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BLOOMFIELD HILLS OPTIMIST CLUB P.O. Box 781, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0781
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Past News Items
OCTOBER 25, 2007 - Youth Appreciation Day, Michael Wickett, Speaker. www.michaelwickett.com, Mr. Wickett is a strong advocate of written goals and he has accomplished 40% of his 100 goals for life. His main theme was "Expect Success". Twenty Eight outstanding students from 8 schools were honored. It is amazing the list of things that these young adults have accomplished. There were 95 attendees with 48 children from 8 schools including The Academy of the Sacred Heart, Andover Highs School, Brother Rice HS, Detroit Country Day, the International Academy, Lahser HS, Marian HS and Roeper. Laurie Marshall was the chairperson. A wonderful program. OCTOBER 18,2007 - Michaela Hector (Chairman, Kirk in the Hills) Sally LePla (Oak. Cty. Exec. Dir. Habitat for Humanity. www.habitatoakland.org director@habitatoakland.org 248-338-1843 x23 The "Kirk" has sponsored 6 houses over the last 12 years. The houses are sold at 0% interest and the owner has to contribute sweat equity in the house. It is really a great program and is too wonderful to detail here. Check the Website. OCTOBER 12, 2007 - Honoring 3 scouts, an Eagle Scout Ceremony was held at troop 1034 at Harlan School in Birmingham, Michigan. OCTOBER 11, 2007 - Peggy and Gary Ostby made a presentation on the "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind". A program to adjust your attitude to focus on success. They have a seminar November 2-4 at Cobo Hall. Tickets and the book are available at 586-979-1279 or at garyostby@WIDEOPENWEST.COM . OCTOBER 4, 2007 - Board Meeting Brian & Tamara's first meeting was led by Brian and he laid out an ambitious agenda. One that will lead us to a distinguished club status for 2007-2008. It will be a busy year. SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 - Don Hinckfoot, "Compassion" a church sponsored organization that takes care of homeless children worldwide. They help 1700 children in 60 countries work their way out of poverty through education. SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 - Today's Board Meeting was to finalize the Bloomfield Optimist Club Foundation distributions for the 2007 fiscal year. We retained about $18,000 to finance Foundation activities over the next 6 months including Youth Appreciation and Holiday Wish. SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 - Officer Installation Dinner, No Thursday meeting. Palazzo Di Bocce. A good time was had by all at the Officer Installation Dinner as we all enjoyed Pizza, Shrimp, Sausage Medley and Salad and Bocce Ball (the game). The guests of honor were Reginald Robinson, Lt. Governor- Elect, Doug LaLone - Current Lt Governor and Bob Schiller Governor - Elect. SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 - Board Meeting AUGUST 30, 2007 - Judy Vindici, Dir. of Development for Starr Commonwealth spoke about the organization and “Treating Troubled Youth”. It’s been almost a century since a young man named Floyd Starr purchased a ramshackle barn and forty scrub-covered acres in Albion, Michigan and began what would eventually become one of the nation’s most respected child and family charities. Floyd Starr founded Starr Commonwealth as a refuge for "homeless, dependent, neglected and delinquent boys." It strives to change personal outcomes, one individual at a time. Starr provides an environment for troubled youth to remove themselves from bad environments and have a chance for a better life. Learn more at www.starr.org for a truly amazing tour. AUGUST 23, 2007 - Evelyn Peter, Reading and Language Arts Centers Inc. founded 18 years ago to provide one on one multisensory instruction (seeing, hearing, feeling) to ensure learning success in reading. They provide tutoring in all subjects, preschool to college. They can be contacted at 36700 Woodward Avenue, Suite 20, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, 800-732-3211 and www.rlac.com. With 11% of Oakland County and over 40% of Detroit residents functionally illiterate, their services are in great demand. AUGUST 19, 2007 - SAND CASTLES Another Great Event - Sandcastles was very successful. We fed over 300 people and our effort was greatly appreciated by the participants. The books that Judy Vindici suggested were extremely well-received by the counselors and hopefully the children will benefit from them. I want to personally thank all of our Optimist Volunteers and their spouses. It would not have been possible to have such a great and successful event without you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!! Phyllis Zimmerman AUGUST 18, 2007 - DREAM CRUISE I want to thank all of the Optimist for the fantastic showing and effort at last Saturday's Dream Cruise Event. The morning hours are very important and your efforts helped set the stage for what appears to be a successful event. I do not have any specifics, but it appears clear that we had more cars registered and sold more merchandise and sold more parking spaces. The vendors and primary sponsor all indicated they were happy with the event and their personal results. That is what we need to get them to come back. I will let everyone know the actual results as soon as we have them. Again, Thank you very much. Stuart T. McCormick AUGUST 16, 2007 - Cindy Cohen, Dir of Family Services for Kids Kicking Cancer "Little Hero's and Me" Kids Kicking Cancer is a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to using the martial arts to empower and ease the pain of seriously ill children. They work with children and families with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other chronic illnesses. More information is available from Cindy Cohen MS, CCLS at 313-557-0021 or cindy@kidskickingcancer.net. Their website is www.kidskickingcancer.net. This appears to be a very successful program. AUGUST 9, 2007 - Our guests for the 75th Anniversary of Bloomfield Hills were Pat Hardy the Mayor & Leslie Edwards, Asst. Archivist of Cranbrook. There was too much to relay here but I am hoping for an outline from Leslie to attach. Although the center of town was always considered to be Lone Lake and Woodward and the Bagley Inn, there is a lot of history at the corner of Lone Pine and Woodward, the north west corner of which is the building that housed the first post office and several other institutions. Leslie Edwards can be contacted at ledwards@cranbrook.edu and Pat can be contacted at 248-644-1520 or pathardy@comcast.net . HANDS ALONG WOODWARD will take place at 2 PM Sunday August 19th. http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/110079.html?1186696285 Parking at Cranbrook with a free shuttle to Woodward. Right after Sand Castles. Tight schedule. AUGUST 2, 2007 - Dr. Jacob Brown, a new member and owner of Kingswood Chiropractic Center at 43257 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, Mi 48302 explained chiropractic services and what can be achieved. He can be reached at 248-338-7477 or www.theperfectspine.com. He also demonstrated a couple of exercises for strengthening our core muscles. JULY 28, 2007 - The Heart of the Hills Run had 4400 participants and a fine time was had by all. The club contingent was larger than ever. JULY 19, 2007 - Cameron Hosner, The services of Vista Maria. An agency helping neglected, abused and challenged young women straighten out their lives. It is amazing what some help can do. JULY 5 & 11 - No meeting on the 5th. Board meeting on the 11th. JUNE 28, 2007 - "How does your garden grow?" Becky Menger, an associate from English Gardens in Royal Oak talked about trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and insects etc. Contact her at 248-280-9500 or www.englishgardens.com JUNE 21, 2007 - Michael Caruso, