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Volume 22 Issue 9 MARCH 2017

DG JAMIE HART

WILLOWS LION CLUB

1st VDG MARIANNE KEESEE

Scotts Valley Lions Club

2nd VDG SUSAN KERR Enterprise Lions Club

Cabinet Secretary Lion Melanie Hunter Anderson Lions Club

Cabinet Treasurer

Lion Aaron Chatfield Yuba City Peach Bowl Lions

Cabinet Chaplin

Lion Joe Schwarm Enterprise Lions club

IP District Governor

Aron Whealy Alturas Lions Club

TALES FROM THE HART— DG JAMIE HART

Inside this issue:

District 4-C1 Articles-Calendar 1 -- 15

Club News & Information 16—32

QUOTE: “We could never

learn to be brave and patient, if

there were only joy in the

world.” AUTHOR: HELEN

KELLER

“OPEN YOURSELF TO GREAT POSSIBILITIES”

Unless you totally went off the grid,

you already know that our District

recently hosted the Mid-Winter

Council of Governors (COG) and the

2017 MD – 4 Convention. When the

opportunity to put in a bid was

brought up by then IPDG Maggie

Robeson to hold the 2017 Mid-Winter

COG and MD – 4 Convention, I vol-

unteered to make the motion for our

District to put in a bid as I felt that it

would be a nice “feather in our hat”.

I am happy to say that our District

did indeed put on the events to a

rounding success. All of this couldn’t

have occurred without the diligent

preparation and planning by the 2017

Host Committee team, led by Co-

chairs PDG Maggie and Lion Mela-

nie Hunter which started 18 months

before, then geared up rapidly in the

last 6 months. For those who couldn’t

attend, I wanted to share some of the

ways our District shined.

Let’s start off with the COG. Wednes-

day evening involved a presentation

about flags by the Sons of American

Revolution featuring our very own

PDG Bob Trueax and his wife Ruth.

There were many compliments about

how interesting this presentation was,

with one of the Governors comment-

ing that one of the flags came from a

town very close to where she grew up.

Thursday’s lunch, featured the Dis-

trict’s Diabetic Camp for Youth, Ca-

mUp McCumber. “Cinnamon Bear”

A.K.A. Lion Melanie Hunter intro-

duced us to a young male camper

nicknamed “Wheels” who bravely

read his presentation. This was fol-

lowed by a heart wrenching talk from

his mother relating how hard it was

to let him go to camp, but how proud

she was that he came back with his

fear of giving himself an injection in

his arm evaporated, which he had re-

fused to do beforehand.

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“Next, 2 of the counselors, “Carrots” and “Firecracker”, as well as one of their parents presented. The

impact of all these stories on the audience was evidenced by the fact a fellow District Governor took the

initiative to pass a hat around the room, collecting $655.01 in donations. The cent, by the way, came

from “Wheels”, who wanted to do his part as well.

The 2017 Convention held many memorable moments as well. On Friday evening we were treated by a

performance of Enterprise Starship, a group of dancers and musicians from Enterprise High School.

These young adults and adolescents were quite talented, full of energy and justified their receiving a

standing ovation. Saturdays’ Opening Ceremonies was another momentous event. At the beginning,

one of the large flags that is maintained by the Enterprise Lions Club was brought down the center aisle

by Lions and Leos then unfurled being pulled over those present seated in the audience, who were in-

structed to hold up their arms then stand up while the Star Spangled Banner was sung. This was fol-

lowed by a small cadre of Leos, with 2 of the 3 Clubs coming from our District, namely the Burney Leos

and the Live Oak Leo Club, who performed the Flag of Nations ceremony. Due to their small number,

they had to make several rounds, but it all went very smoothly. Momentum kept on building with a

presentation by the Make – a – Wish Foundation during lunch. Led off by one of their board members,

the audience learned how the program works. A child does not necessarily need to be terminal to have a

wish granted. A young man, who was a grant recipient, followed next, relating his experiences. This

young man was very poised during the presentation and moved the audience deeply. Again there was a

movement to pass the hat, but had to be redirected to make contributions through their Website.

Both during the event and afterwards, I was amazed how many people indicated that the Convention

was one of the best organized, informational and enjoyable events that they have attended in quite a

while. Although the rain made its’ presence known during the events, a light was shed on what a Dis-

trict like ours can accomplish by excellent teamwork. We did indeed put an unmistakable “feather in

our hat” by hosting the 2017 Mid-Winter COG and MD – 4 Convention.

SUBMITTED BY DISTRICT

GOVERNOR JAMIE HART

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WHY SHOULD I GO TO CONVENTION?

Good question. Lions are busy people. Many of us have families, jobs, community service all in a con-

tinual juggling act. From one weekend to the next the rainbow of colored balls shifts and turns as we

endeavor to keep them all in the air.

So, let’s say I decide to take the plunge and pick one day of the weekend to drop in at the Gaia Resort

in Anderson and see what is going on. Let’s say I choose Saturday. I get there bright and early and I

see a line of people-Lions-with banners lined up and there are about 30 of them. Wow, some of these

banners are dated from-a long time ago. I look up and down the row, but I don’t see my club ban-

ner…hmmm.

So I pay my money and register and go into the hall where there is breakfast. Cool. Then the club

banners start marching into the room and soon the whole room is lined with them. I’ve got to be sure

and bring our banner next year.

After the meal there are some interesting topics introduced. Some are in our district and some are pre-

sented by guests who come all the way from southern California just to be at our convention. Cool.

Then we eat again. I’m starting to like this. While we eat I have some time to hang out with some

lions from another club and they tell me about some exciting projects they are doing in their commu-

nity.

Everyone tells me to stick around for the Student Speaker Contest after lunch. They say I won’t be dis-

appointed…they are right. Boy, those high school kids are impressive. Before I leave and head out to

my kid’s basketball game, I stop and buy a few pins from the pin trader and talk to a gal about becom-

ing a puppy raiser for Canine Companions for Independence.

As I walk to my car I wonder about what I missed on Friday and what is going to happen on Sunday.

Maybe next year I can talk a few people from my club into coming for the weekend. Everyone seemed

to be having a blast. Thanks, District 4C1 for having this convention.

Want to know what else we do (and we do a lot) at Convention? Come find out April 21st -23rd in An-

derson…Bring your club banner. Submitted by 1VDG Marianne Keesee


IMPORTANT DATES FOR DISTRICT 4-C1—2017

APRIL 21—23, 2017 DISTRICT CONVENTION ANDERSON

JUNE 2—4, 2017 COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS PASADENA

& MD4 STUDENT SPEAKER

JUNE 30—JULY 4, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

CONVENTION CHICAGO, IL

JULY 15, 2017 TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT MTG TBA


BLUE SKIES AND TAILWINDS

2nd VDG Sue Kerr

We finally do have blue skies! The sun shining into my bedroom window these past few mornings has

been glorious. We need this time of sun to dry out and recover from the abundant rain we have received.

I am so glad that our clubs to the south have survived the evacuations and the floods.

I have had a busy February. Our MD4 convention was superb, nothing but raves from everyone who at-

tended. We had over 500 Lions brave the storms to make it to Redding for this event. Thank you Maggie

Robeson and your wonderful crew for making this all happen. The following weekend I attended the C5

District Meeting in Woodland. It was raining and windy on the Friday going down so I opted to drive the

truck. 2nd VDG Doug Wight and his sister Lion Diana Beers were wonderful hosts. It was a lot of fun to

see how other districts handle their meetings. My drive home Saturday was an adventure I had not count-

ed on. Unbeknownst to me, I5 was flooded. So glad I had the truck to wade through the mud and water.

Longest trip I’ve had from Woodland. To finish up the month our own District Meeting was in Palo

Cedro. What a fun time we had, DG Jamie turned out to be a great impersonator. You should have been

there!

