Special honors

Two Kiwanians honored

Two Jonesboro Kiwanians were honored with club and international awards in 2018. Brad Magee (left) received the Kiwanian of the Year Award, and Matt Silas (right) received a Distinguished Service Award. Both also received Walter Zeller Fellowships. They are shown with the incoming governor of the Missouri-Arkansas District of Kiwanis, Gary Baker.

60 years of service to club

Roy Cooper (left) was presented a Legion of Honor Award Feb. 14, 2017, on the 60th anniversary of active service to the Kiwanis Club of Jonesboro. Making the presentation, which also included a commemorative pin, was club president Matt Silas.

Distinguished Service Award

Outgoing president Matt Silas (left) received both a Distinguished Service Award, especially for his work during the past year in leading the club and increasing its membership. Making the presentation was president-elect Sid Banks.

45 years’ membership

Retired Circuit Judge Larry Boling (left) was presented with a Kiwanis Legion of Honor Award Jan. 10, 2018, by Jonesboro club president Matt Silas. The award recognizes Boling for more than 45 years’ membership and service to the local club. He was president in 1981-82.

Zeller recipients, 2017

During the club's annual Awards-Installation Dinner Sept. 27, 2017, Mo-Ark Eliminate coordinator Jerry Martin (left) presented Walter Zeller Fellowship Awards to: (from left) Diann Jenkins, Malinda Woods (accepting for her late husband, Philip Woods), Bill Dunnam and Roy Ockert.

Zeller Fellowship for Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper (left), who has been with the Kiwanis Club of Jonesboro for more than 60 years, was honored during the May 30, 2017, meeting with a Walter Zeller Fellowship. Zeller Fellowships are awarded by the Kiwanis International Children’s Fund in support of its Eliminate Project, which is dedicated to stamping out maternal and neonatal tetanus worldwide. It includes a certificate, a lapel pin and medallion. Making the presentation was club president Matt Silas.

Legion of Honor recipient

Sid Banks recently received a Legion of Honor Award for 45 years of service to the Kiwanis Club of Jonesboro. He officially joined the club on Dec. 22, 1972. He served his second years as president in 2018-19, having first led the club in 1984. Also, Sid has led the Scholarship Committee for most of those years.

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