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This
article appeared in the September 19, 2007
edition of the Chicago Tribune.
Free
hearing screenings a smooth ride
Young, old get tested
on bus amid sights, sounds of Autumnfest
September 15, 2007
By Annemarie Mannion
Tribune
staff reporter
September 19, 2007 It may not have
been as thrilling as a ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl,
but people who took part in free hearing
screenings at Wheaton's Autumnfest walked
away with useful information.
Along
with the carnival rides and face-painting
Saturday, the Wheaton Lions Club provided
a bus on which the hearing screenings took
place. Eighty-four people, ages 10 to mid-80s,
took the screening. The bus was equipped
with headsets through which they listened
to a series of beeps.
Terri
Lightbody, an audiologist and president
of the Wheaton Lions Club, said vision and
hearing are two focuses of the organization.
The screenings are designed to flag potential
hearing problems. "It's for awareness and
for people to take the first step to see
if they need help," she said. Participants
were able to discuss their results with
Lightbody, who was on the bus throughout
the day. She said about 20 percent were
told they should get additional testing.
Lightbody
said there are many reasons people do not
get their hearing tested, from fear of aging
to not wanting to wear a hearing aid. But
technology has improved hearing aids. "We
have people today who are so much happier
with their hearing aids than they were even
just four or five years ago," she said.
Digital technology in hearing aids, for
instance, allows better speech recognition
and noise reduction.
In
addition to screenings, the Lions provide
refurbished eyeglasses and hearing aids
to people who cannot afford them, Lightbody
said. She asked people to consider donating
those items to the club. "They will help
someone," she said. Volunteering for the
Lions is a cause that makes perfect sense
for Lightbody. "To me, this is the perfect
place to donate my time," she said.
Hearing
aids and eyeglasses can be donated at Lightbody's
office, 55 E. Loop Rd., Suite 204, Wheaton.
The
complete article can be viewed at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-whelpingoutlionssep19,0,7321027.story
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Wheaton
LIONS Club Hosts Mobile Hearing Screening at Autumnfest
September 15, 2007
Our
84th Year Helping the Wheaton Visually and Hearing
Impaired Community
WHEATON,
IL Wheaton Lions Charities, Ltd., and the
Wheaton Lions Club are hosting the LIONS International
Hearing Screening bus on Saturday September 15,
during the Wheaton Autumnfest. The screening is
free to all will be available from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
The LIONS bus will be located on Wheaton Avenue
behind Memorial Park, near the food concessions.
Deafness
has no respect of age, wealth or rank it strikes
people of all economic, social and age categories
with equal frequency. To help protect the hearing
of the public through an early alert system, to
increase public awareness not only of the problems
of the deaf, but also the capabilities of the
hearing impaired.
The
Lions Clubs of Illinois every year sponsor free
hearing screenings for person 18 and older and
10 17 years with written parental consent, in
communities all over the state. Hearing loss is
probably the single most common chronic disability
in the United States, occurring nearly four times
as often as blindness. There are nearly 720,000
hearing impaired person in Illinois alone. Of
these, 106,000 are deaf, 26,000 of these were
deaf before the age of 19. Unfortunately, the
problem is made worse since the deaf are least
understood of all handicapped populations.
"For
many years," said Dr. Terri Lightbody, Wheaton
Lions Club President, "many associated deafness
and stupidity together, even though deaf and hearing
impaired people have IQ's equal to those of the
hearing population. The deaf have shown to be
just as qualified as the hearing for job opportunities.
"They
should be shown, and deserve every consideration,"
said Lion Ern Kovacs, Hearing Chairman. He noted
that hearing loss takes many forms. In some, the
problem is simply that they feel like the sound
has been turned down. But others may have trouble
in understanding various pitches or sounds. The
causes, too, vary a lot, and there are many medical
and mechanical treatments to help people with
hearing loss. "Since protection of our hearing
is so important, we hope that the people of our
community will take full advantage of the hearing
screenings," said the hearing chairman. "The screening
takes but a few minutes and persons who fail the
screening are referred to hearing professionals
for further evaluation and treatment."
As
a major source of funding for our hearing and
visually impaired programs, the 2007 Candy Day
fundraiser will be on October 12th and 13th. Our
members will be seen at major road intersections
and other select locations around Wheaton, Please
drive carefully when you see our Lions members,
and please be generous with your donations.
The
Wheaton LIONS Club is a local den of LIONS International,
a worldwide association that was founded in 1917
to help the visual and hearing impaired and related
charitable causes. Wheaton Lions Club chapter
began its charter on October 23, 1923 and this
year is celebrating its 84th year of serving the
visual and hearing impaired of Wheaton. The Wheaton
LIONS Club meets nearly every Tuesday at noon
at the Masonic Temple on Wesley Street in Wheaton.
