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PO Box 118, Severna Park, MD 21146 • www.severnriverlions.org

David Knabel, Editor • Ollie Wittig, Staff Writer

Inside This Issue:

Cake Contest ............................. 2

Tournament of Bands ............ 3

Kinder Farm Park ..................... 4

Bring A Friend Night .............. 5

Peace Poster Contest ............ 6

Holiday Party ...................... 7-10

Martin Gorman Award ...... 11

LEO SPAN Benefit ............... 11

December Fruit Sale ........... 12

MCSLC Speaker .................... 12

Calendar of Events ............... 13

Member Directory ....... 14-15

International Theme for 2010–2011

“A Beacon of Hope”

November/December 2010

From the King Lions DeskThe Christmas Part at Kaufman’s in Gambrills, MD was my last offi-cial function as your King Lion.

As circumstances happened, my decision to retire early was modi-fied, and I have decided to retire approximately six months earlierthan expected. The major factor in this decision was the loss of agovernment contract, and it would have been hard to take a posi-tion, knowing that it was only going to be for a short period, espe-cially with the job market as it is.

I have enjoyed being your King Lion, and I have to say that thecamaraderie and friendships I have developed during my mem-bership have been an experience that I will always cherish. I amproud to be a member of the Severn River Lions Club. I will con-tinue my membership as an affiliate member, and look forward tojoining you for dinner when my travels bring me back to this area.

My retirement will be “UP NORTH” in Michigan, in the little town ofCharlevoix. I have made contact with the Lions Club and willbecome a member there. (They are a business orientated club,meeting exactly one hour every Monday at 12PM sharp). Theirfundraiser is selling Christmas Trees which is how I meet a few oftheir members.

I leave the club in good hands, with Rolins Clark stepping in asKing Lion. I expect to hear great things, and know that you all willcontinue to grow and expand the Lions Motto of “We Serve”.

I will provide Lion Dick Mauer with my address and contact infor-mation for future correspondence.

I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year.

KL Trent

Here Comes Da Judge(s)

The annual Pack 688 cake judging contest washeld as part of the monthly Pack meeting onOctober 20 and Lions Dick Bloomquist, BillO’Neil, Dale Strait, Jon Vallet, Ollie Wittig, and BillZelenakas had volunteered to be judges pro-vides they got to sample some of the entries.Cubmaster John Dennison welcomed the Lionsand thanked the club for the assistance giventhe Pack with the pinewood derby, rain gutterregatta, cooking at the bridging ceremony, andthe annual canned food drive to benefit SPAN.CM John also reminded parents to support theLions by purchasing delicious Florida citrus atthe monthly sales starting in November and totake a citrus flyer with them that evening.

During the Pack meeting the Lions judges beganvisiting the tables containing the cakes that hadbeen crafted by the Cub Scouts and their par-ents. Twelve different cake categories including:best Halloween, scariest, most disgusting, bestchocolate, Cub Scout, nature, animal, patriotic,cartoon, candy, sports / hobby, and best overall,cakes were on display for the judges, but CMJohn announced that samples could not betaken. For the next thirty minutes the judgescarefully considered the entries which showedmuch work and creativity and selected a winnerin each category. Certificates and badges werepresented to the winners and the entrants weretold to take their entries home to be shared withfamily members. The judges were impressedwith the number of entries and the creativityshown to comply with the various themes.Judges were thanked for their assistance andwere presented an edible prize as a “Thank you”

CM John said that the Lions would be invitedback again to judge so if you have not been acake judge in the past, consider volunteeringnext year.

Severn River Lions Club Newsletter November/December 2010

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Dale Strait and Jon Vallet consider cake contest entries. The

contest was strictly visual - no taste sampling was allowed.

The SRLC cake judging panel.

Some of the cake contest entries.


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King Lion Trent Kutsch with the Tournament of Bands awards.

