CNOtes – September 3, 2019 – Doug Flynn – Former Cincinnati Reds Baseball Player

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father for us to be known as Optimist it is best to be known
not by word of mouth or what’s printed on our shirts but by what we
do and how we act. Our Optimism membership is a 24/ 7 affair. Every
statement and action should tell the world that Optimism is the way to
embrace life. The cost of anything is how much of your life are we
willing to exchange it for. Just like money we can spend it any way
we want but only once. Continue to watch over us Lord and May we
always be proud, not of what we planted but what we have harvested.
Amen!

Today’s Guests – WELCOME!

Guest	Guest Of
George Berglund	Bob Bargmeyer
Mike Cline	Scott Langer
Ann Crichton	Mike Bevis
Doug Flynn	Speaker
Mary Mogan	Jim Mogan
Geoff Moyer	Bob Bargmeyer
Helen Salas	Mike Bevis

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Upcoming Social Events

9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center. There is still time to sign up for this event.
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.

Committee Announcements

Bob Burkman announced that the move of the Avenue of Flags headquarters to Sinclair on Clyo Road is now complete.

Jacks Anderson announced that the next CNO 2.0 meeting will be September 19, 2019 at 5:30 at JD Legends in Franklin, OH. The speaker will be University of Dayton Men’s Basketball Coach Anthony Grant.

Doug Flynn, Jr. – Cincinnati Reds

Jim Mogan introduced former Cincinnati Reds player Doug Flynn, Jr. When the “Big Red Machine” won the World Series in 1975 and 1976, Doug was on the team. He played in the Big Leagues for a few teams over 11 years. Beginning in 2013, Flynn works as a part-time radio broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds. Doug has sung with the Oak Ridge Boys and Johnny Bench.

Doug and Johnny Bench run a golf tournament each year. The last one raised $680,000. Doug and Johnny Bench are close friends.

His first year with the Reds was in 1975. He said, “It was a pretty good time to be a Red.” Since he was not one of the great 8 on the team, Doug and the other players received a nickname. He said, “We were called the turds.”

He was one of the youngest on the team in 1975. He hopes to have another Big Red Machine reunion soon as they are not getting any younger. He said, “Can you believe that Pete Rose is 78 years old?”

Doug was happy to speak to at our lunch today, saying “I’m impressed when a club or group opens with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.”

Doug’s discussion of his baseball experience was funny and very entertaining.

He mentioned, “Sparky Anderson got rid of me twice,” both from the Cincinnati Reds and from the Detroit Tigers.

During college Doug and some friends decided to drive up from Cumberland to try out for the Cincinnati Reds. Doug took a couple of ground balls and ran the 60-yard dash. The Reds kept calling him back up for tryouts. Finally, they decided to get him to play for the Reds organization. They asked what it would take for you to come play baseball. Doug said, “Maybe a Coke and a Hot Dog.” By accepting the offer, he gave up 3 years of scholarships for baseball and basketball at the University of Kentucky.

Before one game he was asked if he could play 3^rd base. He said, “Sure I can.” He had never played third before. During the game the coach kept telling Doug where to stand and finally figured out that he never had played third base. The coach asked him, “Why would you say you can play third base when you clearly never have?” Doug said, “Because you asked me.”

In 1973, he was sent to AA from Single A. The next year he made AAA. In 1975, with 3 days left in spring training, Doug finally made it to the majors. The Reds had not finished well for several years before the 1975 World Series win and lost again in 1977 after Doug left the Cincinnati Reds. Because of this, Doug gave himself the nickname “the Glue”. This nickname has caught on and they now print tee shirts with this nickname, and it is raising a lot of money for military families.

He told of us of the “sick” humor of Pete Rose. While on a plane trip, Doug quoted Rose as saying, “You know, Doug, if this plane goes down, by the time they get to your name, no one will care.”

Doug got Rose and others back by showing up at the presentation of one of the great 8’s statue dedication outside of the Great American Ball park. Doug announced, “There they are ladies and gentlemen, the 8 most overrated players in baseball!”

Marty Brennaman has asked Doug on the radio, “Doug, how do you have the nerve to call yourself “the glue” of the Big Red Machine?”. Doug’s reply: “Marty, how do you have the nerve when you mention the Big Red Machine to say “we” won the World Series?”

September 2019 is now the month of Marty Brennaman. Doug wished the Reds had been better for Marty’s last broadcast year.

In 1975, when the Red record was 19 and 20, they were headed to Montreal. The night before the game, Sparky Anderson went to each of the rookie rooms and went off on them. Pete Rose said, “Sparky, get off the kids backs.” Pete, Johnny and several of the other team members in 1975 were protective of Doug and other young players. After being 19 and 20, the team went on to win 41 of the next 50 games.

In 1977 Doug’s role decrease drastically with the Reds and he was informed he was being traded to the Mets. When he found out it was for Tom Seaver, Doug asked, “Was I traded straight up?” The response was “No Doug, not even close.”

Doug missed the Reds and Cincinnati. There were more reporters in New York all looking for something to write about.

Doug said he was going to be on the radio with Marty for tonight’s game. CNO member and general wiseacre Beth Duncan asked Doug, “If we gave you a standing ovation, would you mention our club on the radio tonight?”. The entire room stood up, laughed and clapped.

Doug replied, “Yes and I was going to do that anyway. Marty loves this kind of thing.”

Doug ended his talk with, “I love you guys, thanks for having me come out and speak.”

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
CeAnn Chalker	September 03
Bob Collins	September 04
Roberta Taylor	September 07
Karl Frydryk	September 08

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Gail Aiken	September	8	9/8/1993	26

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Carol Smerz	Wendy Hattan	1st Reading
JC Jones	Mike Bevis	2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Mike Bevis	Didn’t catch that a flag was attached upside down.
Donna Huss	Didn’t catch that a flag was attached upside down.
Jerry Stahley	For leaving a CNO directory at the library after a CNO meeting.
Various Board Members	All board members present who weren’t wearing CNO attire or at least a pin.
Greg Griffin	Julie Noeth had trouble finding her badge because it was misfiled.
Scott Langer	For confusing the sergeant by being on time to the meeting.

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Joe Madden	Wife Mary is doing well, thank you all for your love and support.
Myron Rheaume	His son Scott just turned 52 and was at today’s lunch meeting.
Vince Reidy	Twin great grandchildren were just born.
Scott Langer	Sean Murphy, who attended Wright State University, is now a professional baseball player for the Oakland A’s.
Bob Bargmeyer	17 family members were in town to celebrate his and Anna’s 50th wedding anniversary.
Vida McDowell	Liked the chocolate chip cookies provided at lunch today.

CNOtes – August 27, 2019 – SICSA Pet Adoption Presentation

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father You know what confuses us more than anything. We
feel we are living a good life and playing foreword the blessings You
have given us. Yet, there is not one of us who hasn’t seen our best
plans fall apart. Although we have spent a lot of time, thought and
effort to bring them to fruition. You never promised us an easy life.
Therefore; It is our belief that our plans fall apart so a better plan can
fall together. After all that’s why you made us Optimists. Thank You
again Lord. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Paul Gibble	Jay McAlpine
JC Jones	Mike Bevis
Katie Neubert	Speaker
Nora Vondrell	Speaker

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcement

There is no meeting at Yankee Trace on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The Installation Dinner for 2019-2020 Club Officers will be that evening instead. Look for information about signing up to attend this event.

Upcoming Community Events

Tri-Star Soccer will be early evening on Friday September 6, 2019. Volunteers are needed to host this fun, annual event. Contact the chair, Chris McAlpine. There are various opportunities to help. You can help with registration, scoring or volunteer to man the activity stations. Chris McAlpine can answer any questions.

Paula Kalaman announced that the 22nd Annual John P. Kalaman Memorial Golf Tournament and Pig Roast will be held Monday, September 9, 2019 at Yankee Trace. The John P. Kalaman Memorial Scholarship has given away over $270,000.00 in scholarships. To participate, call 937-438-GOLF.

Jerry Stahley announced there is a sign-up sheet for Dor-wood’s Golf Outing on 9/12/2019 at Jamaica run.

Upcoming Social Events

9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center – There will NOT be a lunch at Yankee Trace that day. Charge is $35 per person. Dress is business casual (no jeans, no shorts).
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.

Committee Announcements

Tom Novak, Avenue of Flags announced for Labor Day we will have 62 routes and they all have volunteers.

