Some Key Dates for our Lions Calendar:
Our first February Lions meeting will be at noon Monday, February 8, at Ryan’s Steakhouse in Oak Ridge. Come enjoy the program and the special Lions fellowship at our meeting.
Program on February 8: Our program will be presented by Dr. Gene Caldwell and Ms. Dottie Thompson on the Emory Valley Center, which is celebrating its 55-year history in 2010. Dr. Caldwell and Ms. Thompson are co-chairing a public relations effort to remind long-term area residents how the Emory Center began and the important role it continues to play in the lives of 160 mentally and physically disabled adults.
Dr. Caldwell joined the Children’s Clinic in 1967 and practiced pediatrics for the next 27 years. In 1996 he became a State Legislator, representing the Oak Ridge and Clinton area in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He served until November 2002. While in the legislature, he was Chairman of the Joint House and Senate Tenncare Oversight Committee and traveled statewide trying to improve access to health care, especially for children. He is currently serving on the Oak Ridge Charter Commission.
Ms. Thompson is a retired teacher from the Oak Ridge Schools, having taught French, mathematics and special education at Robertsville Middle School before going to the School Administration Building as a special education coordinator in the Department of Pupil Services. She is also a co-founder of the Oak Ridge Children’s Showchoir, Showkids, and Showcamp, which she managed for 20 years.
Oak Ridge Lions to Contribute to Haiti Relief: Anyone who would like to contribute to the Haiti relief effort should bring a check (or cash) made out to Oak Ridge Lions designated for the Haiti relief effort. We will combine the contributions and send in a single check from the club.
In Memorium:
We were saddened to learn that Lion Jim Zitzman passed away on Monday, February 1. Our condolences to his wife Mary and their family.
The funeral will be at noon Saturday, February 6, at West Hills Presbyterian Church, 7600 Bennington, Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37909 with burial to follow at Highland Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, February 5, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, 6200 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919. (I-40 Exit 383 (Papermill Dr/Northshore Dr); follow Northshore to Kingston Pike; Turn right on Kingston Pike and Mann Heritage Chapel is in first block on left.)
One of the memorial donations listed in the obituary is to the Oak Ridge Lions Club. For a complete obituary, please see the Thursday Knoxville News Sentinel or the Rose Mortuary web site—Mann Heritage Chapel, which also has a condolence page. http://www.rosemortuary.com/
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Christmas Dinner was a great event! Thanks to all the Lions who made it such a success...view the album.
The photos are hosted on a commercial site, so you can order prints if you wish.
Visit the Oak Ridge Lions Twin Club Website – The Oak Ridge Lions Club was "twinned" with the Port Dover, Ontario Lions Club by LCI in the early 1970s. The Port Dover Club web site is here.
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