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I have revised the way my photos are displayed and now you can view photos from two different pages:

• A gallery of photo albums for 2009 events can be found on the 2009 Photos page
• A gallery of photo albums for 2010 events can be found on the 2010 Photos page

To catch you up on my events since the last blog post, I’ve been a busy Lion!

December 2009 brought cool weather (which I really enjoy) and three Christmas Parades with Lions:

• Morristown Lions Club on December 3 (view photos)
• Powell Lions Club on December 5 (view photos)
• Oak Ridge Lions Club on December 12 (view photos)

I helped the Halls Lions Club with a public relations/awareness booth at the Knoxville Center Mall (view photos).

I participated in the Lions District 12-N Convention in February and managed to get into some mischief at the Friday night social, and learn a thing or two during Saturday morning sessions (view photos).

I joined with the Halls Lions Club, West Side Leos and other Lions to walk in the 2010 Dogwood Arts Festival Parade in Knoxville (view photos).

I participated in the Walk for Sight to help raise money for the Lions District 12-N Charities’ White Cane Agencies (view photos).

I visited the Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club Car Show (view photos), but didn’t last too long in the heat and humidity (bring back winter!)

On July 3, I participated in the Powell Lions Club Independence Day Parade (view photos) and the Norris Day Celebration.

I’ve got some pretty exciting things planned for August and September, so be on the lookout!

Norris Day Celebration

From the Powell Lions Club 4th of July Parade and picnic, Past District Governors Kaye Forester and Clare Crawford took me to Norris, Tennessee to visit the 41st annual Norris Day Celebration sponsored by the Norris Lions Club.

Hop over to visit the Norris Lions Club web site!

The Norris Lions were all over the park, and they were easy to spot in their Lions shirts with “Ask Me” on the back. What a cool idea!

I met Past District Governor Dean Harshbarger and his wife, Lion Nellie.

I didn’t get to see many of the Lions who were working up in the dining area selling barbeque, but I did meet some who were working the grill.

Tough Guys!

I didn’t have room for all their photos here, so go to the photo album from the Norris Day activities or enjoy the slide show of all the photos at the bottom of this post.

I also saw more Anderson County High School Leos. . . a few familiar faces from the Day with the Lions, plus some!

They were having a great time with duck races, and hopefully raising a few bucks in the process.

I missed the children’s bicycle parade, but saw several bikes that were all decked out with red, white and blue patriotic creativity.

Anderson Co. H.S. Leo sponsored duck race

I stopped by the Volunteer Fire Department’s dunking booth and gave that a shot.

The fella in the booth didn’t have much to worry about, because I was throwing with mitten paws and couldn’t see where the ball went after throwing!

Everyone was having a great time during the festivities, but if I go to too many more events with the hot air/bounce games for youngsters, I’m gonna be tempted to jump in!

I couldn’t quite fit my head in one of them here, but it sure looked fun!

Taking a Shot at the Volunteer Fire Dept. Dunking Booth

I just don’t remember having those when I was a cub

Lion Paws with John Zye Pope

I continue to meet a lot of nice people of ALL ages.

Thanks to Klent Pope for sending me the photo with his son, John Zye.

Some of the middle school and high school students wanted pictures with me on their cell phones, while the little ones thought I was just an over-sized stuffed animal!

A Big Stuffed Animal!

I wish I could have stuck around for the evening program and fireworks. But, it was a long, hot day for this Lion.

Now I know why Lions in the zoo are less active and sleep all day!

Congratulations, Norris Lions Club on a wonderful community event!

Check out my photo album from the Norris Day activities or enjoy the slide show of all the photos below.

Keeping Roaring!

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