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Wheaton
LIONS Club Announces Candy Days Fund-Raiser
"HELP
THE LIONS HELP THE BLIND"
Our
84th Year Helping the Wheaton Visual and Hearing
Impaired Community
WHEATON,
IL. The Wheaton LIONS Club will be collecting
contributions during the Annual Candy Days, Friday,
October 12th and Saturday, October 13th. LIONS
Club members will be out at various intersections
and out front of stores collecting donations for
the visual and hearing impaired, offering the
famous LIONS Candy Roll as a thank you. All proceeds
from this campaign are distributed on a needs
basis to aid the visual and hearing impaired and
to furnish financial support to LIONS' sponsored
projects that benefit the community at large.
The
Wheaton LIONS Club is a local den of LIONS International,
a worldwide association that was founded in 1917
to help the visual and hearing impaired and related
charitable causes. Wheaton Lions Club chapter
began its charter on October 23, 1923 and this
year is celebrating its 84th year of serving the
visual and hearing impaired of Wheaton.
The
Wheaton LIONS Club meets nearly every Tuesday
at noon at the Masonic Temple on Wesley Street
in Wheaton. This year's Annual Candy Days Fund-raiser
is chaired by LION John Sheahin. The once-a-year
fund raising activity consists of soliciting contributions
"on-the-street", near select stores and "underwriting"
funds donated by organizations to offset the cost
of the candy we use in the fund-raiser.
Please
help by donating to one of the LIONS members in
the yellow LIONS vest on October 12th or 13th,
and/or by sending your donation to Wheaton LIONS
Charities, PO Box 296, Wheaton, IL 60189-0296.
Or, you may contact the Wheaton LIONS Club Candy
Day Chair LION John Sheahin at #630.653.0078.
Know
that any help that you can give literally changes
the quality of life of someone in need for the
better. The Wheaton LIONS have long maintained
their LIONS Eye Care Program within the community,
working with local schools and local eye physicians,
for the purpose of screening needy individuals,
especially children, who have visual impairments.
This program includes eye exams, glasses and other
apparatus like magnification devices. The Wheaton
LIONS also strongly support the Deicke Center
for Visual Rehabilitation. Funding for these and
other causes come primarily from the annual Nite
Walk in June, Candy Day collections in October,
a golf and steak fry each summer and a Christmas
auction. .
Our
members will be seen at the major road intersections
and at select stores and service centers around
Wheaton. Please drive carefully when you see the
LIONS members.
Individuals
interested in joining may obtain further information
from the club's website www.WheatonLions.org or
by calling Membership Chairman, Jim Ellingson
at 665-9471. Prospective members are invited to
attend our weekly luncheon meetings held on Tuesdays
at Noon to 1:00PM in the Masonic Building, 120
W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187.
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Watch
for LION John Sheahin and his 80 some other LION
Club members dodging traffic at intersections
and greeting shoppers at selected stores within
Wheaton, Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October
13.
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WHEATON
LIONS CHARITIES CONFERS OVER $50,000 TO LOCAL CAUSES
FOR THE VISUALLY AND HEARING IMPAIRED
Our
84th Year Helping the Wheaton Visually and Hearing Impaired
Community
WHEATON,
IL: (July 17, 2007) Wheaton Lions Charities, Ltd.,
and the Wheaton Lions Club have awarded over $50,000
during the past 12 months for sight and hearing projects
performed by the following organizations: American Diabetes
Assoc, Wheaton Lions College Scholarship, Deicke Center
for Visual Rehabilitation, DONKA, Glasses & Hearing
Program for Wheaton Schools, Hadley School for the Blind,
Humanitarian Service Project, Lions Clubs International
Foundation, Sight First II, Lions of IL Foundation,
Lions Hearing Bus, Camp Lion, Diabetic Retinopathy Screening,
Candy Day Sharing, Eye Bank, Recordings for the Blind,
Phillip Rock Center for Deaf & Blind and the Wheaton
Public Library for a Reader.
The
Wheaton Lions Club is a local service club affiliated
with The International Association of Lions Clubs which
has over 45,000 clubs located in 197 countries and represented
by over 1.3 million
men and women members. The Wheaton LIONS raise money
primarily to assist the visually and hearing impaired
who otherwise would not be able to obtain needed service
for their impairment and in recent years provided scholarships
to assist qualified students to attend college.
The
Wheaton LIONS have long maintained their LIONS Eye Care
Program within the community, working with local schools
and local eye physicians, for the purpose of screening
needy individuals, especially children, who have visual
impairments. This program includes eye exams, glasses
and other devices such as magnifiers. The Wheaton LIONS
also strongly support the Deicke Center for Visual Rehabilitation.