Strike Up The Bands

Saturday, October 2 was a brisk fall day but per-fect for the 32nd Tournament of Bands atSeverna Park High School. Sixteen bands fromMaryland began arriving in mid-afternoon forthis mega event. The crowds filled the stadiumand promptly at 5:00 pm the SPHS FalconMarching Band, under the direction of R.Thomas Powell, the director since 1968, took thefield to play the National Anthem to begin theevening. Following the opening the bands infour categories based on size and experiencestepped on the field for what promised to be arousing evening of lively music, colorful outfits,and energetic marching. During each perform-ance five judges moved among the marchersand taped a critique which would be given tothe directors for follow up. Five judges in theaudience evaluated the band’s performance invisual, individual and ensemble music profi-ciency, visual effect, and musical effect. Thebands ranged in size from two dozen perform-ers to large groups with over seventy members.About half the bands were “repeat performers”who had participated in TOB in past years.

Working behind the scenes but visible were theband parents who assisted with setting up andremoving the band equipment before and aftera band’s performance on the field. Their effortscontributed to each band’s success and awardsshould have been given to the band boostersand parents for their contribution.

At half time the patrons were treated to a stellarperformance by the SPHS Alumni MarchingBand. Started about five years ago, the alumniband numbers nearly 120 members who trav-

eled from at least seven different states and oneforeign country to perform at the TOB. Their stir-ring rendition of Sousa’s “Stars and StripesForever” brought a round of applause from anappreciative audience. Alumni band membersrepresented most graduating classes with theoldest from the Class of 1967 and the mostrecent from the Class of 2010.

For at least twenty years the Severn River LionsClub has provided the trophies that were pre-sented. King Lion Trent Kutsch and Lion OllieWittig were privileged to attend and be able topresent trophies to the winning bands thatevening. In recognition of SRLC’s long termsponsorship the TOB souvenir program con-tained a full page recognizing the club’s contri-bution and publicizing our citrus sales. If youhave never attended a Tournament of Bandsevent mark your calendar for the first Saturdayin October and come out for an evening ofmarching band excellence.


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For several weeks prior to the annual KinderFarm Park Fall Festival on October 9, 2010, LionDick Maurer began planning to insure anothersuccessful event. Planning included a menu ofdelicious Ostrowski Italian sausage, hot dogs,French fries, fried shrimp; Lions helpers to setup and man the cooking, serving, and salesareas; obtaining health permits; inventoryingthe equipment and supplies needed; and shop-ping for the commodities. Chief Chef andOrganizer Dick did another superb job with thisevent and deserves credit for making it a greatsuccess.

Lions began arriving at Kinder Farm Park in themorning to set up the tents, ready the grills andfryers, hang signs, and get everything ready forthe hungry hordes that would soon arrive. LionGeorge’s large grill was placed and the cookerswere in position to begin preparations for thecooking.

Engineer George Councill brought a “kid mag-net” to the park this year. He assembled a Ggauge railroad on the lot and added the engineand cars which were soon traveling around theoval track to the delight of the dozens of young-sters who came by to watch and enjoy this spe-cial treat.

As the noon hour approached the hungry fair-goers began to line up as the delicious smellsfrom the grill and fryers wafted across the lot totempt the visitors. For nearly four hours theLions, decked out in brightly colored aprons,worked non-stop to keep the food trays filledand the lines moving. Several of the customersexpressed appreciation to SRLC for the commu-nity services and gave Lions the opportunity totell them about our club’s many activities.About 3:00 pm the last Italian sausage, shrimpplatter, and fry boat was sold and the remaining

Lion George had his G scale train on site to entertain the

young and young at heart railroad afficionados.

Grillmiester Lions Dick Mauer and Bill Zelenakas crank out

hotdogs and Italian sausage for the hungry crowd.

Another Great Day atKinder Farm Park

hot dogs were offered at a discount. The crewbegan the task of shutting down, and storingthe equipment until the next cooking event. Itwas a long and strenuous day but the opportu-nity to collaborate with other Lions on a projectand to acquaint the community with our organ-ization made it worthwhile.

The 2010 Kinder Farm Park Fall Fest was a greatsuccess and helped raise substantial funds tosupport our community projects. Special thanksto Lion Dick Maurer and to all the memberswho volunteered to make this annual event arousing success again this year.


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Lions and friends enjoyed fellowship and finger food.

Dale Strait and his daughter.

