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April
5, 2006 Newsletter
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LIONS
CLUB OF UNION CITY NEWSLETTER REPORT ON BOARD MEETING
OF MARCH 13, 2006 The Lions Club agreed to adopt the Union City blood drives that are held at Logan High School. Adult volunteers (Lions) are needed two times a year (fall and spring) to work with Red Cross staff. We will greet students, get them registered, help with refreshments, and monitor the student donors for signs of reaction. The Club needs a volunteer coordinator to be our point person for the Red Cross. We’ll need held for our first blood drive in the fall of 2006. The Board voted to be a sponsor of the Chamber of Commerce Crab Feed set for March 24, 2006. Our club is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. We have 10 tickets for sale at $35.00 each. The club is contributing an additional $150.00 sponsor fee to the Chamber to support the event. Lion Tony Acosta has the tickets. A work party for the Meyers’ Estate (Dry Creek Cottage) is set for March 25, 2006, from 9:00 A.M. until around noon. We will be doing some springtime maintenance on the garden that we began renovating in October for our Make a Difference Day project. Eventually, there will be a beautiful rose garden at the Meyer’s estate, but the rose garden will be at a location different from our garden. Tickets are selling fast for the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus performing on May 7. It looks like this will be another sell-out. Lion Jim Navarro needs people to help with the event. He also has program ads for sale, and 100% of the money paid for those ads will come back to the Lions Club. Lions are invited to attend a free 45 minute preview performance on May 3 in the San Francisco City Hall rotunda, an event sponsored by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom. If you can attend, please wear your Lions gear and name badge so we show a presence. The Club adopted a new fund raiser. We are putting a group together to go on a Royal Caribbean cruise to Mexico February 12-16, 2007. Lions will receive $20.00 for every person in our group who goes on the cruise, so if 100 people go on the cruise, Lions will make $2,000.00. Tickets are $369.00 per person and a $100.00 deposit is due on March 20. Lion Jim Navarro is chairing the project. PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR 2006-2007 Following is the slate of nominees for the Board of Directors for July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007:
The following positions are appointed by the board of Directors and are non voting positions:
REPORT ON
CLUB MEETING OF MARCH 9, 2006 Guests were Lori Cheeves, Jim Kelly, Heidi Kitayama, and Arlene Moises Lion Helen Kennedy paid her debt to the club after the club brought in five new members. She came to the meeting as a red head, then with black hair, then with auburn hair, and finally with blond hair. We all had a lot of fun with change of hair color. The skit raised a lot of money for our fine box and Lion Gloria made her quota of fines and then more. Our speaker was Lion Larry Cheeves, City Manager for Union City, who presented a state of the city speech. Union Landing is nearing build out. The Nakamura clinic is nearing completion. Union City was given a grade of “A” for building affordable housing. The remaining portion of the Pacific States Steel property is slated for development into 240,000 square feet of office or research and development space, 216 town homes, and 119 single family homes. The BART/Rail confluence site at Union City is being planned. Soon the ACE Train, the Capital corridor line, the Dumbarton line, and high speed rail will be stopping at Union City at the BART Station. The City now owns the PG&E site. Plans are under review to turn that site into retail commercial, a park plaza, a large parking structure, and 1000 new housing units. The route 84 disagreement wit Fremont is nearing a conclusion. The gymnasium under construction on Union City Boulevard south of Horner Street should be open by January 2007. It will have 32,000 square feet of usable floor space. The new fire station id DeCoto will replace the old one. The City is attempting to purchase the site of the LDS Church adjacent to City Hall. A new 47,000 square foot library will be built on that site. A separate building for the police department will also be built on the site. Thanks Lion Larry for a very informative presentation. REPORT ON CLUB MEETING OF MARCH, 2006: This report is courtesy of Lion Helen Kennedy as your reporter was out of town for this meeting. Lions attending were Jaime Jaramillo, Tim Gutierrez, Helen Kennedy, Joe Kimura, Christine Gallegos, Fely Fernandez-Kwan, Kim Evans, Larry Cheeves, Bill Fournell, Regis Amann, Tony Acosta, Jim Navarro, Greg Stewart, and Gloria Watson. Guests were Dr. Gary Louie, our new fire chief Gilbert ?, Gilbert Orozco, Dr. Pat Juarequi, and Rick LaPlante. Rick La Plante spoke as the Executive Director of the New Haven Schools Foundation and told us about the Foundation’s mini grant program to fund innovative class room projects. A fourth grade class recently learned about ancient Egyptian culture by actually mummifying Cornish game hens, and that project was funded by a grant. The foundation also coordinates and distributes all of the scholarships given to Logan students, including the ones given by the Lions club. Dr. Pat Juarequi, Superintendent
of the New Haven Unified School District, gave a straightforward
and candid talk about issues and initiatives
affecting the school district. NHUSD is facing challenging
times due to declining enrollment and academic performance in Union City schools. The
NHUSD recently conducted an in-depth strategic planning process that included
participation from teachers, parents, and the community. The resulting plan was
approved by the Board of Trustees. Now the district will be making changes
in order to achieve this set of goals. Lions Linda Fernandes and Diane
La Mountaine both attended CERT training. Our student speaker did
not win the region level contest. Lion Regis Amann reported on the Student
Speakers contest and how important it is for him, personally, to be involved. So
far 28 people have signed up for the Royal Caribbean cruise to Mexico. Our
club has already raised $560.00 from this fundraiser. The
Lions in Sight trip to Mexico has four confirmed
members - Lions Tony Acosta, Helen Kennedy, Jaime
Jaramillo, and Christine Gallegos. Union
City’s 50th anniversary
is in 2009, A steering committee is now forming. Lions
are invited to participate and join in the fun. The
kick off meeting is April 17, 2006, at 7:00 P.M.
at the Council Chambers. CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
UPCC CONCERT FUNDRAISER: One of our major fund raisers is upon us. It is the concert presented by the University of the Philippines choir. Lion Jim Navarro has tickets. Please call Lion Jim at (510) 429-1470 to obtain tickets. MEYERS’ ESTATE PROJECT: We were rained out of our March 25, 2006, work project. A new date and time for the project will be set. VISIT OUR WEB SITE: Did you know that our club maintains a web site? Lion Bruce Davis is our webmaster. Visit our website at www.unioncitylions.com. Lion Bruce does a superb job with our web site. See, you have a web site and lion Bruce does all the work. Thanks Lion Bruce. MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE: Remember that the club will treat a prospective new member to their first
lunch or dinner as our guest. This gives people an opportunity to visit
us and see if they have an interest in our club without incurring any financial
obligation. You also get to invite a friend to lunch and have that lunch
paid for by the club. Such a deal. See you soon. Lion Ed Xavier
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