Monthly Archives: February 2020

 Hello Bonita Optimists!!  We are having our Optimist Club meeting this coming Thursday morning at 7:00 am. 

We will meet and greet each other with a smile, hand shake, and lots of funny stories and upcoming events!  We are a very busy club!  😉 

Ruth will be running back & forth getting our  delicious breakfast buffet ready!   

In addition, we have a guest speaker, Rachael Morales from the Center for Sustainable Energy.  Rachael is the Outreach Coordinator for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.  This should be a very interesting topic.  Thank you Dan Vacarro for providing us with another great speaker!

PROVENCE HOUSE CLEANUP:  Ric Rice needs our assistance in cleaning the Provence House on Friday February 28^th at 3:00 PM.  Windows, floors, kitchen appliances, bathrooms, window sills, tables & chairs all need some maintenance.  Wear your “grubbies”!!   Lots of time before Dance for a Cure!!

DANCE FOR A CURE:  The Bonita Vista High School Junior Optimist Club presents the 13^th Annual Dance for a Cure!  This coming Friday & Saturday night, February 28^th & 29th at Eastlake High School in the Ruth Chapman Theater.  1120 Eastlake Parkway, Chula Vista 91915.  The event is from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.  Elaine Lucca could use your help!!

BABY SHOWER AT PROVENCE HOUSE:   Saturday, February 29^th, need a couple more slots filled.  From 4:00 to 6:00, 6:00 to 8:00 and closing from 8:00 to 9:00.

BOOK SALE TIME:  After next Thursday morning’s breakfast meeting, March 5^th, we will be moving books from the Provence House to the Bonita Museum.  (8:00 am to10:30 am).  Book sorting and organizing will start immediately after.   Ann Stevens has a signup sheet for those of you who can help!

ORATORICAL CONTEST:  March 5^th, 6:00 PM at the Provence House.  Please attend and bring a dessert!!  Joe Puglia has a signup sheet going around!!  Sign up Thursday morning at our breakfast meeting to bring some sort of dessert or you can always donate a few bucks!! 

WINE & CHEESE BOOK SALE:  Friday night, March 6^th,  from 6:00 to 8:00 PM we will be selling a lot of books, drinking wine, munching on yummy cheese & crackers, seeing “old”  friends and telling stories.  This is a great event, but doesn’t happen without your help!!  Sorting and organizing books starts Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.  We need YOU! 

Great Events that take time and your help.  We “can do this”!!

See you all Thursday morning.  😉

Vicki Garcia-Golden

vickig@e-eindustries.com

vicki@garciaskitchen.com

The first thing Nianza said when I met her was “When I was in sixth grade I was the scholar chosen by Nicoloff School and I still have my award from the IB Optimists.” Wow; its great to know that one of our past winners is doing great.
In fact Nianza, who wants to major in mechanical engineering, has received early acceptance from UC Berkeley and two other universities. She is at the top of her class at Southwest!  Her principal and teacher are really proud of her and the teacher invited her to speak at an English department meeting.(I’m also proud because Mr. Montano was my student in the late ‘70s at Southwest High!)
Thanks to everyone who helped judge. Laura and I added the score and Nianza’s essay was a clear winner, the second, third and fourth were very close. Second and third place students are from San Ysidro High.
See you all March 3—place to be determined. We hope to have van Oratorical Contest. Stay tuned!  Virginia

Bonita Optimist Club

Application for a Scholastic Award

                     Youth, Community, Service Activities Foundation

                     1625 Yale Street, Chula Vista, California   91913

               619-253-2168

Application and Supporting Documents Must Be Returned by April 30, 2020

Return EVERYTHING to:          Angela M. Hawkins, Ed.D.

                                             1625 Yale Street

                                             Chula Vista, CA 91913

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Application is to be completed by the applicant.
2. Type or print clearly.
3. Attach the following to the completed application:
   1. Three character reference letters, two of which must be from educators.
   2. Official transcript of courses completed.
   3. A biographical one-page essay, including educational background, financial need and other pertinent information about you and how, if at all, these things may be related to the goals of the Optimist Club.
   4. (Optional) Proof of your membership in Junior Optimists, Octagon Club, or other service organizations and activities.
   5. Proof of Community Service (letter from agency, counselor, transcript)

Applicant Name:                                                                                Age:                                       

Permanent Address:                                                 City:                            State:             Zip:    

Current School:                                                         Name of Principal                                         

