The topic was Cybercommunication – Progress or Problem? Each speaker had her own take on this. One ended with “the Internet is progress, progress, progress.” Another spoke about the good things from sharing photos with family, but lamented, “Do we need to tell everyone?” Another thought of the Internet as the “Town Square of tomorrow.”

It is very refreshing to hear the point of view of the three students. They see the good in hearing about the real situation in Iran or donating money to Haiti. They see the bad in cyberbullying or texting while driving.

One quoted a twisted saying “Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Give them the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks!”

One mentioned that Myspace and Facebook started in 2003 and 2004 originally for college students, but now everyone uses them. She said that this is a “force that changed our world for the better.”

Thanks for the wonderful speeches and good luck at the next level!

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

Diane Van Natta was the lucky one selected again. She drew the 3 of Spades and won $2. Good Luck to next week’s winner.

Milt Rewey has the Scholarship Committee ready to review the 44 applications. We select 4 candidates and the school selects the final 2 who will get the $500 scholarships.

Tom said that the Social Committee is working on something for the Fifth Friday in April.

Gary Engelke received a Builder of Excellence pin as the recognized club builder for the Platteville Area Optimist Club.

Charlie Clark received a pin as the sponsor for new member Steve Yunck.

Tom announced that they collected $23.72 from the collection baskets at Heartland Credit Union and First Weber.

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

The next Board Meeting will be on Thursday, April 8th at 7 AM at Badger Brothers.