By Lion, Milt Fox For The Mountain Times
Thank you for attending our annual Jim Turin Memorial Scholarship Dinner, held Saturday April 5th. We had a nice turnout of 100 plus happy customers. The dinner was chaired by Lion Craig Calvert and prepared by a small but great crew of hard-working Lions. Proceeds from this dinner help with funding for our Scholarship program. These scholarships are for Oregon Trail School District graduates who are also graduates of Welches School.
We thank St. Michaels Catholic Church for the use of kitchenware. We also thank Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Coffee House 26 for the sale of our tickets.
We held our annual election at the April 9th meeting. The following Lions were elected to serve during the 2025/2026 year: President Dave Anderson, 1st Vice President Marc Closner, 2nd Vice President Katie Wirth, 3rd Vice President Nicole Guyer, Secretary Cindi Sempert, Treasurer Carol Norgard, Tail Twister Mike Casley, Lion Tamer Sharon Blassingame, one year Director Carrie Clark, one year Director Lindsey Costanich, two year Director Marlyne Casley, two year Director Candice Kelly, House Manager Jason Kelly, and Immediate Past President Tyler Lehmann.
Lion Dan Wolf conducted the Initiation ceremony for several new Lions at our April 23rd meeting. New members were treated to a free steak dinner.
Our Last Bingo night for the season will be Friday May 2nd. Thanks go to our regular crew of Bingo Lions Chaired by Lion Carol Norgard. Thank you all for the great support of our Bingo fundraiser. We’ve had a great year!
Coming up!
Swimming Lessons Dinner, Saturday May 3rd!
Please plan to come to a wonderful Mexican dinner in support of our Swimming Lessons program on Saturday May 3rd. Happy hour starts at 5:30 p.m., dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.. The menu includes Chicken Fajitas, Rice, Beans, Salsa and Tortillas. Tickets at the door are $8.00 for kids 12 and under, and $20.00 for adults. Special adult presale tickets are available for $18.00 at Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Coffee House 26 or ask any Lion. This event is chaired by Lions Nolberto Perez and Craig Calvert. We will also be offering several raffle items. Please come and enjoy.
Free Swimming Lessons
Because of popular demand and with the help of our friends at Camp Arrah Wanna, our Free Swimming Lessons program will be back again this year. Lessons will be held at the Camp Arrah Wanna pool. We are able to offer these lessons free of charge to Welches School students and local Mountain children. Lessons will begin on Monday June 16th and last through Friday June 20th, lessons will begin again on Monday June 23rd and last through Friday June 27th. We plan to offer Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced lessons. Exact times will be scheduled and families contacted.
Our Swimming Lessons Program is chaired by Lion David Buoy, with Lion Patti Buoy heading up the registration of students. Patti tells me that the first opportunity to sign up will be at our Mexican Dinner, held Saturday May 3rd. After that, forms will be available at Welches School. Patti will also be posting online at Nextdoor Tim Rim as well as on the Mt. Hood Facebook page. We are limited to 95 students and the first completed registration forms will be signed up in the order received. If necessary, we will have a waiting list.
Chuckwagon Breakfast!
This year’s Chuckwagon Breakfast will be held on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th. We will be having a car show each day again this year. So if you would like to show your favorite car, please give our Club President Lion David Anderson a call at 971-373-3869. The price to show your car is $20 per car, per day. More details about this Lions Club tradition in next month’s column.
Remember we have a club website! Check it out: it has news about upcoming fundraisers, club projects, and other information about the club. Go to MtHoodLions Club.com or MtHoodLionsClub.org.
Happy 74th Anniversary to the Lions Club of Mt. Hood. We were chartered May 11th, 1951 with 38 charter members. Our club was sponsored by the Roseway Lions Club of Portland.
A special thanks to the community for supporting our club by attending our fundraisers and supporting our projects for the past 74 years. Thank you all very much!
It’s great to be a Lion!
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