Friday’s Meeting                                               Jan 23, 2026
President Steve got us started on time.  We had a good crowd (no one wanted to travel out of town in the storm). Kirby White, the singer, led us in singing and pledging and Jim Ammons offered the invocation.  Please keep those on our infirmed list in your thoughts and prayers.  I am happy to report that the list is getting smaller.
 Charles T. Haigh, Tim Dunn (surgery complications), Barbara Porter’s daughter in law, Nicole, Robbie Talton’s wife, Deanna, and Fred Cutter’s father-in-law.
 
Announcements:
  • Diane Parfitt was recognized for her achievements in recently being inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine and she put forth the names of Russ Jones and Phil Harris as nominees for the E.J. Wells Cup.  The voting will be in the next meeting.
  • Awards Night is Feb 20th at Gates Four.  Please make sure your RSVP if you are coming.
  • Two R’s announced that tickets for the reverse raffle are now on sale.  There will be ten winners, and the tickets are $100 each.  Please consider supporting one of the primary fund raisers for our club. The date of the Reverse Raffle is March 13
  • Mark your calendars for a membership social at Mike Pleasant’s Cabin on Feb 19 at 5:30pm
  • There will be a Interclub January 29th at Bahama Breez hosted by the Cape Fear Club and it will also be a District Council meeting. Let Richard Everett know you are coming.
 
There were no guests to recognize and we had four birthdays: Mark Fisher, Diane Parfitt, Richard Bryant, and Bill Bowman
 
Program: Felishia Smith introduced Amy Davis representing Home Patriots Homeschool Co-Op which is an organization that supports around 100 families that Homeschool with resources, alternative sponsored cooperative learning days, curriculum based on the home schoolers learning abilities, and support for the home school families themselves. The CoOp has been organized for a few years and there are graduates that have been accepted into College with no issues. Thanks for an informative program.
 
Rick Booth won $60 in the Presidents Extortion Raffle.
 
Next weeks program will be Kirk DeViere with a report from The County Commissioners.
 
 
And now a little Humor:
 What do you do when you find Niacin and Thiamin at your front door? You vitamin, of course!
 
My friend just installed ethernet in his home in Sydney. I can’t wait to visit the LAN down under.
 
It turns out that Diet Mountain Dew is the same price in vending machines on campus as it is at local grocery stores, so I’m not losing any money buying it cold and fresh. Nobody can say I haven’t done my Dew diligence.