August 2005: Lions Bob Nixon and John Davis display our local activities and promote the famous "Coupon Books" at the Annual County Fair.
July 19, 2005: With help from crews on two local Charter
Communications boom trucks, Lions stretch arms high to catch the giant 30-by-40-foot
U.S. Flag as it comes down from the side of the HobNob Corner restaurant. 
Standing with the flag's donor, Bill Lloyd, Lion Past President Jerry Simo examines some of the staples to be removed as the flag is taken down before the club meeting July 19.
... Later that evening, Lion Linda Tincher, new governor of Lion District
25E-1, addresses the club on her plans to increase membership during the year.
Afterward, she is presented with one of the club's Friendship Banners by Lion 1st Vice President Dana Robertson.
LIONS OF BROWN COUNTY stretch a giant U.S. flag tight as they carry it at the end of the annual Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade on Saturday, May 7, 2005, in Nashville. Crowds ahead line both sides of VanBuren Street at the courthouse. With back to camera is Lion Allen Hazelbaker, parade co-chair with Marcia Flaherty, who is at right on the front edge of the flag.
Lion
Mike Gunn beats a march tempo for Brown County Lions stretching a giant U.S. Flag at the
end of the annual Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade in Nashville May 7, 2005.
Here comes the G.A.R. - at least we think it's a troop of Civil War reinactors dressed in uniforms of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Harmony
Church music-makers help make the Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade a lively one May 7,
2005, at Nashville.
Two Lions - Ray Schaefer, left, and Rich Greeno - carry the parade banner for another of their community interests, the Friends of the Brown County State Park. The annual Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade was at Nashville May 7, 2005.
Retired
teacher holds a slate saying he's not only retired but "tired," as the Retired
Teachers Assn. float displays the 2005 Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade theme:
"History Blooms in Brown County."
Riding the Pioneer Women's float in the Lions Club Spring Blossom Parade May 7, 2005, both younger and older women greet parade-goers in Nashville. Grand Marshals of the parade were Nel Hamilton and Ada Jones, recipients of the Brown County Historical Society's first Abe Martin Award.
Salvation Army musicians, including members from the Brown County church, perform lively hymns as the troupe's clown blows his bugle in the annual Brown County Lions Spring Blossom Parade May 7, 2005.
Almost Done! Nina, the Elephant, Moves Gingerly Across Turf with Job Almost Done to
Lift the Big Top Poles Into Place. Lions Club of Brown County Sponsored the Circus Here.
Audience Applauds as Elephant Nina Hauls a Pole into Place to Erect the Big Top for the Kelly Miller Circus Sponsored by the Brown County Lions Club May 6, 2005
Another
Pole! Nice Going, Nina! And the Big Top Goes into Place for the Kelly Miller Circus
sponsored by Brown County Lions Club.
Crowd of Youngsters Awaits Raising of the Big Top About 9 a.m. May 6, 2005, Before Two
Performances Later in the Day by the Kelly Miller Circus, Sponsored by Brown County Lions
Club. Kelly Miller Set up Tours for Schoolchildren on Field Trips.
Elephant at Breakfast Before the Big Top Goes up at the Kelly Miller Circus May 6, 2005
Glamour Isn't All in the Bright Spotlights of the Big Top ... It Takes Preparation, Too. Outside a House Trailer, This Member of the Kelly Miller Circus Troupe Is Polishing a Ladder Resting on an Embossed Table with Red Velvet Cover.
Off We Go on the Camel ... Four at a Time! Many Youngsters Got to Ride an Elephant as
Well as the Camels and Ponies at the Kelly Miller Circus Sponsored by the Brown County
Lions Club on May 6, 2005.
Lions Club President Jerry and Wife Pam Grin in the Crowd under the Big Top During the Kelly Miller Circus at the New Eagle Park Athletic Field.
Lots of
Lions ... All That Yellow! The Afternoon Show Was Popular with Lions and the Evening Show
Was Standing Room Only! Lions Clustered Near the Entry to the Big Top to See the Kelly
Miller Circus.
More
Lions under the Big Top for the Kelly Miller Circus.
Up He
Goes ... and Higher and Higher He Goes (and He's Only 8!) He Is Part of One of the Family
Balancing Acts in the Ring at the Kelly Miller Circus in Nashville on May 6, 2005
Llamas
and Ponies Circle the Big Top's Ring as Camels Mount Footstools During the Kelly Miller
Circus.
Lion
Perry Olds plays Santa Claus at the front porch of the Artist Colony Inn hotel and
restaurant in downtown Nashville, and is joined by Lion Brian Teel (beside him) as the
local troupe of Christmas Minstrels stops by the hotel to sing Christmas carols. At left
is Santa's Helper Irene Joslin, who was working with another of Santa's Helpers, Lion Stu
Huffman, who took the picture.
| Spring Blossom Parade - May 3, 2003 The Lions organized and participated in this annual celebration of the season in downtown Nashville. |
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Lion Joe
Dewees (member since 1959) spoke to the Lions along with Lions Bob Seibel, Jim Milnes, and
Andy Rogers at the 60th Anniversary Event. Lion Joe addressed events from the past
and visions for the future for both our club and our community.
Lions putting up a holiday wreath at the Court House in downtown
Nashville in December 2002.
Lion Terry Woodhouse accepts a certificate of thanks for his efforts at
making the coupon book such a successful fund raising for the club. His active
involvement in the community and with merchants has helped grow the program.
Coupon books are now available from your local Lion's Club members. They are $10 and feature 72 coupons this year.
Lion Bob
Himes celebrates 50 years as a Lion in August 2002.
Lions regularly undertake a highway
clean up campaign. This photo is from our 1999 archives. Lions are Lloyd
Soley, Rex Watters II, Joe Dewees, Jim Rispoli, Cushing Roth (deceased), John Davis, Bob
Nixon, Dick Pitts, Ray Laffin, Leslie Peacock, and Harry Fackenthal
The Lions assisted the annual Psi Iota Xi sorority Log Cabin Tour on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, 2002. Here are just a few of the Lions who worked: (click on any photo to enlarge it):
On May 18 the Lions held our Spring Pancake Breakfast fundraiser. Here are some photos of the club at work and the public enjoying the bill of fare (click on any photo to enlarge it):
