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1 THE CHALLENGE IS BEFORE YOU Governor Dale Hawkins The dawning of a new Kiwanis year brings many challenges for all of us. We must ask ourselves, where do we see ourselves a year from now? I challenge each of you to make this a year in which we dream about what Kiwanis can be. Set goals that are reasonable and achievable. Look around your communities for those you meet in your day-to-day life and consider who we know that would be good members of Kiwanis? Make a list of 10 folks that you are going to reach out to this year, folks you are going to share Kiwanis with, folks you are going to bring into your club. Accept your governor's challenge. The first member of any Kiwanis club in the KT District to recruit 10 new members during the 2017-2018 administrative year beginning October 1, 2017 and going through September 30, 2018 will receive a steak dinner from your governor. As you focus on growing clubs, membership, and service and as you focus on helping the children, you must also focus profoundly and intently on the retention of your current members. I challenge the presidents of our clubs to not only urge membership chairs and committees to focus on recruiting, but I challenge presidents to also urge them to focus on retention. Reach out to members who have left our clubs. Ask them this question: Why are they leaving our clubs? Even if they choose to not accept our invitation to return, they may help us understand how to do a better job in continuing to retain the best members in our Kiwanis organizations. I look forward to continuing the governor's visits to each division. If I haven't seen you yet I hope to visit you soon. Your Governor, Dale KT NOTES November 2017-2018 IN THIS ISSUE… Member Spotlight 4 K-Kids 6 Foundation Contributors 7 New Members 13-14 Next Issue January 2018 Submissions [email protected] Kiwanis of Carter County, Grayson, KY Division 16 Chartered October 20, 2017

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THE CHALLENGE IS BEFORE YOU

Governor Dale Hawkins The dawning of a new Kiwanis year brings many challenges for all of us. We must ask ourselves, where do we see ourselves a year from now? I challenge each of you to make this a year in which we dream about what Kiwanis can be. Set goals that are reasonable and achievable. Look around your communities for those you meet in your day-to-day life and consider who we know that would be good

members of Kiwanis? Make a list of 10 folks that you are going to reach out to this year, folks you are going to share Kiwanis with, folks you are going to bring into your club. Accept your governor's challenge. The first member of any Kiwanis club in the KT District to recruit 10 new members during the 2017-2018 administrative year beginning October 1, 2017 and going through September 30, 2018 will receive a steak dinner from your governor. As you focus on growing clubs, membership, and service and as you focus on helping the children, you must also focus profoundly and intently on the retention of your current members. I challenge the presidents of our clubs to not only urge membership chairs and committees to focus on recruiting, but I challenge presidents to also urge them to focus on retention. Reach out to members who have left our clubs. Ask them this question: Why are they leaving our clubs? Even if they choose to not accept our invitation to return, they may help us understand how to do a better job in continuing to retain the best members in our Kiwanis organizations. I look forward to continuing the governor's visits to each division. If I haven't seen you yet I hope to visit you soon.

Your Governor,

Dale

KT NOTES November 2017-2018

IN THIS ISSUE…

Member Spotlight 4

K-Kids 6

Foundation Contributors 7

New Members 13-14

Next Issue January 2018 Submissions

[email protected]

Kiwanis of Carter County,

Grayson, KY

Division 16

Chartered October 20, 2017

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GOVERNOR DALE IS HONORED BY GLASGOW CLUB

Matt Mutter Past President James Bratcher and I attended the KT Division 14 Governor’s Banquet in Clarksville, TN. They found the meeting to be helpful as they listened to many ideas exchanged between clubs. Glasgow Kiwanis is proud to support Dale Hawkins during his year as Governor, and as evidence of that support, a $250 check was presented to the K-T District Foundation from the Glasgow Kiwanis Club in honor of Governor Dale who is a member of the Glasgow club.

A KIWANIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNTIED STATES ARMY

C David Elliott KI Partnership Coordinator KY-TN District

A special thank you goes to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Polosky, Commander of the United States Army

Recruiting Battalion and his staff for two excellent programs presented to the Hilldale-Clarksville (TN) and Alcoa (TN) Kiwanis Clubs. Kiwanis International in partnership with the United States Army promoted a 30 community speaking tour. These two clubs are in the KY-TN District. The purpose of these presentations was to reach out to local community leaders in order to get better acquainted, and to look for areas of potential cooperation with organizations and events such as Key Club through rallies and

conventions and leadership training events such as Kiwanis Key Leader.

