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Regular Meetings Tuesday Evenings at the
Optimist Centre under the PA EX Grandstand.
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6:30 p.m. - Cocktails
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7:00 p.m. - Supper
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7:35 p.m. - Meeting
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Optimist International at a Glance
Membership
119,611
Total Clubs
3,824
Founded June 19,
1919
*figures include JOOI Clubs
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Six million
young people served each year.
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65,000 service
projects conducted annually.
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$78 million
spent annually on community service projects.
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OptiMart help needed
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Sun. Aug. 1 - 10
am-4 pm Set-up (Curtains, canteen , nevadas, 50-50)
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Mon. Aug. 2 - 10 am-4 pm
- Vendor Set-up
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Tues. Aug. 3 10 am-2pm -
Vendor Set-up
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Tues. Aug. 3 - Sat. Aug.
7 - help in our Canteen, 50-50 Draw, Nevadas, Vendor relations, Bounce "Pirates
of the Carribean", and such. Usually 4 hours shifts from 2 pm-6 pm and 6
pm-10 pm. Call Optimist Stan if you can help. 764-1254
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Sat. Aug. 7 - after 10
pm-Midnight - Take down, we need to haul everything back and empty the armouries.
The District has a Blog
Victoria Hospital
Foundation $12,000
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March 2, 2010 - We
donated $12,000 to the
Victoria Hospital Foundation. We raised this money over many years
under the Optimist International Childhood Cancer Campaign. We had
various presentations and possible uses for the money, but finally the right
project came along that fit.

Rob Dalziel
& Optimist George Lewko presenting the $12,000 donation.

Optimist George Lewko, Mrs. & Mr Winter Festival 2010 Phyllis & Roger Williams.
2010 Monty Spiel

2005 OK Hjertaas
Memorial Golf Classic

Sad news - we will miss
you
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Optimist Myrna
Sieben from the Border City Optimist Club of Lloydminster passed away March
18, 2010, at the age of 34 (I believe). She had a brain tumor, and
succumbed quickly.
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Myrna was a great
Optimist and traveled to many District events, and many times shared a ride
with members from our club. She held the District office of Lieutenant
Governor 2007-08, and had visited our club.
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From Curtis Sieben
(brother), on facebook, "For those interested prayers will be in Unity Catholic
Church at 7:30 on Tuesday (Mar. 23). The Funeral will be Wednesday at 10:30 AM
(Mar. 24, 2010). On behalf of the family thanks for all your support."

Optimist Myrna Sieben
Congratulations Mr. &
Mrs. Winter Festival 2010
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Optimist Roger & his
wife Phyllis Williams are the 2010 Mr. & Mrs.
Prince
Albert Winter Festival 2010.
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They are quite busy for
the last while, attending various events around the city, as part of the Prince
Albert Winter Festival.
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I hope you two, have a
great time.

From the Rural Roots Feb. 21, 2010
Burns Supper
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Jan. 26, 2010
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A big Thank-you
to members of the P.A. Highland Pipers: Blair Campbell, Michael
McLaughin and Optimist Dave Monette.
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We had a Selkirk
Grace, Address to the Haggis (and translation), and the Haggis was quite
nice, the short story of Robbie Burns and some Bagpipes with tunes from
Scotland and Robbie Burns.

Past President Jim N's
Ball

Santa Anonymous Time 2009
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A huge thank-you to our Santa Anonymous team, lead by
Optimist Jim N. & Optimist Vince.
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They repaired, painted, distributed and returned depots,
collected toys (sometimes daily), and helped the Salvation Army with Santa
Anonymous. 900 CKBI radio did an outstanding job promoting Santa
Anonymous.
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Below are some pics of depots going out and the Raider Santa
Anonymous Night on Dec. 15, 2009.

Nov. 24, 2009 - Green Night
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Thanks for dressing in Green to show support for our
Riders. Hopefully, they can win the Grey Cup this weekend. Only
the Leprechaun wasn't in green.
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We
had a very moving thank-you (for our support) from Anna, Howard & Carol
Darbyshire, on Anna's battle with cancer, that appears in remission.

