Are You involved in a service Club- giving back to the community?
You may have heard that Helen Keller charged Lions to become "Knights for the Blind" and that was just one challenge to identify and address needs for others!
Do you want to become part of the world's largest service organizations?
It all starts with a club visitation.
I, Joe Kyle
will be glad to have you as my guest for the 1st visit (free lunch).
Cost of lunch is usually $12.00. We meet for lunch every Friday at
11:45 A.M. at Hilton Garden Inn, Corner of I-20 and and Main Street in
Duncanville.
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Visitors are Always Welcome!
Don't miss our next meeting also
known as:
Lunch is Included with club
membership. For more invormation contact Joe Kyle
Application
for Club Membership
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Duncanville Noon Lions Club was established on August 2, 1971. The 50 year old Duncanville Host Lions Club merged with the 25 year old Duncanville Noon Lions Club in 1996. Charter Members still active with our Club include:
G.W. Gorman & Tommy Wolverton
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We have over 100 members and are always looking to grow. The more active members we have the better we can serve our community. Our Club motto is:
"WE SERVE BETTER TOGETHER"
For those wishing to know more about membership
or just to visit our club please
e-mail
or just come to a meeting and let us know you found our Web page.
TEXAS LIONISM - Texas is truly the birthplace of Lionism. Lions International came into official being in Dallas, Texas at the first convention in October, 1917. This convention was held at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas and the name "Lion" was accepted as the name of our organization. Texas, from the inception of Lions International, has always occupied a prominent place in the affairs of Lions International. This dedication to leadership and innovation continues today.
With over 1.4 million members serving in more than 46,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas, Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization. Texas has over 32,400 members serving in more than 960 clubs supporting Lions International and The Duncanville Lions is one of the largest and most active in Texas.
WILL YOU BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER
THE KIND THAT WOULD BE MISSED?
OR ARE YOU JUST CONTENTED
THAT YOUR NAME IS ON THE
LIST?
WILL YOU ATTEND THE MEETINGS
AND MINGLE WITH THE FLOCK?
OR WILL YOU STAY AT HOME
AND CRITICIZE AND KNOCK?
WILL YOU EVER GO TO VISIT
A MEMBER WHO IS SICK?
OR LEAVE THE WORK TO JUST
A FEW
AND THEN TALK ABOUT A CLIQUE?
THERE ARE WEEKLY PROGRAMS
SCHEDULED
THAT I AM SURE YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT
AND WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE
IT
IF YOU WOULD COME AND HELP
US OUT
SO COME TO THE MEETINGS OFTEN
AND HELP WITH HAND AND HEART
DON'T BE JUST A MEMBER
DIG IN AND DO YOUR PART
THINK THIS OVER MEMBER
YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT FROM
WRONG
WILL YOU BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER,
OR WILL YOU JUST BELONG
Application
for Membership
CLUB
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS & CHAIRPERSONS
2008/2009
CLUB
OFFICERS
President - Bob
O"Burke
Past President -
Ramiro
Sanchez
1st Vice President
Janice
Savage-Martin
2nd Vice President
Dennis
Virzi
3rd Vice President
Leon
Miller
4th Vice President
Don
Pope
Secretary Norma
Flatt
Treasurer - Larry
Easley
Assistant Treasurers
