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Club News.............p8 Cohocton Honored Owego Shares Big Flats Horseheads Thanks

Apalachin.............p10 Local Press Article

December 2006 - District 20 E-2 Newsletter

District20 E-2ServingTogether

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News to use..........p2 DG Goals DG Visit Schedule Directory Changes Did you Know ?? Peace Poster Winners

Getting to know....p6 PDG Bob Mizzoni Lion Rochelle Morse

DG message........p1 VDG comments

Cabinet News.......p4 Meeting Report MD 20 Warning PDG Moments Rena Minder

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More Club News...p9 Trumansburg Ovid-Willard Victor

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Last Word............p12 Next Month Features

District Governor

1-315-597-5971 (H)Rena Haigh

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District SecretaryNoni Krom

District Treasurer1-607-739-4355 (H)

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Editor Dan Motill

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Canandaigua.......p11 Asset Transfer Trip

Happy Holidays !!

Club Info...............p5 New Members

Vacation Camp.....p7

From the District Governor’s Desk......TOGETHER, We make a difference

Wishing you and yours a

safe and healthy holiday !!

Every time I catch the Jimmy Stewart movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life”, I’m pulled in to watch it . I’m sure mostpeople have seen it at least once since the television stations show it often during the Christmas holidays.

It’s the story of George Bailey, the eldest son of a local banker, who lives in the small town of BedfordFalls. [Seneca Falls claims to be the basis for this story ]. George has dreams of traveling and leaving thesmall town life behind. After his father dies George feels obligated to stay and run the family bank. Of coursethere’s a heartless, greedy man who wants to buy up the whole town. He and George are opposing forces.George is ready to commit suicide because of a financial loss. He literally takes the bridge but an angel,Clarence, rescues him. Clarence needs to earn his wings and shows George the difference he has made in thecommunity. Without George the community would be shabby and rundown, people would be miserable, hisbrother would die at a young age and not be a WWII hero and Bedford Falls would be a horrible place to live.

This story reminds me of our Lions. We raise money and work on projects in our communities. We helpthose in need not knowing the impact of our good work. Sometime we feel like George Baileys. Are we reallymaking a difference? Is our time and sacrifice worth it? Providing glasses for an individual not only gives the giftof sight but also might give the opportunity for employment. Doing vision screenings could save a child’seyesight. Giving food, clothing and toys at Christmas makes the difference in a family’s ability for survival.Highway cleanup and planting trees and flowers makes an immediate impact on our quality of life. Providinghearing aids gives the gift of restored communication. LCIF helps those not in our immediate reach. It is reallytrue-”Together We Make A Difference.”

Occasionally on a visitation I’ll ask each club member to share his or her favorite club project. As we goaround the room it becomes clear that our Lions clubs are doing tremendous work and having a huge impact onthe community. I urge each club to take time to do a need assessment in their area. Report on what you’veaccomplished so far this year. Share in the joy of service. Celebrate with club members. Let everyone knowabout your good work. Send an article to Newsletter Editor, Lion Dan Motill. Take pictures and put an article inyour local paper.

Lions are angels. We earn our wings everyday and in many ways. I hope you’ll feel the blessings of theholiday season and take time to hear the bells. “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings”.

A note from the Vice District Governor Bob Jensen.......For those of you who attended the recent Fall Conference in Geneva, I hope that you enjoyed it as much as

Laura and I did. Lion ID Terry Graham and his Partner-in-Service Lion Jean were both very special people, andit was an inspiration to share with them our experiences in Lionism. It was also fun toparticipate in the seminars on Saturday and the hospitality suite, where thanks to inspirationfrom PDG Ed Kretsch, we “painlessly” raised an unexpected $35 for Campaign Sight FirstII. If you didn’t attend this year, please consider doing so next year!

On my recent visitations throughout District 20E-2, it became very clear to me that theholiday season brings out the best in all of our clubs as we strive to meet the needs of ourneighbors with food drives, holiday food baskets, gifts for children, ringing the bells for ourlocal Salvation Army groups, Santa phones, providing Christmas trees, senior citizen

dinners, and so many other projects that celebrate service and pay off in that most intangible gift of “psychicremuneration” that we receive from our collective efforts. I am proud to be part of this extensive network ofservice, and urge you to take the opportunity to get publicity for your community service efforts, particularly atthis time of year. This is not “bragging”, but a sincere way to let your community know that you, as Lions,Lioness, and Leos, are there to support those in need and provide an improved quality of life.