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JUST FOR LAUGHS

MANAGEMENT STYLE If you've ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through, you will understand this! Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business. He asked the guy, "How much money do you make a week?" A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make $400 a week. Why?" The CEO said, "Wait right here." He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't come back." Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?" From across the room a voice said, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."

ALCOA KIWANIS HOSTS A WORK DAY AT MANE SUPPORT Robert McClelland

On Sunday afternoon, October 15 Alcoa Kiwanis Club members participated in a “work afternoon” at Mane Support, as one of its Kiwanis One Day service projects this fall. Mane Support, founded in 2006 and located in Blount County, Tennessee, is a nonprofit service ministry that uses horses in grief therapy to help children, youth and adults who have experienced the death or loss of a loved one or who anticipate that loss. For example, the counseling ministry helps adults who have lost their spouses, children who have lost parents or other family members, veterans returning from deployments and others in need.

The Kiwanis members, working alongside other Mane Support volunteers, spent the afternoon taking down a fence to open up space behind the barn and clearing out a storage area so that it could more comfortably be used as a meeting room. Robert McClelland, a member of the club, reported that another work day will be scheduled at Mane Support this year to help the grief center provide their critical service. He also noted that work days at two other nonprofits working directly with children and youth in the area will be organized during the year.

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FROM THE EDITOR MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

BILL ALSUP – A LIFE DEDICATED TO SERVING OTHERS Don Ritter

Bill Alsup was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, the oldest of five children – four boys and one girl, but he has lived in many parts of the country and the world. His dad worked for Pepsi Cola and apparently was very proficient at what he did. He was promoted several times and with each promotion, the family moved. As a result, Bill went to 12 different schools in 12 years. He was born into a family from which he has drawn many happy memories. He remembers his grandfather’s farm where he rode on the back of a mare as his father used that mare to plow the garden and when dad finished plowing the garden, Bill would ride that mare down the road. Down through the years there have been family reunions with opportunities to play, and as an adult, to visit with his many cousins. Bill learned the importance of work when, at the age of 12, he was put to work as a bottle washer in the plant where his dad worked. He also worked on a route truck, distributing the products produced by that plant. Bill was invited to join Kiwanis and has been a Kiwanian for 20 years. He is a member of the Columbia, TN club and the Spring Hill, TN club which was chartered under Bill’s leadership and the leadership of two other Kiwanians from the Columbia club. Active in Kiwanis by chairing several committees, serving as president of the Columbia Club and lieutenant governor of Division 11, Bill currently serves on the board of directors of the Kentucky-Tennessee Kiwanis District Foundation. A life of service began when he left home at the age of 17 to serve his country by enlisting in the United States Army. Some of his military training took place at Fort Knox where he was trained as a helicopter crew chief. Working with helicopters could have its difficulties. He still has a scar on his hand that resulted from a mishap taking place when he was working with a 30 caliber machine gun on a helicopter. Fortunately they were firing blanks rather than live ammunition when the pilot accidentally activated the machine gun causing Bill’s hand to be struck by a blank. Upon release from active duty, Bill continued serving by joining the active reserves, eventually earning his commission in Officer Candidate School and rising to the rank of Captain. His assignments included a signal group and later and engineer company. He became company commander of that engineering company. Following his release from active military duty, Bill decided he should get an education. He first enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University, later transferring to Florida State University. At Florida State he earned his bachelor’s degree in education majoring in Health, Physical Education and Recreation. While he was a student at Florida State Bill met Sharon at a church service, eventually falling in love and getting married. Their life together has been a partnership, having been married more than 52 years. They have four children – three boys and one girl – who live within two miles of his home. There are now five grandchildren – three girls and two boys. Upon completing his bachelor’s degree, Bill went to work. His first job was as an athletic director in Tallahassee, Florida, a position he held for five years. In those years he attended Georgia State University where he earned a master’s degree in educational administration. After spending 18 years at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Georgia, he moved to Columbia in 1991 to assume the presidency of Columbia Academy. In 1996 he returned to Florida to be president of Gulf Coast Christian School in St. Petersburg. Then in 2002 Bill came back to Columbia to serve as Director of Development and Community Education at the Tennessee Children’s Home in Spring Hill. It was said earlier in this piece that when Bill entered the military to serve his country he began a life of service. As we review his professional career, it can be seen that his has, indeed, been a life of service. Much of that service has been given to working with children in schools and academies that are supported by his church. In Addition he has served as a deacon in his church and has been asked to serve as an elder. As it has turned out, Bill’s work with the Tennessee Children’s Home would be his final professional move before his retirement in 2015. However, he hasn’t slowed down in retirement and he says he is busier now that he was when he was working. He still likes to fish and gardening is an important hobby for him. Bill is an amateur bonsai which means he cultivates trees to make them smaller. His work as a Kiwanian also keeps him busy as we described earlier. It is clear that Bill Alsup’s contributions to children, his community and his Kiwanis clubs have made a positive impact in the Kentucky-Tennessee Kiwanis District and we can assume that he isn’t finished yet.

