April 23, 2019 – CHS Theatre – “Fiddler on the Roof”

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 more love. So Lord help us with all of these and make us as good as our dogs think we are! Amen

Today’s Guests

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Upcoming Social Events

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs in Miamisburg. Bring a dish to share. Cost is $10. Bring quarters for a horse race game and other cash for betting.
5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons game with a luxury box, food, drinks and hat. Contact the Dragons at (937) 228-2287 ext 134 for tickets or email dla@arehart.com with questions.
5/29/2019, 6:30 at Heather’s Café in Springboro, “Dining in the Dark”. There will be a nice meal, but you will be blindfolded during it. The event includes meal, music and silent auction. The cost is $65 per person. The event is a fundraiser and raises awareness about the issues facing the blind community. This is being arranged by Bob Collins daughter.

Committee Announcements

Tom Novak announced he needs volunteers to do the annual flag sleeve checkup. You do not need a flag compatible car and the schedule is flexible. You can sign up to meet at 9 AM or 10 AM on 5/4/2019 at Turf Nerd, 75 Westpark Rd, Centerville OH 45459. At that time, you will be part of a 2-member team to check flag sites on one of the flag routes. If you want to help but can’t make it on 5/4/2019, contact Tom Novak and he will arrange for you to receive a set of tools. Tom’s goal is that you complete your sleeve checkup within a week of 5/4/2019.

Laurie Poeppelman and Evelyn Griffin announced they are taking orders for embroidered Opti-Gear spring items for the next few weeks at lunch. Last lunch to order is May 7, 2019.

Myron Rheaume, chair of PGP and PDP, announced that at the district conference this weekend the CNO club will receive 71 awards. He also announced the international president is planning to attend our Ohio State District Convention in August 2019.

Pat Behn announced the that the Easter egg hunt was a success. It took about 5 minutes for the children to collect the 6000 eggs. Thank you to the volunteers.

Mary Madden announced she is ready to retire from her Easter Bunny duties. Donna Huss will be the new Easter Bunny.

Cindy Harris announced that the next Build-A-Bear event will be on Friday, May 10th, at Children’s Medical Center. Remember that CNO 2.0 members participate in all the same volunteer opportunities and fundraising events as CNO members. Each child attending will receive a stuffed animal and an outfit of their choice along with other festivities. CNO members are invited to sponsor a child at the Build-a-Bear for $25. Each sponsor will receive a picture of the child sponsored holding their new stuffed animal. To sponsor a bear, mail your check payable to Centerville Noon Optimist, c/o Nancy Lehren, 6857 Cedar Cove Dr., Centerville, OH 45459.

Mike Bevis, chair of the golf committee, said we are less than 90 days until the Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Tournament. It will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019. Meetings will be held at Buckeye Home Health Care on Paragon Rd at 6 PM: 4/17/2019, 5/15/2019, 6/12/2019, 7/102019.

Centerville High School Theatre – Fiddler on the Roof.

Jason Hamen the Theatre Instructor and Director of Theatre Programming at CHS brought several student performers with him today.

We were treated to 4 songs from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”.

“If I Were a Rich Man”
“Matchmaker”
“Miracle of Miracles”
“Sunrise, Sunset”

The students did a great job! Thanks to all of them for sharing their talents with us!

Link to details about the performance at CHS

The performances are at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday on these dates 4/26/2019, 4/27/2019, 5/3/2019 and 5/4/2019.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Keith Meyer	April 23
Jeff Busch	April 29

Membership Anniversaries


Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Donna Huss	April	24	4/24/2012	7
Dan Passidomo	April	25	4/25/2007	12
Mike Witt	April	26	4/26/1994	25

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Jack Grady	Mike Bevis	3rd Reading
Kelly Davis	Beth Duncan	3rd Reading
Mark Karns	Jean Pummill	2nd Reading
Laura Mercer	Debe Dockins	1st Reading
Wasfi Samaan	Patrick Arehart	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Bob Burkman	Parked over a drainage ditch.
Jerry Stahley	Only thorn among all the roses.
Gary Anderson	First one to show up in shorts this year.
Suzanne Werts	Did not meet guest at the door.
Beth Duncan	Appearing in a recent TV Commercial, but she did have her Optimist PIN on.
Donna Huss	Mary Madden left her Easter basket at the hunt, but she has retired, and now Donna Huss is the bunny – so Donna got fined.

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Brian Nolan	For the CHS performance today.
Jesse Gaither	Daughter pitches for Lebanon High School and her team has 57 runs vs 12 runs in total vs Centerville and Springboro.
Joan Cordonnier	She also wanted to thank CHS, but since Brian Nolan already did, she had a happy buck for how nice of a happy buck he gave.
Joe Madden	For the CHS performance today. He and Mary often go and see the plays at CHS and really enjoy them.
David Duncombe	His son who is 68 caught his shingles early and was able to take a new drug that got rid of it in a week. You have to start taking it within 72 hours of the first symptoms.
Paul Stull	Happy for 7 years of Mary Madden being our Easter Bunny.
Maha Kashani	Happy about being back at lunch
Fred Polizzi	Happy about being back at lunch. Thanks everyone for your support.
Melissa DeShurko	Daughter is turning 30 years old.
Myron Rheaume	Keara Hatton, a Freshman at UC and his granddaughter is captain of the UC intercollegiate film competition. They were 12th of 47 films from 27 colleges. The faculty chose her to direct and produce their entry.
Gary Smiga	Son is engaged to be married.

CNOtes – Optimist 2.0 April 18, 2019 – Cindy Gaboury – Audio Etc. (and Club Member)

Guests and Members in Attendance

Katie	Boeckman
Megan	Boeckman
Butch	Brown
Karin	Gilstrap
Mark	Karns
Baby	Abram (infant)
Jack	Anderson
Pat	Arehart
Denise	Christie
Wayne	Christie
Judy	DeMarco
Shelby	DiPasquale
Beth	Duncan
Cindy	Gaboury
Jesse	Gaither
Evelyn	Griffin
Greg	Griffin
Cindy	Harris
Donna	Huss
Brian	Nolan
Tom	Novak
Laurie	Poeppelman
Fred	Polizzi
Cheryl	Probst
Jean	Pummill
Brent	Richburg

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.

We had 22 members and 6 guests in attendance.

CNO 2.0 Introduction

Jack Anderson, CNO 2.0 committee, welcomed everyone to tonight’s gathering. He introduced Cindy Harris, Kate Boeckman, Megan Boeckman, and tonight’s speaker, Cindy Gaboury.

Katie Boeckman and Megan Boeckman, the daughters of long time CNO member and Safety on Wheels committee chair Paul Boeckman, told us about the Safety on Wheels event (AKA Bike Rodeo). They have volunteered for many years for this event and before that they participated in it many times. It will be held on Saturday May 18^th 2019, from 9 AM to 12 Noon at Miami Valley South Hospital (RAIN or SHINE). The event is done in conjunction with the Centerville Police Department. Local police officers will be doing the bicycle checks. There will be a raffle, bicycle-based games, prizes, free helmets and gifts available. All ages of children are invited to join in for the safety and fun.

Tonight’s Speaker: Cindy Gaboury

Jack Anderson introduced CNO member, local business leader and entrepreneur Cindy Gaboury. She and her husband Kirby own Audio Etc at 551 Congress Park Dr, Dayton OH 45459. They provide commercial and home A/V, home automation, entertainment systems and more. They service all areas surrounding Dayton and have customers within a few hours of Centerville including Kentucky and Indiana. They have been in business for 35 years. Their current facility is 17,000 square feet and has several rooms setup as working models of the work they can do for business and consumers.

