The Modern (originally called The School of Advertising Art), was founded in 1983 by Tim Potter and is located on David Road in Kettering. It is a nationally college for design. About a year ago they moved to their current 23,000 square foot location. Since moving they have added 17 more employees. The Dayton Business Journal named The Modern College of Design as the 2018 overall Business of the Year.
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Bill recently published his book “Impacts Beyond the Bounds – Explosive Success for Atypical People.” Bill is a Marine Corp Veteran and has been a member of CNO since November, 2004. He is also the CEO of Copp Integrated Systems, a member of the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame, serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author.
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The DAI is celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Dayton Art Institute. The “Gem on the Hill” was founded on February 28, 1919. The museum was opened to the public on January 10, 1930. In 2019, DAI will celebrate by launching 100 events at the museum. There will be numerous improvements to the building and grounds with many changes for improved accessibility. The improvements are estimated to cost $9.7 million.
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Today we have the second group of participants for the Margaret Barclay Memorial 2019 Optimist Oratorical Contest. Since it was established in 1928, the Oratorical Contest has become the longest-running program sponsored by Optimist International. It is done in collaboration with Centerville Evening and South Metro Optimists, who also sponsor contests.
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Contestants deliver a four to five minute speech. One winner from each contest advances to the zone competition and then can advance to the finals at the district level. Districts have the opportunity to provide a first place scholarship of $2,500, a second place scholarship of $1,500, and a third place scholarship of $1,000.
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Jim Finke asked the club “How many have heard of Buckeye Vodka? How many have tried it? How many of you have made it your brand of choice?” Very few answered yes to the last question, so he said, “I need to work harder to increase that number.”
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Jim owns McCutcheon Music in Centerville on Marco Lane. He started playing the guitar and other instruments when he was 10 years old and he loves them. Jim shared some of his story and played the guitar for us. he started with a joke. He said, “Hello, I have been Jim McCutcheon for 67 years.”
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FC Cincinnati is an MLS soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The club was started 3 years ago. They will begin play in Major League Soccer in 2019. Josh is a graduate of Centerville High School and Chris McAlpine coached him in soccer when he was age 10 through age 16. Josh highlighted the accomplishments and growth of FC Cincinnati and showed a video about the club.
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There are two recipients of the award this year. Tonya Johns started Operation Prom Dress in 2011. This outreach event gives each young woman a dress, shoes, purse, hair styling, make-up, a meal, various door prizes, and a bible. Jani Rice helped expand the fertility preservation program at Dayton Children’s Hospital. She obtained funds to help offset costs for the patients and created and implemented education sheets for the fertility program.
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Taryn is an Adult Services Specialist with the Washington-Centerville Public Library. She has worked for the library since December, 2017 and was quickly scooped up into the Speaker’s Bureau. Taryn researched and put together information about the various winter holidays after getting requests for a seasonal presentation. She discussed a list of the Winter Holiday celebrations.
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