Laura and I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Holiday Season as you help serve thosein need in your communities.

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News you can Use

District Governor GoalsEstablish 1 new club

Current clubs netting +1 new member.All clubs support Camp Badger (ESSHC)

with a donation and/or work project.All clubs complete 1 new project that involves youth.

All clubs will support Sight First II through a new fund-raiser and walk.

Did you Know ??Coming EventsDecember

1 District Peace Poster to MD 20

25 Christmas Family, Friends and Fun Happy Holidays !!!!

15 MD 20 Poster to LCI

Don’t Forget your Travel Guess !!A Buck a Bet

For a Good CauseCamp Badger

MD 20 DUES INCREASE: Recently theCouncil of Governors voted to increase State Duesby $5.00 after a ten year period of no changes.

After a series of increases, LCI dues are at $39.00.This change will bring the MD 20 dues to $18.00.

The proposed increase must be approved the comingState Convention for implementation next year.

DG Visit Schedule

MORE....

January4 Twin Cities Lions6 Newark Lions8 Penn Yan Lions10 Wolcott Lioness17 M-S Lions25 Water Lions

December6 Bloomfield Lions7 Campbell Lions11 Trumansburg Lions13 Cohocton Lioness18 Rushville Lions

Directory Changes30 Margery Adams [email protected]

42 Trumansburg Lions Club Meeting LocationAmerican Legion, RT 96

32 James Hackett [email protected]

Good JobVictor President and long time active Lion

Joan Trost received a Melvin Jones Fellowshiprecently for her work with the Guide DogPrograms and others. Congratulations !!

District Peace Poster Winners

FIRSTPLACE

SECONDPLACE

THIRDPLACE

JessieKemmerlingApalachin

EllingtonHopkins

Lansing A

JohannaMinsung AuLansing B

THEME....Celebrate PeaceCRITERION:

OriginalityArt Merit

Theme Representation

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Who Signed-inApalachin.............3Auburn..................2Bath......................1Big Flats................1Bloomfield.............1Campbell..............3Canandaigua........3Corning.................5Cato-Meridan........1Geneva.................2Ithaca....................5Lansing.................2Man-Short.............1Newfield................2Nichols-Tioga........1North Rose............2Ovid-Willard..........4Owego..................7Pal-Mac................3Penn Yan..............3Phelps...................3Rainbow................4Rushville...............1Sodus...................1South Tier Ret......2Union Springs.......2Victor.....................3Waterloo...............1Watkins-Montour...4Waverly.................1Weedport..............1Wolcott..................2

Total of 78

“Nurture hands-on service work

as against check writing”

“Because Lions don’t get paid, itdoesn’t mean they’re worthless--it means they’re priceless”

“Give a hand to hold

with a heart to care ”

18 Presidents are honored

Good Thoughtsfrom theSpeaker

Introductions to start one full day

International Presidents Appreciation Certificateawarded to VDG Jensen andNewsletter Editor

In all, 98enjoyed

the Lunchsinging

andceremonies

Membership

Target of

1400 Set on

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PDG Memorial Awardto Lion Warren Albrecht

Welcome !! Sign In Fun

VDG returns stolen Gavel

Rememberingdeparted Lions

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Cabinet Meeting News and other Insight

1400 IS THE TARGET !!

MEMBERSHIP IS THE TOPIC !!

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District

PDG Wayne Wagner reported,

“We dodged the bullet last year”,

but we are on the same trend now. “The current reversalof our

successes needs everyone’sattention.”

“Including the PDGs, who need to

set the example”

See Page 5

for Club Details

“To the PDGs and

District Officers,

when was the last time

you sponsored a new

lion ??

The following Treasurers Notice appeared in the recent MD 20 Magazine.....FYI

IMPORTANT NOTICEREGARDING DUES

OUTSTANDING TO THE MULTIPLE

Also when the MD-20 Office sends out statements this year to indicate the amountwhich is past due. Please be sure MD-20 dues are current to avoid your club namebeing published.

At the July Council of Governors Meeting, a motion was passed to list in the No-vember Issue of the Multiple District 20 magazine of those Clubs who have outstand-ing dues.

Congratulations on your Anniversary !!

This Lions Year (2006-2007) marksanniversaries for the following PDGs:

30 Years..PDG George Hunt..Corning

20 Years..PDG Allen Akers...Newfield

10 Years.PDG Ronald BeGell..Corning

PDG Moment

November 30 is the Family Certification

Deadline for 2007 Dues !!

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Apalachin 47..............47Auburn 24..............21..-3Avoca 22 ............22Bath 14..............14Big Flats 35..............35Bloomfield 33..............33Campbell 23..............24..+1Canandaigua 15..............16..+1Caroline 3................3Cato-Meridian 11..............11Clyde 20..............20Cohocton 44..............42..-2Cornell U 23 .............23Corning 46..............45..-1Elmira 15..............15Geneva 10..............10Horseheads 10..............10S. Tier 34...............34Ithaca 33...............33Lansing 55...............55Mans-short 19...............17..-2Newark 20...............20Newfield 25...............25Nich-Tioga 8.................8North Rose 22...............20..-2Odessa 37...............36..-1Ovid-Willard 60...............60Owego 25...............25Painted Post 21...............21Pal-Mac 39...............39Penn-Yan 77...............76..-1Phelps 17...............17Rushville 30...............30Sodus 29...............29Spen-Candor 28...............23..-5Rainbow 29...............29Trumansburg 10...............10Twin Cities 24...............22..-2Union Springs 43...............46.+3Victor 42...............42Waterloo 30...............30Watkins-Mont 62...............61.-1Waverly 23...............23Weedsport 29...............29Wolcott 35...............35

Club Information

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Status

Membership

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CampbellLion Jane YorskiLion Shirley Scotchmer, sponsor

CohoctonLion Rick TownerLion Keith Brown, sponsor

ElmiraLion Tze ChowLion Nancy Zito

NewfieldLion Robert Mc SwainLion Donald Smith, sponsor

TrumansburgLion Steven FrisbieLion Harold Bush, sponsor

Union SpringsLion Karl RindfleischLion Johan Lehtonen, sponsor

Lion Martha RussellLion Peter Russell, sponsor

Lion Marcia FinchLion Warren Albrecht, sponsor

SodusLion Ronald BakerLion Robert Sapp, sponsor

Lion Robert BuckLion Gary Marshall, sponsor

VictorLion Carlton JacksonLion James Webster, sponsor

Lion Ronald RozinskiLion Arthur Elliott, sponsor

Lion John KelleyLion Richard Chute, sponsor

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Getting to Know You..... Getting to know all about you About Bob Mizzoni........................ the person.

I was born into a family of six children- four boys and two girls. My mothercame from Pennsylvania and my dad came from a small farm village in Italy.Like so many, my Grandpa lived with us and we were very close. Much of thevegetable foods for my family came from my dad’s large garden and mymother’s canning capability--she regularly threatened to find a bell jar that Icould fit into.

In catholic grade school, I was taught by the Sisters of Mercy who showedlittle, if the required work was not done or correct answers were not provided--education was very different then. After high school, I joined the Navy; servedfor four years; and used the GI Bill to get through college. The military

experience gave me the confidence to handle an advance education (in those days) which , upon graduation,my accounting degree led to a banking career. I worked for the Treasury Department as an Assistant National BankExaminer that got me an Officer position in a small independent upstate Bank.

There, I met my lovely wife, Dolores. We have been married for forty-two wonderful years and raised threechildren. Together they returned us dividends in the form of three grand sons and grand daughters.

I retired as President of a Bank; became co-owner of a weekly advertising Newspaper and an owner/operator of aMotel and, lastly, retired as a financial manager from a Head Start School Program.

My hobby is dealing in coins which are Statehood Quarters. Like everyone else, I loved golf and achieved ahandicap of eight which has long gone.

Almost like a hobby, I tried many service organizations; Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, and Moose. Eventually, I joined theLions and never regretted my journey through Lionism; from a Roster Lion to an Active Engaged Lion. One night ata dinner party, I was moved by a Past International President’s comment, “At one point, I was a Roster Lion, but today,I grew into a True Lion.” That was a transforming moment for me that gave me cause to review my position--I was aRoster Lion. Then, I committed myself to service work at the Club, District, State, and International levels.

