$8,105 - THANK YOU!

Click here to see the final list of items with high bids and high bidders.

Thank you to everyone who made this year's auction possible.

Items for Saturday, August 16

Final list (including corrections and additional items)

300 Dixie Café $20 Gift Certificate $20.00
301 Sonic Drive In Gift Card $20.00
302 Sonic Drive In Gift Card $20.00
303 Sonic Drive In Gift Card $20.00
304 Lenny's Sub Shop Meal for 2 (2 subs and 2 meal deals) $20.00
305 Comet 1-Hour Cleaners $20 Gift Certificate $20.00
306 Brick Oven Pizza $25 Gift Certificate $25.00
307 Corner Gift Shop $25 Gift Certificate $25.00
308 Hair Designs by D&M Biosilk Shampoo and Conditioner $25.00
309 Modern Woodmen of America Noodle Golf Balls and Divot tool $25.00
310 Unpainted Furniture Store 10.5" tall foot stool $29.95
311 D and G Exchange $30 Gift Certificate $30.00
312 Ken's Barber & Style Shop 10 Tanning Bed visits $30.00
313 Michael Holt Insurance 2 dozen Pinnacle golf balls $30.00
315 Harding Press $35 worth of copies $35.00
316 JCPenney Celine Dion Perfume assortment $40.00
317 White County Title Co., Inc. $100 Worth of Title work or services $100.00
318 Classic Colors Autobody 1 detail and wax $100.00
319 Bobby T's Mattress and Furniture Tempur-Pedic Side Pillow $110.00
320 Harding Place Retirement Community 4 framed puzzles $120.00
321 Dacus Rental Husqvarna Leaf Blower (hand held) $160.00
322 Bible House, The - Discount Christian Bookstore Gift Certificate $35.00
323 County Medical Equipment, Inc. Gift Certificate $35.00
324 Fox Quality Pools LLC Gift Certificate $35.00
325 Stanley Pharmacy Razerback Travel Bag $35.00
326 Dr. Peggy Brown Silver Eagle coin set $35.00
327 Almost Anything Gifts $40 Gift Certificate $40.00
328 Country Mart $40 Groceries $40.00
329 McKenney Supply Inc. Light Bulb Sets $50.00
330 Image Masters Photo Lab $45 Gift Certificate $45.00
331 Holden and Company Inc. $50 Gift Certificate towards Cut & Style $50.00
332 Contour Expresss Pedicure $45.00
333 Dollar General Store Lawn Chair $49.00
334 Crye-Leike $100 Savings Bond $50.00
335 Re/Max Advantage Realtors $100 Savings Bond $50.00
336 Shelter Insurance - Richard Cargile $100 Savings Bond $50.00
337 First Security Bank $100 US Savings Bond $50.00
338 Holden and Company Inc. Deep Facial $45.00
339 Byron's Jewelry $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
340 Hays $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
341 Sunrise Yamaha Motorsports $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
342 World Travel / CW $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
343 Medic Sav-On Drug Digital blood pressure monitor $50.00
344 Chiropractic Care Clinic Cervical Pillow $95.00
345 Leslie Jewelers Gift Certificate $50.00
346 Ultimate Outdoors Gift Certificate $50.00
347 Aramark Services 6 tickets to The Heritage Sunday Brunch $54.00
348 State Farm - Brian Maddox 2 Boxes Toplight balls, 2 towels, 2 water bottles and tees $55.00
349 Artistic Florist 1 Dozen Roses (excluding holidays) $65.00
350 Course at River Oaks, The 2 - 18 hole Green Fees, 1 Cart Rental $65.00
351 American Real Estate Service Real Estate & Financial Calculator $65.00
352 Watts Optical & Eye Care Center Eye examination $70.00
353 Haney's Downtown Conoco Service Station Basic oil change and car wash $80.00
354 Matthews International One Desktop Name Plate $80.00
355 Chiropractic Care Clinic Fruit and Veggie Complete $50.00
356 Furniture Gallery, The Mirror (45x36) $99.00