Month and Year, you will graduate from high school:                                                                    

School Address:                                                                                                                               

Your email address:                                                                       

SOURCES OF FUNDS AVAILABLE

__  Applicant                               __ Parents                             __Job

__  Savings                                  __ Grants

__  Scholarships                         __ Other service clubs

Identify other scholarships/grants already awarded.                                                          

Other funds you have applied for, but have not received notice of award.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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PARENTS OR GUARDIANS

Name of Father:                                                       Occupation:                                                   

Home Address:                                                                                  Phone:                                    

Is your father currently employed?           Name of Employer:                                                  

Email:                                                                         

Name of Mother:                                                      Occupation:                                                   

Home Address:                                                                                  Phone:                                    

Is your mother currently employed?          Name of Employer:                                                  

Email:                                                                         

Note:   We do not contact parents’ employers.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN WHICH ENROLLMENT IS DESIRED

Name:                                                                         Location:                                                        

Course of Study:                                                       Degree Sought                                             

Tuition:                                                                       Books:                                                            

Room and board:                                                        Other:                                                           

Will you be living at home or living on campus?                                                                             

Applicant’s Signature:                                                                     

ABOUT OUR CLUB

The Bonita Optimist Club is one of over 4,200 Optimist clubs, with a combined membership of more than 172,000 members, conducting community and youth projects.  One of these projects is the sponsorship of scholastic awards.

The Bonita Optimist Club is a voluntary organization of civic-minded men and women dedicated to community service.  We sponsor the scholastic awards to applicants like you, essay and speech competitions, youth sporting events and teams, including the Baron Basketball Teams, high school football and hockey teams, and youth baseball.  We assist children with special needs in providing educational aids, tools and support.  We provide food and other assistance to children in need and military families.  We conduct Book Fairs and Golf Tournaments to raise funds for youth activities.  We also recognize student achievement through an annual awards ceremony in the elementary and middle schools.  Our latest crusades have been to raise funds for the eradication of Childhood Cancer and assist Foster Youth. 

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JOI Club Advisors, JOI District Officers, JOI Sponsor Clubs, and JOI ‘contacts’,

Your CALSO Junior Optimist International Club Members who are interested in attending the 2020 JOI Convention in June 2020 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois who are interested in traveling as members of the CALSO JOI Group with the CALSO District Chaperones should contact Committee Co-Chair, Mrs. Nancy Wickham  mrsnancywickham@gmail.com   619.876.6807  as soon as possible to be included in the CALSO JOI Group.  Mrs. Nancy Wickham is planning the airline reservations and the Convention hotel reservations for the CALSO JOI Group and CALSO District Chaperones, all of whom will be traveling as a group.  In order to obtain the most favorable airline fares for the roundtrip, the ground transportation, and the block of hotel rooms for the group and chaperones, the names and contact information should be provided to Mrs. Nancy Wickham during February.  Mrs. Wickham will follow up personally with the families of interested CALSO Junior Optimist International Club Members to obtain commitments from the families to pay a share of their JOI Convention attendees’ expenses. 

The CALSO Optimist District Board of Directors, at their February 8, 2020 Quarterly District Meeting approved“reimbursement of up to $400 for each CALSO JOI Club Member and Chaperone Traveling together as a Group to the Junior Optimist International Convention in June 2020”.  The anticipated total cost per member traveling as part of the group is approximately $1100.  Family commitments are expected to be $400, or more per traveler.  The remaining funding, roughly $300, is expected to be obtained through fundraising activities, individual contributions, Optimist Club contributions, and resources available to the travelers (e.g., savings, earnings, gifts, presents, awards, scholarships, etc.).  Mrs. Wickham can help you identify the basic items included in the $1100 estimated cost per Group traveler.

Sent on behalf of CALSO Optimist District Junior Optimist Clubs Committee Co-Chairs on 12 February 2020  

Call to Order:  Governor Jim Zoll called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.  The Governor welcomed everyone to the meeting.  Webmaster Rick  Lakin gave the invocation.  Assistant to the Governor Cheryl Sylvester led the Pledge of Allegiance.   The Governor asked each person at the Quarterly to introduce themselves and tell one interesting fact about themselves. 

Invocation given by Rick Lakin:

Let’s bow our heads.

As we stand here together in Optimism, we stand with one mission: Bringing out the Best In ourselves, our members, our volunteers and of course, the children we serve.