Jerry Stahley announced that everything has been moved to the Park District headquarters behind Incarnation Elementary school. Thanks to everyone who has gone and sorted through the items in storage. If you are a committee chair and have stuff in storage, please come and identify and organize your items.

Greg Griffin asked everyone to review their directory entry. Please review your entry for accuracy and send in a new picture if you like.

SICSA Pet Adoption Center Presentation

Bill Williams introduced Nora Vondrell, the President from Dayton’s SICSA Pet Adoption Center. Bill first met Nora when he adopted his dog from SICSA. SICSA has served our area region for over 40 years.

From their website the mission for SICSA is: “Our Mission is to promote the welfare and adoption of companion animals, and nurture loving, lifelong relationships between animals and people. To support our mission, SICSA offers numerous animal-centered programs and services for families and children.”

Nora first explained the correct way to pronounce organizations name. It is “Six”- “Sa”.

The slide show she presented was based on this PDF from their website.

She said they are getting ready to move to a new facility. They will be going from an 11,000 sq ft facility to a 25,000 sq ft. building. The quantity of animals they serve at a time needs this kind of space. Very little of the facility is used for offices.

SICSA serves a lot more cats than dogs. Local government agencies in our area have no mandate or official jurisdiction over cats. If there is a cat population problem in an area, it doesn’t help to just remove all the cats in an area. If you do, cats from surrounding areas will just come in. Plus, before the rebalancing occurs you will have rodent problems in the area without the cats to help contain the population. The right way to handle the cat population is to trap, neuter and return.

They help people choose the pets that are best for them. They match a person’s wants and their capabilities. For example, a frail 75-year-old would not be matched with a St. Bernard.

Other Services Provided

Nora said they are mainly known for Adoption and Placements. What they do, however, is much more. Provided at low cost or free are:

Pet Assessments, wellness care
Vaccinations
Spay and neuter services

Capital Raising

SICSA is currently engaged in a capital campaign to raise $8 million and they are 60% of the way there. Additionally, to have ongoing revenue, on June 1, 2019 they have completed the purchase of a Pet Wants franchise in Dayton. They provide fresh, nutritious pet food made with the best ingredients possible and delivered to your doorstep.

The Cat’s Meow Fundraiser

SICSA’s annual fundraiser, “The Cat’s Meow” is on 9/13/2019 from 6 PM to 10 PM at Canopy Creek Farm in Miamisburg.

2018 SICSA Statistics

Ranked in the top 6 in the nation
1688 animals were admitted into the SICSA Adoption program, a 13% increase over 2017
1857 Placements and Adoptions (718 Dogs, 1,139 cats), a 15% increase over 2017
4151 in house vaccinations
1205 in house Spay and Neuter Surgeries
782 Active volunteers gave 23,738 volunteer hours
590 Hours of programming in 266 Programs, 5 weeks of summer camps
6000 follow up calls were made
99,936 bowls of food were served
100 animals diverted from admission to SICSA; this means they offered help to families and prevented them from having to leave the animals
Annual budget is $1.862 million

Nora thanked everyone at today’s meeting who has ever adopted a rescue animal. Their website has simple ways to donate one time or monthly. The site also lists ways to volunteer and of course gives information on how to adopt a pet.

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
Rick Kempfer	August 28
Scott Rheaume	August 28
Chris McAlpine	August 31
Jesse Lightle	August 31
Jim Mogan	August 31
Julie Cochran	August 31

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Don Kessler	August	29	8/29/2002	17
Jeff Busch	August	31	8/31/2001	18
Ken Peacock	August	31	8/31/2001	18
Don Skelton	September	1	9/1/1987	32
Drew Mckenzie	September	1	9/1/1987	32
Frank DePalma	September	1	9/1/1979	40
Gary Anderson	September	1	9/1/1979	40
Jerry Stahley	September	1	9/1/1986	33
Larry Lynde	September	1	9/1/1988	31

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
JC Jones	Mike Bevis	1st Reading
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie	Induction
Ruthy Quinlan	Judy DeMarco	Induction
Jack Quinlan	Gary DeMarco	Induction

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Debe Dockins	Put a pin through name tag that covered the barcode on the back rendering it unscannable
Beth Duncan	Mixed in a pin from another customer with Myron’s governor pins
Myron Rheame	Phone rang during meeting
Carolyn Taylor	Phone rang during meeting
Mike Bevis	Left a notebook at the closing of the Optimist of the Year meeting
Jay McAlpine	Poor parenting of Chris McAlpine since Chris took his CNO badge home the previous week
Bill Duffy	Bob Duffy accidentally took Bill’s name badge, but since Bob is a sergeant, Bill was fined

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Bob Bargmeyer	Happy to return to Centerville after visiting California for 31 days
Bob Bargmeyer	Celebrating 50th wedding anniversary to Anna Belle
Nora Vondrell	Happy to be today’s speaker, please consider buyting tickets to Cat’s Meow Fundraiser

CNOtes – Optimist 2.0 August 15, 2019 – Nick Tarkany – Heavier Than Air Brewing Co.

Guests and Members in Attendance

Peter	DeMott
Gary	Poeppelman
Frank	Weikel
Marcia	Tarkany
Nancy	Anderson
Pat	Arehart
Patrick	Arehart
Tim	Clemmer
Joan	Cordonnier
Mike	Cordonnier
Judy	DeMarco
Emily	Duke
Greg	Fay
Stan	Fronzaglia
Cindy	Gaboury
Jesse	Gaither
Jerry	Gerhards
Karin	Gilstrap
Cindy	Harris
Kevin	Jackson
Martha	Jackson
Bryan	Miller
Tom	Novak
Laurie	Poeppelman
Jack	Quinlan
Ruth	Quinlan
Ashley	Simeone
Chris	Smith
Michelle	Tagliamonte
Nick	Tarkany
Ron	Tinnerman
Jayne	Weikel
Jon	Werts

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 Stan Fronzaglia.

We had 28 members and 4 guests in attendance.

CNO 2.0 Introduction

Greg Fay said that CNO 2.0 is a club within a club of the Centerville Noon Optimist club. We are 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 Optimist Club. CNO has given away over $2 million during its history. CNO is a group of like-minded members that are passionate about help youth and having fun in the process.

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

Future meetings will be at Old Scratch pizza in October or November and at Zinks again soon.

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

Announcements

Tom Novak, chair of the Avenue of Flags, said that we now have over 2300 flags to deliver. They are broken up into 62 routes.

Greg Fay announced that CNO 2.0 will be providing the food for the Centerville Quarterback club at the first CHS home game on 9/13/2019. All members and their guests are welcome to attend.

Greg Fay said that Wasfi Saaman, the owner of J.D. Legends, will again be providing a special link for tickets to a concert for CNO members. The “Prince Experience” will be on September 14, 2019. Proceeds from the tickets will be donated back to the CNO club.

Nick Tarkany – Owner, Heavier than Air Brewing Company

Greg Fay introduced tonight’s speaker, Nick Tarkany, the owner of Heavier than Air Brewing Company.

Nick told us the story of his journey to open his beer brewing company and tap room.

Opening a brewery is not for the faint of heart. He got into it by accident when his college age son wanted to brew beer. The process made a complete mess of the household stove, but they kept trying. Friends and local business owners like Doubledays wanted him to brew larger quantities and sell it.

About five years ago, he took his stout to a wedding. They told him the only the gift they wanted from him was beer. Most of the female guests at the reception were drinking wine. A couple tried the stout beer he brought, and the word spread until everyone was drinking beer instead of wine. He started thinking people really do like his beer.

His background is in the machine tool and die industry, but Nick has an affinity for aviation history. He is also a pilot and an aviation geek. The theme for the endeavor was easy to come by living in Dayton with all the Wright Brothers history. The Wright Brothers claim to fame is that they created a “Heavier than Air” flying machine.

The first step he took was to scope out locations for the company. He looked at about 16 different locations. There were several location candidates considered along the way, but they were taken before he chose to go with the candidate. The ultimate location is where they still are today, at 497 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd in Centerville Ohio.

During his presentation, he had a slide show of before and after pictures of the construction of the space.

He had no idea how much effort and different companies and government inspections were involved in starting a brewing company. It took a year to do the build out in the existing location. It involved planning and construction of electric systems, drains, gas lines, audio/video systems and more. The numerous inspection processes were especially grueling. There were 24 permits and over 35 inspections. He found out the hard way that you have to schedule the first and second rough inspections before the inspector will sign off on the final inspection even if the system is already complete.

