Goodbye 2011!

These 6 months have flown by! The New Year is almost here! We will be starting our monthly Bingo/Visitor Nights at the Nursing Home starting the first Tuesday in January.

We would like to welcome 3 new members that were approved by the Board of Directors and the membership at the last meeting:

Denise Ruttle
Ruben Zamudio
Maria Escareno


Our next meeting will be on December 13th! Hope to see you there!

No Meeting Tonight

Dear Lions,
The meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled. Please stay tuned to the website for more information. Our club will not meet again until September 27th! Have a great couple of weeks!

Lion David
Secretary

Some more pictures and news!

The Lions were in the paper today! Check out today's Deming Headlight


Also, thought I'd share some more pictures with you all!...

Some New Pictures!

Some pictures from the Deming Dolphins Swim Meet! What a summer!

Wow, Thank you!

All the Zebra Cakes are gone! No more Hot Cheetos with cheese to speak of! ---


President Toby would like to thank all the Lions who worked so many hours of "volunteer" time at the swimming pool this summer! Without your many hours of service, we would not have been as successful!

Thanks to Lions: LeRoy, Karen, Barb, Sally, David, Toby, Nancy, and Wayne!

Special thanks to Lion Barb's brother in law Dave for volunteering as well!

Many thanks to Pepper's Supermarket of Deming for all their support, great supplies, and friendly staff!

Many, many, many thanks to the staff the Sam Baca Aquatic Center for their support and friendship! Bill, Kim, and Toby-- thanks!

Also, Many thanks to the City of Deming for allowing us to have our concession stand once again. We appreciate your support!

Luna Evening Lions

Meeting Tonight!

We will be meeting tonight as was listed on the Presidents calendar. We will be meeting at the Sam Baca Aquatic Center tonight. Gathering will start around 6:30 with the meeting called to order at 7:00 pm.

There are only 4 days left of our Concession Stand Project! Everyone is invited to stop by the SBAC and enjoy the last few available swim days! They are open all this week starting at 6:00 am and closing at 7:00 pm. Our concession stand runs from 1:00-5:00 (The general public swim session.)

School will be starting soon. Please become aware of school zones and bus crossings. Students will be out in large numbers starting on the first day of school August 16th! Crosswalks around Deming are faint and hard to see, it is the suggestion of this club that you contact the City of Deming and ask that these crosswalks be re-painted for the safety of our students!

Dolphins and Lions Together Again

Once again, the Luna Evening Lions will be sponsoring the Deming Dolphins Swim Team in their annual Swim Meet scheduled for tomorrow, July 16! Event kicks off at 9:00am. Please stop by the Sam Baca Aquatic Center to show your support! The Lions will have their snack bar open and they will feature hot dogs for only $1!

The Luna Evening Lions are proud to support the Deming Dolphins! This year, the Lions were able to provide $300 worth of prize ribbons and medals for the participants! We hope to see you tomorrow! LELC

Lions Are Swimming Pool Residents!

New information for all our readers!

There have been some changes and some important updates... I hope you will all benefit from this information:

* Our club has decided to change meeting locations! We will begin our new Lions Year by meeting at the Grand Motor Inn located at 1721 E. Pine St. Our first meeting there will be on July 12, 2011. Our last meeting for the 10-11 year will be at the swimming pool on June 28th. This will be Lion David's last meeting as president!

*Our club has been working very hard at the Sam Baca Aquatic Center since the end of August at the Lions Snack Bar! We have been doing very well and we are very grateful to the City of Deming and the staff of the pool for all their help and support! Come by and visit us! We have the best prices in town! Hot dogs available for only $1!

* The swimming pool will be offering a "FREE Swimming Day" on July 9th from 1:00 to 4:15 to the general public! We hope you will all join us that day as well for Ice Cold Water and Drinks, Hot Dogs, Chips, and other snacks!

A message from the President:
For the past two years, I have had the honor of serving as president of the Luna Evening Lions Club (formerly Deming Wildcats). Through my 2 terms as president, we have purchased over 10 pairs of glasses for local citizens (mostly children), participated in the support of Class Act, donated hundreds of dollars to the Healing House of Deming in the form of food baskets, worked countless hours at the Swimming Pool Snack Bar, continued our tradition of the Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Duck Race Parade, Christmas Light Parade, initiated Deming's first Dog Show, donated a shopping cart full of supplies to the Humane Society, and helped several students and school organizations to fulfill their commitments as well. One of the proud traditions we have started is supporting the residents of our local nursing home. This is one of our proudest accomplishments! In so many places the elderly are left alone and neglected; it makes my heart happy that we will not let that happen here! I also believe that I may be leaving out some very important accomplishments-- unintentionally!

I could not have been able to serve to my best ability with out the support of the club! The officers have been an asset to our club and we are lucky to have such wonderful people here to server our community! I would like to especially that Lion Toby Soderberg for all his support and countless hours of help! I would also like to thank PDG Lion LeRoy Rapp (Deming Club President) for all his help and wonderful advice and friendship! We would have been lost without these two dedicated Lions.

As I transition back into the Secretary position and add the position of Treasurer to my Lionistic resume, I hope that I can continue to support this club to the best of my ability. I love every member very dearly and I am glad to have such a great addition to my family. I know Lion Toby has some great plans for our club in the coming year and I look forward to working with him! Keep it up Luna Evening Lions! We have survived and prospered more than we were ever expected to! Our motto is true, We DO Serve!

Lion David

Long Time Coming

Good Evening Lions everywhere! As I am certain you have noticed, I have not posted in quite some time. I'm sure it has irritated some of you, but I hope to rectify that tonight.

Our club is becoming more and more involved within the last few months, and for that, I am very happy!



We have been visiting the nursing home almost monthly and playing several games of BINGO with them. They are such good sports and seem to really enjoy the time they spend with us. Many thanks to those LIONS who are always present!

Our 4th annual Easter Egg Hunt went off without a hitch this past Saturday! OUR LARGEST CROWD YET!! It was great to see all those children having such a great time! Over 1000 plastic eggs were hidden and $50 in prizes was given away!

Our 2nd annual DOG SHOW will take place on May 7th at 2:00pm at Deming Intermediate School. Admission is free for viewing-- bring a can of dog or cat food if you can-- and registration is $20 per dog. All doggies are welcome!

Our New Officers for the 11-12 Lion Year are as follows:

President- Toby Soderberg
Vice President- Barb Rapp
Secretary/Treasurer- David Valenzuela
Lion Tamer- Nancy Hollenbeck
Tail Twister- Will Schalip
Membership Director- (3 year) Barb Rapp
Director (1 year)- Karen Schalip
Director (2 year)- Wayne Krack

Also, one last note, it seems as though we are on for the concession stand this summer! We appreciate the cooperation of the City of Deming!

I will be out of town for a few days. Please comment and I will get back to you all soon. My summer resolution: Update the Website regularly.