THE LIONS ROAR REINCARNATED

Edited by Mark Ripplinger

Photos by Don Wood & Mark Ripplinger

October 13, 2008

Lions President Mark Miller

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (October 13th)

Fellow Lions, we have signed a new contract with the CF Women's Club to continue our lunch meetings until October 2009. HyVee will stay on as our lunch caterer. Thanks to our members who were able to bring a Guest to last weeks lunch! Make sure you bring them back for a second visit. We have a good service club, good speakers (Mark Farley did a great job) and we give back to our local community, both in service and in community support.

We Serve ……… Mark Miller

TODAY’S MEETING (October 13th)

Kyle Patterson, Eagle Scout Candidate, will speak about the Emergency Bucket project for Price Lab School.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

October 20th … Dick McAlister, UNI Wetland Demonstration Area.

October 27th … Dan Conrad, “No Child Left Behind” law and its impact on Cedar Falls Schools.

November 3rd … Frank Darrah, Creating a Bike-Friendly Community in Cedar Falls.

BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board meeting tomorrow, October 14^th, 5:30 pm at Brown Bottle.

LAST MEETING (October 6th)

Mark Farley, Head Football Coach, University of Northern (UNI) Iowa spoke to the club about his current football season and other exciting events coming up at UNI. The annual homecoming game will occur on Saturday, October 11^th. During that game, numerous individuals and team members will be inducted into the UNI Athletic Hall of Fame. The newest Hall members are former football player Joe Fuller; former student-athlete, coach and athletics administrator Lynn King; former basketball player John Martin; former track and field athlete and football player Kenny Shedd; former baseball player Tom Simpson; and UNI's 1977 softball team. Also being inducted is long-time supporter of UNI athletics, Bob Beach, who will receive the Dr. Jitu D. Kothari Meritorious Service Award. Currently in the top ten of the coach’s poll, Coach Farley spoke about UNI’s first five football games which included win’s against South Dakota (24-13), South Dakota State (34-20) and Nicholls State (34-14), with losses against a BYU (41-17) team expected to go undefeated in 2008 and against Southern Illinois (27-24). Coach Farley indicated that this UNI team is a playoff contender and boasts the best defensive line of all the state colleges. In addition, Pat Grace, who Coach Farley also indicates is the best quarterback in the state, is maturing into a more confident and capable quarterback each game. Unfortunately, some of the playmakers are a little beat up, including running back Corey Lewis, who was hurt in the Nicholls State game and Johnny Gray, who has had some nagging injuries early in the season. Coach Farley thanked the community, boosters, fans and all individuals that have made UNI an annual Division 1AA football power year after year.

Remaining UNI Football Games


10/18/08	North Dakota State	UNI Dome	4:05 p.m.
10/25/08	Youngstown State	Youngstown, Ohio	3:00 p.m.
11/01/08	Western Illinois	Macomb, Ill.	12:05 p.m.
11/08/08	Missouri State	UNI Dome	4:05 p.m.
11/15/08	Indiana State	Terre Haute, Ind.	11:00 a.m.
11/22/08	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	2:00 p.m.