Tom went over the upcoming events - like the November 14 social at the Lane’s house followed by a play at the Grand Opera House in Dubuque followed by a special dessert back at the Lane’s.

He noted that the local Oratorical Contest will be on March 12, 2010. We should get any info on the Oratorical or Essay contest to Holly Cook.

Tom mentioned that the Holiday Project wants us to collect toys from Piggly Wiggly and deliver to Peace Lutheran Church daily from November 23 to Dec 5.

The Badger Camp Telethon will be held on December 5 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. We are donating our print from OI to the fundraiser, plus we are presenting our $800 check to Badger Camp during our shift.

Next week Tom will show a DVD from OI on their new Internet Safety Program. It will help make us aware of the dangers on the Internet and how we can help parents keep their kids safe using this valuable tool.

Thanks for filling in as speaker!

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

The Platteville Area Optimist Club is an official pilot club. It was chartered on Wednesday, October 28th by Past Optimist International President Dwaine Sievers. There are 21 members so far. To be eligible for OI awards, they will need to get to full status of 25 members. They meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at Noon at Chicago’s Best. The Charter President is Tyson Lybeck.

Hap Daus was the lucky one selected. He drew the 2 of Hearts and won $2! The pot is over $730 and growing! Good luck to next week’s winner.

Steve & Maxine Lane have graciously opened their new house to have a dinner social on Saturday November 14. After dinner, there will be a road trip to the Grand Opera House in Dubuque to see "The Regifters". For more information, or to sign up, click here.

For our meeting on November 20th we will meet at First National Bank. We will have a light breakfast for $5 in the Community Room. Maxine & Eileen will give us the grand tour and we hope that all who attend will bring a hat, scarf or mittens to donate to the Mitten Tree.

Free Breakfast winners from those present were Hap Daus & Howard Crofoot. Winners from those NOT present were Tim Murphy and Kim Flesch. Winners can get a free breakfast in person at a November meeting.

The new board will meet on Thursday, November 12th at 7 am at Badger Brothers. We will discuss the Protect Youth Online, - an Optimists International program.