The second annual Bring A Friend night onOctober 5 was a great opportunity to demon-strate the many worthwhile service activitiesthat are sponsored by the Severn River LionsClub. Various members prepared colorful dis-plays telling about the citrus sales, visionscreening, peace posters at two schools, LEOclubs that we sponsor, highway cleanup alongRitchie Highway, scholarships at Severna Parkand Broadneck High Schools, medical loancloset, and the Lions Quest program in somepublic schools.

The Bring a Friend event replaced a regularmeeting and was planned to be informal andinteractive and intended to acquaint prospec-tive members with our organization’s manyservice activities. The prospects who attendedhad an opportunity to observe and discuss theactivities with Lions and learn about our cluband Lionism. Not surprisingly, several membersstated that for them the evening had been alearning experience. Gathered around the tablethe members and prospects enjoyed a festivebuffet and talked about what they had seen. Wehope and expect to gain several new membersas a result of Bring a Friend night and the eventwill be repeated in Spring 2011.

District Membership Chairman, Daniel Scott,received information about the event and willbe invited to the Spring event.

Lions, begin making your list of friends, neigh-bors, co-workers, and relatives to invite to thenext Bring a Friend!

Bring a Friend Night

Prospective members were warmly received.

Don’t Forget…Ledo’s Pizza Night is the 4th Wednesday of each month!The Ledo’s Pizza in Severna Park will donate a portion of sales to the SRLC, plus kids eat free too!

December 22nd • January 26th • February 23rd • March 23rd

It’s easy to help raise money, just stop by and get a slice of pie!


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Lions Ollie Wittig, Nancy Earley, Carl Gilbert and Nancy

Burns discuss some of the poster contest entries.

The 2010 Peace Poster theme, Visions of Peace,inspired art students at Severna Park MiddleSchool and presented an artistic challenge tothe six Lions who volunteered to judge theposters that were submitted. PDG DickBloomquist, Lions Nancy Burns, Nancy Earley,Carl Gilbert, David Knabel, and Ollie Wittigassembled in the school cafeteria and preparedto judge the ninety nine entries submitted byMrs. Nancy McClintock’s classes. The posterswere displayed on the cafeteria tables and borean entry number. The judges carefully reviewedeach entry for artistic merit and compliancewith this year’s theme and, after much consider-ation, made their individual selection of theposter which best represented the theme. Thefinalist posters were placed on a separate tablefor viewing and the judges deliberated. Theposter selected as the final winner had beendone by Melissa Henry.

Prior to this the eighty-eight posters submittedby art students at Severn School and the twentyfive posters from Severn River Middle schoolhad already been judged and winners selected.The Severn School winner is Elizabeth Grund.The finalist from Severn River Middle School isNatalie Gibson.

The winners from each school will receive afifty dollar savings bond from the Severn RiverLions Club. The parents and winners are goingto be invited to a future club meeting to receiverecognition and display their posters. The win-ning posters from the three schools will be sub-mitted to the District for judging to determine aDistrict wide winner later in November.

The judges were in agreement that these young-sters displayed considerable art talent andimagination in the design and execution of theposters and that the teachers who encouragedthem are to be commended.

Poster ContestVisions of Peace

The winning poster from Severna Park Middle School was

created by Melissa Henry.

Lion Nancy Burns deserves a round of applausefor her efforts for the annual Peace Poster con-test and for working so hard with the teachersfrom the three schools to make this a successfulevent. Thanks Lion Nancy!

Santa Visits SRLC

The annual Severn River Lions Club Christmasparty was held at Kaufman’s Restaurant onDecember 7. Nearly four dozen Lions andspouses braved the chilling winds and cold toattend but once inside, the fireplace glowedinvitingly and the party goers warmed to theoccasion. Tasty hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, anddrinks were enjoyed as everyone mixed andmingled. Promptly at 7:00 pm KL Trentannounced the start and a semi-traditionalLions opening was held. Soon party goers werewalking through the buffet line for servings ofsalad, sides of vegetables, rice, chicken Marsalla,and rare roast beef. For the next half hour theclink of silverware could be heard. Dessertended the delicious meal.