May we answer the call to imagine.  To imagine the success of the projects we create to serve our communities, to imagine the feeling of satisfaction that creativity and hard work bring too each of us and our clubs. To imagine the smiles on the faces of the children we serve.

In 1959, a few miles from here in Kearny Mesa, the seven original Mercury astronauts gathered to inspire the workers creating the Atlas Booster that would take them to space. Gus Grissom was a man of very few words, but the employees remembered his words most of all, “Do Good Work.”

May we call on ourselves, our fellow members, our leaders, and the children we serve to answer the simple call, Do good work. We ask this with gratitude for our fellowship, our call to action, and our common purpose. Amen.

Quorum Report:  District Secretary Bonnie Styles announced that there was a quorum.  Present were:  4 out of 4 Lt. Governors; 18 out of 27 Presidents; 8 out of 27 Secretary/Treasurers.  There were 36 Optimists at the meeting.

Approve Minutes – November 2, 2019:  The minutes were sent out to the Board of Directors for review.  The minutes were accepted as presented. 

District Financial Report:  District Treasurer Caroline Lull:  The financials were emailed to the Board for Review.  District Treasurer reviewed the financials which were displayed.  The financials were accepted subject to review.

Business:

1.  Governor Zoll announced that Mark Blumenthal, Governor-Elect had resigned due to health issues.
2. Appointment of William Parry, Governor-Elect.  Discussion.  William Parry has not held the office of President in his Optimist Club (Optimist By-Laws requirement).  Governor Jim Zoll contacted Optimist International.  Governor Zoll received an email from Optimist International that an exception could be made and William Parry could hold the office of Governor-Elect.  Mike Perine, Lt. Governor, Zone 4 made a motion that William Parry be appointed as Governor-Elect. Agatha Graney seconded the motion.  Discussion.  Motion carried.  Bill Parry then introduced himself.

•  Appointment of Bonnie Styles, Lt. Governor Zone 2.  Discussion.  Lynn Woodhead, Past Governor, made a motion to appoint Bonnie Styles as Lt. Governor for Zone 2.  Virginia Syverson, President Imperial Beach, seconded the motion.  Discussion.  Motion Passed.

• Governor Jim Zoll installed Gerd Werner, Lt. Governor Zone 1, Bonnie Styles, Lt. Governor Zone 2 and William Parry, Governor-Elect.

• Governor-Elect gave his acceptance speech.  Jim talked about his St. Louis training experience and about some of his goals for 2020-2021.

•  Lt. Governor Reports:  Each of the four Lt. Governors talked about the Oratorical Contests which are being held in their zones.  Dates for the club contests were shared as well as information for the zone contests.  This information was shared with Diana Drummey, Oratorical Chair.  Membership was shared as well as some of the activities that were being held in the clubs.

•  Club President Reports:  All of the club presidents at the Quarterly shared with the group some of the activities and fund raising events their club was involved in. 

• Dr.  Angie Hawkins shared information regarding PGI.  Dr. Angie also shared information regarding the needs of the “special” clubs she formed last year.  Help is needed with fund raising and help is needed to help pay the dues of these special members.  Cookies were available for purchase to help New Alternatives pave their basketball court.  Optimists were urged to donate pods, dryer sheets, and snack bags.  Call Dr. Angie for additional information.

• Scholarship Contests: 
• Essay Contest – Lynn Reiter-Woodhead:  The Essays are due to Lynn’s home by February 28.   The winning essay from the district will be awarded a $2500 scholarship.  Clubs can award their essay winner scholarships up to $500.
• Oratorical Contest – Diana Drummey – Club contests should in held in March.  Clubs can award their winners scholarships (the amount awarded is their choice).  The top two winners are invited to compete in the zone contest.  This year all four zones are having contests.  The zone contests need to be held ideally before April 23.  The District contest is being held on May 2.  Call Diana if you have any questions.
• CCDHH – Chair Robert Fischer has sent out flyers to all interested schools and teachers.  The applications are due by April 17.  The district contest is being held on May 2.  The winning student will be presented with a $2,500 scholarship.  In addition the top three students will be awarded scholastic awards.  Discussion.  Lt. Governor Zone 1, Gerd Werner made a motion that we award three cash awards as follows:  First Place $500, Second Place $400, Third Place $300.  Agatha Graney, Lt. Governor Zone 3, seconded the motion.  Discussion.  Motion Carried.

