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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