Brigadier General James Abraham
November 17, 2011
General Abraham was a corporal when he landed on Omaha Beach with his unit on June 6, 1944. He spent the rest of World War II in the European theater, and had first hand interaction with General George Patton. In 2006, General Abraham made a pilgrimage back to France with his children and grandchildren to share his memories of that critical period in history.
Wayne Cocchi
October 27, 2011
Wayne Cocchi, Director of Disability Services at Columbus State Community College demonstrated some of the newest technology in use to help people those that are blind.
Dr. Richard Erdey
October 13. 2011
Dr. Richard Erdey spoke about new advances in cornea transplant surgery, including targeted tissue replacement. He fascinated the audience with explanation of delicate surgical tech-niques that can transplant a single layer of cells, creating marked improvement to vision and minimal discomfort or rejection. Dr. Erdey is affiliated with both the Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation and the Ohio Lions Eye Bank. It is nice to know that our fundraising efforts can lead to such wonderful results for people with vision impairments.
Lt. Joe Schrader
September 22, 2011
Lt. Joe Schrader of the Columbus Police Department provided a fascinating overview of Homeland Security in Columbus.
Mike Smith from GHFD
May 12, 2011
Mike Smith from the Grandview Heights Fire Department Emergency Medical Services gave us an inside look at the capabilities of their medical services team and answered many questions from our group on the day-to-day operations. Mike was also one of the paramedics responding to the call for help from our own Lion Ralph Antolino.
Tom Lynch
April 14, 2011
Tom has been a clothier for decades and has followed the trends and fads in fashion. Tom discussed with us how to "Dress for Success" and some of the fashion changes (for better or worse) he has seen through the years.
Lion Jessica Masternick
March 10, 2011
Lion Jessica Masternick, President of the Grove City Noon Lions Club gave a presentation detailing the organization and execution of one of the club's featured fundraisers, their annual Duck Dash. The Duck Dash occurs every summer during the last week or July or first week of August. Visit www.gcnoonlions.com for more information.
Students from SVOSH
February 10, 2011
Paul Bingham, Milda Bandza and Shannon Guo from SVOSH told us of their recent trip to Central America to help hundreds with eye exams and glasses.
Jack D'Aurora
January 27, 2011
Jack is an attorney here in town as well as a resident of Upper Arlington. Jack provided us with his overview of tort reform and the insight from both sides of the picture.
Justin Tank
January 13, 2011
As a representative of the Pork Producers, Justin gave us an audio-visual description of what it takes to "bring home the bacon" both
literally and figuratively.
Imaginating Dramatics Company
December 16, 2010
A children's theatre academy where children perform for children and adults. Ages of children are from 4-18. Performers are involved in drama, comedy, musical theatre, improvisations. Contact: jeliot@columbus.rr.com
District Governor Bob Berry
November 11, 2010
Governor Bob gave us some inspirational words of encouragement in respect to the direction our club is moving, as well as some news from around the district in helping to revitalize other clubs.
Robin Agler and Katie Hopper
October 28, 2010
Robin and Katie are with ARC Industries, which employs the developmentally disabled and provides services to community business with a wide variety of production, packaging and distribution of products.
Edward O'Reilly
October 14, 2010
Edward O'Reilly, Superintendent of Grandview Heights Schools gave us a presentation of some of the challenges facing our students today.
Magician Bruce Anschutz
June 10, 2010
Bruce Anschutz - magician for all ages - can be contacted via email at rabbit.in.hat@gmail.com or telephone (614) 595-4048.
D. Timothy Huey, Atty.
May 13, 2010
D. Timothy Huey, Attorney at Law. Counselor Huey is a specialist in representing people charged with Driving Under the Influence. Lots of information of the do's and don'ts when stopped by the law.
Capt. Kyle Andrews
April 22, 2010
Capt. Andrews was a former Marine Corps Harrier jet pilot and gave us some of the ups & downs of one of the most remarkable aircraft of modern aviation.