Break

Governor Jim Zoll introduced Optimist International President-Elect Mark Weinsoff.  Mark shared some thoughts with the group.

1.  Third Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on May 2, 2020 at Lakeside Middle School. 
2. Convention Report:  Convention Chair Al Aegerter – Al gave a shout out to Mark Weinsoff!! Mark traveled from Goleta, CA to be with us today.  He is representing Rebecca Butler Mona, Optimist International President 2018-2019.  Al then turned the microphone over to Jim Woodhead, Convention Secretary/Treasurer.   On Friday Night an Optimist Casino Night will be held!!!   Money raised will support the Foundation.  This event is being held at the hotel.  Governor-Elect William Parry will be in charge of the training.  Sunday morning will be the special event honoring the optimists that passed this year.  At this point there is no theme for the banquet. 
3. February 15 is the date when clubs need to file paperwork with the IRS, the State, and the Attorney General.  If you have any questions, please ask. 
4. International Convention:  Chicagoland June 28-July 1.  Dennis Andolsek, Convention Ambassador urged everyone to book their rooms.  The agenda will be posted on the website on February 20.  If people want to attend the entire convention they should book their plane reservations as follows:  leave on June 28 and fly back on July 2.  The convention starts on the 28^th at 7 p.m.
5. Jim Parrotte, JOI Chair:  The JOI Quarterly was held on February 2, 2020 at the YMCA Surf Camp in Imperial Beach.  Thanks to Al Aegerter for handling the paperwork.  There were 45 members of clubs plus their advisors that attended the meeting.  Ten out of the thirteen clubs were in attendance.  In addition the current JOI International President and the Immediate Past JOI International President were in attendance.  Governor Jim Zoll and Governor-Elect Bill Parry attended the meeting.  Jim Parrotte gave a detailed report of the event.  In the JOI District there are 316 active members and 47 pending members.  The JOI International Convention is being held concurrently with the Optimist International Adult Convention in Chicagoland.  There are presently eight students that have shown an interest in attending the convention.  The estimated cost for each student attending the convention is about $1100.  Jim Parrotte requested support from the district to help with costs.  Bonnie Styles made a motion that the board approve reimbursement of up to $400 for each CALSO JOI Club Member and Chaperone Traveling together as a Group to the Optimist International Convention in June 2020. Diana Drummey seconded the motion.  Discussion.  Motion Carried.  It was noted that last year the CALSO had the highest percentage in attendance at the convention.  Clubs are also urged to support these young people.  Donations can be sent to the CALSO treasurer with a notation that the money is to be used to support this effort.

1. “Chad’s Bracket Red Wagon” – Audrey Eller gave a comprehensive report of this value fundraiser.  A packet of information was distributed to all clubs. 

Lunch

Entertainment:  El Capitan High School Jazz Band: 

A Donation of $100 was made to the organization.

Computer Training:  Lynn Reiter Woodhead

Optimist International Website     optimist.org

Optimist Leaders

Rick Lakin – District Website    Calso41.us

Password Calso41

If your clubs wants a website just ask Rick at rilakin@gmail.com.  It will be done.

CELEBRATION OF AWARDS:  Diana Drummey presented awards for Optimist year 2018-2019.  A video was played from Optimist International President Rebecca Butler Mona congratulating Diana on her great year.  Diana is a Distinguished Governor and was presented her ring by Mark Weinsoff, Optimist International President-Elect!  CONGRAULATIONS DIANA!  Diana later presented Bonnie Styles certificates:  HONOR DISTRICT CITATION AND DISTINGISHED DISTRICT CITATION       YES!   YES!  What a great year!

Past Governor Lynn Reiter-Woodhead OIF 2019-2020

Awards were presented.  The special print was displayed.  Dime a Day pins were distributed.  The special tie and scarf were worn and shared with the group.  Bonnie Styles received the benefactors pin.  YES!!!

Past Governor Al Aegerter OIF 2018-2019 presented awards to clubs and members for their donations. 

The Optimist Creed was recited.  The meeting was adjourned at 1:49 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Bonnie Styles, Secretary

Fellow Optimists, Junior Optimists, and Friends, 

Forwarded herewith is the report the Advisor to our newest Junior Optimist Club, “Hooves For Humanity” made to the parents of their Junior Optimists following the California South Junior Optimist International District Meeting held on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the YMCA Surf Camp located in beautiful Imperial Beach, California.  Check out the links, especially the photos.  They’re marvelous!  Thanks to Richelle Farley and other contributors for the report.

