CLUB NOTES

Southwest Kansas Association for Visually Impaired
    The Southwest Kansas Association for Visually Impaired met at 2 p.m. May 8 at the Senior Citizens  North High Rise in Dodge City. The president, Daisy Wasson, conducted the meeting.
    The program was given by Debbie Allen of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, RSVP.  This is a federal program supported by grants, the United Way, a portion of the Ford County tax for seniors and from various fund-raising projects.  Dodge City Community College is the sponsor, which allows the use of college vehicles, for which RSVP pays a small fee.
    RSVP is for seniors 55 years and older and includes the Senior Companions and Foster Grandparents Programs.  Low-vision people can volunteer and can make telephone calls to check on others, help with office work, knit and sew, and in many other capacities. Volunteer hours given need to be reported through volunteer stations and need to be sent in monthly. Work may be done in cooperation with many community agencies.
    The Kansas Seniors Achieving Independent Living, KanSAIL, outreach workshops to be held in Garden City June 17 to 19 was discussed.  RSVP will take a van on June 17 for those who can't go and stay all three days in Garden City.  Others may provide transportation for the other days if enough interest is shown. Contact Beverley Leach to make arrangements.
    The next meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens North High Rise Apartments.

Dodge City Lions Club
    The Dodge City Lions Club met at noon Wednesday at Casey's Cowtown for its regular meeting. The featured speaker was Mark Sexson of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. He talked about the management of the deer population in the state and recent changes in the issuing of hunting permits.
    The next meeting will be at noon Wednesday, May 14, at Casey's Cowtown.