Friday, July 22, 2011

OPTI-BEA-BULL 7-21-11


Meeting this morning opened with ringing of sleigh bells which has replaced our missing club’s bell that the Hillsboro club lifted right in front of our president last week. Sorry Alan, your sleigh bells will not replace the real thing, so you best bite the bullet and go get our club’s bell. If you need help let us know when to be ready.
Flag Salute, and Invocation by Gary Mahone, followed by this day in 1861. Having no one living at that time from our club, here is the story. July 21, 1861 was the battle of Bull Run during the start of the civil war. This being a major defeat of the north and both sided lost more than 5000 men during this battle between the states. For more of the story see me at next week’s breakfast.
Road Clean-up: Next Saturday 7-23-11 meet at the east end of the parking lot at Beaverton K-mart 8:00 a.m. See you there, it’s fun to work with your fellow Optimists.
Pacific Northwest O I Convention: August 25 to 27 at Bellevue Washington is our district’s annual convention. This should be a good event and O I president Danny Rodgers President-elect Jack Creswell will be in attendance. The august convention is a family O I get together and training sessions for new officers. The old timer’s breakfast is a must attend.
Raffle: Marv Thompson was paid (less hold-back) And this mornings winner dancing on his chair was Joe Coss. Joe will get $6.00 (with hold-back) next week if he shows. I wonder what our president will do with all the hold-back $’s when he leaves office?
Birthday: This morning Steve Crowthers sang to us for quarters for his birthday, Sorry Steve you missed out on the cake last week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE
Auction: Items from Marv and Jack, two items from Minnesota, wild rice and mesquito eggs, and one from South Dakota, a rock. The bid went to Alan for $6.00, Great buy!!
Speaker: Jack Franklin after returning from a several state’s trip though the U.S. Jack talked about his day at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments. We were shown a video of the making of the faces on Mount Rushmore and the time it covered. Jack said this was a mini review of his trip with more to come at a later date. Thanks Jack
Don’t forget the road clean-up this Saturday

Until Then!

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