Nov. 17, 2009 - Guest Night
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Lots of guests out
tonight.
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JR Golf - Mel
Kelly & Ron Stewart
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High Noon O.
C.: Ross Butterwick, & Bea Markowski
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Hubcity O.C. of
Saskatoon: Ralph Katzman, Phil Haughn, & Jim Yachyshen
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The Hubcity
Optimists gave a presenation on the a new "Optimist Club Fund" at the U. of S.
College of Medicine for Advanced Children Health Research. The fund needs
$5,000 to start, and they have a draw for a $1,000 bill, with tickets selling
for $10 each. We have 200 tickets to sell, with Optimist Phyllis
coordinating or sales. Draw date is Feb. 15, 2010. Looks like the
High Nooner might be selling some too.
Rider Pride Night
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Nov. 3 - Thanks to
everybody for Greening up for the Night. Very nice hair Dave Mon., the
pope hat on Liz, great tattoo Laurie, and thanks to everybody else in
GREEN.
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Past Governor Norm Sagen
and his wife Liz (current Zone 9 LG) came for a visit too. Liz won the
trivia contest too. Thanks.

Winners

Left:
Robert Stewart receiving $500 from Pres. Optimist George. Right: Don
Hlewka Jr receives his 50-50 win of $333, from Pre. Optimist George.
Found a nice Zone 5 website
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Our new District
webmaster set up a
Zone 5 web page, Gord Welling. It's very nice. They call
Zone 5, "Alberta Capital Region".
www.acr-optimists.org
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Below is our District
map. We are one of only a few International Districts.

Induction of New 2009-2010 Board of Directors
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Sept. 29, 2009. It was our induction night for our new
2009-2010 Board of Directors by our own Optimist Lieutenant Governor (LG)
Vince Parker.
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It was a spousal night too, with great fall decorations and
entertainment by a young Grade 10 student, who sang a few songs. Wonderful
supper by Optimist Stan too.

$15,000 to the John Diefenbaker School Playground Improvements
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Sept. 9, 2009 - Optimists Jim N., Roger & Stan presented
John Diefenbaker School with $15,000 at their Back to School BBQ.

Optimist Roger (2nd from the left) & Stan
(left)
Fall BBQ & Corn Roast
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Sept. 1, 2009 - Corn
Roast & BBQ at Paintball Paradise Prince Albert or Optimist George's farm.
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Good turn-out.
Optimist Kris has everybody scared of playing horseshoes.
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Optimist Dave & Garry
played their bagpipes and drums.


The OptiMart 2009
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A huge thank-you to
Optimist Stan, & Optimist Bob McC, for working so hard on this project.
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The Amouries looked very
good. We had a number of new booths including some draws: Boat, Canoe
outdoor camping health package, and a Hummer Golf Cart.

And the Winners are...

Optimist Dave Monette (L)
Optimist Centre Fix-up

Optimist Topper Volleyball presentation
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Feb. 25, 2009
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Optimists
Marvin, Laurie and Phyllis present the
P.A. Optimist
Toppers Girls Volleyball Club a cheque for $3,000.00 as our support
of their organization for this year.
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We have supported
the Toppers for years, and continue to do so.
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There are over 150
players in the club, plus many volunteer coaches.

Above
the cheque: Optimists Marvin S., Laurie L, & Phyllis M.
Optimist Centre Hall Fix-up
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Dec. 29-30, 2008
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Thanks to
everybody that came down and helped clean, paint and attach corners and
chair guards.
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The Hall is almost
all painted.
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And we've made progress
on the corners and chair guards.
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It's looking great.
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We still need to paint a
bit, and to contact cement the chair guards and corner another evening.

Optimist cleaning, painting and cornering. Thanks to Optimists: Kathie,
Dave Monette, Bob McC., Rhonda & George L.
Santa Anonymous Raider Night
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Dec. 17, 2008
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Thanks to
everybody who volunteered their time collecting toys for Santa Anonymous
at the Raider Hockey Game.
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Santa Anonymous is
one of our first projects that started back in 1961. Our club collects
unwrapped toys (for children between 0-12 years old) from groups, our depots
in Stores, Christmas Parties, and such. Sometimes we buy what the
donations are short of (many time batteries). The Salvation Army
distributes the toys through their excellent Hamper Program to needy
families.
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Special Thank-you to
Optimist Jim & Optimist Vince who have run this program for a long time and
collect all the toys. Thanks to everybody who helped putting the depots
out and bringing them back in.

