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Coronado Club – July 12, 2018

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July 12, 2018
This morning Cynthia Kosciuczyk shared a beautiful reading from Philippians and Laz, looking very sharp in his uniform, started the Pledge of Allegiance.
OTIMISTIC FUTURE: A highlight of todays busy meeting, was Diana Drummey introducing Cole Mullins, from CHS, who has recently been elected as President of Junior Optimist International for 2018-2019. Cole’s very proud parents Joe and Condra Mullins were in attendance. Jennifer Landry, Cole’s JOI mentor, was away on business, but we want to thank her and Cole’s parents for helping to shape such a promising and optimistic young leader. Great Job Cole.
GUESTS: In addition to Cole’s parents, we had John Shaefer here for his third visit (new member maybe?) and George Bassola III, Gyorgy’s son, also for his third mtg. Sorry, young George may have to wait a few years to join, but he’s always welcome. Mo was also accompanying Gooch at the mtg. Always great to have a Soroptimist with us.
ANNOUNOUNCEMENTS:
-Remember DUES ARE DUE, NLT July 31, 2018. See previous emails for details.
-If you haven’t yet volunteered to help with our upcoming Sports Fiesta and will be here on July 28, contact Don asap. We need every able body.
-Carolyn Perino relates that Jim Perino has entered a full care memory center and will not be able to attend future meetings. Jim will be added to our Exfacto Member list so Carolyn can share club news.
-A new leadership opportunity is available: Captain of our talented Lawn Bowling Team. The grudge match (with pizza and beer provided) against our in-town rivals is coming up and we need leadership. Call Don if interested, even if you can’t bowl, but like pizza.
-This year’s Super Frog competition will be September 16. Two shifts are available, early and late. Be sure to sign up at next weeks meeting or contact Irish Flynn if you would like to participate.
-The Lakeside Bulls Rodeo is this weekend. If you would like to support a fellow Optimist Club, give Cynthia Kosciuczyk for details
-Our friend and past President Bruce Johnson has been going through a trying time with health. Keep Bruce in your thoughts and prayers, In the meantime Lauri told us that Island Threads is still open for business and can deliver your Goldenrod stuff in time for the Sports Fiesta. Lauri’s business number is 619-435-5006
-Jim Zoll won the 50/50 drawing this week. It seems that happens a lot. Of course he does buy lots of tickets each week. So I guess statistics work.
SPORTS FIESTA UPDATE:
-Tom Catlin briefed us on the fantastic marketing campaign underway for this year’s event. It includes; 5 stories and 2 big adds in the Eagle Journal, a feature article in the new Crown City Mag., adds in the Concerts in the Park brochure, E-Coronado, Coronado and Cays Happenings, as well as advertising at Tri Club of SD. Tom is also putting together a 30 second commercial to be aired on Fox Sport News in SD. Fliers are available for the full fiesta to be placed in business windows around town and leaflets to be placed any golf carts in town, promoting the golf cart decorating contest. See Bill Parry or Tom.
-Rob Kracht shared some great news about this years fund raising. Rob estimates we will end up with about $45-48K in liquid contributions and about $4k of in-kind contributions. Really a great job thus far, but there are a number of loose ends (pledges and fund raising assignments) to tie down before we celebrate.
-Bill Parry said that instead of holding a separate sponsor’s appreciation dinner, potentially bankrupting the Sports Fiesta, (see mea culpa next column) that we will invite key sponsors to join us at the Club Barbeque to be held on July 28. Details about time and place of the barbeque will be given at next weeks meeting. So stay tuned.
GUEST SPEAKER: Mayor Baily introduced our guest speaker Ernie Dronenburg Jr, Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk for San Diego County. Ernie gave us an entertaining and informative briefing on the many services provided by his office, how Proposition 13 works, why its the best property tax system in the country and on tax tips for building wealth. Not sure, but I think that last topic is an oxymoron.
If you need property assessed (for tax reasons), if you need to record anything (births, deaths, marriages, important stuff) or if you want to get married, go see Ernie. If you want to get divorced, go see the judge, not Ernie.
Prop 13 is the greatest because it changed Ca property tax from an assessment based system to a transaction based system. i.e. you’re assessed value is tied directly to the sale price of your home, plus escalation and additions.
As for how to build wealth through paying taxes, well he said stuff about transferring you assessed basis if over 55, and gifting your property and tax basis to your kids and tax help for disabled veterans (truly a good thing). However building wealth through paying taxes???. Oh well, as the Mayor said, Ernie is an elected official.
Anniversaries and Birthdays
There were three anniversaries this week: Gootch Goetschius, 29 years, sponsor Wynn Foster; Matt Pontes, 5 years, sponsor Bo Blumenthal; Caroline Lull, 2 years, sponsor Jim Perino. Congrats to all!
We celebrated three birthdays today. Bob Kennelly from New York NY, Irish Flynn all the way from Dublin Ireland and Teresa Leighty from Kansas Mo. I’m certainly no music critic, but I would give today’s Happy Birthday performance a 4 out of 10, which actually might be a new high.
Don’t forget to plan for club picture taking on July 26. Wear goldenrod. And next week, 7/19 we will have our own Buck Rogers as our guest speaker.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise”…Victor Hugo
July 18, 1936: The infamous Coronado Horse Show got its start. Who knew it would become the event it is today?
July 20, 1917: The Army’s Curtiss Flying School on North Island, was formally named Rockwell Field in honor of 2nd LT Lewis Rockwell who, along with his passenger Cpl Scott were killed in a 1912 crash in College Park Md. (editor’s note: the US Army had arrived on NI in Nov. 1912, however they had been preceded by the Navy, who had arrived in Feb. 1912. GO NAVY.
BRAGS & CONFESSIONS
Jim Zoll presented Bill Parry with the first annual “Dean Wormer Herding Cats Award”, in the form a coach’s whistle. Bill somehow managed to organize a normally undisciplined group of ageing Optimists out of cars, off the street and into decorated golf carts. Bill seemed to really like his new symbol of authority.
Bill’s glow was darkened, a bit, by his mea culpa on underestimating the number of donors who would give $400 or more to the Sports Fiesta. You see Bill promised to buy them all dinner, eating into the Sport Fiesta total take. The good news is that there were lots of generous donors this year, the really good news was that no one (besides Bill), followed directions and invited their donors to dinner. Whew!!!
Diana Drummey confessed to the “minimal” expense associated with her recent trip to the Optimist International mtg. in Canada. All she had to show for her trip was a stuffed beaver. Our President promised a swift and thorough investigation.
Don bragged about Irish, Cheryl, Marta and Dennis or their participation in the Get Fit, Go Play outing at Tidelands Park yesterday. They worked with 5 groups from La Mesa and Carlsbad, but there were kids from all over SD County participating in the event.
Diana bragged about winning two 3rd place awards at the SD Fair for Art Interpretation and as Armature Designer. Way to go Diana.
Mike Lavin bragged about his recent article in the Journal, but then confessed he didn’t know what it actually said. He was being modest, it’s a nice article, read it.

Optimist Club of Carlsbad – July 14, 2018

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Hello Optimists and friends!!

Golfers are needed for the upcoming event being help at Emerald Isle on Monday, July 23rd.  Please keep getting donations, silent auction and raffle items as well!!  Ron told us this morning that the swag bags will have plenty of good stuff and the value of the bag alone is more than the actual cost to the golfer!!  See the link and forward to friends, family and Facebook!!
https://birdeasepro.com/IJustHelpedTheKids.

Please plan on attending next Saturday’s meeting as we prepare for the golf outing.  We are planning on putting swag bags together and finalize the logistics of the golf outing.

Membership invoices for the upcoming Optimist year will be going into the mail towards the end of August.  Yearly membership dues are $110, lifetime membership dues are $83 and will be due on October 1, 2018.  Please let us know if you will be paying annually or if you would like to pay quarterly.

Our Induction Brunch is scheduled for Saturday, October 6th at St. Michael’s from 9am – noonish.  More info to come.

Please remember to use smile.amazon.com for any purchases that you make on Amazon!! Our club receives a portion of the purchases.

**It is my intention to thank ALL of our volunteers in our newsletters.  Please let me know if I have missed anyone.**

Karen Radzinski
Proud President,
Optimist Club of Carlsbad
kradzinski3@gmail.com
Please visit our web site:  www.optimistclubofcarlsbad.org
 or look us up on Instagram: optimistclubofcarlsbad.  

Lastly, our Facebook site contains images of recent events and announcements.  We appreciate it if you “LIKE” what you see.  Thanks for visiting the site, and sharing the optimism with others!         

https://www.facebook.com/optimistclubofcarlsbad

Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G

We are always looking for new members!!  If you know of anyone that would make a great addition to our club, please invite them to a meeting!  Give me a call and I would be happy to personally invite them as well!
Shopping is easy with smile.amazon.com!!   Amazon donates to Optimist Club of Carlsbad Foundation.  **Every little bit helps!!**

Just click in the box and it should take you right to the page that supports the Optimist Club!!  

Saturday, July 21st:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  Golf outing will be discussed!

Monday, July 23rd:  Golf outing at Emerald Isle Golf Course, 660 S. El Camino Real;  11:45ish;  GOLFERS ARE STILL NEEDED!!!

Wednesday, August 1st:  Thank you to Ginny for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, August 4th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;

Saturday, August 18th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  (Karen will be out of town, Kevin will be coordinating the meeting.)

