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The Powassan Lions Club isn’t allowing COVID-19 to interfere with one of its major fundraising initiatives for a second consecutive year.
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Each year around this time the Lions begin holding a Sunday pancake breakfast as a lead-up to Easter.
The club members hold five Sunday breakfasts and they also manage to get in a pancake breakfast during the Powassan Maple Syrup Festival.
Club Secretary Sue Oshell says the Lions could only get one of their Sunday pancake breakfasts in last March, before COVID-19 triggered the province-wide lockdown.
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By DeSherion McBroom
Mar 6, 2021 5:52 PM
MARSHALL, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) After 17 years, the Lions Den in Marshall, Ill. is under new ownership.
Anne and Corey Sheehy took over the pizza business on March 3 and have plans to continue providing great service to the community. For about the last year, we were exploring options in the downtown Marshall area, said Anne Sheehy. To help either bring in new business or keep an existing business going in our small community.
The Sheehy s say this has been in the works over the last few months. They are looking to re-open inside dining in the next two months. It s been closed almost a year due to COVID-19.
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