Downtown Optimist Club of Columbia

In Person/ Zoom Meeting

Monday, March 4^th, 2024 at the Optimist Clubhouse

Meeting began at 12:00 noon

Members in attendance: President Mike Hachett, Ed Musterman, Rick McKernan, Carl Scott, Jerry Sullivan, Daryl Stockstill, Larry Fick, Trevor Harris, Akbar Hussein, Jack Curtis, Steve winter, Ken Oster, Kelly Schilling, Nadi Ryakmyatulliov, Daniel Abraham, C.O. Scheffer, and Mary Dewey

Special Guests: Ed Musterman friend Bob Slemmons, Ken’s wife Beverly, and Steve Winter Friend’s????

Invocation: Mary Dewey

Pledge of Allegiance:  Mike Hachett

Birthdays/Anniversaries: Kelly’s son Owen turn 16^th on Wednesday, March 6^th, Larry Fick joined the Downtown on 1968 and Max Miller joined the Downtown on 1967, and Ken Oster joined in 1982. 

Pay the pig (Money goes to the OIF Children Cancer): Mary Dewey paid $1.00 for her OI Foundation Award, Pat Brown paid $20.00 for the HHS Baseball team, Carl Scott paid $1.00 for Thanking the 82 people who came out for the Annual Club Chili Dinner, and $1.00 for the Mizzou Softball team, Akbar Hussein and Steve Winter both paid a $.25, and Jerry Sullivan paid a $1.00 for Carl Scott and Larry Fick for all their hard work on the Chili Dinner, Rick McKernan paid $5.00 for KU 7^th lost in the Big 12.

Pat Brown will be out for 6 weeks from having knee replacement.

Weekly Drawing: ??????

Kelly Schilling has club t-shirt for sale for $13 for member and free for new members

Jerry Sullivan Let us know that we will hosting a Pickleball Tournament on April 6^th from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Columbia Fieldhouse Sports Center. We will need about 5 to 6 club members to help with this event. We are looking for Sponsors to help with prizes for the winner and other prizes we would like to hand out that day. Please let Jerry know if you can help with this event. Pickleball meeting this Thursday, January 17 at 5:00 pm. 

Rick McKernan talked about the Bill of Right Geo Cashing event that will be hosting this in the month of March. We will be put out the cartons on February 29^th in 10 different parks through out Columbia Parks, They will need to take a selfie of themselves reading the Bill of Right that they find in that park. After they find all the parts of the Bill of Right they will send them into us and we will pick the winner. 

Mary Dewey will also be putting together a table for the Kids 1^st Optimist Trivia night that will take place on March 9 door open at 5:00 pm. Chili Cook off will start at 6:00 pm and trivia will start at 7:00 pm. The cost will be $25.00 a person for a table spot.  Please Mary know if you want to be part of her trivia table. 

Mary Dewey has signed up the Downtown Optimist Club with the other clubs in Columbia for Columbia Parks and Recreation Family Fun Fest. The dates are Wednesday, May 15: Bee Kind to Your Mind at COSMO Park, Thursday, June 20^th: JunteenthJamboree at COSMO Park, Wednesday, July 17:  Healthy Habits at Albert-Oakland Park, Wednesday, August 21^:  Be Prepared at Albert-Oakland, and Wednesday, September 18: Creative Kids at Albert Oakland Park. The events start at 6 and will end at 8 pm. Set up stars at 5 pm. C.O. Scheffer will be sending out sign up Genies for this event please sign up to help. 

Mary Dewey also has our annual Bike Safety Rodeo set for Saturday, April 20 from 9:30 to 11:30 am at Karis Church parking lot. C.O. Scheffer will be sending out sign up Genies for this event please sign up to help. 

If you are interested in going to a St. Louis Baseball game please see the attachment to this email for more information.

Our guest speaker: Isiah Cummings Hickman High School Baseball Head Coach and Caption Kemble.

​Kemble is a short stop and 3th baseman for the Hickman Baseball team. He started playing baseball with his brother and his father was his first baseball coach. He usually would play 1^st base until his freshman coach Cumming you can be a great short stop and 3th base player. Next year he will be playing 3th base at Columbia College.  Cumming has been the head coach since 2023, before that he was 10 years as a coach from volunteer coach to Freshman Coach. He is a listed therapy Outreach Counselor. He also played college baseball. They just had baseball tryouts and he keep up to 40 to 50 boys to play Freshman, JV and Varity teams. During Spring Break, they will be going to Florida to play in a tournament and they take all the players on school buses. Next month there will be a 3-day baseball tournament with 16 teams. 

Optimist Creed was recited and meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm 

◄ Feb 2024	March  2024					Apr 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1   OratoricalContest DeadlineLarry Fick (1968) and Max Miller(1969) joined the Club	2
3Kem Oster joined the club in 1982	4Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouseSpeaker: Isiah Cummings, Hickman High School Baseball Coach	5	6	7	8	9   Kid’s 1stOptimist Club Trivia night at the American Legion at 6:00 pm
10Oratorical Contest at 2:00 pm at the Clubhouse	11Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouseSpeaker: Trevor Harris	12	13	14Steven KelinBirthday	15Essay Contest DeadlineHallsville Optimist Club Trivia Night at the Bob LemoneBuilding	16Sunrise Optimist Club Trivia Night at 6:00 pm at their Clubhouse 2410 Parker Street
17	18     Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouseSpeaker:Stacey Pottinger, Voluntary Action Center	19	20	21	22	23Kiwanis Club Pancake day from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm at Columbia College cost is
24	25Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouseSpeaker:– Krista Jones, St. Raymond’s Society.	26	27Travis KempfBirthday	28	29   RickMcKernan BirthdayFulton Optimist Club Fish Fry $15 at the door (High School)	30    Daniel Abraham Joined the Club in (2022)
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Mike Hachett, President

◄ Mar 2024	April  2024					May 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Wesley Parks joined in 2019 on April 1	1Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speake Corey Dunne TRYPS Children Theater	2Alena Ryakatallnjoined in 2019	3Tyker Miller and Evan Schilling joined in 2023 Deadline for Early Bird for 3th Conference sign up	4	5	6DOC Pickleball Tournament Sportsfield House 8:00 to 6:00 pm
7	8Tyler Miller BirthdayDowntown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse:Speaker Tara Epps Suprintendent of Juenille Justice Center	9	10	11	12	13
14Max Miller Birthday Tony Parisionjoined in 2017	15Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	16	17	18	19	20Bike SafteyRodeoKaris Church 9:30 to 11:30 amSet up at 8:30
21	22Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouseSpeaker: Paul Blyther Diamond Council	23	24	25	26Ed MustermanJoinedanOptimist Club  in2002	27
28	29Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	30Mark StevesonJoined in 2023

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