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2026 Fishing Derby winners posted
2026 Community Leaders recognized
Lawman of the Year Lt. Clay Dean
Firefigher of the Year Jerry Damron
Teacher of the Year Martin Kaine
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2026 Fishing Derby Statistics
# kids registered to fish 107
# fish caught 278
Most caught by 1 person
27, 2nd was 23
Heaviest fish caught was 6.1
lbs.
We have several fish in the 2 – 5 lbs
category.
Longest fish was 27 inches
Shortest was 6 inchers
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 2026 Fishing Derby 12-14 Category Winners
Heaviest Fish
Harper Stesnly
Longest
Fish Trevor Black
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 2026 Fishing Derby 12-14 Category Winners
Most
Fish Annslee
Smith
Heaviest Fish
Haiben Powers
Longest
Fish Drake Kirk
Shortest
Fish Ean Bennett
Ugliest
Fish Kyler Mansfield
Best Dressed Adelyn Newton
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 2026 Fishing Derby 9-11 Category Winners
Most
Fish Kenna
Smith
Heaviest Fish Ava
Reeves
Longest
Fish Knox Nanney
Shortest
Fish Autumn Johnson
Ugliest
Fish Braylen Coon
Best
Dressed Emma Reeves
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 2026 Fishing Derby 6 - 8 Category Winners
Most
Fish Emmitt
Rodriguez
Heaviest Fish
Louie Hernedez
Longest
Fish Nash Bennett
Shortest
Fish Jenna Dawson
Ugliest
Fish Carson Jahr
Best
Dressed Dayonna Oyuela
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 2026 Fishing Derby 5 & Under Category Winners
Most
Fish Teague
Springer
Heaviest Fish
Cold Ryan
Longest
Fish Ezra Ricketts
Shortest
Fish Amora Jahr
Ugliest
Fish Mason Winn
Best
dressed Valerie Sanchez
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 At the June 3 Kiwanis meeting, the Kiwanis Club announced winners for Community Leader Awards for 2026.
Jerry Damron (left) was presented the Firefighter of the Year award.
Clay Dean (right) was presented the Lawman of the Year award.
Their names and resumes will now be forwarded the Louisiana
Mississippi West Tennessee Kiwanis District for the district
competition.
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 At the June 3 Kiwanis meeting, the Kiwanis Club announced winners for Community Leader Awards for 2026.
Martin Kane (2nd from left) was recognized as the Teacher of the Year.
His name and resume will now be forwarded the Louisiana Mississippi
West Tennessee Kiwanis District for the district competition.
Martin is shown with Sara Sieber (left), Kiwanis President Katie Parr and Anna Clark.
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 At
the May 27 Kiwanis meeting, Beth Graves (center), explained that
Magnolia Clinic was founded with a simple yet powerful mission:
to provide high-quality, comprehensive healthcare to the people of
rural West Tennessee. Recognizing the need for better access to
medical service in our community. Graves, a board-certified family
nurse practitioner with more than a decade of experience treating
patients of all ages, partnered with Dr. Brandon Wilkinson and Dr.
Matthew Tanner to bring a higher standard of care to Martin. She said
that Magnolia Clinic offers a range of primary care and specialized
services, including medical weight loss, hormone replacement therapy,
IV therapy injections, and preventative care.
Beth is shown with Linda Luther (left) and Kiwanis President Katie Parr (right)
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 At the May 20 Kiwanis meeting, Matthew Bane (left), owner and CEO of ABC Medical and Pediatrics, explained that ABC Medical is a locally owned primary care clinic that
specializes in providing primary care, walk-in acute care, corporate health
benefits, and ancillary services (diagnostic tests, therapeutic procedures,
medications, etc.). He said that ABC Medical, located at 415 South Lindell
Street in Martin, is one of only three full-time independently owned
traditional medical practices in Martin and is the only one that also offers
pediatric care.
Linda Luther is shown presenting Matthew with a certificate of appreciation for being our program.
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At the May 13 Kiwanis meeting, Dr. Cassondra Burks (center), Assistant
Professor in Dept. of Nursing at UT Martin, stressed the importance of
vaccines in health care. In her presentation entitled "The
Infrastructore of Immunity. Historical Foundations, Clinical
Realities, and the Modern Schism in Pedatric Vaccination", Dr. Burks
guided the group through historical and scientific data. Dr.
Burks is shown with Kiwanis President Katie Parr (left) and Linda
Luther (right).
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Dr. Mary Radford (center), professor and chair of the Department
of Nursing at UT Martin, was the featured speaker at the May 6 meeting of the
Martin Kiwanis Club. She highlighted details about the Mobile Health Education
Unit van that is making an impact in West Tennessee. This unit, launched in
October 2025, is a specialized health program designed to serve rural Tennessee
communities, enhance nursing education, and facilitate community
outreach. She said that the mobile unit provides health screenings and
education, strengthening rural health access in partnership with the UT System
and local entities. Dr. Radford also explained that this unit is a teaching
tool for nursing students while providing education to underserved areas.