Getting a final approval to sell beer never came with any guarantees. You must go through all the effort and expense and you might not get approved. He described the process as a real leap of faith.

After leasing and remodeling the space for a year, Ohio finally gave him his license and he could finally start making beer and open the tap room. Then other struggles occurred like getting the point of sale system set up.

Until their license was approved, they were not allowed to use or even fully setup the large-scale brewing systems. Once their license was approved, they then had to figure out how to scale from brewing 5 gallons to 65 gallons. The ingredients are not proportional. This was another adventure in and of itself.

His brother and two sons are involved. One son lives in Portland and the other in New York. They handle the marketing and product development.

Today was his 38^th wedding anniversary. He thanked his wife Marcia for all her support and patience. They both still remember the first words he said to her when they met 39 years ago. They were at a party and he said to her, “Throw me a beer.”

He thanked Centerville Noon Optimist member Tom Novak for being an inspiration. He was his history teacher and track coach. At tonight’s meeting, he still called Tom, “Mr. Novak”.

He said that service is paramount. He knows for customers it is about the experience and quality of the beer that keep them coming back.

He thanked us for coming and listening to his story.

After Nick’s presentation, CNO member Cindy Gaboury thanked him for all the other nonprofit work Nick does. He hosts numerous events and gives back to the community.

Thank you, Nick, for sharing your story and tap room.

Beer Competition Awards

Gold Medal at the 2019 US Open Beer Championship in the English Ales category for their “Balloon Factory ESB”. This is one of the largest international beer competitions.
Gold Medals at the 2018 Ohio Craft Brewers Cup for their “McCook Bound American Stout” and “Balloon Factory ESB”.

Next CNO 2.0 Meeting

The next meeting will be September 19, 2019 at JD Legends in Franklin, OH. The speaker will be University of Dayton Men’s Basketball coach Anthony Grant. Remember, CNO 2.0 meetings are always the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 PM at a local bar or restaurant.

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 – August 20, 2019 – McCall Vrydaghs – Chief Meteorologist – Storm Center 7

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father direction not desire will indicate where we will end up. In other words we all are going to end up somewhere, so we might as well choose the path that will take us to where we want to end up.. This is a universal truth here as well as the kingdom of God. How much of our life are we willing to exchange for it. In any event we have two problems. One : we lose bragging rights when it looks so easy that no one realizes how hard it was. Two: is that the chance of being seen is in direct proportion to the stupidity of the act. So help us choose
wisely Lord. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Beth Deines	Mike Bevis
Beverly Fritz	Donna Huss
Bill Fritz	Donna Huss
Cade Pantano	Jim Mogan
JC Jones	Mike Bevis
McCall Vrydaghs	Speaker

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Awards

The following were recognized for donating to the Optimist Foundation Dime-A-Day fund: Wayne Christie, Stan Fronzaglia, Liz Fultz, David Ladd, Chris McAlpine, Jean Pummill, Gary Smiga and Bill Stone. Bill Stone received the 2019 Optimist picture and a plate for his contribution.

The fourth quarter President’s award was presented to Pat Behn at the Great Ohio District convention. Our Club was #1 in the Awards and Achievement category with 3310 points. In second place was Kettering Noon. Thank you, Jean Pummill, for keeping track of everything everyone does in our Club.

The following were recognized as having sponsored 5 members: Carolyn Taylor, Sue Brubaker and Beth Duncan.

Evelyn Griffin received recognition for sponsoring her first new member.

Upcoming Community Events

Tri-Star Soccer will be early evening on Friday September 6, 2019. Volunteers are needed to host this fun, annual event. Contact the chair Chris McAlpine.

Special Announcement

There is no meeting at Yankee Trace on Tuesday September 24, 2019. The Presidential Installation dinner will be that evening instead. Look for information about signing up to attend this event.

Upcoming Social Events

9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center – There will NOT be a lunch at Yankee Trace that day
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

Committee Announcements

Myron Reported on the Great Ohio District convention this past weekend. It went great and he appreciates all the support he has received from our club and others as his Governor year begins on October 1, 2019.

Judy DeMarco announced it is time to accept nominations for the Optimist Community Champion award. Contact Judy for information regarding this award.

Don Wildenhaus announced that TOP Soccer registration went well. You can still volunteer Players and coaches can sign up here.

Tom Novak announced that after the Labor Day flag delivery, the Avenue of Flags storage facility is moving to Sinclair’s facility on Clyo road. Flags will be picked up at Turf Nerd and when you return the flags, return them to Sinclair.

Greg Griffin announced that the Christmas Tree Lot opens in 101 days. Thanksgiving comes as late as it can this year on November 28, 2019. We have ordered 975 trees and are expecting to sell them in 2 weeks since it is so close to Christmas.

Bob Lawson updated us on the new general storage area for CNO items other than flags. The new location is at the park district headquarters behind Marion’s Pizza on SR 48. There are only going to be 2 sets of keys. We are not allowed to make additional copies. The key holders are Bob Lawson and Jerry Stahley.

Memorial Day Tornado Report

Bill Williams introduced today’s speaker, McCall Vrydaghs, the Chief Meteorologist at Storm Center 7.

McCall showed us a slide show and discussed the storms and the situations leading up to the historic storm system that occurred on May 27, 2019. The Memorial Tornado “breakout” brought 15 tornadoes to the area. There were 21 tornados covered by the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio which set a record.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

..Weak……65 to 85 mph
..Weak……86 to 110 mph
..Strong….111 to 135 mph
..Strong….136 to 165 mph
..Violent…166 to 200 mph
..Violent…>200 mph

On May 27, 2019 in the Miami Valley there were 15 touchdowns broken down by EF scale:

5 were EF0
4 were EF1
2 were EF2
3 were EF3
1 was EF4

As many as 4 tornados touched down at the same time during the outbreak. Tornados can come down, go back up and come down again. One of the tornados was headed straight for Dayton Children’s Hospital. Luckily it raised back in the sky before reaching the hospital.

Earlier in the day, McCall was on social media reporting that there would be thunderstorms and hail coming. By 4:30 PM, she reported that tornados are very possible. By 8:08 PM, she knew devastation was imminent.

At 10:50 PM, a Tornado Emergency was issued. This is the highest level and it is described as “an extremely dangerous tornado with life threatening impacts”. These are the types of warnings that typically only happen in Kansas and Oklahoma.

With the day being a holiday celebrated outside, she said we were lucky that the storms didn’t happen until the time they did, as there could have been a much higher level of human devastation.

Links McCall Vrydagh had in her presentation

McCalls’s Bio on Whio.com
Facebook, @MVrydaghsWHIO
Twitter, @MVrydaghsWHIO
Instagram, mccall_vrydaghs_whio
vrydaghs@cmgohio.com, email
com’s Miami Valley Tornadoes 2019 Page

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
Susan Thomsen	August 20
Marilyn Becht	August 21
Stephen Walker	August 21
Rick Altvater	August 25
Sharon Silverberg	August 25

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Don Massie	August	20	8/20/1991	28
Julie Walling Noeth	August	20	8/20/2008	11
Fred Pfeiffer	August	21	8/21/2013	6
Matt Somerlot	August	21	8/21/2013	6
Shawna Hatton	August	23	8/23/2016	3
Mary Madden	August	26	8/26/1998	21

New Member Readings and Inductions

No readings nor inductions this week.

