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Our Club marched in the Oldham County Days Parade on Saturday July 17^th wearing our gold vests.  Lion Koss Kinser, arranged for an old Durant truck to lead our Group. Five Members rode on the truck, while others walked passing out candy. The parade started at the Immaculate Conception Church at 9:30AM and end at the edge of the vendor booth area.  Lion Bob Pace and Lions major Wheat stayed to promote the South Oldham Lions Festival at the event.  Several vendors who were there have signed up for our 9/11 Festival.

The slate of Officers were approved by the membership and were installed at the June 22nd meeting at the Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church.  The Ladies' Night meeting is normally held outside at Lion Ted Merhoff's home but instead was held at the church because of the 90 degree heat.  There were 25 Lions plus 25 guests in attendance.  The guest were the spouses or special friends of the attending Lions plus PDG John Horton and his wife Lion Darlene Horton.

A special presentation was made by guest Lion Darlene Horton.  She displayed and talked about an antique handmade quilt that had been in her family for over 100 years.  But her talk was really not about the quilt, except for its being an excellent metaphor for a successful Lions Club.  She described all the effort, the varieties of fabrics, the strong threads and dedicated craftsmanship that went into making the quilt and how all these elements each played an important role in why the quilt had survived so many years.  Many of these same attributes, Darlene postulated, are present in a successful, long lasting and community-serving Lions Club. 

Installation of officers and new members was conducted by PDG John Horton.  The following officers were installed for fiscal year 2010-2011

The following new members were installed:

·       Dale Ballard, sponsored by Jules Klein

·       Joe Dunn, sponsored by Emery Tueskoes

·       Jason Rosenberger, sponsored by Dick Beard

·       Keith Switzer, sponsored by Dick Beard

Lion President Major Wheat presented 2 $500 Dollars For Scholars scholarship to the 2 high seniors on Monday evening 5/17/2010 at the Dollars For Scholars Annual presentation at the Arts Center in Crestwood.

Approved nominations and Vote on Officers slate for 2010

Special Meeting

Our first  meeting of the month on 5/11/2010 will be held in the Lions Den at Peggy Baker Park.   For 2010 the South Oldham Lions has sponsored 10 Little League teams  at Peggy Baker Park on Abbott Ln. 

Please be alerted of the very special meeting at the Peggy Baker Park in the Lions Den at 6:45 PM.  The Little League will be entertainment as well as the special meal and program planned for the membership meeting.  Coach Steve Carter SOHS will be the guest speaker for this meeting.

Lions, a note to remember for those don't want too, or can't walk very far --- games start at 5:30, so why not come early and watch a little baseball, and get a closer parking space.

REMEMBER TO wear your Lion's vest.  For those few who need to park closer we have permission for 3 or 4 cars to park on the right side of the road to the "Lion's Den", leaving enough room for Dustin to get in and others to pass, so that you do not have to walk too far.  I'm still trying to get confirmation from as many of our coaches as possible who will be able to join us so that I can advise Dustin on how many extra will be eating with us. The many rainouts last week has many of them doing make up games that will keep them from being able to attend. I'm attaching an updated listing of our teams and coaches so that you can acknowledge them if you get a chance ----- they are all prospects to become future LIONS. 

Thanks Tom Price

The next event sponsored by the South Oldham Lions Club will be the

2010 South Oldham Lions Festival

Saturday, September 11^th, 2010 10am – 7pm

The Maples Property in Crestwood, KY

Located on Hwy 22 West of Hwy 329 across from DQ

Beautiful, Large Fenced Park Setting With Stone Buildings & Old Barns!

Future Crestwood City Park

Join us for a day of FUN for the whole family!

v  Live Bluegrass Music

v  Great Food & Concessions

v  Arts & Crafts Booths

v  Amateur BBQ Competition

v  Business Vendor Booths

v  Kids Carnival & Activities

v  Cornhole Tournament

v  Raffle

v  And much More!

Location: The Maples Property

Map to Entrance: 7036 W Highway 22 Crestwood, KY 40014

Exit off I-71 or take Hwy 22 or Hwy 146 to Crestwood, location is next door to AT&T building across from Dairy Queen on Hwy 22, 20 min from downtown Louisville

Parking on property, $5.00 per car

Watch for more information in print and other media!

See Festival Flyer for more info, print to sign up.

OR

Call Festival Chairman Don Hall at 502-243-3688 with your questions!

Thank You for Supporting the South Oldham Lions Club

See pictures from the 2009

Oldham County Backyard BBQ & Craft Festival

event sponsored by the South Oldham Lions Club

For information about Dollars for Scholars Sponsorship go to www.ocdfs.org

The South Oldham Lions Club has been recognized by Senator Ernie Harris and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate for the long history of community services upon the event of their 60th anniversary.  Click on link to see the Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate document.

The South Oldham Lions Club has over the years continued to sponsor and support the Mets team with the South Oldham Little League.  Most recently, an early 2009 proposal was initiated by Lion Tom Price and approved by the South Oldham Lions Club to give greater support to the many young families and children who are a part of the South Oldham Little League.  His efforts and our increased involvement has developed into a renewed commitment to the SOLL which has prompted our club to make a considerable financial contribution for the new “Multi-purpose” building at Peggy Baker Park where many ball games are played each year.  This building will be called “The Lions Den”.  It is another example of our dedication to give financial support for a needed facility in our community, especially for these young families and their children who are the future of our county and our club.