Author: Greg Griffin

CNOtes – October 29, 2019 – Robert J. O’Toole Firefighter/EMT Award Presented to Joseph Andrews

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father, all of us try to follow Your teachings to led the good life. Yet, all too many of us fall short and are detoured by life’s temptations, which allows hell into our lives. As a loving God, direct us in to the path You have prepared for us. At least motivate us to really study the Bible – It’ll “scare the hell out of us.”  Amen!

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest Guest Of
Jackie Andrews Gary Anderson
Joseph Andrews Award Recipient
Rick Ashmus Mike Yoder
Scott Kujawa Bob Burkman
Ruth O’Toole Gary Anderson
Mikaela Pellerin Recipient’s Guest
James Reinhard Erin Dickerson
Jay Schindler Mike Bevis
Chris Wysong Debe Dockins

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Announcements

Nancy Lehren, chair of Child Health and Wellness, announced that CNO has received a $1000 grant from Optimist International for Build-A-Bear.

Donna Huss announced that you do not have to be able to sew to help the St Leonard club make blankets. They still have 19 more blankets to make. You just need to be able to cut and tie knots.

Laurie Poeppelman, chair of Optigear, said that she Evelyn Griffin will be taking orders for the next 2 weeks. They have Micro Fleece garments available. You can choose the CNO or CNO 2.0 logo.

Community Event

11/14/2019, Build-A-Bear for Oncology patients will be at Children’s Hospital. More volunteers are always welcome. Contact Nancy Lehren, the chair of Child Health and Wellness. Volunteer should arrive at 5:30.

Volunteers and Vehicles for Veterans Day Flag Deliveries

11/11/2019 – Avenue of Flags deliveries for Veteran’s day will be on 11/7/2019, 4 PM, 11/8/2019, 10 AM to 1 PM, 11/9/2019, 10 AM. Flag retrieval will be 11/12/2019 10:30 AM to 6 PM. They are very short of volunteers that have a flag compatible truck or van. If you have one of those and can help that would be fantastic. Contact Tom Novak if you can help as more volunteers are needed.

Social Events

  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at the community building of Wentworth Village in Bellbrook off 725. Food and drinks will be provided. Cost is $10. 6 PM for dinner and 6:45 for cards, Sequence and Dominos. Please bring a dish to share.
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Happy Birthday Bob Bargmeyer

Today was Bob Bargmeyer’s birthday. We hope you had a great day Bob despite our singing! Both Charlie Tapp and Bob Duffy led us in singing Happy Birthday to Bob. I thought finally it would sound good with both conducting. It did not.

Robert J. O’Toole EMT/Firefighter of the Year Award

This year’s honoree and recipient of the “Robert J. O’Toole EMT/Firefighter of the Year Award” is Firefighter Joseph (Joe) Andrews. He is the 21st recipient of the award. Joe has been a part-time member of the Washington Township Fire Department since 2017. He is a full-time student studying Early Childhood Education at Clarke State University.

Bob Burkman started the ceremony. This annual award is to honor the memory of Ruth and John’s son Robert J. O’Toole. Robert lost his life on January 12, 1998 while responding to an accident.

Bob Burkman introduced Gary Anderson. Gary Anderson and Jesse Gaither produced the trifold on the tables.

You can read the trifold here.

Gary introduced the honored guests for today’s presentation: Ruth O’Toole; John and Paula Kalaman; Washington Township Fire Chief Scott Kujawa; Washington Township Administrator Jesse Lightle; Washington Township Fiscal Officer Gary Smiga; Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff Captain Mike Brem; the recipient’s mother Jackie Andrews; the recipient’s girlfriend Mikaela Pellerin.

Gary shared his memories and information of Robert J O’Toole. He knew him as Bobby. Bobby was a special boy that he and others couldn’t help but love. He had the good fortune of being Bobby’s principal from Kindergarten through 4th grade and again for 4 years of high school. He was born March 2, 1972 in Teaneck NJ to parents John and Ruth O’Toole. He started Kindergarten at Village South on August 30, 1977. He graduated High School on June 2, 1990.

His first-grade teacher once commented, “Bob is very shy around strangers, is anxious to read, and reads a lot at home.  Because of his short attention span he does not complete most assignments.”

Like so many students identified with a learning disability, Bobby had above average intelligence on School Ability Tests given in 2nd and 5th grades.

His 4th grade teacher once wrote on his report card “Robert needs to pay more attention in class and keep up with his daily assignments.  I feel he is much more capable than his work indicates.  Bob does not do daily assignments and does not know his multiplication tables.  Needs to use class time wisely.”

In November 1986 Bob took the Ohio Interest Survey Profile which showed his best liked career interest was humanitarian/caretaking. His favorite subject was Social Studies.

Bobby O’Toole gave his life in the line of duty doing what he loved and wanted to do. Gary couldn’t believe it has been 21 years already since this tragedy.

Next Gary Anderson introduced Washington Township Fire Chief Scott Kujawa.

Scott Kujawa said, “We have an unbelievable fire department. I am fortunate and thankful for the opportunity to serve in my current role. Every one of our members are committed to providing excellent service to the residents and visitors of our community. Today, we are fortunate to get to recognize one of our outstanding employees.”

He was honored and humbled to present today’s award. Scott and Robert J. O’Toole were in high school at the same time. He thanked the entire O’Toole family and the Optimist club for their continued support and remembrance of Firefighter O’Toole through the Robert J. O’Toole EMT/Firefighter of the Year Award.

Scott noted that today’s lunch was “Sloppy Joes”. He and others at their table wondered if that was on purpose with the recipient being Joe Andrews!

Scott discussed why Joe Andrews was chosen as this year’s recipient.

From Scott’s notes:

While at the firehouse, Joe is known for the compassion, positive attitude and integrity that he brings with him every shift. He recognizes what needs completed, does so without any prompting by his supervisor, and is truly a leader when it comes to accomplishing tasks in a timely fashion. During emergency calls and non-emergency events, Joe genuinely shows concern, compassion and empathy for the residents and visitors of our community. He engages our community members and employees with thought-provoking discussion and has excellent listening and communication skills.

The really cool thing about Joe is that he doesn’t want any recognition for his accomplishments. He simply believes that he is here to serve our community and do what’s right.  Firefighter Joseph Andrews truly embodies what it means to be a public servant.