The college scholarship program was introduced in 2001.
Funding for these and other causes come primarily from
the annual "Night Walk" in June, the Golf and Steak
Fry in August, Candy Day collection in October and a
Christmas auction.
The
local Wheaton LIONS Club
began its charter on October 23, 1923. Our President
this year is Dr. Terri Lightbody, registered audiologist.
Individuals
interested in joining the Lions Club may obtain further
information from Membership Chairman, Jim
Ellingson or calling 630-665-9471. Prospective
members are invited to attend our weekly luncheon meetings
held on Tuesdays at Noon to 1:00PM in the Masonic Building,
120 W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187.
The
following is a description of the Wheaton Lions Club
background information:
Name:
LIONS CLUB OF WHEATON, Ltd.
Motto: "We Serve"
Our Mission: Serving the visual and hearing impaired
while enjoying good fellowship.
Typical Member: Business and professionals sharing their
success by helping those less fortunate.
President: Dr. Terri Lightbody, Audiologist, 630-580-5777
Membership: Jim Ellingson, 630-665-9471
Meeting Time & Place: Masonic Temple Building, 120 Wesley
Avenue, Wheaton. Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon to 1:00PM. Lunch
followed by speaker program covering a variety of subjects.
Fundraising Activities: Candy Days, Golf Outing and
other fundraising/social activities.
Association: The Lions Club of Wheaton, established
on October 23, 1923, is a local den of Lions Clubs International,
the world's largest such organization, with 1.4 million
members serving in more than 180 countries and areas.
The association is both non-political and non-sectarian.
Founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1917 by insurance
agent Melvin Jones and others, LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
has ever since offered business and professional people
a way of sharing their success by helping those less
fortunate than themselves. The association became international
when a club was formed in Canada in 1920. A highlight
of its early history was a speech at the 1925 convention,
when the legendary Helen Keller challenged the Lions
to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against
darkness." They responded, and Lions are now best known
for their sight-related programs, including SightFirst,
the world's largest blindness prevention program.
Wheaton
Lions Club Officers
President
Dr. Terri Lightbody 630-580-5777
Vice President Jim Atten 630-260-1500
Secretary Bob Clavel 630-668-1515
Treasurer Christopher Barton 630-933-0900
Tail Twister Jim Mathieson 630-653-1616
Lion Tamer Ed Lambke 630-668-8688
Board
of Directors
One year Directors: Gary Dewel, Tom Yule
Two Year Directors: Pat McEvoy, Martin Finding
Three Year Directors: Bob Haeger, Ern Kovacs
Committees
Sight & Hearing Director Neil Pollock 630-665-8400
Fund-raising John Sheahin 630-653-0078
Scholarship Bill Davis 630-668-1167
Membership ……………Jim Ellingson 630-665-9471
Program Director Dorothy Troyer 630-690-7115
Publicity Director Bud Roeser 630-668-3885
Mailing Address: Wheaton Lions Club, PO Box 296, Wheaton,
IL 60189
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Wheaton
Lions Club Sponsors Golf Outing
August 15, 2007 at Cantigny Golf Club
WHEATON,
IL. (July 17, 2007) The Wheaton Lions Club, local
den of the international organization serving the sight
and hearing impaired, is sponsoring a golf outing and
steak fry Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Cantigny Golf
Club, Wheaton. The outing raises funds for the sight
and hearing impaired in the local area. LION Mike Gustafson,
Golf Chairman, is being assisted by Lions Jim Ellingson,
Pat McEvoy and Jim Herrmann. 18 holes of Golf with cart,
driving practice range, chipping and putting practice,
Club Pro chipping lesson, $10,000 Hole-in-One prize,
lunch, on-course refreshments, streak fry and prizes
all for $800 a foursome, single player $225.00, $40.00
Steak Fry only. Please contact LION Jim Herrmann at
jherr12345@aol.com
or 630-933-0690 with questions and for foursome pairings.
Wheaton merchants in the past have been generous underwriters.
Tee or green sponsors contribute $300.00. Donated door
and raffle prizes produce the greatest amount of revenue
for the charity event. Underwriters contribute $500.00
with their name prominently displayed on a banner that
is posted at the golf outing start, during the steak
fry and during the awards and raffle portion of the
evening. The banner is then prominently displayed at
each weekly noontime meeting throughout the year. Each
tee or green sponsor donates $300.00 and has their name
and logo displayed on a sign that is placed at the tee
or green of their choice. Prizes such as dinners at
local restaurants, event tickets, gift certificates
are most appreciated as raffle and door prizes. For
information, please contact LION Mike Gustafson at michael.gustafson@abnamro.com
or call 630-868-2583.
