Jamestown Lions Club names 2026-27 officers and directors
Erik Laber will lead a Jamestown Lions Club that meets twice monthly and carries nearly a century of service into a new year.
Jamestown Lions Club turned a leadership change into a reminder of how long the organization has been woven into local service. At the club’s May 13 meeting, Past District Gov. Kathy Boe installed the 2026-27 officers and directors, with Erik Laber taking over as president.
The new leadership team includes Craig Thierer as first vice president, Vincent Kloubec as second vice president, Dwaine Heinrich as third vice president, Randy Lebahn as secretary, Kathy Boe as treasurer, Glen Nagel as director and membership chair, Steve Limesand as director, and Kevin Sortland as Lions Club International Foundation chair. Together, they will steer a club that has long paired fundraising with hands-on community work in Jamestown.
That work sits inside a much larger network. Lions Clubs International says the organization was founded in 1917 and now includes more than 1.4 million members in about 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Its foundation says it has awarded more than US$700 million in grants since 1968, supporting causes that range from vision-related service to youth programs, disaster relief, seniors and environmental work.
In Jamestown, the club’s public identity has stayed closely tied to service. The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce says the Jamestown Lions Club was established in May 1929 to serve the community. A 2009 profile described a 35-member club that used all funds raised for charitable works, including support for the visually impaired, senior citizens, scholarships, and the annual Christmas pageant and community Christmas tree.
The club continues to keep a regular public schedule at Sabir’s Grille, where it meets the first and third Wednesday at 6 p.m. That rhythm gives residents a consistent point of contact with one of Jamestown’s longest-running civic groups, and it is where the incoming officers will begin shaping the service projects, fundraising and membership outreach that define the club’s work over the coming year.
For a club that uses the motto “We Serve,” the annual installation was less about ceremony than continuity. The names may change from year to year, but the responsibility remains the same: keep a nearly century-old service tradition visible in Jamestown and ready for the needs that come next.
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