SCHEDULED COMMITTEES CLUB MEETING

Gang of Five Speaker

7:30 A.M. Monday Dutch King

Lucky’s Cafe Candidate for County Judge

Mothers Day Baby Shower Jefferson County

“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

Wednesday May 2, 2018

Distinguished Club

2017-18

Administrative Year

Modernized the county road department, estab-

lished equipment management and increased the

available road department balance from $500,000

to more than $1.4 million. Implemented an effec-

tive 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.

Under Dutch King's leadership, Jefferson County's

recycling quadrupled and recycling income in-

creased. 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

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.

Judge Dutch King Picture from the Pine Bluff Commercial

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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 Presi-

dent 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

gary@bgmcclure.com

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 web-site

www.kiwanispinebluff.com

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 explor-

ing 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 liv-

ing 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.

And hopefully every one of them is using their resources for the betterment of their commu-

nities. No doubt most of their causes are worthy and deserve your support. One big prob-

lem, 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 Show-

er 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 contri-

bution. 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 try-

ing to recruit new members. Another opportunity to earn service hours.

Hope to see you at both of these events.

Bill Reid

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Kiwanians Billy Stone, Berinda Eugene, Ka-

ren 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.

Challenger League at Ed Brown Field April 26, 2018

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 satel-

lite 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 pro-

cessing 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 unedu-

cated old man could possibly know? He grins and then says, "Okay, old fella, why not? I'm a be-

liever 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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