Cindy said, “I was an Air Force brat. I lived in 16 places before I was 18 years old.”

In 1984, Kirby and Cindy got married and launched Audio Etc in its first location, which was only 1000 square feet.

She switched subjects from talking about her business success to how you can be a successful person and help others, by being an Optimist club member and learning and living the promises in the Optimist Creed.

She asked us, “Think about who has influenced you the most.”

She asked us to recite the creed with her and we did. She highly recommended that we all take the time to memorize the creed. It will inevitably help you or someone else one day. It has helped her and people she has helped several times.

She focused on the second promise which is, “Promise yourself to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.” She said, “Doesn’t that sound like mentoring to you? I do a lot of mentoring through the organizations I belong to.”

She had a great mentor in her life, Jeanne Porter, and she asked Cindy a few years ago to be the chairperson of Women in Business (WiBN), which is part of the Dayton BBB organization. She was very bashful and was uncomfortable speaking in front of groups. With Jeanne Porter’s mentoring help, she was able to overcome her fears and be a productive chairperson for WiBN.

Cindy pointed out that Jean Pummill (a CNO member in attendance tonight and dear friend) is a great example of a person who helps many people through mentoring.

Cindy explained, “This is the first time in the history of humanity that four generations of people are working together. This is a perfect opportunity to mentor and to be mentored.” People are retiring at a much older age. There is often more than 50+ years difference in age. The young and the older need to mentor each other so they can communicate better and learn how each views the past, present and future. Be available for people.

She said, “Mentoring is important. You will see things in people that they don’t see in themselves. Impacting even one person can change the direction of their entire life. Character and identity can be completely transformed. Every conversation is an opportunity to elevate someone.”

She then said, “You may be thinking, ‘Ok Cindy, how do I do that?’ ”

She answered by saying, “Have you considered helping others that are going through what you’ve overcome?”

She gave some examples:

Have you suffered a significant loss? You can volunteer at Hospice.
Have you or a close family member or friend had an addiction? You can help others going through an addiction related issue. Volunteers of America might be a fit.
Have you had issues involving the criminal justice system? You can check out the Victory Project in Dayton.
Have you adopted a child or been adopted? Are you interested in fostering a child or have experience? Volunteer to help the Agape for Youth organization that helps Southwest Ohio.

She asked us, “Think about that person that made a difference in your life. How can you emulate and honor them for mentoring you? If they are still with us, thank them.”

Cindy closed with the second line of the creed, encouraging all of us to “Talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet!”

Thank you, Cindy Gaboury, for your inspiring presentation tonight!

Remember the CNO 2.0 meeting is always the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 PM at a local bar or restaurant. The next meeting will be on May 16, 2019 at Heavier Than Air Brewinc Co. in Centerville – Dan Apolito – Owner of Archers Tavern will be our Speaker.

CNOtes – April 16, 2019 – Jesse Lightle – Administrator – Washington Township

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father life is similar to gathering black berries. When there is something we want there is always some sticky deterrent. Some will plunge right in, while others decline because it’s too much trouble. Attitude in our search for anything is paramount to our success and Optimism is the fuel that spurs us on. Attitude and Optimism helps bring out the best in kids. Lord help us double our pleasure and find the best blackberries and bring out the best in kids. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Mason Cammel	Mike Bevis
Thomas Dyer	Evelyn Griffin
Mark Karns	Jean Pummill
Scott Kujawa	Speaker
Sherri Montgomery	Mike Bevis

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Announcement

Paula and John Kalaman announced that the annual blood drive in honor of their son John P. Kalaman will be held Monday April 29, 2019, from 9 AM until 5 PM at the Centerville Police Department.

Upcoming Social Events

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs in Miamisburg. Bring a dish to share.

5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons game with a luxury box, food, drinks and hat. Contact the Dragons at (937) 228-2287 ext 134 for tickets or email dla@arehart.com with questions.

Happy Birthday to Carol Burkman and Ellie Parker

Today was Carol Burkman and Ellie Parker’s birthday!!!! Even though neither of them could be with us today we couldn’t miss the opportunity to celebrate two of the best! Unfortunately, we sing like we never heard any song ever. However, we sing with love!. Bob Duffy lead us and he loves to show off his special talent of leading those who can’t be led. Bob Burkman took a video of the show, which hopefully can’t be used against us.

Committee Announcements

Nancy Lehren, chair of the Childhood Cancer Committee, announced that the next Build-A-Bear event will be on Friday, May 10th, at Children’s Medical Center. Each child attending will receive a stuffed animal and an outfit of their choice along with other festivities. CNO members are invited to sponsor a child at the Build-a-Bear for $25. Each sponsor will receive a picture of the child sponsored holding their new stuffed animal. To sponsor a bear, mail your check payable to Centerville Noon Optimist, c/o Nancy Lehren, 6857 Cedar Cove Dr., Centerville, OH 45459.

Laurie Poeppelman and Evelyn Griffin announced they are taking orders for embroidered Opti-Gear spring items for the next few weeks at lunch. Last lunch to order is May 7, 2019.

Pat Behn, chair of the Easter Egg Hunt, said thank you to the more than 50 volunteers that stuffed 6000 eggs in less time than ever.

Mike Bevis, chair of the golf committee, said we are less than 100 days until the Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Tournament. It will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019. Meetings will be held at Buckeye Home Health Care on Paragon Rd at 6 PM: 4/17/2019, 5/15/2019, 6/12/2019, 7/102019.

Today’s Presentation from Washington Township

Gary Smiga introduced CNO member Jesse Lightle, the Township Administrator for Washington Township. Jesse oversees the day-to-day administration of all township services and reports directly to Washington Township trustees. She was hired by the township as deputy administrator in 2006 and was promoted to Township Administrator in 2008. She has come today to update us about the township.

There has been a lot of development going on in the last year.

A rezoning request has been approved for 36 Craftsman-style patio homes for young adults and empty nestor’s on a 15.3 acre plat on West Social Row. Approximate home prices will be $250K.
There is a new SICSA Pet Adoption Center on Washington Church Road.
Yankee Station where Bally’s was has been updated.
Design Homes has a new outlot.
Improvements to Gebhart Road are underway. Costing over $800,000, it has been partially paid for by a grant from the State of Ohio.
17 residential streets will be improved. The Township spends about one million dollars per year on road improvement.
Three miles of curbs are updated each year.

She updated us on the rec center. Family Adventure Day will be on April 27, 2019 and it will include kayaking in the indoor pool and a zip line. There are always several summer camps at the Rec Center. This year there will a camp with a component for STEM, Science and Technology and Engineering.

At the Rec West Enrichment Center, membership has increased 67% since the township took over the senior services in the area.

Travis Carter has been newly appointed to fill the role overseeing Community Oriented Policing. This will help neighborhood watch and business watch programs for the Sheriff’s department. Carter is a 19-year veteran of the sheriff’s office.

Next, Jesse turned to the Fire Department. Chief Bill Gaul retired in March after nearly 40 years of service to the department, including 11 years as chief.

Jesse introduced newly appointed fire Chief Scott Kujawa. Kujawa has served the department for 27 years, including the last three years as deputy chief in charge of operations. During that time, he has twice overseen the fire department’s successful accreditation process through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), an internationally-recognized benchmark for fire and emergency services. He is a graduate of Centerville High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in fire administration and an associate’s degree in fire science from Columbia Southern University.

Chief Scott Kujawa explained some of the issues requiring the department to request voters to approve a continuous 2.85-mill levy on the May 7, 2019 ballot. There has been a decline in part time and volunteer firefighters. They need to hire additional full-time people and they cost more money. The plan is to have 26 working full time and 4 part time per day, working 24-hour shifts.

