International Director Wayne A. Heiman
Speaker at 5M4 Mid-Winter Convention
Wayne A. Heiman of Manawa, Wisconsin, USA,
was elected to serve a two-year term as a director of
The International Association of Lions Clubs at the
association’s 88th International Convention, held in
Hong Kong June 27-July 1, 2005.
zone chair, district membership chair, district LCIF
chair, district
governor, multiple district
membership chair and multiple district council
chair. Additionally he has served on the
International Convention Elections Committee, as
moderator at two USA/Canada Forums, as a copresenter at a USA/Canada Lions Leadership
Forum, as a presenter at numerous meetings and
conventions and in multiple positions at the
Wisconsin Lions Foundation, including director.
In recognition of his service to the association
Director Heiman has received numerous awards,
including the Club President’s Excellence Award,
the District Governor’s Award, the International
President’s Certificate of Appreciation and the
International President’s Leadership Award. He is
also a Melvin Jones Fellow.
In addition to his Lions activities, Director Heiman
is active in numerous professional and community
organizations, including the Waupaca Area
Toastmasters, the Society for Human Resource
Management and the Manawa Zoning Board of
Appeals. In the past he was a Manawa City council
alderman and chair of the Finance & Personnel
Committee. He was previously a member of the
Marion Jaycees.
Director Heiman is human resources director.
A member of the Manawa Lions Club since 1986,
Director Heiman has held many offices within the
association, including club president, region chair,
Director Heiman’s wife, Cheryl, is also a Lion and
Melvin Jones Fellow.
Lions, Start Your
Engines!
A Message from Governor Jim
Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a nice
holiday season, got rested up, and are now ready to
go back to work for Lions! Other than the
occasional party, Lions activities seem to taper off
toward the end of December but come back full
force about a week into January. Districts 5M6 and
5M9 had there Mid-Winter conventions the first
weekend of the month. We attended the 5M6
convention which was held at the Marriot in
Bloomington. It was fun to spend some time with a
few of our fellow Governors and their spouses as
we haven’t been together since October. DG Wally
and his crew put together a nice convention and we
thank them for the hospitality.
With the Lions year half gone, it is time to take
stock of how your club is doing and to review the
goals that we set for ourselves last summer. Has
your club membership increased since June 30? If
not, it is time to sign up some new members. A
good place to look for them is to look back 5, 10, or
even 15 years in your records and see who may
have dropped out with good reason back then.
Chances are the reason that the member resigned no
longer exists and they are ready to again become a
Lion. One of my goals for the year is to have every
club have one more member at the end of the year
than they had at the start of the year. Please help
me reach that goal.
Family membership with reduced International dues
is now a reality. Keep this in mind when recruiting
new members. Also, if you missed the deadline for
the January billing, get the paperwork in to
International now and it will be in effect for the July
billing. While this is not a huge sum, $19.50 a year
is a nice reduction in your cost of being a Lion.
The 5M4 Mid-Winter convention is being held at
the Holiday Inn in Willmar January 26-28, 2007.
Elsewhere in the newsletter is a schedule of events.
The planning committee has worked hard in putting
together a program which should be both
entertaining and educational. Conventions are
where you can pick up ideas to take home and use
in your own club and community. We hope to see
many of you there.
January is not too early for nominating committees
to be meeting and putting together a slate of
candidates for the various offices in your club. This
year it will be an absolute must that elections be
held no later that March because of the accelerated
Officer Training schedule that is being used this
year. There will be a training session in each zone
during the month of April or early May. This year
EVERY club President and Secretary WILL be
trained as to what their duties consist of. Please
assist our district leaders by getting your elections
done early.
If your club has not yet contributed to the Leader
Dog 30-30 Campaign or to Campaign Sightfirst II,
the Parade of Green at the Mid-Winter would be a
good opportunity to do so. Also, please remember
that if you have contributed to any of the Lions
Charities during this Lions year, please make note
of the amounts and drop a slip in the Parade of
Green Box which this year will be on the
Registration-Credentials tables.
To wind up the column for this month, Marge and I
would like to thank everyone for the great
hospitality that we are receiving as we visit your
clubs. The term “Minnesota Nice” doesn’t even
come close to describing the way that we have been
treated! THANK YOU!
