With Farragut Lions

I joined the Farragut Lions Club in greeting children and passing out goodies at the Farragut community’s “Freaky Friday”.

As you can see, the Lions created a festive booth, and at least the lady Lions members were brave enough to be in costume also! The guys, not so brave .

In the photo are King Lion Gerri Crutchfield, and Lions Kathy Burrow, Dave Crawford, Jim Hart, and Norvell Burrow. Lion Ann Raby was also there for a while, but unfortunately missed the photo.

Athere was quite a crowd at the park, and many of the costumes were pretty unique.

The Wizard of Oz!

The Wizard of Oz was a popular theme this year. Multiple Dorothy’s and Scarecrows, even one or two Toto’s!

What really surprised me – and made my day! – were the number of little Lions

Lion Kathy Burrow took some dual-Lion photos with her camera, so I’m hoping to get some of those to add to this page and my album!

Other popular costumes were super heroes (mostly Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk), Star Wars characters, and your normal scary creatures.

The Farragut Lions participating in a terrific event and helped raise awareness of Lionism in the community. Special thanks to Lion Dave Crawford for getting me to and from the park safely!

Larger photos can be viewed in the photo album.

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Knox County North Lions at Registration

On August 29th, the Knox County North Lions Club held it’s annual “Fun” Dog Show.

PDG Clare Crawford has helped me at some other events, but this was the first time I had met many other members of her club.

The Westminster Kennel Club had NOTHING on this show!

There were classes for fastest wag, best trick, longest ears, cutest puppy, popcorn toss, hot dog dunk, and more.

There was also a class for the “Best Costume”.

If ANYONE was going to sponsor this one, you KNOW it had to be me

Best Costume Trophy

“Best Costume” was the first class of the day, and I led all the costumed canines in a parade around the gym while the judging took place.

I didn’t have time to get a photo with the winning dog, but here’s a picture of the trophy taken ahead of time.

There was a pretty intimidating Great Dane (I think?) that sent me running.

Lions aren’t afraid of too many things, but this dog was bigger than me!

A Vol fan!

Wendy Cain and her dog

Another of the dogs, as you can see, was a Tennessee Volunteer fan all decked out in its orange.

PDG Wendy Cain was kind enough to help me out during this appearance.

But she also had her hands full with her own dog, a Bassett Hound.

We were taking some pictures outside, and since he was a shorter dog, I knelt down for a closer photo.

I don’t remember that crazy dog’s name, but he had no fear as he climbed up on me!

A new Friend!

Finally, one of the new friends I made was the little girl of the Knox County North Lions Club President.

I think she was ready to take me home as an over-sized stuffed animal, and she was definitely curious as she continued to wave to me and come up to see me.

We both LOVED sharing big hugs and posing for the camera

I wish I could have stayed around longer, but be sure to check out my additional photos with people AND dogs.

Go to the photo album from the Knox County North Lions Club Dog Show to see more!

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Powell Lions Parade Registration

The day began with the Powell 4th of July parade, sponsored by the Powell Lions Club.

I met several new Lions friends at the sign-in booth. . . they also had shade – which was in limited supply in the parking lot staging area!

The Powell Lions were so busy working the parade, they didn’t have a float/entry, however, they lined me up toward the front of the parade to represent the Lions.

Getting Ready to Begin the Parade

A BIG “THANK YOU” to Mary Lou Crail for letting us borrow her red convertible, and to PDGs Dave and Clare Crawford, for chauffeuring and making sure I had plenty of cool drinks!

Before the parade, I met several other people who were also lining up to participate – several community leaders and groups, a kangaroo, a not-so-friendly dog, and “Deputy Beaver”.

A Ticket for 'Having Too Much Fun'?!?

He actually wrote me a ticket for having too much fun! Can you believe it? I was definitely guilty as charged!

If I wasn’t so positive that it is GREAT to be a Lion, I might start having an identity crisis.

Along the parade, I had children call me a Lion, a Tiger (again), and a Bear (really, a bear?).

Add to that the Crocodile and Kangaroo that were part of the festivities, and it was quite a zoo!

Playtime After the Parade

After the parade, we went to the picnic area sponsored by the Powell Business and Professional Association.

There were children’s games and food. Boy, the hot dogs and hamburgers looked yummy, but I didn’t want to chance getting ketchup or mustard in my fur.

Lion Laura Bailey of Knoxville Realty

I met Laura Bailey, who is another Powell Lions Club member. She tried her best to get me to reveal my identity, but I held strong

Someone mentioned I should use a phone booth like Superman. Ha! But seriously, have you tried to find a pay phone these days?

I sure did meet a lot of terrific people. Check out my photo album from the 4th of July Parade and activities or enjoy the slide show of all the photos below.

I will include separate entries for my other Independence Day activities, so please stop back!

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