PORT ANGELES — More than 240 Lions Club members and their guests converged on Port Angeles last weekend for a spring district conference.
Of the 58 clubs represented at the conference, 52 are based on Vancouver Island, said Larry Kelly, past zone chairman and present member of the public relations committee for the Port Angeles Lions Club.
“It’s a truly international district,” Kelly said.
“They all come here because they love Port Angeles.”
District Gov. Gary Reidel of Wilder Auto Center of Port Angeles and the Port Angeles Lions Club hosted the spring conference Friday through Sunday.
Howard “Scooter” Chapman, past zone chairman and present conference chairman for the Port Angeles Lions Club, received an International President’s Award of Appreciation and a chevron for 50 years of service.
Chapman, an announcer for KONP radio, was given the award, the fourth highest in the International Lions Club, “because of his leadership abilities with this conference and everything else he does,” Kelly said.
Perfect attendance
Chapman also has had perfect attendance during his 50 years of membership in the Lions Club, Kelly said.
The award was given to Chapman by International Director Sonja Pulley.
The conference in Port Angeles was one of seven that the Port Angeles club has hosted since it began in 1942, Kelly said.
“We had a great turnout,” Kelly said.
“We had great weather. They shopped downtown. They spent three days enjoying the conference and enjoying what Port Angeles has to offer.”