KL Trent called the group to order for the for-mal portion of the meeting. KL Trentannounced that this would be his last officialduty with SRLC and that he will be moving toMichigan in a few weeks. He will turn over thegavel to 1st VP Rollins Clark. Trent’s long serviceto SRLC was acknowledged with a round ofapplause and best wishes from the club.

PDG Dick Bloomquist and PDG Muchow for-mally inducted new member, Judith Morey, asthe newest member of SRLC. Judith is spon-sored by her sister, Sue Parks, and will be anAssociate member while living in NorthCarolina. The members welcomed Judith toSRLC.

A special guest was introduced. Martin Gorman,owner of LEDO Pizza in Severna Park, was to bepresented the annual “We Serve” Award inrecognition of his financial contributions toSRLC and various community organizations.Our club gathers at LEDO the last Wednesday ofeach month for delicious food and LEDOshares a percentage of the night’s proceeds.Martin and LEDO have contributed over $2,000to SRLC since the program began.


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Another special guest, Santa Claus, arrived withsleigh bells ringing and with a hearty “HO” HO”HO” and promptly got busy distributing gifts tomany of the assembled Lions in recognition oftheir service to the club this past year. Santashowed his humorous side and entertained bysharing some puns and anecdotes with theguests who responded with loud guffaws.

It was another great event for SRLC and LionNancy Burns and her helpers deserve a vote ofthanks for making all the arrangements for afestive evening of fun and fellowship.

Santa adjourned the gathering with a hearty“Merry Christmas” and promised to return nextyear.


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A Look Back at the Holiday PartyDecember 7, 2010– Severn River Lions ClubLions gathered at Kaufman’s Restaurant for theannual holiday party. The food was deliciousand the atmosphere festive as Lions feasted andsocialized. Santa Claus even a stopped in todrop off a few early holiday presents.


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Kaufman’s Restaurant Holiday Party


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Santa’s Surprise Visit


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For the past two years the fourth Wednesday ofeach month has been known as “Severn RiverLions Club Night at LEDO Pizza.” Lions join thecrowds there for delicious food and compan-ionship. LEDO has generously contributed aportion of the receipts from those evenings tobenefit many of SRLC’s community projects andto assist a number of other community organi-zations and activities. The club decided that itwas time to give back to LEDO. This year theannual “We Serve” Award was presented to theLEDO owner, Martin Gorman, in recognition ofhis generosity to the Lions Club and theSeverna Park community.

Last year about $30,000 was donated by Mr.Gorman to various community organizationsand the Lions club received over $2,000 to ben-efit our club’s activities. Martin Gorman andbusiness partner, John Connion, were invited tothe club Christmas party on December 7. KingLion Trent presented Martin with an engravedplaque designating his selection as this year’srecipient and Martin graciously accepted theaward and promised to display it prominently

at the eatery. SRLC salutes Martin Gorman forhis generosity and community support and weare looking forward to continuing this positiverelationship. Thanks again Martin and John!

2010 “We Serve” Award Presented to Martin Gorman

King Lion Trent Kutsch presents the SRLC “We Serve” Award

to Martin Gorman of LEDO Pizza.

LEO Club Tops SRLC to Benefit SPANThe LEO club at Severna Park Middle Schooldid it again! The annual food drive to benefitSPAN before Thanksgiving began at the schoolin late October. On November 11 the club truckand several vans arrived at school to load andtransport the food to SPAN. For the next halfhour several Lions and a large group of LEOscarried boxes and bags of donated food to thevehicles. The club advisors, Judy Crawford andDebbie Sparby, reported that over 1500 cansand cartons of food had been donated. Thevehicles then moved to the SPAN location to off

load the supplies that would be distributed toneedy families for Thanksgiving. The shelveswere filled with cans and boxes and the SPANstaff thanked the LEO club for their caring andgenerosity. Looks like the LEO club will enjoythe pizza treat-again!

In December SRLC will challenge Pack 688 totry to win the pizza by collecting more food forSPAN. For the past several years the Lions havehad to furnish the pizza for the Cub Scouts butit is for a good cause.

