BELL RINGING SCHEDULE

    Here is the schedule for bell ringing today at Tops:

9-11 Leif and Doug

11-1 Bob and Jerry

1-3 Pete and Joe

3-5 Ernie and Lou

5-7 Pat

7-9 Steve (with Mike and Noah, as long as Noah lets me stay)

     Pat says if it gets too cold to leave the bucket inside at the service desk.

     If any other Lions want to join, feel free to come out also!

SPOUSES NIGHT WITH LEAANN FULLER NEXT TIME

Our meeting this Tuesday is a spouses night featuring life coach LeaAnn Fuller of Fuller Life LLC and the Adopt-a-Mom for Christmas program as our speaker. This will be our final meeting of the year. See you there!

AREA STUDENTS HELP LIONS HELP OTHERS

The members of the Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club had much-appreciated help during their annual pancake breakfast on Nov. 6 at the Owl's Nest in Oneida. Students from the Canastota Lions-sponsored Leo Club chapter served breakfast and cleaned tables during the fundraising event. From left are Oneida High School students Gabby Cafalone, Nicole Smith, Molly Moyer, Jenna Ford, Julia Pickard, Megan Friske, Tori Borders, Liz Rice, and Shae D’Arcangelis.

LIONS HOST ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST

ONEIDA >> The Oneida-Sherrill Lions Club’s annual pancake breakfast returns on Nov. 6, offering not only a meal cooked and served by the Lions and Leo Club members themselves, but also the chance to help out a great cause at the same time.

The menu includes pancakes, locally-made real maple syrup, sausage, applesauce, orange juice, and coffee. For dessert, guests are invited to visit their bake sale. Proceeds from the event benefit the Lions’ projects in improving the lives of sight and hearing challenged persons both locally and all over the world, and there will be a 50/50 raffle to further benefit the outreach.

The breakfast will be Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Owl’s Nest at 130 Vanderbilt Ave. in Oneida, but guests should use their Oneida Street entrance. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for kids under 12 and senior citizens, and available from any chapter member or at the door.

RAFFLE WINNERS CHOSEN

This year's raffle winners have been chosen ... 

First prize of $250 cash goes to Vernon Loucks; second prize of a $100 Lakeview Restaurant gift certificate is Zech Allen; and third prize of a $100 gift certificate to 31 Express Deli is Sukosh Fearon! 

Congrats to all and thanks to everyone who bought a ticket or donated a prize.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to our 2016 scholarship winners Kaitlyn Platt and Dakota Sgarlata! Both receive $500 towards their future education in a health-related field. From left are David, Kim, Shawn, and Kaitlyn Platt; Dakota, Bobbi Jo, and Chuck Sgarlata, and Lions Steve Johnson and Wendy Chamberlain.

SPOUSES NIGHT ON MAY 10

    Our May 10 meeting will be a Spouses Night with special guests Michele Russ and Gwen Isbell, who are home decorating experts from the Between Us Sisters gift shop in Munnsville.

JACKIE MARCH IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER

Our next speaker will be VVS senior Jacqueline March, who will tell us of her fundraising outreach for the military courtesy room at Hancock International Airport in Syracuse!

UNLOCK THE SKELETON KEY

Our next speakers are Michael Misiaszek and Dave Tudman, the owners of the Skeleton Key, the area's first escape room located in downtown Oneida. They have big plans for entertainment in the city and will share them with us.

19TH CENTURY BASE BALL RETURNS!

Hi Lions,

    Baseball fans will enjoy the next speaker -- it's Mike Velapoldi of Sherrill, who is starting a 19th century barehanded base ball team to take on the legacy of the immortal Bouckville Summits. It's this Tuesday so let's show him a great turnout!

    Well, except for me, because I have a budget meeting with the Clinton School Board that night. Enjoy!

Lion Mike

STEFANIE FELLOWS NEXT TIME

The next meeting will feature a program from Oneida High School senior Stefanie Fellows, who was recently diagnosed with epilepsy and now wants to spread awareness of the condition. It's Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. and don't forget the meeting will be at the Lakeview Restaurant at the Oneida Community Golf Club overlooking Sunset Lake!