Gainesville Lions Club, it seems, has always been identified with City Park, especially when Gainesville High School’s Red Elephant football team romped over the field. For many years, it was a Lions Club member who sold you a ticket at the game at little concrete block booths on either side of the field. Somebody else does that now, but the Lions, along with the Clermont-North Hall Lions Club, park cars at several lots around the field, proceeds going to youth recreational programs and Lions projects.
Johnny Vardeman: Lively Lions left footprints all over town