Ashland Optimist Bulletin October 1 2022
Breakfast: Oct. 8- We will hold our meeting and listen to our speaker before adjourning to the Pancake Breakfast at the Southern Boone High School (more information in the bulletin)
Program- Emily Bach will talk about the project she is doing at the Ashland City Park for her Girl Scout Gold Award
We will be holding the Halloween Spooktacular again this year on Oct. 31st from 4:00-6:00 at the building. I will share more information after the committee meeting tomorrow.
Jan Palmer started the meeting with Barrett leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Elmer Schaefer saying prayer, recognizing all of the people who have been affected by the hurricane.
Leigh Kottwitz and Chris Felmlee provided a delicious breakfast this morning, with coffee assistance from Barrett since Glen Sapp was driving the bus for the band today.
Ernie Wren, our new Optimist Eastern Missouri District governor, spoke about his role leading forty-two clubs and the fact that he is the third governor from our club, with the previous governors being "Buddy" and Barrett Glascock. Ernie stated that his focus will be membership, with the hope that each member can bring in a member this year. After that, he introduced his guest, Tara Blue, who is a veteran and wife of our previous visitor, Will Blue. She is now a fifth-grade teacher at Southern Boone and brought applications for her and Will this morning.
As Governor, Ernie installed president Dana Cafourek, Secretary Barrett Glascock, and the Board members in attendance this morning, which included Shawn Steelman, Robert Blake, Leigh Kottwitz, Bruce Glascock, Bernie Bartel, and Ken Bishop. He also recognized Jan Palmer who will continue as Lieutenant Governor for our zone.
After everyone returned to their seats, Barrett shared that the Dictionaries have arrived, and he is just waiting on the third-grade teachers to select a date to hand them. If you are interested in helping, please let Barrett know.
He also spoke about the Pancake Breakfast that will be held in the High School Commons next Saturday, Oct. 8th, from 7-11 to raise money for Brooklyn Smith, a member of our high school softball team who is battling cancer. Her father is Josh Ryan from Clear 99 and an announcer for some of our games. Bernie Bartel proposed that our Optimist club meet next week and listen to the speaker, then go to the Pancake Breakfast for our breakfast. The cost there is $10, all you can eat. After that was approved, Tara drew for the Attendance drawing. Dave Taylor, (web ed’s note:dadgummit!), Jennifer Zagorac, and Joe Miller had their chance at riches, but with their absence, the pot will continue to grow.
Letitia Den Hartog
ashlandoptimist.org
