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SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB NEWSLETTER

Jacksonville Florida's Oldest Business and Civic Organization Founded in 1932

The Newsletter of the Southside Business Men's Club Volume 82, Issue 20, May 18, 2014

In This Issue

Guest Speaker/Upcoming Programs

President's Message

The Players Championship

SBMC Website

Lunch Reservations

Spotlight Speakers

May 21-

Nancy Abercrombie

May 28-

Michael Russo

June 4-

Charles McBurney

June 11-

Gene Bushor

June 18-

Hank Duckworth

Happy Birthday

Michael Bragg, 5/18

Brian Hynes, 5/19

Terry Vereen, 5/20

John Hamel, 5/20

Tom Sikes, 5/21

Tom Pierce, 5/22

Scott Wolf, 5/23

Alexander Sifakis, 5/24

Prizes & Raffles

Attendance Award,

Sponsored by

Coordinated Benefits and Synovus Bank

$50.00

No Winner This Week

Aaron Curtis

Woody Cooper Award

Sponsored by:

Jepp Walter,

$120

Name drawn last week

Aaron Zarle

50/50

Axel von Loewenclau

Bob Ascher

Next Meeting

May 21, 2014

San Jose Country Club

7529 San Jose Blvd

Jacksonville, FL

Lunch Buffet 12:00 pm

$20 Members

$25 for Guest

Invite a Guest

GUEST SPEAKER and UPCOMING PROGRAMS

5/21 Charles McBurney, Jr., FL State Representative

Upcoming Programs:

5/28 Mathew Corrigan, Professor & Chair, UNF

6/4 Mike Buresh, Chief Meteorologist, CBS47/FOX30

6/11 Mark Frisch, Jax Armada Soccer Team

6/18 Ben Davis, Intuition Ale

6/25 Susan Carr, AAA

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Annie Howe, President

Southside Business Men's Club

(904) 654-6095

Here I am again, offering my thanks to our amazing volunteers! I appreciate all of the members who came out to work with us at the Jacksonville Craft and Import Beer Festival on Friday. This is the single biggest fundraising night of the year for our club, thanks to the generosity of Mike White, owner of The Buzz Magazine and Client Focus Media. I also appreciate the hard work of 3rd VP Julie Clements, and co-chairs Michael Gullion and Barry Griffin, who organized our volunteer efforts for this event.

Monday I will be at the beautiful San Jose Country Club golf course for the 19th Annual Fidelity National Financial Youth Achiever Program Charity Golf Classic presented by Pet Paradise. (Whew! Say that five times fast!) I am so excited for this event, it's one of the most fun things we do all year. We will have a great lunch, golf with beverages on the course all day, a delicious barbecue dinner, and cap it all off with a fantastic silent auction with door prizes and awards. All of the proceeds will go to our Youth Achiever Program Scholarship Fund, which we hope will one day soon be self sustaining. Thank you to the fantastic committee and to our sponsors.

See you Wednesday, when we will get our annual Legislative Update from our own Hon. Charles McBurney.

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

I would like to thank everyone who volunteered at TPC this past week!

I know there were some very busy shifts to work for some. I would especially like to thank those who worked on Mother's Day; your dedication is not going unnoticed.

Lastly, I would like to thank Hal Smith, Tom Gill, and Penny Kievet for all their work for our Club and the charities we helped during the tournament.

Tim Howe
1st V.P.

YOUTH ACHIEVER CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC

19th Annual SBMC Youth Achiever Charity Golf Classic

Presented by Pet Paradise

Proceeds Benefit the Youth Achiever Program Scholarship Fund (501 �3)

Monday, May 19, 2014 at San Jose Country Club

10:00am Registration10:45am Lunch from Tidbits

11:30am Shotgun Start

$25,000 Hole-in-One and many more contests

Boxed lunch, BBQ dinner, snacks, and beverages ALL DAY included

Fabulous Silent Auction items and Door Prizes from 5:00-6:00pm

Take Advantage of the Ultimate Package $750.00

Foursome & Hole Sponsorship ($150 Savings)

Become a Charitable HOLE SPONSOR for only $300.00

$150.00 per person - 4-Man Captains Choice format

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Headlining sponsors

Fidelity National Financial-Title Sponsor (Thank you Cathy Kennedy)