357 Exit Realty Arkansas One Night Stay cabin on The Little Red River $175.00
358 Arkansas Upper Cervical Care Center Initial Consultation, up to 3 X-rays and a follow up visit to view x-rays. $200.00
359 Crafton's Furniture & Appliance Inc. Wall Clock $239.00
360 White County Medical Center $250 Gift Certificate $250.00
361 White County Medical Center $250 Gift Certificate $250.00
362 Bab-Tex Carpet One 5 x 8 area rug $299.00
363 Lowery Optical Center One Pair of Glasses excluding eye exam $350.00
364 Framecrafter Gallery Print $350.00
365 Professional Escrow Co and Strother Wilburn Land and Title Co. Certificate good for abstracting and/or closing $500.00
366 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
367 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
368 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
369 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
370 Regions Bank 1 Box of Titleist Golf Balls $25.00
371 Searcy Fire Department Ride to School on Fire Truck Priceless
372 Bike City, Inc. Bicycle Tune-up $50.00
373 B & B Oil Co. Gift Certificate for Gas $50.00
374 Calvin Mitchell, Inc. Natural Leather Duffel Bag $129.00
375 Dynamite Donuts 5 Dozen Donuts $22.95
376 General Automotive Towing $50 Gift Cert to Dixie Cafe $50.00
377 Gerald's BBQ $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
378 Hasting's Books, Music Gift Certificate $50.00
379 King Furniture and Appliances $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
380 Land-O-Frost of Arkansas, Inc. 8 pk Bristo Black Forect Ham and 8 pk Bristo Rotisserie Turkey $48.00
381 Landmark Closing Company, Inc. $100 Towards Title Insurance and Closing $100.00
382 Mark Pate, PA $100 Gift Card to Lowe's $100.00
383 Mr. Rainey's Auto Wash 6 Deluxe Car Washes $36.00
384 Youngbear Desings, LLC Custom-made Earrings and Necklace $39.95
385 Regions Mortgage $50 Gift Card to Chili's $50.00
386 Roussel Floyd & Associates $50 Savings Bond $25.00
387 Spa West Salon & Day Spa Shampoo and Conditioner $48.00
388 Spurlock, Inc. 10 yd load of SB-2 $265.00
389 Stephenson Oil Co 1 Case of 10w30 motor oil $35.00
390 Tara & Co. Fine Diamonds Seiko Electronic Clock $25.00
391 Weir Electric 4 - 32W, 120V, 4ft long bulbs $65.00
392 Glidewell Auto Sales and Service Oil Change and Safety Inspection $49.50
394 Advance Auto Parts Fluorescent Work Light $12.98
395 Athlete's Choice Catcher's Mit $59.95
396 Autozone Browning Steering Wheel cover $9.99
397 Osborne's Hydraulic Repairs and Trailer Sales Browning Knife $110.00
398 McCoy's Lumber Cordless Screwdriver $40.00
399 Airstream of Arkansas RV Sales & Service Airstream Gift Set $55.00
400 Express Care - Valvoline Full Service Oil Change $38.99
401 Young's Tire and Auto $50 Gift Card on Services $50.00
402 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. $50 Gift Card $50.00
403 W & W Ford Sales Inc. Oil Change $40.00
404 Searcy Sign Company Pair of Magnetic Signs $50.00
405 Plaza Tire Service $35 Gift Card for Services $35.00
406 North Star EMS Ambulance $50 Wal-Mart Gift Card $50.00
407 Ridout Lumber Co $100 towards Merchandise $100.00
408 Frozen Delite $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
409 Foster's Upholstery 4 Wheeler Seat Cover $75.00
410 Foster's Upholstery 10 Yards - Upholstry Fabric $200.00
411 Fran's Art & Frame Shop $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
412 The Carousel at WCMC Goofy Patriotic Statue $37.50

