Issue 31, August 2, 2015

Most long-time members of SBMC will agree that summers are the slow time for our club, as many families are on vacation, etc.  This year we’ve tried to maintain a steady level of volunteerism, fun events, and interesting programs in which to keep our members asking:  ‘I wonder what’s going on at SBMC? On Saturday […]


Issue 30, July 26, 2015

If you were at the Texas Hold ’em Tournament on July 16th, you experienced the genesis of one of those events that everyone may look back on and say ‘ Why didn’t we do this years ago?’.  The event was a success!  We had over 40 players involved.  But everyone was talking about its potential, […]


Issue 29, July 19, 2015

Wednesday was a ‘Murphy’s Law’ day for SBMC. There were no Past President’s in attendance (with a tie and sport coat) to induct new members. At the last minute, our guest speaker could not make it to the meeting. (This is every president’s worst nightmare: addressing 75 members and having no program.) However, Penny Kievet […]


Issue 28, July 12, 2015

A couple of Wednesday’s ago, Lelia Duncan of Community Connections (formerly the YWCA), spoke to us about how important the Southside Business Men’s Club is to their organization, as we have taken hundreds of children on our annual Children’s Christmas Shopping Spree.  Any of you, who’ve shopped with these kids for their families in December, […]


Issue 27, July 5, 2015

I would like to apologize for last Sunday’s message; it was a poorly written 3rd attempt. The first Message was a well thought out piece on the dangers of the news media who can twist stories to meet their own agendas.  Specifically, I was condemning Dylann Roof’s (purported) actions of killing 9 people attending Bible […]