Award recipient Joe Andrews spoke next.

He thanked Chief Scott Kujawa, the department, the O’Toole family and CNO for the award.

Joe remembers that on his first day at the department they visited the grave of Robert J. O’Toole. He found this moving. Robert must have been very inspirational that this still happens 21 years later which is how old Joe is.

He really likes the job, the people and the community.

Thank Notes sent to CNO

You can read recent thank you notes here.

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

Birthdays

Member Birthday
Bob Bargmeyer October 29
Suzanne Werts October 30
Cheryl Reichel November 1
Deb Saunders November 1
Wendy Hattan November 2
Robin Golden November 4

Membership Anniversaries

No membership anniversaries this week.

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name Sponsor 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
James Reinhard Andy Dickerson 1st Reading
Christopher Wysong Debe Dockins 1st Reading
Abby Davis Vince Reidy 2nd Reading
Lacy Owens Stan Fronzaglia 2nd Reading
Dawayne Kirkman Debe Dockins 3rd Reading
Louise Haun Mike Bevis Induction

Sergeants at Arms

Member Infraction
Chris McAlpine Impersonating Abe Lincoln
Kelly Davis Fighting in line when purchasing raffle tickets
Beth Duncan Fighting in line when purchasing raffle tickets
Greg Griffin Having someone protect the bell and gavel
Erin Dickerson Losing Optimist Passport
Andy Dickerson Letting Erin lose her Optimist Passport
Debe Dockins Missing a board meeting
Greg Wasmund Missing a board meeting
Greg Smiga Left board meeting early [as a former educator, he should know that requires a note to the office]
Ron Tinnerman Forgetting who CNO 2.0 speaker was earlier this year
Jean Pummill Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined
Larry England Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined
Judy Demarco Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined
Barbara Santo Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined
Larry Lynde Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined
Cherie Gentry Keeping a low profile, therefore not being easily fined, so now you are fined

 Happy Bucks! 

Member Reason
Cherie Gentry Happy that the Monroe Optimist club Trunk or Treat went well despite the weather and happy that Erin and Andy Dickerson participated
Martin Huffstutler His guest last week was so impressed that she is looking for an Optimist club to join in Philadelphia
Jay Schindler Happy to be at our meeting, he was a guest of Mike Bevis
Debe Dockins Happy that her guest Christopher Wysong is joining CNO
Gary Anderson Great to be home among freinds and honoring the memory of Bobby O’Toole
Ellie Parker Happy that she can wear her tail and ears with Halloween coming up

CNOtes – October 22, 2019 – John Carroll – Centerville High School Principal

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father the desirability rating for tangible stuff is never ending, it is always more. Yet, if we are honest with ourselves, an accounting of what we have, tells us we have enough stuff. What we need is more dedication, gratification, kindness, dependability, compassion, energy and of course to be more humble and give more. So Lord help us with all of these and make us as good as our dogs think we are! Amen!

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest Guest Of
Arnie Biondo Greg Griffin
Kevin Dresel Jane Fiehrer
Beverly Dunnington Bob Lawson
Dick Holback Greg Griffin
Jen Osborn Art Hung
Lacy Owens Stan Fronzaglia
Beth Seall Wendy Hatton
Harvey Smith Grer Griffin
Beth Wunsch Martin Hufstutler

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Community Event

11/14/2019, Build-A-Bear for Oncology patients will be at Children’s Hospital. More volunteers are always welcome. Contact Nancy Lehren, the chair of Child Health and Wellness.

Volunteers and Vehicles for Veterans Day Flag Deliveries

11/11/2019 – Avenue of Flags deliveries for Veteran’s day will be on 11/7/2019, 4 PM, 11/8/2019, 10 AM to 1 PM, 11/9/2019, 10 AM. Flag retrieval will be 11/12/2019 10:30 AM to 6 PM. They are very short of volunteers that have a flag compatible truck or van. If you have one of those and can help, that would be fantastic. Contact Tom Novak if you can help as more volunteers are needed.

Social Events

  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at the community building of Wentworth Village in Bellbrook off 725. Food and drinks will be provided. Cost is $10.
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace.

Haunted Trail Recap

Gail Aiken, the chair of the Haunted Trail event, thanked everyone who helped. She also thanked Arnie Biondo, the Director of the Centerville-Washington Park District, who was a guest for today’s meeting. The park district created new gravel paths that were wonderful. On the second night, 20 members from the CHS Octagon club volunteered. The Octagon club is the High School Optimist club that CNO sponsors. Gail was happy that they were able to help as she was short on volunteers.

  • 1450 canned goods were collected for the First Dawn Food Pantry.
  • This year, 1275 people went through the trail over two nights.
  • The first Haunted Trail was in 1985 and had 208 people go through.
  • 1300 Donut holes donated by Bill Donuts were consumed.
  • We served 30 gallons of cider. Dorothy Lane donated 10 of the gallons.
  • There were 15 fright stations.
  • 450 Students, mostly from area middle schools and some from high school, manned the stations. There were parent chaperones at each station.

Announcements

Donn Huss announced there will be a “NOW” Event on February 20, 2020. NOW is an acronym for “New Optimists Welcome”. Read more about it here. It is a program designed to capture the interests of prospective new Optimist Club members.

John Carroll, Coordinating Principal CHS

Gary Aiken introduced Centerville High School Coordinating Principal John Carroll. John has been a member of CNO since 1/3/2012. He has worked in the Centerville School District for 26 years. He has been CHS coordinating principal for the last 4. John originally taught math. He feels blessed and is excited to go to work each day.

John said that the 2018-2019 District’s Quality Profile was just posted. He said if you read it, you will be proud of your schools.

John wants to be accessible to students. Much of the day he tries to stand out at the front desk so that he is accessible to students and staff.

John showed us a slideshow titled, Centerville Creates Change.

John is often asked about what the High School does. He explained that they provide academics, social -emotional learning and career advising.

CHS has a total 720 staff members of which 185 are licensed. There is 490,0000 sq ft of building space. It occupies 60 acres of property.