On this Lions course, I was honored in many ways, but the best was to receive a Melvin Jones Fellowship and thesecond was being appointed as Sector Coordinator for the SightFirst II Campaign. It is truly an honor to be one of theleaders in this noble cause to significantly reduce preventable and reversible blindness worldwide.

My wife and family have been wonderfully supportive during my service work. I am proud to say that they too areon their Lions service journey.

About Rochelle Morse....................... the person.I was born and raised in Webster, New York. I attended Webster Central School - graduated in 1956 and our

Class celebrated 50 years. After high school graduation, I attended Rochester Business Institute majoring inbusiness - secretarial. Back in the 50,s the course was one year and packed full ofbusiness law, economics, and machines. I loved every minute of it. My first jobwas at Kodak as support for the purchasing department. Some 40 years later Iam now retired - doing volunteer work. I must have had 14 plus jobs mostlyencompassing business. I was at Xerox, a printing business, accounting,newspaper, temp extraordinaire, Continental Can Company, Hazel Atlas Glass,Some of these companies have folded. Why did I change so much - variousreasons but I wanted to keep learning and having challenges.

Years later when the business world was slowing down I changed coursesand went into retail (cashiering at Wegmans), and work at a Day Care Facility.My boss was our current District Governor - Rena Haigh. What a joy to work for her. She let me take the ball, comeup with ideas for school age children and go with it. She certainly taught me how to be CREATIVE.

I have been married for 41 years. My husband has been in the Construction business for many years. He isnow partially retired. We have 2 children. A son living in Minnesota and a daughter who just relocated to Hawaii.As you can see my family keeps moving west. My hobbies are reading, talking walks, swimming, and cooking.

My volunteer work encompasses my church and the Pal Mac Lions Club. Rena was my sponsor and she justrecently appointed me to be Lioness Liaison for district. We have traveled together to the Clubs and just “talked” ourheads off. I look forward to next year when I am President of the Pal Mac Club.










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Vacation Camp for the BlindHOW IT STARTED: In the early 1920s six women formed an organization devoted to serving New Yorkers who

were blind. They discovered that the needs of the blind community were being overlooked, and desired tocreate and environment with accommodations and services specially designed for people who are blind. Theorganization, called Vacation Camp, started on March 5, 1923 with sixty-two charter members which grew tomore than four hundred within a month. The Vacation Camp pioneered racially integrated groups and was alsoprogressive in that it aimed to help people help themselves. Men vacationed in July, women in August, with aseparate week for mothers with babies.

Vacation Camp for the Blind (VCB) has grown by leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings in the1920’s. The beautiful thirty-five acre camp now resides in Rockland County, NY and serves several hundredcampers year round. VCB is unique in that the grounds are specifically designed to allow people who are blindto navigate the camp independently.

Some of these unique features include a system of railings which coverthe entire camp site. These railings have special markings to alert thecampers to the location of the dorms, and other buildings on camp. We alsohave special mats which assist our clients to cross the road without losingtheir direction. In addition, VCB is handicapped accessible. We are privilegedto have a zero degree entry swimming pool, wheelchair ramps for everybuilding and widened bathrooms and shower stalls, all provided throughLCIF grants. There are also two wheelchair lifts at Hofheimer Dorm.

In total, VCB has seven dormitories that house both campers and staffwhile camp is in session. In addition to the

bedrooms on the upper floor, the Hoffheimer dorm also has a large loungeand a snack bar, called the canteen. Many of VCB’s campers enjoy relaxingin the canteen on a hot day, or playing piano and singing in the lounge. Wealso have twelve cottages in the Sylvester family section of camp. This areaalso houses an outdoor playground and children’s playroom. The Dining Hallrests in the center of the camp and can hold about two hundred and twentyfive people. The recreation hall, called Mannie’s Place, named in memory ofone of VCB’s campers, is also attached to the Dining Hall.

On the path from the Dining Hall to the far side of camp there is alibrary, which has Braille, large print and regular print books. Campers can also listen to books on tape, music

and old time radio programs. Arts and Crafts is right next door, whereparticipants can paint, create beaded necklaces, even design and glaze theirown pottery!