Left:
Optimist Ray & Optimist Laurie gather toys. Right: Optimists Jim N., Ron E and
Bob McC. on the Ice

Left:
Optimist Stan & Optimist Cathy collecting toys Right: Optimists Ron E and
Bob McC. collecting toys.
Past President Optimist Dave Monette
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Dec. 9, 2008
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Past President
Optimist Dave Monette was roasted by Optimists and friends.
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Dave & Jan were
bagpiped into the Optimist Hall. Thank-you to the pipers.
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Michael Mc. gave a
PowerPoint presentation on Dave's musical background from history.
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A list of "Dave's
Stories of the Week" was circulated. Love the story on his Winnipeg trip
involving the sister-in-law's alarm, little dog "Jaz", and setting it off
in the middle of the night, and asking "Can anyone please help me??".
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The Executive received
some nice Optimist clothes.
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The Optimist of
the Year was Stan. Congratulations.

Left: Past President Dave & Jan being piped
in. Right: Optimist Stan as Optimist of the Year.
A&W Bears AAA Female Hockey team

Optimist Rhonda (L) and Optimist Tammy (R)
presenting our $2,000 sponsorship cheque to the A&W Bears Girls AAA Hockey team
(M). Our logo appears on the center back of all their team jackets.
Grand Opening Ceremony Queen Mary Community School Paved
Walking Track
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Sept. 24, 2008
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This project was submitted as a CPA (Community Project
Awards) to our District (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana and Northern
Wyoming), which it won. It now competes at Optimist International
level.
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We donated $10,000 (in 2008) to help get this $35,000
project completed. Plus our club helped with $25,000 last year, to pay
for their entire Playground Improvements.
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The Paved Walking Track is located on the East side of the
School, and surrounds their soccer fields.
Green Night - Optimist Presidents Jim N. 1st Meeting

Left: Optimist Jim N. receives a plaque with
all 10 teams from the Boxed Lacrosse Association. Right: Optimist Tammy
receives a plaque from Junior Golf for our support in 2008.
Presentations

Left: Optimist Henry Hanson receives his
Christian D. Larson Plaque from Optimist President Dave Monette Right: Rivier
Academy Foundation representative make their presentation to our club.
Optimist Dave's mouth was open much of that night.
Meeting Wind-up Golf & Steak Supper

Election Results
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May 13, 2008 Here
are the Election Results for our club. Offices will start Oct. 1, 2008
and run until Sept. 30, 2009 (unless you have a two year term)
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President - Jim
N. (he will be attending the International Convention in Grapevine TX)
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Past Pres. - Dave
Monette
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Vice Pres. - Steve N.
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Vice Pres. - Stan D.
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Director 2010 - Dave
Markling, Phyllis M, Laurie L.
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Director 2009 - Ray P,
George L, Donna B.
Annual Elimination Draw Winner 2008
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May 6, 2008. We presented Jane Schneider with a cheque
for $4,000 Cash, as her choice of 1 of 4 prizes.
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Here's a link to our
Boat Draw page with a complete list of prizes and winners.

Optimist Bob Faul (seller), the 2008 Winner
Jane Schneider, and Optimist President Dave Monette (Annual Elimination Draw
Chairman
Chris Clinton "Never Give Up" Bahir Dar School Reno Project in
Ethiopia

Optimist President Dave Monette receives a
special plaque of appreciation from Chris Clinton for our support
Vanessa Numedahl's Carepage
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Our Vice-President
Steve Numedahl's daughter Vanessa has undergone surgery in Edmonton.
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She has Progressive
familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) which is a genetic condition that
affects the liver. She has undergone a liver transplant on April 21, 2008,
now that she is 2 years old and a suitable donate could be found.
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There is a good story on
the
P.A. Daily Heralds website from Feb. 28, 2008.
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Vanessa has a
Carepage in Edmonton. It can be found under
FriendsofVanessa too. There is a short login or registration
procedure. Steve and Jackie (Mom) keep daily updates on the website.
You can post personal messages.
Elimination Draw April 22, 2008
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April 22, 2008. Thank-you to everybody who supported our
annual Elimination Draw, with purchasing tickets, selling tickets and/or
sponsoring a prize.
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Congratulations to our Winner: Jane
Schneider who will be
taking the $4,000 cash option.
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A big thanks to our Chairman Optimist
President Dave and his committee with this great and long running fundraiser.
The results can be found on the Boat Draw
Webpage.
St. Patrick's Day early

