Sterling Lions Club installs 2026-2027 officers, honors members with awards
Sterling Lions Club handed leadership to Mickey Dubs and Darrin Blankenbeckler while honoring members and lining up its fair-week Cowboy Breakfast.
The Sterling Lions Club used its latest meeting to pass the torch and put a spotlight on the volunteer work that keeps local traditions moving. Mickey Dubs stepped in as president and Darrin Blankenbeckler became vice president, and the club also presented awards to members whose work supports Sterling and Logan County year-round.
That leadership change matters in a town where civic clubs still help carry some of the load for community service and fundraising. The Lions meet at the Sterling Elks Club, 321 Ash St., from September through May on the first four Tuesdays, and their service work reaches into several corners of daily life, from Community Health Fair support and Kid Sight photo screening to highway clean-up, an Easter candy hunt, Students of the Month recognition, Pancake Night for Sight, eyeglasses for children and scholarships.
One of the club’s most practical efforts is its eyeglass recycling program. Working with Eastern Colorado Services for the Developmentally Disabled and the Sterling Correctional Facility, the Lions sort about 2,000 pairs of glasses each week, turning donated frames into a direct resource for people who need vision help. That kind of hands-on service is part of why the club remains visible even when its work happens out of the spotlight.
The Lions also stay tied to one of Logan County’s biggest summer traditions. The Sterling Lions Club Cowboy Breakfast is scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, 2026, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. at the Sterling Elks Lodge, with doors opening at 6:00 a.m. Tickets cost $8. The breakfast falls during the 2026 Logan County Fair, which runs July 23 through August 2, and the Lions use the event to recognize the fair board, royalty, the parade marshal and some pioneers.
The club’s local roots run deep. Lions Clubs International was founded in 1917 and says it is the world’s largest service club organization, with more than 1.4 million members in about 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. The Sterling club, filed in Colorado on October 27, 1955 and listed in good standing with the state, keeps that broader mission grounded locally from 358 Bannock St. and P.O. Box 567 in Sterling.
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