The far side of camp hosts the Beauty Parlor, which is a definite camperfavorite, as many of our participants could not otherwise afford to have theirhair and nails done. They also enjoy playing basketball in Stern Gymnasiumwith an adapted hoop that buzzes when someone makes a basket, orrelaxing in the lounge watching t.v., playing piano or listening to records. TheStern lounge also holds a fully operational and adapted kitchen that the

rehabilitation staff uses to teach children how to cook during family sessions at camp.In terms of staffing, VISIONS employs four camp staff that work year round, Director NancyAnn Nowak,

Assistant Directors Carmen Thorne and Danielle Pepin and Camp Secretary, Nick Rott. In the summerhowever, VISIONS VCB employs a full time, live in staff of about seventy-five people. We also employ a fulltime nursing staff that lives off site.

LIONS AND VCB: Lions and VCB have been linked since 1951 when the campmoved to Rockland County. The Spring Valley Lions Club was our first supporterand continues to be a good friend to VCB to this day. Since then, over 250 Lions,Lioness and Leo Clubs from MD-20 have provided financial and volunteer support.With your help, the 35-acre VCB facility continues to provide respite, rehabilitationand recreation for 600 blind children, teens, adults and seniors each year.

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DG Rena Haigh visited our Club in October, expanding on hervision that “Together We Make A Difference”. She announced theavailability of Lions ties for $20, district directories for $2, and theGalloping Governor contest, where we were invited to guess howmany miles she will travel as she visits 45 Lions and 6 LionessClubs this year. She admonished us to seek publicity, and alsoexplained how she was against “outsourcing”. This is when Clubsgive most of their money to other organizations rather than using itdirectly in service to their community. DG Rena also presentedcertificates of appreciation to Lions Ed Rhodes and Chris Friend.

Vicie Rollins, representing the Chemung County Office for theAging, spoke to us at our second October meeting about“LTCIEOP”. This stands for Long Term Care Insurance Educationand Outreach Program, and she provided each of us with highquality packages of information including a planning kit. Viciemade it clear that there was a lot to consider, and provided a greatdeal of food for thought on the subject.

Big Flats

From Lion John Farr, EditorMuch More from this Club at: http://www.bigflatslions.org/newsletter/

Owego Sharing

From Lion Eve Kretsch

Saying “Thank You” in Horseheads

Horseheads Lions Club President Jim Hackett presents thePlatinum Award to Theresa Lagonegro of NYSE &G for theirextraordinary support of the Horseheads Lions Club in a recentFund Raising Drive.

From Lion Jim Hackle, President

This is aSITETOSEE

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Cohocton Project is recognized in National MagazineOn page 54 in the November Issue of The Lion, the headline:

“Lions Pavilion Becomes A Community Resource”starts an article which discloses the wonderful community service work done in building this Pavilion. Thecontent is a condensed version of the feature article from August 2006 issue of this Newsletter. This Nationalrecognition is a tribute to the Cohocton Club members who serve their community as a “working club” and theycertainly deserve the attention. In a similar way, this Editor is pleased that our District Newsletter helped drawattention to Cohocton’s Service History and we extent a sincere “Congratulations !!”.










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More Club NewsTrumansburg

A reminder that we now meet at the Trumansburg American Legion Hall, located on Route 96 just a few feetNorth of the Village line.

We had our dinner meeting last night with a woman guest (possibly a person to join our club as a newmember). Our wives support our club but it’s been awhile since we had a female member.

It was great to read about two other Lions, Jim Dormady and Allen Akers, in the November District 20 E-2newsletter as they have been very supportive and friends of our club. We also were asked to cater aEducational Workshop on September 9th and 10th at our local Cayuga Nature Center for three meals (lunch,supper and Breakfast) for about 250 freshmen college plus their staff. Since many of our club members couldnot help out we put out a help cry. Three members of the Ovid-Willards Lions came and were enormouslyhelpful. From Lion Tom Reitz, Secretary

VictorThe Victor Lions Club once again hosted our annual Halloween

Party for Pre-K to 6th Graders. It was held on Friday, October 27th atthe Victor Central School Junior High Gymnasium and Cafeteria. Atotal of 183 children participated in the event. This number was down alittle bit from last year, as the Club was not allowed to pass out fliers inall of the school buildings. Nevertheless, those who showed up had agreat time. Best of all, we were flush with help this year, with anabundance of Lions and some additional helpers from the community.