Items for Friday, August 15

Final list (including corrections and additional items)

200 Colton's Steakhouse and Grill $20 Gift Certificate $20.00
201 Sonic Drive In Gift Card $20.00
202 Lenny's Sub Shop Meal for 2 (2 subs and 2 meal deals) $20.00
203 Fred's $25 Gift Card $25.00
204 Toy Box, The $25 Gift Certificate $25.00
205 Cookie Basket, The 1 Gift Basket of 2 dozen cookies $25.99
206 Hall's Cleaners of Searcy $30 Gift Certificate $30.00
207 Casa Brava $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
208 Contour Expresss 1 Month Membership $35.00
209 County Medical Equipment, Inc. Gift Certificate $35.00
210 Western Sizzlin Steak House Gift Certificate $35.00
211 Crow Burlingame 7 Piece Pliers Set $39.00
212 Homer's ACE Hardware Lawn and Garden Sprayer $40.00
213 Economy Repair Service 1st hour of service for Spring check up on Air conditioner $45.00
214 Golf Carts of Searcy Ball cleaner and club cleaner $46.90
215 First Community Bank $100 Savings Bond $50.00
216 First Security Bank $100 US Savings Bond $50.00
217 AGRA Turf $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
218 Sunrise Honda Motor Sports $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
219 Gentry Engraving & Signs 8"x10 1/2" walnut stained plaque $50.00
220 Harding Bookstore Gift Certificate $50.00
221 Do It All Handyman Services $50.00
222 Baker, John Photography $65 Gift Certificate $65.00
223 Stone Tire & Automotive Inc. Car Maintenance Package $65.00
224 Audio Express $75 Gift Certificate $75.00
225 Ferrell Gas Turkey Fryer (Butane) $85.00
226 Cousins Office Furniture Office Master Task Chair $99.00
227 Lushus Lawns Up to $100 Certificate (weed control and fertilization only) $100.00
228 Chiropractic First 1 exam and chiropractic adjustment $150.00
229 Clint's Carpet Cleaning 700 Sq. ft. Carpet Cleaning $200.00
230 White County Medical Center $250 Gift Certificate $250.00
231 Searcy Athletic Club 6 month single membership $267.00
232 Double S Carpet and Supply Area rug (7'9" x 11') $450.00
233 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
234 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
235 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
236 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
237 Advance Auto Parts 300 amp Jump Start kit $29.95
238 Mr. Rainey's Auto Wash 6 Deluxe Car Washes $36.00
239 Youngbear Desings, LLC Custom-made Necklace $39.95
240 Foster's Upholstery 10 Yards - Upholstry Fabric $200.00
241 Express Care - Valvoline Full Service Oil Change $38.99

Items for Thursday, August 14

Final list (including corrections and additional items)

100 Colton's Steakhouse and Grill $20 Gift Certificate $20.00
101 Sonic Drive In Gift Card $20.00
102 Lenny's Sub Shop Meal for 2 (2 subs and 2 meal deals) $20.00
103 Comet 1-Hour Cleaners $20 Gift Certificate $20.00
104 Food King $25 Gift Certificate $25.00
105 Cookie Basket, The 1 Gift Basket of 2 dozen cookies $25.99
106 Hall's Cleaners of Searcy $30 Gift Certificate $30.00
107 Charley's Pizza 1-16" Pizza & 2 Spaghetti dinners $31.50
108 Harding Press $35 worth of printing $35.00
109 County Medical Equipment, Inc. $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
110 Harriman Athletics $35 Gift Certificate $35.00
111 Splash Car Wash 6 Deluxe Car Washes $36.00
112 JCPenney Bath and Body Bag $35.00
113 Searcy Athletic Club/Profitness 1 month pass to Profitness $45.00
114 Hamilton, Cherry, Spradlin & Co., LTD. 1 Box of Titleist Pro V 1 X Golf Balls $46.00
115 First Community Bank $100 Savings Bond $50.00
116 First Security Bank $100 US Savings Bond $50.00
117 AGRA Turf $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
118 Helen's Dry Cleaners $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
119 Yarnell's Ice Cream 10 Premium Rounds of Ice Cream $50.00
120 Adams Pest Control $50 Gift Certificate $50.00
121 Searcy Discount Tire Oil Change and Tire Rotation $50.00
122 John Baker Photography $65 Gift Certificate $65.00
123 The Course at River Oaks 2 - 18 hole Green Fees, 1 Cart Rental $65.00
124 Coast to Coast Brinkmann Gas Fish Cooker $74.99
125 Matthews International One Desktop Name Plate $80.00
126 Furniture Gallery, The Mirror (45x36) $99.00
127 Roop's Floor Covering 88 ft of ceramic tile Walnut color $100.00
128 Bug Man Inc., The House Spraying for insects $120.00
129 Hall's Carpet Cleaning $200 off any carpet cleaning job $200.00
130 Dr. Finis Bailey 1 Eye Exam + $150 towards glasses $240.00
131 White County Medical Center $250 Gift Certificate $250.00
132 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
133 Pizza Pro 2 Buffets and Drinks $13.00
134 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
135 Pizza Pro 1 Medium Pizza $13.00
136 Regions Bank 6 Amp Black and Decker Battery Charger $25.00
137 Searcy Fire Department Ride to School on Fire Truck Priceless
138 Osborne's Hydraulic Repairs and Trailer Sales 2 -5 Gallon bucket of hydraulic fluid $65.90
139 Autozone Duralast 36" Blackman Creeper $19.99
140 Bike City, Inc. Bicycle Tune-up $50.00
141 Youngbear Desings, LLC Custom-made Necklace $39.95