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IT’S LEIGH FOR TRUSTEE Past Governor Leigh Chagnon has declared his candidacy for Kiwanis International Trustee. He will be running for that office during the 2018 Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas. If you qualify as a delegate in the Delegate Assembly at that convention, you are urged to attend and cast your vote for Leigh. We wish him good luck as he campaigns for this important Kiwanis position.

Leigh Chagnon, Knoxville, TN

Kiwanis Club of Norwood; Kiwanis Club of Three Rivers

Kentucky-Tennessee District

Biography:

Leigh joined Kiwanis in 1979, most recently serving as a district governor. He is

retired from the military and mortuary services. He has served in many leadership

roles in his district, division and community. Leigh and his wife, Linda, married in 1996. They have four children

and ten grandchildren.

For more info LEIGH FOR TRUSTEE

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE KIWANIS HISTORY

1969

HELPING PRESIDENT NIXON Harold Heimbaugh, an attorney from Los Angeles, was president of Kiwanis International during the 1968-1969 administrative year. The record reveals that he attended a conference conducted by President Nixon in the White House in May, 1969. Mr. Nixon shared plans for involving voluntary organizations in “meeting concerns affecting each one of us.” President Heimbaugh left the conference “tremendously enthusiastic about those plans that required an active and ever increasing manpower to meet those concerns. He made it clear that he intended to inform President Nixon that Kiwanis would accept the challenge by adding several thousand new members to Kiwanis in order to meet the challenge. KT governor Floyd Delaney advised President Heimbaugh that KT lieutenant governors stood ready to build Kiwanis membership. He said that the President of the United States could depend on the Kentucky-Tennessee District and that Kiwanis would lead the way.

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K-KIDS NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

Edye Bryant

Kiwanis club secretaries can easily update the Kiwanis adviser information via the Secretary Dashboard. Just scroll down the main Secretary page to “K-Kids Club,” and click on the pencil icon to edit name and contact information.

To update the school adviser, you must email Member Services ([email protected]). You will need to list your Kiwanis club, the K-Kids club, the adviser's name, and preferred email address. The K-Kids club number will be listed beside the School/Location Name, and will start with the letter "P" (for example P0001).

The deadline is December 15th for the K-Kids 2017-2018 Creative Contests (promotion videos, speeches, essays, recruitment posters, etc). Most mailings from anywhere in the KT District typically takes two to three days, so plan accordingly. For more information on entries, as well as entry forms and guidelines please visit http://kiwaniskids.org/en/K-Kids/Lead/Contests.aspx.These contest entries will be sent directly to Kiwanis International, and will be judged during the K-Kids administrators meeting in mid-January.

Start planning now for K-Kids Week, February 2018. International has set aside the week of February 19-23 for this occasion. Here are some suggestions. Plan a joint project with your K-Kids, have a pizza party, invite your K-Kids to conduct your Kiwanis meeting that week, plan ahead for local coverage of a K-Kids project during that week-- the list is endless.

KIWANIS OF SWEETWATER

Here is a group picture of our Sweetwater, TN Kiwanis and the new program we started to help the school teachers with getting the needed supplies in their classrooms. It's called Kiwanis Closet.

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WINCHESTER KIWANIS SIGNATURE SERVICE PROJECT Russ Morrison

This is a report of the Winchester Kiwanis WALK WITH A CHILD SERVICE EVENT. A total of 160 children, parents and guardians went with volunteers and Kiwanis members to the children's clothing aisles to select $80 worth of school clothes, shoes, jackets or accessories. The members and volunteers assisted with calculations and answered questions for the shoppers. Approximately 22 Kiwanians worked the event, and they were assisted by volunteers from the Girl Scouts, the girls’ basketball team, and various

other volunteers. With the several volunteers the lines moved quickly and were always short. We never had much of a line at any time during the event.. The official results revealed that 173 children were invited to the event, and 160 children participated. On the average $78.70 was spent per child, and it seemed to us that it was a very successful event for

children.