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Mike Brubaker	Hanging a stick without the banner in a failed attempt to help out the sergeants today
Jack Anderson	Being too tall while sitting next to Bob Clements
Bob Clements	Being too short while sitting next to Jack Anderson
Patrick Arehart	Teaching Dickerson children magic tricks at Ohio Convention
Diane Arehart	Teaching Dickerson children party tricks at Ohio Convention
Myron Rheaume	Teaching Dickerson children how to hang spoons from their nose at Ohio Convention dinner (and coercing teh incoming Optimist International President, Adrian Elcock, into doing so too
Donna Huss	Asking Evelyn Griffin to hurry up to the podium while Evelyn is wearing a boot for a broken ankle (which Donna did not realize until Evelyn limped up to the podium)
Vida McDowell	Late to meeting
Scott Langer	Late to meeting

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Myron Rheaume	For the Great Ohio District convention last weekend, $4 of thanks to our club members for supporting him as governor and $1 for Optimist International President Designate for hanging a spoon on his nose at the dinner on Saturday
Erin Dickerson	Happy how well their kids were treated at the Great Ohio District convention, and for the magic and party tricks they were taught
Bill Stone	Completed training and testing and is now lIcensed to fly his jet
Cherie Gentry	Obligations as former Great Ohio District Governor are complete – She is now done with Saturday leadership development meetings
Vida McDowell	Sitting at the birthday table and its not even her birthday
Bob Burkman	Thanks for the cards and words of kindness about Carol’s back surgery to install a TENS device to ease her chronic back pain

CNOtes – August 13, 2019 – TEDxDayton

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father prayer is a simple way to unlock the door to visit You.
We have so many questions we will never know the answer. Why are
we Optimists? Why us and not our neighbors? Was it in our genes or
did You do Your magic just for us? We could go on and on and be no
closer to an answer so let us just be thankful. This is an exercise we
should do every morning, but be careful. It is said that exercise
makes us look better naked, but so does wine. You better help us
with our choices Lord! Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Diane Farrell	Speaker
Ron Rollins	Speaker
Alex Simon	Bob Duffy
Ralph Young	Charlie Tapp

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Upcoming Social Events

9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center
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

Committee Announcements

Gary Smiga announced there will be two openings for the finance committee. Contact the new chair, Roland Rapp, if interested.

Don Wildenhaus announced that TOP Soccer registration will be August 18, 2019 at 3:00. They need volunteers to help with registration and handing out t-shirts. Centerville Noon Optimist club has been a sponsor for this program for several years. Players and coaches can sign up here.

Chris McAlpine announced that Tri-Star Soccer will be held early evening on Friday September 6, 2019. Volunteers are needed to host this fun, annual event.

Beth Duncan recapped the Monte Carlo Night held on August 10, 2019. The big winner of the night was Dick Stevens. The winner of the raffle was Don Kelley. Everyone had a great time.

Donna Huss recapped the St. Leonard Boomer Fest booth that CNO hosted on August 10^th, 2019. We received contact information from 9 individuals who are interested in joining CNO as part of the Optimist Club at St. Leonard. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to work the booth.

Beth Duncan announced that the Keeneland Horse racing event is coming up. There are still several spots open and it is a blast, so sign up.

Donna Huss announced that Beth is going to remain as social committee chair for the next year.

TEDxDayton Presentation

Don Wildenhaus introduced today’s speakers. They are both founding members of TEDxDayton, formed 7 years ago. TED created TEDx as a program of local, self-organized events that brings people together to share a TED-like experience.

Diane Farrell is the Director of External Relations and Development for the Dayton Metro Library. Previously she was the Vice President of External Relations at the Dayton Society of Natural History.

Ron Rollins is the Content Director of Community Engagement and Associate Editor at the Cox Media Group of Ohio. He oversees the Ideas and Voices pages for The Dayton Daily News, the Springfield News-Sun, the Middletown Journal and the Hamilton Journal-News.

They took turns discussing the slide show they presented.

What are TED talks?

TED is a nonprofit group devoted to spreading ideas worth spreading.
They are short, powerful talks that are 18 minutes or less. Fellowships are sometimes created if “Big Ted” thinks your idea deserves more than 18 minutes.
It is a memorized and rehearsed live talk.
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged.
Today TED covers almost all topics – from science to business to global issues.
3100 “talks” exist in more than 100 languages.
Most talks from the Dayton group are 10 to 12 minutes long.
There are usually 2 global conferences per year; One in the U.S. and another elsewhere in the world.
TED groups bring very talented and diverse people together.
The subject matter is never religion or politics.
TED speakers are not compensated and need to rehearse a lot.

TED Talk playlists are customizable. For example, Diane said she only subscribes to talks under 6 minutes. A lot of people challenge themselves to watch one TED talk per day.

TEDxDayton takes a lot of effort. You must have a license to host TEDx events. The license are good for one year. Only after reviewing your uploaded edited videos of your event may you get renewed for another year. If you stray outside of the rules, they will advise you to follow the rules. You might get renewed if you broke some rules, but they will let you know where you strayed.

A new TEDx event is limited to 100 attendees until a board member attends a global TED conference. TEDxDayton didn’t have this initial limitation because they were able to have attendees at the global conference before their first local conference.

The idea of starting TEDxDayton was created by Marylyn and Larry Klaben, the owners of Morris Home Furnishings, in January 2013.

Each year there are three TEDxDayton groups

TEDxDayton Signature
TEDxYouth@Dayton
TEDXDaytonSalon

When a local TEDX commits to the Salon format, you must commit to having 3 events. Each Salon event focuses on a singular topic. The first year for the Salon event was 2019. Salons are limited to 200 attendees. Unlike typical events, salons allow for follow up questions and answers.

There is an application process for the Signature Event. TEDxDayton gets about 200 applications per year. They give first preference to speakers with ties to Dayton (i.e. people who work, are educated, or have lived in Dayton). Of the 200 applicants, 50 are invited to the live auditions. Those selected get a Coach/Mentor. It takes a lot of work over several months. Typically, the minimum about of effort is 100 hours.

What makes a good TED Talk?

Must be an original idea or concept
Must be an idea worth spreading
Cannot be commercial or self-promoting
Must be humble
Must commit at least 100 hours to the process of memorizing, editing, and practicing

Getting involved with TEDxDayton

Consider becoming a monetary partner
Join an event committee
Volunteers for events
Become a board member

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Fred Polizzi	August 13
Martin Hufstutler	August 14
Vince Reidy	August 14
Greg Wasmund	August 15
Rhonda Meeker	August 15
Gail Aiken	August 17

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Maha Kashani	August	15	8/15/2006	13
Kristen Passidomo	August	16	8/16/2017	2

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Chris Smith	Greg Griffin	Induction
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie	3rd Reading
Jack Quinlan	Gary DeMarco	2nd Reading
Ruthy Quinlan	Judy DeMarco	2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Charlie Tapp	Left part of a bottle of wine at the Monte Carlo night.
Julie Noeth	Parallel parking failure at lunch.
Don Kelley	For leaving Monte Carlo night early and still winning the raffle.
Chris Smith	Late to meeting on his induction day no less!
Brian Nolan	Left CNO booth early at the Centerville second Friday Event to do something fun.
Kelly Davis	Bringing gambling equipment to today’s meeting.
Beth Duncan	Accepting gambling equipment at today’s meeting.

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Myron Rheaume	Granddaughter Kira placed 2nd out of 19 teams for creating a complete short film in 72 hours. Also, she is captain of UC Film team and at a recent intercollegiate contest her team placed 4th out of 47 teams.
Don Wildenhaus	Celebrating 36th wedding anniversary.
Dick Stevens	Great time playing blackjack at the Monte Carlo Night.
Myron Rheaume	Four happy bucks for 54th wedding anniversary.
Sue Brubaker	Ben Arehart for being a funny and great Black Jack dealer at the Monte Carlo night. His parents are Diane and Patrick.
Laura Caschera	For Wendy Hattan for selling her house in one day.

CNOtes – August 6, 2019 – Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Phather Phil did not submit a written copy of his prayer this week for publication – I think he said the “dog ate it” – God Bless the Dog!

Today’s Guests

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Upcoming Social Events

9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center
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

Committee Announcements

Jesse Gaither announced that the next CNO 2.0 meeting is on August 15, 2019 and it will be at Heavier than Air Brewing Company and the speaker will be the owner and CNO member Nick Tarkany.

Bob Lawson, chair of the Optimist Kid’s Day in the Park, said it was really busy!. Over 400 kids visited the CNO booth and they gave away over 800 prizes. He thanked everyone who volunteered. Instead of the helium balloons we have given away in the past we offered balloon animals. Several members have now been trained by CNO member Jerry Gerhards on how to make balloon animals.

Beth Duncan announced that signups are now available for the Keeneland Horse Racing event. There is a maximum of 56 people for this event. We last had this event two years ago. Ask others that attended, it was a lot of fun.

Cherie Gentry announced that the Great Ohio Optimist District Convention will be August 15-17, 2019 in Fairborn. Attending is an opportunity to meet, be inspired by and trained by incoming Optimist International President Adrian Elcock. He has a new plan for running Optimist International when he becomes president on October 1, 2019. It is not too late to sign up and the club pays for your attendance fees.

Mike Bevis, golf chair, announced that at lunch on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 we will celebrate the success of this year’s golf outing. Speaking will be Robert Lober,a Pediatric Surgeon from Dayton Children’s Hospital.