He explained some additional considerations about the tax increase. The department is planning for the replacement of Station 41 at 163 Maple Ave. It was built 50 years ago and doesn’t meet current needs. It will cost $3.7 million. There is not enough surrounding land, so it will also be relocated. If the levy doesn’t pass the fire fund the fire department will reach a negative balance by 2023. The tax increase will raise homeowner taxes approximately $99.75 annually per $100,000 in home valuation.

The department does what it can to reduce the burden on tax payers.

Grants – $425,700 over the past six years.
Regional Dispatch Center – The recent transition to the Montgomery County RDC is expected to save about $500,000 annually in operating costs.
Insurance Billing – In 2018, 11.82% of the fire department’s total revenue came from billing insurance providers for emergency transport.

In 2018 a continuous levy passed that did not raise taxes. Before asking for the increase they are requesting this year, the trustees asked the department to evaluate one more year to figure out what they needed long term.

There were 7751 runs in 2019, which is an increase of 28% since 2012. The fire department averages about 21 to 22 runs per day. The have busy days where there are over 30 calls per day.

The fire department has many activities each year including a Citizen Fire Academy, various open houses, and chances for public education.

Every year on the second Sunday in August, the department holds an Ice Cream Social. This year it will be on August 11, 2019. Last year was the 70^th anniversary of the event.

Washington Township Website

List of the 5 Fire/EMS stations for the Washington Township and Centerville area (including the training center.)

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Carol Burkman	April 16
Ellie Parker	April 16
Denise O’Neil	April 18
Sue Zammit	April 21
Dave Klein	April 22
Mike Brem	April 22

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Blanca Ortiz	April	16	4/16/2014	5
Joe Soucy	April	16	4/16/2014	5
Sue Kuo	April	16	4/16/2014	5
Andrew Cain	April	19	4/19/2018	1
Cheryl Probst	April	19	4/19/2018	1
Stan Fronzaglia	April	19	4/19/1999	20
Vida McDowell	April	19	4/19/1999	20
Mark Petre	April	22	4/22/1996	23

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Pam Truitt	Donna Huss	3rd Reading
Judy McFadden	Donna Huss	3rd Reading
Jack Grady	Mike Bevis	2nd Reading
Kelly Davis	Beth Duncan	2nd Reading
Mark Karns	Jean Pummill	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Jean Pummill	Forgot to turn in name badge last week.
Egg stuffers that ate any candy while stuffing	Eating candy during the egg stuffing event last Saturday.
Anyone getting sunshine in the South this winter	Taking a vacation to somewhere warm and sunny for 7 days or more in January, February or March of 2019.
All previous sergeants in the last year	Fining current sergeant Brian Nolan during their terms as sergeant.

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Bob Burkman	$5 to the club singing to his wife Carol. She has a video of it.
Sue Brubaker	49 year wedding anniversary to Mike Brubaker.
Bob Duffy	He sat at the birthday table, and thanked you everyone for the wonderful sweets. (It was NOT his birthday!)
Tom Novak	Last week was the largest amount of money our weekly 50/50 raffle has ever raised.

CNOtes – April 9, 2019 – Dr. Greg Ramey – Dayton Children’s Hospital

Phather Phil’s Prayer

In Phather Phil’s absence, our District Chaplain – David Ladd – gave us one of his patented extemporaneous prayers to open the meeting.

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Adam Blanchard	Speaker Guest
Mason Cammel	Mike Bevis
Joe Cantrell	Wayne Christie
Kelly Davis	Beth Duncan
Jack Grady	Mike Bevis
Greg Huff	Val Huff
Dr. Greg Ramey	Speaker
Amber Wenzler	Vince Reidy

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Announcement

Paula and John Kalaman announced that the annual blood drive in honor of their son John P. Kalaman will be held Monday April 29, 2019, from 9 AM until 5 PM at the Centerville Police Department.

Upcoming Social Events

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party – Miamisburg, bring a dish to share.
5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons with a luxury box. Use the sign-up sheet at lunch or email dla@arehart.com.

Happy Birthday Erin Belangia-Sanchez

Today was Erin’s birthday. That means we sing Happy Birthday to one of our own. Bob Duffy crushed it in leading us in being the best of the worst we can be.

Committee Announcements

Mike Bevis, chair of the golf committee, said we are less than 100 days until the Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Tournament. It will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019.

Pat Behn, chair of the Easter Egg Hunt announced the Easter Egg hunt will be at 10 AM on April 20, 2019, at St. Leonard’s. Volunteers should show up at 8:30 to help spread the eggs in the grass for the kids to find at 10 AM. Coffee and donuts will be provided for volunteers!

Nancy Lehren, chair of the Childhood Cancer Committee announced that the next Build-A-Bear event will be on Friday, May 10th, at Children’s Medical Center. Each child attending will receive a stuffed animal and an outfit of their choice along with other festivities. CNO members are invited to sponsor a child at the Build-a-Bear for $25. Each sponsor will receive a picture of the child sponsored holding their new stuffed animal. To sponsor a bear, mail your check payable to Centerville Noon Optimist, c/o Nancy Lehren, 6857 Cedar Cove Dr., Centerville, OH 45459.

Jerry Stahley, chair of the OI Junior Golf Championship, is selling raffle tickets for the event. The price is 6 Tickets for $5 and the prize is a case of wine. Tickets will be available for the next few weeks.

Dr. Greg Ramey

Mike Bevis introduced today’s speaker, Dr. Greg Ramey PhD, a pediatric psychologist and the executive director for the Center for Pediatric Mental Health Resources at Dayton Children’s. He has been at Children’s for 39 years. Dr. Ramey also writes a weekly parenting column in the Dayton Daily News that is distributed through the New York Times wire service and can be found on the Dayton Children’s blog.

Dr. Ramey gave us his thoughts about the effects of too much technology and parenting styles that are dramatically affecting today’s youth. He said of his daily routine, “Everyday there is a WebEx meeting (computer-based video conference call) at 8:45 am about the intake of patients over the last 24 hours. At today’s meeting there were 11 kids seen in the last 24 hours that are at risk for suicide.”

He said, “In general the current generation of children is the most privileged in history.” Yet he explained, “There is a substantial increase in serious mood disorders, anxiety and depression. This has led to an epidemic of kids that would rather die than suffer through these disorders.”

He said, “7.4% of teens attempt suicide. That is over 4000 kids in the local 4 county area.”

He recently moved to the Beavercreek area. He noticed there seemed to be no kids in his neighborhood. Then school started and there were kids everywhere. They just stay indoors and just play with technology. Plus, when it was raining he saw parents holding umbrellas over their kid’s heads. Kid’s are being too coddled and not allowed to fail.

Kids are interacting with technology more than with each other. When tough things happen to them instead of turning to friends, they just go to their phones.

He said, “This is no longer a study, this is a fact, anything beyond one and half and two hours of technology interaction per day increases the occurrence of anxiety and depression. Some kids are at risk at just thirty minutes today.”

As a therapist he has had kids come in and says they wanted to die, “Because my parent took away my phone”. He said, “They don’t have a reality.”

To help patients and their families, Dayton Children’s has a Mental Health Resource Connection. The Mental Health Resource Connection program is a service that connects patients and families to available mental health services in the community.

He was excited to tell us that on July 9, 2019, a new unit for pediatric mental health patients opens at Dayton Children’s. It is a 24-bed private room facility.

He discussed the money issues in treating pediatric mental health patients. He said, “Debbie, my boss has never thanked me for raising so much money. That is because every one of my group’s services loses money.” Health insurance payments are way too low. An insurance company recently paid just 6 cents on the dollar for a huge bill submitted for payment.

