"The Official Newsletter of the Panhandle Division of the Florida District of Circle K International"

The Panhandle Post

By: Lt. Governor Harrison Arencibian, Panhandle Division

Sponsored by 
Kiwanis International
CKI is the College version of Key Club International

The Panhandle Shall Rise like a Soaring Eagle!

    My fellow Circle K'ers, You're in for a real treat! The 2000 Florida Issues Conference shall be held at Beautiful Sandestin in the Florida Panhandle for the first time in 41 years.  That ought to feel great! So let Freedom Ring and get ready for Sandestin. This Beautiful area of the Panhandle is home to Eglin Airforce Base and the Pensacola Shippping Yard and the world's prettiest Beaches. So you folks in Miami, get ready for the best Issues Conference ever. Common on down to the Issues 2000. These Beautiful Beaches are as pretty as Varadero, but Freedoms rings in the Panhandle, so will Freedom  ring at Varadero and all over Cuba soon!!!  So kick your boots and head for the Florida Panhandle for Issues Conference November 3-5, 2000. 0

  at As the July 4th Independence Celebrations approaches, I think of the Freedoms that we enjoy in America. I also think of what we must do to protect those Freedoms!  One of those Freedoms is the right to Vote!  Our generation will become tomorrows leaders. So we should start taking the initiative to get out and vote.  One of the great benefits of voting is that if the 18-25 age group voted like the 65+ group, the Florida Legislature would not consider Tuition Increases every year. You know why? Because the Legislators would be afraid that we would vote them out. Unfortunately, since the 18-25 age group votes in dismal numbers, the Florida Legislature increases our tuition every year. Gov. Bush just gave us a 5% increase. Back in 1998, the Florida Legislature attempted to pass HR 4169 and SB 1854 which would have eliminated the in-state tuition and everyone would have paid the current out-of-state tuition. Thank God, your fellow CKI members,  from FSU, (led by yours truly) rouse in opposition and we wrote the Legislators and asked fellow FSU Students to do the same.   HB 4169, proposed by Representative Warner, Republican of Central Florida, had sailed through first and second reading by unanimous consent.  But after our efforts, Representative Villalobos (former CKI Governor from FSU) killed HB 4169 in the House, thus the Senate Bill died. Had we not been watching, most Florida state universities would have cost almost as much as attending the University of Miami!  

Important Dates!

Panhandle Zone Rally
@ Beautiful Sandestin, Florida (Site of the Issues  2000) Saturday Sept. 23, 2000
Panhandle Division Service Project:
Help Build New Clubs every weekend! Email me for the latest project!
Divisionary Council Meetings
(Two meetings to be held)  1 in Tallahassee and 1 in Pensacola.  Dates to be announced. 
Circle K International Convention
at San Diego, California 
August 5-9, 2000
Issues Conference
At Beautiful Sandestin, Florida Nov. 3-5,  2000 "Be There or Be Square!" Attention Panhandle, This is the first conference in our area, so we must have at least 100 members there from our region. Tell all your friends today!  FSU, FAMU, UWF, TCC, GCCC, Chipola Jr, NFCC you're on the Spotlight, so Shine, Shine, Shine!!!
Council of Presidents Meeting
Coming in August, 2000!
PanhandleSenate Meeting
Coming in August, 2000!

Service, Leadership and Fellowship

WANTED! Presidents and Officers for:

   Tallahassee Community College;   North Florida Community College;   Chipola Junior Community College;   Gulf-Coast Community College;   FSU- Panama City Branch; Okaloosa-Walton Community College;   Pensacola Junior Community College. 

WANTED! Panhandle Division Board:

All  Presidents  and  Officers  are  asked  to  Join  the  Panhandle  Council  of  Presidents. The  Panhandle Division  on-going  Service  Project  is  Club  Building.   Join  me  every weekend  in putting up flyers and recruiting Chapter Leaders throughout the Panhandle. Also,  I am  forming  the  Panhandle Senate.  Its  purpose is  to  communicate  ideas   to strengthen  the  Division,  help  train  the  New  Officers  and promote and the K-Family. Join Today by emailing me at: [email protected] or [email protected]

*On the Western Front

   Congratulations UWF President Kim Dewey  and  the  Board  of Officers  of  the  University of  West  Florida, the Issues Conference 2000 will be in your neck of the woods. Please tell everyone. We expect a big showing from as far as Miami at Issues. This is your opportunity to grow into the powerhouse of the Panhandle. Perhaps we could have two divisions again!  Great Job, Kim on becoming an officially registered Club at UWF. That's one of the most important steps in the Chartering process! Also, congratulations to Israel on his election as UWF Student Body President.  Great Job UWF.  See you at Zone Rally & Issues!!!
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Freedom for Elian Gonzalez Bruton 
I think Elian should stay in the United States. His mom, Elizabeth Bruton died attempting to bring Elian to the land of freedom. I think it would be a victory for Communism and a defeat for Freedom& the U.S. if Elian returns to the repressive CastroSovietState ofCuba! 