Optimistically,

Jim Parrotte 

From: Richelle Farley
Subject: District Meeting Update RE: Hooves for Humanity Junior Optimist Club

Hello Everyone!

Quick update on the JOI CALSO District Quarterly meeting….

First off Thank You to everyone for letting their kids come to the meeting and trusting us with traveling and caring for them for the day. Also Thank You to those who donated cans to bring to the event. I didn’t get a chance to let all the parents know as I had forgotten that our District was also organizing a canned food drive project for the meeting. I barely remembered at the last minute (my bad). I was able to pull a few cans together along with a few other parents so thank you for that. We did not show up empty handed for the kids.

MEETING RECAP:
Kids had a great time. The venue was amazing right on the beach. We got there right at 10:00 am  (well maybe 10:05 – LOL) and went straight into a meeting kickoff from Jim Parrotte (CALSO Optimist District Junior Optimist Clubs Committee Co-Chair – For CALSO JOI District Lt. Governors). Jim is also the Secretary of the Del Mar – Solana Beach Optimist club and was the man who presented us to his adult club for consideration. So we thanked him several times over for that.

The kickoff was followed by each club that attended standing up and sharing their accomplishments for the quarter. Our Co-presidents (Kaitlyn and Isabelle) stood up and read the mission statement and introduced HFH as a new club as their accomplishment. Everyone there loved the logo and the concept of the club. The JOI President, Julia Cooper from Whitby, ON, told our kids she loved the name – which made them very excited. They also got to meet the JOI Past President Cole Mullins, who resides here locally in Coronado, CA. (Learn more about the JOI BOD here: https://optimist.org/joi/joi2.cfm)

They then went into ice-breaker activities lead by our very own O’hara Wickham (JOI 2017 President). During these activities the kids were given a number and split up into groups by number guaranteeing they will be teaming up with JOI members from other clubs. This was a great way for them to interact with others regardless of what club they were there representing. The overall unity of JOI really forms during these ice-breakers and the kids have a ton of fun.

We then went into a lunch break followed by the beach cleanup which lasted about 30 minutes. I would say the kids would have liked to stay on the beach a bit longer though. LOL

I have included the actual agenda at the end of this email for your reference.

After the meeting we stayed to discuss what the kids liked about the meeting and JOI. What stood out to them. I have included the notes taken by our Secretary (Leah Theolier) of what each of them had to say: (We didn’t have paper so she quickly made bullet points on her phone)

Thoughts about the meeting: 
1. Kaitlyn: Love the whole concept and think it’s a good idea to involve the whole community, meeting new people, and receiving new ideas 
2. Maty: Good learning experience. Learned that there is more clubs that all work for the same goal
3. Hope: Liked to meet new people and it was a lot of fun. Good experience to be a part of the club 
4. Isabelle: Enjoyed meeting people who run junior optimist and play the ice breaker games 
5. Giselle: Meet new people and had the opportunity to clean up the beach 
6. Alisa: Fun to meet new people from around the world and enjoyed the ice breaker game 
7. Brianna: Loved meeting friendly people who want to work and have fun with you. Also, thought the ice breaker game was fun 
8. Matthew: Favorite part was going to the beach and cleaning up and thought the whole event was very fun

9. Leah… forgot to make notes of her own feedback. :)~

We also encouraged the kids to really put thought into the Optimist Creed and we had each of them read a line.

Optimist Creed:

https://optimist.org/Documents/creed_poster.pdf

We then discussed the higher positions within Junior Optimist such as Governor and President, using O’Hara as a good example, and encouraged the kids to think about if it’s something they might be interested in working towards.

We also discussed how soon we want to have the first official meeting and ideas to think about for that meeting.

We mentioned the JOI Convention that will take place in June of 2020 in Schaumburg, IL. This is an amazing opportunity for the kids but it does take some fundraising to cover some of the costs. District and our Adult club may be able to assist with some of the funds but it’s not typically enough to cover all the airfare and accommodations. I have included a link to more information about this event online for your reference:

2020 JOI Convention

https://optimist.org/joi/joi7.cfm

We hope the kids came home with positive feedback.

Here is a link to meeting photos and videos from the event:

MEETING PHOTOS:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Kteq6wDSilpDypQU75CXooLa0viXKTL2

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NEXT MEETING:

We will reach out to you soon about the date, time and location for the first HFH member meeting. We want to make sure it’s convenient for everyone to make it and don’t want this to take over your lives. However, the momentum is strong right now and it’s a good time to get the kids started on the planning of their first event (probably a volunteer event) so they can delegate who needs to do what… and there is no rush.

