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Volume LVI, Number 17 Alamogordo, New Mexico June 21, 2017
May 17th Meeting Members present were James Scott, Tyana Lehmann,
and John and Anita Cowart. The members present
discussed the NOW event scheduled for July. They
decided that it should be on Saturday, July 15, at
4:00pm. Jim will purchase hamburger patties and
John and Anita will furnish a grill and charcoal. All
members are encouraged to bring a prospective
member. If we are to continue the programs that this
club has offered to our community, we need new
members to help us out. After good humored
fellowship, the meeting was adjourned.
Wisdom If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t
live some other life; you won’t live any life at all. –
James Baldwin
Optimist International Convention
July 6—8, 2017
We need volunteers to help greet arriving Optimists
at the airport, to register those attending the business
sessions, and to give general directions and
assistance. To date only 18 persons from the District
have signed up. We need lots more. Please consider
helping and contact Jim White at 505 238 1436 or
Joe Loya at 915 275 8373 or 915 821 0543
Texas Dictionary
of the English Language
by Jim Everhart
ward—a unit of language consisting of one or more
spoken sounds. “Pardon me, could ah have a ward
with yawl?” Coming Events
July 6—8, 2017—Optimist International
Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 11—13—District Convention, MCM
Elegante, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dime-a-Day The Optimist International Foundation supports our
Oratorical and Essay Scholarships and helps to fund
club projects. It needs our support. Every member
should try to contribute $36.50 to the Optimist
Foundation. This is just $0.10 a day. Most of us
spend $36.50 on a night out. So, look deep into your
heart and find a way to bring a check for the OI
Foundation for $36.50 to our next meeting.
Next Meeting The next meeting will be June 21st at Pepper’s Grill,
3400 N. White Sands. Food service begins at 5:30
and the meeting begins at 6:00. Bring a friend.
Officers Tyana Lehmann, President Alamogordo Optimist
Doug Brimley, Past-President
John Cowart, President-elect
James Scott, Secretary/Treasurer
Anita Cowart, OI Foundation Representative
Board of Directors: Ingo Hoeppner, Melinda Fisk,
and Charles Walton.
John Cowart, Lt. Governor Zone 4
Ceci Ann Medina, Governor New Mexico/West
Texas
Lynn Martin, Governor-elect
Joe Loya, Assistant Governor
Gary Williams, Past-Governor
Our Governor
Wants to Hear
from You
Governor Ceci wants your
input. Please share with her
your expectations, hopes,
ideas, gripes. Contact her at
mymedina5@gmail.com or
call or text her at 915 855
6864.
Purposes of an Optimist Club • To develop Optimism as a philosophy of life
utilizing the tenets of the Optimist Creed;
• To promote an active interest in good government
and civic affairs;
• To inspire respect for law;
• To promote patriotism and work for international
accord and friendship among all people;
• To aid and encourage the development of youth in
the belief that the giving of one's self in service to
others will advance the well-being of humankind,
community life and the world.
Optimist Creed Promise Yourself:
• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your
peace of mind.
• To take health, happiness and prosperity to every
person you meet.
• To make all your friends feel that there is
something in them.
• To look at the sunny side of everything and
make your optimism come true.
• To think only of the fest, to work only for the
best and to expect only the best.
• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of
others as you are about your own.
• To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to
the greater achievements of the future.
• To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and
give every living creature you meet a smile.
• To give so much time to the improvement of
yourself 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 the presence
of trouble.
Alamogordo Optimist Club
910 8th Street
Tularosa, NM 88353