KY-TN KIWANIS DISTRICT FOUNDATION

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the District Foundation, we want to thank the following clubs for their generous donations during the 2016-2017 year: Kiwanis Club Murfreesboro TN Ashland Kiwanis Club KY Kiwanis Club Manchester TN Kiwanis Club Ashland KY Tullahoma Kiwanis Club TN Kiwanis Club Richmond KY Highland Rim Kiwanis Club TN Berea Kiwanis Club KY Kiwanis Club Franklin Co. TN Salyersville Kiwanis Club KY Cookeville Kiwanis Club TN Kiwanis Club of West Liberty KY Kiwanis Club Chattanooga TN- In Memory L Fant Kiwanis Club of Williamstown KY Foothills Kiwanis Club, Townsend TN Clarksville Kiwanis Foundation TN Kiwanis Division 2 Kiwanis Club Bowling Green KY Kiwanis Division 11 Blue Grass Kiwanis Club KY Kiwanis Club East Ridge TN Lexington Kiwanis Club KY Kiwanis Club Mt Sterling KY Kiwanis Club of Glasgow KY Kiwanis Club of Boone Co KY Kiwanis Club of Corbin KY Frankfort Kiwanis Foundation Kiwanis Club Winchester KY Dover TN Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Foundation Tellico Village, TN Kiwanis Club Versailles KY Kiwanis Club Coal Run, Pikeville KY Gardenside Kiwanis Club Lexington KY Kiwanis Club of Alcoa, TN Kiwanis Club of Paris KY Kiwanis Club of Spring Hill TN Maryville Kiwanis Foundation TN Kiwanis Club Hilldale TN Nashville TN South Kiwanis Kiwanis Club Somerset KY Kiwanis Club Scott Co., KY Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green KY Kiwanis Club of Franklin Simpson KY Kiwanis Club Erwin TN Kiwanis Club Paintsville KY Kiwanis Club Owensboro KY

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RIVER OF HOPE RADIOTHON

The following information requesting help with the River of Hope Radiothon, December 7 and 8 was sent to Governor Dale who requested that it be included in this issue of the KT Notes.

THE REQUEST

We are asking CMN Hospitals partners to consider participating in three ways: 1. Phone Bank Challenge: A team of six volunteers from your company would operate our live phone bank over a one or two hour period. During this time, your organization will be competing with other phone banks to raise the most funds for the hospital. The winners get bragging rights and some exciting prizes. To learn more or sign up, see the attachment. 2. Food Donations: We are in need of snacks, drinks, or a meal for the radio staff and volunteers, during this two-day event. If you can provide any food or beverage items, please let me know. 3. Miracle Match Sponsors: Loyal listeners respond by the hundreds during corporate-sponsored Miracle Matches. During these fundraising power minutes, your company will be featured as our Miracle Match Sponsor, offering to match each pledge received – dollar for dollar. Miracle Match Sponsors can select a sponsorship amount starting at $500 – the higher the amount, the longer we will feature your company during the Radiothon. As a Miracle Match Sponsor, you will inspire others, including your own team. You and/or your designated employee can join us on the air to talk about how your company is making an impact in the community by supporting River of Hope Radiothon and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Thanks for your consideration. Please contact me at your earliest opportunity, to learn more and to get your organization involved. Karen Hunter-Lowery Director Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt2525 West End Avenue, Suite 450 | Nashville, TN 37203 Office (615) 322-4814 | Mobile (615) 944-7708 | [email protected]

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE KIWANIS HISTORY 1974

THEY GOT TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER East Frankfort (Kentucky) Kiwanians volunteered with their Key Clubbers, establishing a road block to collect donations for the Heart Fund. They collected a total of $780. Shown in the picture are Jewell Hawkins who was the club president, and Larry Watson who was the Lieutenant Governor.

