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ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN VAL VERDE COUNTY (Includes public school, private school, home school, charter school, etc)  Planning on attending college in the fall of 2008?  How would you like an extra $2,500.00 for tuition, books, or incidentals?  Apply for a Hilary B. Doran scholarship to be awarded in June 2008. CLICK HERE for more information and an application.   Del Rio Host Lions Celebrate 80 Years of Service March 15, 2008 the Del Rio Host Lions Club gathered with family members and friends to commemorate their 80th anniversary.  Keynote speaker Everett "Ebb" Grindstaff, Past International President of the International Association of Lions Clubs remunerated the accomplishments of the Host Lions Club during the past 80 years, and challenged the club continue its service.  Quoting Helen Keller, PIP Grindstaff called upon the Host Lions to continue to be "knights for the blind," and to expand their service to Del Rio. PIP Grindstaff (left) with the past presidents of the Del Rio Host Lions Club in attendance with the 80th Anniversary celebration Del Rio Host Lions Club President Ken Sievers (his wife must have dressed him; he hasn't look this good since his wedding) Vice District Governor in Stride for Site District 2-A2 Vice District Governor Manny Carrillo made a historic "stride for sight" during the Midwinter Conference in Del Rio January 18 and 19, 2008.  Dawning a quilt more closely resembling a leopard than a Lion, VDG Manny lead a contingent including District Governor Warren Weir, Past District Governors and fellow Lions in a fund raiser for the District 2-A2 Site Research Foundation. The Site Research Foundation funds the mobile eye screen unit, the Lions Low Vision Center and the Lions Eye Pathology Laboratory at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.  Through these programs the Lions of District 2-A2 provide vision and glaucoma screening, low vision research and treatment, and other vision services for several thousand Texans each year.   It's a stark fact. By the time you finish reading this page, one child somewhere in the world will have gone blind.  One child goes blind every minute.  But Lions will not allow “nothing to be done.” True to our commitment to be “knights of the blind,” Lions have launched Campaign SightFirst II to prevent this tragedy. CSFII has set out to raise at least US$150 million to continue and expand the extraordinary work of SightFirst, Lions worldwide program to combat preventable blindness. Clean Out Your Drawers Check Your Closets Any Lion will be happy to accept your old eyeglasses for  recycling. Just bring your old eyeglasses with you to any Lions  event.  Each year, the Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center supplies  60-80 missions sponsored by church groups, physicians and  other organizations with eyeglasses. In addition to providing eyeglasses for under privileged children and adults in Texas, the center also supplies eyeglasses to distribution centers in the Republic of Ghana, Nigeria and Brazil.  The center organizes optical training teams composed of Lions,  doctors and opticians to work with Lions in developing countries.  Learn about the state of the art Lions Low Vision Center at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San  Antonio funded by the Lions Sight Research Foundation. World famous Del Rio Lions brisket! Makes a wonderful addition to your event. For catering call 774-2470