Sue Brubaker reported on the Build-A-Bear for children with Sickle cell anemia at the Kroc Center on August 3, 2019, We gave away 80 bears. The kids loved it, it went well and thank you to all the volunteers for your help. We made another 20 bears for nurses at Children’s Hospital to give away to patients having a bad day.

Bob Burkman thanked Erin and Andy Dickerson for representing the Centerville Noon Optimists at the Washington Township Park District’s “Big Back Yard Party” on August 3, 2019. The two of them set up a fishing poll casting booth. CNO normally has a bigger presence at this event, but the Park District moved the date up a month this year and it conflicted with the Optimist Kid’s Day in the Park that was the same day.

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Bill Williams introduced today’s speaker Dawn Kirchner, the Vice President of Education at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery. The Boonshoft Museum is a children’s museum, science and technology center and zoo in Dayton, Ohio. It focuses on science and natural history. SunWatch Indian Village and Fort Ancient are the sister sites to the museum.

The slide show she presented is available here

The following is a summary of the presentation written by the presenter, Dawn Kirchner.

Dawn Kirchner, Vice President of Education, holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biological Science, as well as a Master’s of Science in Biology with a core emphasis in Environmental Science, both from Wright State University. Dawn has been a part of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery for over eight years, with positions in the Discovery Zoo as well as several positions in the Education Department before taking on her current role in 2015. Prior to working for the Boonshoft Museum, she worked for the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Dawn has more than 15 years of experience in the design, management and implementation of a variety of programs, exhibits, and activities for children and adults of all ages in museum settings.

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a variety of programs available for children of all ages, as well as for general visitors to the museum. Starting in 1893 as an annex in the Dayton Metro Library, expanding to the first standalone building in 1953 as the Dayton Museum of Natural History, and then continuing to grow onto DeWeese Parkway and becoming the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in the 1990’s, the Museum’s collections have soared to approximately 1.8 million items, and continue to grow.

A diverse range of exhibits appeals to visitors of all ages. From the Hall of the Universe, to animals from around the world featured in the Discovery Zoo, to areas for pretend play like the Pizza Kitchen for the youngest of visitors.

A variety of programs are available each day and are included with general admission, ranging from hands-on science activities, to live animal encounters and planetarium shows. Four times each year, the Museum has Super Science Saturdays, which allow anyone in the community to visit FREE of charge all day. The remaining dates in 2019 are August 17 and November 16.

The Museum also holds an annual Science Festival in November and invites families to explore hands-on STEM activities and interact with partners and Museum professionals. In addition to the complete Museum experience, guests can also explore the STEM Expo in the Main Exhibit Hall with representatives from 20+ community partners. This day also has FREE admission.

Schools from all over the region participate in field trips to supplement science, math, and social science standards. The newly renovated Do Lab and Science Theater will enhance these experiences with expanded opportunities in chemistry, physics, and life science-based programs.

For groups unable to travel to the museum, the Exhibits-to-Go program brings unique science experiences directly into the classroom, community center, or library. Or, these same groups can connect with one of our educators live through the Distance Learning program utilizing a computer.

Summer Camp experiences run a minimum of 6 weeks each year, with a variety of STEM topics to choose from for children age 4 to 11. New experiences are being planned for children up to age 14.

Anyone interested in volunteering their time has a variety of opportunities every day of the week. There are a variety of opportunities such as exhibit interpreters, program facilitators, or tidal pool guides to name a few. Visit http://www.boonshoftmuseum.org/support/volunteer/ for details on how to get involved.

Any questions can be forwarded on to me at dkirchner@boonshoftmusem.org .

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Art Hung	August 10
Judy DeMarco	August 10
Paul Stull	August 11
Larry Lynde	August 12

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Fred Polizzi	August	9	8/9/2005	14

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie	2nd Reading
Jack Quinlan	Gary DeMarco	1st Reading
Ruthy Quinlan	Judy DeMarco	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Chris McAlpine	Instantly took first come first serve offer for Dayton Dragon tickets from Bill Williams during Bill’s introduction of today’s speaker.
Judge James Long	For being part of the judicial branch.
Paula Kalaman	Told Sgt Clemmer, “I don’t need to buy 7, 50/50 tickets for $5 when I can lose just fine with one.”
Kelly Davis	Telling Sgt, “I wish I was somewhere fun.”
Fred Polizzi	Attending the Lebanon Blues Fest and helping to drink all of the beer.
Ron Kuker	Said someone, “Was old”, but then said, “I wasn’t talking about your age.”

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Carolyn Taylor	Will be traveling to Tennessee to celebrate her mother’s 100th birthday!
Bob Lawson	Grandson just completed his Eagle Project building a new booster booth at Centerville High School.

CNOtes – July 30, 2019 – Library Grants and Scholarships Awarded

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Phather Phil did not submit a written copy of his prayer this week for publication – I think he said the “dog ate it” – God Bless the Dog!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Alan Bair	Recipient’s Family
Allison Ormsby	Scholarship Recipient
Ana Bair	Scholarship Recipient
Chris Wysong	Debe Dockins
Christie Sanderman	Recipient’s Family
Chuck Ormsby	Recipient’s Family
Colleen Corrigan	Suzanne Werts
Danielle Meyer	Scholarship Recipient
David Cantrell	Gary Aiken
Elizabeth Cleary	Mike Bevis
Gabriel Couch	Scholarship Recipient
Isabella Fields	Scholarship Recipient
JC Jones	Mike Bevis
Joann Garrison	Recipient’s Family
Kaylob Fields	Scholarship Recipient
Ken Kundsen	Donna Huss
Leslie Bair	Recipient’s Family
Linda Cantrell	Gail Aiken
Logan Fay	Recipient’s Friend
Lori Ormsby	Recipient’s Family
Michelle Garrison	Scholarship Recipient
Nicole Couch	Recipient’s Family
Robin Brun	Suzanne Werts
Susan Strong	Mike Bevis
Tom Meyer	Recipient’s Family
Zack Beck	Gary Hansen

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcements

Gary Smiga presented $400 checks to help fund local school libraries. Representatives were on hand from Miami Valley School, Spring Valley Academy and Centerville Schools to accept these CNO donations. Incarnation School will also receive a check for $400.

Thank you to CNO member Wasfi Samaan, owner of JD Legends, who presented a check in the amount of $525 to the Centerville Noon Optimist club from the proceeds JD Legends received from CNO members attending a concert on July 20, 2019.

Myron Rheaume presented the “Promise Yourself” award from Optimist International President Rebecca Butler Mona to Donna Huss.

Upcoming Social Events

8/10/2019 – 5:30 PM, Saturday, Cookout, Outdoor games, Monte Carlo Night at Lion’s Club, Bellbrook
9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center
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

Happy Birthday Phather Phil!

Phil Robinson (aka the Chaplain of CNO, “Phather Phil”) turned 94 on July 26, 2019. He joined CNO on April 1, 1982. He was presented with many birthday cards. Even though it was not actually his birthday today, we still “sang” happy birthday to him. Not sure you can call it singing. Actually, you should not call it singing, not even close! The ceremony was led by Charlie Tapp and since it was a grand occasion, he was assisted by Bob Duffy. I guess this way neither man takes the full blame for the loss of hearing endured by us from our performance.

Committee Announcements

Donna Huss announced that we will have a booth setup at Boomerfest at St Leonard Center on Saturday, August 10^th. We still need volunteers to work 2-hour shifts from noon to 6:00. Please contact Mike Bevis or Donna Huss to volunteer.

Greg Fay, Chair of CNO 2.0, said he would love to have additional members join his committee and bring with them fresh ideas. The next CNO 2.0 event will be at Heavier than Air on August 15, 2019. The meeting after that will be September 19, 2019 at JD Legends in Franklin OH. The speaker will be University of Dayton Men’s Basketball coach, Anthony Grant.

Donna Huss announced that the Ohio District Convention will be held in Fairborn from August 15-17, 2019. Our JOI club is requesting donations of school supplies to be given to Choices, Inc., which is a foster care program, serving 16 Ohio counties. Please bring your donations to lunch and Evelyn Griffin will collect the items.

Skilled Trades Scholarships

Evelyn Griffin, chair of the Skilled Trades committee that started this year, presented the first two students to receive the Skilled Trades Scholarships from the Centerville Noon Optimist club.

Recipient Kaylob Fields will study Unmanned Aerial Systems.

Recipient Gabriel Couch will study Construction Management.

Centerville High School partnered with our club to find students who have a desire and a financial need to pursue a degree in the skilled trades. Skilled trades are in high demand and this is a wonderful opportunity for a good job, to earn good money and have a great future.

Each student will be provided up to $750 per semester for up to 6 semesters at Sinclair. In addition to financial assistance, each student will have two mentors, which they just met today! The mentors are Fred Polizzi, Christine Balsan, Gary Hansen and Evelyn Griffin.

Will Cale Scholarships

Gary Hansen, the Will Cale Scholarship chair, introduced the recipients of this year’s Will Cale Scholarships. The recipients are Keegan Gallant, Max Lightcap and Austin Newell.

The first year of this scholarship was 2010. This scholarship requires a Counselor’s recommendation and the emphasis for selection is on financial need and potential rather than academics or class standing. The scholarship provides up to $750 per semester for up to six semesters ($4,500 total) at Sinclair College. This is sufficient funding for an Associate’s Degree. The goal is for the recipient to graduate from Sinclair with an Associate Degree. The hope is that some of them will continue their schooling and earn 4-year degrees.

In addition to the funding, each winner receives 2 mentors from our membership.

Not every student accepts the award. They may not want to go to Sinclair or they choose a different path. Keegan Gallant is currently considering joining the army.

Nine students are currently active in the Will Cale Scholarship program.

2019 Educational Assistance Renewals

Gary Smiga was pleased to reintroduce last year’s 4 Memorial Educational Assistance Award recipients. Each of the 4 students was presented a $1500 check made out to their universities for them to submit toward tuition, fees or book expenses that they will have this coming academic year.

The following are notes from Gary Smiga:

To be eligible for a second award the students submitted a completed FAFSA to substantiate a continued financial need; an official transcript from their college or university that shows an end of freshman year GPA of 3.0 or higher; and a short outline of their continued participation and involvement in school, community or faith based activities.

Michelle Garrison completed her freshman year at Emory University with a GPA of 3.924. Michelle has volunteered at Project Shine (Students Helping in Naturalization in English) where she helped refugee students with English acquisition and schoolwork and she was a member of PAWstive Outreach which is an organization that organizes weekly trips to a local animal shelter. In addition, she attended EMT training sessions, earning her EMT Basic certification. This summer she is working as a student intern at WPAFB, where she works in a lab analyzing sweat as a biochemical marker of human performance.

Allison Ormsby completed her freshman year at Wittenberg University with a GPA of 3.947. Allison played on Wittenberg’s field hockey and lacrosse teams. At the end of her first semester she was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad. She was also inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, an academic honor society for first year success. Allison volunteered tutoring bilingual students in math, science, and language arts at Catholic Central Elementary and as a teacher in a 3-year-old classroom at the Springfield YMCA Child Center.

Anastasia Bair completed her freshman year at Walsh University with a GPA of 3.76. Anastasia played on Walsh’s soccer team where she learned how to juggle 8 hours of practice time, 2 games per week, an average of 6 hours of travel, and tournament play that would run from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday evening, along with a demanding academic schedule. She was very involved in her church, where she joined a community group consisting of other college students and young adults. Their group volunteered to tear down after each church service since they were meeting in a middle school auditorium. She also joined Students Helping Honduras, an organization fundraising for a trip to Honduras to build a school for children. She is also a member of the Walsh University Nursing Club.

Danielle Meyer completed her freshman year at Wright State University with a GPA of 4.0. Danielle participated in Theater and was cast as the lead actress in Woyzeck and appeared in multiple short films and feature films. She was awarded Best Supporting Actress for the short film “Our Last Day”. For her high level of academic achievement, she was awarded a place on the Raj Soin College of Business Dean’s List. She currently works as the manager at Scoops Ice Cream and as a Library Aide at the Washington-Centerville Public Library.

Each student introduced their guests and thanked CNO for our continued support.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
James Schumacher	July 30
John Powell	July 30
Steve Linder	July 30
Melissa Deeter	August 03
Andrew Cain	August 4

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Kathy McAlpine	July	31	7/31/2018	1
Myron Rheaume	August	1	8/1/1987	32
Kathy Klein	August	5	8/5/2016	3

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie	2nd Reading
Jack Quinlan	Gary DeMarco	1st Reading
Ruthy Quinlan	Judy DeMarco	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Members at Birthday table that do not have a birthday in July	Sitting at the birthday table wihtout having a July birthday.
Members not at Birthday table that have a birthday in July	Not sitting at the birthday table.
Martin Huffstutler	Fined himself because he couldn’t find his car after the meeting last week. [Martin will seriously be considered as a Sergeant at Arms next year]

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Scott Langer	Son just got married.
David Ladd	50 year wedding anniversary. He said his wife says 12 really good years out of 50 isn’t bad.
Bob Collins	Pray buck for CNO member Ed Case. He is at St Leonards. He encourages members to send him a card or email wishing him well.
Myron Rheaume	For those attending the Great Ohio District Convention this month.
Myron Rheaume	Granddaughter, Kira, finished Freshman year at UC with 4.0 and was named Freshman of the year.
Gary Anderson	Grandson, Jake, is the pitcher for a Mason OH 14 and under team; team just won the state of Ohio Little League Championship and will be playing in the regional tournament in Ft Wayne.
Evelyn Griffin	Having so many guests today getting scholarships or accepting donations to their school libraries.

CNOtes – Optimist 2.0 July 18, 2019 – Jenell Ross – President, Bob Ross Auto Group

Guests and Members in Attendance

Renee	Arana
Denise	Christie
Beth	Fowler
Kayleigh	Jackson
Gary	McDowell
Jack	Quinlin
Ruthy	Quinlin
Sham	Reddy
Jenell	Ross
Angie	Tilinghast
Nancy	Anderson
Diane	Arehart
Pat	Arehart
Marge	Back
Wayne	Christie
Brendan	Cunningham
Gary	DeMarco
Judy	DeMarco
Emily	Duke
Stan	Fronzaglia
Jesse	Gaither
Christy	Gariety
Jerry	Gebhards
Renee	Glenn
Evelyn	Griffin
Greg	Griffin
Gary	Hansen
Donna	Huss
Martha	Jackson
Nancy	Lehren
Brian	Nolan
Tom	Novak
Laurie	Poeppelman
Jean	Pummill
Vince	Reidy
Brent	Richburg
Deb	Saunders
Ashley	Simeone
Bill	Stone
Kelly	Stone
Ron	Tinnerman
Frank	Weikel
Jayne	Weikel
Jon	Werts
Suzanne	Werts

All Photos from the Meeting are here

CNO 2.0 Venue and Details

The venue for tonight’s CNO 2.0 meeting was Chappy’s Social House at 880 Washington Village Drive. Thank you to the team at Chappy’s for hosting us.

There was a 50/50 drawing won by Kayleigh Jackson.

There were 45 people at the meeting (35 members and 10 guests).

Jesse Gaither, member of CNO 2.0 committee, thanked everyone for attending tonight. Jesse also mentioned our 3 fundraisers. We just finished our golf outing this week. We raise money from the Avenue of Flags program. We also sell Christmas Trees each year behind the Centerville Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Jenell Ross from Bob Ross Auto Group

Jesse Gaither introduced Jenell Ross, the president of Bob Ross Auto Group. Jenell is a graduate of Emory University and a trustee at U.D. She is a chairperson for the Federal Reserve in Cincinnati. After her mother’s death from breast cancer, she and her daughters started the Norma J. Ross Memorial Foundation funding programs that raise breast cancer awareness, provide patient aid and research, and support local youth education. The slogan “Pink Ribbon Driven” is also the name of their website. https://pinkribbondriven.org/

Jenell’s father, Bob Ross, purchased his first dealership in Richmond, Indiana 45 years ago. In 1979, he purchased the Mercedes and Buick dealership on Loop Road in Centerville, Ohio. Bob Ross was the first African American to own a Mercedes dealership.

Jenell attended Centerville schools and graduated from the Miami Valley School.

She has always loved automobiles. She would hang around the dealership and would work in various areas. After graduating from Emory University, she became an official employee and was able to work with her father for 5 years before his early passing at the age of 62 in 1997.

