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Sycamore Lion Bill Gulke was recently awarded the George Lazansky Award by the local Illinois Lions District 1-J.
The award honors its namesake, District 1-J’s first governor, who served in 1951-52. Recipients of the award must have made an outstanding contribution to Lionism at the club and district level. They also must have performed an outstanding humanitarian achievement in the community in which they live, and they must be a Lion for at least 10 years.
Gulke has been a member of the club for 22 years.
Sycamore Lions Ken Hirschbein and Jerome Perez also were awarded the Jim and Joyce Davis Lifetime Service Award. This is one of the highest awards given at the district level.
Hirschbein and Perez have been members of the club for 27 and 21 years, respectively.