Distinguished Club
Distinguished Club 2017-18 Wednesday May 2, 2018
Administrative Year
“Great yesterday, better today, better still tomorrow!” Noon to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday luncheon meeting at the Pine Bluff Country Club, 1100 W 46th Ave, Pine Bluff, AR
SCHEDULED COMMITTEES
CLUB MEETING
Gang of Five
Speaker
7:30 A.M. Monday Lucky’s Cafe
Dutch King Candidate for County Judge
Mothers Day Baby Shower
Jefferson County
Modernized the county road department, established equipment management and increased the available road department balance from $500,000 to more than $1.4 million. Implemented an effective county-wide road and bridge improvement program. Pine Bluff Mayor, four years; Pine Bluff City Council member, six years. In these terms, Dutch was instrumental in bringing the Walmart Super Center to Pine Bluff. He worked to bring new jobs and develop Regional Park, Saracen Landing, the Reynolds Building, the new county jail and other worthwhile community projects.
Judge Dutch King Picture from the Pine Bluff Commercial Jefferson County Judge, four years, 2013-2016. As county judge, Dutch worked with the Quorum Court to stabilize and balance the county general budget and increased the available balance from $1.2 million to more than $2 million.
Under Dutch King's leadership, Jefferson County's recycling quadrupled and recycling income increased. A new E-waste/recycling facility was built and the county distributed and serviced dumpsters countywide.
Married to Helen O'Keefe King for 40 years. The Kings have three adult children. Elder and Deacon at First Presbyterian Church, Pine Bluff. Attended UAPB two years, Graduate, UAM
Volunteer youth baseball coach, 30 years
Pine Bluff Kiwanis Club 2017 - 2018 Officers Bill Reid
President 870-535-0316 Stewart Marshall
President Elect 870-592-9404 Gary McClure
Secretary 870-575-2446 Billy Stone
Treasurer 870-357-8637 John Henry
Immediate Past President 870-247-3585
Board of Directors
Chris Cummings (1) * Deshawn Bell (2) Berinda Eugene (3) (*)Denotes term years
The Bulletin Editor Gary McClure 870-575-2446 [email protected] Meetings Every Wednesday at noon The Pine Bluff Country Club 1100 West 46th Ave. Pine Bluff, Arkansas 870-535-0132 Contact 12 Stoneridge Drive Pine Bluff, AR 71603
Or visit our website www.kiwanispinebluf f.com Page 2
President’s Corner It’s an amazing world out there. According to a recent article published by Smithsonian Magazine, the European Space Agency has launched a very special astronomical space camera, named Gaia, that is exploring our own Milky Way. Apparently, it is the most powerful and advanced camera ever launched. It is so powerful, it can distinguish a coin on the surface of the moon. Among other things, it has shown that there are over a billion stars in our own galaxy. Just like people. There are a staggering number of people living on earth as we speak. And the number increases every day. In many of your lifetimes, you have seen the population of the United States increase from 200 million to over 300 million. And everyone of those individuals has a story to tell. And many have problems. Some severe problems. Problems that you would not wish on your worst enemy. There are no doubt many compassionate people and countries around the world. But we live in the very best, hands down. There may be as many charities and social services as there are stars. And that does not include the countless churches in every town and community in the US.
Bill Reid
And hopefully every one of them is using their resources for the betterment of their communities. No doubt most of their causes are worthy and deserve your support. One big problem, you cannot support them all. You have to be selective. Your own resources only go so far. Which brings us to one of our own local charities that need help. Hope Women’s Resource Center. This will be the third year that we will participate in the Mother’s Day Baby Shower Drive.