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STUDENTS INTERVIEW VETERANS

Ron Smithfield Middle school and high school students interview veterans of the military services and entered the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville “Interview a Veteran Essay Contest.” Contest winners read parts of their essays recently to an audience of over 100 parents, teachers, veterans and Kiwanians at the Kiwanis Annual Awards Luncheon. Seventeen schools were represented. The topic of this year’s contest was, “How the Veteran’s Service has Improved My Opportunities in My Community.” Middle School Winners shown with Essay Chair Ron Smithfield are (L-R): Zoe Drake (Clarksville Academy), Brooke Palmer (Kenwood), Aria De Silva (Mahaffey), Thomas Robinson (Montgomery Central), Jasmine Lamborn (Northeast), Aubrey Kendrick (Northeast-“Lynn Hunter Most Inspired Award”), Conner Mullins (Rossview), Iman Burdine (West Creek) and Brady Sims (Richview- “Grand Winner”). High School winners pictured with Ron Smithfield are (L-R): Maggie Clark (Clarksville Academy-“Lynn Hunter Most Inspired Award”), Nicholas Keener (Clarksville High), Tamya Jackson (Kenwood), Cheyenne Douthitt (Montgomery Central),Devyn Nickel (Northeast-tied Ted Crozier Most Heroic Award”), Elizabeth Mueller (Northwest), Madison Matheny (Rossview), Daimien Montalvo (West Creek-tied “Ted Crozier Most Heroic Award”) and Cyrus Kamali (West Creek-Grand Winner). Absent were Jenny Li (Clarksville Academy) and Trinity Beaty (Ft. Campbell High). Each school winner received a plaque and a cash award, and the grand winners received an extra award plus a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol. The flags were requested by Representative Marsha Blackburn. Rossview Middle School and Northwest High School each having the most essays in their divisions, were awarded large flags.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE KIWANIS HISTORY

WHO KNOWS ABOUT PHELPS?

We have no information about the Kiwanis Club of Phelps, Kentucky except that at one time it existed. The men in this picture and the date the club was chartered are unknown to us. The fact that the picture is such a good one and the fact that it represents a piece of KT District history causes us to want to share with you what we do have. Does anyone have any information about this club?

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THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S CORNER District Secretary-Treasurer Fran Marion

Has your club started its annual financial audit? The audit is required. See your club bylaws. Clubs must audit both administrative and service accounts. Secretaries must file reports on the club dashboard by the 10th of each month. Your club’s Board of Directors should have passed a budget for this year. Your club treasurer should report at each club board meeting the income, expenses and bank balances for the month. Make sure you have a membership chair and a public relations chair listed on your club dashboard. Fran

CLUB CLINIC

Q. Where do I find District information about District Officers, Clubs and Contests? A. See the KT District Directory. In the KT District Directory you can find the District Officers. You should have received the District Directory on the internet from the KT Office. You can find where clubs are located. You can learn about foundation members. You can find out how to get in touch with committed chairs and much more.

You can check out the contest rules for 2017-18. They have changed. Be sure to read all the new criteria.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE KIWANIS HISTORY

1974

HE DID HIS PART

Harold E. Rutenschroer, a member of the Northside Kiwanis Club (Tennessee) sponsored 70 members of that club over the years. He was a past president, long time board member and many times secretary of that club. In this picture he is shown recruiting member number 70 (whose name was not given).

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IN MEMORY OF JOHN MAYFIELD

Don Ritter To have known John Mayfield is to have known a unique, warm, kind, generous human being and a good friend.

John, who passed away September 29, 2017, spent much of his adult life giving to many people and to many causes. John began his Kiwanis “career” as charter president of the Cheatham County Kiwanis club in Ashland City, Tennessee. He was a distinguished lieutenant governor in 2011-2012, and rose to the position of president of the Kiwanis International Children’s Fund (formerly the Kiwanis International Foundation). To honor John, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund Board has decided to dedicate the 2017-2018 year as the year of John Mayfield. John was a doer. One of his frequent comments was, “I’m tired of talking about it; let’s do it.” He had a great sense of humor and was a caring person. He especially cared for children. His generosity and his involvement included more

than Kiwanis. A list of organizations to which he gave his money and his time can certainly be found in his community, but that list expands out into his state and around the world. His influence was and is felt throughout the world through his work with Eliminate. He enjoyed his friends and even in the last week of his life, eagerly welcomed some of those friends who visited him in Hospice as they talked and enjoyed each other’s friendship. He looked forward to being president of the Kiwanis International Children’s Fund and he was installed in that position just before he died. Even though he is gone, John Mayfield lives on in the lives and hearts of so many – his fellow Kiwanians, his friends in Ashland City, and children around the world.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF

KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE KIWANIS HISTORY

1972 The Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga acquired 182 acres of land and named it CAMP KIWANIS which was located at Hidden Valley. It was to be utilized as a day camp for 650 boys and 225 girls from the underprivileged areas of Chattanooga. On the weekends a number of churches used CAMP KIWANIS for family camping and retreats. The Kiwanis Club used it for at least one fellowship dinner. Pictured are Ron Osborne, Director of the Camp, President-Elect Bill Morton, President Dave Edmondson and Immediate Past President Gordon Fitzell.

