We’re excited to announce The FDNL Weekly Roar - a place for Fort Dodge Noon Lions members to keep up with what is going on in the club while they are continuing with their busy lives.
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Vol: 2021 Week: 19 05/12/2021
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The new website is located at http://www.fdnoonlions.club. The site is still under development by Lion Larry Juncker. Any ideas or desires for the new website, please email to Lion Larry Juncker at larry@aljcs.com. The login link in the navigation bar will only be available to officers for now while the site is developed.
Regular Business Meeting - May 12th, 2021
We had 14 Lions in attendance with No guests. Lion Doug Kinseth brought in a meal of Sloppy Joes, chips and Macaroni salad from Chesterfield Bar and Grill.
Upcoming Events
| Annual Steak Fry |
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| Location: Lion’s Den | | Date: May 20, 2021 | | Time: 4:30 PM | | Meeting Notes:Annual Steak Fry - ALL HANDS ON DECK will be greatly appreciated. Pre-Sells of tickets very important this year. Dinners will be dine in OR carry out. | | Frontier Days Wristband Sells |
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| Location: Fort Dodge Fort Museum Grounds | | Date: June 04, 2021 | | Time: 9:30 AM | | Meeting Notes:Lions members are asked to help sell wristbands from 10am to 10pm. The hope of the team is that club members sign up for 2 to 3 hour shifts to sell wristbands at the 3 entrances to the Frontier Days activities area. Anyone who has kids, grandkids or friends that could man the gates will be greatly appreciated. | | Frontier Days Parade |
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| Location: Downtown Fort Dodge | | Date: June 05, 2021 | | Time: 8:30 AM | | Meeting Notes:Lion Brian Becker has registered the club for an entry into the Frontier Days Parade if anyone is interested in putting together a float. | | Dragon Boat Festival Pancake Breakfast |
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| Location: John F Kennedy Park, Fort Dodge, IA | | Date: August 14, 2021 | | Time: 6:00 AM | | Meeting Notes:Serving pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. | | Soldier Creek Food Tent |
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| Location: Soldier Creek Winery | | Date: August 27, 2021 | | Time: 5:00 PM | | Meeting Notes:Set up and sell burgers and brats at the winery. Lone Tree Revival will be playing the music that night. | | 100 Year Anniversary Celebration |
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| Location: Lion’s Den | | Date: August 28, 2021 | | Time: 5:30 PM | | Meeting Notes: Celebration of 100 Year Anniversary of Fort Dodge Noon Lions
Social Period: 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Dinner plans have been finalized and will be served by TeaThyme of Fort Dodge
Dinner will have a cost of $5.00 per plate for each member and 1 Guest
Dinner guests will be asked to click on this link => RSVP to let the committee know I will be attending the celebrationI will/will not have a guest I would like the following dish(es) for my/our dinner(s)
- Choice1: Melt Away Roast Beef with mashed potatoes, candied carrots and a dinner roll.
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Choice2: Almond Chicken, mashed potatoes with swiss cheese sauce, candied carrots and a dinner roll.
It was decided by the committee that each member may bring one guest and pay the $5.00 per plate for themselves and the one guest.
Any member who wants to bring more than one guest will be charged $25.00 per plate for any additional meals over 2
All dinners will start with a side salad. There will be a selection of 3 desserts including cupcake sized servings of Coconut Cream Pie, Cheesecake or Brownie.
The desserts will be ordered evenly with first come first served to make things easier.
Invitations have gone out to dignitaries. | | Oktoberfest Membership Drive |
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| Location: River Hops Brewing
1014 Central Ave | | Date: September 18, 2021 | | Time: 11:00 AM | | Meeting Notes:FDNL in conjunction with Fort Dodge Noon Lions will host their first Oktoberfest Membership Drive. FDNL will serve Brats and sauerkraut, Chicken Breast sandwiches, Soft Pretzels. River Hops Brewing is providing 2 pairs of tickets to the Downtown Country Jam for us to give away. Any adult registering their email address to receive our e-Newsletter will receive a FREE Soft Pretzel. | | Soldier Creek Food Tent |
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| Location: Soldier Creek Winery | | Date: September 24, 2021 | | Time: 5:00 PM | | Meeting Notes:Set up and sell burgers and brats at the winery. Kriss Karr Band Will be playing the music that night. | | Members ONLY Octoberfest Party |
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| Location: The Lions Den | | Date: October 01, 2021 | | Time: 6:00 PM | | Meeting Notes:Lions Cliff and Nancy Weldon would like to invite ALL active members of the Fort Dodge Noon Lions CLub to a night of German Heritage food and drinks Please notify Lion Cliff or Nancy if you are planning on attending so that they can get the correct amount of food for the celebration | | Annual Candy Sales |
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| Location: Fareway - Hy-Vee | | Date: October 30, 2021 | | Time: 8:00 AM | | Meeting Notes:Candy will be sold at Fareway and Hy-Vee from 8am until 4pm | | Annual Member Chrismas Party |
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| Location: The Lions Den | | Date: December 11, 2021 | | Time: 5:00 PM | Meeting Notes:Our dinner of Fried Chicken and 2 sides will be gotten from Jamar's Drive-In.
