Corbin Lions Club P.O. Box 365, Corbin, Kentucky 40702-0365 [email protected]

September 2007 Volume 1, Issue 3 http://CorbinLionsClub.Google Pages.com http://CorbinKY.LionWAP.org

NIBROC Car Show Although competing against another popular car show, the NIBROC Car Show was a great success with about 60 registrants. The show took place on Saturday, August 11, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. between 4th Street and 7th Street on Main Street. The following ten members of the club helped park cars and assisted with registration, setting up, and awarding Spectators and participants enjoyed a day of trophies as needed: Lions Lee Campbell, David Dodd, looking at the cars at this year’s NIBROC Car Brandon Greene, Roger Greene, Jim Manning, Simon Show. Mortimer, Mike Pawula, Mark Thomas, and Mike Weber. David Keck helped in planning the event. Derek and Beth Akers, Melvena Stephenson, and Lisa Hill worked all day registering cars. Beth was also very involved in planning the event. The success of the car show is due in no small part to their participation: please take the time to thank them for their Upcoming Events devotion. O’Reilly Auto Parts sponsored the event to include purchasing trophies and door prizes. Alan Evans devoted his entire day to helping. Please let the good folks at O’Reilly September 3 know how much we appreciate them for helping to make this a successful project. Labor Day Generic DJ’s provided music and announcements. Greg Petrey, Fred Petke (staff Display Flags on Main Street writer at The Times-Tribune), and the wives of the disc jockeys judged the cars. September 3 No Meeting September 8 60th Anniversary Dinner Guest Speakers Willard McBurney Mayor of Corbin Sharae Myers Main Street Project

September 15-16 Candy Days

A total of 66 trophies were awarded: 60 best cars, five categories, and one people’s choice.

60th Anniversary Dinner The Corbin Lions Club will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Saturday, September 8, 2007, at the old train depot (Chamber of Commerce building) on Depot Street. The celebration will begin at 6:00 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Mayor Willard McBurney and Sharae Myers of Corbin’s Main Street Project will be guest speakers. The dinner will be catered by LaDonna Catering. The 60th anniversary club pins will be available at the dinner.

September 17 Board Meeting September 24 Lion of the Quarter October 8 Guest Speaker

Lion Bea Brearey District Governor

Candy Days On Saturday, September 15, (1-7 p.m.) and Sunday, September 16, (12-5 p.m.) we will hold Candy Days. This is a project that the club has not done for several years, but President Mike Pawula felt that we should participate. One-half of our proceeds will go to the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation (KLEF). Plans are to use a Pepsi serving trailer and set-up in front of Wal-Mart. Ruby Pawula will help with funnel cakes and we’ll have the Lions mascot join us.

Prayer Concerns Lion Charlie Moore continues to recuperate from surgery on his broken arm.

Corbin Lions Club

September 2007

Corbin Backpack Program Doris Moore of the Corbin Backpack Program and Stacie Moses of the Corbin Middle School Family Resource Center were guest speakers on August 20.

Lion Mike Pawula presents Doris Moore a certificate of appreciation for speaking to the club about the Corbin Backpack Program.

Ms. Moore explained that over 8,000 kid-friendly food bags (called backpacks) were delivered to Corbin school children during 2006-07. Funding for the backpacks comes from churches and civic organizations. Ms. Moses discussed the impact on the children in the school. She noted that she gets to see the reward of excited children with their backpacks. The club voted to donate $1,000 to the backpack program using money from the project account.

Charter of the Corbin Lions Club The Corbin Lions Club was organized on December 8, 1947 with 36 members (26 new, 2 transfer, and 8 reinstated). C. C. Den Herder was the special representative of Lions International and the London Lions Club was the sponsoring club. Club dues were set at $12.00 per year, which apparently did not include the cost of meals at meetings. There was also a $10.00 charter fee per member ($5.00 for transfer and reinstated members). Charter Night, the formal presentation of the club’s charter, was set for January 26, 1948. Meetings were held on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. The following officers were elected: Dr. O. L. Ballou as President; Robert Daniel, Jr., as 1st Vice President; Walter P. Byrd as 2nd Vice President; Archie B. Carr as 3rd Vice President; C. B. Reasor as Secretary; R. S. Terrell as Treasurer; Gordon Gant, Jr., as Lion Tamer; Ova B. Litteral as Tail Twister; and Truman G. Smith, Joseph J. Tanner, James E. Dyche, and Thorold Johnson as Directors. Chairmen of four committees were also selected: R. S. Terrell for Charter Night Committee; Herman A. Peace for Membership Chairman; Nelson Mason for Finance Committee; and Talton Pearcy, Jr., for Constitution and By-laws Committee. In addition the officers and committee chairmen, the following members were listed on the charter roster: Clarence O. Burch, Garland D. Burgan, E. Earl Cox, Rufus Dizney, Arthur H. Fuller, Lee Golden, Willis E. Herron, J. D. Johnson, Curtis Lawson, Gayle W. O’Neil, H. E. Ridner, Boyd Roberts, Howard Rookard, Ben Saylor, Robert L. Smith, Jesse W. Stanley, Harry D. Stearn, Lee J. For Your Information Thomas, Karl Von Gruenigen, George R. Walters, and Eugene Young. For more information, you can view a copy of the Charter Roster, Organization Report, and Recapitulation of Organization on the club’s web site at CorbinLionsClub.GooglePages.com. Click the “Club History” button on the left sidebar to find these documents.

All funds raised by the Corbin Lions Clubs from the general public are used for charitable purposes. These funds are deposited in our project, candy, or magic show accounts. The following pie graph illustrates projected revenue exclusive of Christmas basket donations.

Corbin Lions Club on the Web You may have noticed the header of our newsletter includes an email address and two web addresses. The CorbinLionsClub.GooglePages.com site includes general club information, photographs, newsletters, links to newspaper articles, and historical information. This site also includes links to other important sites for Lions Clubs: Lions International, KY Lions, LCIF, and LionNet.com. The CorbinKY.LionWAP.org site automatically forwards you to the GooglePages site, but it’s easier for others to find on LionNet.com. Note that none of these web addresses require uppercase letters: the capital letters simply make reading the addresses easier.

Revenue 2007 - 2008 Mint Sales 4% Candy Sales 5%

July 4 14%

Car Show 15% Auction 49%

Magic Show 13%