Keep up the good work out there and remember,
“Put Your Club in a Position to Win”.
Donations for the Band
Needed Now
Last year our Multiple District 5M
donated over $20,000.00 to help send a
band to the International Convention.
Let's see if we can do better than that
this year. Please send your personal or
club check payable to Winona Cotter
Marching Band to Ex. Sec. Bob Harms,
72530 CSAH 27, Dassel MN 553252804.
Going on a
Lion’s Journey
with Vice District Governor Deb Harms
My December journey was not something I even remotely expected.
Some people would say it was a bump in the road. It was a pretty big
bump if you ask me. Before Thanksgiving we got the news that Bob
might have an issue with his prostate. Well, it most certainly was an
issue. It turned out he had prostate cancer and it was moderately aggressive so the wait and watch
option was not an option for him. He decided to have his prostate removed and surgery was
scheduled for December 21. Some Christmas present!
The surgery he elected to have done is a new type surgery called a daVinci prostatectomy. It is a
computer assisted robotic laparoscopy type surgery. The surgeon sits at a computer several feet
away from the table Bob laid on and used 5 small holes in his abdomen to remove the prostate. The
surgery is less invasive, less blood is lost than the other type of surgery and recovery is quicker. He
got out of the hospital two days following the surgery. Two weeks following surgery the only thing still
bothering him is he tires a bit easier and feels the need to take a nap in the afternoon, otherwise he is
normal (as normal as he gets that is). The results are that the cancer was completely in the prostate
and the surgeon got it all!! There is no follow up radiation or chemo needed. Now that really was a
great Christmas present!! Praise the Lord!!
Enough about that. On the Lions front, there was another zone meeting to attend and a couple of
meetings for the mid-winter convention. Planning is going well for the mid winter. Plans are for
everyone to learn some new things about Lions, share ideas, meet with friends and just have a great
time!!
I spent some time this month working on what goals I would like to accomplish during my term as
District Governor. I don’t have everything cast in concrete yet, but I have some good ideas started.
The main thing I know I want to do is to encourage clubs and Lions members to do the best they can
at serving their communities and to have as much fun doing it as they can.
I just received my third assignment from Lions Clubs International. I haven’t read it all yet, but it
appears that I need to take a good look at the membership of the Lions Clubs in our District and
develop some plans to help the membership of the District grow. This assignment isn’t due until May
15, and that’s a good thing, since it looks like it will take some time to go through the resources at
Lions Clubs International’s website and review everything the assignment says to review.
Bob and I are looking forward to seeing everybody at the mid winter convention. The Kingston Lions
Club is having a hospitality room this year, so stop by and see us at the Kingston International Café’.
Don’t forget to contact any of the MERLO Team members if there is any way they can help your club
be the best you can be. Contact Brian Sheehan for Membership issues, Morrie Faehnrich for new
club Extension possibilities, Ryan Rustan for member Retention help, Lori Sheehan for Leadership
training and Ed Holst for Orientation training.
And the journey continues ……
Lions International
District 5M4
TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL MIDWINTER CONVENTION
January 26th, 27th, & 28th, 2007
Willmar Holiday Inn & Convention Center
Mid-Winter Schedule
Friday, January 26th
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
3:00 pm – 7:45 pm
First Timer Booklets Available
At registration
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
“Kids Against Hunger” Bagging-Gallery 1 & 2
Registration- Atrium-Bird Island Lions Club
(Turn in club checks for Parade of Green at Registration Table)
PDG Meeting-Teddy Roosevelt Room
Credentials Open-Atrium
5M4 Cabinet Meeting-Gallery 3 & 4
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
9:00 pm – 1:00 am
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm
First Timer Orientation-Executive Board Room
Memorial Service-Gallery 7-Glenwood Club Host
International Director Reception-Gallery 1 & 2, Everyone invited
Hospitality Rooms open, Prize for best theme room
Raffle Tickets for prizes on sale
Hospitality Rooms are to remain closed during major functions.
Saturday, January 27th
7:00 am – 11:45 am
7:30 am – 9:15 am
Peace Poster Winners
9:15 am – 11:30 am
9:30 am – 11:50 am
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
8:30 pm-?:00 pm
9:00 pm – 1:00 am
Registration Open-Atrium, (Turn in your Parade of Green)
“Start Your Engines” Award Breakfast-Galleries 5, 6 & 7
Guest speaker- Diabetes-Spring Point Project
Credentials Open-Next to Registration-Atrium
Seminars-Galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, & Roosevelt Room
Noon Luncheon-Gallery 5-7, Guest Speaker CSFII & Leader Dog
Registration & Credentials Open-Atrium
5M4 Business Meeting-Galleries 1-4, Credentials in back of room
Spouses Event-Lake Country Cooking-Chef Keuppers” Roosevelt Rm
Registration-Atrium
Ecumenical Church Service-Roosevelt Room-Pastor Kathy Skoglund
Governor’s Banquet-Guest Speaker ID Wayne Heiman-Galleries 5-7
Chord Ayres of Milan, MN-Banquet Room
Hospitality Rooms open, Prize for best theme room
First Timers event over at 10:00 pm (Return First Timer Booklets to the Alexandria Hospitality Room-Skipp & Jerri Timmons, Miltona Lions)
Sunday, January 28th
8:15 am – 8:45 am
Business Meeting-Galleries 1-4 (if needed)
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Registration-Atrium
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Sunday Brunch-Galleries 5-7, MN Lions Eye Bank
(Speakers, First Timer Winner, Parade of Green, Raffle Prizes from Hospitality Rooms and Zone Chair Prizes)
“You can’t get very far until you start doing something for somebody else” – Melvin Jones
MD5M HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS
Delegates will be voting on these nominees at the 5M4 Business Meeting held during the convention. To help your
delegates make informed choices please pass this information on to them.
Name-Lion Jerome Lee
Sponsor - Watson Lions
Jerome Lee joined the Watson Lions Club in March of 1987. He has held various offices in the club. He was
president for the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the club. He is member of the Watson Lutheran church and has served
as President, Vice President, Trustee, Deacon and various parish offices. He is currently serving as Vice President.
He has also served as Sunday School teacher and Luther League advisor. He has served on the Board of Directors of
the Watson Farmers Elevator and Valley Farmers Elevator. He has served on the Montevideo High School FFA
Advisory Committee. Jerome is a current member of the Watson Business Association, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants
Forever, I.O.O.F. of Devils Lake, ND, UMC Alumni Association, and Farmers Union. He is a past member and
served various offices of Chippewa County Pork Producers, Chippewa County Corn Growers, and Chippewa County
Soybean Growers Association. He has farmed for 32 years. He has a wife, Ruth Ann; son, Jason age 32 working at
Arnolds of Willmar as parts technician; son Jon age 31 and daughter-in-law Erin of Fargo, ND. Jon works for Border
States Electric and Erin is a R.N. at Merit Care of Fargo and also attending UND of Grand Forks studying to be a
nurse practitioner. Jerome and Ruth Ann have a daughter Donna and friend Jeremy and granddaughter Jessie of New
London, MN. Donna is a graphics designer for Rambow Inc. of New London. Jeremy is self-employed computer
programmer doing a lot contract work for Jennie-O. Jessie is a 5th grader at New London –Spicer Middle School.
Name – Lion Daryl Vinderslev (deceased)
Sponsor – Appleton Lions Club
Vinder joined our club in 1972, our charter year for the Appleton Lions, and was a member until his death in
June 2005. During that time he held the following positions: President-95-96; Zone Chair 98-99 and 99-2000;
Secretary from 96 to 2005. Daryl was very active in the club, organizing our semi-annual ditch clean up, Bingo
Booth at the Swift County Fair (our major fundraiser for the year), and brunch fundraiser at the VFW.
A Vietnam Vet, Daryl was also very active in the VFW club, speaking at various Memorial Day ceremonies.
As long time Lion Secretary Daryl was the heart and soul of our club. He was a long time Lion member and
Appleton resident.
Why is this person being nominated for the MD5M Hall of Fame?
Daryl was very civic minded, community oriented, friend, and family man. We can think no one more
deserving of this award. Daryl would be very proud!
Name – Lion John Olson
Sponsor - Sauk Centre Lions Club
Why is this person being nominated for the MD5M Hall of Fame?
