Vol. 69 Issue 8 The Club that has it all and gives its all! August 2018

LION PRINTS Prescott Noon Lions Club

President’s Message

Lion President Harry Gooding

The first month of this term as president seems to have passed as a flash as our club remains busy with many of our ongoing activities.

During this past month the club was very fortunate to extend our recycling facility lease for another ten years. That facility, as we all recognize, remains our primary source of revenue to fund all the community services that the club supports.

Our membership total increased by one with the initiation of Ronald Barbour. Two additional candidates were Board approved for induction in September. Several other applications are also pending. As can be seen, the club is off to a great recruiting start in increasing our membership totals.

The Eye Care Van Program continues to be a great and active success. In addition, the Board has approved the Pilot Vision Screening Program for Yavapai County Schools to

move forward in making this program an official Lions activity. Many thanks to Lion Doug George and Lion John Schmitt in this regard.

Upcoming in September will be the Alzheimer’s Walk on the 15th. Hopefully as many walking volunteers and donors can make this charitable event a great success and fulfill Lion John Meier’s matching donation challenge.

After the Walk, our club will be holding its’ annual picnic at Goldwater Lake from 11 AM to 3 PM. Hopefully, as many members and their families can attend this fun and relaxing event.

In conclusion, let’s continue to work hard and enjoy our time together in serving our community’s needs.

Walmart Welcomes

New Build-to-Suit

Trailer

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The interaction of club members in two club projects has

resulted in a new paper collection trailer being stationed in the

Walmart parking lot at Hwy. 69 and Prescott Lakes Parkway.

Steve Schmidt, Chairman of the Coats for Kids Project, has been

working with Walmart’s store manager to provide coats at below-

retail cost. Through this relationship, Steve had the acumen to

inquire if the Prescott Noon Lions Club might place a paper

collection trailer in the store lot. The manager agreed, but

stipulated that the trailer be relatively small, not full-size.

The club has several trailers in use that meet Walmart’s size

requirement. The club’s master builders, Adrian Langhus, Al

Baker and John Meier, normally construct these trailers by

connecting an old paper collection bin to a new chassis. Chassis

have always been purchased from Harbor Freight, but the

manufacturer lately recalled the model due to flawed tires. Adrian

researched alternative sources and purchased a 4x6 trailer from

Lowe’s.

Adrian purchased components, parts and steel that he, Al and

John used to modify the chassis, employing their skills in design,

welding and other trades. Next, they rescued an old retired

collection bin from the grassy lot at the paper yard. They cleaned

the bin and secured it on the chassis, painted it Lion Yellow,

added the Lion logo and a please-donate-only-paper sign. This

procurement and construction project, while easy to describe, was

not only time-consuming and challenging, but also required

ingenuity and perseverance.

The new trailer was first placed in service at the Walmart lot on

August 3rd. It typically takes at least a month for the public to

become accustomed to bringing their papers to a new collection

location, so it’s too early to know how well this effort will pay off.

For now, hats off to Steve, Adrian, Al and John, who serve our

club and our community so well.

Article is by Lion Mike First.

Walmart Welcomes New

Build-to-Suit Trailer

Photograph of Steve Schmidt

is by Lion Paul Bauman.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR 2017-2018 SECRETARY Mark Leathers TREASURER Mike First TAIL TWISTER Isaac Acosta LION TAMER Kim Zimmerman PAST PRESIDENT Bob Welch PAPER PROJECT CHAIRMAN Joel Duvall MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Dick Beers SIGHT AND HEARING CHAIRMAN Jim Townsend

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES

HIGHLIGHTS: August 8, 2018 (pending BOD approval)

PRESIDENT Harry Gooding 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Steve Hodges 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Mike Franklin 3RD VICE PRESIDENT Bob Dressler 2ND YEAR DIRECTOR John Busch 2ND YEAR DIRECTOR John Eilers 2ND YEAR DIRECTOR Bill Parker 1ST YEAR DIRECTOR Doug Ruckel 1ST YEAR DIRECTOR Scott Armstrong 1ST YEAR DIRECTOR Joe Maresh

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The highlights of Club Board Meetings are removed

from this copy of the Lion Prints Newsletter

due to possible coverage of private Club

business at these meetings.

The highlights of Club Board Meetings are removed

from this copy of the Lion Prints Newsletter

due to possible coverage of private Club

business at these meetings.

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Lion of the Month: John Eilers

Recognition

Our Newest Member: Lion Ron Barbour

Ron Barbour joined our ranks as the newest member of

the Prescott Noon Lions Club. Lion Bill Parker had the

honor of inducting Ron as his sponsor Lion Greg

Manchester stood by. Ron has provided bio information

included in another section of this newsletter. Also

included is bio information for another new member, Lion

Richard Quintero, who was inducted in June.