Don
McBurnett
Program Director
- John Garcia
Chaplains – Mel Hammer, Mike Oden, Danny Noah, Joe Harrison, Bill Blain
Community Building Directors – Leon Miller (Chair, always 3rd VP), Jerry Boyd, Bill Dover, Lois Cathey,
Bob Lee, Bill Noles, Richard Raphael, Mel Wolf, Dorothy Wolverton
Community Health Fair with Lions Mobile Eye Clinic – Joe Kyle (Chair)
Finance Committee – Dennis Virzi (Chair, always 2nd VP), Executive Committee, David Malone, Don McBurnett,
Larry Easley, John Thompson
Fourth of July - Kirby Ogle, Dennis Cronkhite, Don McBurnett, Robert Brown
Golf Tournament -Troy Ketchum, Brian McGinley, Steve Davis
Greeters & Involvement --Leon Miller (Chair), Mary Martin, Lois Cathey, Ramiro Sanchez
Las Vegas Night – Steve Martin
Lion Tamers – Gene Chapman, Herb DeLeon, Milton Padgett
Lions Club Camp – Bill Neilon
Literacy Fair – Joe Kyle
Living Center Directors - Don Pope (Chair always 4th VP), Mary Martin, Stan Myers, Bill Blain, Terry Webb,
Leo Varian
Membership & Retention Directors – Kent Cagle, Joe Kyle
Newsletter/Photography – Lynn McGinley, Sara Dedeluk, Yvonne Mizell
Pancake Breakfast – Terry Webb, Steve Martin
Peace Poster – Norma Flatt
Public Relations & Advertising – Shane Gravens, Joi Mariet, Samantha Rippe
Safety Director – Terry Webb
Sergeant at Arms - Lois Cathey
Programs – John Garcia (Chair) –
Sandra Meadows Classic – Steve Martin
Scholarship & Education Grant Foundation – (members elected by club; officers appointed by Foundation board) David Malone, John Thompson, Mel Wolf, Brucy Gray, Steve Martin, Joe Kyle, Terry Webb, Janice Savage-Martin (always 1st VP), Ramiro Sanchez (always immediate Past Pres.), Robert Brown
Sight & Tissue Foundation – Leon Miller, Brucy Gray
Socials – Jeanne Fralicks
Spirit Award – Leo Varian, Linda Najork, Jim McDonald
Sunshine Director – Norma Flatt, Mike Oden
Tail Twisters – David Malone, John Moore, Kirby Ogle, Lois Cathey, Paul Studebaker
Telephone Committee – Patsy Pool (Chair) Darlene Brazell, Steve Madison
Touch of Life – Earle Jones, Mel Wolf
Web Master – Joe Kyle
Past Presidents
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| MAXIE BELL | 1970-72 | PHIL WOODALL | 1972-73 |
| DAVID KIRK | 1973-74 | G. W. GORMAN | 1974-75 |
| WAYNE MOODY | 1975-76 | BILL SAVAGE | 1976-77 |
| CECIL WILKINS | 1977-78 | GLEN BLALOCK | 1978-79 |
| WALTER FARMER | 1979-80 | WES JESPERSEN | 1980-81 |
| MILTON PADGETT | 1981-82 | LARRY LEGG | 1982-83 |
| ED PURCELL | 1983-84 | DAN JESPERSEN | 1984-85 |
| BOB LEE | 1985-86 | MAC WARREN | 1986-87 |
| MEL WOLF | 1987-88 | JERRY HILL | 1988-89 |
| STAN MYERS | 1989-90 | JOHN THOMPSON | 1990-91 |
| LARRY SHAW | 1991-92 | DAVID MALONE | 1992-93 |
| EARL MIZELL | 1993-94 | GEORGE EPPERSON | 1994-95 |
| JERRY BOYD | 1995-96 | BOB HUGHSON | 1996-97 |
| Terry Webb | 1997-98 | Don Freeman | 1998-99 |
| Leo Varian | 1999-00 | Bill Noles | 2000-01 |
| Lois Cathey | 2001-02 | Brucy Gray | 2002-03 |
| Joseph Kyle | 2003-04 | Steve Martin | 2004-05 |
| Dorothy Wolverton | 2005-06 | Kent Cagle | 2006-07 |
| Ramiro Sanchez | 2007-08 |
LION
OF THE YEAR (Outstanding member for many many years)
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| HOOT GIBSON | 1970-71 | G. W. GORMAN | 1971-72 |
| WAYNE MOODY | 1972-73 | BILL SAVAGE | 1973-74 |
| WALTER FARMER | 1974-75 | MORRIS WARD | 1975-76 |
| RUSS KENT | 1976-77 | PAUL McBURNETT | 1977-78 |
| NORRIS NOEL | 1978-79 | LARRY LEG | 1979-80 |
| DAN JESPERSEN | 1980-81 | WES JESPERSEN | 1981-82 |
| MAX BLY, SR. | 1982-83 | DICK SMITH | 1983-84 |
| JERRY HILL | 1984-85 | B. A. CARRELL | 1985-86 |
