Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Upcoming Events:
Sept:
9/3 Wed. Girls Soccer
9/10 Wed. Girls Golf
9/10 Wed. WCHS Athletics / Dave Anson
9/17 Wed. Crystal Heckaman / Rachel’s Challenge – Friends of
Rachel
Oct:
10/1 Wed. Wagon Wheel / Rachel Mondragon
10/22 Wed. Stonehenge Golf / Trent Barlow, Head Golf Pro
10/29 Wed. Lake City Bank / David Findlay, CEO
Nov:
11/12 Wed. Beamon Home
Meeting:
President Everett Nifong led our
meeting.
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Optimists & + guests:
·
Randy Polston-Guest of Trina Hoy.
·
Taylor Long-Guest of Doug Ogle.
·
Warsaw Boys High School Tennis Team and Coaching staff came to
visit this morning!
Door Greeters: Karen Kauffman and Tracy Horrell.
Prayer: Merl Heckaman.
Pledge was given to the American flag.
Promise yourself was said in unison.
Hail to Optimism was sung in unison.
Birthday Honorees: Scott Whitaker, Jon Fussle & Matthew Deeds.
Membership:
Membership Chair, Kellie Malcolme conducted:
3rd
Reading:
o Sarah Masterson-Guest of
Mike Cox.
Induction by Ron Henry:
o Randy Polston-Sponsored by
Trina Hoy. Welcome to the club Randy!
Committee Reports:
None at this time.
Announcements:
·
The 2014-2015 Optimist Directory will underway soon. New pictures will be taken Aug. 6th-Sept
3rd. Ads are due by September
10th. Update Member
Information deadline is Sept. 17th.
Committee & Project info due by Sept. 17th. Please see
Dr. Jason Rich and Jim Hayes for more information.
·
The 24th Annual Car Truck & Motorcycle Show
presented by Baker Youth Club will be Saturday, August 23rd from
12pm-6pm. All proceeds goes back to BYC
and their after school programs. They
are looking for Optimist Volunteers to help with their big event. If you are interested talk to Tracy
Furnivall.
·
Mitch Goon’s father passed away, please keep the family in your
prayers!
·
Bill Katip said that Wayne Snyder sends his greetings and that
Ila is not doing well, please continue to pray for them!
Spotlight:
No checks presented this morning.
Sergeants-at-Arms:
Trace Hensen, Luke Becknell and Ken Anderson entertained us:
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Charge-
o George Paton for passing out demo day
post cards.
o Will Thrasher for his demo of a bad
golf swing.
o Fred Nieter for his penguin joke.
o Brooke Hamstra for her new haircut.
o Senior day, several tables were
charged.
o Merl Heckaman’s deaf man joke.
o Luke Becknell for Doug getting lost
hiking in the Colorado mountains.
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Happy
$1-
o Gina Voelz’d dog, Tucker, will be
representing the Animal Welfare League Westminster Dog Show to beat the
Rotarians.
o Eric Lane new Fellowship Mission
facility.
o Trace Hensen announced the
International Skate Camp will be held at East Lake on Nov. 7-10th
and they are looking for host families for the 100 skaters coming in from all
over the world. Contact Trace if you are
interested.
o Dr. Steven Hollar for being able to
watch Duck Dynasty on the 18th hole.
o Akash Jain for school being back and
his girls being back in school.
o Trace Hensen don’t cheer for Michigan
or Ohio State, lost their quarterback.
o John Elliot for a new quarterback.
o Jerry Clevenger, his daughter had a
baby boy and his son adopted 3 children.
o John Teevan, Merl Heckaman prayed for
prisioners.
o Kelsi Griffith is starting a new job
at Grace College next week.
o Randy Polston they are welcoming 25 children
from China for a few days.
50/50: Ron Henry was today's winner!
Program:
Rebecca Bazzoni from Joe’s Kids presented this morning. Joe’s Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pediatric
rehabilitation facility serving the special needs children of Kosciusko County
and surrounding area. They exist to help
each child reach their full potential and to educate and support their families
along the way.
For more information
contact:
Joe’s Kids
3540 Commerce Drive
Warsaw, IN 46580