Please plan to attend our “Chuckwagon Breakfast” on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. both days. A mountain tradition since 1958, we’ll be serving bacon, sausage, eggs and hotcakes with coffee and juice. We will be offering raffle items and our famous Turkey Shoot as well. So come out and enjoy a great meal and a mountain tradition! Tickets at the door are $12, kids 10 and under are $6, adult presale tickets are available for $10 at Welches Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Café 26; or ask any Lion. Lion, Erin Midgett, is this year’s Breakfast Chairwoman.
We are able to offer this breakfast at what we hope is a reasonable price because of the very generous donations and discounts from Rob, John and Calvin at Hoodland Thriftway.

People from all over have enjoyed this fun event since 1958. When I was a kid, I was washing dishes at the breakfast when I heard one of the funniest things ever. It was a conversation between Dates Lymp and Ted Zogg. Dates was a building contractor and a very colorful character, and Ted was a log truck driver who would thrill the local kids when passing the school bus in one of Walt Koch’s fully loaded Diamond Ts at 80 miles per hour. Dates had an important job at the breakfast — you know, the guy that greets you and asks “how do you like your eggs?” Dates would yell the orders to Milt Fox Sr., Louie Phelps and Moon Mullins.

Well, the conversation went something like this:
Dates: Good Morning, Ted. How are you doin’?
Ted: Pretty good, Dates.
Dates: Ted, how do ya’ like your eggs?
Ted: Oh! I like ‘em very much!
Dates: Oh no, Ted! How do ya like ‘em cooked!
Ted: Oh! Much better, Dates!

We hope you’ll come and have a good time. You might even meet some real characters like Dates and Ted.

Free Swimming Lessons!
This year’s Swimming Lessons have just started at Camp Arrah Wanna. As of press time, we have 75 eager students registered, and we hope for good weather and a fun time for all. More on this next month.

Community Market!
Our “Good In The Hood Community Market” is back! Please come and enjoy the last Sunday of the month, June 25, July 30, and August 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please watch for our flyers. The net proceeds from our June 25 market will go to the benefit of Britt Stites who is currently battling Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Our July 30 market will benefit our 2024 Swimming Lessons Program.

Lions Scholarships!
We were able to grant scholarships to 5 Mountain students graduating from Sandy High School this year. Jim Turin Memorial Scholarships (Sponsored by Mt. Hood Lions Club) went to Denali Barrett, Aeris Eaton; Renee Knapp Memorial Scholarship (Sponsored by Mt. Hood Lions Club) went to Kevin Trevizo; Mt. Hood Lions Club Music Scholarship went to Denali Barrett; Mt Hood Lions Club Scholarships went to Aeris Eaton, Aspen Martz, Sydney Brewster.

We congratulate these very hard working graduates. We also thank those who have made contributions to our Scholarship Program.

Lions Installation Ceremony.
Lion, Milt Fox, conducted our Installation Ceremony, and the following Lions were installed as our 2023/2024 Board of Directors at our June 28 meeting: President Tyler Lehmann, 1st Vice President Craig Calvert, 2nd Vice President Cari Gesch, 3rd Vice President Erin Midgett, Secretary Cindi Sempert, Treasurer Margaret Downen, Tail Twister Carrie Clark, Lion Tamer Emi Lyons, 1 year Director Marlyne Casley, 1 year Director Marc Closner, 2 year Director Katie Wirth, 2 year Director Mike Casley, House Manager Dave Anderson, and Immediate Past President Jim Espenel.
More to come next month.

It’s great to be a Lion!