The past few years we have had a “No Dinner, Dinner” to honor, support and thank our outgoing District

Governor. This event, in earlier times, was an actual formal dinner event, but quite a few of our Lions

had to travel a distance to attend this event and it took a lot of time to plan. The purpose is to raise funds

to help out with expenses the Governor incurs over the year served. It is a way that we, as members, can

thank our Governor for the time and effort made to travel around visiting all the clubs in our district as

well as visiting other districts. It is the 2nd VDG’s privilege to make this happen. Donations by club or

individuals can be sent to me at 3250 Cowgill Lane, Redding, CA 96003. Checks should be made out to

District 4-C1 please note on the check “No Dinner, Dinner”. Please consider supporting this event as your

DG Jamie Hart has worked very hard for us this past year and continues to make our District one of the

best.

I encourage all District 4-C1 Lions to attend our convention coming up in April. It is a wonderful time to

connect with other clubs in the district and reconnect with friends. Spread your wings and soar! We have

FUN! Come join us!

“One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.” Helen Keller


Leading Lions—Leadership in Action

Being a Lions leader is more than showing up for meetings and following Roberts Rules of Order. It is

planning, writing, communicating, coaching, thinking, recording, motivating, delegating, stress man-

agement and perspiration. Why would someone want to do all of those things? Because, it is very re-

warding to see the results of your leadership efforts. There is personal satisfaction in seeing your ef-

forts come to life. There is group satisfaction in the synergy of combining your abilities and efforts

with those of others for a common goal. There is the reward of seeing that person your club has

served have an easier or better life. There is the permanentness of a trail of your legacy efforts. There

is the friendship and comradery of working and playing alongside your fellow Lions. It is good to get

your vest a little dirty.

Leadership is like juggling. There are times you are going to drop the ball. You will only learn to be

good at it by dropping that ball, picking it up and doing it again. The learning curve is short to devel-

op the basics of time management, agendas, meeting minutes and herding the cats. Eventually you

will be able to take on substantial projects, roles at the district level or above or anything else your

time, resources and personal motivation allows. You get to pave your own path to your desired Lions

future.

We all bring educational and professional experience to own Lions efforts. These are valuable in your

volunteer work. Share your knowledge and abilities while doing those things you do so well. You will

also find that you learn things in Lions leadership that are directly applicable to your profession, reli-

gious pursuits, family life and other organization activities, but only if you step forward to the experi-

ences that are within or just past your reach. It is good to stretch a little in the low risk volunteer arena

where you are not paid for performance. Go ahead and grab another ball.

I look forward to seeing you at the Club Leadership Training or Zone and Region Chair Training in

the next few months. For the rest of you, find that way that you can leverage your abilities to help your

club to grow and respond to the opportunities in your communities. In Lions, there is training availa-

ble for almost anything you want to do. If you cannot find it, call me. For most projects, there has

been a Lion on a similar path before you. Let’s see if we can get you some help in the walk down your

desired Lions trail.

Mike Ferrier

Global Leadership Team (GLT) Coordinator, District 4-C1

[email protected]

530-941-9977

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Greetings from Modoc…”Where the West Still

Lives.”

I have been thinking that maybe I should change my byline from “Where the West Still Lives” to some-

thing more current, like maybe, “From the Source of the Pit River,” which supplies roughly 68% of the

water that flows into Lake Shasta. But, no, I’m not going to do this. Modoc County and the city of Altu-

ras are still “Where the West Still Lives.”

It has been my pleasure to serve out the last year of PDG Coy Moody’s term as the District GMT coordi-

nator, and I wish I could have accomplished more along this path. Our thoughts and prayers are still

with Coy and Lion Marilyn, and we hope for his continued improvement. Coy has been one of my he-

roes in Lionism. His legacy in our District is our vision screening program, since he worked tirelessly to

get old grants with LCIF cleared up so that we could order our very first Spot Vision screener, which he

did.

This struck me on the way home from our last District meeting in Palo Cedro. I have been in Lionism

since 1994, and my heroes along the way have been PDG Jim Newman, PDG John Buffington, PDG

Charlie McIntyre, PDG Bob Trueax, PDG Skip O’Brien, PDG Steve Robeson, PDG Dave Marceau…

these Lions have been the people I have gone to for answers about what we are doing and where we are

going. There are others as well, but what struck me driving home from the meeting on Sunday was that

I have become one of those Lions that I have always looked up to. Those Lions probably understand

this concept, but becoming a Past District Governor is a very interesting experience. Wow!