Susan Deitz
April 8, 2010
Susan Deitz of the Ohio Lottery gave us an overview of the lottery's operations and a breakdown of how the funds are distributed including the part for education.
Patrik Bowman
March 25, 2010
Patrik Bowman with the City of Grandview Heights at the March 25, 2010 meeting.
District Governor Barry Brandt
March 11, 2010
Governor Barry gave us praise for our accomplishments, but also a strong message of how to help keep our club fun and vibrant at our March 11, 2010 meeting.
Lion Jane Jarrow
January 14, 2010
Lion Jane is President of Disability Access Information and Support (DAIS), an important resource to the higher education community, providing a menu of services for those concerned with disability and access in higher education.
Park Avenue Barbershop Quartet
December 10, 2009
Park Avenue Barbershop Quartet at the 2009 Christmas Party.
Lion Rugy & Her Husband
November 12, 2009
Lion Rugy N.Gaide took us on a journey
through her home country of Mauritania in
northwest Africa.
Robin Agler and Katie Hopper
October 22, 2009
Robin and Katie are with ARC Industries, which employs the developmentally disabled and provides services to community business with a wide variety of production, packaging and distribution of products.
Bob Ghiloni
October 8, 2009
Bob is a Grandview resident and is also the basketball coach for Dennison University.ry.
Dr. Thom Lisk
September 24, 2009
Dr. Thom is a professional speaker and an author motivating people all over the country.
Lion Bob Berry
September 10, 2009
Lion Bob gave us a run-down on what's been going on in the district with new clubs and recruiting new members and made a motivating plea for us to continue our efforts.
PDG Jay Gray at Pilot Dogs
May 14, 2009
Lions Jay Gray and Ray Byers treated us to a steak dinner with all the fixings and brought us up to date on the "dog-eat-dog" world of guide dogs.
Melissa Hamms
April 23, 2009
Melissa Hamms from Riverside Methodist Hospital gave us quite an eye opening talk of some of the amazing things that medical science can do for premature infants.
Jason Hillyer
March 26, 2009
Director of Outreach for CASA of Franklin County, an organization that trains and supports community volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused children involved in court proceedings.
District Governor Bob Stagger
March 12, 2009
District Governor Bob Stagger as our
guest speaker. Governor Bob gave us
an update of the latest in the District news.
Ron Derry
February 29, 2009
Ron was a teacher and athletic coach before going blind. He now runs the GOOD program which is aimed at helping motivate kids to get good grades and achieve their goals.
Quite by Accident
February 12, 2009
Our club was treated to classic tunes performed by "Quite by Accident" barbershop quartet at our 2009 Valentines Party.
Students from SVOSH
January 22, 2009
Lion Rick Rocci with Sandra Sasak, Ranh Vu and Travis Zigler of SVOSH
at the January 22nd meeting.
Harry Trombitis
November 13, 2008
FBI Agent Trombitis has had a long career with the FBI and filled us in on some of the past cases and concerns we will face in the future.
Lillian Zarzar
October 23, 2008
Lillian is an author and motivational speaker that puts a little practical sense into seeing the world (and your opportunities) in a different light.
Gerald DiCuccio
September 25, 2008
Gerry is an attorney by trade but baseball aficionado by heart. We heard how the "perfect game" relates to many facets of our lives.
Dr. Donald L. McNeil
September 11, 2008
Dr. McNeil came to give us interesting tales of some
of his life's great adventures, not a talk about our health - maybe
that is some good medicine after all.
International Director Maurice Kahawaii
March 27, 2008
ID Kahawaii and his wife, Lani, are members of the Kona Lions Club. He discussed many of today's issues in Lionism.
Barbara Packer
March 13, 2008
Barbara Packer with Lutheran Services gave insight to the scope of services provided to people in all sorts of circumstances. She also discussed running the fodd pantry.
Students from SVOSH
November 9, 2006
"Danny the Lion" along with President Brongers, present a check to our SVOSH students, Marielle Serenda, Lauren Ernst and Sarah Wagner at the November 9th, 2006 meeting.
