2022 Meetings and Activities 

Noon Meeting at Canyon Lake Activities Center, 2900 Canyon Lake Drive:

Jan 11 - The 1972 Flood, former mayor Don Barnett

Noon Meetings at various locations:

Jan 25 - Meeting at the CLUB FOR BOYS - 320 N 4th Street, Mark Kline, Asst. Executive Director

Feb 8 - Meeting cancelled

Feb 22 - Meeting at YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - 120 E Adams St

Noon Meetings return to Canyon Lake Activities Center, 2900 Canyon Lake Drive:

Mar 8 - DG Geraldine Ray and new members' induction   - Nomination Meeting

Mar 22 - Autumn Gregory, Exec. Dir. Early Childhood Connections - Starting Strong - Election Meeting

Apr 12 - Lion Paul Krueger - Developments at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology + Eyeglasses Roundup

Apr 26 - Sheryl Hatch, Operations Manager, Love INC

May 10 - Shawn Burke, Development Associate, Feeding South Dakota

May 24 - John Ligtenberg, Executive Director, Love INC of the Black Hills

Jun 14 - Jason Culberson, Fire Chief, Rapid City Fire Department

Jun 28 - Annual Meeting at 5:30 pm - Installation of new officers: at Canyon Lake Park, Shelter #3

Jul 12 - PDG Tim Brown - Long range planning

July 26 - DG Ron Bunnell - Report on the Lions International Convention

Aug 9 - Brett Burden - DakotaLink + Eyeglasses Roundup

Aug 23 - About Journey On: Toby McCloskey, Journey On Director of Operations; Jaime Kirsch, Project Manager, RCPD; and

      Krystal Rencountre, Journey On Team Leader - picture

Sep 13 - Lara Roetzel, Interim State's Attorney for Pennington County

Sep 27 - Noel Hamiel - "South Dakota's Mathis Murders"

Oct 11 - Kristi "Cricket" Palmer, Protecting SD Kids - The real effects of IM 27

Oct 25 - Ronda Gusinsky (pictured with Lion Ralph Galyen),
              Life Sight
(formerly named Northern Plains Eye Foundation) - Kids Vision Screening Update

Nov 8 - This meeting only: location changed to Fork Real Cafe - 324 Saint Joseph Street

Nov 22 - Anniversary Meeting - Lion DG Ron Bunnell

Dec 13  - Christine Allen - Homestake Opera House - MEETING CANCELLED

Dec 27 - Lion George Gladfelter - Why We Serve (Family Day) + Eyeglasses Roundup (note change in date)

 

Other Activities

Apr 23 - Children's Chorus Pancake Breakfast

Summer Nights: June 2, 16, 30; July 14, 28; August 11, 25

Aug 19-27 - Central States Fair - contact: Lion Bruce Hakala

Sep 17 - Fall Festival 2-6 PM Main Street Square - contact: Lion Pres. Jim Wilber

Oct 7-8 - SD State Lions Convention - Rapid City

Dec 3 - 10:00-4:00 - Bell Ringing Family Fare West Side - picture