He told us we are lucky Dayton Children’s exists for our community. He thanks organizations like the Centerville Noon Optimist club for making a lot of what Dayton Children’s does possible.

He gave us some things to consider about parenting. Too many children are pushed too hard for perfection and believe they need have no choice but to achieve perfection. Perfection is not possible. Constantly trying to reach perfection causes anxiety.

Let your child fail. Let them feel pain. Many of today’s kids have little experience with feeling bad. Their parents get rid of troubling moments for them. When real pain comes they think the suffering will never end. We as normal adults know one thing for sure, no matter how good or bad we feel right now, we know it will end. Children need to know that if they feel bad that this will end, and they will be fine.

Recently he wrote a blog post on Dayton Children’s website called “The important lesson of failure”.

As for the cause of increased mental health issues, he says the number one issue is the current parenting style. The second issue is too much time spent in front of technology screens. When people feel disengaged from other people, that can lead to suicide.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Cheryl Probst	April 9
Erin Belangia-Sanchez	April 09
Steve Kohls	April 12
Rick Talda	April 13
Emily Duke	April 14
Don Kessler	April 15

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Ron Tinnerman	April	11	4/11/2005	14

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Pam Truitt	Donna Huss	2nd Reading
Judy McFadden	Donna Huss	2nd Reading
Jack Grady	Mike Bevis	1st Reading
Kelly Davis	Beth Duncan	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Tom Novak	Making a “short” joke about new Sergeants Carolyn Taylor and Brian Nolan
Everyone taller than Tom Novak	Being taller than Tom Novak
Joe Madden	April fools joke on Mary pretending he needed to go to the ER for a burst eardrum
Joe Madden	Offering $100 to Vida for her March Madness Bracket that was worth $300.
Andy and Erin Dickerson	Their son was a recent guest and he won the 50/50 drawing
Candace Rinke	Her picture was in the newspaper without wearing her Optimist pin
Larry Lynde	Winning his own March Madness pool

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Bob Glavin	Retired from Avery Dennison
Rachel Goetz	Daughter is starting Miami University at Oxford this fall
Tom Novak	Thanks to the Avenue of Flags renewal team
Mary Madden	March Madness is over
Bob Collins	Grandson, Noah Garel a senior at CHS, won the area DECA competition, placed at the Ohio level, and as the only CHS senior to do this he continues to the nationals in Orlando.
Bob Collins	Son’s girlfriend (a nurse) has been hired to work in the new mental unit announced today by Dr. Greg Ramey.
Erin Belangia-Sanchez	Thanks for everyone singing happy birthday to her today
Stan Fronzaglia	Several of his grand kids are on vacation together in Greece
John Kalaman	Winning the 50/50 today

CNOtes – April 2, 2019 – Centerville Washington Township Park District

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Arnie Biondo	Speaker
Ally DeShurko	Speaker
Carrie Dittman	Speaker
Dave Gould	Chris McAlpine
Jeff Kaercher	Mike Yoder
Sherri Montgomery	Mike Bevis
Melanie Powderly	Deb Ulrich
Kat Wright	Brandon Barrett

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Thank you notes received

Donna Huss mentioned that we received a thank you note from Alter High School for our $500 donation for their after prom. One of the teachers thanked us for the recognition at the CNO 2.0 event last month.

Upcoming Social Events

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs Miamisburg
5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons with a Luxury Box. Use the sign-up sheet at lunch or email dla@arehart.com

Committee Announcements

Pat Behn gave everyone more information about the Easter Egg hunt. We need volunteers to help stuff 6000 plastic eggs with candy on April 13, 2019 at 9 AM at St. Leonard’s. It sounds like a lot of eggs, but the work is spread out and takes a little over an hour. Please sign up or show up. There will be coffee and donuts for volunteers!

The Easter Egg hunt will be at 10 AM on April 20, 2019, also at St. Leonard’s. Volunteers should show up at 8:30 to help spread the eggs in the grass for the kids to find at 10 AM. Coffee and donuts will be provided for volunteers!

Bob Lawson announced that the fishing Derby will be on June 1, 2019. Let those planning on attend know they need to fill out the registration form and bring it to the derby. Spread the word on Facebook! Registration is between 8:00 – 9:00AM. The Fishing Derby starts at 9AM and lasts until 11:30AM. We supply free worms however you are permitted to bring your own bait and lures. We stock the ponds with approximately 400 pounds of Catfish for the Derby. There are other fish also in the ponds – mainly Bluegills. Prizes and trophies for all. Children ages 5-15 are encouraged to participate and try this event. The event is held at Washington Township Rec Center, in two ponds. Click here for registration form.

Judy DeMarco announced that on Friday, May 10th, the Childhood Cancer Committee will be holding a Build-A-Bear event at Children’s Medical Center. Each child present will receive a stuffed animal and an outfit of their choice along with other festivities. Members are invited to sponsor a child at the Build-a-Bear for $25. Each sponsor will receive a picture of the child you sponsored holding their new stuffed animal. To sponsor a bear, mail your check payable to Centerville Noon Optimist, c/o Nancy Lehren, 6857 Cedar Cove Dr., Centerville, OH 45459.

Jerry Stahley is selling raffle tickets for OI Junior Golf Championship. The price is 6 Tickets for $5 and the prize is a case of wine. Tickets will be available for the next few weeks.

Centerville-Washington Park District

Gary Smiga introduced Arnie Biondo the Director of Administration at the Centerville-Washington Park District. The district’s slogan is “Explore your community’s BIG BACKYARD! Fun, healthy, outstanding park experiences connecting the community with the outdoors.”

Arnie discussed what to expect in 2019. A new trail at Pleasant Hill Park (on the previous Zengel property) is opening and so far is about a three quarters of a mile long. Oak Grove Park is getting restrooms. St. Leonard/Bill Yeck Park has received a conservation easement.

Arnie introduced Carrie Dittman, the Marketing and Communications Supervisor.

Carrie first discussed the feedback she has received about Forest Field Park and the playground we donated last year. She is the person that receives firsthand the online reviews and statements about this state-of-the-art park. It is almost all 5-Star reviews and thank you notes about how much families like the park.

You can view the full slide deck here.

The Centerville-Washington Park District (CWPD) is a National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Gold Medal Finalist. To help them win, the CWPD had a video made. We were shown this video. The video mentions that the parks help to get kids away from the video games and out into the sunshine for some exercise.

CWPD does a lot of surveys and focus groups to fine tune the programming and features at the parks. In the past 4 years they have had 2 major surveys. In 2018 there were 7 public meetings. Topics for the surveys include Athletic field ratings and park program participant feedback.

CWPD makes use of social media channels. They have 5000 followers on Facebook. They also have Instagram and Twitter channels.

Carrie introduced Ally DeShurko, the Recreation Coordinator/Summer Recreation Program Coordinator. Ally discussed new programs created based on feedback from the community.

Adapted Action Day will be on Saturday June 22, 2019 at Oak Grove Park.
Respondents said they want more Summer camps. Camps include Sugar Valley Camp, Nature Art Camp, Youth Archery Camp and additional weeks of Hidden Meadows Day Camp
Teen Games and Bonfire will be every Friday this summer for children aged 11-15. They will play dodge ball type games and then have a bonfire cookout.

Others news from CWPD programming included: School outreach, Adventure backpacks, Self-guided interpretive nature hikes and pop-up dog parks.

CWPD is now hiring for summer. Positions include full-time and part-time. Almost all positions are outdoor.

