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