CAPE GIRARDEAU'S DEIMUND IS LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Dr. G. Keith Deimund of Cape Girardeau was one of 700 people sworn in as district governors recently at the Lions Clubs International Convention in Philadelphia June 27 through July 5.

Deimund is a member of the Cape Girardeau Lions Club. As district governor he will preside over 34 clubs and two clubs for teen-age members.

Deimund is vice counsel chairman of the Council of Governors of Missouri Lions and president of the Missouri Lions Corp. He will serve on the board of Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation.

Deimund will co-chair the 1998 state convention of Missouri Lions next May in Cape Girardeau.

During the convention week, he attended a four-day seminar with two special sessions that focused on volunteerism and membership.

The convention officially began later in the week when the district governors were joined by 20,000 delegates from nearly 100 countries. Deimund helped kick off the event by joining thousands of Lions in marching down the streets of Philadelphia in a four-hour parade of nations.

"The Lions International Convention provided me with a wonderful opportunity to enhance my knowledge and understanding of the work the Lions are doing all over the world to promote the health and conservation of sight and hearing through service to others," he said.

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service organization with more than 1.4 million members in 43,000 clubs in 185 countries.

The Lions primary role has been to serve the blind and visually impaired since 1925 when Helen Keller challenged delegates to the international convention to be her "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness."