Monday, March 26, 2007
» Bo Bossaller rang the bell at 12:15 pm.
» The invocation was given by Rick Guilford.
» The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Spence Turner.
» There were more than 50 members and guests today.
GUESTS: Travis Kempf was accompanied by Jesse Crane who is a new member.
MYSTERY GUEST: Chuck Pease was today’s mystery guest and he awarded next week’s free lunch to Rick Guilford.
TAIL TWISTER: Absent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Red Leighton has been nominated for the ‘Hero Award’; the banquet will be April 17th tickets are $8, for more info please contact Christine White.
Jack Cruise is in need of help for the golf tourney to be held June 13th –14th.
The Safety Poster Contest is rapidly approaching see Connie Howe for details.
Is your spouse a member? If not now is a great time to join dues for spouses have dramatically dropped, but you must hurry!!!!! Contact President Bossaller for more info.
Rock Bridge Memorial Park will have an anniversary luncheon April 4th around 12:30pm at Bennigans.
Next week there will be a meeting after lunch for the Scholarship Committee and the golf tournament committee.
Birthdays and Anniversaries:
We have 6 birthdays this week: Travis Kempf, Sid Sullivan, Rick McKernan, Ryan Garrett, Bill Plank and Jim Pinkstaff. Happy birthday to all.
PROGRAM: This week we heard from Mike Flag who works at the MU Research Reactor. Mike gave a very interesting presentation that touched on some of the highlights of the program.
The reactor employs 150 staff, and undergraduate, graduate and PhD students.
It is the largest research reactor in the United States.
Some of the research conducted at MU’s reactor has brought the world better ways to fight cancer, helped to find natural resources such as oil and natural gas, as well as technology used in hybrid cars.
Adjourned with the creed: 1pm.
Monday, March 19, 2007
» Bo Bossaller rang the bell at 12:15 pm.
» The invocation was given by Pat Brown.
» The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by ????? » There were more than 50 members and guests today.
GUESTS: Fran Wells was a guest of Bock Rikli.
MYSTERY GUEST: Bob Merriman was our mystery guest and he awarded next week’s free lunch to Steve Klein for all the great work Steve does as our club treasurer.
TAIL TWISTER: Steve Henderson told a funny joke today!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jack Cruise is in need of help for the golf tourney to be held June 13th –14th.
The Safety Poster Contest is rapidly approaching see Connie Howe for details.
Day with Wildlife will be April 1st this year. Please contact Spence Turner or Al Buchanan for more info.
Is your spouse a member? If not now is a great time to join dues for spouses have dramatically dropped, but you must hurry!!!!! Contact President Bossaller for more info.
Rock Bridge Memorial Park will have an anniversary luncheon April 4th around 12:30pm at Bennigans.
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Josie Bossaller and Don Woodson both have a birthday this week. Happy Birthday you two!
PROGRAM: Tom Marrero introduced today’s speakers; Harry Tyrer from the College of Engineering and Melissa Scheer from the 4H Group at MU gave an informative presentation about their program to help physically disabled children. The program centers around a child and a mentor who work together to develop knowledge of certain aspects of the technology field.
Adjourned with the creed: 1pm.
Monday, March 12, 2007
» Bo Bossaller rang the bell at 12:15 pm.
» The invocation was given by Christine White.
» The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by one of our favorite members.
» There were more than 51 members and guests today.
GUESTS: Brian Etheridge was a guest of Jack Cruise and has submitted his application for membership. Great work Jack.
MYSTERY GUEST: This week’s mystery guest was…Steve Klein. After expressing some concerns over the security of club information he awarded next week’s free lunch to Garry Spotts.
TAIL TWISTER: Absent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jack Cruise is in need of help for the golf tourney to be held June 13th –14th.
The Safety Poster Contest is rapidly approaching see Connie Howe for details.
Day with Wildlife will be April 1st this year. Please contact Spence Turner or Al Buchanan for more info.
Is your spouse a member? If not now is a great time to join dues for spouses have dramatically dropped, but you must hurry!!!!! Contact President Bossaller for more info.
Rock Bridge Memorial Park will have an anniversary luncheon April 4th around 12:30pm at Bennigans.
Rick McKernan was pleased to announce that the computer giveaway sponsored by the Voluntary Action Center was a big success and that there were plenty of Optimists on hand to help clean and distribute the computers.
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Jess Weaver and Mike Hatchett both have birthdays this week. Happy Birthday to the both of you.
PROGRAM: Tom Marrero introduced the speaker today. Marty Walker is the Director of Administrative Services at the College of Engineering. Marty had a two-point presentation today; the first focused on the renovation/construction projects at the College of Engineering. Marty gave an overview of the history of the buildings and how they will be improved in the coming months and ultimately what they will be used for once they are completed. A portion of the buildings will be used by the Geospatial Intelligence Center. Geospatial Intelligence is integration of multiple forms of data collected from satellite or airborne sensors along with a wide variety of other digital geographic information. In simple terms a satellite will take a picture of an area then compare that picture with a picture of the same exact area taken at a later time to check for anything that has changed. For more info go to: http://geoint.missouri.edu/
The second portion of Marty’s presentation focused on Toys for Tots. Most of us have heard of Toys for Tots but now we know all about the program and how we can help. Toys for Tots was started by Marine Col. Bill Hendricks in 1947as a way to help provide toys for children in need at Christmas time. In 1948 the United States Marine Corps Reserves adopted the program. In 1991 the Toys for Tots Foundation was founded and has since raised over 56 million dollars to further the Toys for Tots mission. Locally the Marine Corps League has joined the mission and asks for your help. The league needs help with collection boxes, if you can put a toy collection box in your office or work place or if you have or know of a warehouse that could be used for a couple weeks in the fall for a sorting facility that would be most appreciated. Please contact: the Marine Corps League at (573) 446-5196 or email us at Toys For Tots
or by mail at P.O. Box 1371, Columbia, MO 65205-1371.
New Member Installations: Mike Messer sponsored Taylor Bartlett while Rick McKernan sponsored Robbin Williams, Holly Hobbs and Ben Horner. Welcome to our new members and great job to Rick and Mike. Adjourned
with the creed: 1pm.
Monday, March
5, 2007
»Bo
Bossaller rang the bell at 12:15 pm.
»Bob Bellinghausen gave the Invocation.
»Roy Robinson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
»There were more than 50 members and guests today.
GUESTS:
Today Steve Povinelli was joined by John Sorenson.
MYSTERY PERSON: Scott
Stager was this weeks mystery guest, after some very technical math Scott awarded next week’s free lunch to… Joe Sestak.
Congrats Joe!
TAIL TWISTER: This week the tail twister raffled off a very
nice bottle of wine and a few of the remaining bags of peanut brittle.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
*This Thursday the 8th
from 2-4pm the club needs a few volunteers to help clean the computers to
be given away this Saturday. The
Voluntary Action Committee (VAC) is gearing up for their annual computer
re-distribution March 9th and 10th, and the DownTown
Optimist Club needs a few members to help out.
Please see Rick McKernan if you can lend a hand.
*The Oratorical
Contest has been postponed until March 10th, it will be held at
the
Sunrise
Optimist
Building
on
Parker St
.
*Jack Cruise is in need of help for the golf tourney to be held June 13th
–14th.
* The Safety Poster Contest is rapidly approaching see Connie Howe for
details.
* Big Brothers and Big Sisters is having Bowl for Kid’s Sake on
the 9th, 10th and 11th of March 2007.
You can register by phone at 573 874 3677 ext. 2 or online at WWW.BIGSOFCENTRALMO.ORG
* Day with Wildlife will be April 1st this year.
Please contact Spence Turner or Al Buchanan for more info.
* Is your spouse a member? If
not now is a great time to join dues for spouses have dramatically
dropped, but you must hurry!!!!! Contact
President Bossaller for more info.
* Rock
Bridge
Memorial Park
will have an anniversary luncheon April 4th around 12:30pm at
Bennigans.
Birthdays
and Anniversaries:
Slick
Maxey and Meredith Donaldson both have birthdays this week!
Garry Spotts is celebrating an anniversary as well!
PROGRAM:
This week’s program focused on occupational therapy for children.
Lee Ann Britain from MU’s Dept. of Occupational Therapy spoke of
the work being done for children with disabilities.
This program helps many of these children learn basic skills such
as using utensils to eat, how to dress them selves as well as how to play
with their toys. For more info
click: www.umshp.org then Occupational
Therapy & Occupational Science.
Adjourned with the creed: 1pm.
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