Phather Phil’s Prayer
Heavenly Father, each day we are given a blank canvas. A new day to paint with a brush filled with the paint we call emotions. When we put our brush to the canvas we leave a permanent picture. The control we have over the emotion that is on our brush, will it reflect your love or the anger of the devil. In retrospect we look back with pride or in shame to our painting.
The paint brush of our mouth is the one that causes us the greatest emotional happiness and distress. We pray Lord for your continued guidance and love for us. So keep your arm around our shoulder and when appropriate your hand over our mouth. Amen!
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Today’s Guests
| Guest | Guest Of |
| Donna Carter | Barbara Santo |
| Kendal Dynes | Barbara Santo |
| Sally Fell | John Horner |
| Ted Santo | Barbara Santo |
Today’s Speaker
Today’s speaker was Sally Fell from the Soap Box Derby Rally. She is trying to reinstate a location in Dayton to have races again, especially due to the history Dayton has with the Soap Box Derby. In 1933 a Dayton newsman, Myron Scott, came across a group of kids racing their homemade cars and was inspired to create an event where young boys could get together to do this and race against one another.
Soap Box Derby was born in Dayton, though later moved to Akron where there was a permanent track built and that is where the championships have taken place each year since.
In one of the very first races, even though a girl won 2nd place, girls were not permitted to race in the event until the 70’s. Today there is a 50/50 participation from both girls and boys. The Soap Box Derby is a great tool that children and teens can use to learn many traits and build lasting friendships. They are currently teaming up with engineers from UD and are looking for mentors and sponsorship from the Dayton area.
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Birthdays This WeekÂ
Member |
Birthday |
| Barbara Santo | January 17 |
| Myron Rheaume | January 20 |
| Gary Smiga | January 21 |
| Todd Kelchner | January 24 |
| Martha Jackson | January 25 |
| Daniel Passidomo | January 26 |
Membership Anniversaries
| Name | Month | Day | Year | # Years |
|  Susan Thomsen | January | 14 | 1997 | 19 |
|  Mike Cornelius | January | 19 | 2016 | 1 |
|  Gary DeMarco | January | 19 | 2016 | 1 |
|  Stephen Gallagher | January | 19 | 2016 | 1 |
|  Mike Yoder | January | 22 | 2014 | 3 |
|  Jeff Kujawa | January | 22 | 2015 | 2 |
New Member Readings and Inductions
| Name | Sponsor | 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction |
| Lynne Reilly | Phather Phil | 3rd Reading |
| Deb Ulrich | Mike Bevis | 3rd Reading |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member(s) | Infraction |
| 75% of the Members in Attendance | Anybody who does not have a birthday in January, February or March |
Happy Bucks!
| Kelly Stone | So happy for her daughter who is now expecting her 3rd baby (Grandchild #6 for Kelly and Bill) |
| Joan Cordonnier | Happy to be back at a Tuesday Optimist Club Meeting |