Jenell explained that when the owner of a dealership passes it is typically a nervous time at a dealership. There is normally a mass exodus of good employees when the owner passes. This was not the case at Bob Ross. The employees were always treated well and there was a smooth transition. Her mother, Norma J. Ross, became president, and Jenell became the chief operating officer of the company. They have fun sometimes. They dress up for Halloween, Celebrate Christmas and do other fun group outings with employees and their families.

While president, Norma added the Hummer Franchise. Then the recession hit and made it very difficult to keep the dealerships running well in Dayton. The loss of NCR and DHL reduced the pool of customers. They spent a lot of energy trying to keep people motivated during this time. Some of their decisions were not perfect. They added dealerships for Alpha Romeo and Fiat, but they didn’t work out and they dropped the brands after about 1.5 years.

They survived the recession and currently have close to 100 employees. Even with the loss of GM manufacturing jobs in Dayton, they continue to be staunch supporters of GMC and Buick.

Dealer ownership statistics

There are 18,000 new car dealers in the US
1000 are owned by females
60 are owned by minority females
4 are owned by African American females

Jenell took over day to day operations at the age of 27. She also became the representative of the company at various conventions and meetings held throughout the year. Her first few meetings were a bit interesting. She is not the typical face of the owner of a dealership. Still, 22 years later some attendees make some bad assumptions about who she is. She has a little fun with assumptions and tries to use it for education.

She is proud of the Norma J. Ross Foundation. It has become her side job. Part of the foundation’s purpose is to help pay for mammograms that many women cannot afford. They have trademarked the slogan “Pink Ribbon Drive”.

Jenell shared her view of Keys to Success in any Business

Have good people helping you; you need to rely on the fact that someone else can help when you need it
No one person can do everything, it is a Team effort
Have respect for your fellow workers
She doesn’t ask someone to do something she wouldn’t be willing to do herself
Just because you’re the boss doesn’t mean you are always right; everyone makes mistakes, so learn from them and try not to repeat them
Have self-confidence because not everyone you meet will want you to succeed
Be willing to learn more about you’re your area of expertise
Always be prepared (something her mother Norma always said)

In her closing she gave some thoughts about her success and her company’s success. No manufacturer is making a bad vehicle anymore. Success is about helping people get a vehicle that they want. There are a lot of choices in the automotive world. Business owners should be ethical and moral in everything they do. The Centerville community has been great for them and she appreciates her customers and gives back to the community.

She didn’t start her company, however, for many years, she went to many seminars and was constantly learning about the industry and was therefore well prepared to take over at the age of 27.

To be an entrepreneur you need to be a risk taker. Only 13% of the workforce are entrepreneurs. That means 13% of the workforce is doing something the other 87% don’t want to do.

No matter what your career path, continue to challenge yourself to reach new levels of success. The most important thing is to have fun at whatever you choose to do. Remember that only you can make yourself happy.

Thank you, Jenell, for taking the time to come and speak to us today! After her presentation, Tom Novak thanked Jenell for generously donating loaner vehicles to help with Avenue of Flags and the Christmas Tree Lot.

CNOtes – July 23, 2019 – Club Day

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father when we first started saying our prayers we viewed it
as a duty. I’m sure I’m not alone in this practice. We remember
starting every prayer – “Now I lay me down to sleep.” Growing older
we started with asking for some help. Gradually we realized that
beginning with thanks gave us the most pleasure. Now it’s a
conversation with You, going over the days joys and the problems we
encountered and asking for Your guidance. Thank You Lord for Your
patience with us and helping us grow closer to You. I’m sure that
growing closer to You has given us our Optimism and the desire to
give back. Thanks again Lord. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Greg Blatt	Ron Tinnerman
Tyler Blatt	Ron Tinnerman
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie
Faye Elam	Donna Huss
Lisa Tucker	Donna Huss

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Donations for Trotwood School Uniforms

Lisa Tucker, co-owner of Bill’s Donuts, accepted numerous individual donations today from our members on behalf of school uniforms for Trotwood. The district was hit hard by the Memorial Day tornados. CNO made a monetary contribution as well. Bill’s Donuts is very supportive of causes in our area and of CNO.

Top Ten Reasons to Attend the Ohio Convention

Cherie Gentry announced that the Great Ohio Optimist District Convention will be August 15-17, 2019 in Fairborn (just a short drive from Centerville!). She encourages all of us to sign up. Our club covers your fees to attend. If you can only come one day, the best day is Saturday, August 17. Please support the incoming governor (Myron Rheaume) by attending.

The top ten reasons to attend are:

Opportunity to meet, be inspired by and trained by incoming Optimist International President Adrian Elcock.
Incredible training for President-Elects, Secretary/Treasurer-Elects, Lt. Governor-Elects as well non-officer Optimists.
Obtain new fundraising & project ideas for your club. Share your club activities with fellow Optimists.
Win one of the $25 gift cards being given away as attendance prizes.
Renew old friendships as well as make new optimist friends from all over The Great Ohio District.
See the fantastic Great Ohio Optimist District JOI students in action.
Be inspired to add new members to your club in order to serve more youth in your community.
Celebrate The Great Ohio Optimist District’s success in the “Imagine the Power of You” year.
Get motivated to help Governor-Elect Myron Rheaume lead us to greater achievements in 2019-20.
Enjoy the fun & fellowship of the 72th Annual Convention of the Great Ohio District.

Upcoming Social Events

8/10/2019 – 5:30 PM, Saturday, Cookout, Outdoor games, Monte Carlo Night at Lion’s Club, Bellbrook
9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center
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

Committee Announcements

Bob Lawson announced that Kids Day in the Park will be Saturday August 3^rd, 2019. Please volunteer if you can. Instead of handing out the helium balloons we normally do new member Jerry Gerards will be making balloon animals. If you volunteer that day, you can get some training to make them.

Barbara Santo announced that the next Build-a-Bear will be Saturday August 3^rd, 2019. More volunteers are needed for this very popular event. We did not get to pick the date of this event and it is unfortunate it is the same day as Kids Day in the Park. It is in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Annual Education Day. We need volunteers to show up at 1:30 PM at The Kroc Center, 1000 N Keowee St, Dayton OH. Volunteers are needed for several options: help children dress their bear, help with games, hand out bags or Nancy will find you a job!

Beth Duncan announced that Vida won the Euchre tournament last Friday.

Meet New Club Members

Instead of the usual guest speaker today, we used the time to get to know two of our newest members. We had two recently inducted members come up to the podium and share a little about themselves.

Michelle Tagliamonte

Michelle was inducted into CNO on July 16, 2019.

Before moving to Centerville, she and her family lived In Illinois. In Illinois she was a member of the board for CASA for Children. CASA is a national organization of advocates that have been standing up for children since 1977. When she heard about Centerville Noon Optimist and what we do she instantly wanted to join.

Her family was happy to leave Illinois and return to Centerville.

Professionally she enjoys helping people take control of their health through diet.

Dylan Mellling

Dylan Melling was inducted into CNO on July 23, 2019.

Dylan is the District Direct at Miami Valley Council of Boy Scouts of America.

He has been involved in scouts since grade school when he heard about all the cool things scouts get to use like bows and arrows, BB guns and fire. Dylan’s father has early onset dementia at the age of 56, and Dylan is grateful for the great memories of his father being his scout leader.

Dylan graduated with a class of 81 students from Frankton, Indiana.

He met his wife in Layfayette, Indiana. Their daughter, Sophia, was born 6 weeks early in mid-July, 2019 and she is doing well in the NICU in a hospital in Indianapolis.

Dylan said he will cherish the feeling of holding his little girl for the first for the rest of his life. He looks forward to when his daughter can join scouts.