Centerville High School strives to always grow and improve. The U.S. News and World Report Scorecard ranks CHS nationally #1650 up from #1878. For Ohio Schools, CHS is ranked #57 up from #78. In the Dayton, OH Metra Area, CHS is ranked #4. John says that they have increased their rank, but the U.S. News method of using AP scores is not the only way to judge a school.

John agrees that every student going to college should take at least one AP class and test. He says the impoverished are not fully represented and he wants to raise this. They tend to not take AP classes as they don’t expect to go to college.

CHS uses different ways to help students of all types. There are “Learning in Action” programs. These programs help keep kids engaged and prepare for paid internships and for careers. The “Certified Production Technologists” program was able to get 18 students to graduate that were not on track. Of these graduates, 3 went to Sinclair and 5 obtained internships with a starting pay of $30,000. These partnerships with Sinclair College are at little or no cost to CHS.

CHS Fine and Performing Arts was recognized for “2019 Best Communities for Music Education”.

CHS believes in Service and Leadership. They constantly are putting kids into situations where they can be of service to their community and lead others. With the help of CNO, the 2019 Spirit Chain raised a record $72,500 this year for various charities.

CHS has high expectations for their students and provides high levels of support. They use internal systems that drive improvement and focus on feedback and purpose. They seek to serve all students and graduation requirements are always changing, so they align goals and direct resources. Of those enrolled, 12% have special needs. At least 12% are living with poverty and it is probably higher because this is often not reported.

CHS offers career advising which includes shadowing, pre-internship and pre-apprentice programs.

There are about 60 clubs at CHS. Clubs are added quite often, and John approves most ideas. A kid will come up to John with an idea and it often surprises them when he says yes.

Programs that support the needs of all their students academically and social-emotionally:

  • CORE and Accountability Teams
  • Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS) Partnership
  • HOPE Squad
  • Advisory
  • Elk Connectors
  • Character Club (PBIS)
  • Partnerships with Sinclair
  • Partnerships with local employers

John said no person can reach every kid. He asks his team to use a +1 mentality, which accepts that you cannot reach them all in every situation, but could you reach just one more kid? He uses a quote by Josh Shipp, “Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.”

CHS greatly appreciates the support of CNO and he tells kids about the creed daily. He is grateful for the opportunity to lead in our community. His closing slide said EPND which stands for “Elk Pride Never Dies”.

John was asked about CHS safety. He said they have only 2 points of entry and they are monitored by cameras. They have several security guards. Staff is constantly being trained to prepare for emergencies.

Dawn Arrowood, CNO member and Director of Wellness at St. Leonard, thanked him and the students who participate in the Elk’s for Seniors program at St Leonard.

Thank you, John, for presenting about CHS today.

Addendum to Sergeants at Arms Disclaimer

Brandon Barrett announced, “As with any court, not showing up to lunch does NOT release you of any previous fine.  There is no time frame on being GUILTY!”

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

Birthdays

Member Birthday
Fred Pfeiffer October 26
Brent Richburg October 28
Shawn Thacker October 28

Membership Anniversaries

Member Month Day Joined # Years
Bob Foster October 22 10/22/2003 16
Laurie Poeppelman October 22 10/22/2003 16
Mike Fanelli October 22 10/22/2003 16
Charlie Goodwin October 28 10/28/2008 11
Jessica King October 28 10/28/2008 11
Karen Sirmans October 28 10/28/2008 11
Mike Brubaker October 28 10/28/2008 11

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name Sponsor 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Dawayne Kirkman Debe Dockins 3rd Reading
Abby Davis Vince Reidy 1st Reading
Lacy Owens Stan Fronzaglia 1st Reading
Beverly Dunnington Bob Lawson 1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member Infraction
Diane Arehart Saying she liked to scare little kids at the Haunted Trail.
Beth Duncan Saying she liked to scare little kids at the Haunted Trail.
Don Kelley Plays too much golf, he obviously must have more time to help kids. If he pays $2 he will receive the game “Toilet Golf” so that he can play even more golf.
Tom Novak Participating in CNO 2.0 demonstration that prevented Brian Nolan from getting a beer.
Gary Smiga Participating in CNO 2.0 demonstration that prevented Brian Nolan from getting a beer.

 Happy Bucks! 

Member Reason
Sue Jessee More than 700 lbs of food were donated to the First Dawn Food Pantry from the Haunted Trail event.
Joan Cordonnier That Erich Eggers donates the money to buy tickets to the Rotarian Breakfast Fundraiser each year for the theater technical crew.
Joan Cordonnier The musical “First Date” at CHS will be performed on November 7, 8, 15, 16 at 7:30.
Carolyn Taylor Since our own Myron Rheaume is governor, happy that the new banner that hangs during our meeting says, “Home of the Ohio District Governor”.

CNOtes – Optimist 2.0 October 17, 2019 – Pastor Tony Miltenberger – Heavier Than Air Brewing Company

Guests and Members in Attendance

Hailey Clark
Abby Davis
Andy Higgins
Wayne Kledzik
Tony Miltenberger
Lacy Owens
Stewart Ross
Natalie Salyer
Pam Smiga
Gail Aiken
Jack Anderson
Diane Arehart
Patrick Arehart
Brandon Barrett
Katie Calloway
Mike Cordonnier
Kelly Davis
Gary DeMarco
Judy DeMarco
Cheryl Dowd
Emily Duke
Beth Duncan
Greg Fay
Stan Fronzaglia
Jesse Gaither
Greg Griffin
Cindy Harris
Mark Karns
Bryan Miller
Brian Nolan
Tom Novak
Jean Pummill
Jack Quinlan
Ruthy Quinlan
Vince Reidy
Brent Richburg
Ashley Simeone
Gary Smiga
Nick Tarkany

All Photos are Here

CNO 2.0 Venue and Details

The venue for tonight’s CNO 2.0 meeting was Heavier than Air Brewing Company. Thank you to CNO Member Nick Tarkany and his team for allowing us to take over their bar tonight.

There was a 50/50 drawing won by Joan Cordonnier. She donated her winnings to the First Dawn Food Pantry.

There were 39 people at the meeting (30 members and 9 guests).

CNO 2.0 Introduction

Greg Fay, the chair of CNO 2.0, said he was so thankful for all the guests and members that came to tonight’s meeting.

