Feb11           Mid Winter Conference             Staunton, VA
Feb 26          Bland Conference                      LOW Church 2:00pm

Mar 6            Zone Meeting                             Green County
Mar 29          Blood Donor Drive                      LOW Clubhouse Lower Level
March           Zone Bland Concert                   TBA
March           Orientation/Leadership Forum   TBA

Apr 13-14     White Cane Days

LOW LIONS CLUB MEETING NOTICE - February 2, 2012 

LOW Lions Club Menu for February 2nd
$16.00
 
Beef Lasagna
House Salad w/Ranch Dressing
                            Honey Dijon Dressing
Steamed Broccoli
Garlilc Sticks
Carrot Cake
 
Contact Nola Davidson if you will not be attending the meeting by Sunday, January 29th, at 972-8403 or ndavid51691@verizon.net.

LOW Lions Offer Students Chance To Display Musical Talent

Lake of the Woods Lions once again are offering musically talented youngsters a chance to win scholarships that could help them launch careers as vocalists or instrumentalists.
 
The LOW Lions Club's annual Bland Music Competition will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 26, at the Lake of the Woods Church. It is open to middle school and high school students throughout the area. Applications are available from Cork Grandy, grandy4m2e@comcast.net; Margaret Thode, 972-5540; or by clicking here.  The deadline for applications this year is February 19.

There will be $50 prizes for the vocalist and instrumentalist judged best in those categories, but the possibilities are much greater than that. The two winners will compete in March with other singers and instrumentalists in a competition covering an area of Virginia included in a Lions ``zone,'' and then a wider area, a Lions ``district,'' in April. If they win each time, they will compete at the state level in May at the Virginia Lions' state convention in Chesapeake, Va.

Winning vocalists and instrumentalists at the state level will be awarded $2,500 scholarships toward musical study at the colleges of their choice. Runners-up in each category will win $2000 scholarships, and there will be $1500 scholarships for third-place winners Soprano Jaclyn Phipps, a 12 year old seventh-grade student at Locust Grove Middle School won the vocal award in the 2011 LOW competition. Ryan Feng, a pianist from Fredericksburg and student at Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax, won first place in the instrumental competition in the LOW competition in 2011, repeating his success in the 2010 local competition.
  
The Lions Clubs of Virginia established the Bland scholarship program in 1948. It is named for James Bland (1854-1911), an African-American songwriter who created ``Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,'' ``Oh, Dem Golden Slippers,'' and ``In the Evening by the Moonlight.''

Scholarships for Orange County High School Students
 
Orange County High School students interested in obtaining applications for scholarships given by Lake of the Woods Lions Club need to contact counselor Liz Mentor for information and applications. 
 
Completed applications must be in Liz Mentor's office by Friday April 27, 2012.

Locust Grove Middle School and Orange County High School LEO Club students were recognized for their community volunteer service at the LOW Lions Club meeting on May 19.

Leo Club adviser, Lion Carol Curry, invited members of the two LEO Clubs along with their parents and grandparents and Mrs. Robey, Locust Grove Middle School principal, as guests of the Lions club at this meeting.

LOW Lions were honored to recognize the following eighth grade LEO students as they prepare to enter high school next year: Tyler Hill, Colin Marr, Cory Plamp, Jacob Duebler, Taylor Petty, and Casey Skinner. These students received certificates for their community service volunteer work over the past three years at Locust Grove Middle School.

Kyle McCarthy, president of the Orange County High School Leo Club, told the audience about the club’s activities during its first year of operation..

Cory Plamp received “Leo of the Year award” for his outstanding volunteer service to the greater Locust Grove community and his commitment to the Locust Grove Middle School Leo Club activities over the past two years.

LOW Has Its First Winner In Lions Of Virginia Raffle

Lake of the Woods finally has a winner in the annual Lions of Virginia Foundation raffle that’s been awarded for many years at the Lions state convention.

Florence Rose, a former member of the LOW Lions Club, won the $500 third place award at the recent convention in Richmond.  Her’s was one of the 1,550 LOVF raffle tickets sold in the LOW Lions fundraiser this past year.

“When I’ve bought the raffle tickets over the years, I’ve always wished that someone from Lake of the Woods would be a winner,” Florence says.  “It was really exciting when it turned out to be me.”

The $10,000 first prize was won by Dean Dauaros of Williamsburg.  Second place – also worth $500 – went to Rusty Proctor of Mount Jackson.

Tickets for next year’s raffle will be available from Lions members from August 1 through next April.

LOW Lions Warn Fourth Graders About Dangers of Loud Noise

During April, the Lake of the Woods Lions Club conducted “Dangers of Loud Noise” presentations for all fourth grade children in four Orange County Elementary Schools -- Gordon-Barbour, Locust Grove, Lightfoot and Orange.

The Virginia Lions Hearing Foundation has found that fourth grade children are at the best time in their growth development to receive such hearing information, before permanent and long-lasting damage may be done through exposure to loud noise.

The presentations were conducted by Lion Sue Simmons, in cooperation with the Orange County school system.  A total of 345 students participated this year, bringing to over 5,400 the number of students reached in the 13-year-old program.