The cost of the meal is $25.00 per couple
Members attending the dinner should contact Lion Randy Kay to be certain there is enough food.
Couples attending are ask to bring the following....
1 Gift for Male, 1 Gift for Female
Single members are ask to bring 1 gift matching their own gender
Gifts NOT to exceed $5.00
Members are ask, to Please bring
Last name beginning with A-M - Dessert dish
Last Name beginning with N-Z - Salad dish
Beer, pop and water will be provided.
Games will be played to determine who receives what gift. | | Annual Steak Fry |
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| Location: Lion’s Den | | Date: May 19, 2022 | | Time: 4:30 PM | Meeting Notes:Annual Steak Fry - ALL HANDS ON DECK will be greatly appreciated. Pre-Sells of tickets very important this year. Dinners will be dine in OR carry out, with drive through available.
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M E E T I N G
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H I G H L I G H T S
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Our Healing Members
It was reported by Lion Brian Becker that Lion Larry Juncker's wife was in the hospital over the Mother's Day weekend. Lion Larry confirmed and reported that she had emergency surgery for an enlarged Hiatal Hernia which allowed her stomach to enter her upper chest area and twist around her diaphragm. She is back at home now and recovering. Recovery is expected to be lengthy due to the severity. Prayers and best wishes to Sheila as she recovers.
It was reported by Lion Larry Juncker that Lion Dylan Drummond's mother passed away on Mother's Day weekend. A card was passed around for present members to sign. Our prayers go out to Dylan and his family in these most trying times.
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Lions Den comittee
Lion Brian Becker reported:
Fort Dodge Garden Club will be having a Flower and Garden sale at The Lions Den on Thursday May 13, 2021
| Soldier Creek Winery Food Tent comittee
Lion Brian Becker reported:
the Food Inspector has OK'd us to cook at the Winery as long as we are sponsoring the music etc. for that day.
| Election comittee
Lion Carol Messerly reported:
Elections were held and the results are in for:
| 2021-2022 Officers: |
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| President: | Lion Tom Webster |
| 1st VP: | Lion Mike Mulroney
| | 2nd VP: | Lion Doug Kinseth
| | 3rd VP: | Lion Larry Juncker
| | Secretary: | Lion Carol Messerly
| | Treasurer: | Lion Steve Rethwisch
| | Tail Twister: | Lion Steve Rehmann
| | Lion Tamer: | Lion Gerald Wagner
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| 2021-2023 Board of Directors : |
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| Lion Brian Becker |
| Lion Tom Salvatore |
| Lion Jack Streff |
| Steak Fry comittee
Lion Tom Webster reported:
Please turn in ALL unsold Steak Fry tickets next Wednesday May 19, 2021 as we will need them for at the door sales. We have already ordered an extra 100 tickets.
Lion Larry Juncker will make signs to help direct "carryout" traffic for the steak fry.
Finalization of event, setup and vegetable cleaning will take place at the next Regular Business Meeting on May 19th, 2021. Please plan to attend and help.
Lion Tom Webster will get the beer lined up and ready for refrigeration.
Lion Mike Mulroney will get the gas tanks filed for the event.
Lion Jim Gill advised that advertising for the steak fry has been placed at the Fort Dodge Growth Alliance.
Lion Randy Kay advised he had spoken with the radio stations to place ads, as well as the Messenger and Mediacom (Channel 12).
Help is needed the day of the steak fry starting around 3pm to get things setup and started.
Cleanup will be held on Thursday May 21st starting around 9am
Lion Randy Kay Thanked those who helped get the grills cleaned up after last weeks meeting.
