Name: Dayton Myers
Parish: St. John the Baptist
City: Hot Springs
Age: 20
Family: father, David; mother, Darla; sister, Lexi; two nephews
Why you want to know Dayton: Dayton is the deputy grand knight and program director of Knights of Columbus Council #6419 in Hot Springs. He is involved in most of the council’s projects from pro-life fundraising to organizing an annual first responders’ breakfast. Dayton also is in his first year as a Garland County justice of the peace for District 7, the youngest person ever elected to the county’s Quorum Court. When he isn’t volunteering or serving his county government, he works as a real estate broker and attends classes online from National Park College in Hot Springs.
What feeds you spiritually?
Charity work has always been the way that I’ve found myself to be closest to God … I really found charity work to be the way that I can not only help other people but to show my Catholic faith to the entire Hot Springs community. Being in the Knights of Columbus really allows me to do that because the Catholic population in Hot Springs and Garland County is fairly small compared to most other areas of the country. When we’re out there doing charity, it sets us apart.
What projects have you been involved in with the Knights and the Church?
What I’m most proud of probably is the 9/11 First Responder breakfasts that we do every year at St. Mary’s, I was one of the chairmen that helped start that seven years ago. We feed all the first responders in Garland County a breakfast, and we host a nondenominational prayer service.
In addition to that, I'm also the head of the baby bottle campaign that serves as a fundraiser for Changepoint crisis pregnancy center. It involves passing out baby bottles and allowing people to fill them up with coins or cash and then bring them back over about a month-long period … The most recent accomplishment that is really kind of exciting is our Safe Haven baby box that we just got approved and will be installed here in Garland County and will be open to the public in probably 30 days. That’s going to allow for women to safely surrender, anonymously, a child up to 30 days old at the fire station downtown in Hot Springs. We were really excited to get that approved and to partner with the city to do that.
What about your political involvement? How does faith come into the picture?
My Catholic faith was not something that I hid; it was actually something that I campaigned on. Being involved in the Knights of Columbus, being involved in St. John’s was the main staple of what I was running on and the fact that I was pro-life. Being on the Quorum Court, there are not necessarily a whole lot of pro-life issues that I’m forced to deal with as it’s more of a budgetary body. But, believe it or not, when I was running, people were talking to me more about the fact that I was pro-life than anything. Yeah, it was pretty amazing. I tried to get a pro-life resolution passed to declare Garland County a pro-life county a couple of weeks ago, but it didn’t make it out of committee.
Please read our Comments Policy before posting.
Article comments powered by Disqus Father Robbins moving to St. John Church in Hot Springs
Christmas Eve and Christmas Mass Schedule 2022
Knights state deputy looking to change public’s perception
Knights resurrect Rosary Rally for student-athletes
Steve Straessle takes new role as CHS head of school
This is the Eucharistic Revival parish year
Fort Smith dog chooses priest as her new owner
Hot Springs deacon marked 10th anniversary in diaconate
Bishop to new priests: Care for those with greatest needs
Share the impact of your relationship with Jesus
Believe what Jesus said about the Bread of Life
When Jesus calls, he provides for and protects us
God’s grace in the Eucharist opened disciples’ eyes
In a dark world, we are sons, daughters of light