Derick Newton was honored and inducted into the Kiwanis George F. Hixson Fellowship at the annual awards day ceremony on Friday, September 26, 2011 and a one thousand dollar ( $ 1,000 ) donation was contribed from the club to the Kiwanis International Foundation in his honor.  Newton has just completed his service in the officer rotation, having served as club president in 2010 and having served on the State-wide membership growth committee.
 
photo:   Members of the Carrollton Hixson Fellowship in attendance on September 23, 2011:  Derick Newton, Jenny Ingram, Jim Russell, Mary Ann Myers, Jack Whitman, Susan Manion-Galloway, Frank Fidler, Jimmy Tuggle, Dave Dugan, Randy Miller, Tim Warren, Jim Collins, Joe Bell, Bob Graf, Bob Reeves, Richard Dixon, Luke Lipham, Jim Carter, Fred Richards, Dan Lewis, Allen Trapp, and Jeremy Sabo.