CWPD Upcoming Events

Spring Stargazing will be on 4/13/2019 at Bill Yeck Park.
The Garlic Mustard Pull information session will be 4/15/2019 at Bill Yeck Park at the Smith house. These weeds need to be removed or they will take over. So far, over 1500 pounds have been removed.
World Tai Chi Day is on 4/27/2019 at Grant Park, Kennard Nature Nook.
Big Rig Gig is on 5/11/2019 at Oak Grove Park. Over 500 kids will show up at this event.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Daniel Koons	April 5
Ira Thomsen	April 05
Jim Rumford	April 05
Roland Rapp	April 05
Andy Harmon	April 6
Jeff Rolf	April 06
Bob Clements	April 07

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Cindy Harris	April	2	4/2/2018	1
Nick Tarkany	April	2	4/2/2018	1
Greg Fay	April	3	4/3/2014	5
Greg Griffin	April	3	4/3/2014	5
Ira Thomsen	April	5	4/5/1991	28
Vince Reidy	April	5	4/5/2016	3
Dan Samiec	April	6	4/6/2010	9
Molly Petsch	April	6	4/6/2004	15

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Amy Blakeman	Ron Tinnerman	Induction
William Pace	Evelyn Griffin	3rd Reading
Pam Truitt	Donna Huss	1st Reading
Judy McFadden	Donna Huss	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

No time for sergeants this week.

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Dave Kay	Michigan State is in final four.
Melissa DeShurko	Thanks to the park district and her daughter Ally DeShurko for being part of the presentation.
Joan Cordonnier	Thanks to the park district for their presentation.
Charlie Goodwin	Paul Stull is a new member of The Explorers Club. This prestigious organization is headquartered in New York City.
Joe Madden	Mary Madden will be happy today because it is their 26th wedding anniversary.

CNOtes – March 26, 2019 – Sinclair College – Centerville Campus

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father, most of the time when we hear the word “give”, we assume it’s money. Yet, there is so much more that giving really means. We can give of our time, talent, patience, encouragement, energy, approval and on and on. It’s our way of telling another that we care and hopefully give them a boost along life’s journey. Whenever we can, help us give, in all of givings aspects. It’ll reestablish the reason we became Optimists. Amen!

Today’s Guests

Guest	Guest Of
Jaden Gaither-Hillard	Jesse Gaither
Kendal Cooke	Barbara Santo
Kerri Smith	Joe Kronenburger
Laura Mercer	Speaker
Mary Stahley	Jerry Stahley
Mason Cammel	Mike Bevis
Wasfi Samaan	Greg Fay
Zach Beck	Speaker

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Committee Announcements

Myron Rheaume informed us about the new OI Presidential incentive award of the Centennial “Promise Yourself” logo pin. The criteria for the award is to sponsor a new member, participate in a club project and submit a testimonial / “Optimist Story” to Optimist International that you have published. Myron has the form required to be filled out.

***** You can download the form here *****

Nancy Lehren announced that on Friday, May 10th, the Childhood Cancer Committee will be holding a Build-A-Bear event at Children’s Medical Center. Each child present will receive a stuffed animal and an outfit of their choice along with other festivities. Members are invited to sponsor a child at the Build-a-Bear for $25. Each sponsor will receive a picture of the child you sponsored holding their new stuffed animal. If you choose, there are two ways to sponsor a bear: Visit our table at the April 2nd luncheon to make your contribution by check or cash OR mail your check payable to Centerville Noon Optimist, c/o Nancy Lehren, 6857 Cedar Cove Dr., Centerville, OH 45459.

Sinclair Community College Centerville Location

Debe Dockins introduced Laura Mercer, Executive Director of Sinclair’s new Centerville Campus. Laura Mercer serves as the Executive Director of Sinclair Community College’s new Centerville Campus. She has over 30 years of experience in higher education and has held a wide variety of roles at the college since 1989. She has extensive expertise in higher education administration as well as a strong background in strategic planning, project management, and technology. Laura also served as a loaned executive in the role of Director of Adult Education Initiatives for the State of Ohio and is a 2011 Leadership Dayton Graduate.

In 1887, Dayton YMCA General Secretary David A. Sinclair founded the courses of study to create skilled citizens to succeed in local jobs and life. His idea was “Find the need and endeavor to meet it.” Eventually the institution was named Sinclair College in 1948 and the college is currently celebrating 132 years!

Laura shared updates about the recently opened Sinclair Centerville location. This is the first satellite location for Sinclair that is a magnet school instead of a feeder to the downtown location. It is located at 5800 Clyo Rd on 40 acres of land with a building of nearly 100,000 square feet. The new site will be used as an educational, cultural and community enrichment center. Phase 1 occupying 15,000 sq feet of the building is complete and phase 2 is coming soon. Sinclair Centerville first opened for the spring 2019 semester and had over 400 students. Enrollment for the summer 2019 session has begun.

View Laura’s slide show here.

Academic Program offerings at Centerville are focused in four key areas:

Information Technology
Health Sciences certificate offerings
Elementary Education
General education courses that are aligned with university transfer requirements

The Cyber Security program has been moved from downtown to the Centerville campus. The Cybersecurity program is NSA recognized. Other areas taught include Networking and User Support.

There is a free Cyber Showcase for the public on April 24, 2019 from 3 PM to 6 PM. Details are listed here.

In 2017 the state provided conceptual approval for community colleges to offer applied bachelor’s degrees. Final approval is in place for bachelor’s degrees in Aviation and Unmanned Aerial Systems.

There is strong cooperation for completing degrees with the University of Dayton, Wright State University, Ohio University and Indiana Wesleyan. In the past, a student would spend 2 years at Sinclair and the go elsewhere to complete their degree. Now there are many options including a BSN for nurses’ degree where a student spends 1 year at UD, 2 years at Sinclair and the final year at UD. There is projected to be a shortage of more than one million nurses by 2020 nationally. The demand for nurses with a bachelor’s degree is higher than nurses with lower degrees.

Sinclair offers programs beyond college classes. It offers K-12 Enrichment, Recreation, Performances in the main theater, Speakers, Health Sciences, Certificates and Elementary Education.

College for Lifelong Learning

Health & Wellness

Vitamins & Supplements
Aromatherapy
Meditation Investments
Stocks
Tax-Free Investing
Mutual Funds

Technology

Intro to iPad
Genealogy Search Strategies
Cybersecurity

Life Skills & Business

Residential Downsizing
Saving Yourself from Scams

Sinclair Foundation

Laura introduced Zachary Beck, the Development Officer at the Sinclair Foundation. As of 12/31/2017 net assets of the foundation are $37,805,286. This is a 14% increase from the year before. Scholarships Awarded amounted to $1,128,115. Operating Expenses were $294,568. Investments in Program Support were $1,858,271.

Quick Facts

Sinclair now offers 4-year degrees
28,000 college credit students annually
More students choose Sinclair than any other institution in the 8-county area
9918 students from Centerville have attended Sinclair College in the past 10 years
$10 million in grants/scholarships have been awarded to Centerville residents the past 10 years
Any Sinclair student can use services at the Centerville location

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Jane Fiehrer	March 27
Bob Crawford	March 28
Maha Kashani	March 31

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Charla Rheaume	March	26	3/26/2018	1
Scott Rheaume	March	26	3/26/2018	1
Dav Bremer	March	31	3/31/2001	18
Rob Jones	March	31	3/31/2001	18
Don Kelley	April	1	4/1/1983	36
Ed Case	April	1	4/1/2009	10
Phil Robinson	April	1	4/1/1982	37

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Brandon Barrett	Jesse Gaither	Induction
Will Pace	Evelyn Griffin	2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Jerry Stahley	Left cardboard in his ball cap.
Tom Novak	Dressed the same as Bob Burkman
Bob Burkman	Dressed the same as Tom Novak
Greg Griffin	Forgot to bring his camera to lunch, Evelyn had to go home to get it
Gary Smiga	Late to last board meeting
Debe Dockins	Late to last board meeting
Jane Fiehrer	Late to last board meeting

Happy Bucks!

