Our Civitan

JBR Buick-GMC is once again our Hole-In-One sponsor for this year’s golf tournament. This year’s main prize is a 2008 Buick Enclave.

The other Par 3 hole has a 5-day, 4-night golf getaway for 2 at a Fairmont resort.

Other prizes include:

• Closest to the pin:  A set of 3 Adams ‘Tom Watson’ wedges
• A Ping golf bag (MSRP: $129)
• A $50 gift certificate to a Kingsport Golf Course
• 4 Rounds of Miniature Golf and 2 Buckets of bals at a Kingsport Driving Range

We do have some teams for the 2008 tournament already. They are:

1. Rex McCarty Morning
2. New Peoples Bank Undecided
3. Jeff Stapleton Undecided
4. Rickey C. Moore Undecided

Because it makes it difficult to assign places, we will trying to come up with a time for those undecided teams as quickly as possible.

Sue Hobbs, from the evening club in Kingsport, gave our speech at Clergy Night. Sue is a former governor in Civitan, and visits with us often.

You could win a car from JBR Buick-GMC and David C. Jackson, CPA.

JBR Buick-GMC of Kingsport will give away a new Buick as the Hole-In-One contest prize. Also to be given away by JBR at other Par 3 hole contests are a set of golf clubs, and attendance at a golf school.

Every registered amateur player competing in the tournament will receive a try at winning the Hole-In-One contest - no separate entry fee! (USGA Pro players are excluded from the hole-in-one and other par 3 contests.)

Other prizes to be given away on the day of the tournament include a Voodoo putter from Ray Kilgore, free rounds of golf at Scott County Park for both the morning and evening winning team, putter covers from Doc Whitley & Associates, umbrellas from Eastman Credit Union, a gold men’s bracelet from Scott Jewelers, and more.

For more information about the tournament, please visit our golf section on this site.

So Real … Speaking Out, Reaching Every Adolescent Life is a program aimed at the prevention of teen dating violence.

SO REAL’s Lori Templeton gave a moving presentation to Gate City Civitan Club members, sharing her own story of teen dating violence. Laurie’s story began when she was 13, and continued until she was 22. She catalogued the mental and physical abuse she suffered, including being threatened with knives and guns, and threats made against her friends and family.

Lori’s story is especially chilling for two reasons: First, because this took place in our own community, and second, because her tormentor was himself himself only 15 years old when the abuse began. “I had secret safe rooms at Gate City High School,” Lori said. After the relationship ended, he continued stalking her for nine years - even after she entered college.

Perhaps the most chilling statistic Lori mentioned was that abusive ‘dating’ patterns exist at the 4th and 5th grade level - even before those involved know what ‘going together’ mean. This underscores the fact that abuse is a learned behaviour; SO REAL aims to change that behaviour through awareness and education, and has developed a curriculum for that purpose based on character education, violence prevention, and career development.

SO REAL is a 501(c)3 program based in East Tennessee, and may be reached at 423-292-2240.