Three added to the Lions Hall of Fame

Gene Herring

Gene Herring will be inducted the the Lions Club Hall of Fame this year. He was actively involved with the idea of the Woodchopper’s Jamboree, turning the idea into a reality. Gene was in charge of the barbecue committee from the beginning of Woodchoppers until the late 1980s.

Herring continued to show up at the barbecue until the late 1990s, and rarely missed regular Lions meetings or the board meetings.

Herring was an Encampment native, owned and operated Kuntzman’s Cash Store and was very active in the Lions Club.

John McClure

John McClure was a minister at the Encampment Presb...