No time for happy bucks this week.

CNOtes – Optimist 2.0 March 21, 2019 – Wasfi Samaan – JD Legends Entertainment Complex

Guests and Members in Attendance

Cindy	Bowman
Marcie	Breese
Steven	Brink
Brad	Combs
Benita	Dorn
Julie	Faustman
Christie	Garrett
Karin	Gilstrap
Jeff	Heil
Adam	Hess
Nicole	Hess
Anne	Manning
Mary	Mariscalco
Kate	Mathay
Alecia	McDowell
Jason	McDowell
Meg	McFarland
Brian	Miller
William	Pace
Wasfi	Samaan
Ashley	Simeone
Amy	Smith
Amy	Smith
Pam	Splawinski
Blake	Stamm
Melissa	Stamm
Lillie	Walsh
Anita	Yoder
Brenda	Young
Diane	Arehart
Pat	Arehart
Pat	Arehart
Pat	Behn
Katie	Calloway
Steve	Campbell
Melissa	Deeter
Gary	DeMarco
Judy	DeMarco
Melissa	DeShurko
Cheryl	Dowd
Emily	Duke
Greg	Fay
Clint	Freese
Jesse	Gaither
Cherie	Gentry
Evelyn	Griffin
Greg	Griffin
Gary	Hansen
Cindy	Harris
Donna	Huss
Tom	Kendo
Nancy	Lehren
Chris	McAlpine
Brian	Nolan
Laurie	Poeppelman
Bill	Powell
Jean	Pummill
Myron	Rheaume
Brent	Richburg
Candace	Rinke
Deb	Saunders
Gary	Smiga
Ron	Tinnerman
Jayne	Weikel
Sue	Zammit

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 Melissa Stamm, a guest and one of the teachers we recognized tonight.

We had 36 members and 29 guests in attendance.

CNO 2.0 Introduction

Greg Fay, the chair of the CNO 2.0 committee, gave a brief presentation before the speaker. The following may not all be realized by guests, new members or perspective members at the meeting tonight: CNO 2.0 is a club within a club of the Centerville Noon Optimist club. Being a member of either club allows their members all the same opportunities to participate in fund raising and club activities. CNO 2.0 was created about 2 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.

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
Easter Egg hunt

Pat Behn gave everyone more information about the Easter Egg hunt. We need volunteers to help stuff 6000 plastic eggs with candy on April 13, 2019 at 9 AM at St. Leonards. It sounds like a lot of eggs, but the work is spread out and takes a little over an hour. Please sign up or show up. There will be coffee and donuts for volunteers!

The Easter Egg hunt will be at 10 AM on April 20, 2019, also at St. Leonards. Volunteers should show up at 8:30 to help spread the eggs in the grass for the kids to find at 10 AM. Coffee and donuts will be provided for volunteers!

Quarterly Teacher Recognition Awards

This quarter CNO 2.0 focused on Centerville Middle Schools. Brian Miller from Watts introduced Lillie Walsh and Marcie Breese. These two amazing teachers helped a struggling student by offering extra support. This child should now go on to a successful high school career starting next year. Each were given a plaque and a $25 gift card to Submarine House.

Clint Freese, the principal at Tower Heights, introduced Nicole Hess. Nicole is a great teacher and she shared a story about a visually impaired student. This student won a raffle to join the teacher’s basketball team for a teacher versus student game held last week. The student came dressed and ready to play just like any other student would. The student team still won the game, as usual. Nicole was given a plaque and a $25 gift card to Submarine House.

From Magsig Cindy Bowman introduced Melissa Stamm. Melissa is fantastic and brings the power of positivity to her students. The kids love and want to be involved in theater. She was given a plaque and a $25 gift card to Submarine House.

Wasfi Samaan, Tonight’s local business success speaker

Greg Fay introduced entrepreneur Wasfi Samaan, owner of JD Legends Media (a social media company) and CEO of JD Legends Entertainment Complex in Franklin Ohio. You can also reach them on Facebook.

Wasfi started off with, “Tonight I will tell you a story about how I reduced my yearly marketing budget by $100,000 while increasing sales by 30% by using social media and Facebook Live.”

At 8 years old he immigrated to the U.S and lived in Kentucky. He spoke no English and was very shy. He credits his participation in high school wrestling and mixed martial arts for giving him great confidence and for finally ending the endless bullying he received as a young boy.

He asked if any of us have hosted Facebook Live. He was in LA at a social media conference when he first learned about Facebook Live. He decided to immediately promote concerts and it was amazing how many people instantly started watching. He said anyone in business can do Facebook live and would benefit from it. Your Facebook page is your own media company and if you want to be successful you need to treat it that way. To be successful in social media the content you create needs to be entertaining, educational and inform your audience and future customers about you or your products.

To promote his businesses on Facebook Live, he uses multiple types of shows. He creates shows about mixed martial arts, cooking, and has had a show about a Bourbon tasting event. He uses social media by first creating a podcast or live show to promote one of his concerts or activities. The information given becomes the ad. It is important to produce content. The content becomes the ad. The old ways of marketing don’t work anymore. He explained that TV, radio and newspapers are all switching to social media.

You don’t have to have thousands of facebook friends for this to work. Your Facebook live creation will get indexed by Google and Facebook and it could get found by anyone. After you create content with your video, copy it to YouTube and Instagram. The description you put is important so give it some thought, because it is used for the indexing.

During his presentation he decided to do a Facebook live video on the spot. He got out a tripod and mounted his smartphone to the tripod sideways (landscape) which he said is important. His video was an interview with Nick Tarkany, the owner of Heavier than Air where tonight’s meeting was held. Wasfi started by asking Nick about his one-and-a-half-year-old company. Nick mentioned that the most popular beer is their New England IPA and their “Golden”. Wasfi asked about the origin of Nick’s company name. The name is based on the Wright Brothers goal of creating a flying machine that was heavier than air. During the interview, Wasfi could instantly see Facebook users were viewing the video. He offered two free tickets to a concert to the third person that said they were watching, which will help with the ranking of the video.

Wasfi took questions from the audience. He was asked how he came to be in the bowling alley business. He and his brother had been buying businesses, improving them and then selling them. A bank that knew the brothers in Kentucky asked if they would run a local bowling alley that was in immediate danger of going bankrupt until a buyer could be found. This benefitted the bank financially and by reputation because there would have been significant fall out from bowlers if it shut down during the middle of league season. After running it for a while they decided to purchase it. His company was on a list of bowling alley owners. He found out about JD Legends bowling alley in Franklin because he was sent an offer to purchase it from the previous owners.

Then he was asked about how he became the owner of a social media marketing company. He said that after purchasing JD Legends he invested 1.5 million and started hosting live music concerts. He figured out he was spending way too much on marketing originally, so he studied social media and compared the ROI. Over time he got better and better at it. He is passionate about his social marketing and decided to offer his services to others.

He said we should try out different things and give things a shot. You never know when you might get a positive response. Go ahead and send that email requesting someone to become a customer, they might just say yes. He was recently offered a trade of products for his services for a new cupcake company. He said yes to them.

Next Meeting

Remember the CNO 2.0 meeting is always the third Thursday of the month at 5:30 PM at a local bar or restaurant. CNO member Cindy Gaboury will be the speaker at the next meeting on April 18, 2019. She and her husband Kirby own Audio Etc, which has provided home entertainment systems in Centerville for over 30 years.

