Clarion March 7, 2006

Devlin and Willis Appeal to Club for Golf Tournament Support

Golf Tournament Co-chairmen Tom Devlin and Frank Willis are now appealing to the full club membership for maximum support during these next critical weeks.

The committee has been working diligently during the past few months laying the groundwork for a highly successful tournament. However, from here on the measure of success will be in direct proportion to the productivity of the general club membership. This is to say, we desperately need help in securing additional hole sponsors, golfing teams and ditty bag gifts. Tee-off - Monday, May 15 - is just nine weeks from this coming Monday. Won't you do your part to pull off this greatest tournament success in the club's history?

Remember these important tournament details: Date: Monday, May 15, 2006; Location: Lake Hickory Country Club, Catawba Springs Course; Lunch: 11:30 am; Tee-off: 1:00 pm sharp; Entry Fee: $400 per team with one mulligan per player; and Captain's Choice playing.

An exciting array of prizes is being assembled, details of which will be published next month.

"Our State" Publisher Bernard Mann Speaks to Club

Our club was honored at its March 7 meeting to have Bernie Mann of Greensboro trace the history, successes and management philosophy behind North Carolina's outstanding pictorial magazine Our State.

Ten years ago, Mann said, he was involved with buying, restoring and selling businesses - mostly radio stations - nobody wanted. When that career was effectively ended by a change in FCC regulations, he declined a silent partnership offer in the Our State organization only to be offered outright ownership a few months later.

Starting with little more that 23,000 paid subscriptions (which had been virtually constant for several decades) and 3 1/2 employees (all of whom later quit), Mann has focused on growing his business by making his product - Our State - the best possible publication of its type. As a testimony to his success and leadership principles, Mann now boosts 129,000 paid subscriptions, 37 employees and a passionately conceived, growing organization.

A special thanks to our President-Elect / Program Chairman Dave Kozak for bringing us this outstanding program.

Calendar Members Officers History Projects Newsletters Links Home	Clarion Publication Date: March 7, 2006 Volume 57, Issue 6
	Devlin and Willis Appeal to Club for Golf Tournament Support Golf Tournament Co-chairmen Tom Devlin and Frank Willis are now appealing to the full club membership for maximum support during these next critical weeks. The committee has been working diligently during the past few months laying the groundwork for a highly successful tournament. However, from here on the measure of success will be in direct proportion to the productivity of the general club membership. This is to say, we desperately need help in securing additional hole sponsors, golfing teams and ditty bag gifts. Tee-off - Monday, May 15 - is just nine weeks from this coming Monday. Won't you do your part to pull off this greatest tournament success in the club's history? Remember these important tournament details: Date: Monday, May 15, 2006; Location: Lake Hickory Country Club, Catawba Springs Course; Lunch: 11:30 am; Tee-off: 1:00 pm sharp; Entry Fee: $400 per team with one mulligan per player; and Captain's Choice playing. An exciting array of prizes is being assembled, details of which will be published next month. "Our State" Publisher Bernard Mann Speaks to Club Our club was honored at its March 7 meeting to have Bernie Mann of Greensboro trace the history, successes and management philosophy behind North Carolina's outstanding pictorial magazine *Our State. Ten years ago, Mann said, he was involved with buying, restoring and selling businesses - mostly radio stations - nobody wanted. When that career was effectively ended by a change in FCC regulations, he declined a silent partnership offer in the Our State* organization only to be offered outright ownership a few months later. Starting with little more that 23,000 paid subscriptions (which had been virtually constant for several decades) and 3 1/2 employees (all of whom later quit), Mann has focused on growing his business by making his product - *Our State* - the best possible publication of its type. As a testimony to his success and leadership principles, Mann now boosts 129,000 paid subscriptions, 37 employees and a passionately conceived, growing organization. A special thanks to our President-Elect / Program Chairman Dave Kozak for bringing us this outstanding program.
	*Recent Programs* February 14 - Valentine's Day was Program Chairman Dave Kozak's inspiration for an in-house program where several members volunteered to relate "interesting" details of how they met their spouses. February 21 - Jane Bowers, the enthusiastic capital campaign coordinator for the Humane Society of Catawba County, gave the club an overview of the Society's mission in rescuing adoptable animals slated to be euthanized in the county's shelter. During the past 18 months she has coordinated the Society's efforts in raising $4 in contributions, pledges and grants for the construction of a new state-of-the-art animal shelter, hospital, clinic and educational facility, all to be under the administrative control of the Society. A native of London, England and six-year resident of this country, Mrs. Bowers invites us to have a part in building this structure and supporting the Society's compassionate program. Sara Willis, Capital Campaign Co-Chair, was also present. February 28 - Chris Wyatt with W & W Services - the local Turf Pro franchisee - spoke to the club on the transformation of the lawn care industry into the diversified, consolidated and expanded industry it is today. Chris detailed the various integrated services now available from the larger firms including complete turf-care programs, landscape design and construction plans with computer-aided design presentations, irrigation systems, water flow enhancements, decorative lighting and chemical control management. Included in the latter are relatively new high-tech products for the selective eradification of Bermuda grass in established fescue lawns, processes which have particular appeal for your editor.
	Announcements Rev. John Woodard and Wendell Cramer were recipients, respectively, of Margaret Sorrell's and David Kozak's reverse birthday gifts. Ron Simmons, Chairman, reported a successful interclub meeting with the WCC Club on 2/14/06. Our club's contingent included the Chairman, Mark Vollinger, Teresa Foster, Frank Ryan and Richard Thompson. Treasurer Rick Hammer announced he will soon be setup to offer on-line membership billing for those members who would like to participate. Please let Rick know if you missed the sign-up sheet. Nicholas Barkley, following in the footsteps of his father Matt and grandfather Bill, pronounced a meaningful invocation for us at the February 28 meeting. Our directors recently accepted with regrets resignations from Jason Abernethy, Brad Saine and Chuck Spaller. Their reasons included a promotion/transfer and new jobs with more pressing time constraints. We thank these members for their contributions and wish them well. From Happy Bucks: Linda Baker's congratulations to CVCC Circle K member Josh Bledsoe's being elected District Lt. Governor Elect and Teresa Foster's appreciation for Rick's recent gift - a new zero-radius riding mower. Congratulations to Elaine and Marvin Zerden on their 57th wedding anniversary.
	Announcements Mark Walters, a relatively new member attending his first Terrific Kids presentation, reported he was thrilled to be attending Maiden Elementary School as a sponsoring Kiwanian and was highly impressed with the school's preparation and the discipline among its students. Former member Hoke Whisnant and potential new member Colon Bowers (guest of Dr. Harrison Jahn) were among the March 7 visitors welcomed by President Helen. From the March issue of *Wake Forest Magazine* your editor noted a familiar name among the highlighted senior achievements - that being Blake Brandes, a former outstanding president of the HHS Key Club and son of Prof. and Mrs. Rand Brandes. Blake has been named a Marshall Scholar and his four-year fast friend Lakshmi Krishnan of Texas has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The due winners "share more than keen minds and leadership skills, they practice their passions of volunteerism and art with enthusiasm apparent to all."
	Upcoming Programs and Other Events March 14 - Elizabeth Franklin speaking on the March of Dimes program March 21 - John Black, Long View Elementary Principal, and John Norwood, BSA March 24-26 - District Key Club Convention, to be held in Greenville, SC March 28 - Big Read participation (bring kids' books to read and to be given away) April 4 - J. Tate of Benco Steel - Vietnam War May 15–( a Monday)–15th Annual Kiwanis-sponsored Golf Tournament at Lake Hickory CC’s Catawba Springs Course–PM Play Only
	The Quote: I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)