Lion John Olson is a veteran when it comes to Lionism, serving for over 37 years. Lion John has been
involved with many officer positions, many committee chairmanships, and a great worker, not afraid to try any job
handed him. Lion John has a great outgoing personality and enjoys people and especially Lions.
Joined Lions August 1969 at Fertile, MN. Perfect attendance for 37 years. Is a Melvin Jones Fellow. Received
Presidents award at Sauk Centre club 2 times. He has visited Lions Clubs or members in several U.S. states and
Sweden. Also twined with 2 Lions Clubs in Sweden. Has sponsored several new Lions. Attended International Lions
Convention in Minneapolis. Also 5M conventions and many District conventions and meetings in Districts 5M-4,
5M-11 and Wisconsin serving as tail twister. Was named Citizen of the Year at Fertile. Elks member 2 years. Golf
club member 48 years.
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Activities and Service include:
LIONS: Elected president of 3 Lions clubs--Fertile, Sauk Centre, MN and Washburn, WI. Served 7 vice president
positions. Club secretary 5 years at Fertile. Chaired fund raisers in Fertile and Sauk Centre. Zone 1 chairman 2 years,
Region 1 chair 2 years. Board member 2 years. Installed officers for area Lions Clubs 6 years. Been active in many
fundraisers--top salesman a few times. Established a chaired annual Lions Food Shelf Drive Sauk Centre. Served as
District newsletter editor for DG Dennis Zimmerman and DG Al Lalim. Helped with District Conventions. Served as
Club photographer for all 3 Lions clubs.
Chairman of SC Lions Clowns 7 years (11 years clowning). Has served as chairman of following committees: Quest,
membership (SC & Fertile), program, public relations, calling, new member, greeter. Also served on awards
committee, membership orientation, Valentine’s party, calendar, antique car committee, Dist. Gov. candidacy
committee, and many more he can’t remember over 37 years. Chaired Lions Committee for painting and repairing
historic Sinclair Lewis Home (world famous author), personally donating 150 hours labor to the project in 2002.
Helped work Lions Pancake Days, Sauk Centre, for 22 years. Established Lions paper drive fund raiser at Fertile and
chaired several years.
CIVIC SERVICES: Established Medical Clinic in Fertile. Served on advisory committees for Red Lake Falls, MN
Hospital and Crookston, MN Hospital several years. Served as chairman of Doctor recruitment and medical fund
raising for many years. Volunteer maintenance of clinic for 3 years and negotiated with doctors. Chamber president
2 terms in Fertile. Also chaired business recruitment. Three years on chamber board. Master of Ceremonies at sports
banquets, Fertile. Videographer for graduation parties and concerts at Sauk Centre. Chamber board Washburn.
Helped establish Newspaper Museum at Minn. State Fairgrounds. Served 16 years on operations board and 19 years
as volunteer guide, and still counting, at the museum. Volunteer for Sauk Lake Senior Fishing and Boating program.
Webelo Scout leader 1 year. Was a Cub Scout. Member Knights of Columbus 47 years. Member of Half Century
Club of Minnesota Newspaper Assn., for 50 years in Newspapering--33 years as publisher of Fertile, Osakis,
Washburn newspapers respectively. Fund raising chairman for first All-School Reunion Sauk Centre. Chaired Class
Reunions, Sauk Centre, 2003 and 2005.
Has chaired Class of ’53 Scholarship program for 17 years. Produces class newsletter. Served on printing advisory
committee for St. Cloud, Vo-Tech for 2 years. Member of Typographical Union 8 years and served on several
committees.
CHURCH: President of Parish Council at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Fertile for 5 years. Volunteer painter of
church. Lector for 10 years at Fertile and 10 years at Sauk Centre. Sings on 4 church choirs including funerals and
nursing home. President of youth group 1 year. Member Catholic Aid Society 22 years—Helped serve fund raiser
breakfasts 8 years.
FAMILY: Wife of 40 years, Roberta. Three children: John (wife Loree, children Calah and Jake); Phyllis; and
Adam (wife Leah, children Jack and twins Natalie and Paige).
AARP INSTRUCTORS/SPONSORS NEEDED
The AARP Drivers Safety Program (formerly known as 55 ALIVE) is looking for volunteer instructors
in the 5M-4 area. Lions who have good speaking or teaching experience will make great candidates. The
new candidates will join more than 2000 volunteer members who serve Minnesota in giving back help to
their community by teaching the program, that helps participants 55 and older receive their 10% auto
insurance discount.