December Fruit SaleBetter Than Last Year

The December 2010 citrus sale was head andshoulders above last year’s in several respects.Who can forget the twenty inches of snow thatclosed the SPHS parking lot, grounded the help-ful forklift, required that the truck be unloadedmanually, required countless telephone calls tocustomers, and took nearly a week to dispensethe fruit orders? This month’s citrus sale was abreeze by comparison. The light dusting ofsnow two days before the sale made for a slickparking lot but twenty nine Lions braved the iceand the frigid pre-dawn temperatures to getready for the big sale fortified by tasty dough-nut holes and warm coffee. Freddy forklift, skill-fully driven by Lion Wayne, off loaded the truckin about forty five minutes. Lions and four SPHSband students skillfully assembled the threebooths. Large orders of citrus were pulled andpalleted for pickup by customers. Cars beganlining up at 8:15 am and King Orange, BillZelenakas announced that we were ready to go.Cars began arriving, passed through the boothsand were directed to the pick up lines by ChrisWerth where the fruit was placed in the vehi-cles. Lions thanked the customers, many ofthem long time buyers, and wished everyone aMerry Christmas. The lines moved steadily allmorning. As the lunch hour approached Lionsand students took breaks for Chef George’slunch and a bowl or two of hot and tasty creamof crab soup. By 1:00 pm there were less thanthree dozen cartons of fruit left on the line. Byclosing time the surplus was to be taken toRhine Jager’s garage to await calls from the “Iforgot my fruit” customers. King Orange Billreported that this year’s sale exceeded lastyear’s and the proceeds will help with the club’smany charitable projects. Special thanks to allthe Lions who served as order takers, boothworkers, line helpers, and food purveyors forcontributing to a successful citrus sale.


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Fruit sale loading in the Severna Park High School parking lot.

Michael Layman Guest SpeakerLion Michael Layman from the MarylandCycling for Sight Lions Club was guest speakerat the November 16th General Meeting. MCSLCis a “cyber-club” which holds meetings onlineusing Facebook. The clubs main fundraisingactivities include sponsored bike rides and,recently, selling cookie dough via the internet.Michael explained his group is endeavoring toappeal to younger members who may lack thetime (and sometimes funds) to participate intraditional Lions Club activities, yet have astrong desire to help their local community. Formore information please visit their web site at:www.LionsCyclingforSight.org.


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CALENDAR OF EVENTSPlease check our web calendar for updates at:http://my.calendars.net/srlc

JANUARY

1/4 General Meeting 6:30PM

1/11 Board Meeting 7:30PM


1/29 Fruit Sale 9AM

1/26 Ledo’s Pizza Night 5:00PM

1/31 LASH General Meeting 6:30PM

FEBRUARY


2/5 District 22A Social 6:30PM




2/26 Fruit Sale 9AM

MARCH





3/26 Fruit Sale 9AM

3/31 22A Cabinet Meeting atAnnapolis Elks 6:30PM

APRIL

4/2 Eyeglass Sorting 8AM

4/30 Bull & Oyster Roast 6-10PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!DECEMBER

Susan Parks – 5Mary Boblitz – 5John Linsley – 13Mike Anderson - 19Nancy Burns – 20Rick Stefany – 23Rhine Jager – 26

JANUARYRick Mulderick – 5Randy Roberts – 7Oriey Glenn – 11Don Counts – 17Wayne “Skip” Beckett - 21Art Foehser – 25

FEBRUARYDick Maurer – 15Joe Hunter – 27

Winter 2011Fruit Sale Schedule

All pick up times are 8am to 1pm

JANUARY pick-up on 29th

FEBRUARY pick-up on 26th

MARCH pick-up on 26th

Information on pricing and ordering deadlineswill be available shortly.

Severn River Lions Club

PO Box 118

Severna Park, MD 21146

November/December 2010

NEXT FRUIT SALE COMING UPSaturday, January 29th9AM to 1PM at Severna Park High School

We Serve!

Don’t Forget…Ledo’s Pizza Night is the 4th Wednesday of each month!The Ledo’s Pizza in Severna Park will donate a portion of sales to the SRLC, plus kids eat free too!

December 22nd• January 26th • February 23rd • March 23rd

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