LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Newton Lions Club offers thanks for help with Pancake Day

The Newton Lions Club would like to thank the following participants and sponsors for their outstanding help in the 61st Annual Newton Lions Club Pancake Day.

Without your help this special day, with 100 percent of the profits going to Newton Lions charity funds, would not have been possible.

A million thanks to The Newton Community Children’s Choir (members and parents), Saturday Knight Travelers Lions Club of McPherson, members of the Mid-Day Lions Club, the Newton Fire Department, Newton Activity Center and the residents of the community for attending.

Thanks to Access Health Clinic; Adrian and Pankratz, PA Attorneys — Tom Adrian, Randy Pankratz; Marilyn Wilder; Tim Hodge; David Stucky; Alexanders Jewelry; American Family - Edd Wallace; Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.; Anderson Health Care; Anderson Office Supply; Axtell Clinic; Bank of America; Bank of the West; Bob Stith Plumbing, Heating & Cooling; Boston Insurance; Bridges Inc.; Broadway Colonial Funeral Home & Monuments; Brown and Brown, Attorneys; Bud & Steve Auto Service; Buxman Motors; Central State Bank; Claassen Hardware & Lumber Co.; Concrete Vaults; Conrade Insurance Group; Cornerstone Law; Drs. Grant, McKinney & Simmons, Optometrists; Druber’s Daylight Donut Shop; Edward Jones - Mark Frazier; Edward Jones - Michael Barron; Enduring Love Memorials.

Thanks also to Farm Bureau Financial Services; Farmers Group Insurance — Robert Good; First Bank of Newton; Flowers by Ruzen; Floyd Wild Trucking; Furniture Warehouse; Gillispe Meats; Graber Ace Hardware; Grandpa’s Computers; Goossen Law Office; Healthy Eyes for Life — Craig W. Baier O.D.; Katherine’s Inc.; Kirkpatrick Plumbing & Climate Control; Knudsen, Monroe & Co; Krueger Insurance Management; Larry Reber Promotionl Advertising; Living Rooms by Gayle; Marshall Furniture; Master Plumbing; Mid-Kansas Rentals; Midland National Bank; Miller Insurance Agency; Mokas Coffee; Newton Chamber of Commerce; Newton Chiropractic Office; Newton Medical Center; Ochs Cleaners; WashburnTeam.com; Prudential Dinning Beard Realtors; Payne Oil Co./Propane Central; Petersen Funeral Home; Prestressed Concrete; Regier Construction Inc.; Realty Connections; Rohr Jewelry; Security Storage; Sherwin Williams; State Farm Insurance - Todd Barnes; Steely & Schimming; Somers, Robb & Robb, attorneys; Terry Davidson Dental; The Kansas Foot Center; The Newton Kansan; Those Blasted Signs; Tongish Motor Mart; and Wichita Clinic Bethel.

— John McGee, Lions membe