Downtown Optimist Club of Columbia

In Person/ Zoom Meeting

Monday, April 15^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, Brent Sappington, Ken Oster, Nadi Ryakmyatulliov (by Zoom), Jim Murphy, Main Hussein, C.O. Scheffer, Trevor Harris (by Zoom), Bob Slemmons, Deborah Swanegan, Pat Kelly, Pat Brown and Mary Dewey

Special Guests:  Ken’s wife Beverly, Adam (Soap Box dad) Rick’s friend, Jean Neager (EMO Governor-Elect).

Invocation: Rick McKernan

Pledge of Allegiance:  Ken Oster

Welcome back Pat Brown who had Knee Replacement last month

Birthdays/Anniversaries:  

Sunday, April 14^th: Max Miller Birthday and Tony Parision joined in 2017

Pay the pig (Money goes to the OIF Children Cancer) Rick McKernan paid $1.00 for talking out of turn during the meeting, Pat Brown paid $10.00 for the Mizzou Softball team, Carl Scott paid a $1.00 for the Mizzou Softball team also and Indiana State Basketball team  and Jerry Sullivan paid a $.25 for Nadia Ryakmyatulliov for being on TV.

Jean Neager talked to us about the 3th qtr. Conference that will take place in Washington, MO on May 3rd and 4^th. Please sign up and come enjoy the Oratorical. She also talked about next there will be 5 Zones. Mary Dewey will be the Lt. Governor of Zone 1 which is made up of present Zone 1 and Zone 2 and Ashland Optimist Club for next year. She also reminded us that we need to work on our next year officers that will be due on May 20^th.  4^th qtr. Conversation will be in Columbia in August. If you are 60 and over please check out Hellpgrouper.com/Optimist they will pay for you to be a member of the Optimist Club and if you have already paid for this year you will get your money back.

Weekly Drawing: Ed Musterman

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

Jerry Sullivan let us know that we made about 5 hundred from the Pickle ball Tournament that we hosted on Saturday, April 6^th. We had 40 teams

Rick McKernan talked about the Bill of Right we only had one that we had to replace at the beginning of the month. Everything is going great

Mary Dewey reminds everyone about the Bike Safety Rodeo that will be this Saturday, April 20^th from 9:30 to 11:30 at Karis Church parking lot.

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: Junteenth Jamboree 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.

Nadi Ryakmyatulliov want to let us know that she will let us know on Monday who the 8 high school students who one our 8 high school scholarships. Each scholarship will be a thousand dollars. She will be needing help this year to hand them out at the award assemblies. There were a total of 40 students who applied this year.

Rick McKernan reminded us about the MFA Oil Rootin Tootin Boy’s and Girl’s Club Chili Contest this Saturday, April 20^th at the Holiday Inn Executive Center from 2:00 to 6:00pm.  Need help with making the chili and giving out the samples of the chili.

Board Meeting this Thursday, April 18^th at 6:00 pm. We have 1 funding request from the Central and Northeast Missouri Food Bank for $5000 for the buddy packs. We have 1 new member application to vote on for Adam Curmbliss.

Our guest speaker: Garrett Rucinski, Director of Engagement City of Refuge. Slide show will come later.

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

Mike Hachett, President

◄ Mar 2024	April  2024					May 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Wesley Parks joined in 2019 on April 1	1 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speake Corey Dunne TRYPS Children Theater	2 Alena Ryakatalln joined in 2019	3 Tyker Miller and Evan Schilling joined in 2023 Deadline for Early Bird for 3th Conference sign up	4	5	6 DOC Pickleball Tournament Sportsfield House 8:00 to 6:00 pm
7	8 Tyler Miller Birthday Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speaker Tara Epps Suprintendent of Juenille Justice Center	9	10	11	12	13
14 Max Miller Birthday   Tony Parision joined in 2017	15 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	16	17	18	19	20 Bike Saftey Rodeo Karis Church 9:30 to 11:30 am Set up at 8:30
21	22 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Paul Blyther Diamond Council	23	24	25	26 Ed Musterman  Joinedan Optimist Club  in 2002	27
28	29 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Jenna Steik, Convervation Educator, MO Dept of Conservation	30 Mark Steveson Joined in 2023	The Hunt of Optimism :Bill of Right will being April 2 through April 30 in 10 parks in Columbia,

Downtown Optimist Club of Columbia

In Person/ Zoom Meeting

Monday, April 8, 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, Akbar Hussein, James Murphy, Rick Mcernan, Bob Slemmons, Larry Fick, Ken Oster, Nadi Ryakmyatulliov (Zoom), and Mary Dewey

Special Guests: Ken Oster’s wife Beverly, Matt Stevenson (Friend of Rick) Rick’s Granddaughter Hailey, Ed Musterman wife Sue.

Larry Fick 3 hours volunteer hours at the Central Missouri Food Bank

Invocation: Larry Fick

Pledge of Allegiance:  Carl Scott

Birthdays/Anniversaries:  Bob Slemmons birthday was on March 29^th,

Pay the pig (Money goes to the OIF Children Cancer):  Carl Scott paid $5.00 for a Big Thanks to Jerry and Evan for all their had work with the Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, and for his Indiana State Basketball team who finish 2 in NIT.