He mentioned that he remembers his first CNO lunch 6 years ago. By the end of the lunch he knew he was at home. He said, “Wow everyone was having a great time!” He couldn’t wait to be part of the group.

Greg Fay said that CNO 2.0 is a club within a club of the Centerville Noon Optimist club. CNO (and CNO 2.0) is a world class service organization. Being a member of either club allows their members all the same opportunities to participate in fundraising and club activities. CNO 2.0 was created nearly 3 years ago and is very much a part of the 51-year-old Centerville Noon Optimist Club. CNO has given away over $2 million during its history. CNO is a group of like-minded members that are passionate about helping youth and having fun in the process.

The speaker at each 2.0 meeting is someone with a local business success story.

Annual Fundraisers

  • Christmas Tree Lot
  • Avenue of Flags
  • Golf Outing

Major Activities for the youth in our community

  • Build-a-Bear at Children’s Hospital, 3 times a year
  • Fishing Derby in June
  • Kid’s day in the park in August
  • Easter Egg hunt

Avenue of Flags Needs Your Help

Tom Novak, the chair of The Avenue of Flags, told the group about one of our major fundraisers. For Veterans day, there are 65 teams to deliver 2400 flags. If you can help it would be great. They are very short of volunteers that have a flag compatible truck or van. If you have one of those and can help that would be fantastic. Contact Tom Novak if you can help.

Avenue of Flags deliveries for Veteran’s day will be on 11/7/2019, 4 PM, 11/8/2019, 10 AM to 1 PM, 11/9/2019, 10 AM. Flag retrieval will be 11/12/2019 10:30 AM to 6 PM.

Haunted Trail Recap

Gail Aiken, the chair of the Haunted Trail event, thanked everyone who helped. She also thanked Arnie Biondo, the Director of the Centerville-Washington Park District, who was at tonight’s meeting. The park district created new gravel paths that were wonderful. Arnie said the real thanks goes to his team at the Park District.

1275 people went through the trail over two nights.

There were 15 fright stations. Students from area middle schools and high schools manned the stations. There were parent chaperones at each station.

On the second night 20 members from the CHS Octagon club volunteered. The Octagon club is the High School Optimist club that CNO sponsors. Gail was happy that they were able to help as she was short on volunteers.

President’s Notes

Greg Griffin, the president of CNO, said we have 307 members and are the largest and best Optimist Club in the World. Our club within a club of CNO 2.0 is seen as the future of service clubs.

He said that the Christmas Tree Lot fundraiser is fast approaching. Every CNO and CNO 2.0 member will be assigned to a team and scheduled to work. We need a lot of help for this fundraiser, so please show up.

Remember that every member of CNO, whether from the Lunch club, CNO 2.0 or the St Leonard club is invited to every community event, volunteer activity, or social event. This includes the holiday party that will be on December 10, 2019.

Lastly, he said, “What can we do with this club, are we thinking big enough?” Invite people to be guests at a CNO Lunch or at a CNO 2.0 meeting. He said, “Let’s grow this club into all that it can be.”

Community Event

  • 11/14/2019, Build-A-Bear for Oncology patients will be at Children’s Hospital. More volunteers are always welcome. Contact Nancy Lehren, the chair of Child Health and Wellness.

Social Events

  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at the community building of Wentworth Village in Bellbrook off 725. Food and drinks will be provided. Cost is $10.
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Pastor Tony Miltenberger

Greg Fay introduced tonight’s speaker, Pastor Tony Miltenberger. Tony is the head pastor at Restoration Church in Centerville, 63 E. Franklin St in Centerville. He is a 16-year army veteran.

Tony, along with coauthor Charles Causey, published a book in 2014 called, UnBreakable, Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight. Their approach has already helped hundreds of military couples who live in perhaps the most challenging marriage context today.

Tony has a blog and podcast, “The Reclamation Podcast is designed to help busy people find good practices of life and faith. Through this interview format we will unpack what other people are doing to stay in healthy relationships with others and with God.”

Tony started by thanking the CNO and Park District hosted Haunted Trail for donating 1300 canned goods to the First Dawn Food Pantry. There is no charge for people to go through the Haunted Trail, but everyone is asked to please donate a canned good, and it was a huge success.

The First Dawn Food Pantry is in Restoration Church. It helps 300 families each month, most of who live in the 45458 and 45459 zip codes. CNO supports this food pantry. He said that the kid’s area is possible because of donations CNO has made. It is a place for kids to be occupied while parents are obtaining the food they need to get through the month. Many families are well off enough to live in our area, but only if everything goes perfect. Unexpected expenses like a water heater needing replaced will disrupt their budget.

The panty is a “Family Choice” pantry. Clients may visit once a month on Thursday evening from 6-7:30pm inside Restoration Church.

At Restoration Church, First Dawn hosts a free community meal on the third Thursday of the month from 6 to 7:30 PM.

Tony’s next topic was relationships. He had to learn how to have good relationships because he is naturally messed up.

Tony married in 2003. In 2004 he got a call while he was at Cedar Point. He was young and ranked as Army Specialist (E-4), which means he knows nothing. His commanding officer called him to say he had been cross leveled and would now be going overseas.

In 2004 and 2005 he ministered to hundreds of soldiers. Every soldier that died came to their base. They prayed over all of them before being sent to Germany.

During his tour he was granted a 2 week leave of absence to come back and spend time with his wife. After returning to duty with 4 months of his tour left, his wife told him they were going to have a baby.

After finishing his deployment, he didn’t know what to do. While on duty he always knew what he needed to do. The world was different as he expected, but not in the way expected. He was not adjusting well.

He remembers the incident when he lost it. His wife asked him to take out the trash. Something snapped. After he calmed down some, he went to his wife and knelt and cried. He said, “I think I need to go back into the service.”

His wife grabbed him by the cheeks and said, “No you aren’t. You better figure out. You have a son who is coming, and he needs his dad.”

We all have expectations. Tony said an expectation is, “An implicit social contract. Something you believe will happen whether the other person knows it or not.” What he learned was that failed expectations leads to bitterness and disappointment. There are stated and unstated expectations.

Everyone has expectations. You, your spouse and your children.

If you can learn to communicate your expectations, you can remove bitterness and disappointment in the relationships. The challenge is to look at your expectations, see why you are fighting and ask for help.

