KIWANIS KEY March 13, 2026
President (NO TIE) Stephen rang our Friday the 13th of March meeting to order. Mark Rice led us in the pledge and singing and Robbie Hicks gave a meaningful blessing. The prayer list this week includes Barbara Porter’s daughter-in-law Nicole, Robbie Talton’s wife Deanna, Tim Dunn, Fred Cutter’s father-in-law and daughter, Charles T Haigh, Jay Gothard’s family following his mother passing away, Kirby White, Grace McGrath, and Henry Tyson’s new baby daughter – Darby Katherine.
BIRTHDAYS – March 13, Steve Smith
NEWS FROM TODAY’S MEETING – Next Club Social will be on 26 March at Scrub Oaks. Invite a friend!! Jim Schaffer reminded us that Little League Baseball is right around the corner and he is looking for sign sponsors. Special thanks to Garry Winebarger and Reverse Raffle Committee. ALL 300 tickets have been sold !! A very special thanks to Garry and the whole committee, but especially Garry, Mike Pleasant, Mark Fisher, Kevin Bunn, Richard Everett, Ad Winters, and Alan Buffaloe who all sold 15 or more Tickets. The Board met last night and The Awards Night Committee was voted committee of the month. Finally, the milk carton must be working as Phil Harris showed up for lunch today!!!
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT – Please make plans now to support the club’s annual golf tournament which will be on Thursday, 8 October at Cypress Lakes Golf Course. The tournament committee has already been at work for the event and is partnering with Lafayette Ford and the other local car dealers in a joint effort to raise funds for the club, but also for our endowment which has now surpassed $500K. We need EVERY SINGLE member to bring a team, play, support a team, fund a hole sign, or at least provide 1-2 raffle prizes in the $20-$25 range. More to follow as we get closer.
TERRIFIC KIDS HELP NEEDED !! – Terrific Kids is one of our two SIGNATURE programs in our Club and help is needed. Committee Chairman Russ Jones is doing way more work that he should be having to do, and the work is simple and not very time consuming if we all pitch in. The only thing committee members do is deliver supplies once or twice a year to the school that they support and then make the Terrific Kid of the Year presentation at their respective school in May each year. I have two schools and it is a BLAST !!!! Members (especially new members) who do not have a school need to call or email Russ and volunteer to take a school. He can be reached at (910) 495-6944 or rjones17nc@gmail.com. PLEASE get involved with this committee. It is the very foundation of everything KIWANIS !!!!!!!
PROGRAM – President Stephen introduced John Thompson, a lawyer from Raeford, who spoke about unusual laws still on the books in North Carolina. Among the many laws that he cited, two of the more unusual were that it is against the law to steal kitchen grease and there are different penalty levels depending on the amount stolen. The other one involved stealing pine straw. Go figure !!! Finally – Garry Winebarger won the Friday raffle.
WORDS FOR THE HEART – “Happiness is not a destination – it is a way of life. Enjoy the journey!” (anonymous)
Respectfully – Bruce “Back The Pack” Brown, Ph. 910-485-2672 or bruce.brown@brownandais.com
