Powell Lions Club – 4th of July Parade on 7/4/09

Lions sure are busy helping their communities celebrate Indepedence Day and patriotic Lion Paws was busy as well!

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.

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”.

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!

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.

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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