Montezuma Lions preparing for July 6 Chicken Barbecue Dinner

By Roger Allen

        Montezuma Lions made final plans for their July 6 annual Chicken BBQ Dinner at their Monday, June 24 meeting. Since the July 6 “Let Freedom Ring” parade will be starting a half hour earlier this year – at 9:30 a.m. – the Lions will begin grilling of chicken halves (about 3 a.m.) instead of later as well, so they will be ready to begin serving customers as soon as the parade is over.
       The dinner will include the club’s famously-flavored barbecued half-chicken along with baked beans and coleslaw, a roll, iced tea and lemonade.  There will be carry-out service as well as the  option of dining inside the air-conditioned Memorial Hall. Serving is scheduled to begin following the conclusion of the celebration parade, and continue until about 1 p.m. - or until approximately 880 chicken dinners have been dispensed.
      A meal ticket is $12 at the door on July 6 or in advance from Lions club members. Proceeds will go toward community service projects and projects to aid the sight and hearing-impaired. Through the Lions organization, proceeds will also go to Iowans in communities like Montezuma now being affected by flooding and tornadoes.