s Certificates of Appreciation, an

International President’s Leadership

Award, four International President’s

Awards and the Ambassador of Good

Will Award, the highest honor the asso-

ciation bestows upon its members. He is

also a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow.

In addition to his Lions activities, Past

Director Sheehan is active in numerous

professional and community organiza-

tions. He has served as president of Bird

Island Civic and Commerce, director of

the Learning Funhouse and as a member

of various school committees. He also

received the 2011 U.S. Small Business

Association Minnesota Small Business

Person of the Year Award.

Past Director Sheehan and his wife, Lori,

also a Lion and Progressive Melvin Jones

Fellow, have two sons and two daugh-

ters.

Congratulations to all the Grads

2945 Northwest Expressway 405-848-4811.

Call The State Office at 405-947-6540 to Register

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District 3-E

Governor

Gene Redford (C) 918-346-0444

lionredbird@yahoo.com

2017-2018

IT’S GREAT TO BE A LION

I am proud to say we now have a 2nd

Vice District Governor for district 3

-E. Lion Dollie Wooddell has ste-

ped up to the plate for this position.

As most of you know Dollie has

been a hard worker for many years

for our district. She has served sev-

eral years as a zone chairperson as

well as handle the Peace Poster

Contest. She was instrumental in

putting together the Cowboy Cadil-

lac drawing in Bartlesville in No-

vember.

Don’t forget to support these state

projects, they need our help to meet

their budgets.

Meadows of Hope

Oklahoma Lions Service Founda-

tion;

Eugene Briggs Scholarship;

Oklahoma Eye Bank

Bristow Lions; Bristow LEO’s are

getting ready for the next stage play

in the local performer arts facility in

Bristow. These LEO’s are from the

Bristow High School and will soon

be involved in many activities for

their performances.

Broken Bow Lions; had a busy

month with great guest speakers

such as Kenny Sivard giving ac-

counts of the McCurtain County

Historical Society and the work that

they do preserving our history, Mr.

Pelton with the Indian Bible Camp

in Ringold; honoring high school

seniors of the month and planning

our annual 3-person scramble golf

tournament fundraiser set for June 2

at Cedar Creek Golf Course on the

banks of beautiful Broken Bow

Lake.

Chel-

sea Lions; Members have been

busy with fund raiser activities and

Henryetta Lions; Lion of the day

Ashley Morris & her guest Amber

Pippin, both employed at First Fam-

ily Federal Credit Union, spoke to

us today about services available

thru FFFCU. Ashley told us about

the various branch location, differ-

ent types of accounts and benefits.

Amber is a Financial Counselor and

spoke about her abilities to advise

others through financial decisions,

credit building & financial difficul-

ties.

Jay Lions; Jay Lions have an inter-

esting venue for their meetings, in

the Delaware County Historical Mu-

seum.

Okmulgee Lions; Please read the

newspaper article, a very interesting

program. Maybe something Lions

need to check into sponsoring for

the schools. I have already had one

person who will underwrite one

board.

South Grand Lake Lions; We

want to recognize two outstanding

Leos for their hard work and dedica-

tion. Throughout the 2017-2018

school year, this brother-sister duo

(just sister in the picture) went

above and beyond! They were at

every Lions Club Fundraiser, they

were always the first ones to arrive

and the last ones to leave and al-

ways kept a good attitude!

That leadership and dedication did

not go overlooked and we are so

proud to call them our little Lions!!!

Congratulations, Griselda Castro

and Jacob Castro on receiving $125

each! Enjoy your spending money!

I absolutely love this picture. From

the handmade Lions Club vest that

Ali is wearing to the woman that

she is proudly sitting by. This pic-

ture shows just how blessed we

truly are and it shows that being a

Lion is not only a way of life, but

also a life of giving. Thank you,

Linda, for all that you do, she still

wears it proud.

Tahlequah Lions; Getting ready to

send some Optometry students to

South America to help fit eye

glasses to those in need. These

glasses come from the area Lions

clubs so the students can go through

and find the ones best to take with

them and able to fit into existing

frames.

Raise Your Paws if You're Proud to be a

Lion!

We desperately need the help of

your Lions Club. As you know

Helen Keller asked the Lions in

1925 to be Knights of the Blind.

In an effort to do that and espe-

cially during White Cane month.