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| OPEN MEETING DISCUSSION |
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Ballots for next years officers were passed out to all present members in good standing.
Upon collection of the ballots, a point of order was made by Lion Cheryl Hurdel that since all offices were running unopposed, that a motion, second and approval were not necessary.
A small discussion incurred and after that, the ballot was declared unanimous and all NEW officers are listed above in the Election Committee notes.
Lion Mike Mulroney reported that Community Christian School wanted to invite our club to manage their kids game day that is coming up at their school.
A discussion incurred and it was decided that with everything else that we have going on in the near future and with declining manpower ourselves, that now was not the right time to help them out.
A question was brought up as to Ragbrai and whether Lion Jim Gill had gotten any further information, and as of yet, there is none.
If I missed any of the notes, I apologize, but I believe this is fairly accurate.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE May 20th AT THE STEAK FRY!!!!
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A Note From Our Treasurer
Invoices for dues have been emailed or mailed to ALL members. If you have not received your invoice for next year, please reach out to me at srethwisch@frontier.com.
If you have received your invoice, PLEASE pay as soon as possible.
Thank You
Lion Steve Rethwisch
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M E E T I N G
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P R O G R A M
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NO SPECIAL PROGRAM THIS WEEK
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Special Guest Program:
Our program today was informational about Friendship Haven here in Fort Dodge.
Rollie Peterson
Vice President Residential Life/Corporate Compliance Officer
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Kim Schilling
VP Health Services
reported on the effect and special circumstances that had to be put into place because of Covid-19 at Friendship Haven during the past year. Due to the policies that were put into place at the facility very few cases of Covid-19 were encountered. In fact they learned that, as much as they hate them too, masks did do their job in protecting EVERYONE at the campus.
They were also happy to announce that the facility is once again OPEN to the public albeit with some restrictions such as (Masks are still required when on campus, temperatures are taken of all entering the campus).
An interesting piece of information that was shared is that the Wellness Center including pool and weight rooms are open on a membership basis to any adult in the area over age 55.
If you have never been on the Friendship Haven campus, give them a call at the Welcome Center and set up a tour of the campus. It is a really impressive place.
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| Sean Minikis | 4 | | Steve Rethwisch | 15 | | Jim Gill | 19 | | Doug Kinseth | 19 | | Tom Salvatore | 20 |
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| Bernie Halverson | 11 | | Lloyd Intermill | 24 |
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W O R D O F
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T H E W E E K
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Lion Steve Rehmann provided us with the word of the week. The word is
Shrive (verb)
\ ˈshrīv , especially Southern ˈsrīv \
shrived or shrove\ ˈshrōv , ˈsrōv \; shriven\ ˈshri-vən , ˈsri- \ or shrived; shriving
Definition of shrive
transitive verb
1: to administer the sacrament of reconciliation to
2: to free from guilt
intransitive verb
archaic : to confess one's sins especially to a priest
Did You Know?
We wouldn't want to give the history of shrive short shrift, so here's the whole story. It began when the Latin verb scribere (meaning "to write") found its way onto the tongues of certain Germanic peoples who brought it to Britain in the early Middle Ages. Because it was often used for laying down directions or rules in writing, 8th-century Old English speakers used their form of the term, scrīfan, to mean "to prescribe or impose." The Church adopted scrīfan to refer to the act of assigning penance to sinners and, later, to hearing confession and administering absolution. Today shrift, the noun form of shrive, makes up half of short shrift, a phrase meaning "little or no consideration." Originally, short shrift was the barely adequate time for confession before an execution.
First Known Use of shrive
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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| Next Regular Business Meeting |
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| Location: Lions Den | | Date: August 10, 2022 | | Time: 12:00 PM | | Next Thursday night is our annual Steak Fry. We need EVERYONE to pull this off. Please contact Lion Tom Webster if you can work so he has a better idea for scheduling. | Meeting Notes:
Lunch starts at 11:30am with meeting starting at noon.
Everyone is encouraged to  person to come to the meeting and learn about what it means to be a Lion.
Know someone who is interested in seeing what Lion's do?
Invite them to visit a club meeting any week - guests are always welcome!
| | | | Next Board Meeting |
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| Location: Lions Den | | Date: August 17, 2022 | | Meetings are held the Third Wednesday of each month. | | Time: 12:00 PM | Meeting Notes:
Lunch starts at 11:30am with meeting starting at noon.
All board and non-board members are welcome to attend.
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