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District 2-A1 News Spring 2017 www.txlionsdistrict2a1.com District 2-A1 Lions Clubs International We Serve Inside this issue Page 1 Message from the District Governor Page 2 1st VDG Message Page 3-4 District Conven- tion in San Angelo Page 3 Save the Date Page 5 Club News Page 6 100% Clubs Page 7 DG Special Message –West Texas Eye Bank Page 8 Newsletter and Web Site Sponsor Info Page 9 District Meeting in Colorado City Page 10 95th Anniversary Celebration Colorado City Lions Club Page 11-12 Texas Centen- nial Celebration Info Page 13 Centennial Band Page 14-19 San Angelo Lions Balloonfest Info . Newsletter Editor Lion Donald McConnell 307 Thomas Midland, TX 79703 [email protected] [email protected] Like us on Facebook: district2a1lions Save the Date District Meeng Colorado City July 28 & 29 I’ve menoned before that I liked to run 5K races when I was in my 40’s & 50”s. Running is like many non-team sports, you play against your own ability. You are seldom the best nor the worst. In running, one of the decisions you make every run is when to start your sprint to the end. It’s important not because you might pass another runner but because it makes a difference in making a good run me based on your ability. Start too early and you fail at the end, start too late and you don’t leave it all on the track. Why am I wring about this, because we are coming to the last 2 months of our Lions year. As District Governor my year ends June 30 and this is true for many of the club presi- dents. But 2 months is me to accomplish a lot. I hope all presidents want to end their year as a successful president having had a successful year for the club. What is a good year? A happy membership that is growing, a year of successful service to the community, a year of successful financial results, a year that developed future club leaders. At the District Convenon I admied to being like a proud parent when it comes to the clubs in our District. As I visit clubs, I brag about what other clubs have accomplished. I do this so we all understand great success can be accomplished in the most unexpected ways. So I have another club to brag about, the Brown County Pecan Bayou club. They are a new club that chartered January 2016. Their membership got as high as 23 before they started losing members all the way down to 10. In January 2017 they were sll at 10. They may have been frustrated but they never gave up and they turned it around in 3 months. They have 23 members again at Spring 30 and are commied to geng 24 by June 30. They want to achieve the goal of every club plus 1 by year end. More than just membership happened to the club. I was at their March meeng and they made a decision to try a fund raiser by charging $20.00 for them to come to your house and hide 20 Easter Eggs on Sat- urday night before Easter. I sat there and didn’t say anything (which is my responsibility) but I thought this will never make any money. Was I ever wrong!! They hid 1,250 eggs and made over $600 and on Monday went out and bought all the plasc eggs they could find for next year. This year I have had the opportunity to see these successes in many places across our Dis- trict. This is why I am so opmisc about the future of our Lions organizaon. This is why I believe no club will fail if they believe in our moo “we serve”
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District 2-A1 News
Spring 2017 www.txlionsdistrict2a1.com
District 2-A1 Lions Clubs International
We Serve
Inside this issue Page 1 Message from the District Governor Page 2 1st VDG Message Page 3-4 District Conven-tion in San Angelo Page 3 Save the Date Page 5 Club News Page 6 100% Clubs Page 7 DG Special Message –West Texas Eye Bank Page 8 Newsletter and Web Site Sponsor Info Page 9 District Meeting in Colorado City Page 10 95th Anniversary Celebration Colorado City Lions Club Page 11-12 Texas Centen-nial Celebration Info Page 13 Centennial Band Page 14-19 San Angelo
Lions Balloonfest Info
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Newsletter Editor
Lion Donald McConnell
307 Thomas
Midland, TX 79703
Like us on Facebook: district2a1lions
Save the Date District Meeting Colorado City July 28 & 29
I’ve mentioned before that I liked to run 5K races when I was in my 40’s & 50”s. Running is
like many non-team sports, you play against your own ability. You are seldom the best nor
the worst. In running, one of the decisions you make every run is when to start your sprint
to the end. It’s important not because you might pass another runner but because it
makes a difference in making a good run time based on your ability. Start too early and
you fail at the end, start too late and you don’t leave it all on the track.
Why am I writing about this, because we are coming to the last 2 months of our Lions
year. As District Governor my year ends June 30 and this is true for many of the club presi-
dents. But 2 months is time to accomplish a lot. I hope all presidents want to end their
year as a successful president having had a successful year for the club. What is a good
year? A happy membership that is growing, a year of successful service to the community,
a year of successful financial results, a year that developed future club leaders.