The first member to receive President

Harry Gooding’s ‘Lion of the Month’ was

Lion John Eilers. He is the type of guy

who jumps right into tackling

challenges. He has been instrumental

working with Lion John Meier on the

Cotton Candy Booth Sales. If you don’t

see him at the paper yard, you aren’t

looking in the right place. Look up, he

could very well be inside the semi-trailer

on the piles of paper. At the special

fund drive for Hurricane Harvey victims,

he was helping at Safeway. No doubt

you would have seen John at all of our

events. John hasn’t even reached his

2nd anniversary with the club and yet

he has played a critical role in our club’s

success.

August 24: Art Show and Fundraising Sale to raise funds for

training a service dog for the blind. Sale to be

conducted by Lion Mike Hayden. Location: Adult

Center on Rosser St. Time: 6-9 pm

September 15:

September 15:

Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the Plaza. Join John

Meier on the walk. Can’t make the walk, make a

donation pledge to John. Ceremony is at 8:30 am,

Walk is at 9:00 am.

Prescott Noon Lions Club Picnic at Goldwater

Lake. Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Upcoming Events for Lions

Board Minutes continued from page 3

The highlights of Club Board Meetings are removed

from this copy of the Lion Prints Newsletter

due to possible coverage of private Club

business at these meetings.

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Lion Member Profile of Erin Raisley

by Lion Jerry Jackson

Lion Erin Raisley is a native of northwest Pennsylvania who

went on to grow up in Prescott and “has never left,” based on his

feeling that the city is “a great place to live.” Looking back, his

birthplace was in Corry, Pa., just a bit south of the New York state

line and not far from Lake Erie. And the city “became famous in

the late 19th and early 20th centuries for being the manufacturer of

Climax locomotives – the steam engine used in logging

operations.” (Thank you, Wikipedia, for that update on the

connective Corry story.)

Anyway, Erin’s dad and mom headed west to Prescott when he

was seven years old, and he went on to graduate from Prescott

High School in 1988 and then from Yavapai College in 1994. His

workaday world has centered on architectural draftsmanship, and

he toiled for a local architect for 17 years before going out on his

own four years ago. And his Raisley Residential Drafting &

Design business card touches lots of bases, to wit: “new single

family residence additions-remodels, detached garages, decks

and full plan submittal process.” The guy’s highly instructive in the

realm of constructive.

Erin and his wife Kim, who have been married for 27 years,

have two daughters – Casey, 20, and Macey, 14. And he enjoys

“camping with my family, mountain bike riding all of the Prescott

trails with my buddies, and just relaxing on the back patio.” Also,

another pastime centers on bowling, in which he has been active

for more than 20 years and includes participation in the annual

Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl-a-thon each year since joining our

Lions club in March of 2015.

“I’ve always had an interest in helping others,” he noted, “but

wasn’t exactly sure on the best way of achieving this.” Enter

Norm Humphrey, his pa-in-law, who invited him to join the club.

Norm, of course, is a veteran mentor of Noon Lionism, with his 47

years of membership topped only by Dr. Joe Funke, who has 54

years under his belt club-wise. And, at age 48, Erin is the

youngest member gracing the club’s line-up, and he bolsters with

the oldsters in grand style. “It was in joining the club that I found

out what a great group of guys are members and just what the

club does for the community. It’s an honor to be a Prescott Noon

Lion!”

His activities with the club include the use of his pickup in

hauling paper to the yard, and he also recently assumed

chairmanship of the Contribution Committee. “I enjoy being able

to work with people who are at a good point in their own lives and

doing something fun and creative,” he said regarding his club

affiliation. “Unlike going to the dentist … sorry, Dr. Carlisi! …

visiting a doctor, or being in a car accident. Those are not fun!”

So he’s having the time of his life as a valuable cog in the Noon

Lions “wheel”.

Draftsmanship is his profession,

while service to others is his passion

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New Member Bios

Lion Richard Quintero is carrying on a legacy of Lionism from his father, who was a

member of the Prescott Noon Lions Club years ago. In fact, if you look through a few old

Lion Prints, you will see the name Quintero mentioned.

Richard is originally from Bagdad, where his father was a school principal. When

Richard was fourteen, the family moved to Prescott, where his father became the

registrar for the newly formed Yavapai College.

After graduation, Richard joined the Navy and served on the USS Ticonderoga for four

years during the Vietnam War. He returned to Prescott to work in the Prescott School

District for twenty years before going to construction. During that time, he was married

and had two children, but the marriage was not to last. He found a wonderful lady

named Dee Dee and married her a year ago. By the way, Dee Dee is active with the

Lioness Club.

