THE OPTIMISTIC VIEW - Spearfish Optimist Club

THE OPTIMISTIC VIEW
November 2013
VOL #V ISSUE #II
By: Bill Termes
Football Books, the Wherefore and the Why…
The year was 1986 when the Spearfish Optimist Club formed & it chose its
President
Nancy Grassel
(605) 717-2252
[email protected]
Vice President I
Bob Mayer
(605) 641-3234
[email protected]
1st fundraiser. Selling football books seemed viable, members offered
participants a chance to win $$ for purchasing a book. The Club would track
the playoff games, track the winners, and mail the proceeds back out. The 1 st
year 100 books were sold. In time advertising was sold to offset the printing
costs, some businesses offered great deals which actually helped the Club sell
more books. Perkins even offers a free slice of pie coupon in every book. By
1994 the Club was selling 750 books per year, with previous member Dick
Vice President II
Janette Hettick
(605) 380-7823
[email protected]
Secretary
Sandy Mattern
(605) 642-8155
[email protected]
Treasurer
Autumn Hart
(605) 641-5679
[email protected]
Past President
Dixie Richardson
(605)641-6771
[email protected]
P.O. BOX 335
SPEARFISH, SD 57783
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Club had two fund raisers, Football Books and the Home Show; then in
2012 we added the Ride For Youth. In this fundraiser we ask for
participation from each of our over 50 members. The Team Leaders &
Teams for 2013 are: A:Paula Rear Jeff Rear B:Bill Termes Mike
Benham, Marcia Barnes, Bob Barnes, Tammy Olson C:Bob Mayer Steve
Giuseffi, Glen Lewis, Percy Ahrendt, Autumn Hart, Wayne Miller
D:George Martin Sue Hall-Martin, Steve Morford, Pat Gainey, Don
Martin, Peggy Martin E:Fred Ening F:Dylan Wilde Lee Eklund, Sarah
Eklund, John Frederickson, John Opstedahl, Scott Gannaway
G:Sandy Mattern Lionel Richardson, Dixie Richardson, Janette Hettick,
John Lee H:Carl Edwards Dan Vaplon, Tom Jewitt, Pat Salcone, Molly
Salcone I:Tacey Dunwoody Nancy Grassel, Randy Culver, Diane
Chamberlain, Kara Parsons J:Bret Green Gregg Wolff, Don Altmyer,
Dick Rutherford K:Scott Kennedy L:Clair Donovan / Baseball
M:Barb Cline Ron Cline, Bob McIntosh, Wayne Evans, Cara Weigel
N:(open)
If you are a member and have not heard from your captain, please contact
any of the officers, if you want to buy books, please do the same
www.facebook.com/SpearfishOptimists
or http://optimists.spearfish.com
Past President Dixie Richardson
. & Event Chair Dick Rutherford
working the numbers at the event.
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November 2013
VOL #V ISSUE #II Page #II
SPECIAL PICTURE OF THE MONTH:
Optimist Social:
Coming up
QUICK on Saturday November 23rd. The
Club has a long history of caring enough
to bring its members together with
organized social events multiple times per
year. These are open to ALL members
and guests.
Below is the schedule for the event
Da Bus Pick-Up:
Whitewood (Howdy’s Hideaway)
Spearfish (Doghouse)
Spearfish (Flanagan’s)
Spearfish (Junek’s)
Spearfish (Crow Peak Brewery)
4:45pm
5:00pm
5:10pm
5:15pm
5:20pm
.
Rare look inside DaBus!
From there DaBus will hit DaRoad to Beulah for its 1st stop at the
Buffalo Jump from 5:45-6:30pm.
From there it’s onto Belle Fourche & the Branding Iron
from 7:00-7:45pm.
Next stop is St. Onge at the Saint Onge Bar from 8:15-9:00pm and finally
back to Whitewood to Howdy’s Hideaway from 9:30-10:15pm.
DaBus will stop at each of the original stops to conclude by 11:00pm.
