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Publication Date: March 23, 2007
Volume 58, Issue 6
 

 
From the Charlotte Observer
March 15, 2007

Past President Helen Devlin was featured in an article about providing prom clothes to Hickory High School students.
 

 

Golf Tournament Notes

 The Golf Committee has been meeting to plan all the details for the tournament to be held on May 21. More teams, sponsors, and volunteers are needed to make the tournament the big success that it will surely be.

Thinking ahead (but not very far), start thinking about volunteering for a  7th 

hole marshalling job during the September Greater Hickory Classic. Save $10 by signing up before May 1. Details later.
 

 

Our sympathy goes out to Bill and Matt Barkley and their families on the recent death of Martha Barkley.

Recent Programs 

February 27– Terry Clark, Greater Hickory Airport manager and Airport Task Force chairman, discussed the past, present and future of the airport. Opened in 1940 and using 16 miles of fencing around 1100 acres, the airport had three airlines using it in 1980.  With the latest withdrawal of service the Hickory area is again without scheduled  flights.  The importance to the city of Hickory of the business aircraft that are based here was illustrated by the example of the loss of  a taxable asset of $18,000,000 when a corporation decided to move their large business jet to another location. Besides the continuing effort to regain scheduled service there are efforts to make the airport more attractive to corporations and aircraft owners and by the possible conversion of land along the shorter runway to hangar space.

March 6– Jim Correll, Executive Tournament Director of the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, (and also Marvin Zerdan’s son-in-law) talked about the tournament and its impact on the local area. About $20,000,000 was generated  for Catawba County alone last fall by the tournament. Exposure on national TV also gets our area known to many viewers. More than $400,000 has been donated to local charities in the four years that the tournament has been held. Included in that sum is $500 presented by Jim to our club (as in the other years) for the club’s service as marshals.  An additional $30,000 was awarded to the Corner Table food kitchen by the PGA Tour (not the Greater Hickory Classic).

March 13– Mark Gosnell, Mary Ann Gosnell and Charles King were present to talk about Brett’s Ride, a benefit bicycle ride to raise money to fund research  on rare forms of cancer at the Wake Forest Baptist Children’s Hospital. Brett Gosnell was diagnosed  with rhabdomyosarcoma, a childhood cancer of the muscle, in 2003. He had been an outstanding football player and student and during his disease went from #2 to #1 student at HHS. He was able to graduate from Hickory High School and enter the University of Virginia, but succumbed to the disease last year. A video was shown of Brett reading  a challenge to his friends shortly before he died. This year’s ride will be held Oct.7. Last year $86,000 was raised and in the four years of the ride, more than $150,000 has been contributed.

At this meeting it was also announced that at the Circle K convention in Burlington, Dale Hamilton of the CVCC Circle K club was given an award for the best website, Linda Baker was named the Outstanding Faculty Advisor, and the club won awards for individual contributions and  outstanding community relations.
 
 


HICKORY HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB SCORES AT DISTRICT CONVENTION

Chris Lott, Aryn Hicks, Phillip Corsi, Carlos Conde, Rebecca Alms, Judy Her, Catherine Mewborn, Mary Katherine Kleva, Mai Lee Vang, Nikki Lynn, Barry Stevenson, Katie Alms, Rachel Powell, Crystal Heffinger, Emily Hergh, and Advisor Danny Seaver attended  the 61st Annual Carolinas District convention and brought home many awards, including the Outstanding Club Award, 1st place Single Service Award for the single best project, 1st place Major Emphasis Program Award for the best projects for young children, 1st place Kiwanis Family Relations Award, 2nd place Non-Traditional Scrapbook Award, 2nd place District Project Award for best projects (for Boys and Girls Home), Award of Appreciation for Christmas for Children project, Boys and Girls Home Award of Appreciation for the District Keys to the

Van Fund Raising Project, and Certificate of Appreciation from Boys and Girls Home for “A Special Friend To Children”.

In addition, for the 6th year in a row, the DISTINGUISHED CLUB DIAMOND Award , the highest Club Award in Key Club International (only two clubs in NC and SC have ever received at least one). HHS will receive special recognition at the International Convention at Disney World this summer and will also compete in the MEP Project and Single Service Project competitions while there.

Carlos Conde was elected to the office of Lt. Governor of Division 24 and Barry Stevenson was elected to the office of Lt. Governor of Division 22.
 
 

Upcoming Programs and Other Events

  • March 27– Dick Washer will present a program on his recent trip to the Baltic countries.
     

  • April 3– Matthew Hagler on the Charlotte Kiwanis District project
     

  • April 10– Michael Anthony will speak about the Sweetheart Program at the Sweetwater Elementary School.
     

  • April 17– To be announced
     

  • April 24– Tentatively to be held at Bennett’s Smokehouse and Saloon
 

The Quote:

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain