COMING EVENTS

   

Our next meeting is a spouses night and will feature Jody Luce, the "Tailor of Peterboro," talking about the Civil War-era outfits she creates. It'll be fun! See you all on Dec. 10.

    Don't forget we are ringing the bells at Tops in Sherrill this Saturday. Here's the schedule but any other Lions are welcome to come out and join their favorite fellow members:

9-11: John Musgrove and Doug Rosekrans

11-1: Pete Dwyer and Lou White

1-3: Joe Todd and Ernie Giraud

3-5 Leif Nicolaisen and Wendy Chamberlain

5-7: Hal Chamberlain and Mike Jaquays

AREA STUDENTS HELP LIONS HELP OTHERS

(Photo by Mike Jaquays) The members of the Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club had much-appreciated help during their annual pancake breakfast on Nov. 3 at the Knights of Columbus building in Oneida. Students from the Canastota Lions Club’s Leos chapter, plus some other community youngsters as well, assisted the Lions in serving breakfast and cleaning tables during the fundraising event. Front row, from left, are Oneida High School students Jillian Yardley, Nichole Scholl, and Taylor Frisicano; and back row, from left, Paige Pickard, Cassidy Cavanaugh, Shae D’Arcangelis, Maddie Hale, and Katie Carroll. Other helpers included fellow Oneida High School student Emily Ball, and Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Middle Schoolers Sierra Bloom and Sabrina Prievo.

BROOMS FOR SALE!

Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club new member Wendy Chamberlain poses in lion garb with one of the brand-new brooms the club is now selling as a fundraiser for the sight and hearing impaired. 

LOCAL LIONS RAISING FUNDS FOR SIGHT AND HEARING IMPAIRED

ONEIDA >> The Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club is again offering brooms for sale in an effort to raise funds to aid the sight and hearing impaired in the Oneida area.

     The money raised by the sales will help pay for eye exams and glasses and also hearing aids for the needy. 

     For more information on supporting the fundraiser, call chapter treasurer Bob Visalli at 315-363-9084 or secretary Mike Jaquays at 315-280-0692.

SLATE FOR 2013-2014 OFFICERS ANNOUNCED

Lions Doug Rosekrans, Jerry Baker, and John Musgrove have announced the slate for the 2013-2014 officers of the Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club:

KING LION: Brenda Manaseri
VICE PRESIDENT: Pete Dwyer
SECRETARY: Mike Jaquays
TREASURER: Leif Nicolaisen
TAIL TWISTER: John Musgrove
LION TAMER Bob Visalli
MEMBERSHIP TREASURER: Doug Rosekrans
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Pat Fearon
MEMBDERSHIP DIRECTOR: Loyal Canning

Elections will take place at the first meeting in April.

SPAGHETTI SUPPER SUPPORTS YOUTH PROGRAMS

ONEIDA -- The Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club will serve their annual spaghetti supper on April 16 at the Madison House Restaurant.

The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m. and is a fundraiser for the club’s scholarships and youth programs. The menu features the Madison House’s famed spaghetti with meatballs or sausage, Italian bread, salad, beverage, and dessert.

Tickets are $9 and available from any chapter member or at the door. The Madison House is located at 140 Madison Street in Oneida. For more information, call King Lion Pat Fearon at 363-8997 or Lion Mike Jaquays at 280-0692.