By Dena Wood
The Times
Lion Ken Miller Receives Prestigious Melvin Jones Award
Brian Richards is named 2016 Waitsburg Lion of the Year
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2016 Melvin Jones Award recipient Ken Miller (l) listens as former award recipient Glynn Davis (r) shares the history and local significance of the prestigious award.
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Lions Ken Miller and Brian Richards were selected as recipients of the Melvin Jones award and Lion of the Year, respectively, at the club's annual year-end ceremony on May 31.
Miller was nominated for the prestigious Melvin Jones Award by fellow Lion, close friend, and former award recipient Glynn Davis. Davis shared a brief history of the award, named after the founder of Lions Club International, and the highest award one can receive in Lions.
Davis explained that the Melvin Jones Foundation and award were established in 1973 to provide revenue for the Lions Club I...
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