Gainesville Texas Lions Club

06/07/2026

Lions & Friends,
Do you often wonder when & what is happening around town? Perhaps you noticed new construction around your neighborhood or saw a posting online that sparked your interest?
If you have questions, our speaker this week, City Manager Barry Sullivan probably has the answer.
Barry will be our guest speaker for this week's regular business meeting on Wednesday June 10th.
Bring a friend along with your questions to gain some answers and insight.

The Neu Ranch House Restaurant, 1825 Hwy 82 Gainesville.
Join your fellow Lions and guests for lunch at 11:30am. Our meeting will begin at noon with Barry's presentation.
Plan to attend!
Henry E Koehler Club IPP

06/02/2026

Guest Speaker: Woody Graham,

Golf Camp Mr. Graham runs a golf camp, primarily for young children, but also serves people of all ages who are interested in learning or improving their golf game. He enjoys the young to give them the fundamentals of golf the enjoyment of playing. He began the camp teaching 3 kids and is now up to 50 kids. He has taught a teenage girl from Era, who went to the state golf tournament. Forty-two kids whom he has mentored have received college golf scholarships. He said that young people are getting more interested in golf, as there are more golf “influencers” than ever before. He has been deeply involved in golf and teaching for over 40 years. He said that his byline is “Don’t give up, adjust”.

05/24/2026

GuestSpeaker:
Rina Pinnick, RN, Care Coordinator Nurse for NTMC. Nurse Pinnick heads a relatively new position in NTMC, Gainesville, called Chronic Care Management. She coordinates the care needs of patients of NTMC with two or more chronic diseases, who are on Medicare. Patients who have cardiac issues, high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s Disease, diabetes or other chronic diseases, will qualify. It is a program designed by Medicare. She currently serves four patients. The RNT Pharmacy is involved. She answered several questions and spoke of, what she thinks is a very good glucose monitor, the DexconG. They have a free diabetes clinic on the 2nd Thursday, every month, from 12-1pm.

05/24/2026

My Fellow Lions,
The golf committee did an outstanding job with this year's golf tournament. The rain the night before did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of 44 players and 31 hole sponsors for this year's event. Under partly cloudy skies and with a cool north wind, Cade set forth this year's group for a fun 18 holes of golf. Lane will tally the funds, pay the remaining bills and report on this year's profit at an upcoming meeting.
Golfers are always looking for tips to improve their game. This week our speaker is well known for providing just that!
Woody Graham, owner of and swing coach for The Range of Gainesville has helped many improve their skills. Woody also coaches several youth teams from local schools.
Please join your fellow Lions to welcome Woody back for the second time as our speaker.
Lunch at 11:30am followed by our meeting and Woody's presentation at noon.
Special thanks to Cynthia for providing the notes of our last meeting. Please see attached.
Henry E Koehler, IPP

05/13/2026

President Hughes reported to the Club about receiving four thank you patches, etc for the Club’s charitable donations. The Club donated to the Texas Lions Museum, Texas Lions Camp, Leader Dogs for the Blind and the Henry Wickersham Golf Tournament. Associate member Don Wood with the 4U Credit Union, presented the Club with a check, as a sponsor of the Club’s upcoming Annual Golf Tournament on May 23rd.

President Hughes reported to the club about Member Jim Rodriguez’s FLAG Program presentations on Monday, May 4th in the local Taco Casa Restaurant. He presented all the Callisburg ISD students, who are participants in the FLAG Program with food and FLAG certificates. Five graduating seniors, who have participated in the program, since they were in middle school, will receive a $1,000 scholarship award, each. There were approximately, just under 200 students and teachers, attending. Susan Hughes, Lane Holcomb, Henry Koehler and Cynthia Wood, all assisted with the proceedings.

Minutes Respectfully Submitted By,

Cynthia Wood, Temporary Acting Secretary

05/13/2026

Guest Speaker Cooke County Court at Law Judge John Morris:

The soon retiring judge spoke of his 30 year long career and his many courtroom, experiences. In the beginning, the rules to be a County Judge were to be, at least 24 years old, male, with no legal training required. However, he got a degree and has had legal training. He has served six elected terms. The Cooke County Court name was changed to Cooke County Court at Law, a few years ago. He has three who work for him, a bailiff, court coordinator and a court reporter. He handles criminal mischief cases that could require someone to be sent to jail, but not the penitentiary. The bulk of his work is with wills and probate cases. The most notable probate case that he handled, was that of Rodeo Cowboy Larry Mahan. He died three years ago, but his probate case was just settled, last month. There are three courts in Cooke County, the Court at Law, the District court and the Cooke County Court. Judge Morris stated that for the first time in Cooke County history, the three county courts will all have female judges. He took several questions from the audience, many about wills and probate.

04/26/2026

My Fellow Lions,
We all know the tremendous work that goes with the Medal of Honor Celebration each year. But, how about all the other activities the city hosts?

As you know, there are many. Plus, toss in parks, playgrounds, sports fields & courts and a much loved zoo and swimming pool.
Kevin Gant is the manager of the Parks & Rec Dept for the City of Gainesville. Kevin oversees it all, and he does it well.

Please plan to join us to meet Kevin and learn about how he and his crew keeps it all beautifully organized.

Join your fellow Lions for lunch at 11:30am. The meeting will start at noon with Kevin's presentation.

The Neu Ranch House Restaurant. 1825 Highway 82.
BRING A Friend.
Henry E Koehler

04/21/2026

My Fellow Lions,

Susan Mabry is a whirlwind of energy and excitement, especially when she talks about her greatest passion. Susan has led missions to Guatemala to help women in need to live a more meaningful life. She describes her experiences as "life enlightening". Susan has pictures and stories to share, so please plan to attend this week's meeting.

Join your fellow Lions at 11:30am for lunch. Our meeting will begin at noon with Susan's presentation.
See you at the Ranch House Restaurant!

Henry E Koehler

04/13/2026

Fellow Lions

This week's guest speaker is a friend of our club, Tavia Evans. Tavia will update us on the current happenings on the Heartland Flyer effort to keep rail service in Gainesville and North Texas.
Join your fellow Lions for lunch at 11:30am. Our meeting will begin at noon with Tavia's presentation.

Oh, and bring a friend!!!!!
Henry E Koehler

04/03/2026