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Optimist Club of Perdido Bay

Grits and Bits100% and Then Some

2011-2012

June 2012 Club # 29-108 P.O. Box 87 Lillian, AL 36549Meets Every Saturday Morning at the Lillian Community Club 8:00 AM

AL-LA-MS Governor Helen Howard Lt. Governor Peggy PopeEditor: Sally McKinney-(251) 961-2620

www.lillian.org/ocpb.htm

Optimists! Great News! YOUR EXCEPTIONAL WORK has

paid big dividends, you have met the Optimist International challenge of10 newmembers during March, April, May and the club will be awarded the Optimist RoadSign to be displayed on US-98. This brings our annual membership drive total to 21,today, giving us a total membership of 131. Remember KIDs Are Our Mission andthe more members the more KIDs we can HELP. We still have four more months tofinish out this year. PLEASE Keep Recruiting!

I would like to extend a personal "THANK YOU" to both of our Maychairpersons and all those wonderful Club Volunteers that assisted - Chuck Ahrens/Cliff Collier/Dan Church for the Wood Boat Show @ Pirates Cove and SharonByl for May Day Childrens Fun Day in the PARK.

Our Patriotic Fund RaiserStreetsofRed,White&Blue by allappearances is a huge success. Duane & crew put out over 80 flags, Memorial Day its first of five (5) holidays. Duane asks PLEASE HELPEveryone, he needs your assistance. Keep the COLORS FLYING. Lillian lookedstunning, partially dressed up in Red,White&Blue. I, for one, cant wait to seeher completely decked-out in Red,White&Blue.

PROMISE YOURSELFto ask everyone you meet

to join the most fantastic service organizationin Baldwin CountyTHE OPTIMIST CLUB OF PERDIDO BAY

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Everyone please make plans to pitch in and support June/July programs andfund raisers. Chuck Ahrens/Cliff Collier/Dan Church ILLUMINATING AUTISM@ Pirates Cove and Marcia Little/Margaret Schaff Club Fashion Show

GOD BLESS.Optimistically, bill c

**********************************************************************PS: I need 247 of YOU to help me with the Mullet Festival September 3rd.

& - Note: I will be away nearly all of June attending to my Dads finalrequest.

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New members that earned us a special sign for Highway 98 are top row, Dick Blizzard, Bud Martin andStephanie Rodriguez. Bottom row are Carol Williams, Erby Huggins, Jeanine Fowler and JamesPope. Not pictured are Bob James, Mike Gale and Tom P. Kuklish. Theres always room for more.

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Upcoming Events/Speakers

June 02 No speaker-Illuminating AutismJune 09 The Matrimonial Union of

Barbara Dixon and Hugh MeyersJune 16 Keith Newton-South Baldwin

Hospitals New Lillian FacilityJune 23 Rep. Steve McMillan-Legislative Update

from MontgomeryJune 30 Dr. John Meyers-Retina Specialists

Protecting Your Eyes

2011-2012 OFFICERS

PresidentBill Cornell 962-2855President ElectKen Sanders 961-1530Vice-PresidentButch Price 597-8119SecretarySally McKinney 961-2620TreasurerDan Church 256-4225Past PresidentAndy Wilkinson 961-1643Special AdvisorLee Hoffman 962-3339

DIRECTORSRod Benton 961-3461 1 Yr.Mel Whitehurst 962-4304 1 Yr.Rod Haught 962-3216 1 Yr.Peggy Pope 962-2594 2 Yr.Dave Ives 961-1324 2 Yr.Mike Compton 979-8134 2 Yr.

Pass it on, check out our website:

http://www.lillian.org/ocpb.htm

Have you made arrangements

to joinStreets of Red, White & Blue?

Flag Day is June 14Call Duane Whitmyer, (251) 256-4180

Mr. MulletSez

Sign Up!

What a tribute to our teachers when we found so many formerElberta students qualified for our scholarships. Meet Racheal

Younce, Ryan Lee, Sara Scharmen and Emily Costa our2012 winners. They joined us for breakfast with their families,from left, Sharon Younce, Valerie Lee, Kim Scharmen,Cheryl, Chris and Maggie Costa.

THE STUDENTS

THE TEACHERS

Martha Cokonougher, middle, was our choice for Educatorof the Year from Elberta Elementary School. She is surroundedby two other teachers, Principal Hope Zeanah and our ownGary Bobleter. Middle school teacher Tiffany Taylor wasunable to attend the presentation.

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The Optimist CreedPromise Yourself:

To be so strong that nothing can disturb yourpeace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity toevery person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there issomething in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything andmake your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for thebest, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success ofothers as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and presson to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all timesand give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement ofyourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger,too strong for fear, and too happy to permit thepresence of trouble.

O.I.

Kitchen Korner

May 26 & June 2-Team 9Bill Youngs 961-1791Pat McGuire 962-3063Cleo Conn 961-1955Monk Manning 961-3554Buck Hamilton 961-2277Glen Seering 961-1491Letha Seering 961-1491

Jim Baxter 961-1700Joe Keller (803) 781-1740Dick Blizzard (423) 351-4230Thornton Garth (850) 226-9770

June 9 & 16-Team 1Joe Taylor 962-4301

Bob Pocreva 961-1084Sonny Keigley 961-1740Rod Benton 961-3461Parker Davis 961-3291Dave Thompson 979-3165Hugh Myer (850) 293-9458

Jerry Langford 961-3014Blakey Crowe 962-2644

Jeanine Fowler 504-9525

June 23 & 30-Team 2Gale Highland 961-2799

Jerry Watkins 962-2846Richard Sullivan 961-3384Ed Kish 961-2708Dan Church 256-4225

Emma Fell 962-2574Peggy Pope 962-2594Dan Randall 234-1122Sharon Byl 923-6916

James Pope 962-2594

Happy Birthday to You!June Birthdays

5th Larry Washington8th Floyd Replogle

16th Ed Kish16th Buck Hamilton21st Mel Whitehurst21st Dick Blizzard22nd Patty Martin

22nd Bob Johnson24th Judy Wargo

27th Harry Passmore

Some of the worker bees at the Wood Boat Show.Dan Church and Ken Sanders, Mary Collierand Margaret Schaff, and Emma Fell . A note tonew members, working on a project is a great wayto make new friends.