At the District Convention I admitted to being like a proud parent when it comes to the
clubs in our District. As I visit clubs, I brag about what other clubs have accomplished. I do
this so we all understand great success can be accomplished in the most unexpected ways.
So I have another club to brag about, the Brown County Pecan Bayou club. They are a new
club that chartered January 2016. Their membership got as high as 23 before they started
losing members all the way down to 10. In January 2017 they were still at 10. They may
have been frustrated but they never gave up and they turned it around in 3 months. They
have 23 members again at Spring 30 and are committed to getting 24 by June 30. They
want to achieve the goal of every club plus 1 by year end. More than just membership
happened to the club. I was at their March meeting and they made a decision to try a fund
raiser by charging $20.00 for them to come to your house and hide 20 Easter Eggs on Sat-
urday night before Easter. I sat there and didn’t say anything (which is my responsibility)
but I thought this will never make any money. Was I ever wrong!! They hid 1,250 eggs and
made over $600 and on Monday went out and bought all the plastic eggs they could find
for next year.
This year I have had the opportunity to see these successes in many places across our Dis-
trict. This is why I am so optimistic about the future of our Lions organization. This is why I
believe no club will fail if they believe in our motto “we serve”
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Acuna Eye Clinic
Al Owen
6404 Spy Glass
San Angelo, TX
Home 325-651-7141
Cell 325-262-3881
Alert Chairperson
Chaplain
Frank Berthold
Conventions
Joyce Downie
115 Churchill Blvd
San Angelo, TX
Home 325-651-8894
Cell 325-234-2803
Diabetes Awareness
Global Leadership
Roy Landry
3010 Briargrove Ln.
San Angelo, TX
Home 325-949-5151
Cell 806-433-2961
Global Membership
Carole Brown
P O Box 623
San Angelo, TX 76902
Home 325-942-8850
Historian
Helen Wilde
3209 Southland Blvd San Angelo, TX 76904 Home 325-942-6647
Cell 325-277-4758 [email protected]
PDG Joyce Downie
and husband
Lion Ron
Support
District 2-A1 Governor Dave Richison and his 2016-2017 Cabinet
Chris Maxwell Sales Manager
Eljen Technology 1300 W. Broadway
Sweetwater, TX 79556
Phone: 325-235-4276 ext. 2002 Toll Free: 888-800-8771 ext. 2002 Fax: 325-235-0701
Visit our website: www.eljentechnology.com
TIME OF CHANGE
Spring is a time of new beginnings, a time of
renewed life and a time of change. New begin-
nings start when you choose to become the 2nd
VDG and begin to gain some knowledge of the
responsibility of the office. Change again when
it is time to fill the shoes of the 1st VDG gaining
more knowledge of what it takes to become a
District Governor. Pope John XXIII said it best, “See everything, Over-
look a great deal, Improve a little.” Each new phase to becoming District
Governor brings with it a certain amount of doubt. “The beginning of
wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question and
by seeking we may come upon the truth.” Pierre Abelard. I see what my
current Governor is accomplishing and makes me wonder how time is
found to do the right things that need to be done. Will I be able to say
the right things and do what needs to be done? Lewis Cass said,
”People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you
do.”
But I guess it is not about stepping in the same foot prints the current
Governor is creating. It is about doing the job in your own way. “It is
better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be
always right by having no ideas.” Edward de Bono. There is more
change expected on becoming the DGE. The ultimate change to be em-
braced when I am called Governor of District 2-A1; needless to say the
A1 District in the state of Texas. AMEN!
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Leader Dog
Brigitte Rogers
120 Deerwood Dr.
Sonora, TX
Home 325-387-2309
Leo Chairperson
LCIF
Long Range Planning
Al Owen
6404 Spy Glass
San Angelo, TX
Home 325-651-7141
Cell 325-262-3881
Opportunities for Youth
Parliamentarian
Jim Wilks
One West Broadway
Sweetwater, TX
Home 325-235-8383
Cell 325-370-6872
Peace Poster
Scott Patterson
8313 W. Grape Creek
San Angelo, TX 76901
Sight Preservation
Lee Sigler
126 Allen
Early, TX
Home 325-646-4820
Cell 325-647-0481
SAVE THE DATE
July 28th & 29 2017
Colorado City, Texas
Lion Carrol Jackson and Leader Dog Will at the District Convention.
