We are located on the eastern side of South Dakota; part of the MD5 District. We currently have 40 Lions Clubs, and 1037 members in the District.

   Our District Governor for the Lions Year 2024-2025 is Lion Dennis Bohmont

District Governor, Dennis E. Bohmont, was born in Laramie, Wyoming in 1949. He graduated from Sparks High School, Sparks, Nevada in the class of 1968. He attended the University of Wyoming, in Laramie where he earned a B.S. Degree in Technical Education in 1973.  He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada where he earned a M.S. Degree in 1980 and a Specialist Degree in School Administration in 1981. 

Dennis has been a High School Educator for 30+ years. He has interwoven his teaching career with positions in private industry, where he worked for 10+ years.  Dennis started his teaching career as an educator in Ashfield, N.S.W. Australia. Returning to the United States, he obtained a teaching position in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was offered a teaching position in Battle Mountain, Nevada where he managed/advised an Educational F.M. Radio Station. An opportunity arose to become manager of a tourist attraction in Keystone, near Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota.  He returned to education to teach in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. 

To gain experience in manufacturing, Dennis took a position as a Saw Smith in DeLand, Florida for a company that manufactured Cypress Fence. Dennis returned to education, teaching in Mission, South Dakota.  During his 17 years there, he obtained a Special Education Endorsement from Sinte Gleska University, Mission, South Dakota.  Then in 2010, the International Technical Education Association recognized his program as one of the best in South Dakota.  Anticipating that retirement may be in his future, he took a teaching position in Ethan, South Dakota, where he took up residency in Mitchell and joined the Palace City Club in 2016.  While teaching in Ethan, Dennis worked with the High School Honor Society to develop a video that was submitted to Lions International resulting in a military veteran receiving a Leader dog. He has been active in various club activities and served as President, and as Zone 5 CHAIR

Yours in Service

Lion Dennis Bohmont

District Governor 5SE