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On June 10, 2008 Lion President Dennis Moritz presented two cheques to Fiona Wilkinson, President of the Friends of the
Olds Municipal Library. These cheques brought out total donations to the Friends society to $80,000.00 which completed
out pledge to the Olds Municipal Library made in 2006. This pledge was the largest single donation made by our club
in our history.
On May 20, 2008 Lion Marty Konsmo showed our club what our web page looked like. Many in the club do not have access
to the world wide web so it was an interesting presentation for most. Lion Marty also showed the club how many other
Lions web pages were 'out there' and the amount of information that could be obtained from them. Thank you Lion Marty.
VISITATION NIGHT 2008. On April 21, 2008 the Olds Lions Club held their visitation night. We were in the
middle of a spring snow storm which kept many visitors away but Cremona and Bowden were represented.
Lion Ed Potter receives his Melvin Jones Fellowship Award from Lion President Dennis Moritz.
Lion Dale Saby receives his Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lion President Dennis Moritz.
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On April 20, 2008 Olds Lions Club President, Dennis Moritz presented the Friends of the Olds Municipal Library Society
with two cheques amounting to $53,332.00 for the proposed new Olds Municipal Library. This amount represents two years
of our three year commitment of $80,000.00 to that project. To the best of my knowledge this amount of money is the
most any single service club in Olds has ever donated to a single project. The amount will have been raised without
any federal or provincial government grants. Half will have come from revenue earned from our work at Casinos and the
rest from profits from the O.R. Hedges (Lions) Campground.
On February 23, 2008 the Olds Lions Club celebrated its 40th anniversary at it annual Charter Night. Head table
guests included District Governor John Watson and Past District Governor Tim Haight. Lion Tim was also our guest speaker.
Many of our guests were lions who had served our club and their community in the past and now returned to remember and celebrate
those years. We share with you some pictures of this night.
Lion Ed Potter and his wife Marleen set up for the door prize raffle.
Town Crier and Lion Denis Patry shows guest the pictorial history of the Olds Lions Club
Guests begin to get seated.
Town Crier and Lion Denis Patry escorts the head table guests to the head table.
MC Lion Larry Scheers introduces head table guests.
Past District Governor Tim Haight addresses assembled Lions and guests.
January 07, 2008: Lion Gerald Cross was inducted into the Olds Lions Club. Lion Gerald was sworn in by Lion
Marvin Latimer. He was sponsored by Lion President Dennis Moritz. We welcome Gerald and hope he will find
the work done by our club to be satisfying.
Lion President Dennis Moritz presents a cheque to District Governor John Watson in the amount of $500.00. The cheque
was to the Lions Foundation of Canada.
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