DG Elect Armando Subia
and
1st VDG Elect Russell
Livingston
District Convention in San Angelo
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Tail-Twister
Stephanie Subia
4018 Monty Dr.
Midland, TX 79703
Texas Lions Camp North
Charles (Chuck) Henicke Kingsland Lions Club
325-247-6828 [email protected]
Texas Lions Camp South
Donald McConnell
307 Thomas Street
Midland, TX 79703
Home 432-520-5651
Cell 432-413-3935
TLERC
Texas Lions Foundation
Joyce Downie
115 Churchill Blvd
San Angelo, TX
Home 325-651-8894
Cell 325-234-2803
World Services for the Blind
Jim Brisbin
Youth Exchange
Mark Singh
5408 Hillcrest
Midland, TX
Home 432-694-0147
Cell 432-687-5424
Webmaster
Wynn Alston
Home 325-651-4102
Midland West Side
Lions Club
Proudly Supports
1VDG Armando Subia
and the 2016/2017 DG Team
Midland
West Side Lions Club
Home Club of
PDG Robert (Bob) Edwards
Proudly Supports
The District 2-A1 Leadership Team
The Lions of
Colorado City
Support
The District 2-A1 Leadership
Team
District Convention Continued
One of our
Peace Poster
Winners
Our District Outstanding
Youth
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DG
Dave Richison
104 River Ranch Road
Kingsland, TX 78639
Home 325-388/-2091
Cell 000-000-0000
1st VDG
Armando Subia
4018 Monty Drive
Midland, TX 79703
Home 432-694-3861
Cell 432-238-2267
2nd VDG
Russell Livingston
3602 Springmont
Midland, TX 79707
Home 432-520-3404
Cell 432-559-9010 [email protected]
Cabinet Secretary
Merissa Swink
32 Garden Road
San Angelo, TX 76903
Home 325-650-9896
Cell 000-000-0000
Cabinet Treasurer
Chris Maxwell
408 CR 109
Sweetwater, TX 79556
Home 325-665-0127
Work 325-235-9235 [email protected]
The San Angelo Dynamic
Downtown Lions Club
Proudly Supports
District Governor Dave Richison
and the District 2-A1 Leadership Team
DG Dave and Lion Chuck Henicke
vision screening at the Kingsland
Lions Club Pancake breakfast
Congratulations to the Big Spring Centennial Lions Club on
becoming the newest club in District 2-A1.
Zone 1 Chairperson
Felis Subia
4018 Monty
Midland, TX 79703
Home 432-694-3861
Cell 432-238-3452
Zone 2 Chairperson
Marianne Stevenson
3573 CR 133
Colorado City, TX
79512
Home 325-728-9203
Cell 000-000-0000
Zone 3 Chairperson
Larry Melton
PO Box 84
Ballinger, TX 76821
Home 325-365-3296
Cell 000-000-0000
xxx
Zone 4 Chairperson
Mona Soland
304 Kleen Ave
Horseshoe Bay TX 78657
Home 830-613-4168
Cell
Zone 5 Chairperson Stephanie Subia
4018 Monty Midland, Tx 79703 Home 000-000-0000 Cell 432-296-0846
Zone 6 Chairperson
Larry Walker 5942 Lyndhurst Dr.
San Angelo, TX 76901 Cell 325-212-9976
Home 325-227-8093 [email protected]
Scott Patterson
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“The A1 CLUB” in the Lions 2-A1 District
Sweetwater Lions Club We Serve
2016-2017 100% Clubs
Contributing to the Eight Charities that Lions District 2-A1 supports
100%
Lions Club of Ballinger
Colorado City Lions Club
Concho County Lions Club
Concho Pearl Lions Club
Concho Valley Law Enforcement Lions Club
Kingsland Lions Club
San Angelo East Angelo Lions Club
San Angelo Downtown
San Angelo North by Northwest Lions Club
Sweetwater Lions Club
200%
Mason Lions Club
Midland Downtown Lions Club
1000%
Midland Westside Lions Club
Rev. 050817
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SAVE THE DATE
ROPE YOURSELF IN TO ATTEND ALL DISTRICT MEETINGS
NEXT MEETING
Colorado City
July 28-29 2017
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