Friend of Youth Since 1964
Respect For Law!!!!
Week of May 6, 2015
President’s
Corner
Calendar of Events
May
6 - Respect For Law Banquet,
Lion’s Club Den,
5:45 PM
13 - Board Meeting,
Penelope’s, 5:45 PM
Time-out Policy
Enforced
Upcoming District
and International
Conventions
Respect For Law!!!
The meeting on
May 6 is at
Optimist Nick
Chlysta
presents
Scolarship at
RHS Senior
Awards Night.
Neglects to
mention he is
an Optimist
Club member.
If you are interested in attending
please contact President Sheryl
Parker or President Elect Jill
Cooksey
Aug. 28-30, 2015, at the Inn at
Grand Glaize in Osage Beach
Optimist International Convention:
July 9-11, 2015 (ThursdaySaturday), Hilton Riverside,
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Lion’s Club
Den
Thanks to Optimists John
Wiggins and Jill Cooksey for organizing the Respect for Law banquet this evening at Lion’s Club
Den. We are looking forward to a
wonderful program once again.
Optimist soccer is over!!!
Thank you to all of the Optimists
who helped out. It was a great
year, with no rain-outs, so the
time just flew by.
Optimist Tennis and Golf
info are provided later in the
newsletter. We are going to need
lots of volunteers!!
We have additional shirts
available for purchase with the
new design. We do not have size
small, but have a few of the other
sizes available in both t-shirt and
sweatshirt.
Contact Optimist
President
Sheryl
at
[email protected]
if
you
would like one.
Click on this text or the
picture to the left to hear
OI President Ken Garner’s address to the OI
convention in Las Vegas!
Officers 2014 - 2015
Optimist International
Website
East Missouri
District Website
PRESIDENT: SHERYL PARKER (573) 426-2211
1ST VICE PRESIDENT:
The Optimist Creed
MARK CALVERT (573) 426-2211
2ND VICE PRESIDENT:
Promise Yourself
LINDSEY SHOCKLEY (573) 426-2211
PAST-PRESIDENT:
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace
BOB MAY (573) 341-2646
of mind.
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
JILL COOKSEY
(573) 426-2211
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every
person you meet.
SECRETARY:
KAREN MOBLEY (573) 465-2254
To make all your friends feel that there is some-
TREASURER: JANET GILL (573) 426-2211
thing in them.
1 YR BOARD:
To look at the sunny side of everything and make
MELISSA HOFFMAN (573) 426-2211
your optimism come true.
ALYSSA HUNT (573) 426-2211
DICK SMITH (573) 426-2211
To think only of the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
2 YR BOARD:
ROB BARTH (573) 426-2211
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of oth-
KATHERINE STANISLAWSKI (573) 426-2211
ers as you are about your own.
CHARLIE GILL (573) 426-2211
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to
the greater achievements of the future.
NEWSLETTER EDITORS:
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and
DEVONNA MARSHALL
give every living creature you meet a smile.
ERIC BOHANNAN
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To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
OPTIMIST CLUB OF ROLLA
MESSAGE LINE: 426-2211
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too
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strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
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Optimist Soccer
Woohoo! Another successful soccer season! Top Left: Optimists Inaction.
Top Right: Optimist Melton Par ham secures soccer goals. Optimist Soccer chair not pictured. Middle Left: Optimist John Wiggins judges lines to be
straight enough! Middle Right: Optimist Michael Davis discusses team strategy for the final game. Bottom: Team pics begin!!
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Optimist Soccer
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Optimist Soccer
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Optimist Club of Rolla Golf Tournament Volunteer List
All Volunteer Receive an Event T-Shirt and Lunch
Please List T-Shirt Size
Contact Optimist Rob Barth [email protected]
if you would like to assist
Event Greeters. Greet players and guests as they arrive in the morning. Answer questions, give directions and offer Optimism. Request and acquire Welcome Packets from Rolla Chamber of Commerce.
Distribute Welcome packets to out of town guests. (POC: Carolyn Peplow, [email protected], Membership Director, Rolla Chamber of Commerce).
1. _________________________________________
2.__________________________________________
Drinks. Pick-up 10 cases of 24 bottles each (water, Powerade, soda) from PepsiCo in the Industrial
Park (POC: [email protected], 4017 Hy Point North, Rolla, MO 65401). Ice chest and ice
chest is available at Oak Meadow CC kitchen. Distribute drinks at golf tournament. Return clean ice
chests.
1. Don Olds
2.__________________________________________
3.__________________________________________
Registration Table. Review registrations during morning of tournament. Arrive no later than 7:00
a.m. Accept lunch orders. Identify unaccompanied minors. Distribute T-Shirts. Registrations accepted inside clubhouse.
1. Sheryl Parker
2. _________________________________________
3.__________________________________________
Lunch. Consolidate lunch orders. Pick-up and distribute lunch orders as needed. Clean-up after
lunch.
1. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
4._________________________________________
Hole Sponsorship Signage. Create and print sponsor identification removable overlay on hole sponsorship signs. Attach overlays to signs. Place signage at each hole. After event, return hole sponsorship signage and “H” brackets to Rob Barth.
1. ________________________________________
2._________________________________________
3._________________________________________
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Optimist Club of Rolla Golf Tournament Volunteer List
All Volunteer Receive an Event T-Shirt and Lunch
Please List T-Shirt Size
Contact Optimist Rob Barth [email protected] if you would like to
assist
Awards Ceremony. Recognize winners of each division and any contests. Contact Rolla Daily
News (POC: Dave Roberts at Rolla Daily News. [email protected]). Take photos.
Pick up awards from Kent Jewelry. Record winners. Acquires portable sound system from Optimist Eric Bohannan.
1. Lindsey Shockley
2._________________________________________
3._________________________________________
4._________________________________________
Course monitors. Course monitors ensure care of course and answer questions.
1. _______________________________________
2. _______________________________________
3.________________________________________
4. ________________________________________
5. ________________________________________
6. ________________________________________
7.________________________________________
8.________________________________________
9.________________________________________
10._______________________________________
Clean-Up. Ensure grounds are clean after event. Return any coolers to Optimist. Return event
banners to Rob Barth.
1.__________________________________________
2.__________________________________________
3.__________________________________________
Appreciation Team. Sends letters of appreciation to both players and sponsors. Encourage
sponsors to participate next year. Collect event comments and feedback. Makes recommendations for improvements next year. Sends thank you to Oak Meadow CC board.
1. __________________________________________
2.___________________________________________
3.___________________________________________
4.___________________________________________
Media Team. Collects video and photos of event with or without a drone. Follows FAA policy.
Provides Club with presentation of event at a weekly meeting. Set up banner at awards pavilion
as needed.
1. Eric Bohannan
2.__________________________________________
3.__________________________________________
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Regional Oratorical Competition
Katurah Gadson and Angelreana Choi receiving
plaques from Optimist
Club of Rolla President
Sheryl Parker for their
win at the regional Oratorical competition held
here in Rolla on March
29.
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Click anywhere below to download a new
member application!!
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