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June 1, 2022

Message from the District Governor

We want to thank last years PDG Team and PCC Terry Durham for their serve to our district in the absents of a DG!

In other good news we are pleased to announce that PCC Terry Durham (above) from Cedar Rapids has joined our 9NW task force as our “Guiding Lion” since we don’t have a DG this year. Lion Terry’s leadership abilities and experience will be a great asset to our district the next 6 months. We wish him welcome!

PDG Cliff Weldon from Fort Dodge will be one of our front men and will take care of club visits, LCIF matters and more. Highly respected, he served as DG in 2002- 2003 and is a long-time Club Secretary in the Noon Lions Club. He can be reached at 515-408-8145 or e-mail at iatiger@frontiernet.net .

PDG Dale Schoening  from the Boone Lions. In addition to being a Trustee for our Iowa Lions Foundation, PDG Dale will also be our contact with the incoming Council of Governors and with the State Office in Ames. PDG Dale served as our DG in 2019-2020 and is well remembered by our clubs. His contact information is ph. 515-290-7737 and e-mail daschoening@gmail.com .

PDG Glenn Markley  from the Rolfe Lions Club will be another of our Task Force members and will assist with club visits and more. A driving force in our district, PDG Glenn served as DG in 2014-2015 and can be reached at 712-848- 3284 and e-mail glenn.markley@gmail.com . A true Lion!

PDG Stefan Sandberg  is on the team as well. He served as DG in 2013-2014 and has been the Editor of this monthly Newsflash ever since. He will coordinate our district pages in the Iowa Lion and more. Send him all your stories and pictures! The more the better! We need to bang on our drums and energize ourselves from COVID sadness. His e-mail is stefandg1314@gmail.com .

PDG Roger Curtis is on our task force as well, having put in a yeoman’s job in the past and very difficult year. Please give this man a break and let him catch up with his own life for a little while. The rest of us will just have to get the job done for now. Give us a try!