Richard is also active with the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and is a Fourth Knight.

He is a sports enthusiast, which also includes horse racing. He loves children and has

combined these interests by teaching young boys, at Granite Mountain J.H., about

sports after school.

If Richard lives as long as his mother, he has many years ahead of service to the

community. She is 92 years old and lives in Cottonwood. She volunteers every week at

the hospital and is active in their Catholic Church. Richard also has four siblings living

here.

Our club has a few members from the east coast, but Lion Ron Barbour was farther

south in the beautiful state of North Carolina, where he grew up in the small town of

Fuquay-Varina, south of Raleigh. After graduation from high school, Ron enlisted in the

U.S. Air Force in January, 1961 and served at Offutt Air Force Base. During this time,

Ron met a lovely lady, named Sharon, in Omaha, Nebraska, and they married in 1963.

After Ron’s discharge from the Air Force, they returned to Raleigh, N.C. and he took a

job with Carolina Trailways as a traveling auditor. After two years of extensive traveling

over five states, it was either time to find a “new job or a new wife.” For Ron’s sake, it

was a new job, which meant going to business college for accounting and data

processing for two years in Raleigh. This led to a new job with NCR Corp. in Florida for

ten years and then to the district office in Orlando. During this time he worked with city

and county governments. Although he officially retired in 1994, Ron continued working

with the same customers for five more years.

After a visit to Arizona in 1999, Ron and Sharon decided Prescott would be a fine

place to retire. After staying in a motel for six months, they moved into a home, finally.

Ron and Sharon had two sons, Ronald Jr. and Jeffrey. Unfortunately, Jeffrey passed

away in 2004 and Sharon last year.

Ron is also busy volunteering with the Prescott Litter Lifters and is active with the

American Legion Post here. One more note that Ron added; we can thank Lion Gene

Erickson’s wife, who ‘recruited’ Ron at our Pancake Breakfast. We should also mention

that Lion Greg Manchester was Ron’s sponsor.

Lion Richard Quintero

Lion Ron Barbour

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Lion Prints is a monthly newsletter of the Prescott Noon Lions Club

District 21C, Arizona P.O. Box 2215, Prescott, AZ 86302-2215

www.prescottnoonlions.org

Editor: Lion Ken Gantz & Paul Bauman

All photographs are by Ken Gantz unless noted otherwise.

Speakers Speaker Chairman– June: Joe Maresh July: Paul Bauman

Lions’ Prey

September 5

Fish and Chips

Chile Colorado

Ranchero Salad

September 12

Turkey Sandwich with Chicken Noodle Soup

Chile Verde

Taco Salad with Chicken

September 19

Breaded Shrimp

Pork Carnitas

Chef Salad with Ham

September 26

Cheese Sticks with French Fries

Macho Burrito with Chicken

Shrimp Caesar Salad

SEPTEMBER PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Speaker Chairman Lion Rich Carlson

September 5: Michelle Brien and Bert Ijams: Meals on Wheels

September 12: Board Meeting: No Speakers

September 19: Laura Bell: Area Agency on Aging

September 26: Miriam Haubrich, Director of Prescott Habitat for Humanity

Åsa Björklund (who proudly stated

that her father was a Lion in Sweden)

definitely has a Swedish accent, but

there was nothing foreign to her

message as a representative of the

Central Arizona Land Trust. Their

mission as a non-profit is ‘to preserve

and protect open space, wildlife

habitat, working agricultural lands and

the scenic and cultural values of north-

central Arizona for future generations.’

They work with willing land owners to

provide conservation easements

restricting the land from being divided

or developed. Lands remain on tax

rolls although owners benefit from

reduced taxes. The organization is in

favor of a balanced approach to

development.

Representing the Yavapai Humane

Society were Director Jason

Marchesano, Manager Ryan

Henderson and Jason Deacon of the

IT Dept. They quoted several

impressive figures which indicates the

success of the program. At any one

time there are 150 to 200 pets at the

shelter. Of these animals they have

about 150+ adopted per month with

some returned to owners. Per year

this amounts to over 2,000 adoptions.

To accomplish this, there are more

than 200 volunteers. Wildfires are a

fact of life in our southwest, and the

facility helps with pets during these

dangerous situations.

For Tamara Heintz, managing the St.

Vincent de Paul Thrift Store involves

much more than sales. It is an

opportuntiy to interact with the 50+

volunteers and all the customers. She

has been with the store for 10 years

and has served as manager for the

past year. In addition to sales, they

have provided the following; rental

assistance, lodging assistance and

vouchers for clothing and furniture,

and given out 4,200 boxes of food.

Tamara keeps a clean store which

promotes a better and more respectful

environment. Of interest to shoppers

is a ‘roll your discount’ to encourage

sales.