We need your club to activate

their Eyeglass program for your

area. It may be certain zip codes

in a metropolitan area or it may be

your namesake community.

We receive hundreds of calls a

month from people who need help

getting an eye exam and glasses.

Would you rekindle that fire that

was lit way back in 1925 and

bring your program back or step

it up to help all age groups. So

many of the children can be

helped through Sooner Care but

the adults and seniors desper-

ately need you help.

Will you do it? Write me an email

at md3sec@coxinet.net and tell

me your Club is onboard and

ready to help.

State Secretary Marvin,

405-947-6540

Don’t Miss Membership

Mondays in May!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR

THIS EXCITING WEBINAR SE-

RIES

Plan to participate in this dynamic member-

ship webinar series created by Constitutional

Area 1’s Global Action Team. These webi-

nars will provide you with the insight you

need to grow membership in your district

and offer some great resources on forming

new clubs. Learn from our outstanding group

of guest speakers who will discuss specialty

clubs, new club development and cyber

clubs. May 7, 2018 - 7:30 p.m. CDT: What

Unites Us?: Specialty Clubs. May 14,

2018 - 7:30 p.m. CDT: Tactics to Starting

a Club: New Club Development Work-

shops. May 21, 2018 - 7:30 p.m. CDT :

Futuristic Thinking of Service: Cyber

Clubs

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2017-2018 District 3-NW

Governor

Debbie Woodruff

(C) 580-491-1118

debtown1@yahoo.com

Roar!!!

I hope that you are doing just that! Are

you embarrassed to roar? I was invited to

attend a program with the Okmulgee Club

back in November. One of their members,

Lion Dean Craig knew I was interested in

having Jill Donovan with Rustic Cuff speak

at my District Convention. He knew that

this would give me an opportunity to meet

her and invite her to speak. While she was

there she challenged everyone to go to her

store in Tulsa and walk in and just ROAR 3

times!!!! Would this be embarrassing to

do? Some might think so as you walk in to

a public place of business and just stand

there and roar loudly! Not once but 3

times!!! Her reward for doing this was a

$100 gift card to her store. I took my

daughter with me and asked if she wanted

to do this. She said yes so we did. As we

walked in the store, we waited for the la-

dies behind the counter to finish with a

customer and we stood there and looked

at them. I asked my daughter if she was

ready……the ladies asked “Are you going to

roar?” I said “Yes”. And we did! Loud!!!

There was no embarrassment in doing

this! I was proud! Yes, I know my reward

was a $100 gift card but I was able to show

these ladies I’m a Lion and proud!

Don’t be embarrassed to tell someone

about Lions and all we do in our communi-

ties and around the world! Do you wear

your vest in public places or what about

your Lions Pin? You’d be surprised as to

the looks you may get and questions from

people. Especially if you wear pins on your

vest. It opens up the door for discussion

and plants a seed!

Have you registered for the State Conven-

tion? This newsletter will come out the

first of May so you still can. Our State Con-

vention Planning Committee has worked

hard to make this a great time! Sadly,

many of you will not see that this is an

important event to attend. I believe it is!

Why? You will not only get to see Lions

from around the state but you will also

hear reports about our projects and things

happening with LCI. It gives us a chance to

celebrate our year and challenges us to

move forward and work hard to help those

who need us.

We will have a Memorial Table set up at

the Convention to remember those Lions

we have lost this past year and years be-

fore. I’m listing names below from our

district. Remember these families who

have lost their loved ones and remember

that they gave years of their lives to serve!

*Cashion – Gerry W Danley

* Jet – L E Castle, A.D. Devore, Matthew

Morris

*Chandler – Jim Bullock

* Laverne – Victor Terbush

*Fairview – Dave Altman and Joey Koehn

*Perkins – Marvin Polson

*Garber – Carobelle Carson

*Perry – Larry Fry

*Helena – Bob Meyer

*Ponca City Noon – Sam Sheehan II

*Hennessey – Bill Walter

*Wakita – Nevaleen J. Selmat

A new year is coming up soon and your

clubs will be or have already elected offi-

cers for 2018-19. First of all PLEASE get

your PU101’s turned in to LCI. If you are a

club secretary and are not able to submit

this on line, remember that we now have a

District Administrator who is PDG Terry

Woodruff. You can mail your hard copy to

him at 1500 North Pecan, Ponca City, OK

74604 or call him at (580)716-1920.

