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Schedule Reminder: There will be no club meeting on Tuesday, September 30.
The next club meeting will be on Tuesday, October 7. See complete schedule below.

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50th Anniversary presentation to the Northridge Optimist Club

Ohio District Governor Harry Tolhurst reads the proclamation congratulating the Northridge Optimist Club on its 50th Anniversary.

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The Governor of the Ohio Optimist District , Harry Tolhurst, visited our meeting on September 23. His visit was in honor of our club’s 50th Anniversary this year. He passed along his congratulations to the club members on behalf of the Ohio District and presented President Alan with a proclamation entitled “50 Years of Optimist Service” from Optimist International President Ron Huxley. The Northridge Optimist Club was chartered on Sept. 29, 1964.

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Welcome to new members: Two new members have joined our club in the past two weeks.

Diana Schaefer joined the club at the meeting on September 23. She is Administrative Supervisor at Cargill, and is sponsored by Chris Young and Sue Ellen Legg. Diana will also be our liaison for the Cargill Scholarship program.  

Lakita Tucker is the Manager of the Fifth Third Bank Shiloh Financial Center. She has been a volunteer helper at our golf outing, this year and in past years, and now has joined the club after moving to the Fifth Third branch just down the street from our meeting place. Lakita is sponsored by Rhonda Clemens.

Welcome to Diana and Lakita!

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The speaker at the September 23 meeting was Carlos Scarpero. He discussed the use of social media and other online services to promote nonprofit organizations such as service clubs. There are a number of free services, such as Facebook, and other subscription services, such as Constant Contact, which we can consider as tools to help promote our club.

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Another visitor at the September 23rd meeting was former member Bob Leibold. He is a past distinguished president of the Kittyhawk Optimist Club, past Lt. Gov. of Zone 11, and past president of the Dayton Presidents Club. Bob, who now lives in Florida, is in town for the President s Club Legion of Honor event, which he still helps coordinate.

Bob Leibold (at left) with past president Jim Orrill and current president Alan Schmidlapp.

Member Notes:
Happy Birthday to President  Alan who turned 60 on Sept. 22.
Congratulations to Sue Ellen who has been a club member for two years as of  Sept. 27.

 

Current Club Schedule:
(Weekly Tuesday meetings are at The Shiloh Grille, 5515 N. Main St., Dayton, OH 45415 unless otherwise indicated)

• September 30: No regular club meeting on this date
• October 2: (Thursday) - Presidents Club Citizens Legion of Honor Luncheon
• October 7: First Meeting of the 2014-2015 Optimist Year
• October 14: Speaker - Michael Irwin,  AAA
• October 21: Speaker - David Sherman (film maker) with Michael & Sandy Bashaw
• October 28: Speaker – Michael Bevis, Strategic Sales & Marketing Partners
• November 4: Speaker - Lori Firsdon, Forte Organizers
• November 11: Open – Speaker needed
• November 18: Open – Speaker needed
• November 25: Meeting at Riverdale Optimist Club, no meeting at Shiloh Grille that day
• December 2: Open – Speaker needed
• December 9: Open – Speaker needed
• December 13 (Saturday): Denny Mantel Christmas Sharing Project
• December 16: Open – Speaker needed

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Minutes from the Sept. 23 meeting are available on the Members' Only page.