Today we have the second group of participants for the Margaret Barclay Memorial 2019 Optimist Oratorical Contest. Since it was established in 1928, the Oratorical Contest has become the longest-running program sponsored by Optimist International. It is done in collaboration with Centerville Evening and South Metro Optimists, who also sponsor contests.
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Contestants deliver a four to five minute speech. One winner from each contest advances to the zone competition and then can advance to the finals at the district level. Districts have the opportunity to provide a first place scholarship of $2,500, a second place scholarship of $1,500, and a third place scholarship of $1,000.
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Jim Finke asked the club “How many have heard of Buckeye Vodka? How many have tried it? How many of you have made it your brand of choice?” Very few answered yes to the last question, so he said, “I need to work harder to increase that number.”
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Jim owns McCutcheon Music in Centerville on Marco Lane. He started playing the guitar and other instruments when he was 10 years old and he loves them. Jim shared some of his story and played the guitar for us. he started with a joke. He said, “Hello, I have been Jim McCutcheon for 67 years.”
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FC Cincinnati is an MLS soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The club was started 3 years ago. They will begin play in Major League Soccer in 2019. Josh is a graduate of Centerville High School and Chris McAlpine coached him in soccer when he was age 10 through age 16. Josh highlighted the accomplishments and growth of FC Cincinnati and showed a video about the club.
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There are two recipients of the award this year. Tonya Johns started Operation Prom Dress in 2011. This outreach event gives each young woman a dress, shoes, purse, hair styling, make-up, a meal, various door prizes, and a bible. Jani Rice helped expand the fertility preservation program at Dayton Children’s Hospital. She obtained funds to help offset costs for the patients and created and implemented education sheets for the fertility program.
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Taryn is an Adult Services Specialist with the Washington-Centerville Public Library. She has worked for the library since December, 2017 and was quickly scooped up into the Speaker’s Bureau. Taryn researched and put together information about the various winter holidays after getting requests for a seasonal presentation. She discussed a list of the Winter Holiday celebrations.
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Wayne has been the City Manager of Centerville since August 2017. For 17 years he worked for the City of Montgomery, five years as city manager, seven years as assistant city manager, and five years as finance director. He guided the city through the purchase of several key parcels to assemble the Gateway Redevelopment Area project; established substantial shared-service partnerships and oversaw successful strategic plans over the year.
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Donna Huss introduced Terry L. Oroszi, M.S., Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Director, MS Graduate Program, P&T, BSOM; Director, CBRN Defense Certificate Program at Wright State University. She is also a faculty member at the medical center. She has authored two books about terrorism so far with another about to be released. She has also published several articles. She was here to today to discuss terrorists in and from Ohio.
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Centerville Noon Optimist Club (CNO) was awarded “Outstanding Organization” by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Dayton Region. Recognized for its contributions to Dayton Children’s Hospital, including Build-A-Bear activities for pediatric patients, CNO’s efforts were celebrated at a luncheon event held at Sinclair Community College’s Ponitz Center.