Kiwanis will set up outside Super 1 stores at 28th and Hazel and the store on Dollarway Road on Saturday May 12th from 9:00 Am to 3:00 PM. We will hand out fliers suggesting that shoppers purchase baby items that new mothers need for their babies. This event is not for you to donate money, but for you to encourage others to make a contribution. It is an opportunity for you to earn service hours. Lucinda Lawson is in overall charge of the event. Stewart Marshall has agreed to be responsible for the Dollarway Store, and Lucinda will take care of the 28th and Hazel store. We will be joined by individuals from Hope Women’s Resource Center, and perhaps some Key Club members. Plan on giving an hour or so for this very worthy cause. And if you want to buy a package of dippers, that’s OK. Your Kiwanis Club will be working at the Business Expo on Thursday May 3. Let me know if you want to participate. We will be manning a booth, promoting Kiwanis, and trying to recruit new members. Another opportunity to earn service hours. Hope to see you at both of these events.
Challenger League at Ed Brown Field April 26, 2018
Kiwanians Billy Stone, Berinda Eugene, Karen Cash and Lucinda Lawson celebrated Little League Challenger League Closing Ceremonies at Ed Brown Field on April 26th. Be it working at a concession stand, popping pop corn, cooking hotdogs, making nachos, or bringing smiles, we are always happy to serve Jefferson County. We look forward to helping again with the Beautification Project at Ed Brown field this summer. Page 3
WISDOM: An old station hand named Billy was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in the outback when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni® suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and YSL® tie, leaned out the window and asked the old man, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?" Billy looks at the young man, who obviously is a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell® notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3® cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The yuppie then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop® and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany...
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot® that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL® database through an ODBC connected Excel® spread sheet with email on his Blackberry® and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet® printer, turns to Billy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, you'll be helpin' yourself to one of me calves, then, since you won it fair en square." says Billy. He watches the smartly dressed yuppie select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the man gingerly picks it up & stuffs it into the boot of his car. As the yuppie is carefully brushing the dust & hair off his suit, Billy says, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what work you do & where you come from, will you give me back my calf?" The yuppie thinks about it for a second, wondering what this wrinkled up dirt encrusted uneducated old man could possibly know? He grins and then says, "Okay, old fella, why not? I'm a believer in fair play." "You're a politician & you work in Canberra." says the old timer. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but, tell me how on earth did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered Billy "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."
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Administrative Year
“Great yesterday, better today, better still tomorrow!” Noon to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday luncheon meeting at the Pine Bluff Country Club, 1100 W 46th Ave, Pine Bluff, AR
SCHEDULED COMMITTEES
CLUB MEETING
Gang of Five
Speaker
7:30 A.M. Monday Lucky’s Cafe
Dutch King Candidate for County Judge
Mothers Day Baby Shower
Jefferson County
Modernized the county road department, established equipment management and increased the available road department balance from $500,000 to more than $1.4 million. Implemented an effective county-wide road and bridge improvement program. Pine Bluff Mayor, four years; Pine Bluff City Council member, six years. In these terms, Dutch was instrumental in bringing the Walmart Super Center to Pine Bluff. He worked to bring new jobs and develop Regional Park, Saracen Landing, the Reynolds Building, the new county jail and other worthwhile community projects.
Judge Dutch King Picture from the Pine Bluff Commercial Jefferson County Judge, four years, 2013-2016. As county judge, Dutch worked with the Quorum Court to stabilize and balance the county general budget and increased the available balance from $1.2 million to more than $2 million.
Under Dutch King's leadership, Jefferson County's recycling quadrupled and recycling income increased. A new E-waste/recycling facility was built and the county distributed and serviced dumpsters countywide.
