FRIDAY, February 19, 2010 MEETING NOTES Volume 44, Issue 21

We had 30 Optimists & guests today. Besides our speakers, we had Michael Schmidt as Jerry Schewe’s guest. Michael is a student at UW-P and his father is the Governor-elect of the Illinois District. The Mystery Greeter was Arnie Roper who greeted Steve Lane. John Dutcher, John Urness, Tom Nall, Hap Daus, Holly Cook, Gary Engelke, Steve & Maxine Lane and Charlie Clark wore their Optimist shirts today.

Today’s Speakers – Coach Jeff Gard & 4 Seniors – UW-P Men’s Basketball

Here are Coach Gard and 4 of his 5 seniors. We have Connor Finley, Curt Hanson, Andrew Brown, and Mike Shaw. Coach Gard said that Alan Baldwin is student teaching in Dodgeville.

Jeff Gard is the 13th Coach of the Pioneers. He is the only one who was a first year coach with 13 wins. He is a UW-P graduate and was an assistant coach under Paul Combs, first at Lakeland, then for 5 years before he was selected to replace Paul Combs. He said that it is unusual how well the City and University work together.

He said they are honoring the 5 seniors. It is unfortunate that Alan could not be here. He has a 4.0 average. Connor is from Serena, IL and is in Business Administration. Mike Shaw is from Madison and is in HR; Curt Hanson is from Deerfield, IL and is a Phys Ed major. Andrew Brown is from Janesville and is also a Phys Ed major. He also credits the success of the team to the tough workouts and the scout team.

Andrew said thanks for the breakfast and the opportunities. He says these guys are his best friends.

Mike said that they are best friends. They live and play together. The trips are the best memories.

Curt says that he is always asked why here and where is Platteville by his friends back home. He loves the support from his friends and the town.

Connor said he is from a place smaller than Cobb. He got a warm welcome by all here and thanked us for the support on and off the court.

There were questions about jobs. Most have jobs lined up or are doing student teaching in a future semester.

They explained how they help with recruiting. They spend time with the players to get to know their future teammates. As they said, they do not “sacrifice character for talent”.

Thanks for the wonderful speech!

 

This Friday - John Urness – History of Computers

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 13 - Tri-Star Basketball - Armory

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

March 5 – Ron Weier & Charlie Clark - Census 2010

March 12 – Oratorical Contest

JOKER DRAW

Charlie Clark was the lucky one selected. He drew the 10 of Spades and won $2. Good Luck to next week’s winner.

MISCELLANEOUS

Oratorical Contest will be held during the March 12 meeting.

NEW MEMBER

Welcome to Steve Yunck, our newest member! He is a Professor at UW-P.

ESSAY CONTEST

Holly Cook and Emily Doan chaired the Essay contest for the 2 clubs. Matthew Klimesh from Cuba City High School and Emma Burton from Iowa-Grant High School were the winners. Sumaia Masoom from Platteville was 2nd.

TRI-STAR BASKETBALL

The District Tri-Star Basketball contest will be on March 20. Our Tri-Star Basketball competition will be on Saturday March 13, at the Armory, the week before the SWIS District competition.

BOARD MEETING

The next Board Meeting will be on Thursday, March 11th at 7 AM at Badger Brothers.





















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