Specialty appetizers are being arranged at each of the four stops so bring
your appetite & BYOB on DaBus. The Theme is “B”.
While there is a significant cost to put these socials together both in
volunteer time and actual cost, the Club covers all costs for members and
guests are only $10. This is done in effort to bring everyone together for a
fun night out.
Please RSVP ASAP via text to 641-8312 or email to [email protected].
OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL AWARDS:
Below: Gov.Elect Don Stover
. Member Carl Edwards the: Distinguished
Gov Award for “Living the Creed”.
October Students of the Month
Sawyer Dohman Jessica Peterson Tristan Blain
OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL
District Governor
Rick Johnson
(763) 421-8863
[email protected]
Zone 5 Lieutenant Governor
Carl Edwards
(605) 645-1102
[email protected]
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Below:Gov.Elect Don Stover presenting
members Fred Ening, Carl Edwards & Bill.
Termes the Builders of Excellence Award.
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November 2013
VERY SPECIAL THANK-YOU to Paula
Rear who has been a member of the Club
since 1993. Thank you for the countless
time given selling Football Books, Football
Ads, Chairing the Hospitality Booth,
serving on the Board, and staying active in
so many other areas of our Club!!
VERY SPECIAL THANK-YOU to new
member Dick Rutherford for all you do!
For the time you’ve given Chairing and
re-organizing the Ride For Youth. For
cooking award winning Chili at the
Northern Hills Training Centers Annual
Event. You are appreciated!
Clark Printing (Tour) 11/20 – Clark Printing has been
supporting the Optimist Club for many years, get a rare
chance to get a behind the scenes tour of some of their
amazing machinery. See their Heidelberg four color press,
it’s rated the best in the world. They are a computer forms
manufacturing plant, one of few left in the nation, they
wholesale this product to other printers across the nation.
Computer forms are the tractor feed perforations along side
the pages used by some larger businesses still today. The press used in this process came from
England and is quite impressive.
Clark Printing offers a full service mailing facility, book binding services from saddle stitch, coil, to
perfect binding soft or hard cover. They print just about anything from brochures, to checks, and have
a full service design department that offers as much or as little development graphic assistance as is
needed or requested. They also have a full retail office store. The Tour is open to anyone!
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Board of Directors:
Jeff Rear
(605) 645-8992
[email protected]
Randy Culver
(605) 641-8152
[email protected]
Fred Ening
(605) 644-1010
[email protected]
Paula Rear
(605) 645-8993
[email protected]
Tacey Dunwoody
(605) 645-0810
[email protected]
Bill Termes
(605) 641-8312
[email protected]
Grants (Applications being taken through 12/31) –. Each Optimist Club in the US & throughout
the world looks within their community to determine how they can best help their area’s youth.
After forming in 1986 our Club determined that offering grants would be the primary way to help,
by 1990 we were granting just under $5,000 per year, by the year 2000 that amount had grown to
almost $17,000 & by 2013 our Club was granting $30,000 per year. The grant committee divides
the funds equally three ways: academic, athletic, and domestic. In 2013 the Club offered grants to
over 50 organizations all focused on helping our areas youth.
Calendar of Events:
11/11
Board of Directors Meeting
Open to Everyone
11/13
Students of the Month
Wilde/Hunt Law Firm 5:30pm
(210 W. Grant St. Sprfsh)
Pizza Ranch
Noon
th
11/20
Tour of Clark Printing
720 11 St Sprfsh Noon
11/23
Optimist Social
Bus Trip
11/27
No Meeting
Happy Thanksgiving
12/04
1st Football Book Turn-In
Pizza Ranch
12/09
Board of Directors Meeting
Wilde/Hunt Law Firm 5:30pm
(210 W. Grant St. Sprfsh)
Open to Everyone
Noon
12/11
Students of the Month
Pizza Ranch
Noon
12/18
Gift Exchange/White Elephant
Pizza Ranch
Noon
12/25
No Meeting
Merry Christmas
12/31
Grant Application Deadline
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