Thank you, Tony Miltenberger, for taking the time to come and speak to us today. We appreciate what we learned, and we appreciate what you and your team are doing for our community.

Links

Tickets to the Musical Comedy “First Date” at Centerville High School

Mike Cordonnier, CNO member and technical theater instructor at CHS, brought 4 tickets to tonight’s meeting. The musical comedy “First Date” performances will be on November 7, 8, 15, 16 at 7:30 PM. Mike said it is a happy, upbeat show. The winner of the free tickets was Cindy Harris. There are still tickets available for purchase.

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

CNOtes – October 15, 2019 – Mia Walthers & Whitney Armstrong – USO @ WPAFB

Phather Phil’s Prayer

GOD & DOG

I look up and I see my God
I look down and see my dog
Simple spelling G-O-D
Same word backwards D-O-G
They would stay with me all day
I’m the one who walks away
But both of them just wait for me
And dance with joy at my return with glee
Both love me no matter what
Divine God and canine mutt
I take it hard when I fail.
But God forgives, dog wags his tail
God thought up and made the dog
Dog reflects a part of God
I’ve seen love from both sides now
It’s everywhere..AMEN… Bow-Wow
I look up and I see God
I look down and I see my dog
In my human frailty
I can’t match their love for me.

 

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest Guest Of
Whitney Armstrong Speaker
George Berglund Bob Bargmeyer
Beverly Dunnington Bob Lawson
Julia Johnson Myron Rheaume
Jim Kilgore Greg Fay
Jen Osborn Art Hung
Lacy Owens Stan Fronzaglia
Karl Sparklin Brandon Barrett
Mia Walthers Speaker

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Community Event

11/14/2019, Build-A-Bear for Oncology patients will be at Children’s Hospital. More volunteers are always welcome. Contact Nancy Lehren, the chair of Child Health and Wellness.

Upcoming Volunteer Activities

10/24/2019 – Making blankets for Care House at St Leonard. See Donna Huss for details.

11/11/2019 – Avenue of Flags deliveries for Veteran’s day will be on 11/7/2019, 4 PM, 11/8/2019, 10 AM to 1 PM, 11/9/2019, 10 AM. Flag retrieval will be 11/12/2019 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Contact Tom Novak if you can help as more volunteers are needed.

Social Events

  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at the community building of Wentworth Village in Bellbrook off 725. Food and drinks will be provided. Cost is $10.
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Happy Birthday Wes Cleaves

Wes Cleaves was at lunch today and it was his birthday. Wes has been a CNO member since 1993.  Bob Duffy, who was Wes’s CNO Sponsor, led us “singing” happy birthday to Wes. I think Bob should have warned us and Wes before starting. Oh boy was it bad! Thanks, Bob, for making Wes’s birthday extra special, and please for the sake of our hearing please watch a YouTube video on how to conduct a choir. Apparently, we all need to find a YouTube video of how the melody for Happy Birthday is supposed to sound.

Today’s Presentation from the USO

Gary Aiken introduced Mia Walthers, the Director of Development for the USO at Wright Patterson AFB and the Airport in Vandalia. She is a retired Air Force Veteran. Her husband was also in the military.

Website for USO Central and Southern Ohio

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From the USO entry Wikipedia:

The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of War, and later with the Department of Defense (DoD), relying heavily on private contributions and on funds, goods, and services from various corporate and individual donors. Although it is congressionally-chartered, it is not a government agency.

Mia started by saying she lists her hometown as Seoul, South Korea, but she is an American citizen and so American that she bleeds red, white and blue.

Her son is about to redeploy for 12 months, which is another big reason she loves and helps the USO. She appreciates the fact that the USO provides mobile Wi-Fi spots so she can communicate with her son while he is deployed.

Also attending today’s meeting is Whitney Armstrong, who is the assistant director and manager of the WPAFB USO. She is the spouse of a military man.

The WPAFB USO is responsible for 65 counties in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The worldwide USO is on 220 bases and combat forward areas around the globe.

The USO offers many services for soldiers and their families. They offer activities for children and entertainment as you would expect. You may not realize they offer other services like transition classes for re-entering civilian life. More program services are on their website.

They also field many types of requests. They always answer the phone. She said some of the requests get very interesting, but no matter what they take it seriously and try to be of service.

There is no federal funding for the USO. Each USO is responsible for raising funds for their area since very little comes from USO, Inc. If you donate money directly to the WPAFB USO, then the money stays there. You can earmark the money to events like the Christmas Party or for School supplies, book bags, etc. You can easily donate time or money using their website.

WPAFB does provide them a room for their activities. It is not large, and it was built in 1965, but it works. The USO is generous to other entities. Each year the USO WPAFB facility is used for free for about 160 events per year by other entities.

Annual USA Christmas Party at WPAFB

Each year they have a Christmas Party that CNO helps make happen by the donation we make each year.

She said the donations CNO gives each year makes a huge difference to the children. There are activities, gifts and Santa Claus. There is a waiting list for their event at the base. Food and drinks are donated from places like Chick-Fil-A and nearby cookie companies. She gets as many donations as possible, but it still costs about $2500 to hold the treasured event.

The fire marshal limits the number of people in their room to 150. This means only 50 children can sign up. By the time parents and volunteers are added for the 50 children, they hit the room capacity.

Currently they have to turn away between 50 and 100 children each year. They are considering having 2 parties, but that is not simple. They would need another $2500 and a lot more volunteer time. They are considering having two parties back to back for 2 hours each.

Mia showed us a slide show of pictures from the 2018 Christmas party. She said the volunteer playing Santa Claus looked great and was awesome with the kids. It looked like everyone was having a lot of fun!

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

Birthdays

Member Birthday
Wes Cleaves October 15
Craig Dring October 16
Renee Glenn October 17
Steve Rudisill October 17
Greg Griffin October 19
Gary Anderson October 20

Membership Anniversaries

Member Month Day Joined # Years
Keith Meyer October 16 10/16/2013 6
Anita Foster-Polizzi October 17 10/17/2017 2
Greg Smith October 17 10/17/2007 12
Jean Pummill October 17 10/17/2012 7
Aaron Campbell October 20 10/20/2009 10
Monty Zinck October 20 10/20/2009 10
Steve Campbell October 20 10/20/2009 10
Tom Henderson October 20 10/20/2009 10
Carrie Million October 21 10/21/2015 4
Evelyn Griffin October 21 10/21/2015 4
Steve Blake October 21 10/21/2015 4

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name Sponsor 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Louise Haun Mike Bevis 3rd Reading
Andy Higgins Mike Brubaker 3rd Reading
Dawayne Kirkman Debe Dockins 2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member Infraction
Art Hung Caught on camera sitting down during a standing ovation at recent meeting.
Gail Aiken Bragging about “stripping and winning” while buying raffle tickets last Tuesday.
Jerry Stahley Looking better while impersonating the grim reaper.
Roland Rapp Questioning how the Sergeants split money for 50/50, happy bucks and fines, like he thinks he is a Junior Gary Smiga.
Kelly George Thinking Brandon Barrett memorizes his hair salon schedule, he said she is going to have to use the phone.
Mary Madden Having a “senior moment” thanking Joe Madden last week for being so helpful, she must have been delirious.
Mike Bevis Name badge is missing (no one knows why), so it is assumed he lost it.

 Happy Bucks! 

Member Reason
Art Hung His fitness trainer Jen Osborn was his guest today.
Joe Madden He feels that Art Hung is not following instructions well with his new trainer.
Tim Clemmer Art has friends.
Sue Brubaker She finally got a copy of her son’s book – the Taxidermist Catalog.
Barbara Santo James Free, always a major sponsor for our golf event, told her that our event is the best that they sponsor.
Tom Novak Thanks to the flag assembly team for their work last week.
Gail Aiken Keeneland trip social was a blast last week.
Bob Burkman Carol Burkman was at today’s meeting.
Martin Huffstutler Fantastic job that USO does for the families of soldiers.

CNOtes – October 8, 2019 – Montgomery County Prosecutor – Mat Heck

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father, everyone has a computer now, even 5 yr. olds. Some of us are 3 generations behind the 5 yr. olds and are happy justto know where the delete key is. You see, we know that Adam and Eve were the first people that didn’t read the apples terms and conditions. Mistakes are our best learning tool and at the same time our most embarrassing moments. When we make a faux pas, Optimism tells us to press on to greater achievements in the future. We don’t need a computer to do that. Amen!

 

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest Guest Of
Darrel Basford Myron Rheaume
Amy Bromberg Mike Bevis
Brian Chastain Joe Cantrell
Marie Glaser John Horner
Mat Heck Speaker
Stephanie McKenzie Christy Gariety
Pam Tipps Mike Bevis
Andrea White Jim Long

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcement

Two students from CHS, Nikhil Desai and Jacob Myers, attended today’s meeting on behalf of Centerville High School Spirit Chain.

Money raised during this year’s Spirit Chain activities will benefit BOGG Ministries, Shoes 4 the Shoeless and Cooperative for Education. Spirit Chain is a friendly, annual competition between CHS and Fairmont High School to raise money for charity.

Our members today donated $905 and the club agreed to match it for a total for $1810.

Congratulations Liz Fultz!

Liz Fultz has been appointed as director of the Washington-Centerville Public Library. Liz has been an awesome member of CNO since November 2015. She just completed 2 years as a CNO board member. Congratulations Liz! The library and our community are lucky to have you take over as director.

Upcoming Community Events

10/15/2019 and 10/16/2019 – Haunted Trail at Forest Field Park.

Info for Volunteers for Haunted Trail

Gail Aiken said to please show up early and that she still needs more volunteers.

Social Events

  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at TBD
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Committee Meetings

  • 10/10/2019 – 6 PM, The next committee meeting for Child Health and Wellness will be at Panera in Centerville. Nancy Lehren is the chair. All are welcome to come and/or join the committee. Meetings are generally held the second Thursday of each month.

Committee Announcements

Myron Rheaume announced the next Great Ohio District quarterly meeting is November 2, 2019 in Dublin, OH. The keynote speaker will be Ickey Woods.

Mat Heck, Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney

Gary Aiken introduced Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney Mathias H. Heck Jr. He has held this elected position  since 1992. He graduated from Chaminade High School in 1965. He was a law clerk for the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office from 1966-1972. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C. in 1972. Between 1972 and 1992 he served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Montgomery County.

He told us that if the prosecutor’s office was a law firm, it would be the largest law firm in Montgomery County. They have 70 lawyers and 70 support staff.

They process 5000 felony cases per year. They do not handle misdemeanor cases as they are handled at the municipal cities and townships. They also handle thousands of juvenile related felonies.

Mat explained that their job is to use evidence to determine if a case should be prosecuted. His team abides by the policy of you are innocent until proven guilty. If they don’t think a suspect can be proven guilty then they don’t bring the case.

As a prosecutor, he has a specific purpose and follows a code of ethics. They are seeking the truth. They don’t charge people until there is enough evidence. This can take a long period of time. Once they have gathered the evidence and there is enough to charge someone with a crime, they let the public know who is charged and why. If they charge someone, they truly believe they are guilty and will be found guilty. Once charged the person must either plead guilty or there be a trial.

They have a diversion program to help those who may never cause a problem again. For offenders of non-violent crimes that also have no prior convictions they will check with the victim. If the victim agrees to the diversion and the offender makes full restitution, then they are potentially eligible for the diversion program and won’t be prosecuted. The offender will do community service. They also must stay out of trouble for the next three years. If they don’t satisfy any of these requirements, they will be prosecuted for the crime.

If a person is 14 years or older then the prosecutor’s office can choose to try them as an adult. They consider many things when determining if a juvenile will be tried as an adult. Currently a juvenile is being tried as an adult for the “Alter Fest” homicide in 2016.  On August 31, 2019 a juvenile Dunbar high school football player head-butted a game official causing a concussion and they want him tried as an adult.

In recent years there have been many more offenses committed by juveniles. More kids now have no respect for parents, schools, or authorities. Juveniles need to be held responsible for their actions.

Because of the “Alter Fest” homicide the office was inspired to start some programs to prevent crimes by juveniles.

They have started going to the homes of children who are absent from school. Often grade schoolers answer the door. The reason they give for not being in school is that they must stay home to watch their younger siblings. They don’t want to jail the parents. They want to solve the problem. Every day kids are removed from homes because of neglect. Some 16 year olds are having their second or third child.