Mike Hachett inducted our new member Bob Slemmons He was given his membership package, his pin and name tag.  Welcome Bob Slemmons to our club.  He moved to Columbia, MO to be closer to their kids in November. He an optimist member for 17 years in Colorado Springs, Colorado and he worked for 20 years in Illinois. 

Weekly Drawing: Jake Jolley

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

Boy’s and Girl’s Club Chili Cook off will be on Saturday, April 20^th at the Holiday Inn Executive Center (2200 1-70 Dr. SW) Greg Schneider is the chair of. Please let him know if you can help out with handing out the samples of chili in the afternoon.

Jerry Sullivan wanted to thank the follow club members for all their help on Saturday at the 1^st Annual Pickle Ball Tournament. There were 40 teams and everyone had a great time playing. A big thanks for Evan Schilling for helping putting the bracket together and keeping up during the tournament, Daryl Stockstill for all his help putting lines down on Friday to helping all day Saturday, Carl Scott for helping taking items over on Friday and with everything else he help with during set up and taking down, Rick McKernan and James Murphy helping with Saturday set up and talking to the players when checking them in, Kelly Schilling for getting the games for the kids to play with in the morning on Saturday, Deb Swanegan for taking pictures, Ed and Sue Musterman for running the concession stand and to his family. We cleaned about $5 hundred for a first time Pickleball tournament. There was a lot of Optimist logo everywhere at the Sports Fieldhouse throughout the day. Next year tournament will be on March 29^th.

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 throughout 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. All of the Geo Cashing are hidden and Rick has got some selfies sent in already.

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: Junteenth Jamboree 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: Member Spotlight Tara Eppy, Superintendent, Boone Juvenile Justice Center (See attached information)

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

Mike Hachett, President

◄ Mar 2024	April  2024					May 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Wesley Parks joined in 2019 on April 1	1 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speake Corey Dunne TRYPS Children Theater	2 Alena Ryakatalln joined in 2019	3 Tyker Miller and Evan Schilling joined in 2023 Deadline for Early Bird for 3th Conference sign up	4	5	6 DOC Pickleball Tournament Sportsfield House 8:00 to 6:00 pm
7	8 Tyler Miller Birthday Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speaker Tara Epps Suprintendent of Juenille Justice Center	9	10	11	12	13
14 Max Miller Birthday   Tony Parision joined in 2017	15 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	16	17	18	19	20 Bike Saftey Rodeo Karis Church 9:30 to 11:30 am Set up at 8:30
21	22 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Paul Blyther Diamond Council	23	24	25	26 Ed Musterman  Joinedan Optimist Club  in 2002	27
28	29 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	30 Mark Steveson Joined in 2023	The Hunt of Optimism :Bill of Right will being April 2 through April 30 in 10 parks in Columbia,

Downtown Optimist Club of Columbia

In Person/ Zoom Meeting

Monday, April 1, 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 Stockhill, Scott Stager (Zoom), Steve Winters, Deb Swanegan, James Murphy, Rick McKernan, and Mary Dewey

Special Guests:  Pat Kelly, Dave Raithel, and Corey Dunn from TRYS Children’s Theatre

Invocation: Deb Swanegan

Pledge of Allegiance:  Carl Scott

Birthdays/Anniversaries:  

Pay the pig (Money goes to the OIF Children Cancer):  Dave Raithel paid $1.00 for someone cleaning up his spot, Steve Winter paid $1.00 for his picture on the front pages of the Talker (Senior Citizen Center), Carl Scott paid $5.00 for Indiana State still playing in the NIT and a April Fool joke about Bill Self leaving KU basketball, and Mary Dewey paid $1.00 pictures on Facebook. Rick McKernan paid $.25 for KU

Weekly Drawing: Ken Oster

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

Boy’s and Girl’s Club Chili Cook off will be on Saturday, April 20^th at the Holiday Inn Executive Center (2200 1-70 Dr. SW) Greg Schneider is the chair of. Please let him know if you can help out with handing out the samples of chili in the afternoon.

Jerry Sullivan on Saturday, April 6 the 1^st Annual Pickle Ball Tournament. We have 40 teams. After the meeting he will need help bring items down from upstairs. Also will need help Friday night putting line down on three of the courts and take stuff over from the clubhouse to the Sports field house. Next year tournament will be on March 29^th.

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 throughout 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. All of the Geo Cashing are hidden and Rick has got some selfies sent in already.

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: Junteenth Jamboree 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: Member Spotlight Corey Dunn from TRYS Children’s Theatre (See attachment information) 

She grew up in Columbia MO went to Rockbridge High School where she took Children Theatre class.  She was in the musical Footloose. Went to Missouri State University in Children Theatre Education. Dunne began working for TRYPS in a professional capacity in 2006, serving as education director, production manager and executive producing director over the course of 10 years. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree and served as the education director at Studio East Training for the Performing Arts before returning to Columbia in 2021. She worked in the Office of Cultural Affairs before making the transition to executive artistic director.