Saturday, September 5th:  Thank you to Yemi for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, September 8th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea, 9am;  BOD meeting to follow;  All members are invited to attend;  CALSO convention in Point Loma

Sunday, September 9th:  CALSO convention in Point Loma

Saturday, September 22nd:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;

Wednesday, October 3rd:  Thank you to Carol and Joe T. for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, October 6th:  INDUCTION BREAKFAST at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  more info to come

Sunday, November 4th:  Carlsbad Street Fair;  more info to come

Wednesday, November 7th:  Thank you to Greg and Karen for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)
July/August Birthdays
Carol Tosto (7/26)
Burt Edwards (8/1)
Irene Chow-Pong (8/6)
Bob Larson (8/20)
Leo Fradelis (8/21)

July/August Anniversary
Kevin Radcliffe (7/22/1996)
David Daftary (7/13/2009)
Burt Edwards (8/8/2014)
Tom Sears (8/8/2008)
Pam Dixon (8/27/2017)

Let nothing affect your Optimism
and the state of your positivism.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

  -Socrates
This just makes me smile!!
Grilling it up for our Special Olympians!!  Keep up the great work!
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Optimist Club of Carlsbad – July, 2018

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Hello Optimists and friends!!

Golfers are needed for the upcoming event being help at Emerald Isle on Monday, July 23rd.  Please keep getting donations, silent auction and raffle items as well!!  Ron told us this morning that the swag bags will have plenty of good stuff and the value of the bag alone is more than the actual cost to the golfer!!  See the link and forward to friends, family and Facebook!!
https://birdeasepro.com/IJustHelpedTheKids.

As mentioned at our meeting today, Got Your Back San Diego’s rent will be increasing.  I am not sure of the detail, however, if you have any suggestions or know of someone that can help, please let us know.  Please click the link to learn more:
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Rent-Doubles-for-Nonprofit-that-Feeds-Hungry-Children_San-Diego-486889531.html

Please remember to use smile.amazon.com for any purchases that you make on Amazon!! Our club receives a portion of the purchases.

**It is my intention to thank ALL of our volunteers in our newsletters.  Please let me know if I have missed anyone.**

Karen Radzinski
Proud President,
Optimist Club of Carlsbad
kradzinski3@gmail.com
Please visit our web site:  www.optimistclubofcarlsbad.org
 or look us up on Instagram: optimistclubofcarlsbad.  

Lastly, our Facebook site contains images of recent events and announcements.  We appreciate it if you “LIKE” what you see.  Thanks for visiting the site, and sharing the optimism with others!         

https://www.facebook.com/optimistclubofcarlsbad

Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G

We are always looking for new members!!  If you know of anyone that would make a great addition to our club, please invite them to a meeting!  Give me a call and I would be happy to personally invite them as well!
Shopping is easy with smile.amazon.com!!   Amazon donates to Optimist Club of Carlsbad Foundation.  **Every little bit helps!!**

Just click in the box and it should take you right to the page that supports the Optimist Club!!  

Wednesday, July 4th:   Thank you to Ginny for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, July 14th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  Golf outing will be discussed!

Saturday, July 21st:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  Golf outing will be discussed!

Monday, July 23rd:  Golf outing at Emerald Isle Golf Course, 660 S. El Camino Real;  11:45ish;  More info to come.

Wednesday, August 1st:  Thank you to Ginny for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, August 4th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;

Saturday, August 18th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;

Saturday, September 5th:  Thank you to Yemi for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Saturday, September 8th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  (tentative) . CALSO convention in Point Loma

Sunday, September 9th:  CALSO convention in Point Loma

Saturday, September 22nd:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  (tentative)

Saturday, September 29th:  Optimist Club meeting at St. Michael’s By-The-Sea;  Induction Brunch

Wednesday, October 3rd:  Thank you to Carol and Joe T. for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)

Sunday, November 4th:  Carlsbad Street Fair;  more info to come

Wednesday, November 7th:  Thank you to Greg and Karen for taking food to Stand Up for Kids today.  (Location:  1012 S. Coast Highway, Unit G)
July/August Birthdays
Carol Tosto (7/26)
Burt Edwards (8/1)
Irene Chow-Pong (8/6)
Bob Larson (8/20)
Leo Fradelis (8/21)

July/August Anniversary
Kevin Radcliffe (7/22/1996)
David Daftary (7/13/2009)
Burt Edwards (8/8/2014)
Tom Sears (8/8/2008)
Pam Dixon (8/27/2017)

Let nothing affect your Optimism
and the state of your positivism.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

  -Socrates
This just makes me smile!!
Grilling it up for our Special Olympians!!  Keep up the great work!
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El Cajon Optimists – June 2018

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El Cajon Optimist Members & Friends

The El Cajon Optimist June 2018 Bulletin is now being sent out to all members in full color.

The newsletter is sent out as an attachment to this e-mail. It is in the form of an Adobe Acrobat file (PDF) that can be read by Mac or PC computers. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5 or newer to open this file. If you do not have this reader, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html to download the reader for free.

Once you have opened the PDF file, you can print it or save it to a disk for archive purposes.

If you would like to be deleted from this email list, please contact me.

Mike Poirier – Bulletin Editor – uwmike@att.net

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