Donations to the Auction - THANK YOU!

Chesapeake Energy
Overstreet Appraisal Service
AACO Heat and Air
Access Medical
Brock, Johnny Excavating and Landscape
Bryce Corporation
Coy Lackie Builders
Delk Construction
Haymond Insurance Inc.
Honeytree Inn
Kiihnl, Michael Od
Liberty Bank of Arkansas
Mayfair Hotel
ConvaCare Inc.
Patient First Home Medical Inc
Steve Shands - Exit Realty
Air Care
Sexton Foods
Razorback Concrete Company
Liles Animal Clinic

Announcing the 48th Annual Searcy Lions Club Auction

Thursday, August 14, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Friday, August 15, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 16, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

On Harding University Cable TV Channel 16 & Harding University Radio KHVU 95.3

More information to be posted here soon.

All proceeds benefit the blind and visually impaired.

Awards and Officer Installation Dinner

Searcy Lions Club
Awards and Officer Installation Dinner

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm

Second Floor, American Heritage Center,
Harding University

Entertainment by the Zirconium Barbershop Quartet
“Zirconium is a fresh new quartet from Little Rock singing a variety of styles from Barbershop and Doo-Wop, to Religious and Patriotic songs. Within four months after they registered as a quartet, Zirconium became the NE Division Novice Quartet Champions (SPEBSQSA) outscoring half of the seasoned quartets in the field and racking up enough points to go on to the next level of competition.” Their website.

~ New 2008-2009 Officers being installed ~
President ~ Reid Simmons
First Vice President ~ Kayla Osborne
Second Vice President ~ Dr. James Hertzog
Third Vice President ~ Alex Behel
Secretary ~ Bob Simpson
Treasurer ~ Dan Rightmire
Lion Tamer ~ Billy Roberts
Tail Twister ~ Bob Stough
Immediate Past President ~ Todd Wolfe

~ Director 2007-2009 ~
Jacob Edwards
Letain DeVore
Alan Edwards

~ Directors 2008-2010 ~
Dr. Paul Teed
Danny Wood
James Johnson

Announcing Annual Omelet Supper

The Searcy Lions announce their annual Omelet Supper to be held Tuesday, April 15 at 5 pm at the First Baptist Church.

Tickets are $5 available from any Searcy Lion, or by contacting us at searcylionsclub@gmail.com

Lions are to pick up the following items for the omelet supper"

Bob Simpson - 60 Green Peppers

Danny Wood - 2 gallons of chopped Mushrooms

Letain Devore - 5-3 Lbs tubs of Butter

Dr. Cliff Ganus - 24 six-pound cans of Fruit Salad

Olier Montano - 10 Jars of Picante/Salsa Sauce

James Johnson - 100 dozen Eggs

Todd Wolfe - 50 Lbs of diced Ham

Alan Edwards - 2 cases of individual Jelly

Dr. Carl Mitchell - 1 case of Paper Plates

Dr. Carl Mitchell - 1,000 Napkins

Bob Simpson - 25 Lbs of Onions

Joe Giezeman - Seven 3’x10’ runners, 50 aprons, 100 grill towels

Corey Fipps - 300 six oz and 600 eight oz Coffee cups

Wilburn Addington - 2 Gallons of Oil

Billy Roberts - 14 Gallons of Milk

Pam Williams - 25 Lbs of grated Cheese

Oliver Montano - 2 Gallons of Jalapeno Peppers

Coffee (we will use church coffee and replace it)

