Club Happenings

A poster created by Nya Taylor, a 13-year-old student at Mendenhall Middle School and the daughter of Angelo and Kathleen Taylor, won a competition sponsored by the Greensboro Host Lions Club and cosponsored by the Page High School Leo Club.

Taylor’s poster was among thousands of entries expected worldwide in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

She earned a $50 award and recognition by the sponsoring clubs. She had a notable quote on the theme of “The Future of Peace” — “In the future, I want to see people of all nations respecting each other’s cultures and lifestyles. We should try to gain more knowledge and understand each other before just criticizing them.”

She is a student in Michaela Hafley’s art class at Mendenhall.

Taylor’s poster has now advanced to the Lions District 31-O round of competition. One grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be selected in the international competition. The grand prize includes a cash award of $5,000, plus a trip for the winner and two family members to an awards ceremony. The merit award winners will each receive a certificate and $500.

The Greensboro Host Lions Club meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. For information, call Mark Gaylord at 336-273-1797 or visit www.gsohostlions.org.

Announcements

Jake Rash will speak at the next Nat Greene Fly Fishers meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Leonard Recreation Center, 6324 Ballinger Road in Greensboro.

Rash, the cold water research coordinator for the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission, will discuss activity in N.C. and any changes made or anticipated in stream designations.

The next Greensboro Newcomers Club Meet and Mingle will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 10 at Earth Fare, 2965 Battleground Ave. in Greensboro.

Members and prospective members will enjoy “healthy food” selections in the community room at the recently renovated store. Earth Fare staff and management will speak to the store’s commitment to sell healthy food and products, for individuals and their homes.

For information about this event, contact Gloria Monahan at 704-799-5183.

Kathie Amato, co-chairwoman of community outreach for the Greensboro Symphony Guild, will be the guest speaker at the Greensboro Newcomers Club’s general meeting on Jan. 25. The general meeting is open to current and prospective members and will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Greensboro’s Glenn McNairy Library, 4860 Lake Jeannette Road.

For information about joining the club, contact Pauli Frances at 336-209-7918.

The McLeansville Lions Club will hold its third Brunswick stew sale of the season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 6 at 1124 Mount Hope Church Road in McLeansville.

As the sale always sells out, customers are asked to pre-order their stew by calling Larry at 336-697-1600. Stew is $7 a quart.

The Greensboro, Charlotte and Raleigh chapters of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society will hold a genealogy conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Royce and Jane Reynold’s Salvation Army Corps and Boys and Girls Club, 1001 Freeman Mill Road in Greensboro.

“Strength through Struggle” is the event theme.

Dorothy Spruill-Redford, an author, historian and former executive director of Somerset Place, is the guest speaker.

There will be 12 workshops.

The conference is free; registration is preferred; call 336-547-0178, 919-856-5724 or email aahgsnc@gmail.com.

Four Triad authors will be guests at the Greensboro Newcomers Club’s general meeting on Feb. 22 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 415 Swing St. in Greensboro.

Ellenor Shepherd, Ellen Fischer, David White and Krystyna Rodriguez will share their areas of expertise and answer questions from the audience at the club gathering.

The program begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a luncheon, book sales and signings.

For reservations, contact Jenny Kendall at 336-638-1639.

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