CNOtes – March 19, 2019 – Essay Contest Winners

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father too many times we venture into the dark waters of life. We find ourselves treading water with no relief in sight, it is then that we turn to You for help. Your love for us provides the bridge over the troubled waters and puts us back on the road You intended us to walk. The static of the world sidetracks us too often. Help us to turn off the worlds temptations and stay with You in the fullness of our faith. By consistently staying with You, we can avoid the bargain basement temptations that dot our paths and led the young people in an optimistic way of life. Amen!

Today’s Guests

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcement

Donna Huss announced that the next NOW event will be Tuesday, March 26th at St. Leonard’s Station House. This event will be held from 5-6:30 pm for the residents of St. Leonard. NOW is an acronym for “New Optimists Welcome”. Read more about it here.

Upcoming Social Events
4/1/2019, 6 PM Trivia party run by Scott Hall of @HallAroundTown at Chappy’s Social House

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs in Miamisburg

5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons game in a luxury box

Committee Announcements

Pat Behn announced that we need volunteers to help stuff Easter eggs on April 13, 2019 at 9 AM at St Leonard’s restaurant. The actual Easter egg hunt will be April 20, 2019 and will be held on the grounds at St. Leonard’s.

Gary Hansen and Diane Arehart will be chairing a new committee called the Engagement/Activation/Retention Committee. The objective is to ensure that our new members become engaged quickly and, therefore, choose to stay in our club. You can join the committee or choose to be a mentor to a new member. If you are interested, plan to attend our next meeting on Thursday, April 4, at 5:30pm at Panera Bread in downtown Centerville. Reach out to Gary Hansen or Diane Arehart for more information.

Annual Essay Contest

Kelly George, the CNO club chair of the Optimist International Essay Contest, explained the contest to us. Fifteen essays were submitted to CNO. She thanked this year’s volunteer judges of the essays: Debe Dockins, Glenn George, and Evelyn Griffin.

Kelly will be the chairman at the district level next year, so our club is looking for a new chair for the next year. Let her know if you want to volunteer.

Seventy clubs participate in this in Ohio. One winner from each club will compete at the state level and the winner at the state level will receive a $3500 scholarship ($2500 from Optimist International and $1000 from The Great Ohio District of OI).

The top 3 essays were read today. The scoring was very close. Out of 300 possible points, only 6 points separated 3^rd to second and only 8 points from 2^nd to 1^st.

The topic for the 2018-19 school year is: “When All the World’s Problems are Solved, is Optimism Still Necessary?”

Emily Whitehead, a Senior at CHS, took third place. Emily received a Youth appreciation award from CNO in November, 2019. Receiving this award inspired her to write her essay.

Emily read us her essay. Excerpts from her essay follow:

Optimism is a proactive lifestyle. As a band member at CHS and using optimism she helped fellow student Sarah who has Down’s syndrome learn to play the saxophone. She tutors students from third grade through high school. To help them succeed she gets them to replace the words “I can’t” with “I can”.

Benjamin Thomas, a senior at CHS, took second place. Benjamin could not attend today’s lunch and Kelly George read his essay to us. Excerpts from his essay follow:

Galileo Galilee championed the Scientific Method. Galileo wrote a book that condemned himself to a life sentence of house arrest. He optimistically believed it was the right thing to do. Throughout history optimism has allowed the world to lift itself by its boot straps.

There must be a belief in progress to make progress.

Optimism is the ability to believe in a better future. Optimism is difficult, messy and painful, but it is necessary to push society forward. Even in a perfect world, optimism is necessary to maintain perfection.

Madelyn Thomas, a Freshman at CHS took first place and she will participate at the district level. Excerpts from her essay follow:

Humanists brought a new way to view the world. There needs to be a shared spirit of ingenuity. It takes hard work and a strong sense of optimism. You must believe you are capable of a discovery to make discoveries.

If a perfect world with no problems were to exist, this would make everyone lazy, and this then is a problem. Optimism solves this paradox, by believing you can make a perfect world better.

Optimism can still create innovation in a perfect world. Innovation and improvement are necessary in a Utopian world to give a driving force to the human race. Without optimism the world would collapse. Optimism is the infrastructure to keep a perfect world perfect.

Thank you to our three contestants and their families for sharing their essays with our club.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Dana Dring	March 20
Larry England	March 20
Shane Wilken	March 20
Andy Dickerson	March 21
Bryan Miller	March 21
Sara Hemmeter	March 21
Tom Novak	March 23
John Kalaman	March 25
Steve Blake	March 25

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Joan Cordonnier	March	22	3/22/2008	11
Jeff Brown	March	25	3/25/2015	4

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Bob Crawford	Nick Tarkany	3rd Reading
Amy Blakeman	Ron Tinnerman	3rd Reading
William Pace	Jean Pummill	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

No time for sergeants this week.

Happy Bucks!

No time for happy bucks this week.

CNOtes – March 12, 2019 – Muse Machine

Phather Phil’s Prayer

Heavenly Father we have called upon You many times to help us slow down in our run thru life. Yet, we continue to keep our shoulder to the wheel and do our best to be the early bird that gets the worm. The beauty You have created for us goes largely unnoticed. We need to remember also, that it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese. We need to realize that all of Jesus’s accomplishments were done at about 3 mph. Thank You for all our blessings and let us follow You Son’s example on getting er done by not putting the pedal to the metal. Amen!

Today’s Guests

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcement

Donna Huss announced that the next NOW event will by Tuesday, March 26th at St. Leonard’s Station House. This event will be held from 5-6:30 pm for the residents of St. Leonard. NOW is an acronym for “New Optimists Welcome”. Read more about it here.

Upcoming Social Events

4/1/2019, 6 PM Trivia party run by Scott Hall of @HallAroundTown at Chappy’s Social House

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs in Miamisburg

5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons game in a luxury box

Happy Birthday to Morgan Schiffhauer

Today was Morgan Schiffhauer’s Birthday! We gave her the honor of singing her “Happy Birthday”! She was very enthusiastic about the notably horrible rendition of the classic tune. She even gave two happy bucks! She said, “The singing of ‘Happy Birthday’ was horrible, but it’s the thought that counts.”

Committee Announcements

Jerry Stahley is selling raffle tickets for the OI Junior Golf Championship. The price is 6 Tickets for $5 and the prize is a case of wine. Tickets will be available for the next couple of months.

Stan Franzaglia, Childhood Cancer Committee, said the next Build-A-Bear will be early May, 2019.

Greg Fay stated that the next Optimist 2.0 meeting is March 21, 2019, 4 PM, at Heavier Than Air Brewing Company. It starts earlier than normal so you can enjoy the basketball tournament.

Mike Bevis, Golf Committee, said the golf tournament will be Monday, July 15, 2019. The next meeting will be March 20, 2019 at Buckeye Home Health Care.

Rosalie Catalano from the Muse Machine

Mike Bevis introduced Rosalie Catalano, the Director of Development of Muse Machine. The mission of the Muse Machine is to, “Change the lives of young people through the arts.” On their website the About page states, “Muse Machine is a nationally celebrated arts education organization serving more than 76,800 students and their teachers each year throughout central and southwestern Ohio and Kentucky since 1982. For most students, Muse will create “a-ha!” moments by suggesting imaginative bridges to curriculum. Many will use Muse to discover culture that may have seemed out of reach. Still others will explore their own creative paths through Muse. And all will benefit by the presence of enthusiastic, innovative teachers in their classrooms.”

Rosalie Catalano showed and discussed a slide show that you can view here.

Muse Machine was founded by Suzy Bassani. The Suzy Bassani Theater Off Third is still open, and she is still active in an unofficial capacity.

