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Kiwanian of the Year 2026
Neale Bartee (left) was presented with the 2026 Kiwanian of the Year Award during the club‘s 91st annual Awards and Installation Dinner Sept. 29, 2026 at the Parsonage restaurant. Making the presentation was Sid Banks, chairman of the Scholarship and Awards Committee. Bartee also was installed as the club‘s new president for 2026-27. Click here for coverage of the event.
Pancake Day 2026
Ron Sitton pours some batter onto the griddle while a hungry little customer watches his technique.
Click here for more Pancake Day pictures.
Fourth annual Christmas Party
Members and guests of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Jonesboro celebrated Christmas in mid-December with a party at The Parsonage. This was our fourth annual party at the restaurant, and as always Chef John, Ramey and staff did a great job with the food, decorations and hospitality.
New K-Kids club
Traci Perrin (center), a member of the club's Board of Directors, presents the charter for Jonesboro's first K-Kids Club to Melinda Smith, sponsor of the Cane Kids as the Leadership Magnet club is called. The school is the former Micro-Society Magnet. Club president Gregg McElhanon (left) looks on.
Upcoming events:
Upcoming events:
Oct. 14 — Jonesboro Fire Chief Marty Hamrick.
Oct. 21 — Andrew Nadzam and Curtis Hitt, candidate for Circuit Court judge, invited.
Oct. 28 —Public safety tax for Jonesboro.
October programs planned by Roy Ockert.
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NYIT dean speaks to club
Dr. Shane Speights (right), dean of New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, talks with Dr. Warren Skaug after speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Jonesboro on Wednesday. Speights credited Dr. Skaug and his wife Phyllis, both now retired pediatricians, with having had a strong influence on his education as a physician. Both Skaugs are Kiwanis members. Matt Silas (background) listens to the conversation.
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