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Publication Date: October 28, 2008
Volume 61, Issue 1

 

Upcoming Programs

  • November 3– Roger Baker of CCM
     

  • November 10– Scott Millar from Catawba County Economic Development
     

  • November 17– Barry Edwards of the Catawba County Landfill
     

  • November 24– Danny Hearn, Director of the Chamber of Commerce
     

Jim Tillman shows off his giant pumpkin in a front-page story in the Hickory Daily Record.
 
 

Recent Programs 

  • September 29– Greg Paradine, Director of men’s and women’s lacrosse programs at Lenoir-Rhyne University spoke about the prospects of the teams when play begins next year. A former All-American on UNC’s #1 ranked team, he was an assistant coach at UNC before taking the L-R University position.

     

  • October 6– Dr. Russ Benton, Professor Emeritus of History at Lenoir-Rhyne University and always a favorite speaker at Kiwanis meetings, told of some of the sights and history of Greenland. Located in the Gulf Stream this huge island has a population of 60,000 Danes and Scandinavians.

     

  • October 13- The annual Installation Banquet was held at the Lake Hickory Country Club. Bill Wiggs presided over the installation of new officers which included Linda Baker as President and Lanny Huffman as President-Elect. Rick Hammer and Bruce Blackburn remain as Treasurer and Secretary. New members of the Board are listed on the page 3 masthead.

     

  • October 20– Matt Barkley recounted the 13 years of the Barkley Baseball School. The summer program is for players from 6 to 12 years old and is Christian based. He also brought a Louisville Slugger baseball bat custom made for Bill Barkley.
     

  • October 27– Terry Byers, Director of Education for the Hickory Fire Department presented a program on fire prevention in the home. An Appalachian State graduate in Elementary Education, she showed a short video on the start and rapid growth of a typical house fire. Some of the most common causes are from cooking, smoking and electrical. This is Fire Prevention Month and the recommended semi-annual change of smoke detector batteries is due this coming weekend when the switch to standard time is made.

     

Miscellaneous

Ken Kleva won the Ace of Spades draw on September 27.

The pecans and peanuts for the annual sale will be arriving in the next few days.

The Adopt-A-Highway clean-up will take place on November 14. Participants will meet at 9:00 AM in front of the Art Center on 3rd Avenue.


Unicef boxes are available from the HHS Key Club to receive change for the annual drive.


Danny Seaver reported that 1439 cans of food were collected this year for the Castle of Cans. This was down from last year’s total but still very impressive.
 

On October 20, Wendell Cramer won a reverse birthday gift from Jay Crane.

 

Last month’s high school senior picture was of Helen Devlin.

 

There is no picture this month since the editor has been away and left too many things to the last minute.