The prosecutor’s office wants to help so they are offering free services. They are teaching parents how to be parents. They offer transportation to and from school. They want the kids in school. We need kids to get an education. It is when the juveniles are not in school and not busy that they get into trouble.

Part of the prosecutor office job is to provide victim advocates. Services are offered during and after the case is complete. His advocates were down at the Oregon District very soon after the shooting. They are still helping victim’s families deal with the situation.

They handle cases where the county is being sued or needs to sue and they have an appellate division that handles appeals.

Mat is one of the founders of Care House. It is a local child advocacy group located next to Children’s hospital. They help protect the kids and prevent future abuse.

Mat said the job can be difficult for him and his team. He tells his lawyers that there is life after law. He tries to get them involved in the community so they can see some good.

Mat said he and his team are here to help.

Thank you, Mat, for speaking to us today.

Phone Numbers and Contacts at the Prosecutors Office

  • Main number is 937-225-5757
  • Elder Abuse Unit is 937-225-5603 (to report elder abuse or neglect)
  • Consumer Fraud Unit is 937-225-4747 (to report fraud, such as contractors that don’t complete paid for projects, etc.)
  • Victim/Witness Division is 937-225-5623 (for victims of rape, this is a 24-hour crisis line. They also provide services for victims of crime, especially violent crimes)
  • Child Abuse Bureau is 937-641-4545 (to report child abuse or neglect. You can also call 937-225-KIDS to report suspected abuse or neglect)

General email address for all inquiries is info@mcpo.com

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

Birthdays

Member Birthday
Christy Gariety October 09
Laurie Westheimer October 9
Paula Kalaman October 09
Dav Bremer October 11
Steve Campbell October 11
Donna Robinson October 14
Sue Jessee October 14

Membership Anniversaries

Member Month Day Joined # Years
Deb Saunders October 8 10/8/2016 3
Jesse Gaither October 8 10/8/2016 3
Jim Mogan October 8 10/8/2016 3
Rachel Selby October 8 10/8/2016 3
Becky Keegan October 12 10/12/2018 1

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name Sponsor 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Will Pace Evelyn Griffin  Induction
Louise Haun Mike Bevis Second Reading
Andy Higgins Mike Brubaker Second Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member Infraction
Jay McAlpine In Dayton Daily News photo about the Greek Festival he was incognito with his hat shading his face and for not bringing us sample sweets from the Greek Festival
Chris McAlpline Not in family photo in the Dayton Daily News about the Greek Festival
Charlie Tapp Calling Sgt Donna “old” and trying to cover it up by calling Sgt Brandon “young”
Jean Pummill In absentia fined while on vacation and missing first two meetings of the new optimist year; The Sgts consulted with Judge Long for the vocabulary and to make sure it was okie dokie
Liz Fultz Being an “Overachiever” for becoming the Library’s new Director
Liz Fultz Maintaining a youthful look after a 25 year career at the library and only looking 24
Joe Kronenberger Fined for never doing anything to be fined for
Myron Rheaume Mispronounced Roland Rapp’s first name (correct pronunciation is “RAWLand”)

 Happy Bucks! 

Member Reason
Charlie Tapp Celebrating 50th wedding anniversary with Wanda
Don Kelley Celebrating 36th wedding anniversary with Sandy
Don Kelley Great round of golf, he finally scored his age
Mary Madden Joe Madden has been wonderful taking care of her
Charlie Goodwin Had a great week with his three year old granddaughter, his son and daughter-in-law; It is an extra treat to see them since they live in Philadelphia
Bill Stone Glad to be back home after a great vacation with Kelly
Joan Cordonnier You can donate shoes at Up and Running or Bill’s Donuts
Myron Rheaume Carolyn Taylor was able to eat spaghetti without getting it on her clothes
Myron Rheaume His guest wasn’t fined when his phone rang during the meeting.
John Carroll Proud of the 2 students that came today asking for donations; He is positive they will be Optimists one day
Gary Smiga CNO matched the member donations of $905 for a total of $1810 to CHS Spirit Chain
Erin Dickerson 4 CNO members were present for the chartering of a new JOI club at 5 Points Elementary school with 42 members

CNOtes – October 1, 2019 – Club Day

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father practicing is an important part of life. It is in every aspect of our life. A goal towards perfection may never be attained but what we do, can be made better by practicing. All our efforts, physical, mental or whatever requires practice. I read that two minutes of laughing is equal to twenty minuets of jogging. So now I sit on the park bench and laugh at all the joggers. Thanks for having us practice Lord, and I pray everyone will enjoy laughing instead of jogging Amen!

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest Guest Of
Karrie Coggeshall Judy DeMarco
Tammie Ellerbe Marge Back
Ian Galbraith Pat Arehart
Andy Higgins Mike Brubaker
Dawayne Kirkman Debe Dockins
Marcia Tarkany Nick Tarkany

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Welcome to the New 2019-2020 Optimist Year

Today was Greg Griffin’s first meeting as president of the Centerville Noon Optimist Club. He showed us a two minute video posted today on YouTube called, “Happy New Optimist Year from International President Adrian Elcock”.

The meeting felt alive today. Great job Greg!

Upcoming Community Events

10/15/2019 and 10/16/2019 – Haunted Trail at Forest Field Park.

Upcoming Social Events

  • 10/10/2019 – ALL DAY, Keeneland Horse Racing, there will be a chartered bus
  • 11/8/2019 – 6 PM, Friday, Euchre party at TBD
  • 12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Club Day

Greg Griffin said that once a month during his term will be “Club Day”. Instead of a normal speaker the meeting will concentrate on internal club activities and information.

Greg said that if you add up the years of service from current members of CNO you get 3,034 years!

Myron Rheaume, long term CNO member and the Governor of the Great Ohio District of Optimist International briefly spoke to us about his slogan, “iMagine the Power of YOU!”. Our club members use imagination and the power of you. The power of you individually and collectively enables our club to do all the good that it does for the youth of our community.

Happy Birthday Roy Barclay

Today is Roy Barclay’s birthday. Charlie Tapp led us in an outstandingly awful rendition of Happy Birthday. We really need to bring some earplugs to our meetings.