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WINCHESTER KIWANIS AND THE SHEARER AWARDS PROGRAM Russ Morrison

On Friday, October 27 the Kiwanis Club of Winchester was honored to be a part of the Shearer Elementary Awards Program in one of our elementary schools for the first nine week grading period. The third and fourth grade students were involved with the event in which students were given opportunities to share their success, wear Halloween Costumes and have a great time. All students, faculty, a few parents, Kiwanians and Partners in Education Executive Director Greg Yates participated in the event which was held in the gym. Principal Mark Rose, Mrs. Turley and the other faculty participated in the presentation of the school awards. They served in various roles, inviting students to the front to receive their awards, handing out the awards and doing their part to assure a successful event.

We Kiwanians were impressed with the success of so many students receiving awards for perfect attendance, citizenship and other exceptional accomplishments. Kiwanians Thom Schoolmaster, Kirby Roberts and Greg Yates called students to come forward for the BUG Program (Bringing Up Grades) awards. Those students (BUGS) were recognized who improved at least one grade from their mid-term grades. “Super Bugs” were recognized for maintaining all A's in all subjects, and “Reading Bugs” were recognized for improving their grades in that very important subject. The BUG Program is sponsored by Winchester Kiwanis for third grade students. That is the first grade level in which student progress is reported through a letter grade system. This gives them the knowledge of how they are doing and results in improved efforts in their work skills. The celebration also included a project for students to build devices to shoot marshmallows high and forward. Various devices engineered by the students had various results; most were good. The event called for dancing at the end, but time ran out before that part of the event took place. Several Winchester businesses donated the items that the students received for hard work in maintaining their attendance and grades. Winchester/Clark County is blessed with the generosity of people in the Community and the Commercial Owners and CEOs who provide for the success of our future leaders.

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Welcome New Members

Alcoa Morrell Investment

Ashland Tonya Smith

Beattyville Michael Stamper

Big Stone Gap Cynthia Bary

Blue Grass Terry Rodgers

Bowling Green Travis Dennis

Robert Hankins

Zach Talton

Chattanooga Nicole Jeppesen

Christy Ramirez

Cheatham County Dana Austin

Patrick Cesar

Larry Hodge

Copperhill Christine Barker

Anthony Colgate

Corbin Aaron Howard

Michelle McDonald

Hope Rogers

Cynthiana Sophia Bailey

Casey Bullock

East Brainerd, Chattanooga

Ann Boyd Hugh Irvin

Elizabethton Russell Barnett Seth Miller Logan Tipton

Franklin County, TN

Chris Wiseman

Glasgow Commonwealth

Broadcasting

Jonathan Corbin

Hillsdale, Clarksville Pat Cook

Courtney Livingston

Deidre Mitchell

Zach Talbot

Hopkinsville Chris Dilday Amy Rains

Robin Tabor

Jackson County (9) Donna Bowling Jerry Bowling Carlos Lamb Doug Robinson Stephanie Wilson

Jenkins Gary Bowling Michael Genton Angela Hatton Michael Watts Mike Watts

Jonesborough Gary Meyer

Kingsport Jeremiah Clark Walter Hendrickson Jeff Little

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Knoxville Timothy Jones

Louisville Tara Davis

Jim Edmunds Alana Giordano Chanda Hall

Madisonville Micah Crowell Michael Howard

Maryville Cindy Bolduc Marilyn Roddy

Mayfield Jason Darnall Karl Dick Wendell Guge Jessica Treas

Mount Sterling Rocky Franz Carmela Green

Mt. Juliet Justin Patel

Nashville Mary Enkema Aaron Norman

Newport Seth Butler Sherry Starnes

Owensboro John Gleason

Paducah Brandi Bone

Jennifer Frazier Donna Reeder Spencer Young

Paris Shanda Smith Diane White

Rockcastle County John Lambert

Russellville-Logan Kristi Blue

Salyersville Gwendlyon Lemaster Tommi Lemaster

Sevierville Eric Harper

Shelbyville, KY Georgina Ivers Katie Fussenegger

Spring Hill & Thompson's Station Rob Ferrar

Vernon Russ Daniel Scherr Ruth Williams

Springfield Stephanie Mason

Tellico Village, Loudon Edward Hall

Marilyn Hoagland

Williamsburg James Baker Dennis Byrd Rick Fleenor Phyllis Hayes Linda West

Welcome New Members

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February 16-17, 2018 Lexington, KY

Still working on the details but info will be available soon!