Phather Phil’s Prayer
Heavenly Father, slow but surly the day light is getting shorter as we head to the darkness of December. Oh! How sad December would be if we had no knowledge of Spring or in life if we had no knowledge of You and
heaven. In life we experience the bright times and the dark times. In the dark times we can turn to You. You are to us like the promise of Spring. We can turn to You to shed Your light on our dark times. We stand in utter
amazement of Your love for us and the certainty of Your word and forever give You praise and honor for what You done for us. Amen!
Today’s Guests
| Guest | Guest Of |
| Adil Baguirov | Rachel Selby |
| Elizabeth Cleary | Mike Bevis |
| Dana Dring | Craig Dring |
| Amy Gephart | David Ladd |
| Tiffany Howe | Greg Griffin |
| Daniel Koons | Mike Bevis |
| Steve Linder | Mike Brubaker |
| Laura Mlazovsky | Speaker |
| Susan Strong | Mike Bevis |
| Carolyn Taylor | Beth Duncan |
All Photos from the Meeting are Here
Debe Dockins introduced our speaker today, Laura Mlazovsky, the Executive Director of Project READ.
Laura was born and raised in Cincinnati, graduated from the University of Dayton as an English major and began her career as an AmeriCorps VISTA service member. She’s been a volunteer coordinator, grant writer, and fundraiser, and in 2014 became the Executive Director of Project Read. She is married with two daughters, ages 10 and 12.
Laura has worked with ProjectRead for 19 years. Founded in 1988, Project READ is a coalition of more than 100 literacy organizations, schools, and businesses dedicated to increasing the literacy levels of adults, children, and families in the Dayton Area. It is currently based at Sinclair Community College and continues to provide tutoring services, thousands of books to children and families in need, and raising community awareness of literacy.
Laura passed out a short 5-question quiz about literacy in our area . She talked about tutoring programs they offer for children and adults. Laura gave us addresses for book donations in our area. informed us that the book shop in Antique Village is run by Project READ and thanked CNO for our support.
Birthdays
| Member | Birthday |
| Melissa Lucas | August 03 |
| Andrew Cain | August 4 |
Membership Anniversaries
| Member | Month | Day | Joined | # Years |
| Myron Rheaume | August | 1 | 08/01/1987 | 31 |
| Kathy Klein | August | 5 | 08/05/2016 | 2 |
New Member Readings and Inductions
| Name | Sponsor | 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction |
| Mike Cordonnier | Joan Cordonnier | 2nd Reading |
| Stephen Linder | Mike Brubaker | 2nd Reading |
| Steve Rudisill | Mike Bevis | 2nd Reading |
| Michael Brem | Jesse Lightle | Induction |
| Casey Wyckoff | David Ladd | Induction |
| Kathy McApline | Jay McAlpine | Induction |
| David Duncombe | David Ladd | Induction |
| Andy Harmon | Mike Bevis | Induction |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member | Infraction |
| Bob Collins | Won his age category in Americana Race |
| Wayne Christie | Messed up Sergeants money |
| David Duncombe | No birthday gifts from his table |
| Gary Smiga | No Optimist pin in recent promo photo |
Happy Bucks!
No time for happy bucks this week.