The Taylorville Kiwanis Club honored is “Community Heroes of the Month”, and heard about agriculture equipment from a program speaker, during their weekly meeting Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  

Pastor Bill (left) and Barb (right) Kerns, pastors of Davis Memorial Christian Church, were honored for their many community efforts.  The Kern’s are leaving Taylorville for an assignment in Kansas, with October 17th being their last Sunday.  Pastor Bill, in his 7 years in Taylorville, led the Taylorville Ministerial Association, Missions for Taylorville, the Taylorville Community Garden, and the Taylorville Kiwanis Club.  Barb has also been involved in the church ministry as well as beautifying Taylorville thru the planting of trees.

Program speaker at Tuesday’s meeting was Wyatt Hohenstein, an account manager with Jenner Ag in Taylorville, who spoke about the agriculture implement business and how it affects the local economy.

Non-profit organizations are reminded that 11:59pm October 31st is the deadline for applications from non-profit community groups that want funded thru the Taylorville Kiwanis Club Foundation.  The application can be found at the Taylorville Kiwanis Club’s Facebook page, or by e-mail’ing committee chair Randal J. Miller, whose e-mail address is rjm1955@gmail.com.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.