Pet Paradise-Corporate Sponsor

Pet Guard & Crystal Pool Service-Beverage Cart Sponsors

Matheny Imports-Golf Ball Sponsors

Hole Sponsors

Wilkinson, Garrard, and Clements, CPAs-Peninsular Pest Control

CVSN-The Hartley Press-121 Financial C/U

Corporate Investment Int'l-Southside Dermatology

Piner's Lock and Safe-GolfTEC-Client Focused Media

Marlin Technology-In Memory of Victor Hardage

Kwikprint Manfacturing -George A. Zellner Insurance

Coordinated Benefits Group-Portofino Pools

Duckworth Construction-Enza's Italian Restaurant

Malcolm Bloom and Family-One Stop Hauling

Metro Diner-Lewis, Longman,& Walker, P.A.-Don Flynn Pictures

Jacksonville Assn. of Fire Fighters-Local 122

Harry Pierce & Sons Insurance-F.O.P. Lodge 5-30

Thigpen Heating & Cooling-Fidelity Bank

To register, please visit: www.sbmccharity.org or

Jay D. Cann, Jr. @ 904-571-7891 or email: [email protected]

Crump Kirby @ 904-396-4616 or email: [email protected]

Rick Thompson - 904-996-1666 or email: [email protected]

SUNS TAILGATE SOCIAL

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Suns Tailgate Social will be held June 6th.

The game starts at 7:05pm, and the Tailgate starts at 5:00pm.

The menu (cooked by Tom Kennedy) is:

*Pulled Brisket Sliders

*Asian Cole Slaw - sweet peppers, blue cheese with peanut dressing

*Cowboy Beans - with hamburger, onion and tomato

*COLD Keg Beer

*Water

Cost is $7.00 General Admission

$9.00 Reserved Seating

$12.00 Boxed Seats

$5.00 Tailgate party only

Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.sbmcjax.com. Tickets must be purchased by May 28th.

See Tom Kennedy - [email protected] - 904-338-6715 or Rick Schmitz - [email protected] - 904-449-2055

FISHING TRIP

Let's go fishing!! This year will be our SIXTH annual fishing trip on the Mayport Princess. The trip is on June 7th, and tickets go on sale starting TODAY for only $80 per person. What does that give you, you ask? It gets you one of the just 40 spots on the boat, plus more!

Just so you know, prices on all of the Party Fishing boats in the area went up this year, so the street price is $85 per person. Well, thanks to Becky Hogan, an SBMC member and part owner of the Mayport Princess, we were able to keep the price at $80 for ONE more year!

Plus, it gets better! Compliments of our club, we also supply everyone with a really nice boxed lunch from Honeybaked Hams, bottled water, soft drinks, and BEER!! Did I say beer? Yes, we do supply beer for you.

The 40 spots sell out every year, and this year will be no exception. This trip has sold out in less than a week in the past, so don't hesitate. Either pay on our website online, or pay Dee at the door.

Don't miss the boat!!

MEMBERSHIP

MEMBERSHIP

Our 2nd quarter contest is well underway!! New items have been added to the 'cart', so encourage those visitors to SIGN UP!! Jepp and Hank already got some goods; don't let them be the only winners.

Member Contributions Include:

GolfTec swing evaluation and lesson $250 value Nico Hogeveen

Maui Jim Sunglasses $175 value

Kimberly Clarke Salon-Spa Day $250 value Kimberly Clarke

JRoberts Fine Jewelry $300 value Kevin Hulsbeck and Bobby Wallo

Special bonus prizes and a huge year-end Shopping Cart Prizes could be yours!!

Questions? Contact Jackie at [email protected].

SERGEANT AT ARMS

The 2014 Spotlight Speaker Book is now available at the sign-in table.

This is your opportunity to talk about your business, family, or sell your wares for 5 minutes.

We also need volunteers to lead us in the Invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. Please sign up if you would like to participate.

Pick your date before they fill up!

Barry Griffin

SBMC Sergeant At Arms

Email: [email protected]

PHOTO GALLERY

Did you know we have a photo gallery on our website? We do. There is a link at the top of the home page for "Gallery".

Click HERE.

For questions and comments about the newsletter please e-mail [email protected]