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What is the Key of Honor?

• The Missouri-Arkansas District Key of Honor is the highest adult recognition award presented by the Missouri-Arkansas District of Key Club International. The recipient shall be an adult who has made a life-long impact upon Key Club and youth in general. The award is presented by the sitting District Governor at the Missouri-Arkansas District Leadership Training Conference.

   

Duchesne KC Helps Environment

• Every year the Duchesne Key Club is auctioned off to do work for the highest bidder.   This past year, the club was purchased by Dave West.   

  Mr. West owns a large part of the woods behind his house.    He learned of an invasive plant called the Asian Honeysuckle, or the Japanese Honeysuckle that was growing in the woods behind his business in Creve Coeur.  He identified that this same bush was infesting his woods as well.

  West had attempted to eradicate the bush by himself, but it quickly grew back.  He said, I finally had a good plan when the Key Club arrived.

   The Key Club members worked for over four hours in order to rid the woods of this suffocating plant.  Mr. West described, They split into teams, with some being cutters, some being haulers, some handling the concentrated Roundup (they used a paintbrush to put the Roundup on the cut trunks of the cut bushes), and some handling the fire duty (to burn the cut bushes). 

  Honeysuckle can grow so densely it shades out everything on the forest floor...this means a great reduction in food and cover available for birds and other animals.  Thanks to the efforts of the Duchesne Key Club, the woods have been clear of honeysuckle for over four months and new plant life is beginning to form.