SAN PEDRO LIONS CLUB -- 82 YEARS OF COMMITMENT <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> January 27, 2005 Calendar . January 26th - 6:00 pm - Captain Ken Hillman's Retirement Party. Social Hour 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:00 pm. Playa Vista Pointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Dr., Playa Vista, CA 90094. Please call PDG Eddie Keyse for details at 310-832-6989. January 27th - 6:30 pm - Tri Club meeting with the Harbor City/Lomita and Wilmington Lions Clubs. 6:30 pm Social. 7:00 pm dinner. Ante's Restaurant, 729 South Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA 90731. February 3rd - 12:10 pm - Regular meeting. Ante's Restaurant, 729 South Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA 90731. February 10th - 7:00 pm - Board Meeting. - Lion Ken Hillman's House, 2025 West 35th St., San Pedro, CA 90732 February 17th - 12:10 pm - Regular meeting. Ante's Restaurant, 729 South Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA 90731. Please attend this meeting to hear the Student Speaker Contest entries. February 18th - Flag Day. - Details in next week's Lion's Tale. February 24th - 6:30 pm - Tri Club meeting with the Harbor City/Lomita and Wilmington Lions Clubs. 6:30 pm Social. 7:00 pm dinner. Ante's Restaurant, 729 South Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA 90731. Community Recognition The Community Recognition Dinner was held at Simon's Restaurant. It was a great success. Mary Ann Cyphers received the Ante Perkov Humanitarian of the Year 2005 award. The Junior Humanitarian was Deborah Ruiz. Lion Julie Nicosia, Chairperson of the Community Recognition Dinner, worked hard to put together the event. Lion Annette Ciketic, Lion Wayne Bettis and Natalie Sutlovich were instrumental in helping Julie make this event a success. Priority One Printing also did an outstanding job. Let's give a big "Thank You" to everyone who worked so hard! Lion Ken Hillman Retires Lion Ken Hillman is retiring from the LAPD. Captain Ken Hillman's Retirement Party will be held on January 26th with a Social Hour at 6:00 pm and Dinner at 7:00 pm. The location is the Playa Vista Pointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Dr., Playa Vista, CA 90094. Please call PDG Eddie Keyse for details at 310- 832-6989. Mobile Screening The Mobile Screening and Pancake Breakfast at the Beacon House on January 22nd was a great event. Lions from the Wilmington and Harbor City/Lomita Clubs prepared and served a delicious meal. San Pedro Lions helped staff the unit. 80 people were screened for vision and hearing. 36 people needed vision follow-up and 3 needed hearing follow-up. Thank you to everyone who helped! LCIF Tsunami Relief Lions Clubs International has a web site at http://www.lions-tsunami.org . The following is an update from the new LCIF web site on what Lions are doing locally in South Asia. "Several thousand Lions in South Asia in hundreds of places have volunteered in affected communities, helping to organize relief and ensuring that people get vital supplies. The service of Lions is enabling communities to take care of their children, elderly, those with disabilities and other especially vulnerable people. The relief efforts of local Lions includes: 1. In Sri Lanka, Lions worked 16 hours a day organizing relief and are a key partner of the government's relief agency and president. District 306-C, for example, sent 60 truckloads of food and supplies to relocation camps and is organizing the installation of tents at a new relocation camp in western Sri Lanka. 2. In Indonesia, Lions contributed greatly to relief efforts in some of the hardest hit areas. Thirty clubs near Medan provided logistical support for aid shipments to Bandh Acheh and sent out four trucks of materials daily. They also provided shelter, food, and clothing to refugees who entered Medan. Lion-doctors from Jakarta and Medan provided medical treatment. Lions also made preliminary plans to support the educational needs of orphans. 3. In India, 20 Lions' ambulances and a team of 80 Lions volunteer medical doctors are providing first aid near Chennai. Nearly 70 clubs fanned out in the region from Parassalla to Haripad to distribute food and clothes at the relief camps. Lion-doctors conducted free treatment at relief centers. 4. In Thailand, Lions in Bangkok have sent water tanks and trucks loaded with supplies to Phuket. Lions are working with government officials and relief agencies to provide for basic needs at relocation camps." From the Secretary's Computer We are updating the Club Rooster. To make sure you receive the latest information, please send your current contact information to: San Pedro Lions Club Secretary Susan Dorsey 350 West 5th Street, Suite 205 San Pedro, CA 90731 Please include your: Name, Address, Home, Business, and Cell Phone Numbers, Fax Number and E-mail address if any. Thank you!