On the Global Membership Team front, I have been in discussions with PDG Maggie Robeson, and

Past Council Chair Dave Johnson from District C5, who is the Area 1 GMT Coordinator, about possibly

doing a session at our Convention about membership. This would not be just about bringing in more

members, which we do a pretty good job of already, but also at keeping these new members involved in

our clubs and continuing on with their time in Lions. All of you have been doing very well at keeping

your members involved over the last couple of years, but we could be doing better, and honestly folks,

we need to be doing better.

If Governor Jamie agrees and can find time in the schedule for this coming Convention,

we will have a talk about working with new members and keeping them involved.

If so, I hope to see you there, (actually I hope to see you there anyway!)

IPDG Aron

District 4-C1 Information

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MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:54 A.M.


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District 4-C1 Information & Calendar

Please be sure to visit http://district4c1lions.org/whats-new/calendar for long-range planning

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Daylight saving time begins

St. Patrick’s Day—dinners at several clubs

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First Day of Spring

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MARCH 2017

SUPPORT THE 80TH ANNUAL G SPEAKER’S CONTEST

The theme for this year’s Student Speaker Contest is “Is the Right to Privacy a Threat to

Our National Security”?

The District 4-C1 Lions Clubs will be holding their Zone Competitions in the month of

March 2017. Please plan on attending the Zone Competitions in your area.

NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS ARE BEING HELD THROUGHOUT DISTRICT

4-C1. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE NOMINEES—THEY ARE THE FUTURE!

http://district4c1lions.org/whats-new/calendar

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Tales from the Hart – January 2017

At the start of the Lions year in July, I introduced a

new initiative called LCI Forward. LCI has since rolled out more information about it. What a better way to

start the run up to our Centennial Celebration then to spark your interest to learn more about it for your-

selves.

At the crux of this initiative, is the vision statement, which “is to be the global leader in the community and

humanitarian service”. This 5 year plans’ goal is to triple the impact of Lions on their communities, expanding

Humanitarian service to serve 200 million people per year ending in 2020-21.

There are 4 areas of focus and strategic initiatives as demonstrated by the visual above. Service impact will be

enhanced through Lions serving more in need. Sight preservation, involvement of youth, protecting the envi-

ronment and alleviating hunger will remain as Global Service causes, but will be joined in the next 5 to 10

years by a focus on diabetes as a main signature cause. Being more visible is also important in order to remind

others of what communities would be without Lions. Getting out the message on our impact will involve use

of a strategic marketing plan, something that I was surprised to read, hadn’t been developed before. We are

already seeing greater tapping into social media outlets and the digitization of the Lions Magazine as the be-

ginnings of this. The bottom left quadrant speaks to how the Organization can better serve Clubs and Dis-

tricts. On the Club level, for example, utilization of a total quality program like “Your Club, Your Way” is one

pathway to growth. The value of membership is also sought to be improved, through ways like promoting

alternatives for people to be involved and meshing with today’s busy lifestyles by providing options for in-

volvement, like “episodic” volunteers.

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PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE OF THE NO DUCK. DUCK DINNER HAS

BEEN RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 4, 2017 DUE TO EMERGENCY

WEATHER SITUATIONS!

District 4-C1 Information & Club News

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In Memory of PDG Charles (Charlie) A.

McIntyre

Past District Governor Charlie was much more than

a Lion for the last 24 1/2 years. Charlie was Dad to myself, my three

sisters and two brothers. He was Grandpa to 19 children and Great

Grandpa to 24 children with one more on the way.

Dad at the early age of 10 instead of playing with his 2 brothers he was standing on a street corner in San Fran-

cisco selling newspapers for $10 a week and worked at a local hospital for $2 an hour.

While in the 7th grade he sold ice cream from a cart and then was promoted to manage the office and made ice

cream sandwiches.

After moving to Oakland, CA, he played baseball for the East Oakland Police Department Team. He hit a home

run, a triple, a double and a single in the championship game. The famous Casey Stengel and Billy Martin wit-

nessed the game and told him to look them up once he finished High School.