Lions clubs do make great sponsors also in providing these classes for participants in their community.
For more information contact:
5M-3 PDG Al Husfeldt, AARP MN Zone Coordinator, phone (507) 836-6639 or e-mail
alhusfeldt@mchsi.com
From U to You
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Some Hearing Trustees requested information to share at their Midwinter Conventions. After
I sent it, it occurred that others might benefit from this info too. I have arranged for some speakers. I have brochures
which describe the services offered at the Lions Children’s Hearing Center. Let me know if you need some. Don’t
forget about the video about the LCHC – use that. Call Bob Nemeth, 651-484-6145, to reserve the two displays from
the Hearing Center. Onward…
The following story is that of a child who has recently been seen at the Lions Children’s Hearing Center that you can
share at your convention. I can’t reveal name or hometown for privacy reasons, but know that this family made and
continues to make a significant drive for the excellent, coordinated services offered at the LCHC.
This child was born in September of 2005 and failed a newborn hearing screen in the hospital. Four months later,
parents brought the child for follow-up testing and he received a borderline score on the hearing test so parents let it
go at that. But because of that initial failed hearing test, parents again expressed concern about their child’s hearing
at his one-year checkup. An audiologist in the child’s hometown did another hearing test which revealed severe to
profound hearing loss in both ears, and referred parents to LCHC. Parents made the long drive to Minneapolis and,
in one day, saw an audiologist, an otolaryngologist, a geneticist, a developmental psychologist and the aural rehab
specialist (speech language). The child was immediately fit with loaner hearing aids free of charge courtesy of the
Lions Hearing Aid Loaner Bank. The audiologist performed more hearing tests to determine the exact range of
hearing loss. The otolaryngologist examined the child and found no physical abnormalities with the child’s ears
which can sometimes cause or exacerbate deafness. The geneticist drew blood and took a family history. She
determined that the child had a genetic mutation which affects neural pathways between the brain and the ear
resulting in deafness. So the child had sensorineural hearing loss caused by genetic mutation. This clued the care
team in that this child should also have regular ophthalmologic screening and kidney testing as this genetic mutation
also sometimes causes vision and kidney abnormalities. The developmental psychologist observed the child and
spoke with the parents to determine family dynamics and parents’ expectations for their child. The aural rehab
specialist observed the child’s vocalizations and discussed with parents different options for communication ranging
from signing to cued speech to completely spoken. The team met together to share their findings with each other,
and with the parents. Since the child was not getting adequate benefit from hearing aids to learn to talk, he was
determined to be an excellent candidate for a cochlear implant which parents were also in favor of. An appointment
for implantation was made at that time and the family returned to LCHC two months later when Dr. Frank Rimell
performed the surgery. The LCHC team wrote a plan of care and helped the family arrange for audiology, speech
therapy and an early childhood specialist from the child’s hometown school district to come to the family’s home for
treatment as described in the plan. The family will return to the LCHC about every 3 months for monitoring.
As we know, earlier is better in diagnosis and treatment of childhood deafness. The first year of a child’s life goes by
in an instant so there is great urgency to navigating the complex issues surrounding deafness. Only 3 months passed
between this child’s diagnosis of hearing loss and cochlear implantation. If the child’s parents had had to determine
who to see and make all those appointments on different days in different locations, treatment would undoubtedly
have taken much longer, been much more difficult for the family, and probably be less coordinated. The child was
only recently implanted but parents report he is vocalizing like crazy and responds when they speak to him.
Prognosis is that this child will communicate on par with his hearing peers and be able to attend school in a regular
classroom with minimal assistance. This is one of many many success stories from the LCHC.
Since 2000, the Lions Hearing Foundation has provided $1,128,594 to hearing research, in addition to the $925,000
allotted to the Lions Children’s Hearing Center. It’s difficult to attribute larger grants directly to seed money
provided by Lions but it is significant that many of the faculty who have received Lions funding over the years now
have grants, e.g. Peter Santi $881,219 from National Institutes of Health, Steven Juhn $950,000 from NIH, Kathy
Daly $2,510,728 from National Center For Disease Control, Jizhen Lin $148,000 from NIH, Frank Ondrey has a
large grant from the National Cancer Institute.
