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January 2, 2006
Record turnout!
We (the Antrim-Bennington Lions Club) are used to having between 10 and 20 people attend our monthly dinner meeting. The new year, along with two sought-after speakers, led instead to a record-breaking turn-out of 49 on Monday, January 2nd at Alberto's Italian Restaurant in Bennington, New Hampshire. Lions from 8 different clubs were present: Concord, Henniker, Hillsborough, Peterborough, Manchester, Nashua, Wilton, and, of course, us. :-)
Around the appetizing meal served by Alberto's, we first heard from Lion Ed Lecius, who is a candidate for an International Director position with Lions Clubs International. Mr. Lecius has been a Lion since 1971, was president of his Nashua club 3 times, and has been Nashua's "Lion of the Year" 5 times (along with many other awards both inside and outside of Lions).
The second speaker was Sue Brule, Director of the Laurent Clerc Academy (LCA). The Academy is one of only a few public charter schools in New Hampshire -- and the only school in the state that offers a bilingual education of American Sign Language (ASL) and Printed English. Lions have always had a special focus on sight and hearing, and, according to Ms. Brule, the young academy wouldn't have been able to continue this school year if it weren't for a grant from the New Hampshire Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (one of the charities benefiting from Antrim-Bennington Lions Club fundraisers). LCA has 6 full time students, a number that increases to almost 20 every Friday when regional homeschoolers have an opportunity to join in on the instruction.
The evening wrapped up with a long question and answer session with Ms. Brule and LCA Board Member (and Lion) Sue Auerbach. Anyone with interest in knowing more about Laurent Clerc Academy can contact them at (603) 223-6770.
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