THE LIONS ROAR REINCARNATED

Edited by Mark Ripplinger

Photos by Don Wood & Mark Ripplinger

September 8, 2008

Lions President Mark Miller

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (September 8th)

Fellow Lions, welcome back after two weeks off from Lions Club! We
have a couple of dates to put on your calendar as we will want good attendance on Sept 29th when we will hand out our checks to Parkersburg, New Hartford and North Cedar School. Also we have our Inter-Club meeting with Waterloo on OC 6th and UNI Football coach Mark Farley will be our speaker and we want you to use this occasion to bring a prospective member to lunch.

We Serve ……… Mark Miller

TODAY’S MEETING (September 8th)

Jason Weinberger, Cedar Falls/Waterloo Symphony, will speak to the club

COMING ATTRACTIONS

September 15th … Steve Bernard, Cedar Falls Utilities, will speak to the club

September 22nd … Brittany Junck, Junior Achievement, will speak to the club

September 29th … Presentation of Flood and Tornado Relief Checks

October 6th … Interclub & Prospective Member Day – Mark Farley, UNI Head Football Coach, will speak to the club

BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

Steve George – Sept. 8th Paul & Shirley Neilsen – Sept. 12th

Mark Ripplinger – Sept. 8th Anne & Karl Hennessey – Sept. 14th

Barry Haskins – Sept. 11th

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board meeting time and location will be announced.

LAST MEETING (August 18th)

Cedar Falls High School Football Co-Head Coach Brad Remmert spoke to the Club about the upcoming 2008 football season.

The Tigers 11-2 and State Semifinalists last season – return 16 lettermen and several others with playoff experience in 2008. The offense will feature returning quarterback Kyle Bernard (son of fellow Lion Steve Bernard). He completed 60% of his passes in 2007 for 1800 yards and 19 touchdowns. His main target will be TE Darion Howard who caught 23 passes and 3 touchdowns. The offensive line returns several starters and letterman including Nate Staudt, Michael Bangtson, Aaron Green, and Nick Challgren. The defense returns five starters from a team that gave up only 9.6 points per game in 2007. All-stater Jeff Hanson and Collin Albrecht will anchor the front seven, while Wes Boyer, Jake Farley, and Jay Brummel are returning starters in the secondary. Coach Remmert noted that Jeff Conrad (son of fellow Lion Dan Conrad) is competing for a starting position on this season’s defense. Kyle Bernard returns to handle the punting duties while Riley Morris returns as the placekicker and kickoff specialist. Several incoming juniors, from a team that went 8-1 as sophomores, will be looked upon to fill in the gaps left from a senior class that had a 20-3 record the last two seasons. The 2008 schedule will be very challenging with 5 road games again this season in a tough Mississippi Valley Conference.

2008-09 Cedar Falls High School Football Varsity Schedule
Fri - Aug 29	Cedar Rapids Washington	Home	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Sept 5	Waterloo East	Away	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Sept 12	Cedar Rapids Jefferson	Home	5:00 p.m.
Thu - Sept 18	Dubuque Hempstead	Away	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Sept 26	Dubuque Wahlert	Away	5:00 p.m.
Fri- Oct 3	Waterloo West	Home	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Oct 10	Linn-Mar	Home	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Oct 17	Cedar Rapids Prairie	Away	5:00 p.m.
Fri - Oct 24	Dubuque Senior	Away	5:00 p.m.