Padavan honors outstanding Lions

State Senator Frank Padavan officiated at the 11th annual dinner dance for the Little Neck-Douglaston Lions Club, where members and guests honored Joseph C. Thomassen as “Man of the Year,” Judy Oderwald as “Woman of the Year and Rod O’Connell as “Lion of the Year.”
Padavan also congratulated the entire group on 55 years of community service. Shown here are (from left) Padavan, O’Connell, McBride, Oderwald, Committee members Fred Heitz and Bob Nobile and Thomassen.