Married to Helen O'Keefe King for 40 years. The Kings have three adult children. Elder and Deacon at First Presbyterian Church, Pine Bluff. Attended UAPB two years, Graduate, UAM
Volunteer youth baseball coach, 30 years
Pine Bluff Kiwanis Club 2017 - 2018 Officers Bill Reid
President 870-535-0316 Stewart Marshall
President Elect 870-592-9404 Gary McClure
Secretary 870-575-2446 Billy Stone
Treasurer 870-357-8637 John Henry
Immediate Past President 870-247-3585
Board of Directors
Chris Cummings (1) * Deshawn Bell (2) Berinda Eugene (3) (*)Denotes term years
The Bulletin Editor Gary McClure 870-575-2446 [email protected] Meetings Every Wednesday at noon The Pine Bluff Country Club 1100 West 46th Ave. Pine Bluff, Arkansas 870-535-0132 Contact 12 Stoneridge Drive Pine Bluff, AR 71603
Or visit our website www.kiwanispinebluf f.com Page 2
President’s Corner It’s an amazing world out there. According to a recent article published by Smithsonian Magazine, the European Space Agency has launched a very special astronomical space camera, named Gaia, that is exploring our own Milky Way. Apparently, it is the most powerful and advanced camera ever launched. It is so powerful, it can distinguish a coin on the surface of the moon. Among other things, it has shown that there are over a billion stars in our own galaxy. Just like people. There are a staggering number of people living on earth as we speak. And the number increases every day. In many of your lifetimes, you have seen the population of the United States increase from 200 million to over 300 million. And everyone of those individuals has a story to tell. And many have problems. Some severe problems. Problems that you would not wish on your worst enemy. There are no doubt many compassionate people and countries around the world. But we live in the very best, hands down. There may be as many charities and social services as there are stars. And that does not include the countless churches in every town and community in the US.
Bill Reid
And hopefully every one of them is using their resources for the betterment of their communities. No doubt most of their causes are worthy and deserve your support. One big problem, you cannot support them all. You have to be selective. Your own resources only go so far. Which brings us to one of our own local charities that need help. Hope Women’s Resource Center. This will be the third year that we will participate in the Mother’s Day Baby Shower Drive.
Kiwanis will set up outside Super 1 stores at 28th and Hazel and the store on Dollarway Road on Saturday May 12th from 9:00 Am to 3:00 PM. We will hand out fliers suggesting that shoppers purchase baby items that new mothers need for their babies. This event is not for you to donate money, but for you to encourage others to make a contribution. It is an opportunity for you to earn service hours. Lucinda Lawson is in overall charge of the event. Stewart Marshall has agreed to be responsible for the Dollarway Store, and Lucinda will take care of the 28th and Hazel store. We will be joined by individuals from Hope Women’s Resource Center, and perhaps some Key Club members. Plan on giving an hour or so for this very worthy cause. And if you want to buy a package of dippers, that’s OK. Your Kiwanis Club will be working at the Business Expo on Thursday May 3. Let me know if you want to participate. We will be manning a booth, promoting Kiwanis, and trying to recruit new members. Another opportunity to earn service hours. Hope to see you at both of these events.
Challenger League at Ed Brown Field April 26, 2018
Kiwanians Billy Stone, Berinda Eugene, Karen Cash and Lucinda Lawson celebrated Little League Challenger League Closing Ceremonies at Ed Brown Field on April 26th. Be it working at a concession stand, popping pop corn, cooking hotdogs, making nachos, or bringing smiles, we are always happy to serve Jefferson County. We look forward to helping again with the Beautification Project at Ed Brown field this summer. Page 3
WISDOM: An old station hand named Billy was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in the outback when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni® suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and YSL® tie, leaned out the window and asked the old man, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?" Billy looks at the young man, who obviously is a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell® notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3® cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The yuppie then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop® and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany...
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot® that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL® database through an ODBC connected Excel® spread sheet with email on his Blackberry® and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet® printer, turns to Billy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, you'll be helpin' yourself to one of me calves, then, since you won it fair en square." says Billy. He watches the smartly dressed yuppie select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the man gingerly picks it up & stuffs it into the boot of his car. As the yuppie is carefully brushing the dust & hair off his suit, Billy says, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what work you do & where you come from, will you give me back my calf?" The yuppie thinks about it for a second, wondering what this wrinkled up dirt encrusted uneducated old man could possibly know? He grins and then says, "Okay, old fella, why not? I'm a believer in fair play." "You're a politician & you work in Canberra." says the old timer. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but, tell me how on earth did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered Billy "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."
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