Shoe Donation Opportunity

Judy DeMarco introduced Karrie Coggeshall, a local Girl Scout leader. She is looking for donations of shoes to help offset the cost of being a member of Girl Scouts, Daisies and Brownies. If they collect at least 2500 pairs of shoes, her troop will receive funds from Funds2Orgs.com which is a leading shoe drive fundraising social enterprise in the U.S. Donations will help others and her troop at the same time.

Here is a copy of the flyer Karrie had on the tables at lunch. The fundraiser ends October 31, 2019.

Reading of the New Sergeant’s Disclaimer

The members serving as Sergeant at Arms for the quarter starting 10/1/2019 are Brandon Barrett and Donna Huss. The sergeants handed out numerous fines during today’s lunch and it was hilarious.

At the start of each quarter of the year a new pair of Sergeant’s at Arms come to power. Well this pair of sergeants is apparently paranoid about the shenanigans they will report on. They have a written disclaimer. To make sure we all knew about it, they had Kettering Municipal Court Judge and CNO member Jim Long read the disclaimer to the crowd at today’s lunch.

What follows is the complete disclaimer as read by Judge Long:

SERGEANT’S DISCLAIMER

The Sergeants shall not be held liable for inaccurate, insensitive, defaming, or profane statements.

The Sergeants assume no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions or incorrect opinions contained in the information supplied to the Sergeants by other Club members.

Furthermore, the Sergeants assume no responsibility for the truth or accuracy of any information which is offered to the Sergeants by other Club members.

Responsibility for the truth or accuracy of the information given to the Sergeants lies solely with the “SNITCH” who ratted you out to the Sergeants.

No money exchanged hands, except for the fined party making restitution by offering a dollar.

Statements made by the Sergeants are probably fictional – but on rare occasions something a Sergeant says might be true.  In either case, the Statements are in no way intended to do harm to the reputation of any fellow Club member.

Finally, the Sergeants are not responsible for any misinterpretation of the information offered to support a fine — which may differ from the meaning the Sergeant intended.

The information contained in this disclaimer is provided res ipsa loquitur, caveat emptor, de minimis non curat lex and pro se.

There is no guarantee of accuracy or even of usefulness …

Well, there is one guarantee:  All fine money paid to the Sergeants will be used to support the good work of Optimist International.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Next Week’s Speaker

Montgomery County Prosecuting attorney Matt Heck will be next week’s guest speaker.

CNO Donations 2013 through June 2019

Click this link to see a summary of the donations our club has made.

Over 50 years, we have donated close to $2,000,000 to our youth community. In the past 6 years, we have donated nearly $700,000.

Birthdays

Member Birthday
Mike Fanelli October 01
Roy Barclay October 01
Chris Smith October 3
Tom Brozich October 3
Jack Grady October 6
Jane Orr October 6
Rachel Selby October 07

Membership Anniversaries

Member Month Day Joined # Years
Karl Frydryk October 1 10/1/1988 31
Ken Irwin October 2 10/2/2012 7
Larry Larrimer October 2 10/2/2012 7
Rick Kempfer October 2 10/2/2012 7
Christy Gariety October 3 10/3/2011 8
Cristlyn Johnston October 4 10/4/2010 9
Valorie Huff October 7 10/7/2004 15

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name Sponsor 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
JC Jones Mike Bevis Induction
Carol Smerz Wendy Hattan Induction
Louise Haun Mike Bevis First Reading
Andy Higgins Mike Brubaker First Reading
Dawayne Kirkman Debe Dockins Second Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member Infraction
Brian Nolan Failure to portray a tall, dark and extremely handsome image as most models do. Do you not use By the Blade for your haircuts?
Pat Behn Mixing up gifts at the installation dinner.
Gary Smiga Not arriving early to the installation dinner with the credit card machine.
Gary Smiga Being pictured for SICSA with a “Pooper Scooper” when you were supposed to be breaking ground.
Gary Smiga Being pictured with the Dayton Food Bank where the caption read “Rotary Club”.
Roland Rapp Failure to remind Gary Smiga to get to the installation dinner early with the credit card machine.
Greg Griffin No gift for outgoing president’s husband.
Greg Griffin Forgetting to bring the “big” check to the installation dinner for the photo opportunity with Hannah’s Treasure Chest.
Myron Rheaume Advising Wendy Hattan to stick a pin through her name badge.
Wendy Hattan Defacing her name badge per Myron’s advice. Back of her badge won’t scan now.
Tom Novak Playing the senior citizen card to steal the piece of pie he wanted from Brandon Barrett at the installation dinner.
Beth Duncan For not attending installation dinner while chair of the Social Committee.
Paula Kalaman Because John Kalaman was walking with a cane.
John Kalaman For thinking you were the boss at home.
Rick Altvater Showed up for lunch last week when it was cancelled because the installation dinner was that evening.

 Happy Bucks! 

Member Reason
Joan Cordonnier Worried that she sells running shoes and Phather Phil has given people holy reasons to laugh instead of run.
Myron Rheaume $3, $1 each for today being his First Day of Governor, in 365 days he will be the past governor, and for being cancer free for 23 years. He said, “get a colonoscopy!”
Jesse Gaither For being able to attend today’s meeting after having to miss several weeks while healing.
Brian Nolan Jesse Gaither attended meeting after absence.
Kelly George She is going to be District Chair of the essay contest. She needs someone to take over for the CNO essay contest.
Carolyn Taylor $10 for Jessie Gaither being at today’s meeting and for Sue Armstrong’s hospitality at Kettering Noon Optimist bingo fundraiser last Saturday that allowed her to win $10 by swapping cards.
Liz Fultz $6, $1 each for Diane Arehart, Patrick Arehart, Gary Smiga, Jesse Lightle, Craig Dring and David Ladd for going to the recent town hall meeting at Woodbourne library supporting Liz to be the new library director. She and two other candidates each gave slide presentations with commentary on why they would be the best candidate.
Julie Noeth To JC Jones, a new member who agreed to be the new CNO photographer.
Guest, Karrie Coggeshall  Appreciated being able to present information about her shoe fundraiser for Girl Scouts.
Beth Duncan Thanks for choosing her as Optimist of the Year.
Beth Duncan Diane Arehart and the rest of the Social Committee for putting on a great installation dinner when Beth was out of town.