| BOB O'BURKE | 1986-87 | EARL MIZELL | 1987-88 |
| MAXIE BELL | 1988-89 | JAY DAVIS | 1989-90 |
| STAN MYERS | 1990-91 | HENRY HOEHN | 1991-92 |
| JERRY BOYD | 1992-93 | PAM WATKINS | 1993-94 |
| TERRY WEBB | 1994-95 | JOHN THOMPSON | 1995-96 |
| DAVID MALONE | 1996-97 | DON CUTLER | 1997-98 |
| STEVE MARTIN | 1998-99 | JANICE SAVAGE | 1999-00 |
| John Livingston | 2000-01 | Bill Dover | 2001-02 |
| Bob Lee | 2002-03 | Bob Hughson | 2003-04 |
| Lois Cathey | 2003-04 | George Epperson | 2004-05 |
| Mel Wolf | 2005-06 | Norma Flatt & Joe Kyle | 2006-07 |
| Mike Courville | 2008 |
CUB
LION OF THE YEAR (membership of less than 3 years)
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| SHARON NOLES | 1989-90 | JERRY BOYD | 1991-92 |
| PAM WATKINS | 1992-93 | KARLA OLIVER | 1993-94 |
| DOROTHY WOLVERTON | 1994-95 | BILL NOLES |
1995-96 |
| JACK LONG | 1996-97 | STEVE MARTIN | 1997-98 |
| DEBI CHOATE | 1998-99 | JOHN LIVINGSTON | 1999-00 |
| TARA MILES | 2000-01 | MIKE DOUGLAS | 2000-01 |
| DAVID McBURNETT | 2001-02 | Tammy Kuykendall | 2002-03 |
| Norma Flatt | 2003-04 | Jeanne Fralicks | 2004-05 |
| John Moore | 2005-06 | Pat Cheshier | 2006-07 |
| Don McBurnett | 2008 |
GRASS
ROOTS LION OF THE YEAR (Membership of 2-5 Years)
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| HENRY HOEHN | 1985-86 | MAXIE BELL | 1986-87 |
| JAY DAVIS | 1987-88 | B. A. CARROLL | 1988-89 |
| GEORGE EPPERSON | 1989-90 | BILL DOVER | 1990-91 |
| DON KORBS | 1991-92 | BOB HUGHSON | 1992-93 |
| GERRY SCHUMAN | 1993-94 | DON FREEMAN | 1994-95 |
| JIM GALLATIN | 1995-96 | LOIS CATHEY | 1996-97 |
| DOROTHY WOLVERTON | 1997-98 | JANICE SAVAGE | 1998-99 |
| BRIAN AUSTIN | 1999-00 | LEON MILLER | 2000-01 |
| JACK LONG | 2001-02 | Carolyn Mathis | 2002-03 |
| David McBurnett | 2003-04 | Mary Martin | 2004-05 |
| Jeanne Fralicks | 2005-06 | Dennis Virzi | 2006-07 |
| Don McBurnett | 2007-08 |
MELVIN
JONES FELLOWS
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| WES JESPERSEN | 1989 | LARRY LEGG | 1990 |
| MAXIE BELL | 1991 | HAROLD WILSON | 1992 |
| MIKE NARDICO | 1993 | B. A. CARROLL | 1994 |
| JOHN THOMPSON | 1995 | JAY DAVIS | 1997 |
| Jerry Boyd | 2002 | David Malone | 2004 |
| Mel Wolf | 2005 | Steve Martin | 2006 |
| Mike Courville | 2007 | Joe Kyle | 2008 |
TEXAS
LIONS CAMP (JACK WEICH) FELLOWS
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| WES JESPERSEN | 1996 | BOB HUGHSON | 1997 |
| STAN MYERS | 1998 | DON CUTLER | 1999 |
| TOM WOLVERTON | 1999 | GEORGE EPPERSON | 2000 |
| DON FREEMAN | 2000 | PAUL McBURNETT | 2001 |
| Michael Courville | 2003 | Robert Lee | 2004 |
| Earl Mizell | 2004 | John Thompson | 2005 |
| Terry Webb | 2005 | Joe Kyle | 2006 |
| David Malone | 2007 | Steve Martin | 2008 |
| LYNN NOLES | 2000 | DEBBIE CHOATE | 2000 |
| JOE KYLE | 2001 | JIM CHOATE | 2001 |
| BRENDA KYLE | 2002 |
| WALT HACKFELD | 2004 | LEON MILLER | 2004 |
| William Dover | 2005 | Lois Cathey | 2005 |
| George Epperson | 2005 | Bryant Austin | 2006 |
| Brucy Gray | 2007 | Paul McBurnett | 2007 |
| 2008 | Kent Cagle | 2008 |
LIONS
SPORTS EXTRAVAGANZA LIFETIME AWARD
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| Jack Long | 2007 |
DIABETES
CAMP NEW HORIZONS AWARD
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| Ramiro Sanchez | 2007 |
LIONS
WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AWARD
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| Lois Cathey | 2007 |
PANCHO
LUNA DISTRICT AWARD
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| David Malone | 2008 | Leon Miller | 2008 |