Monday, May 5, 2003

Valerie rang the bell at 12:15 PM.                               
Invocation  =  Larry Fick     Pledge =  Roy Robinson      Attendance = 64

GUESTS:  Steve Hudson brought his girlfriend, Jessica.  
Prez Valerie brought her husband, Richard and her friend, Anthony Wilson.

TAIL TWISTER:  Steve Henderson (always a mystery!) said that the W.O.W. for this week is
 ‘stupid’ and he said something about his refrigerator had a note on it about how a man can be 
stupid for 15 minutes, and any time after 15 minutes is unreasonable (?) … Not quite sure, but 
maybe that’s why Steve usually talks for less that 15 minutes?!?
And … he reminded us that this Sunday, May 11th is Mother’s Day, so be sure recognize our 
mothers and wives and daughters who are mothers, on their special day.

GREETER:   Julie Cupp had to undergo the grueling task of having her picture taken (she doesn’t 
like pictures of herself, which many of us CAN relate to!), while telling a little bit about herself.  
She is the Marketing Director of Tiger Columns, which is for people 50 or older.  She has a 6 ½ year 
old son and 8-½ year old daughter and talked a little about each, and about the towns/states she and 
her husband have lived in.  Her favorite color is “anything but gray”.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

* Spence Turner announced that he still looking for a family to build a boat, and then keep it.  And 
he has raffle tickets for sale for a loaded bass boat!  Contact Spence if you know of a family and be 
sure to buy tickets to win the bass boat!
*Air Show – Pat Brown will have sign up sheets at every meeting before the event.  There are 
four shifts with 16 people per shift to be filled: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm 
each day on Saturday and Sunday.  Those members participating will meet at the Commuter parking 
near Lenoir for bus transportation to and from the event. 
*Food Bank – Connie Howe announced the volunteers for this Wednesday’s Food Bank will work 
there between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the Vandiver location. Helpers are Christine & Bob McGraw, 
John Sapp, Carl Scott and Joe Sestak. 
*Bike Safety Clinic – sign ups -- Jay Creasy – May 17th at the State Fair Grounds.  Sign up sheet is 
on the DOC website and will be available at next Monday’s meeting.
*Central Missouri Food Bank Golf Tournament May 15th at A. L. Gustin Golf Course - Susan 
Long announced more players are needed, and to contact her if interested.
*Jr. World of Golf Championship – the event is June 18th and 19th and the announcement and 
application are on the DOC website.  All ‘junior golfers’ are invited to participate! Tim Elliott is Chair 
of this East Missouri District event.
* Jim Murphy announced the birth of his grandson, Matthew Joseph. Master Murphy weighed in at 
8 lbs 3 oz, born to Jim’s son and wife, who live in Boston. Congrats, Grandpa!

**Next Week’s program will be the 2nd of a 3-part “Respect for Law” Program. We will hear from 
Officer John Warner. This would also be a great meeting for you to bring a young person.

PROGRAM:  Jim Harmon introduced the program, Juvenile Law.  This is the first of a three-part 
series in our Respect for Law series. Jim gave a historical account of how Juvenile Law evolved 
from old English laws to early 1800’s and 1900’s through this current century.  

He introduced Detective Maurice Tapp of the Columbia Police Department.  He is the Juvenile Detective 
of Youth Services, the only one who handles over 160 cases each year!  For some perspective, the 
Master Crimes Detectives each work on around 70 cases per year.  There is hope that help is on the 
way for Detective Tapp!  Detective Tapp is also Vice President of Douglas Athletic Association, and 
has been active in many youth services over the years. 
Sergeant Diane Bernhardt (his boss) and Captain Moon McCrary were also present to offer their praise and 
support of Detective Tapp.  Detective Tapp was presented with the Club’s Respect for Law Award, with a 
standing ovation from members, and a thank you from President Valerie Goodin.

We closed with the Creed at 12:50 pm.

Monday, May 12, 2003

Valerie rang the bell at 12:15 PM.                                                               
Invocation  =   Connie Howe    Pledge =  Rick Guilford          Attendance = 65

On a note of Optimism: It’s a sunny beautiful afternoon following such a stormy week!
GUESTS:  Buck Rickli brought Dr. Sam Schultz and Dawn Thurnau brought Ada Gallup.

MYSTERY PERSON:  Bo Bossaller said he got an urgent call from Steve Henderson this 
morning, who convinced him to be the Mystery Person for today.  Bo said there are “lots of mysteries 
in the club”, and decided to go with Ellis Havard today, so a free lunch for Ellis next week.

TAIL TWISTER:  Steve Henderson asked his lovely assistant Susan Long to draw the winning 
ticket
for the free dinner (at Jack’s Gourmet) and a free movie (at the Forum Theaters) and the winner is 
… Karen Aulisa!  Steve then mentioned that there’s a fine for Bo Bossaller for wearing the wrong 
name badge, and then Steve completed reading his list of the things that his mother taught him.

FELLOWSHIP:  Marilyn Bohanon announced three birthday boys celebrating their birthdays today,
May 12^th: Tom Luttrell, Wayne Taylor and Lester Reschly.  Carroll Wilkerson and John Sapp
birthdays are May 16^th, and Chuck Farquhar’s birthday is May 17^th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

*Air Show – Pat Brown thanked Steve Winters for attending the souvenir meeting.  DOC will have 4
souvenir stands this year, and we need more volunteers to be at the booths on Saturday and Sunday. 
They will have buses for volunteers this year:

First Bus:                                  Second Bus:
Leave from AC at 7:30 am            Leave from AC at 11:30 am
Back at 12:30 pm                        Back at 4:30 pm

Lots of security this year! Volunteers will be issued a wristband, which you need to wear at all times. 
If you leave the grounds and try to come back in, you must have on the wristband.
*Holiday Season Meeting and DOC Board Meeting:  this Thursday at the Clubhouse.  Holiday 
Season Meeting is at 6:00 pm and the Board Meeting is at 7:00pm. 
*Bike Safety Clinic – sign ups -- Jay Creasy mentioned that they need at the Clubhouse loading the 
helmets at 7:30 am and unloading them at 12:30 pm.  Please contact Jay if you can help out at any of 
these times.
*Jr. World of Golf Championship – Tim Elliott reminded us that you can go to DOC website to get 
an application.  Prez Valerie mentioned that four young people have signed up so far; one mentioning 
that he looks forward to this every year!  Do you know of any youth who play golf?  Sign ‘em up!
* DOC Scholarships – Prez Valerie would like some help in gathering information about the history of 
this program.  So, if you know any hows, whos, whens and wheres before 1998 please contact Valerie.
* Central Mo Food Bank Benefit Golf Tournament is this Thursday!  But, it’s not too late to sign up!  
Contact Susan Long if you’re interested in playing golf this Thursday.
**Next Week’s program will be the 3rd of a 3-part “Respect for Law” Program. We will hear from Police 
Chief, Randy Boehm. This would also be a great meeting for you to bring a young person.  

PROGRAM:  Jim Harmon introduced this week’s program, the second in a three part series “Respect 
for Law”.  This week’s topic is on ‘preventive measures’, specifically the D.A.R.E. Program.  Jim introduced 
Officer John Warner who is a trained and certified D.A.R.E. Instructor.  John has been in the Columbia 
Police Dept since 1987, and became certified and started teaching in 1989.  He teaches the D.A.R.E. 
Program to area 5^th graders.  The 5^th graders are ending their elementary school years and moving on to 
middle school that has much more freedoms.  
They know that drugs are a bad thing, but they don’t know why.  D.A.R.E. Program tries to teach them 
how drug use would affect them now, since ‘the future’ is a concept they cannot relate to.  John says 
that the “real secret” of the D.A.R.E. Program is to teach kids “how you make decisions for yourself”. 
It teaches them how to decide what’s good for them and what’s bad for them and how this will affect 
them, their families and their community. D.A.R.E. concentrates on educating youth about Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Marijuana -the most prevalent drugs they’ll be exposed to. John also mentioned that there 
is a “second layer’ to the program, the Police officer in the classroom!  It gives youth a chance to interact 
with police officers and to see them as real people.
John then answered many questions from the audience and was presented with an OI plaque by Prez Valerie.

We closed with the creed at 1:00 pm.

Monday, May 19, 2003

Valerie rang the bell at 12:15 PM.                                                                      May 19, 2003

Invocation  =       Jim Harmon                Pledge =  Karen Aulisa            Attendance = 65

On a note of Optimism: Prez Valerie announced “there’s a new Tiger in our family!” Son-in-law graduated this past weekend with two degrees!  If anyone knows of a job in finance or real estate, let Valerie know!

GUESTS:  Jane Alexander, President of Hallsville Optimist Club; Red Leighton brought Dawn Blackburn; Bo Bossaller brought Patti Sun; Bob Curnutte brought Dr. Joseph McCarron; Kerry Bramon brought his daughter Joanie, who has a full scholarship Columbia College … way to go, Joanie!

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:  Doug Tarwater!

MYSTERY PERSON: Pete Bakutes mentioned that he listened to the St. Louis Cardinals game this weekend and that Tony LaRussa was thrown out of Cardinal games three times so far this year.  So the third person to shake his hand was Bob Merriman. Congratulations to Bob!  And who says there’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’?

TAIL TWISTER:  Steve Henderson couldn’t make it today … hmmm?

FELLOWSHIP:   Two birthdays this week!  On May 21^st Brian Hudspeth and Tom Marrero.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

*Air Show – Pat Brown said he needed more volunteers for all shifts
First Bus:                                  Second Bus:
Leave from AC at 8:30 am           Leave from AC at 11:30 am
Back at 12:30 pm                       Back at 4:30 pm

Lots of security this year! Volunteers will be issued a wristband, which you need to wear at all times.  If you leave the grounds and try to come back in, you must have on the wristband.

* Board meeting report:  Thursday at its regular meeting the Board voted to provide support for these requests:

1. $500 for baby beds to CRIBS, an organization that provides cribs to families at risk with infants under 6 months old.
2. $250 in support of Shingai Samudzi, a Hickman High junior, who requested assistance with tuition for an Oxford Traditions program this summer in London. You will be hearing more from this talented young man.  
3. $1,260 for the Camp Fire USA Community Family Club project.  Groups of approximately 12 families involving 45 individuals will be mentored to develop quality coeducational development programs for parents and children, utilizing the Camp Fire USA curriculum.
4. $150  for Youth in Agriculture Day committee, in sponsorship of the leadership program, held at the Missouri State Fair.

* Susan Long announced the DOC winners in the "Will Golf for Food" tournament Thursday, May 15. Tournament Scores:
1. Pat Brown, Red Leighton, Bill Tweety (6th place overall and first place optimist club team, Score - 45)
2. Roy Robinson, Carroll Wilkerson, Keith Neese, Tom Luttrell (Score - 47)
3. Jim Murphy, Bill Arendt, Bill Drummond, Joe Reardon (Score - 48)
4. Chuck Farquhar, Red Leighton, Steve Olson, Mike Macuistion (Score - 48)
5. Jake Jolley, Stan Sadich, Don Moellering (Score - 48)
6. Tim Elliot, Derek Deterding, Misael Perez, Michael Mendehlson (Score - 49)
7. Ellis Havard, Chuck Pease, Jim Flower (Score - 50)
8. Dawn Thurnau, Lora Honey, Karen Aulisa, Shannon Bruns (winners of the women's division, Score - 70)

Closest to the Pin Winners:
Hole #3 - Joe Reardon
Hole #7 - Roy Robinson
Hole #9 - Jack Cruise
Hole #18 - Steve Olson
Putting Contest Winner: Jim Murphy placed 3rd in the putting contest

**No meeting next week!  Memorial Day, so thank a Vet and have a safe one!  June 2^nd’s meeting will be our Flower Bulb Fund-Raiser! 

PROGRAM:  Jim Harmon introduced this week’s program, the third in a three part series “Respect for Law”.  Jim introduced Police Chief, Randy Boehm who talked about the creation of the Strategic Plan for the Columbia Police Department, the first one created for the Police Dept.  He gave us an overview of the Plan, which included changes in established departments and the adjustments of Police Officers and Support Staff to implement the five-year plan.  He also gave us some interesting stats on budget, number of employees, vehicles etc and mentioned that for the first time since the late ‘50’s the Columbia Police Department will have soon have Officers on motorcycles for Columbia’ busy streets!  Randy Boehm then answered many questions from the audience and then was presented with an OI pen by Pat Brown.

We closed with the creed at 1:00 pm.