Individuals
interested in joining the Lions Club may obtain further
information from Membership Chairman, Jim
Ellingson or calling 630-665-9471. Prospective
members are invited to attend our weekly luncheon meetings
held on Tuesdays at Noon to 1:00PM in the Masonic Building,
120 W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187.
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WHEATON
LIONS CHARITIES CONFERS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR QUALIFIED
VISUAL AND/OR HEARING IMPAIRED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
WHEATON,
IL (July 31,2007) Wheaton Lions Charities, Ltd.,
and the Wheaton Lions Club has again awarded a scholarship
to qualifying high school seniors residing within the
boundaries of School District 200 who are challenged
by visual or hearing related conditions, including type
1 diabetes. The scholarship money is to be used toward
college, technical school or similar educational program
to enhance a career of their choice. This year the Wheaton
Lions Club has awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Victoria
Klopf a graduate of Wheaton/Warrenville South High School.
Victoria is attending Illinois State University in Normal,
Illinois.
Student
Victoria Klopf, center, received her LIONS scholarship
award during the regular meeting July 31, 2007. From
the left, Victoria's mother, Gail; Wheaton Lion President
Dr. Terri Lightbody, audiologist; and Lion Bill Davis,
Scholarship director.
For
further information about the LIONS scholarship selection,
please contact Bill
Davis or call him at 630-668-1167.
The Wheaton LIONS have long maintained their LIONS Eye
Care Program within the community, working with local
schools and local eye physicians, for the purpose of
screening needy individuals, especially children, who
have visual impairments. This program includes eye exams,
glasses and other apparatus like magnification devices.
The Wheaton LIONS also strongly support the Deicke Center
for Visual Rehabilitation. Funding for these and other
causes come primarily from the annual Nite Walk in June,
Candy Day collections in October, a golf and steak fry
each summer and a Christmas auction.
The
local Wheaton LIONS Club
began its charter on October 23, 1923. Our President
this year is Dr. Terri Lightbody, registered audiologist.
Individuals
interested in joining the Lions Club may obtain further
information from Membership Chairman, Jim
Ellingson or calling 630-665-9471. Prospective
members are invited to attend our weekly luncheon meetings
held on Tuesdays at Noon to 1:00PM in the Masonic Building,
120 W. Wesley, Wheaton, IL 60187.
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Lions Scholarship Past Winners |
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STUDENT-SCHOOL
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2001
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Michelle
Conway-College of DuPage |
$1,500
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2002
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Kara
Donndelinger - Columbia International University
Jennifer
Maier - College of DuPage
Katherine
Kelly - Illinois Wesleyan University
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$1,500
$750
$750
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2003
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Michelle
McIntyre - College of DuPage
Benjamin
Hoffmeier - Centre College
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$1,500
$1,500
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Somoch
Huy - College of DuPage |
$1,500
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| 2005 |
Jock
Lezon - College of DuPage
Michael
Mallek - Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago |
$1,500
$1,500
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Owen
Finnegan - Judson College
Victoria
Klopf - Illinois State University |
$1,500
$1,500
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Victoria
Klopf - Illinois State University |
$3,000
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Wheaton
LIONS Club Members Mail Christmas Card to Air Force
Pilot in London, England, in 1941
Recently,
the Post Office found an envelope containing a Christmas
card signed by the Wheaton LIONS Club members, addressed
to a Lt. William D. Tibbetts, Army Airforce, mailed
December 22, 1941, c/o the American Embassy, London,
England.
Among the 70 signees was Kevin K. Tibbetts. We believe
he was the Superintendent of Wheaton schools from 1928
through 1952.
We are looking for any information you may have regarding
Kevin and William Tibbetts and if any descendents are
still in Wheaton. We are interested in finding out the
relationship of Kevin to William, also.
Please contact LION Bud Roeser at broeser@hayesadv.com
Some
the members are famous Wheaton people, such as Marvin
Carney, Carney Bakery; Judge William Atten; Bryon Powel;
Ralph L. Wheaton, J. B. Rush, car dealer; B.R Ryall
(YMCA); and many other historical forefathers.
The
outer envelope was mailed December 22, 1941
Here
is the London hotel bill for William Tibbetts’
stay from January 3 though 6, 1942.
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News Releases
Free
Hearing Test (Chicago Tribune story)
Wheaton
Lions Host
Hearing Bus
Candy
Days 2007
$50,000
TO LOCAL CAUSES
Golf
Outing 2007
Scholarship
2007
1941
Christmas Card Found
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