Santa Fe Host Lions Club
Northern New Mexico - United States

District 40-N

• When: 1st & 3rd Wednesday, Noon to 1 pm
  
• Where: South Side Cafe in the Quality Inn, on the NW side of Cerrillos Rd.
  
• Who: YOU, if you're in town! We welcome visitors!
  And if you're a potential member, we'll even pay for your dinner at your first meeting!

This photo was taken at the end of one of our meetings in Fall of 2004. At far left is Fred Mansfield and his wife Sage. Fred is a retired minister, our club chaplain, and blind. Next to Fred is Clark Cooley, our Liontamer and general sparkplug. In the red shirt is John Baerwald, who has been active in Lions for many years. John sits as one of our club's Board of Directors. The redheaded lady is Mary Jane Shannon, PDG, and a bundle of energy. The blond is Brenda Watson, better half to our club weblion, his ears as he used to be her eyes. She was legally blind for years, but has gained a great amount of sight through surgery. She earned her job as a librarian while she was still blind, though.

The hairy mountain hiding behind the banner is Owen Lorion, Brenda's henpecked hubby and the club's treasurer and weblion. He's as deaf as she used to be blind. The glare is coming from the white shirt on Andy Swarthout, another club director and longtime stalwart. Turquoise is a special color to New Mexico, so many New Mexican Lions have turquoise polo shirts with Lions emblems. Our President Vic Lyon, PDG, is modeling one in this photo. It's amazing how Vic and Clark, the size of a couple of chihuahuas, seem to accomplish so much more than all the rest of the club put together. Hovering behind Vic is another half of a set, Mary Jane's significant other and our club's VP, Lee Boyd Montgomery, PDG of a district in Texas!

FLAG PROJECT

The flag program provides a service which shows that businesses and professionals, as citizens, care about our nation. For a nominal sum per year, the Lions will provide a 3'x5' American Flag, standard and holder, installed, and assume all responsibility for the flag and equipment. On each of the National Holidays listed below, a team of Lions members will place the American Flag at the subscriber's place of business early in the morning and remove it before sunset.

Not only is this a patriotic deed, but the funds received from this program are returned to the community through various authorized and supervised needs, such as providing eye glasses to the needy children and senior citizens, support of the New Mexico Eye Bank, Little League, and many other worthwhile needs of the community.

• Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2007
• Labor Day, (the first Monday in September) Sept. 3, 2007
• Columbus Day, (the second Monday in October) Oct. 8, 2007
• Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007
• Martin Luther King Day, (the third Monday in January) Jan. 21, 2008
• President's Day, (the third Monday in February) Feb. 18, 2008
• Memorial Day, (the last Monday in May) May 26, 2008
• Flag Day, Saturday, June 14, 2007