Here Comes the Judge

Retired Kingfisher County Associate District Judge, Robert C. “Bob” Lovell, left, was presented the Melvin Jones Fellowship award Thursday during the noon meeting of the Hennessey Lions Club by president Tim Riddle. The Fellowship is the Lions Club International’s highest recognition for dedication to the Lions and the honoree’s community. “It embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism,” Riddle said when making the presentation. Lovell, 94, has been a member of the Hennessey Lions Club for 65 years, and has served in every office and on every committee throughout those years. He is best known to members and the community as The Judge, and is also the club’s long-time Tail Twister. In that job, he has held court for many years at meetings in which a member’s name is drawn as the winner to compete against him in 10 questions. He has already answered those on-line questions dealing with history, and sometimes quirky information. Three other member names are drawn to serve as consultant life lines to the winner. The joke at meetings is that generally Judge Lovell always gets one more right answer than the member and his team. The Hennessey club was chartered in 1934, and meets each Thursday at noon for lunch at the Family Cafe on Main St. Visitors are welcome. (Photo provided]