This year’s Halloween Party may have been the 60th Anniversaryevent. Whatever year it was, 2006 was the 20th year that Lion SteveVan Dyke and his wife Larraine have run the event. From Lion Don Keefe, Vice President

Ovid -WillardIt is that time of year again--Peace Poster Time. Until recently, the Ovid Club did not consider a poster

contest as a REAL community service on par with helping the handicapped, blind, or disabled. For one thing, itinvolved a small number of Club members and a school district and most male members would rather clean thesty than judge Art. The interest meter jumped when a student won the local and District Contest which gaveyouth outreach a new meaning along with a shot of club pride.

To nurture that flickering interest, the club hosted two school districts this year--South Seneca and Romu-lus--because they are in the club service area. South Seneca is a traditional district representing the familiarconsolidation of small schools in the towns of Ovid, Lodi, Hector, Interlaken, etc.. While not far away, Romulusis a district that was fueled by the education needs of the Army Depot personnel and the local families when thebase was operating. Today, all government operations have ceased, but the school remains very active whileservicing local families and an expanding population. The differing history, faculty location, alumni intensity,and serving area make for very different school cultures---which made the decision to include both a riskyproposition.

As required, LCI information packages were delivered to each teacher of the age group. Beyond that thehost has no control over the lesson plans and how the contest fits. Ideally, this should occur during late sum-mer when such planning is considered (if possible). In this case, the youngteacher did not read or remember the strict regulations on size and content.Both groups excited the classes and produced up to 20 posters--out of that, alocal selection produced 8 and 6 respectfully. We had two sets of work doneto different rules. And of course, all of this became known the night before theClub judging.

To their credit, the club Board of Directors agreed to have TWO contestswhich recognized the two rule sets. The one that complied with the LCIregulations received the standard club recognition while the other was treatedas a Club Contest with it’s winners. The first moves on to the District Contest.

With this flexible response, everybody wins and more students have an opportunity to learn about LionsCare.










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BINGHAMTON — “Trick or Treat!”

Yes, that’s the phrase that will be echoing off the mountains tonight. But candy isn’t the only treat some local kids will want.Children participating in the Sight Night program want your old eyeglasses. Wire-framed Ben Franklins, half-moonlibrarian specs, snazzy plastic shades, prescription or plain — whatever.

The men, women and children on the receiving end aren’t concerned about how fashionable the eyewear is. They justwant to be able to see well again.

At Apalachin Elementary School, a class of kindergartners has already put a lot of energy into Sight Night. Under theguidance of their teacher, Jackie Hamed, they reached out beyond the walls of theirclassroom to encourage all the kids in every grade to participate.

It’s a big job, but these 5-year-olds are up to it.

“Poor people” will be the ones who get the glasses, says kindergartner James Wilkinson.And his friend Michael Nickles knows it’s the local Lions Club that will gather glasses fromall over the Southern Tier, even as other clubs collect them in more than 200 nationsaround the globe.

The 1.3 million-member Lions Club International, which bills itself as the world’s largestservice club organization, and the LensCrafters Foundation have teamed up for manyGive the Gift of Sight programs, of which the Halloween initiative is just one aspect.

The donated spectacles will be repaired, cleaned up and sorted for distribution indeveloping nations around the globe. During the 2004-05 fiscal year, some 5 million pairsof glasses were hand-delivered to new owners. There’s a special need for children’sglasses — and sunglasses of all sizes will be appreciated.

In many developing countries, the cost of an eye exam equals a month’s wages, whilerecycling a pair of used glasses can be done for as little as 8 cents, according to the Lions Club International Web site,www.lionsclubs.org.

After Apalachin Lions Club member Terry White heard about the bottom-line impact of such efforts, he was more convincedthan ever that he had volunteered for the right cause.

Fellow Lion Ed Cordes of Corning had trekked to Costa Rica to pass out the recycled specs, which enabled him to give afirsthand account to other Lions Club members.

