Wayland Lions Club honors members for service years

The Wayland Lions Club held their November meeting at the Wayland Community Center. There were nine members and two guest speakers present, for a total of 11.

President Gary Lauger opened the meeting and lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Lion Brian Pattyson introduced the guest speakers, District Gov. Bryan Bross and Past District Gov. Nancy Slack. Lion Robert Meyer gave the invocation. The meeting broke for a delicious meal provided by Alice Hochstetler.

District Gov. Bryan Bross congratulated the Wayland Lions Club for their service and presented President Gary Lauger with a 60 Service Patch that will be affixed to the Wayland Lions Club Banner.

Bross inducted Carole Lauger into the Wayland Lions Club as its newest member, who was sponsored by her husband, President Gary Lauger. Carole was presented the official Lions pin by her husband and both received their certificates of member and sponsor.

Bross presented a service certificate to Stanley Meyer for his 55 years dedication to the Wayland Lions Club and the communities it serves. Dr. Robert Pusey received a service certificate for 10 years.

Bross presented his district governor pin to the members, which represented his goals of 'Digging Deeper!”

' Dig deeper in adapting service to make serving fun.

' Spread out to find new Members to serve the community. He noted this is often accomplished by having a potential member serve on a community project and finding the satisfaction of giving back to one's community.

' Bryan noted that the Lion insignia faced backwards and forwards. This signifies becoming more conscious of the past and its accomplishments and looking to the future to improve and add to new innovative service projects.

Bross informed the members that the International Lions Clubs Foundation Goals is Unity in Diversity. Last year, Lions Clubs International served 2.75 million people. International plans to raise $300 million by July 2023 to serve more than 200 million people throughout the world.

Past District Gov. Nancy Slack carried forth the discussion of Bross of the International Lions Clubs Foundation citing several examples of what benefits $100 could bring as follows:

' Pay for two cataract operations

' 100 measles vaccinations

' Care for eight children with cancer

' Clean water for 14 people

' Disaster relief for four individuals

Slack also discussed the Iowa Lions Foundation and cited several areas that the foundation provides assistance:

' Iowa KidSight Program where 615,000 kids have been tested, resulting in 38,000 medical referrals.

' Eye bank in Coralville

' Providing equipment to carry out various sight analysis

' Hearing aid bank

' Refurbishing used eyeglasses

' Cochlear Implants

' Research and Testing

Secretary Bill Grimm read the minutes from the Oct. 20 meeting; then Treasurer Terry Kaufman presented the treasurer's report and both reports were approved.

In an open discussion with Bross and Slack, several Wayland Lions discussed projects the Wayland Lions Club has worked on over the past year or for many years:

' Lion Stan Meyer discussed the annual Rose Sale that was a huge success, with the sale of 144 dozen roses. In addition, several individuals contributed additional funds to assist the Wayland Lions Club in important community projects.

' Randy Morrow discussed Wayland Lions Club American flag program, which puts out American Flags for five national holidays. Randy said we now have 102 current subscriptions.

' The Wayland Lions Club participated in the city of Wayland Main Street Greet and Treat Halloween celebration by handing out bags and candy treats to costumed participants on Friday, Oct. 30, from 5-6:30 p.m. The activity was sponsored by Wayland Community Businesses to provide a safe and fun Halloween activity.

Special thanks to Beverly Conrad, JulyAnne Millspaugh and Randy Morrow for organizing the event. Handing out candy at the Wayland Lions booth were President Gary Lauger; new Wayland Lions Club member Carole Lauger, dressed as a witch, Marianne Pattyson, dressed as an Indian; and Brian Pattyson, dressed as a cowboy.