Newsletter May 1

Hello All,

We need a new President Elect. Dyan and Sue cannot by Optimist International rules do this again. Please think about being a Co-President.

Optimist Youth Football sign-ups are now being held at Riverglen Junior High School 6801 N Gary Lane Boise, May 5 & 12 9 AM to 1 PM. May 17 6 PM to 9 PM. Late sign-ups June 23.

Guest speaker Lou Siron

Dyan Graybeal gaveled the meeting to order at 12:10 PM.  Pat Brown led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OF CHANGING OUR MEETING TIMES AND DATES?

It was brought up that we seem to get more people on a regular basis at our nighttime meeting at the Casa Mexico Restaurant. How about meeting twice a month for a nighttime meeting? Maybe ... 1st Tuesday a 6:30 PM meeting at Fuddruckers ... 2nd Tuesday regular noon meeting ... 3rd Tuesday ... 6:30 PM meeting at Casa Mexico ... 4th Tuesday regular noon meeting. Any thoughts?

RIP Bill Holstein

There were words spoken of the passing of Bill Holstein Pacific Northwest District Governor for 1990-1991 (overseeing all Optimist clubs in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia). After his governorship ended he was called on to serve as the Optimist International Foundation Representative for the district. 

Bill was quite a character, with a dry sense of humor.  He and I would meet at the Optimist fields at about 6:30 in the morning on those Saturdays when games were to be played to climb into a golf cart to shuttle people to and fro from the parking lots, and he was forever giving me the razz about my having the only golf cart with rear view mirrors.  "I'm going to take that cart from you Callahan!"   He would say ... he never did.  Rest in peace old friend. 

Sending Larry on his way with $10

Holy Moley ... Larry Highley will be gone for the next two weeks.

Our speaker this day was Lou Siron from Veteran's Resource Network.  Lou talked of what I feel is a wonderful program ... getting things together to sent to our troops in Afghanistan and other places were our troops are deployed.    Boxes of goodies, food snacks, toiletries, and miscellaneous gifts.