Glade Lions Club installs new slate of officers

By Ken Steadman / Chronicle contributor

June 29, 2009 06:09 pm

— Past District Governor Keith Pontius was recently installed as president (King Lion) of the Fairfield Glade Lions Club along with all of his officers. Keith’s term starts July 1, 2009 and ends June 30, 2010.
Pontius has been a very active Lions Club member for over 53 years of his life. He has served in three states and has had perfect attendance for all of these years. He first joined the Lions in Indiana, transferred to Ohio, back to Indiana and finally to Tennessee in 1995. Along the way he has held many offices including King Lion and District Governor in the state of Ohio.
Pontius has been recognized with many awards as well. He was the winning district editor of his club’s newsletter in Ohio, Master Key and Advanced Key memberships, Melvin Jones Fellowship, Lion of the Decade and Fifty Years Perfect Attendance, to name just a few. He firmly believes in the Lions Club motto “We Serve.”
Pontius realizes that no Lion can work alone, so he has formed the following team to assist him for 2009-2010: Greg Pugh, first vice president; Charisse Straight, second vice president; Harleen Dickinson, secretary; Marilyn Iverson and Roger Loper, assistant secretary; Shirley King, treasurer; Bill Whitfield and Bob Stacy, assistant treasurer; Tom Baldwin, Ron Likens and Bill Silence, Lion Tamers; Don Deberry, Judy Koskinen and Ed Litman, Tail Twisters; Jim Grove, Jim Seppala and Pat Lundin, membership committee; Phyllis Fiedler, historian; Venita McAlvey, chaplain; and Jeanne Dougherty, Roger Loper, Bob Garwood, John Manning, Ron Iseli and Jim Grove, directors.
The Fairfield Glade Lions Club is the largest Club in Tennessee with over 115 members. They meet the first and third Monday of each month with dinner meetings at the Druid Hills Country Club with certain exceptions. The meetings start at 6 p.m. and last about two hours. You can learn more about the FFG Lions activities by calling President Keith Pontius at 484-3138 or membership chairman Jim Grove at 484-7900. The Club has been actively serving the community since 1976.