INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OFFICERS
Joel Dieckman is the Club's Past President. Joel grew up in Calamus and after graduating from high school went to college at Wartburg. Joel loves to sing and was in a choir in college and has sang at Carnegie Hall. He is a Vice-President at De Witt Bank & Trust Co., and is very active in civic organizations in De Witt. Joel and his wife Brenda, along with their four children are proud to call De Witt their home. A list of achievements for the year ending June 2011 are listed.

Jane Kedley is our club's President. Jane grew up in Miles Iowa and graduated from Northeast Missouri State University. She has been the Director of our library for over 27 years. She is married to Steve, who works for First Central State Bank in De Witt. The have two grown children. Jane can be reached at 563-659-3481.

Mary Rueter is our Club's 1st Vice President. Mary is the publisher at the De Witt Observer. She has held this position for many years. Mary came to De Witt from Wisc., and is a Chicago Bear Fan. She is very active in our community and can be reach at work by calling 563-659-3121.

Nancy Aiken is our Club's 2nd Vice President and also Program Chair. Nancy grew up in the state of New york and came to De Witt in the late 60's. She is retired but does work part time at Scott Drug. She is an active volunteer in De Witt and can be reached at 563-659-5554.

JoElla O'Connell serves as our Club Secretary and also is the Director of The De Witt Chamber. She can be contacted at 563-659-8500 for any club information. JoElla has served for many years in this capacity and is extremely knowledgable on all club Members and our activities. JoElla joined the De Witt Noon Lions in October 2000, became a Board Member in 2001, and asumed her duties as Secretary of our Club in 2002. She was nominated for and received the Klise Leadership Award in 2006 and also received a Warren Coleman Honorary Award in 2008. You will find JoElla supporting all of our activitites throughout the year. She has lived in De Witt all of her life and she and her husband, Joe, have two children and two grandchildren.

Tony McAvon is our Club's Treasurer. He is an Assistant Vice President/Mortgage Officer at First Central State Bank in De Witt. Tony grew up and graduated from school here before getting his degree from The University of Northern Iowa, and has his MBA from Ashford University. He and his wife Kara have four children. Tony loves sports and is eager to help with our club.

Mike Thomas is our Membership Chairman. Please call Mike at 563-659-8399 with any question you may have about becoming a Member of Lions. Assisting Mike are Ron Hill and Fred Gerdes.

Bill Homrighausen is our Publicity Chairman and writes the article for the De Witt Observer. He can be reached at 563-659-3616.


For thoughts or additions to our Web Page contact Richard Kelly at 563-659-5817. (Email = headfrog@iowatelecom.net. Dick retired as President of the De Witt Bank & Trust Co., and has lived in the De Witt Area all his life. He graduated from Missouri State Teacher College and became a Lions Member in 1977. During that time he has held all the offices and been a tail-twister for (E) 20 years. He is a retired De Witt Volunteer Fireman and he and his wife, Mary Jo, have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Dick is the recipiant of the Melvin Jones Fellow and Warren Coleman Honorary Awards.

Our First Year Directors are Dave Rex and Peg Thiltgen. Second Year Directors are Scott Fleagle and Tom O'Connor.

Our Lion Tamer is Jeff Wartgow who is Pastor of the Church.

Our current Tail Twisters are Greg Barnes and Paul Hill...Second Year are Marty Murrell and Mike Thomas.

Thank you for taking the time to view our Web Page.

OUR 43rd ANNUAL TRAVELOGUE SERIES IS UNDERWAY
For 44 highly successful years the De Witt Noon Lions Club has entertained and informed the community with this unique and highly motivated travel and adventure series!

All events will be held at the De Witt Operhouse Theater starting January 2012 and proceeding every other week through May 2012. Two presentations are made of each event, one starting at 3:00 PM and the second starting at 7:00 PM. You will enjoy a very professional presentation about travel in some of the most exotic parts of the world. Many of the presentors are Lions Club members and a few come from many miles away.

Relax in comfortable theater-style seating and enjoy the pictures on a full size theater screen. Refreshments are available and the shows vary in length from 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

The De Witt Noon Lions suggest a donation of $4.00 per person when entering the theater, but they promise free admittance to anyone who cannot otherwise afford to attend.
For a complete list of this year's Travelogue Series click on the calendar link to the left for dates and topics.

Every effort will be made to present our Travelogues on the days scheduled. However, if inclement weather forces a cancellation, local television and radio stations will be asked to announce the cancellation.

We look forward to seeing you.

OUR 56th YEAR OF LIONISM SERVICE
The DeWitt Noon Lions celebrated 50 years of service to the Community, District and the State of Iowa on Saturday, April 26, 2003.

The De Witt Noon Lions are ready now to begin their 59th year of service to the De Witt community! Lion Jane Kedley serves as Club President and will lead our membership to another successful year of Lionism. Watch this web-site for news of all the planned events of yet another busy year!