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	Bulletins for January, 2003

January 6, 2003 Valerie Goodin rang the bell at 12:15 p.m, and wished us all a very Happy 2003 and an Optimistic New Year! A total of 64 attended. Invocation by Dave Murphy Pledge of Allegiance by Don Copenhaver *On A Note of Optimism* – President Valerie quoted a very impressive number: $110,186.51 - with congratulations to the Club for the Tree Lot total. GUESTS Chuck Pease introduced his guest, Henry Miller, Tim Elliott introduced his guest – wife, Crystal, Joe Reardon introduced his guest, Tom Stone. MYSTERY PERSON Brian Hudspeth observed that today is the 6^th, and the 6^th person to shake his hand was Karen Aulisa. Karen gets a free lunch next week! TAIL TWISTER Steve was not present so we bravely carried on … FELLOWSHIP Marilyn Bohanon had a long list of birthdays: Travis Scott-12/24; Ed Musterman – 12/25; Mark Stevenson – 01/02; David Holtgraewe – 01/03; Roger Ballord – 01/03; Jake Jolley – 01/06; Jack Cruise – 01/07; Verna Harris-LaBoy- 01/08; and Carl Scott – 01/10. ANNOUNCEMENTS * East MO District meets Valentine’s weekend, so plan to attend. The Club will pay your registration, and car pools will be formed. * Tree Lot Update – Garry Spotts –Garry briefed us about the sales totals and said that “hard numbers” will be ready at the next Board Meeting. Also, Tree Lot Committee for next year will be forming, so any volunteers or any ideas for next year would be greatly appreciated. * Susan Long presented a commemorative plate to the Club, as a top donor in the Score Against Hunger campaign, from the Central Missouri Food Bank in 2002. * Food Bank Service: First Wednesday of every month. Connie Howe reminded us of this coming Wednesday, Jan 8^th at 6:00 p.m. at the new building at 2101 Vandiver. * New Member Induction: scheduled for January 27^th * Next Week’s Program: Tina Norris from Boone Hospital Center. PROGRAM: President Valerie had visited friends in Pasadena, California and had photos of the Rose Bowl Parade. She shared photos of the Optimist International Float, “Sweet Dreams”, including pictures of her helping to decorate the float. These pictures and more information about the parade are available on our website. Just click on the “Rose’ logo. We closed with the Creed at 12:50 p.m. Happy 2003 to all! January 13^, 2003 Pat Brown rang the bell at 12:15 p.m. Invocation: Bo Bossaller A total of 52 attended. Pledge: Rick McKernan GUESTS – Pete Bakutes introduced his guest, Cindy Winford. Pete said that Cindy works with Pete and Jim Silsby to make sure they stay in line. MYSTERY PERSON - Chuck Pease - Chuck mentioned that eight is is favorite number, and the eighth person to shake his hand today was Chuck Farquhar, so thanks to Chuck P, Chuck F gets a free lunch next week. Winner – please write your name on separate list for Ameriserve. TAIL TWISTER* - Steve Henderson – we missed his company at today’s meeting. FELLOWSHIP – Marilyn Bohanon – we missed her company at today’s meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS * Tree Lot Update – Garry Spotts said the money is still trickling in. He received some $$ this morning for Koeze Nut sales. He encouraged us to get the money in, so we can ‘close the books’. He also encouraged us to attend the next Board Meeting to form next year’s Tree Lot Committee. East Missouri District meeting will be in St. Louis on Valentine’s Weekend. Let Joe Reardon know if you would like to attend. The Club will pay your registration, including lunch. DOC Board will meet on Thursday, January 16 @ 7:00 PM at the Clubhouse. Program Survey – The survey on the tables will give us a snapshot of how members are feeling about the programs we had in 2002 and give members an opportunity to offer program ideas for this year. They can complete it now and leave it on the table; or they can mail it to Valerie within the week. Next week’s program: Rojee Kattel, a Humphrey Scholar at Mizzou, this year from Nepal. She will talk about some customs and her work as a journalist for the government, the changing roles of women in her culture and terrorism in her country. Oratorical Contest - Brian Hudspeth* ask for help in recruiting children 16 years of age or younger to write an essay on “United We Stand and Optimism”. Essay Contest – Valerie Fick* is working on this! GREETER - Joe Sestak said he and his wife Marilyn have a son and daughter. He was raised on a farm in South Dakota and after a tour of Europe courtesy of the 10^th Division, he went to college at South Dakota State on the G.I. Bill. While attempting to complete his Masters, he was approached by the USDA for a position and accepted. He is retired from MO Ag. Statistics with the USDA. PROGRAM – Joe Reardon introduced Tina Norris of the Boone Hospital Center. She is the Manager of Volunteer Services. There are about 200 volunteers at BHC, and 2,000 employees. She said she is also a native of South Dakota and has been in Human Resources for over 13 years, and at BHC over a year. BHC is expanding. The old Boone Retirement Center building is down and that will be used for more parking. She talked about the need for volunteers, and that volunteers at BHC get ‘perks and benefits’. These include discounts on meals, in the Pharmacy, in the Wellaware program and on tickets that come to BHC. She encouraged us to visit their website at www.boone.org Joe and Pat then presented her with an Optimist coffee travel mug. We closed with the Creed at 12:50 p.m. January 20, 2003 Valerie rang the bell at 12:15 PM. Invocation: Brian Hudspeth Pledge: Garry Spotts On a note of Optimism: Let us pause and remember Martin Luther King, Jr., a man who lived and worked for peace among all men. GUESTS Valerie’s guests were husband, Richard, son-in-law, Ted McGrath, and friends, Laxman Humagain and Roger Gafke. Jim Schwartz brought his friend and wife, Sally. Welcome! MYSTERY PERSON Shannon Bruns wanted to give the free dinner to Brett Sappington [Club #74] because Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 74 this year. But, Brett was absent! So Valerie Fick, the first to greet her, is the lucky recipient!. TAIL TWISTER Steve Henderson – W-O-W FELLOWSHIP Marilyn Bohanon announced that Mike Smith will be celebrating on the 23^rd. ANNOUNCEMENTS *East Missouri District meeting will be in St. Louis on Valentine’s Weekend. Let Joe Reardon know if you would like to attend. The Club will pay your registration, including meals. DOC Board met on January 16 and approved funding for... Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center to sponsor one rider for a year and to provide uniforms for the Drill Team. A donation to Patch* was made in honor of Val Hinshaw. *A donation to the University’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was made in memory of Wesley Winters. Program Survey – Surveys are still coming in, so results are being tabulated and will be provided next Monday. Thanks for some excellent suggestions! Next week’s program: Will be our new member induction. Please be sure to join us and help welcome these new Optimists! Oratorical Contest -- Brian Hudspeth announced the Club contest will be Feb. 20^th at the Clubhouse, 7:00 PM . Essay Contest – Valerie Fick, Chair has mailed entries out to local schools. We are adding the Essay Contest to our Web site as well. Big Brothers Big Sisters has shared an invitation with our Club to participate in the 2003 Bowl for Kids’ Sake to be held March 1 & 2 at Town and Country Lanes. If you are interested in being part of a team, contact Rebecca Gordon, 874-3677 ext. 209 to register. *The Ashland Club will host a Pancake Day on Saturday, March 8, from 7 – Noon at their Clubhouse. Probably before then we will see Ernie Wren Lt. Governor, here at a club meeting, offering us the chance to purchase tickets. So go ahead and mark your calendars for March 8 and let’s plan to eat them out of house and home! Mark your calendar for the Optimist International Convention in Kansas City, July 13 – 16* at the Convention Center, downtown. It will be a super opportunity to meet some great Optimists from around the world! * Spence Turner announced that Day With Wildlife will be Sunday, April 6, 2003. Details will be forthcoming and both Spence and Jim Schwartz will welcome assistance from Optimist members. GREETER -- Pete Bakutes After an illustrious career in California, Pete came to Missouri, where he now works with The Front Door. He surprised us with the news that he has personally visited each of the 50 states! Glad you are with us in this State now, Pete! PROGRAM Roger Gafke, Professor Emeritus from the School of Journalism is the director of Humphrey Fellows Program for Mizzou. He introduced our guest speaker, Rojee [pronounced “Row-G”] Kattel, a Humphrey Fellow from Nepal. Rojee gave an overview of the political scene in Nepal. Now is a dangerous time for her countrymen. Terrorists have a powerful effect in this small country, nestled between India and China. Fifty-one percent of the people are women and the cultural norm is not to educate women. Added to this is the fact that 60% of the people are illiterate. Terrorists are targeting educators and journalists who bring the true story to the people and teach reading. Terrorists fear education, so they are striking educators, sometimes killing them right in front of the young children who are in their classes. As a journalist both Rojee and her husband work for the Nepal television, which is government owned. She too has been targeted, having once been locked into her own home by terrorists and threatened. In Nepal Rojee has worked as a teacher, journalist and advocate for women. As a married woman, she has “bucked the system.” It was expected that when she married, she and her husband would move into his mother’s home, where Rojee would do the cleaning and laundry for all 14 family members. This she did not do, with the loving support of her husband, who also represents a changing male role model. Rojee answered questions from Club members and was presented with an Optimist pen as a ‘Thank you.’ January 27, 2003 Valerie rang the bell at 12:20 PM. Attendance: 76 Invocation: Ed Hampton Pledge: Rick Guilford On a note of Optimism: Our drippy President Valerie (drippy because her eyes have a “tendency to leak”) shared this with us: Starting Tampa Bay linebacker Shelton Quarles admits that playing in the Super Bowl has been a lifelong dream for him. "But ..." he continues, "as much as I desire to be a Super Bowl champion, it pales in comparison to my desire to be a super husband and father -- to be a part of something that is truly lasting. I love my wife Damaris more than life itself.... And my son and daughter bring me greater happiness than any football victory ever could. "…Family comes first for me. My family is an investment that will never lose its value; …. Too often … we get caught up in temporary success and neglect those things that will last. I'd love to pass a Super Bowl ring on to my children one day …, but more importantly I want to leave them a legacy of love, honor, character and commitment." Prez Valerie then showed us her ‘Super Bowl costume’. You had to be there to appreciate it $$! GUESTS: Brian Hudspeth introduced Jayne Young, Counselor from Boys & Girls Town, Tim Elliott introduced his wife Crystal. Also in attendance today was Zone 2 Lt. Gov., Ernie Wren and East MO Governor, Barry Glascock. MYSTERY PERSON: Steve Hudson said his favorite number was five, and the fifth person to shake his hand was his favorite credit union lady, Christine McGraw. Christine gets a free lunch next week. TAIL TWISTER: Steve Henderson “supplied” us with a joke and other “Steve-like” comments. W.O.W. FELLOWSHIP: Marilyn Bohanon announced birthdays this week for Steve Baumgartner and Brent Sappington ANNOUNCEMENTS: *East Missouri District meeting will be in St. Louis on Valentine’s Weekend. Let Joe Reardon know if you would like to attend. The Club will pay your registration, including meals. Tree Lot Committee: Garry Spotts* said the next Tree Lot Committee meeting will be on February 20^th at 6:00 pm, before the 7:00 Board Meeting at the Clubhouse. Next week’s program: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Restoration Project – Mary Ann McCollum. Oratorical Contest: Brian Hudspeth announced a date change. The DOC contest will be February 27^that the Clubhouse. He also mentioned that our club will sponsor the Zone Contest in Ashland. He asked us to encourage young people to participate and see the website or call him for details. Essay Contest: We’ll be sending an email to members and posting this on our Web site. GREETER : Leigh Nutter* has been in the Club for over 2 years now. She’s from Wellsville, MO and has an Ag Education degree from MU. Her husband, Allen works at Amerun UE and they live on a small farm. In addition Leigh previewed the February Club programs. See Upcoming Programs PROGRAM Induction of new members… Brenda Gibbs-Brown, Membership Chair introduced our new initiates, Tim Elliott and Susan Clark. The “Informal Induction” followed and included audience participation with an overview of Optimist traditions and DOC customs. Welcome, Tim and Susan!