Newsletter Archive
July 2009
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Board Elections
Elections were held April 30. In a surprise landslide Al Halcomb was elected president. He will be ably assisted on the new board by First Vice President Bruce Knolle, Second Vice Greg Owen, Treasurer Ron Schaller and Secretary Jim Elder. Board members elected for a two year term are Mike Rupp, Ron Jackups, Steve Leiter, Ken Janszen and John Harmon. They will join returning board members John McEvilly, Rod Mills, Paul Ragland, Mike Hall and immediate Past President Bill Hieber. In addition, John Roulette has agreed to come on board as Assistant Treasurer.
Mark your calendars for the annual installation dinner on October 1.
Mid-American Soccer Classic
As everyone knows the tourney was a great success this year. Many thanks to all the members who donated of their time and energy to make it work. The committee is already working on improvements for next year! Dates for 2010 are girls on April 9, 10, 11 and boys on April 16, 17, 18. Rumor has it that Kim Smith is developing ulcers from all the worry!
Golf Scramble August 15 at Becket Ridge
Pat Hughes and Dan O’Shea have got this teed up for 1 PM at Becket Ridge on August 15. Back to the club for some food and drink and a Texas Hold’em tournament afterwards. The committee will be calling for volunteers to fill some jobs soon.
See Dan about hole sponsors and Pat about entering your foursome.
Optimist Scholarship
The Fairfield Optimist Memorial Scholarship Committee, headed up by Don Brill reviewed this year’s applicants and selected Joel Brainard as the recipient of this year’s award.
Joel is a senior at Fairfield High School and will attend Mt. St. Joe’s in the fall.
Dan Kastrup’s son and Ernie Rich’s grandson, Andrew Kastrup was drawn as the winner of the member’s child/grandchild scholarship. He will attend UC this fall.
Congratulations to Joel and Andrew and thanks to the committee for some fine work.
Car Show July 18
It’s only four weeks away. The committee is working hard to bring it all together. The next committee meeting will be Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 at the club. We’re going to need a lot of help setting up the venue and the day of the show. We’ll take volunteers from members, friends, neighbors, spouses, kids, you name it! The show runs from 11 AM to 10 PM and we have a lot of jobs to fill.
Volunteer sign up sheets will be at the meetings every week.
Ron Chasteen Fishing Derby and Field Day Tuesday May 8
The Fairfield City School Board has asked the club to send representatives to the June 29th School Board meeting at Fairfield High School. The club will be recognized at the beginning of the meeting for its efforts over the years with the fishing derby and field day. Rod Mills, Greg Owen, Oscar Bodner and Mike Hall will represent the club at the meeting. Special thanks to all the members who have made this event a success over the years!
Bill Klamo MRDD Fishing Derby, August 8
Chief baiter Rick Moore has this set up for Saturday, August 8 at the club. The event will be in a different time slot this year starting with a cookout a noon and then fishing up until three PM. John McEvilly is helping rustling up the food, but cooks and fishing volunteers will be needed.
Monte Carlo/Reverse Draw September 26
Chairman John Carlton announced that the tickets are ready. Obie Mills volunteered to take charge of distributing the tickets and keeping track of where they are. We have 300 tickets to sell at $20 each. See Obie for your tickets and sell, sell, sell!
Optimist Junior World of Golf May 9
Chairman Pat Hughes reported that there were a record number of golfers this year from 10 to 18 years old at Fairfield Greens South Trace.
New Members Voted In!
At the June board meeting the board voted to accept into our membership Christopher Rutherford (thanks sponsor Jeff Monnin), Tim Abbott (thanks Steve Miller and Dave Bock) and Travis Taylor (thanks Gary Metcalf). Installations will occur at a regular meeting soon.
The Meaning of Life
On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years.” The dog said, “That is a long time to be barking. How about 10 years and I give you back the other 10?” And God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, “Entertain people, do tricks and make them laugh. For this I’ll give you a 20 year life span.” The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for 20 years? That’s a pretty long time. How about I give you back 10 like the dog did?” And God agreed.
One the third day, God created the cow and said. “You must go into the field all day with the farmer and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of 60 years.” The cow said, “That’s kind of tough for sixty years. How about 20 and I give you back 40?” And God agreed.
On the fourth day, God created man and said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this I give you 20 years. The man said, “Only 20 years? Could you possibly give me my 20, the 40 the cow gave back, the 10 the monkey gave back and then 10 the dog gave back; that makes 80, okay?” And God said, “You asked for it!”
And that is why for the first 20 years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next 10 we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten we sit on the porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
If You Haven’t Been Coming Down
You missed the Derby Day Pig Roast, the Pitch Finals, some great Italian sausage and fixins, Optimist Junior World of Golf, the MASC, the Memorial Scholarship and much more…and you’re going to miss the Car, Bike and Music Festival, the Golf Scramble, the Bill Klamo Fishing Derby, the Monte Carlo and much more! We meet every Thursday, same time, same place!