Kathy Daly was funded this past fall which for a study which comes under the auspices of the LCHC, which as you
know, has clinic, research and outreach missions. She will study Barriers To Followup of Newborn Screening –
some of the parents whose babies fail a newborn screen do not seek additional testing or treatment. Is it due to
financial reasons? Lack of information? Pediatrician discourages? This is a very practical study that directly affects
parents and children with hearing loss.
Sarah Barker
Lions liaison, Communications Coordinator
Department of Otolaryngology
420 Delaware St. SE
MMC 396
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.625.8437
Contact DG or VDG by
mail, phone or email
Submit Newsletter
information by mail or email (photos e-mail only)
Deadline the 10th of the
month.
District Governor
Jim Demaree (Marge)
1415 Lake Street #125
Alexandria MN 56308
320-763-4546 h
320-226-1752 c
jmdemaree@maxminn.com
Vice District Governor
Deborah Harms (Bob)
72530 CSAH 27
Dassel MN 55325
320-398-2932 h
320-699-0393 c
debharms@meltel.net
Newsletter Editor
Robert Kensinger (Joanne)
7975 Sunny Hollow Ln SW
Alexandria MN 56308
320-763-6202 h
320-763-5900 w
robafh@rea-alp.com
DISTRICT CABINET NEWS
We have had a few changes of personnel on the 5M4 District Cabinet. Glen Cerny, Public Relations Chair, has
moved to Las Cruces NM, and has been replaced by Bob Harms, 72530 CSAH 27, Dassel MN 55325-2804.
Phone 320-398-8591, Cell 320-699-0179. Email md5mlion@meltel.net. Bob is the husband of VDG Deb
Harms and is also our MD5M Executive Secretary.
Lion Andy Stock has resigned as Youth Exchange Chair. The new person in that position is PDG James Kraus,
1102 SW Becker Ave, Willmar MN 56201. Home phone 320-222-4213, work 320-441-5525. Email
jlkraus1@msn.com. Jim has loads of experience with Youth Exchange having been the Multiple District Chair
in MD5 prior to moving to MD5M.
ATTENTION ALL LIONS
Listed below are the names of all the Lions & Lioness who have passed away during the year 2006 and have
been reported to the District Governor. If you are aware of anyone whose name is not on this list, please inform
DG Jim or Cab. Sec. Marge immediately so that they can be included in the Memorial Service at the MidWinter Convention.
PDG John O.H. Nyquist
PDG Duane Sprouls
William Haskins
David D. Olson
Lowell Becker
Dean Metcalf
LeRoy Saxton
Frances Blehr
Dale Westberg
Danube Lions
Kensington Lions
Alexandria Golden
Brothers Lions
Benson Lions
Buffalo Lake Lions
Carlos Lions
Elbow Lake Lion
Kensington Lions
Kensington Lions
Marianne C. Bennett
Leo Dahl
Arnold C. Anderson
Irma Ketterling
Galen Wohlman
Dave Hartman
Rudolph “Dutch” Doty
Charles Blocher
Dwain Norman
Wilton “Wilt” Croonquist
Lowry Lions
Lowry Lions
Montevideo Lions
Morris Lions
Renville Lions
Sauk Centre Lions
Spicer Sunrise Lions
Starbuck Lions
Watson Lions
Willmar Noon Lions
Lion Deborah Harms
Candidate for 5M4
District Governor
2007 – 2008
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Member of the Kingston Lions Club
Current Membership Chair of the Kingston Lions Club
Past President of the Kingston Lions Club (1998 – 1999)
Past Director on the Board of Directors of the Kingston Lions Club (two terms
1991 – 1993 & 1994 – 1995)
Past Zone Chair (1999 – 2000 & 2000 – 2001)
Past MERLO Team Retention Chair (2004 – 2005 & 2005 – 2006)
Past Youth Exchange Chair (6 years, 1993 – 1999)
Past Co-Secretary of the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank (6 years, 2000 – 2006)
Instructor at the 2005 Regional Lions Leadership Institute and will be again at the
2007 Institute
Received an International Leadership Award (2004)
Received two International President’s Certificates of Appreciation (1998 & 2005)
Received a Helen Keller Award (1999)
Current Financial Secretary of the Cokato Baptist Church (3 years)
Employed by Farm Credit Services of Minnesota Valley as a Customer Services
Associate
Married to Lion Bob Harms (MD5M Executive Secretary) for 27 years and
together we have 3 sons (Mike & Toni, Scott, and Tim & Melinda), 3 grandsons
(Ryan, Brent and Cam) and 2 Chihuahuas (Duke & Chester)
I’ve been endorsed by the Kingston Lions Club and will
appreciate your vote at the 5M4 Mid Winter Convention,
January 26 – 27, 2007 in Willmar MN
Thank You!!