Additionally, Dr. Radford shared details about the rural nurse scholars program
and the continued success of UT Martin students who graduate with a degree in
nursing. Dr. Radford was introduced by Linda Luther (left), Kiwanis
program chair for May and a retired faculty member from the Department of
Nursing. Kiwanis president Katie Parr (right) presented Dr. Radford a
certificate of appreciation showing that a donation will be made in her honor
to the Weakley County Prevention Coalition.
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 April 24-26, 2026 at Lakeshore Camp & Retreat, Eva, Tenn.
Lead Facilitator Brian Richie
55 Teenagers, 14 Adults
Group photo of participants and leaders
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 Ainsley
Chandler, a 4-H member and high school rising junior from Union City,
gave an information-filled presentation about her recent participation
in state and national 4-H events when she was the featured speaker for
Kiwanis at the April 22 meeting. Ainsley spoke of preparing her
leadership portfolio and becoming a Tennessee state finalist for the
National 4-H Ignite Conference held March 25-29 in Washington, D.C. She
highlighted how at the state level she participated in leadership
workshops, service opportunities, a legislative visit, and visits to
the History Museum and Bicentennial Mall in Nashville. At the national
level, Ainsley listened to keynote speakers and attended leadership and
educational sessions. Tours and sightseeing included the United States
Holocaust National Museum, Ford's Theatre, the National Archives, the
Library of Congress, National History Museum, and the Space and
Aviation Museum.
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Mary Nita Bondurant, project assistant and fundraising specialist for
the Capitol Theatre restoration and expansion project in downtown Union
City, gave a presentation for Kiwanis at the April 15 meeting. She
described the excitement that the revitalization of downtown Union City
is bringing to the area as she gave a history of the Capitol Theatre
and the involvement of David Ring, project leader and investor in not
only the Capitol Theatre project but in other initiatives as well. She
noted that Ring's grandmother left a downtown building to Ring and 15
other relatives. Eventually, Ring, a successful businessman now living
in Boston, bought out the others and began the restoration of that
building. This involvement led to his interest in purchasing other
buildings and investing in the redevelopment of the area, including the
Capitol Theatre project. Bondurant said that the Capitol Theatre will
celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2027 and will become a fully
functioning performing arts center with 265 new seats, an expanded
lobby, two large rehearsal spaces with mirrors, a costume room, a board
room, and a stage area that will accommodate a variety of performances
and shows
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 At
the April 8 Kiwanis meeting, Amanda Waldon (second from left),
assistant director of the Veterinary Health Technology Program (Vet
Tech) at UT Martin, and three students presented information about this
unique and successful program. Waldon said that UT Martin is one
of fewer than 30 institutions nationwide to offer an accredited
four-year program. She said that this program prepares students to work
with a wide variety of animal patients —everything from livestock to
exotic pets—and that 96–100 percent of the vet tech students are hired
in the field within 60 days of graduation. Students who
enthusiastically described their reasons for choosing UT Martin for
their study and some of their experiences were Scarlett Cook (third
from left), a senior double major in Pre Vet and Vet Tech; Isaiah Reed,
a junior Vet Science major; and Jovan Hurst, a junior Vet Science
major. Kiwanis past president and current treasurer, presented Waldon
and students with a certificate of appreciation showing that a donation
will be made in their honor to the Weakley County Prevention Coalition.
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 At
the April 1 Kiwanis meeting, Eddie Crittendon (second from left) shared
history and excitement about the Fulton Railroaders, a Summer League
baseball team. Crittendon, one of 15 local owers of the team,
along with Don Parr (left), explained that because of the extensive
history of baseball here in northwest Tennessee and western Kentucky,
that Fulton has been called the “biggest little town in baseball.” The
Railroaders are a part of the Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball
League.
President Katie Parr and Jim Clark are pictured with Parr and Crittendon.
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Two members of the Math Craft Lab at UT Martin—Barbara Kunkel
(third from left) and Shelly Long (second from right)—highlighted in a March 4
presentation for Kiwanis the many creative and engaging ways mathematics comes
to life through hands-on activities, outreach and community programming.
This presentation showcased how math can be fun, accessible, and inspiring for
learners of all ages as all Kiwanis members present worked with folding and
cutting a Mobius Strip. The Mobius strip, the presenters explained, is a key
concept in topology and has practical application in engineering for creating
wear-resistant belts. Steve Elliott (second from left), chair of the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics, described how the Math Craft Lab was created and
the excitement this outreach has generated. The speakers were introduced by
Earl Wright (left), Kiwanis program chair for March. Laura Taylor,
Kiwanis past president, presented a certificate of appreciation to the speakers
and said that a donation will be made in their honor to the Weakley County
Prevention Coalition.
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 2025 Kiwanis City of Martin Christmas Parade
59 Registered Entries
70 total units
The parade winners were:
Commercial entries: 1st Place Kmen Electric LLC
2nd Place Raekar Truck w/ Rolloff
3rd Place Air Evac
Non-commercial 1st Place Central Christian Academy
2nd place Broadway Baptist Church
3rd place The Grinch
Best Decorated Vehicle Kristen Tibbs
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 2025 Key Leader Weekend
April 24-26, 2025 at Lakeshore Camp & Retreat, Eva, Tenn.
Lead Facilitator Jane Erickson
57 Teenagers, 17 Adults
Group photo of participants and leaders
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