Reid Simmons/Albert Yarnell - 500 cups of Ice Cream

Letain Devore - 30 loaves of Bread

Letain Devore - 800 plastic Fork, Spoons, Knives

Searcy Lions welcome newest member

Lions President Todd Wolfe welcomes Pat Tullos the newest member to the Searcy Lions. Mrs. Tullos joins the 70 current members of the Searcy Lions. The Lions are gearing up for their annual Omelet Supper to be held at the First Baptist Church on May 15. For more information on the Searcy Lions, contact them at searcylionsclub@gmail.com

Main Street Searcy presentation

Amy Burton recently presented a program update of Main Street Searcy. This program focuses on design, promotion, organization and economic restructuring. The benefits to downtown business owners include small business consultation, design consultation, interior design assistance and grant assistance. Mrs. Burton showed several before and after pictures of Main Street projects. Searcy is one of 17 Arkansas Main Street programs and one of only 1,400 accredited programs in the Nation.

LaDonna Johnston, WCMC Vice President, Patient Care Services

LaDonna Johnston, Vice-President for Patient Care Services at WCMC presented a new service offered by White County Medical Center Home Health. Telehealth is a program designed to be proactive by reducing hospitalization, hospital readmission, and ER visits. A monitor is placed at the patient's home and reminds them of regular scheduled activities. Patients identified as appropriate candidates for Telehealth are screened by the WCMC home care team with an emphasis currently on Congestive Heart Failure. For more information, contact WCMC Home Health at 501-279-2777.

Ray Montgomery, White County Medical Center President and CEO

The Lions Club has been hearing several speakers from White County Medical Center these past few weeks. Ray Montgomery, President and CEO, spoke to the Lion's about three challenges the hospital is facing. First, there is a shortage of specialized personnel ranging from nurses to physicians. Second, there is a growing population of patients who are not able to pay which translated in 2007 to over $5 Million in care provided to patients that the hospital did not receive payment for. Third, technology is ever changing. One example Mr. Montgomery shared was that when the hospital opened in 1967, the whole building and equipment cost $1.2 Million. In 2006, the hospital purchased a 64 slice CT that cost $1.5 Million by itself. Little Rock hospitals are able to obtain technology through philanthropic means not available to WCMC.

Teresa Ferricher, Emergency Department Director at White County Medical Center

Teresa Ferricher, Emergency Department Director at White County Medical Center, recently gave an update on the hospital's Emergency Department to the Searcy Lions Club. Since August 2007, the average length of stay in the Emergency Department has decreased by nearly an hour and the time from when a patient enters the ED door to when they are in a room has been nearly cut in half. Major changes took place this Summer and the current group of physicians, led by Dr. Edwin Sherwood, have embraced innovation and quality patient care. The new computerized PulseCheck system recently implemented rivals the Little Rock hospitals, and has put the Emergency Department on the road to become a 100% electronic medical chart department. The WCMC ED saw over 37,000 patients last year.

Eugene Zuber Speaks to Lions

Eugene Zuber, Administrator for the Advanced Care Hospital of White County, recently spoke to the Searcy Lions Club. This long term acute care hospital opened in October with 27 beds. It is the only one of its kind in the North Eastern part of Arkansas and only one of six in the state. The average length of stay in a LTACH is 28 days compared to the average acute hospital stay of 6-8 days. Advance Care Hospital of White County is located on the campus of White County Medical Center South, 1200 South Main Street here in Searcy.

Recent Speakers: Lion Buck Layne, President, Searcy Chamber of Commerce

Recent Speakers: Lion Dr. Julie Hixson-Wallace, Dean, Harding University College of Pharmacy

Recent Speakers: Justin Lawson, Chairman, United Way of White County