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Lions Club lion emerges from pond

By Roger Whittle - March 25, 2026 in News, Featured Reading Time: 3 minutes

Jack Rasmussen of the Watertown Lions Club rides the metal lion out of Lions Park Pond on Wednesday, March 25. Photo by Roger Whittle, The Watertown Current.

The lion came out like a lamb. Lions Club member Jack Rasmussen shows the two clocks that were inside the lion to mark the exact time when it fell thr...

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Roger Whittle

Roger Whittle has over 40 years of daily newspaper experience at a dozen papers across the country including the Omaha World Herald. He returned to his hometown of Watertown in 2012 as editor of the local paper. He has been recognized with dozens of journalism awards for writing, photography and page design.

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