*State of the Division
   My Fellow Circle K'ers,  I am proud to announce that the State of the Division is a bit stronger than the last month. "But we must forge forward," as Jorge MasCanosa uses to say. Now we have in place leaders at key sites that will shine, shine, shine! First, I  like to thank TCC's Vice President Marie Olibrun for her leadership at TCC. Second, I like to congratulate UWF for their continued progress and the election of Israel as SGA President at UWF. Also,  thank FL Dist. Sec. Michelle Lachance for traveling with me during my last tour of the Division. She helped put up tons of flyers at Chipola and NFCC. I also  like to thank Past NC Governor Brian Hard for his leadership  at GCCC. Finally, I like to thank  Key Club Lt. Gov Jennifer Wilson for her leadership at NFCC. As well as Chipley's Key Club Pres. & Immediate Past Key Club  Lt Gov Peter Mayfield for his efforts at Chipola. Please keep up the good work & call  me anytime. I will travel on short notice to your campus to help out. 

*In the Horizon: the Emerald Coast

I would like to thank Past North Carolina Governor Brian Hard (former Candidate for International President- 1996) for his efforts with the Chartering of Gulf Coast Community College Circle K, as well as the St. Andrews Kiwanis Club of Panama City for their willingness to give Circle K a Second Chartering Chance!
I want to thank Immediate Past Lt. Gov. Peter Mayfield, Div 3, (now President of Chipley High School Key Club) for his leadership in helping with Chipola Community College Circle K Chapter. It's through his leadership in getting the word out that Chipola may be closer to regaining their status as a power house in Circle K.              "Go get 'em  Chipola!!!"  
Don't Forget, Issues Conference in our area!

*Goals for the Month of July

Speak  with Key Club Officers and Lt. Governor Counterparts and visit every Club to help recruit New members.
Appoint at least 2 members to the Circle K Chartering Committees at at least four potential CKI Chapters.
Meet  and talk with  Kiwanis Clubs  interested  in Chartering  CKI  Chapters
Put  up at least 100  flyers  per  campus  to recruit  the Board of Officers for Chapters not currently active. In May/June/July  (So far) TCC:  250 flyers for Info meeting and 175 NFCC 
Get a Press Release and a copy of this newsletter to every school newspaper and community paper in my division. This past month, I got an ad to Break Magazine to get the word out about Circle K. Break  covers FSU; TCC and FAMU. 

This Side of the River-Eastern Front
I want to take this opportunity to thank my Key Club Division 3 Counterpart Jennifer Wilson for her help in getting the word out on the NorthFloridaCommunityCollegeCircle K.  I also would like to thank FSU Officers for a great showing at the Leader Training Confe- rence held at Camp Kiwanis in Ocala. I am excited of the potential of FSU beating Miami in membership. Perhaps, FSU's next goal should be beating Florida College before the University of Miami does it!!! Hey Miami, how about a new rivalry!

*CKI International News
  Our  Immediate Past Florida  Governor  Jon  Hethcox  is  the OTIC  (On to Inter- national Convention)  Chair. Gov Jon is running for International Trustee so we need to have our delegates atInternational (San Diego, California Aug. 5-9, 2000 to vote for him. He has done a great job  for Florida and will do an awesome job on the International Board! From FSU, Michelle Lachance is going. How about YOU!!!!
Jon Hethcox for Trustee or President! Jon! Go for President!!! FL needs U!

*Back at the Fort

   Congratulations to  FSU Chapter President Alba Carreras and the FSU Leadership. You  all   have   done  an  awesome  job  this  past  year.   Also I  congratulate   Vice - President (Coach) Brett Cook on your election as SGA President and Vice Pres. Silvana Rivero and  Treasurer  Jamie  Warren.  All  of  you have been  awesome  leaders.   Great Job.   Alba,  how about  joining  the  Panhandle  Division Board. I need  you  to help train  new leaders across   the   Division.    Congratulations   to  Melissa Howell  for your leadership  and de- termination  to get  FAMU  Chapter back on track.   You  have been extremely active and have  placed   FAMU  at  the  brink of a new era of  Service,  Leadership  and Fellowship.  

*Florida District News

Congratulations to the newly elected Officers of the Florida District Board. Best Wishes to our outgoing Officers.  Governor Jon Hethcox's  Board as been awesome. Great Job! Your shoes will be difficult to fill, but we must do our best!

• Gov. Jeremy Riehl - UCF (Orlando)

• Secretary Michelle Lachance, FSU

• Editor Maggie Gunther, UCF

• Treasurer Sara Connolly, U-Miami    Lieutenant   Governors

• Panhandle-HarrisonArencibian,FSU

• Citrus -  Nicole Quintero, Stetson

• Gateway -  Samantha Olzeski,JU

• SunCoast -  S. Eric Kenerly, SPJC

• Suwannee -  John Sullivan, UF

• SunBelt - Shane Metzler, SaintLeo

• Everglades - Katrina Gonzalez, UM

• GoldCoast - Juliet Vargas, FAU

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