The Clarendon Lions Club held its 99th anniversary Charter Banquet last Saturday night, October 3, at the Mulkey Theatre and presented awards during the evening as the culmination of Lions Day in the city.
Boss Lion Landon Lambert presented Lion Sandra Childress as the Outstanding New Member for 2021, and Lion Ashlee Estlack was recognized as the Lion of the Year for her service to the community through Lionism and her role in promoting club growth and visibility through marketing and social media.
Darcy Grahn was formally crowned as the club’s Sweetheart for the current year.
First Vice District Governor Roger Estlack and Second Vice District Governor Ryan Monroe of the Amarillo Downtown Lions Club presented Boss Lion Landon Lambert with the Impact Award. Lambert is the first member of the Clarendon Lions Club in 99 years to be re-elected to a second term as president. He was recognized for overseeing a growth in membership in the Clarendon Lions Club of more than 30 percent, which was the highest percentage growth in District 2-T1 during the Lions year 2020-2021.
Clarendon Lions set a goal in the fall of 2020 to recruit 22 new members before their centennial anniversary in October 2022, and they are more than halfway to that goal. The Boss Lion announced that goal at the 98th anniversary celebration last October.
Those attending this year’s banquet were FVDG Roger Estlack and his partner in service Lion Ashlee Estlack and their children, Ben and Ella Estlack; SVDG Ryan Monroe of Amarillo Downtown and his partner in service Lion Jennifer Monroe and their children, Mady and Jackson Monroe; District Treasurer Kevin Cox of Amarillo Downtown; Boss Lion Landon Lambert, wife Tonya, and daughter Whitney Price; Second Vice President Sandra Childress, Third Vice President George Hubbard, Lion Tamer Scarlet Estlack and her partner in service Lion Russell Estlack and sons, Nathan and Daniel Estlack; Tail Twister Jacob Fangman; Sweetheart Darcy Grahn and her parents, Kalen and Lisa Grahn; Lion Anndria Newhouse and her husband, Michael; Lion Ashley Savage; Lion John Howard and his wife, Lori; and Lion John Michie of the Amarillo Downtown Lions Club.
Earlier in the day Saturday, about 30 Lions from all over the Panhandle assembled at the Mulkey Theatre for the District 2-T1 fall cabinet meeting. The meeting began with donuts and coffee at 8:30 and featured presentations on marketing and promoting Lionism by Lion Ashlee Estlack and on recruiting new, younger Lions by District 2-X3 Governor Angela Cases of Temple.
District and local Lions enjoyed lunch and shopping at the Whistle-Stop Trade Days before gathering at the Donley County Senior Citizens Center to assemble 88 non-perishable food boxes for local homebound residents. Lions also helped deliver those boxes Saturday afternoon.
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