Students served are from Pre-K through 12. They believe the arts should be available to all children. They help 76000+ students in 108 schools in 13 counties in Ohio and Kentucky. They target Title 1 schools. A Title 1 school is one where at least 40% of students receive free or reduced-price lunches. There has been a dramatic increase in recent years of students receiving these benefits. They serve nearly all the Title 1 schools in the area.

The Six Focus Areas of Muse are:

In-School Performances
Out-of-School Performances
Workshops and Road Trips
Muse Machine Productions
Elementary Residencies
Teacher Development

In-School performances include performances by Dayton Opera, The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and more.

Out-of-School performances provide opportunities to attend shows from Broadway tours and other top-level performances at a discounted rate. Venues include Schuster Center, Victoria Theatre and the Loft Theatre.

If a child’s school does not participate in Muse, any child can apply online including home schooled children.

Recently children had an opportunity to take a bus to Chicago to see the play “Hamilton”.

They have expanded the pre-school and elementary offerings to include activities in the summer in addition to the regular school year. A recent workshop for 1st graders was called, “It is all about the money honey.” They learned basic economics, the purpose of money, manufacturing and more.

Kids learn self-confidence and inclusion. As many as 300 kids try out for the annual musical. They learn accountability and time management because they must show up for rehearsals for 3 months. Last January they performed the play, “Hello Dolly.”

Every year there is a week-long seminar in New York. Teachers attend a diverse array of performances and arts events. They meet with producers and actors and brainstorm ways to integrate new ideas into their own classrooms. Each teacher is required to create a lesson plan from their experience. Muse for educators helped teacher earn 2000 hours of continuing education credits.

Over $700,000 of Muse’s $1.3 Million annual budget comes from: individuals, corporations and small businesses, civic groups, foundations and foundation grants, and government grants.

The Muse Machine website has a lot of information about what they do, including calendars and a bunch of lesson plans for teachers to use whenever they want. Donations can be made here.

A recent grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will allow them to put on a multi-cultural show at the Loft in downtown Dayton.

Rosalie Catalano invited any of us to come see an in-school performance. She said to just give her a call, her contact information is on the website. Thank you, Rosalie, for the uplifting and informational presentation.

Birthdays

Member	Birthday
Morgan Schiffhauer	March 12
Gareth Dickey	March 14
Vida McDowell	March 15
Bob Foster	March 16
Brian Nolan	March 16
David Brookman	March 18

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Bob Glavin	March	12	3/12/1993	26
Shane Wilken	March	14	3/14/2003	16
Steve Kohls	March	14	3/14/2003	16

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Brandon Barrett	Jesse Gaither	3rd Reading
Bob Crawford	Nick Tarkany	2nd Reading
Amy Blakeman	Ron Tinnerman	2nd Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
Greg Fay	For back talking the Sergeant John Thompson
Judy DeMarco	Took all Sergeant’s change for 50/50 tickets
Joe Madden	Wearing same sweatshirt as Ronald Kuker
Ronald Kuker	Wearing same sweatshirt as Joe Madden
Pete Rife	Late to meeting
Renee Glenn	Late to meeting
Greg Fay	Introducing Scott Langer’s guest
Scott Langer	Not introducing his guest
Charlie Goodwin	Phone rang during meeting
Paulette Novak	Here today, but not showing up often enough at CNO lunch meetings

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Donna Huss	Thanks for the appreciative comments about the meals and the job she is doing as president.
Melissa DeShurko	First grandchild was just born.
Nick Tarkany	Second grandchild is on the way, a girl.
Morgan Schiffhauer	Thanks for everyone wishing her a happy birthday at today’s meeting.
Morgan Schiffhauer	The singing of “Happy Birthday” was horrible, but it’s the thought that counts.
Art Hung	Ed Case is in the house.
Joan Cordonnier	Middle of track season and she needs temp and permanent employees.

CNOtes – March 5, 2019 – David Jablonski – Dayton Daily News Sports

Today’s Guests

All Photos from the Meeting are Here

Special Announcement

Upcoming Social Events

4/1/2019, Trivia party run by Scott Hall of @HallAroundTown

5/4/2019, Kentucky Derby Party at Remodeling Designs in Miamisburg

5/11/2019, Dayton Dragons game in a luxury box

Committee Announcements

Scott Langer announced that Tri-Star basketball will be on March 16, 2019 at Watts Middle school.

Jerry Stahley is selling raffle tickets for OI Junior Golf Championship. The price is 6 Tickets for $5 and the prize is a case of wine. Tickets will be available for the next couple of months.

Today’s Speaker – David Jablonski

Debe Dockins introduced today’s speaker David Jablonski.

From Debe:
David Jablonski covers the Dayton Flyers, Ohio State Buckeyes football, the Cincinnati Reds and Wittenberg University sports for the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun, Journal News and WHIO. He graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1995 and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in 1999. He completed internships at the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the South Bend Tribune and the Scripps Howard News Service and worked at the Vero Beach (Fla.) Press Journal for two years in his first job after college before returning to Ohio in 2001 to work at the News-Sun. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Mount Orab, Ohio.

David is from Mt. Orab, but his parents are from the Dayton area. His grandfather was a dean at UD. He saw many UC games as a teen because his father went there.

He covered local sports in Springfield, Ohio from 2001 -2012. In 2013 he was moved to cover University of Dayton Sports, Cincinnati Reds, and The Ohio State University. His primary focus is the Dayton Flyers.

While watching the game he takes about 1500 photos. His wife is a photographer for the Columbus Dispatch and she taught him enough to do his own photography. He has a special mount on his camera to hold his smartphone that he uses to capture video.

He goes to every single Flyers game, so he has visited multiple east coast cities. He arranges his own travel. He, his wife and their newborn child appreciate not traveling with the team because the team usually travels a day ahead of time. He can be home about 28 hours after leaving his home in Columbus.

He likes covering sports from the field of play. It is a lot more exciting being on the field and he gets to do this with the Flyers, Reds and OSU.

He fielded several questions from people attending lunch.

Thanks for speaking today David Jablonski!

Birthdays

No birthdays this week.

Membership Anniversaries

Member	Month	Day	Joined	# Years
Barbara Santo	March	9	3/9/1999	20

New Member Readings and Inductions

Name	Sponsor	1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction
Tim Bemis	Greg Fay	Induction
Kyle Bergsman	Barbara Santo	Induction
Terri Leputa	Julie Walling Noeth	Induction
Brandon Barrett	Jesse Gaither	2nd Reading
Bob Crawford	Nick Tarkany	1st Reading
Amy Blakeman	Ron Tinnerman	1st Reading

Sergeants at Arms

Member	Infraction
John Kalaman	Wearing Mardi Gras beads
Tom Novak	Vacationing in Florida
Gary Aiken	Vacationing in Hawaii
Gail Aiken	Vacationing in Hawaii
Candace Rinke	Late to meeting
Bill Willliams	Leaving door open and freezing the Sergeants
Tim Clemmer	Leaving door open and freezing the Sergeants
Scott Langer	Late to meeting
Joe Madden	Missing too many lunches! Welcome back!

Happy Bucks!

Member	Reason
Joe Madden	Happy to be at lunch. Thank you everyone for the support while he was in the hospital.
Mary Madden	Happy Joe is at lunch.
Gail Aiken	Grandson Born Jan 2, 2019.
Myron Rheaume	Grandson Liam Hatton a Freshman on the Springboro HS varsity hockey team named first team all conference and is an Ohio first team hockey academic scholar athlete.
Bob Collins	55th wedding anniversary with Karen Collins!
Tom Kendo	Glad Joe Madden was at today’s meeting.
Jay McAlpine	Caribbean vacation to celebrate his and Kathy’s 45th wedding anniversary.