Club Visits
Wendell Club President Ryan Rustan and his wife
Missy, President Scott Swenson from the Elbow
Lake Lions at DG Jim's visit.
DG Jim inducting new member Owen Lundquist of the
Wheaton Lions with sponsor Chuck Fell.
VDG Deb Harms, Sec. Robert Niss, President
Clayton Hedman, DG Jim at Wheaton's 60th
Anniversary.
President Clayton Hedman accepting a gift from
Zone Chair 2 Gene Eblen (Hoffman Lions) at the
Wheaton Lions 60th Anniversary.
CLUBS
If you have not already done so, please send your $15.00 check to your Zone Chairperson to purchase raffle prizes for
the Mid-Winter Convention. Proceeds from the raffle will be donated to Kids Against Hunger.
PARADE OF GREEN
Club Presidents, Secretaries or Treasurers – if you have made donations to any of the Lions Charities prior to
the convention, be sure to write down the amounts and who to on a slip of paper and drop it in the Parade of
Green box or give it to the appropriate District Chairperson so we can have an accurate count for Sunday. This
year we will have the Parade of Green box on the Credentials table and you can drop your checks or notes in at
any time the credentials table is open.
Welcome to the Winner’s Circle!
The following are Governor Jim’s Top Five Finisher’s for the month of January.
1. Franklin Lions – Donated $6000.00 of pull tab profits to City of Franklin
2. Atwater Lions – Made $3329.00 at the Threshing Show in October
3. Wheaton Lions – For 60 years of Service to the Wheaton community
4. Carlos Lions – Volunteered 546 hours and donated $3364.75 since July 1
5. Darwin Lions - $3000.00 profit on a Texas Hold-Em Fun Night
Correction from last month: It was the Clara City & MAYNARD Lions who purchased the Defibrillator for
MACCRAY Schools
26-28
FEBRUARY
2-4
6
9-11
JANUARY
15
16
18
19-21
23
26
BensonHancock Visit
Forada Visit
Kingston Visit
5M5 & 5M7
Mid Winters
Olivia Visit
Cabinet MeetingWillmar
12
13
14
16-18
19
20
5M4 Mid Winter
5M1 & 5M8
Mid- Winters
Zone 8
MeetingCosmos
5M2 & 5M10
Mid-Winters
Buffalo LakeFairfax Visit
Brandon Visit
Atwater-Grove
City Visit
5M13 Mid
Winter
Milan Visit
Watson Visit
Feb 25-Mar 1
MARCH
12
16-18
22
26
APRIL
21
24
28
MAY
18
18-20
ND Fishing Trip
Ashby Visit
Gov Council
Cabinet
Meeting
Carlos Visit
Zone 1 Officer
Training
Zone 3 Officer
Training
Zone 8 Officer
Training
Gov Council
MD5M Conv. Willmar
WANTED
Alive!
CANDIDATE FOR
VICE DISTRICT GOVERNOR
The qualifications are:
1. Be an Active Member in good standing of a chartered Lions club in good standing in his/her single or
sub-district.
2. Secure the endorsement of his/her club or a majority of the clubs in his/her single or sub-district.
3. Have served or will have served at the time he/she takes office as vice district governor:
(a)
As president of a Lions club for a full term or major portion thereof,
and a member the board of directors of a Lions club for no less than
two additional years; and
(b)
As zone chairperson or region chairperson or cabinet secretary and/or
treasurer for a full term or major portion thereof.
(c)
With none of the above being accomplished concurrently.
Contact DG Jim Demaree or VDG Deb Harms for more information.
Drifters, cattle rustlers and horse thieves need not apply.