Author name: Patrick Arehart

CNO Member since 2017, Technology Committee, Finance Committee, Newsletter

D. Ralph Young – “Forgotten Heroes”

Young made a commitment to himself to write a book about forgotten warriors. “Forgotten Warriors: The Amphibious March Across the Pacific During World War II” was published in 2016 and a second revision will be release in time for Christmas 2019. There were 16 million American WWII soldiers. At the end of 2018 there were 496,777 still living. If he has it his way, Ralph said he plans to be the last man standing.

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John Carroll – Centerville High School Principal

Carroll has worked in the Centerville School District for 26 years. He has been CHS coordinating principal for the last 4. He originally taught math. He feels blessed and is excited to go to work each day. He 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. He explained that the high school provides academics, social-emotional learning, and career advising.

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UD Men’s Basketball Coach Anthony Grant – JD Legends

Coach Grant thanked us for having him here to speak today. He said he was asked to talk about the path his life took to get to where he is now as head coach of UD’s Basketball team since 2017, He graduated from Miami Senior High School in Miami, Florida in 1983. At the age of 17, Anthony came to Dayton to attend the University of Dayton. He was a business major at UD. Don Donoher was his coach and Anthony knows coach Donoher has been there for him.

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Pastor Tony Miltenberger – Heavier Than Air Brewing Company

Tony is the head pastor at Restoration Church 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.

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Mia Walthers & Whitney Armstrong – USO @ WPAFB

From the USO Wikipedia: The USO is an American nonprofit 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, 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.

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Montgomery County Prosecutor – Mat Heck

The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office processes 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. Their job is to use evidence to determine if a case should be prosecuted. The 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.

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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. 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 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.

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2019-20 Officer Installation and Awards Presentation Dinner

Tonight we had a wonderful evening of feast and fellowship at The Presidential Banquet Center. This was a great night to celebrate the past year and to look forward to the next year. This is the end of the CNO Presidential year for Donna Huss and we welcomed 2019-2020 President Greg Griffin! He is the 52nd CNO President. New board members and vice-presidents were also installed this evening.

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Dr. Rob Lober – Dayton Children’s Hospital – Beth Duncan – Optimist of the Year

The Optimist of the Year Award is chosen at a special meeting arranged and hosted by the previous year’s recipients. The voting group is composed of previous recipients of the award. This year’s Optimist of the Year is Beth Duncan. She joined CNO in 2016. Since then, some of the activities she has volunteered for are Avenue of Flags, Build a Bear, Easter Egg Hunt, and the Fishing Derby. She is the Chair of the Social Committee and she is a Christmas Tree Lot Captain.

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