OPTI-BEA-BULL 5-26-2011

Jeannie Moton was able to join us this morning and introduced Parker Ryan and his mother Jaylin. We are sponsoring Parker’s participation in the Optimist Junior Tournament at Meriwether National Golf Club on June 12^th. Our Hillsboro Club is hosting this Pacific NW District Tournament and Parker who is a sophomore will be competing in the 16-18 age division. Jeannie helps runs the golf tournament for Portland Community College. Perhaps she can offer some tips to Marvin Thompson and Bob Primrose who will be running our October tournament to raise money for our Dean Mitchell Scholarship Program. Graduating High Schoolers going into the fields of public safety with the police, fire, emergency technician or call center are eligible to submit entries.

Bruce Buffington invited Paul J. Malopolski who manages the Sunset Golf Center to join us for breakfast. Paul hopes to entice Aloha High woodshop students in constructing small structures on his mini golf course. Parker takes wood shop so this may be a happy meeting. Paul has also offered to allow PAL children to come on a field trip and play for free if I heard correctly. This makes Bruce happy as he has been involved with PAL since they formed in Beaverton.

Marvin Doty in his capacity as American Legion Commander briefed us as to the plans for Memorial Day and the participation of our Scouts in painting a cannon in the Park. He also sent a signup sheet around so we can get enough volunteers to man the Community Booth in Saturday’s Farmers Market. He led us in the pledge to the flag to start the meeting and Wally led us in the invocation. Today’s speaker was sick so Wally stepped up and showed us how the Club’s new blog works. He even explained what a blog is and the difference between a blog and our web site which is rather static. I think he was showing pity to me who spent hours trying to figure out how a blog works. If you want to share information with the rest of the Club, post it on the blog and an email will go out to all our members who have joined. Please, please send questions to Wally!

Next week’s speaker will be a Ranger to talk to us about Stub Stewart State Park and the Trail from Banks to Vernonia. Tony showed up again to collect his winnings for the second week in a row. We have planned a preemptive strike to visit Hillsboro Club’s meeting next Tuesday to recover our stolen gavel and perhaps take over their meeting. Plan to join us at 7 AM in the Hillsboro Senior Center. Turn in to Schute Park by the Swim Center. Thank goodness Marv Thompson won today’s $14 raffle so Tony can’t harass us and attempt to demand a kidnap ransom for our imprisoned gavel.

Remember that we are scheduled to help install a playground Saturday June 4^th. 

Our Governor has announced the formation of a new club in Kirkland, Washington.