In High School he met the love of his life and on December 23rd, 1950 married Patricia Ryan. They had 7 chil-

dren, one died in infancy. They were married for 66 years and 27 days.

Dad served in the Air National Guard for 10 years, worked for Pepsi Cola for 25 years and was a volunteer fire-

man for the City of Pinole, CA for 30 years. But his favorite job always started the day after Thanksgiving and

lasted until the 22nd of December, he played Santa Claus for Pinole and the surrounding area. He always man-

aged to get every child on his lap and even a few grown-ups.

Dad's drive to serve did not end when he retired and moved to Magalia, CA. He very quickly looked up the local

Lions club and called, asking if he could come to a meeting and join. After joining he was quickly drafted into to

several offices becoming President of the Paradise Host Lions. The club flourished under his leadership, start-

ing with 6 people to a membership today of 29. In 1998-1999, he was Vice District Governor and then District

Governor in 2000-2001 of the 4-C1 district.

Under his leadership, bus shelters were built for local school students, the club became known for the 'Fish

Bowl Booth' during the Gold Nugget Days Celebration, Johnny Appleseed Days and the Chocolate Fest. His

pride and joy though was starting the Flag Day teaching at the local elementary schools. A member of 'The Sons

of the American Revolution' joined Dad in presenting several different flags and explained the meaning of each,

bringing to life the flag, its meanings and the times of history that each flag represented.

I, too, am a member of the Paradise Host Lions Club because of my Dad and will always hold very dear the les-

sons of volunteering and service to my community. He made an impact in this world, not to make a name for

himself but to give of himself. He will never be forgotten, he will be forever remembered.

Lion Karen Crook

Paradise Host Lions Club

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First-Ever MD-4 Melvin Jones Breakfast a Success

Thank you, 4-C1 Lions and Clubs for supporting this Melvin Jones Breakfast Febru-

ary 12 at the MD-4 Convention. Our District had the most Melvin Jones Fellow-

ships presented!

The following District Lions received their awards from Past International Presi-

dent Joe Preston:

DG Jamie Hart - Willows

Dana Packenham - Enterprise

Elisa Coyle - “

Mike Ferrier - “

Anita Schwarm (Progressive) - Enterprise

Lynn Hartley – Trinity Center Gold Diggers

Sharon Moore – Lakehead

Dick Lindroth - “

IPDG Aron Whealy - Alturas

Congratulations also to new Melvin Jones Fellows Bruce McPhee and Edwin Smith

from Palo Cedro, Jay Puls from Live Oak (2 Fellowships), Gary Glotfelty – Paradise

Host and Karen Marceau – Weaverville.

I anticipate having a few more Melvin Jones Fellowships for presentation at our

District Convention in April.

We had three district clubs who received a special award for 100% Contributing

Member status. Congratulations to Hayfork, Scott Valley and Fort Jones Lions for

achieving this.

PDG Maggie Robeson

LCIF District Coordinator


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Mane Lion

Please email submissions for the Mane Lion to [email protected] by the 25th of the month. If you are unable to send submissions via email, they can be mailed to: Lion Sally P. Carter 12286 Scott Grant Road

Marysville, CA 95901 “OPEN YOURSELF TO GREAT

POSSIBILITIES” Thank you! Editor: Lion Sally P. Carter Foothill Lions Club of Loma Rica

District 4-C1 Information & Club News

FOOTHILL LIONS CLUB OF LOMA RICA held our annual Lions Clubs International Children’s Flag Day Program Thurs, February 23rd. We are privileged to have the Beale AFB Honor Guard at our disposal to assist Lion Members with our program. Four military members participated in the pro-gram demonstrating the proper procedure used in folding and han-dling of the American Flag during the ceremony of the fallen, raising the flag at dawn, lowering in the

evening, and along with our individual flags and informational handouts were all well received. We visited the fifth-grade classes at the three elementary schools in our community reaching out to 60 plus students.

They were all very attentive and full of questions at the end of the pro-gram. We look forward to this program every year and the principals and teachers of our local schools are very appreciative for our involvement in pre-senting patriotic programs to the schools in our community.

Chairperson, Lion Susie Trundy

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