| − | In 1982, Sheets left Siloam Springs to become executive director of the Kiwanis International Foundation, based in [[Indianapolis]], a position that he retained until he retired in 1998. In this role, he traveled to nearly fifty countries, including [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], to establish Kiwanis clubs. He spurred the raising of $100 million to finance, in conjunction with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, a campaign to eradicate iron deficiency in the [[Third World]].<ref name=statement/> | + | In 1982, Sheets left Siloam Springs to become executive director of the Kiwanis International Foundation, based in [[Indianapolis]], a position that he retained until he retired in 1998. In this role, he traveled to nearly fifty countries, including [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], to establish Kiwanis clubs. He spurred the raising of $100 million to finance, in conjunction with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, a campaign to eradicate [[iodine]] deficiency in the [[Third World]].<ref name=statement/> |
| | Thereafter, Sheets and his wife returned to Benton County and settled in Bella Vista.<ref name=statement/><ref>Sheets attends the Valley Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Bella Vista, where his wife has been the church pianist.</ref> | | Thereafter, Sheets and his wife returned to Benton County and settled in Bella Vista.<ref name=statement/><ref>Sheets attends the Valley Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Bella Vista, where his wife has been the church pianist.</ref> |