Browns Backers

The Cleveland Browns Backers of the Sandhills meet at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at The Bell Tree (692-4766) 155 NE Broad St in Southern Pines. The Browns will play the Denver Broncos.

For information, call Fred Zimmerman at 295-6480. For further information, visit www.brownsbackersofthesandhills.com.

Kiwanis

Dr. Sarah Locklear was the guest speaker at the Sept. 2 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills.

Locklear recently joined Sandhills Pediatrics after finishing medical school and her residency at UNC-Chapel Hill.

She spoke about her experiences in graduate medical education and also gave an update on the swine flu.

Seven Lakes Kiwanis

Seven Lakes Kiwanis had State Representative Jamie Boles as the guest speaker Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Boles gave a brief review of his experiences so far serving Moore County in the State House in Raleigh. He has been appointed to four committees including the water resources and justice committees.

Boles responded to many questions from the floor after he had made his comments.

Seven Lakes Kiwanis meets every Tuesday at noon at the Seven Lakes Country Club.

Visitors are always welcome.

Sandhills Buckeyes

The Sandhills Chapter of the Ohio State Buckeye Club meets at noon Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Bell Tree, 155 NE Broad Street, Southern Pines, and at O'Brady's 229 Hay Street, Fayetteville. The Buckeyes will play USC.

For more information on the club, visit the Web site www.sandhillsbuckeyes.net.

Health Resources

Health Resources Network, a forum for health care professionals that provide services for seniors, meets Wednesday, Sept. 23, at noon, at Table on the Green at Midland Country Club.

The first speaker will be Gail George from GWG Wig boutique, and the second speaker is Eddie Langston from Family Medical Supply.

Those interested in attending should call Veronica Sanchez, at HomeChoice Network at (910) 944-1116.

Men's Fellowship

The Sandhills Men's Fellowship continues its breakfast speaker series with Eldon and Ben Miller as its guests Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Eldon Miller is a basketball coach that has led four different programs in 36 years of coaching: Wittenberg University (196270), Western Michigan University (197076), Ohio State University (197686) and the University of Northern Iowa (198698). His overall record is 568419 and 56 in NCAA tournament games.

He was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum earlier this year.

Miller is now the assistant coach for his son, Ben Miller, at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Fellowship begins at 7:40 a.m. at the Pinehurst Member's Club. Breakfast will follow at 8 a.m. For more information, call Tom Stewart at 295-9775.

S.P. Rotary

During the month of August, the Rotary Club of Southern Pines collected $468 and 139 cans of food for the Coalition for Human Care.

"The Coalition was in particular need of towels, and we were able to supply them," says a spokesman.

Members contributed weekly to a "charity box," the funds from which go directly to local charities.

The Middle School CPR Program is in place at New Century Middle School.

"We are working on a grant to extend the program to Southern Middle School," says a spokesman.

This program is geared toward seventh-graders in conjunction with the American Heart Association. A video is supplied to science teachers to give the students hands on instruction on CPR.

Along with the other Rotary Clubs in the area, the Southern Pines Rotary Club members are getting ready to distribute dictionaries to third-graders.

"This highly successful program is in its seventh year," says the spokesman. "Since year two, we have reached every third-grader in Moore County. This year, we hope to reach 1,200 students."

This joint effort has raised approximately $11,000 for the 2009-10 school year.