This is the second year the 48 active members of the Apalachin Lions have been part of Sight Night, says White. Lastyear they rounded up more than 350 pairs of glasses to be recycled. This year they’ve broadened their reach, inspiring thekids of Appleseed Pre-School, Tioga Hills Elementary School, local Cub Scouts and many others to lend their eager handsto Sight Night.And if those particular “ghouls and boys” don’t trick or treat at your house, he says, just bring the glasses to one of theother convenient drop-off centers in the area by Nov. 4.

Among them are the Apalachin Library, 719 Main St., St. Mary Margaret Church, and any Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, TheOptikal (“the Eye Guys”) locations — in fact, at the office of any American Optometric Association member.

Or you can give them to any Apalachin Elementary School student, and they’ll happily add them to the cache of othereyeglasses they’ve collected during their “Trick or Treat!” forays on Halloween.

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Jasmine Seymour and JamesWilkinson, both 5, model some ofthe used eyeglasses collected intheir kindergarten classroom atApalachin Elementary School forthe Sight Night program. TheApalachin Lions Club is askingtrick-or-treaters to collect theglasses tonight while on theirrounds.

Tuesday October 31, 2006 NEWS Neighbors By Valerie Zehl

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OneMan’s Experience with Asset Transfer Trips

Accountants have an impersonal, sterile way of referring to the painful task of losing money—they call it a“transfer of assets”. In bookkeeping parlance, it disguises the fact that someone wins and someone losesamong the blizzard of Debits and Credits. In the business world, this transaction is taken with greatseriousness, no humor, and, yet, not a single Greenback is seen.

The Canandaigua Lions Club is different in that they make the whole process fun AND earn assets to beapplied to some humanitarian project.

It started six years ago when the club fund raising got stale and theresults became mediocre. The members searched for an idea that wouldreinvigorate the Club and help support their service work.

No doubt that some connection with a local Winery produced a bus tripsuggestion. Bus Trip excursions have been around a long time—Showtrips, Shopping trips, Sight-seeing trips, etc. But Casino Gambling trips area recent variation on this theme as they grew in number in upstate NewYork and made the time commitment reasonable. And after some

comparative searching, the Club selected the Buffalo Casino seen advertised in this monthly Newsletter.It turned out to be a good selection because, like any gambling trip, it is based on that age-old human

desire—-Greed. There is something about moving assets that attracts our species instinctively—especially if itpresents an opportunity to build a pile.

This year, this OneMan and his lovely wife in their second encounter with aCasino joined the Canandaigua group. Don’t get us wrong, we are not newcomers to the world of asset transfer—my mother loved Bingo and wouldwarm up with several hands of solitaire to test her luck before going—shealways went anyway. My mother-in-law loved Poker and, at every visit, thecards came out for me along with matchsticks, pennies, or anything in quantityto challenge me with “Dealers Choice”. I just know they are transferringassets somewhere else today and probably acquiring a bunch.

On this trip, several other Lions Club members joined Canandaigua andOvid- Victor, Mansfield-Shortsville, Twin Cities, and one Rotarian. And so, ona rainy Saturday morning, thirty-eight hopeful people mounted the bus with anair of acquisition optimism. The hour-long trip to Buffalo gave everyone a chance to arrange themselves andtheir superstitious artifacts in THAT certain way to assure a positive outcome on this adventure. Anyone whohas gone to Bingo to see the ritualistic way the players “warm-up” knows that this ceremony is important. Itwas interrupted once by a fun filled 50-50 drawing and some breakfast treats. WE WERE READY.

Upon arrival, the people processing rivals that at Disney Land—fast and courteous—designed to get one tothe asset transfer floor quick. Each person is given free Credits to spend as a starter. The Casinoexperience is pleasantly overwhelming with the scale of the asset transfer possibilities and the level oftransferring that takes place—anywhere from a penny to big bucks against machines or real people. Andeveryone seems to be having a good time !! I never thought that asset transferring could bring such joy !!

Having done enough transferring for one day, we departed late afternoon with some asset rich and otherspleasantly depleted. On the way home, our asset replacement thoughts were interrupted by a series of rafflesfor gift baskets and bottles. In all, everyone had a wonderful adventure and you should consider witnessingthe transfer frenzy in March along with us. OneMan.










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