The meeting was called to order by King Lion Seppo and the opening ceremonies followed.
There was a large attendance (21 members and 1 guest, Keith Worsham)
Announcements:
Charter party will be March 18th at the Hoquiam Elks Lodge. Social hour will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner following at 6:30 PM. Lion Jerry Schaefer promises that all will enjoy the evening.
The spring conference for District 19G will be held on May 15th and 16. Anyone wishing to attend, please contact Lion Jerry Schaefer.
On March 16th, Janice Erickson, wife of Jerry Erickson, passed at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Immanuel Baptist Church. You may access the obituary at www.colemanmortuary.net.
Joan Patton, past zone chairman and president of Central Park Lions, has had hip surgery and is rehabilitating at Montesano Health & Rehab.
Guest Speaker: Dan Varland, PhD; executive director of Coastal Raptors. Coastal Raptors was founded in 2009 with the purpose of conducting scientific research and monitoring on raptors along coastlines; providing education programs on coastal raptors and the coastal environment; training wildlife biologists in the tools and techniques needed to survey, capture and mark raptors along coastlines and collaborating with experts in wildlife research and management on developing, monitoring and sharing best management practices for coastal raptors. Over the past 20 years, over 1,000 surveys of our coastlines have been completed. As always, Dan provided a very interesting program.
The pot: Jim Bucknell has extended his luck from Crab raffles to the weekly pot.