We are also offering training for your new

officers. It can be done individually as a

club or we can get a group together. A

District Training will be held in the near

future and I will get that date and location

to you as soon as it’s confirmed. So, if you

would like to get scheduled, please let me

know by email, debtown1@yahoo.com or

you can call me at (580)491-1118. It’s im-

portant for your officers to have training

so they can perform their duties correctly

and be up to date on LCI.

Here’s an FYI: There are 26 clubs out of 46

NOT reporting Service Projects!! AND…we

are down 44 members for the year. You

know what we need to do! Report and ask

someone to join you in service! If we all

would bring in just 1 new member….wow!

Let’s do this!!!!

Club News

Lomega – Their club houses the Local

Communities Food Bank. Local Churches

and Lions Members donate their time and

resources to help feed ones in need. They

held their annual Easter Egg Hunt on a very

cold and windy Easter Sunday. They put

out over 2,000 Easter Eggs with $500 in

quarters and some with candy. Special

thanks to VDG Mary Koch and JD Koch for

helping stuff the eggs.

Laverne – Donated $100 to the Laverne

Fire Department

Stillwater Noon – They had their election

of officers for 2018-19, took seven com-

mercial –style printer cartridges and 535

eyeglasses to the state office, donated

$500 to World Services for the Blind, ap-

proved eye exams and eyeglasses for 2

individuals, collected toiletry items for

Stillwater High School Kids in need and

served meals a the Thursday Night Com-

munity Dinner.

Covington – They had a bake sale for the

White Cane and held their annual event

for their Easter Egg Hunt.

Fairview – Delivered approximately 100

eyeglasses to the State Office, had a Ham-

burger Fundraiser

Laverne – Helped the First Baptist church

with food distribution.

Guymon – Sponsored a Guymon Team for

the Special Olympics with a donation of

$1,000. Cleaned up Thompson Park in

April for Earth Day and served hot dogs.

Stroud – Fed 9 students from Creighton

University that were working on the local

Habitat for Humanity Home in the Com-

munity.

Newkirk – Did a White Cane Fundraiser at

the local bank

Tonkawa – Helped construct a storage

building for the Public Library and posted 3

new Lions Clubs Signs as a Legacy Project

in town.

Ponca City Noon – Provided eyeglasses for

10 people with a total expense of $1,109.

A total of 156 eyeglasses were collected.

Their KidSight Trailer participated in the

Home and Garden Show with a total of 88

kids screened and also the YMCA Healthy

Kids Day screening 80. A clean up at Lake

Ponca was done for Earth Day. They did a

“pass the hat” collection at one of the

meetings to help raise funds for a local

teacher, Amy Hall, who has an Autistic

Son. They are trying to raise money to get

him a Service Dog. At the meeting they

raised $300 and will also match $1,000 to

what she raises.

North Enid – Held a Pancake and Sausage

Supper and Auction and during this event,

a Melvin Jones was presented to Paulette

Winbolt. They worked the gate at the

Track Meet at Chisholm High School and

Middle School, volunteered with mobile

meals and Loaves and Fishes, helped the

elderly with transportation, approved one

individual for eyeglasses, collected eye-

glasses and delivered to the State Office

and are currently taking orders for their

Enchilada 5 fundraiser.

Kremlin – Had their annual banquet. Did a

street clean up.

Garber – Made the newspaper with a with

a presentation they had on the

Wheatheart Nutrition Program

Ringwood – Had election of officers for

2018-19, donated funds for the high

school’s After Prom and donated to The

Meadows of Hope in memory of a long-

time member and to Hospice Circle of Love

in memory of a well-known community

member.

Upcoming Events

Laverne – Will be holding a Gun Raffle

Fundraiser

Balko – Will be holding a farm equipment

auction

Kremlin – Will be installing signs in the city

as a Legacy Project

Ponca City Noon – Will have their annual

banquet on June 21st at the Renfro Center

and will be installing 4 new signs for a Leg-

acy Project.

Ringwood – Will be holding a Pancake

Supper on May 18th.

Fairview – Will be awarding scholarships

at the high school and will have a Ham-

burger Fundraiser on May 18th where the

proceeds will go to Relay For Life.

