Carlos Graham was the first recipient of the traveling trophy that bears his name.
Carlos Graham unknowingly “loaned” his vehicle to a recently released inmate from the Cole County Jail. Carlos left the keys in his vehicle during a City Hall meeting across from the Cole County Jail. The Vehicle was recovered in Springfield, Missouri.
Matt Schofield: During the 2017-2018 Lions Year, Lion President Mark Schreiber held a trivia event during one of the Club Meetings. Mark had recycled the questions from another group’s presentation earlier in the day. Matt Schofield heard there was to be a repeat and “obtained” the answers from the morning session, successfully completing the Lions test with positive results.
Ron Jordan: During the 2018-2019 Lions Year, for the first time in many years, there was a “contested” race for the 2019-2020 Presidency. First Vice President Dorene Jackson had a long standing “love-hate” relationship with Ron Jordan, so Ron decided to run against Dorene, including “candy bar bribes”, only to drop out of the race at the last minute, leaving the election uncontested.
Larry Brandhorst: Larry has served as Treasurer for JC Host Lions (and many other Clubs) for a very long time. Larry enjoys the accounting aspect. The Club members often note if Larry gets a new car or if one of his reports is off by a mere 25 cents and threaten an audit. We all appreciate Larry’s hard work and abilities, but always like to give him grief about his “undisclosed compensation” as Treasurer.
Dan Bernskoetter annoyed Mark Schrieber.
Past President Todd Miller for being MIA after he left office.
Janet Ousley as "Pavlov's Dog" due to her reaction when a certain phrase/name was spoken..
Jim Jenkins received the "Buehler? Buehler? Buehler?" award named after a famous scene from "Ferris Buehler's Day Off" movie as Jim was to receive the Melvin Jones Award at the Century of Service Banquet, but he left the event early and was absent during the presentation.
Kevin Schwarzer got the 1-2-3 award after it took him 123 days to turn in his Ham & Bean and Chili ticket sale proceeds.
