Plans are being made by Morrison Lions Club to host the mobile vision screening bus on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, from noon to 4:00 p.m. The bus will be located at DQ Grill & Chill, 200 N. Sawyer Road, Morrison, IL. The service is free and takes a few minutes to complete the test. Photos of one’s eyes are taken and then forwarded to a lab for technicians to review. A report is sent directly to the individual showing the results. If problems are detected, you are advised to see an eye doctor of your choice. Plan now to take advantage of this service. More information will be available prior to the visit. Many times, eye problems are found that often go undetected.
The club will also participate in Morrison’s Recycle Day on Saturday, June 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eyeglasses, hearing aids, cell phones, and old keys can be deposited. The location this year is at Morrison Junior High School. You must enter from IL Route 78 onto Academic Drive and take the first right into the Junior High parking lot.
Several members participated in the one mile stretch of U. S. Highway 30 cleanup recently. This service project has been done by members for many years. Shown left-to-right, front row, are Martha Kophamer, Nancy Countryman, Beth Wroble, Aaron Johnson, Jim Blakemore, and Tracy Muur; back row, Bob Countryman, Steve Wroble, Ken Jansma, and Keith Hamstra. Denny Countryman was the photographer and also helped with the cleanup.
Ken Jansma was in charge of the Tuesday, May 3, program. Speakers were City Administrator Barry Dykhuizen and Gary Tresenriter, Director of Public Works. The program was on the new Waste Water Treatment Plant being constructed. Interesting photos were passed around. Tresenriter explained the photos and the workings of the plant when it is completed. The projected completion date is July 2017. Shown left-to-right are Jansma, Tresenriter, and Dykhuizen.
Aaron Johnson will be in charge of the program for June. The speaker will be Tom McEleney who will discuss the Clinton Showboat season for 2016.
Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday each month from September through June. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 7, at noon at Happy Joe’s, 109 W. Main Street, Morrison. All are welcome to attend any of our meetings. More information about our club can be viewed at the club’s website at www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/morrisonil.