Welcome New Lions!!

Chandler – Tara K. Mayer – Sponsor –

Tony Jarvis

Covington – Earnest A. Thayer – Sponsor –

Mistie Thayer

Fairview – Ashley Haire – Sponsor – Linda

Klinger

Kingfisher – Greg Black – Sponsor – Ryan

Farrar

Mulhall-Orlando – Cindy Ward – Sponsor –

JD Koch

Stillwater Noon – Shelbye L. Spencer –

Sponsor David Fairbanks

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2017-2018 District 3-SW Governor

JP Williams (C) 580-284-1085 jwilli1119@aol.com

From the Governor,

Hopefully most of you have held your

elections and posted your PU 101’s in

MYLCI. With the year coming to an end

and a new one starting your Newly

Elected District Officers will be looking

to you for help. The District needs you

we have many positions of leadership

that do not get filled year after year. If

you are interested in serving outside of

your club please let me DG JP know by

emailing me @ jwilli1119@aol.com or

let any of the current officer know that

you are interested in serving.

I have asked the Leadership team to

help me make visits to clubs. If you

have not had an official visit please

contact me. I enjoy visiting the clubs

and hearing the great things Lions do

throughout our District. It gives me time

to say thank you but also to inform

clubs of the many things going on at

State and International Levels. Please

give a few weeks’ notice in advance so

we can plan properly. Looking forward

to meeting those of you that I have not

gotten to visit so far.

Last now that election have been

done it is that time of year for Training

again. Many may think why should I

attend training? Well there are many

reasons, first Lions Club International is

constantly changing to keep up with

current needs and that means many

things we were taught have changed.

Seconded it gives you time to meet

other Lions and get input on Ideas or

suggestions for issues you may be hav-

ing. Last we all can use the Help in

making our organization better and by

having training we are improving our-

selves, our clubs and Lions Club Inter-

national as a whole. So mark your cal-

endars for June 2nd

.

Look forward to seeing all of you at the

State Convention

District Governor 3-SW

John “JP” Williams

Mark your Calendars

3-SW Cabinet Meeting and Officer

Training 2 June

State Council Meeting June 9th

International Convention Las Vegas NV

29 June to 3 July

Club Activities,

Ardmore Lions ran a water station dur-

ing the A2A - Ardmore to Arbuckle

Race for Heart Assoc.

Chickasha Lions Club, Donated to the

Chickasha High School robotics team,

Donated to the Chickasha Public

School Foundation , Purchased eye-

glasses for those who need them. They

also held their Annual Community Ap-

preciation and Fundraiser Breakfast

Coalgate Lions Club Purchased hole

sponsorship for the Lions Meadows of

Hope Golf Tournament

Edmond Lions Club Held annual Chili

Supper. Sold tickets and had 82 folks

come and eat a good bowl of Chili. Pro-

ceeds will go for activities in the com-

munity.

Hinton Lions hosted a Donkey Basket-

ball Game with teams made up of

members of the community.

Hobart Lions Club donated $100 to the

Hobart Senior Class (2018) to help de-

fray costs for the After-Prom party. This

is an all-night party that prom goers are

"locked in" for fun and safety on the

night of the Junior/Senior prom. Hobart

Lions donated $100 to the End of Year

Teachers Appreciation Luncheon.

Hobart Lions are pleased to be able to

show support to the outstanding teach-

ers and education staff of Hobart Public

Schools

Lawton Patriot Lions gave out free hot

dogs to raise money for a visually im-

paired person. Donated 3000.00 to lo-

cal schools to pay for school lunches

that were pass due

Lawton NE Lions Club ,In honor of

Earth Day, Online Branch Club planted

2 RedBud Trees at Cameron University

This is an annual celebration.

Oklahoma City Northwest donated

funds to Regional Food Bank and

Metro Tech Scholarship fund in honor

of speakers

Oklahoma City West Side Lions Club

sponsors and provides volunteers to

have the OK Lions MHSU in various

locations and Each week eyeglasses

are sorted and boxed for shipment to

eyeglass recycling centers.

Pauls Valley Lions Club Participated in

the Meadows of Hope Gold Tourna-

ment

Seminole Lions Club participated in the

Meadows of Hope golf tournament to

raise funds for foster families and chil-

dren.

