Meeting on Monday, April 10, members of the Stanley Lions Club went over the final plan for a major tree planting project that is being led by Lion Jim Jones and Sportsman’s Club member Tim Troyer.  Plans are that 100 trees will be planted in Chapman (70), Fandry (15) and Soo (15) Parks. The project has been planned in cooperation with the Stanley Public Works Department, Reit’s Garden Center and Stanley-Boyd Schools and will occur on Friday, April 28 (Arbor Day), with April 26 being a weather option date. On the day of the planting, Kwik Trip will be providing lunch for the workers.  The project will repopulate many of the trees lost in Stanley’s Parks due to Ash Bore Disease.

     The meeting also served as an opportunity for Lions Jerry Dirkes to be recognized for 45 years of service and Lion Jim Jones for 30 years of service as Lions members. In other business reports, it was announced that a grant had been received by the school district to study pedestrian and bike safety for kids going to and from school.  It was also reported that the plastic collection project is going well and the goal of another bench is soon to be realized.  The bench will be designated for use at the school.

     In other reports, Lion President Dave Jankoski reported on the Zone Meeting at Jim Falls that he and Lion Pat attended on March 17. The major address at the meeting was provided by the CEO of the Lions Eye bank of Wisconsin, CEO Stacey Troha. The Lions Eye Bank’s mission is the restoring of the gift of sight through recovery and transportation of corneas from donors, research to advance the knowledge and treatment of eye diseases and education to increase donations. The ultimate goal is to improve people’s quality of life through the gift of sight.  The success of the Eye Bank has resulted in sight restoration of those needing care in Wisconsin and assisting other U. S. Eye Banks and Internationally with good corneas.

     In announcements, workers were recruited for the Lions Moon Park Brat Supper on April 17 and scholarship readers for the Annual Lions Scholarships awarded to Stanley-Boyd graduates each year.   The Lions Watermelon Festival was briefly discussed with the focus being on the sale of Watermelon tickets and prizes.

     In a final act, Lion Robert Holcomb’s name was picked for the attendance drawing and he was not present. The next meeting will be Monday, May 8, at Debbie’s on Broadway.