Optimist Club of Coronado Newsletter

The Greensheet for November 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

Optimist Logo Friend of Youth President John Bowen;  President-elect Irish Flynn

 Vice Presidents Dick Madouse and Carla Fargo

 

Secretary Stu Powell; Treasurer John Freeman

Members of Board of Directors:

Sue Cargill, Mark Blumenthall, Don Crawford,

Charlie Ahern, Diana Drummery, Zeke Zaludek

Newsletter Publishers USNA Class of 1945

Newletter Editor USNA Classes of 1958 & 1961

                      Web address www.sportsfiesta.net

 

You lucky Optimists! Today you get three pages of this stuff. Page 2 is a poem stolen from the internet, and page three is the flier on the Christmas party we are having on December 1 at Vigilucci's. Marie Calander's site has been turned into a spectacular spot to dine, and your board of directors has lined up a great holiday deal that won't break your  Christmas bank account. Send in your reservation to Diana Drummey today.

 

Back to the routine blather. We had a good crowd today--about seventy diners needing an extra supply of chairs. Did we run out of sticky buns? BJ and Senor Jepson seemed to handle the crowd and all their five dollar bills. Bill had limes for everyone, but BJ forgot the tequila .   

 

We had our Gov. Lucille Lemieu and her husband Former Gov. Bert as guest. They had another former Gov. Ron Foster in tow. I suppose this to be sort of a papal visit investigating the performance of our new president.

 

Guests eat free, and guess what. We had a bunch of guests. Denis Dorman dropped in. Bill McClure brought  daughter Kathleen. Bill Parry brought Sarah the Cheese Lady. Jim Cooper had his daughter Kathy Mellor, Andrew Huminston, and Nate Bothwell who tag teamed as our speaker of the day.

 

But first we had a Thanksgiving Prayer by Dick Madouse, and a pledge to our flag by somebody up front. Then we sang HBTY to Ed Behm, and paid heed to the anniversaries in the club of Jim Cartright (since 1991) and Paul Dudley (since 1994).

 

Claudia Ludlow had some good news to share. She will miss our Christmas Party because Claudia will be in San Francisco receiving an award to the Glorietta Bay Inn as winner of the Best Guest Service Spot in California. Wow! Congratulations, Claudia. Casey Reynolds followed with good news from the bowling front in the midwest where his grandson bowled 247, 257, and 235. You heard it here first.

 

ALERT ALERT ALERT Jennifer Landry has her Junior Optimists working hard at the middle school. And she needs some help Friday night. The Junior Optimists are helping with a Leukemia Fundraiser at Qualcomm stadium tomorrow night and her car isn't big enough for all the kids.She needs a second driver to bring the children home. You would pick up three youngsters at 8PM at Qualcomm where Jennifer would be with the second car, take them for a snack at In and Out Burger, and then drop them at home in Coronado. You need a car with three seat belts and an ability to drive with happy teenagers around you. Call Jennifer at (619) 392-8855 or e mail her at jenniferannlandry@yahoo.com. Thanks from the club.

 

The Dingmaster is looking for a new title. How about Torquemado. His team of RATFINKS set up a dozen or so of their friends. John Bowen learned that rank is no protection. Wear your pin on your lapel and not on your badge. Carry your Optimist Card at all times and give every living creature a smile. And send Mark your tidbits at Mark@Blumenthalinsurance.com.

 

Happy Jack Couture won $47 in the fifty-fifty.

 

Jim Cooper introduced his daughter who has a school that teaches leadership and public speaking to young people. Kathy Mellow talked about growing up in Coronado, winning all the local public speaking contests except our Club's contest, and so she never got to be coached by our own master, Captain Hook.

 

Kathy had two of her associates with her. Andrew Humiston is a student of her's who talked about Virtue, public and private. Nate Bothwell coaches along with Kathy and he filled us in on the need to teach young people about leaders of the past so that they will be equipped to take over in the future.  

 

Now don't forget Jennifer's request for a driver, and send in your Christmas Dinner Reservation. Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a good night!!

 

 

Things for your calendar: December 1--Our Christmas Party at Vigilucci's

12/3- Casey Gwinn, SD Family Justice Center, 12/10- Susan Enowitz, Executive Director Coronado Historical Assn. 12/19-Our own Doug Leland, 1/14 Canine Companions for Independence

 

Diagnosis by Sharon Olds

 

By the time I was six months old, she knew something
was wrong with me. I got looks on my face
she had not seen on any child
in the family, or the extended family,
or the neighborhood. My mother took me in
to the pediatrician with the kind hands,
a doctor with a name like a suit size for a wheel:
Hub Long. My mom did not tell him
what she thought in truth, that I was Possessed.
It was just these strange looks on my face-
he held me, and conversed with me,
chatting as one does with a baby, and my mother
said, She's doing it now! Look!
She's doing it now! and the doctor said,
What your daughter has
is called a sense
of humor. Ohhh, she said, and took me
back to the house where that sense would be tested
and found to be incurable. 

 

  
Optimist Club of Coronado
Christmas Party
&
US Marines Toy Drive
Bring an unwrapped toy for a child
 
Tuesday December 1st 2009
 
At Vigilucci's Restaurant    1300 Orange Avenue
 
6pm no host bar      7pm dinner
8pm Entertainment-Surprise!
Wear your fancy Holiday outfits!
 
Dinner $35.00 per person
 
Dinner Choices:
1. Pollo  ParmigianaChicken breast breaded & topped w/mozzarella & marinara
 
2. Spaghetti PolpetteHomemade beef meatballs in Vigilucci's tomato sauce
 
3. Pappardelle con Funghi e Capesantepasta w/ porcini, shitake, Portobello, field mushrooms, pan-seared scallops in a white truffle & brandy cream sauce
 
4. 8oz Prime RibServed w/ au jus & horseradish, vegetables, &
Choice of baked potato, fettuccini alfredo or french fries (CIRCLE ONE)
 
          Optimist:   _________________Dinner Choice #_____
        Guest:____________________Dinner Choice #_____
 
Call or send reservations to Diana Drummey 619-668-6905
7330 Purdue Ave La Mea 91942