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As always… please feel free to share with us any thoughts or feedback you have!

Thanks!!!

Richelle Farley

Amanda Heinken

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Agenda: McKinney Oceanfront Center
9:30 to 10: 00 AM – Sign in and collection of Waiver forms – Alan Aegerter & Jim Parrotte
10:00 – JOI Governor Kylie Guess Welcomes Attendees
10:05 – JOI Governor Introduces the four (4) Lt. Governors and invites each Lt. Governor to provide status on the JOI Clubs they oversee.
10:15 – Lt. Governors ( Brynn Gorney) describe their “Souper Bowl Of Caring” JOI District Initiative Food Collection Project
10:20 – Current Junior Optimist International President, Julia Cooper, is introduced by Immediate Past Junior Optimist International President, Cole Mullins
10:23 – JOI President Julia Cooper provides News from Junior Optimist International
10:30 – Junior Optimist Club Members in attendance Introduce Themselves and tell everyone what their JOI Club has accomplished this Optimist Year and what activities they have planned for the rest of this school year. 
11:15 – “Ice Breaker” Activities for All JOI Club Member Attendees – O’Hara Wickham
11:45 – JOI President Julia Cooper and JOI Club Members and JOI Club Advisors participate in “Club To Club” Discussion “Workshop Exchange” Sharing Information on “what works” for their Clubs.
12:00 – Luncheon provided by YMCA Restaurant.
12:30 – Beach Cleanup Community Service Project – Directed By YMCA Personnel
1:00 to 2:00 – Pick up of JOI Club Members Not Driving to the Meeting.
2:00 – Everyone has left the YMCA Surf Camp facilities.

Happy Super Bowl Sunday Everyone!!  Hope you all have you hotdogs & popcorn ready!  It’s going to be a great game!  

This coming Thursday, February 6^th is our Optimist Night meeting at 6:00 pm.  President Art has a guest speaker, Dave Dare from Puzzle HR, that will provide us with some valuable information!!  Please come and meet, greet & eat!!  Of course Ruth will have one of her yummy tummy-filling dinners!  

CALSO MEETING:  Saturday, February 8^th from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm is our 2^nd Quarterly CALSO meeting.  This will be at the Santee Elks Club in Lakeside.  (Your $20 includes continental breakfast & lunch).  What a Deal!!  Bonnie Styles is available to take your payments.  😉  Allmembers are invited to attend!!  

Please remember to sign up for our Valentine’s dinner.  It’s Friday night, February 14^th at 6:00 pm!!  You can respond to me now, you can respond to Linda Steele Fisher at lindasteele1@yahoo.com or you can wait until Thursday night.  A signup sheet will be passed around at the meeting.  We have a lot of fun planned for you & your special companion!!  We will not have a Thursday morning meeting on February 13^th since we are having our Valentine celebration on Friday, February 14^th.   

Lots of Optimist February Birthdays!!  (both current & former members):  Dwayne Junker, Bill Meyers, Pete Komasa, Donna Rafenstein, Al Cornell, Linda Steele-Fisher, Larry Boysen.  Love is still “in the air”!!  😉

Reminder:  Essay Contest applications are due on February 17^th.  (see attachment)  Please send your completed applications to Tim Jeffries at timjeffries@cox.net

Wednesday February 19^th:  Board Meeting at 4:00 – Foundation Meeting at 5:00 – Tim & Vicki’s home.  😉

Last Wednesday evening at the Provence House, we enjoyed a fantastic CPR / AED Trainingfrom Gina Robles.  All those that attended were pleased with what they learned and the information they are able to share with their families.  Sometimes we just don’t know what we don’t know.  Thank you so much Gina!  AND, thank you so much Jim & Alma Stjern for being the benefactors in this event!  For those of you that take care of the Provence House during the weekend parties, please make sure you know where our AED machine is located.  Hopefully we never need it.  😉

And then to follow at our Thursday morning meeting, we enjoyed listening to the Chairman of Fleet Week, Gordon Rutherford, share the terrific turnout of events that took place over Veteran’s week 11/11/19.   Perfect time to share in the Veteran’s Day Parade!!

Vicki Garcia-Golden

vickig@e-eindustries.com

vicki@garciaskitchen.com