Getting the word out about scouts to grade schoolers was traditionally through promotional flyers sent home from schools. Centerville has stopped sending flyers home. He has started using social media and geo fencing tools to advertise to potential new scouts.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Mike Yoder	July 24
Kathy Klein	July 26
Phil Robinson	July 26
David Duncombe	July 27
Jerry Stahley	July 27
Katie Calloway	July 27
Sandy Stevens	July 28
Dan Beck	July 29

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
John Sherman	July	24	7/24/2009	10
David Brookman	July	27	7/27/2011	8
Jim Long	July	27	7/27/2015	4
Donna Robinson	July	28	7/28/1997	22

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Yvette Donahue-Duffy	Carolyn Taylor	Induction
Bill Duffy	Carolyn Taylor	Induction
Kathy Linder	Sue Brubaker	Induction
Martin Huffstutler	Jesse Gaither	Induction
Tom Brozich	Mike Bevis	Induction
Marilyn Abbott	Greg Griffin	Induction
Dylan Melling	Paul Stull	Induction
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie	1st Reading
Chris Smith	Greg Griffin	3rd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Patrick Arehart	For not purchasing 50/50 ticket
Beth Duncan	Phone ringing during the Pledge of Alligiance
Yvette Donahue-Duffy	Bob Duffy fined her for having the same last name as him
Bill Duffy	Bob Duffy fined him for having the same last name as him

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Judy McFadden	Had a great time at Euchre last Friday and thanked everyone for being patient with her; She had never played cards before let alone Euchre
Lisa Tucker	Thank you for all the donations to assist students of Trotwood get much needed school uniforms after the Tornado disaster
Vida McDowell	Winning Euchre Tournament
Jerry Gehards	Happy he will be making balloons at Kid’s Day at the park on August 3, 2019
Dylan Melling	Newborn daughter just took a bottle for the first time; She was born 6 weeks early and is still in the NICU and is doing fine
Beth Duncan	Everyong on the social committee for being so helpful with events and for all the help with last week’s Euchre party
Brian Nolan	Dick Stevens joining the golf foursome of Nolan, Kalaman and Tapp for Phather Phil’s birthday golf outing next week
Martin Huffstutler	Happy to be part of the Centerville Noon Optimist Club
Bob Burkman	Grandson Marine Corporal Steven Spencer Burkman is home on leave
Bob Burkman	Granddaughter Briana Burkman is engaged after three years of dating
Bob Burkman	Briana Burkman has completed her masters degree and is now employeed at the Coffman YMCA

CNOtes – July 16, 2019 – Jack Blosser – Fort Ancient

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father the worlds desires are constantly before us. We are
offered everything from A to Z to make us skinnier, prettier, healthier,
happier, smarter and whatever. Too often we succumb to our vanities.
We always think, wouldn’t it be nice if we could put ourselves into a
machine for 10 minutes and come out wrinkle free and two sizes smaller. Thank You for putting Your spirit within each one of us to
combat the urge to give into our vanities. Stay with us Lord as we give
thanks for Our many blessings. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Jan Ammer	Kettering Noon
Sue Armstrong	Kettering Noon
Linda Barton	Kettering Noon
Jerry Gebhards	Marge Back
Lynn Grubb	Erin Dickerson
Sue Labatzky	Kettering Noon
Judy Martinson	Kettering Noon
Bev McCurdy	Kettering Noon
Ashley McGuire	Brandon Barrett
Krista Miller	Kettering Noon
Christy Montavon	Kettering Noon
Dottie Spatz	Kettering Noon
Fred Swaisgood	Myron Rheaume
Karen Waitzman	Kettering Noon
Missy Mae Walters	Kettering Noon

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Sue Brubaker	July 16
Mark Petre	July 18
Bob Burkman	July 19

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Bob Bargmeyer	July	17	7/17/2014	5
Jeff Papanek	July	17	7/17/2014	5
Tom Beery	July	17	7/17/2014	5
Casey Wyckoff	July	18	7/18/2018	1
Mike Brem	July	18	7/18/2018	1
Sue Jessee	July	18	7/18/2018	1
Laura Franklin	July	19	7/19/2017	2
Stephen Mock	July	19	7/19/1996	23
Tom Lakes	July	19	7/19/2017	2
Marge Back	July	20	7/20/2016	3

Special Announcement

Donna Huss awarded the “Flippin’ Awesome Award” to Andy and Erin Dickerson for securing grant money for fishing rods. They are working on some other grants as well.

Upcoming Social Events

8/10/2019 – 5:30 PM, Saturday, Cookout, Outdoor games, Monte Carlo Night at Lion’s Club, Bellbrook
9/24/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Presidential Installation Dinner at the Presidential Banquet Center
10/xx/2019, ALL DAY, Keeneland Horse Racing, there will be a chartered bus. Date to be determined.
11/8/2019 – 6:30 PM?, Friday, Euchre party at TBD
12/10/2019 – 6 PM, Tuesday, Holiday Party at Yankee Trace

Committee Announcements

Bob Lawson announced he needs several more volunteers to help on August 3, 2019 with our booth at the Optimist Kids Day in the Park in Kettering.

Mike Bevis, chair of the Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Tournament, thanked everyone who volunteered, golfed, sponsored or helped in any way to make this year’s event a great success.

Charlie Tapp announced that the annual golf outing to celebrate Phil Robinson’s (“Phather Phil”) birthday will be right after our lunch on 7/30/2019. Anyone is welcome to join. There will be nine holes of golf and immediately following there will be ice cream and cake. If you don’t golf you can still come and celebrate his birthday afterwards with the ice cream and cake.

Myron Rheaume announced that the Great Ohio Optimist District Convention will be August 15-17, 2019. He encourages all of us to sign up. Our club covers your fees to attend. If you can only come one day, the best day is Saturday, August 17. Please support the incoming governor (Myron Rheaume) by attending.

Fort Ancient Presentation

Bill Williams introduced today’s speaker, Jack Blosser, the site manager at Fort Ancient State Memorial.

Fort Ancient is Ohio’s first State Park. The mission of the Dayton Society of Natural History at Fort Ancient is to provide visitor and educational services focused on archaeology, Native American culture, and heritage stewardship as they relate to the site, on behalf of the Ohio History Connection.

The walls and mounds of Fort Ancient were built 2000 years ago by dumping baskets loaded with soil upon one another. There are 553,000 cubic yards of soil. This soil would fill enough dump trucks to stretch 200 miles.

There is an ongoing 11 year effort by a group named World Heritage Ohio to have Fort Ancient designated as a World Heritage site. The hope is to have the designation by 2021. There are currently 1121 sites on the list.

Quick Facts Jack mentioned during his presentation

In A.D 500 the site was abandoned. Another group came in 800 A.D. and left.
The name comes from the assumption that whoever built it was ancient.
There are individual mounds and none of the mounds are burials plots.
4 mounds were placed in a perfect square with dips in the mounds to create a calendar system.
Since it was built there has been an erosion of 2-3 feet of soil along the walls.
An African American group built picnic areas over 2.5 years.
There is a 9000 square foot museum.
About 5000 school children come through the park each year. They are taught to throw spears among other things.
183 Eagle projects have been completed at the site.
Many Boy Scouts troops perform community service at the site to pay for their camping.

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Michelle Tagliamonte	Mike Bevis	Induction
Dylan Melling	Paul Stull	3rd Reading
Bill Duffy	Carolyn Taylor	3rd Reading
Yvette Donahue-Duffy	Carolyn Taylor	3rd Reading
Kathy Linder	Sue Brubaker	3rd Reading
Martin Huffstutler	Jesse Gaither	2nd Reading
Tom Brozich	Mike Bevis	2nd Reading
Chris Smith	Greg Griffin	2nd Reading
Marilyn Abbott	Greg Griffin	2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
John Horner	Needed change for a twenty to buy 50/50 tickets
Dylan Melling	First time wearing his name badge
Mike Bevis	Wearing the same colors as his new inductee Michelle Tagliamonte
Michelle Tagliamonte	Wearing the same colors as her sponsor Mike Bevis
Dave Kay	Earned a Get Out of Fine Free Coupon for pointing out that Art was REALLY late
Dave Kay	Not divulging this Anti-Optimistic information sooner to the Sergeants
Art Hung	Late to meeting
Tom Novak	Because the sergeant was confused by his name watching Novak Djokovic play tennis
Donna Huss and Greg Griffin	Taking a break in the bar at the golf outing

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Dan Beck	Twin grandchildren were just born
Bob Collins	Thanks to those who participated in “Dining in the Dark” – it helped raise money and awareness about the blind
Bob Collins	Thanks to everyone who helped him raise $1700 through his participation in “Riding to Fight Kids’ Cancer”
John Horner	Doing well after recent surgery
Dylan Melling	He and his wife Ashlee welcomed their new baby Sophia 6 weeks early – she will be in the NICU for a few weeks and she is being well taken care of
Paul Stull	Happy that Dylan Melling’s new baby and wife Ashlee are all doing well after the early delivery
Debe Dockins	Son Stephen Dockins has been accepted at OU Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Brandon Barrett	Pat Behn gave him an umbrella to ues at the golf outing to protect him from the sun when she learned he was already sunburnt
Scott Langer	Son is engaged
Myron Rheaume	$5 for the several guests today from the Kettering Noon Optimist club