Darien Lions Club
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The Darien Lions Club's Lion of the Year for 2006-07 is Lion Jim Goetzinger,
shown here with his wife Mary.

Our 2005-06 Lion of the Year is Lion Dennis Kuczynski, pictured here with his wife Marilyn.  

A long-time resident of Darien , Lion Kooch and his wife Marilyn moved to Plainfield 4 years ago.  Lion Kooch was a member of our Board of Directors for five years and served as Club President in 2001-2002.  

He has worked on and has been chairman of numerous Lions Club activities.  He is one of the founders and active developers of our Club’s website,  and is looking forward to being chairman of this year’s Candy Day.   

Lion Kooch is an avid outdoorsman, and enjoys golf, fishing, deer hunting as well as bowling.  His favorite pastime however, is spending time with and enjoying his 4 grandchildren.  

This year's Lion of the Year (2004-2005) is Lion Jim Kiser. 

Our 2003-04 Lion of the Year is Lion Ray Krusinski, who joined our Club in 1988.  He has served as chairman and member of numerous committees, was on our Board of Directors for five years, including President (2002-03).  Lion Ray was instrumental in the development of the Darien Lions Club Foundation.  He also recently developed a new program, the Night Walk, which will be rolled out next fall by the District 1-J Board.

Ray and his wife Jeanne are long-time Darien residents.  They are the proud grandparents of a baby girl.

Last year's (2002-03) Lion of the Year goes to Lion Gary Lussenhop.  This award speaks for itself.  It is granted to a Lion who has served with service, distinction, and dedication for more than five years.  Gary truly deserves this honor for the 2002-2003 program year and we all congratulate him for this most prestigious award. Gary has been a member of our Club since 1985.  He is an avid fisherman and a wannabee golfer.  He and his lovely wife Pauline are long-time residents of Darien.

Our 2001-02 Lion of the Year was Lion Don Cozzolino.  Don joined our Club in 1987 and has served on our Board of Directors and numerous committees.  He will be our President for the 2003-04 Club Year.  Don and his wife Peggy and their family live in Darien.

Past Lions of the Year who are still active members of our Club include Tom Pankow, Ira Bresof, Kris Sant, Bill Cernugel, Gene Kolling, Harold Oban, Rick Biehl, Joe Carr, Bill Bucholz, Erv Sirovy, Phil Schuessler, Dan Kaminski, Bill Stumpe, Jim Sims, Al Borowiak, Joe Marchese, Art Donner, Gerry Kucera, Tony Zeman, and Greg Ruffolo.

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