The Village Lions Club Gave $250.00

to Britt-Vill Food Pantry.

Waurika Lions Club purchased an eye

examination and one pair of eye-

glasses for a person in our community.

Lawton Leos releasing butterflies at the

local Nursing Home they take care of

100 in 100 Challenge New Members

Welcome New Members

David R Cline Hobart Lions Club Spon-sor Lion Martha Coats David Davis Oklahoma City Northwest Lions Club Sponsor Lion Marie Burns Jamie A Doud Seminole Lions Club Sponsor Lion Randy Wassam August Goodrich Ada Lions Club Sponsor Lion Leonard Finney Austin R Graves El Reno Lions Club Sponsor Lion Dale Cox Billy E Green III Ada Lions Club Spon-sor Lion Leonard Finney Steven Lockey Ada Lions Club Spon-sor Lion Nathan Keller Keith Martin Oklahoma City Northwest Lions Club Sponsor Lion Marie Burns Keith Martin Oklahoma City Northwest Lions Club Sponsor Lion Marie Burns James T Owen Oklahoma City North-west Lions Club Sponsor Lion Marie Burns

Curtis L Plant Waurika Lions Club Sponsor Lion Denise Linzman Freddie Price Oklahoma City West Side Lions Club Sponsor Lion Bill Foutch Clint Purtell Mangum Lions Club Spon-sor Lion Richard Williams Marisa Sheffield Waurika Lions Club Sponsor Lion Rinda Griffin Terri R Sheffield Waurika Lions Club Sponsor Lion Rinda Griffin Rabina Thapa Oklahoma City West Side Lions Club Sponsor Lion Marvin Ains-worth C Dianna Thompson Altus Lions Club Sponsor Lion Sid Willis Thomas Thompson El Reno Lions Sponsor Lion Curtis Blanc Steven Touchstone Ada Lions Club Sponsor Lion Matthew Shouse Tyler W Wilkins Ada Lions Club Spon-sor Lion Matthew Shouse Phil Ziegler Frederick Lions Club Sponsor Lion William Blankenship

Only a Few Months Left to Be a Part of

History!

This year is your club’s last chance to earn

Centennial Service Challenge and Leg-

acy Project awards. There’s no reason why

every club can’t do a Legacy Project—such

as installing a park bench—or invite new

Centennial members. Will your club achieve

World Class or Premier Centennial Lions

Club status? There’s still time! You have

until June 30, 2018 to complete your Cen-

tennial projects and July 15, 2018 to report

them on MyLCI. Be a part of history and

help us finish our Centennial celebration

strong!

Governor Elects hard at work at the Governor School held at West Side Town Hall on April 20 and 21.

GLT Stephanie Pettett coordinated the event and did a bang up job!!!!!

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Mailing Address: 4123 NW 10th St.,

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Office Phone: 405-947-6540,

State Secretary Marvin's Cell

405-819-1045

Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00-4:30

(Office may be closed at various times

during the day due to Club Meetings,

Club Presentations and for business er-

rands for the Lions of Oklahomaa.

Please call to make sure we are here be-

fore you drive to the office.)

Sat-Sun Closed

Email and Web Information

Marvin’s email: md3sec@coxinet.net

Website addresswww.oklahomalions.org

Calendar MD3 State Convention May 4 & 5, 2018

Wyndham Hotel, 2945 NW Expressway,

Oklahoma City, OK 73112 405-848-4811

June 9, 2018-Council Meeting, West Side

Sept 20-22, 2018 Forum, Columbus ,OH

2019

January 17, 18, & 19 Pin Traders, Lake

Murray Lodge

OK Lion Newspaper:

www.oklahomalions.org (scroll to bot-

tom of the page and click (OK Lion)

Lions Calendar:

www.oklahomalions.org (scroll to bot-

tom of page and click (Oklahoma Lions

Event Calendar)

Lions of Oklahoma State Patches

(6” diam.) are now available at the state

office for $6.00 each.

Eye Glasses Recycling Boxes are in

stock at the State office the cost is

$9.00 each

Lions State Office News and Notes

If you are coming to the State Office

Remember to bring a few cans of food

or dry goods. We will gather them up

and send them to the Regional Food

Bank . Remember to add them to your

list of projects on your club monthly

report. It would go towards “Feeding

the Hungry” initiative. State Secretary

Marvin