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

Mike Hatchett, President

◄ Mar 2024	April  2024					May 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Wesley Parks joined in 2019 on April 1	1 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speake Corey Dunne TRYPS Children Theater	2	3  Evan Schilling joined in 2023 Deadline for Early Bird for 3th Conference sign up	4	5	6 DOC Pickleball Tournament Sportsfield House 8:00 to 6:00 pm
7	8 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speaker Tara Epps Suprintendent of Juenille Justice Center	9	10	11	12	13
14 Max Miller Birthday   Tony Parision joined in 2017	15 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Garrett Recinski City of Refuge	16	17	18	19	20 Bike Saftey Rodeo Karis Church 9:30 to 11:30 am Set up at 8:30
21	22 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Paul Blyther Diamond Council	23	24	25	26 Ed Musterman  Joinedan Optimist Club  in 2002	27
28	29 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	30 Mark Steveson Joined in 2023	The Hunt of Optimism :Bill of Right will being April 2 through April 30 in 10 parks in Columbia,

Downtown Optimist Club of Columbia

In Person/ Zoom Meeting

Monday, March 18^th, 2024 at the Optimist Clubhouse

Meeting began at 12:00 noon

Members in attendance: President Mike Hatchett, Ed Musterman, Rick McKernan, Carl Scott, Jack Cruise, Larry Fick, Brent Sappington, C.O. Scheffer, Kelly Schilling, Jerry Sullivan, Daryl Stockhill, Steve Winters, James Murphy, and Mary Dewey

Special Guests:  Pat Kelly, Donnetta Hill, Bob Slemmons and Brooke Orschlen

Invocation: Mary Dewey

Pledge of Allegiance:  Carl Scott

Birthdays/Anniversaries:  Mike Hatchett wedding 15^th Anniversary

Volunteer Hours: Larry Fick Food Bank 2 hours, and Knight of Columbus 30 hours,

Barb West 10 hours at the Armory Sports and Recreation Center pantry

Pay the pig (Money goes to the OIF Children Cancer):  Mike Hatchett paid $1.25 for pick on Rick about KU

Weekly Drawing:

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

Boy’s and Girl’s Club Chili Cook off will be on Saturday, April 20^th at the Holiday Inn Executive Center (2200 1-70 Dr. SW) Greg Schneider is the chair of. Please let him know if you can help out with handing out the samples of chili in the afternoon.

Jerry Sullivan on Saturday, April 6 the 1^st Annual Pickle Ball Tournament. We have 26 teams. Still looking for more teams to sign up.

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 throughout 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. All of the Geo Cashing are hidden and Rick has got some selfies sent in already.

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: Junteenth Jamboree 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.

3th Qtr. East Missouri Optimist District meeting will be on May 3 and 4 in Washington Missouri.  Please let Mike know if you want to attended ASAP.

Our guest speaker: Member Spotlight Mark Palmer from Voluntary Action Center

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

Mike Hatchett, President

◄ Feb 2024	March  2024					Apr 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1   Oratorical Contest Deadline Larry Fick (1968) and Max Miller(1969) joined the Club	2
3 Kem Oster joined the club in 1982	4 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Isiah Cummings, Hickman High School Baseball Coach	5	6	7	8	9   Kid’s 1st Optimist Club Trivia night at the American Legion at 6:00 pm
10 Oratorical Contest at 2:00 pm at the Clubhouse	11 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Trevor Harris	12	13	14 Steven Kelin Birthday	15 Essay Contest Deadline Hallsville Optimist Club Trivia Night at the Bob Lemone Building	16 Sunrise 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 clubhouse Speaker: Mark Palmer  Voluntary Action Center	19	20	21	22	23 Kiwanis Club Pancake day from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm at Columbia College cost is
24	25 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: – Krista Jones, St. Raymond’s Society.	26	27 Travis Kempf Birthday	28	29     Rick McKernan Birthday Fulton Optimist Club Fish Fry $15 at the door (High School)	30    Daniel Abraham Joined the Club in (2022)
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◄ Mar 2024	April  2024					May 2024 ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Wesley Parks joined in 2019 on April 1	1 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speake Corey Dunne TRYPS Children Theater	2	3  Evan Schilling joined in 2023 Deadline for Early Bird for 3th Conference sign up	4	5	6 DOC Pickleball Tournament Sportsfield House 8:00 to 6:00 pm
7	8 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse: Speaker Tara Epps Suprintendent of Juenille Justice Center	9	10	11	12	13
14 Max Miller Birthday   Tony Parision joined in 2017	15 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Garrett Recinski City of Refuge	16	17	18	19	20 Bike Saftey Rodeo Karis Church 9:30 to 11:30 am Set up at 8:30
21	22 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse Speaker: Paul Blyther Diamond Council	23	24	25	26 Ed Musterman  Joinedan Optimist Club  in 2002	27
28	29 Downtown Optimist Club Meeting at 12:00 at the clubhouse	30 Mark Steveson Joined in 2023	The Hunt of Optimism: Bill of Right will being April 2 through April 30 in 10 parks in Columbia,