Optimist Jimmy N. preparing for St. Patrick's
Day
Vanessa's Fundraiser
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Mar. 8, 2008. Our club helped at the Fundraising
evening for Vanessa (daughter of Optimist Steve N.). She will need a
liver transplant ASAP. The surgery can only be done in Edmonton, and
she need nutrition supplements to live.
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Thanks to all the Optimist that helped make the evening great.
We donated/supported/helped with ~$1,200 to help out.

Picture 1: Vanessa. Picture 2 & 3:
Optimists helping during the evening.
Valentines Evening
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Feb. 12, 2008. We had an excellent roast beef supper
prepare by Optimist Carol. Our evening entertainment was singing by
Andrea Lett, accompanied by her father Rick on the guitar. What a
great voice! An assortment of goodies were given away, including Roses
for the ladies. There was a contest later the pitted the men vs. the
women, in coming up with "Terms of Endearment" in less than 3 minutes.
The men had a short list, the women much longer, but one entry did standout
for the women, and had to be in reference to one of our short, loud members
"%ickhead". The next time, we'll see who can name the most tools in 3
minutes. Or the proper name of the screw heads, example not the square
thingie. Great night. Thank-you to Optimist Jimmy for the
pictures.

Left picture: Our entertainment Andrea & Rick
Lett, Middle: The Men losing, Right: The Women winning
Burns Supper Jan. 2007

Left: Michael McLaughlan giving the Address to the Haggis.
Right: Optimists Kris E. (with Haggis) & Optimist Bagpipes Dave, bringing the
haggis.
Club Bylaws 2008
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Jan. 29, 2008 - had
approval for our new Club Bylaws. They can be found in the Members
Only Section, under the Member Login Tab. If you need the password,
please
email or call Optimist George 764-9444.
School Safety
Patrollers and Thank-yous
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Jan. 15, 2008.
Lyle Karasiuk (from Parkland Ambulance) gave a update on the School Safety
Patroller Program. New vests are coming in the older, orange (and
better) style. Our club presented him with $2,500.00 as our commitment
for this school year. We are in partner with the High Noon Optimist
Club of Prince Albert and MacDonald's Restaurants of Prince Albert.
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Thank-yous were give out
to a couple of outstanding Optimists: Stan and Vince.
First
Picture: Lyle Karasiuk receiving a cheque for $2,500 from Optimist President
Dave Monette, Picture 2: Optimist Vince's thank-you, Picture 3: Optimist Stan's
thank-you.
Notice of Bylaw Change
Jan. 29, 2008
Optimist Christmas
Party
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Dec. 11, 2007.
An excellent turn out from our membership and lots a excited kids, eager to
see Santa Claus. Optimist Stan and Carol did a fantastic on the meal.
Thank-you. Optimist Dave Monette entertained the children with his
guitar, songs, and a box of musical noise makers. Thanks to everyone
that helped make this a successful evening.

P.A.C.I. Student
Leadership Council receives Optimist Award
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Dec. 4, 2007.
Congratulations to the P.A.C.I. Student Leadership Council receiving the
Optimist Youth Leadership Award. They had a great turn out of 12
members and a couple of teachers. They gave an interesting and
informative presentation. Our President Dave Monette presented them
with their Award and a cheque for $200 for their future endeavors.

Santa Anonymous
Campaign is kicking into High Gear
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Dec. 2, 2007.
Santa Anonymous Raider Night. Thank-you for all the Raider Game
patrons who donated toys to Santa Anonymous. A big Thank-you to all
the Optimists on short notice, came out and help collect toys at the gates.
Members of the P.A. Fire Department donate a pile of toys that evening too.

Pictures from Dec. 4, 2007 Raider Games at the Art Hauser Centre. Raider
Santa Anonymous Night.
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Dec. 1, 2007.
We would like to thank all the businesses from our community that donate
space for Santa Anonymous Depots, and to everybody who donates toys to the
huge campaign. Many staff functions at this time of year now have
become regular contributors to Santa Anonymous, instead of a gift exchange.
Every year, since 1961 (this is our clubs first project) we have helped the
Salvation Army collect and distribute toys in their Christmas Hamper
Program. 900 CKBI has generously helped the entire time too, and have
been doing the Christmas Cheer broadcast even longer than that.
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Thank-you to the
following 9 businesses for hosting a Santa Anonymous Depot.
Presentation from
Vincent Massey Community School
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Nov. 27, 2007.
We had a large contingent out from Vincent Massey Community School Parent's
Council, plus Principle Darcy Sander & Vice Principle Devona West.
They have a new school but old playground equipment. The latest
playground equipment is 10 years old. They want to make ~$22,000 worth
of improvements and have raised some ~$5,000 already, but need more.

Some of
the contingent from Vincent Massey Community School.
Optimist Vince's Past
President Evening
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Oct. 30, 2007.
We were entertained by McKenzie Matice on the violin accompanied by our own
Optimist Dave Monette on the guitar. Dave also Emceed the evening.
A number of plaques were handed out.
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Past President
Vince Parker
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Optimist of the
Year: Dave Monette & Stan Danbrook
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Life Membership: Jim
Nicholson
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Past Secretary: Tammy
Eliason
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Past Treasurer: Kendra
Brown
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Faithful helper at the
Art Hauser Canteens: Roger Williams (and Phyllis)
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A few memories with
Vince were told. Jimmy a "lack of work" story, Tammy the van incident,
plus Henry's fishing story. Thanks for telling a story or two.
Optimist Dave presents Optimist Past President Vince with his plaque
Optimists of the Year Dave Monette and Stan Danbrook

Optimist Vince presents Optimist Jim Nicholson's Life Membership
Optimist Kendra receives her Past Treasurer plaque

Optimist Tammy receives her "Past" Secretary plaque Optimist Roger
gets the faithful helper @ the Art Hauser Canteen.
Welcome to our new
members and new 2007-08 Board

(Left)
New member induction
(Right) 2007-08 Board of Directors

(Left)
Optimist President Dave playing a set of pipes, that were in a secret bag, later
at the meeting.
Happy Birthday Optimist
President Dave

Birthday Boy Optimist Dave and Secretary Tammy working hard handing out cheques.
Queen Mary Playground
Ribbon Cutting
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The Official Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting
was Tuesday Sept. 25, 2007
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Our
Club members were the Guests of Honor, with a special reception in the
Teacher Lounge, and we had many members out.
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There were 200 or more kids plus parents to
a Community BBQ
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We were presented with a piece of framed art
from a student, a huge Thank-you card that all students signed and water
bottles for all members.
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The Mayor Jim Scarrow gave a brief speech
along with a prayer from Ms. Florence Anderson, and comments from the School
Division Superintendent Mrs. Cathy Mills. Mary Lou Ryder and Marvin
Sanderson gave thanks from the School Parent Council. Principal Kevin
Mugford emceed. President Vince had a chance at the podium too. Plus
he got to cut the ribbon.
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The School Parent Council raised over
$22,000 themselves and we added another $25,000.

Tour of the new Aquatic
Snoezelen Room
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We donated $5,000 to the Original Snoezelen
Room and we have helped with another $5,000 towards the Aquatic Snoezelen
Room.
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The
Grand Opening was Sept. 18, 2007. A number of
Optimist attended it’s opening.

Thanks to everybody for
helping at Bingos
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I would like to
thank our Bingo crew for their help all year long. They have pulled
extra duty. Midnights, short notices, etc. Pictures from Sept.
20, 2007 Midnight Bingo.

New Board of Directors Oct. 1, 2007 - Sept. 30, 2008
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President - Dave
Monette
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Secretary & Treasurer
are appointed at the First Board Meeting (Tammy Eliason & Kendra Brown had
been asked to stay on)
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Past President - Vince
Parker
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Vice President - Steve
Nemedahl & Stan Danbrook.
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Directors: End 2008:
Dave Markling, Phyllis Markling, John Truba
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Directors: End 2009:
Donna Busch, George Lewko, Ray Preston
Queen Mary Playground Improvements

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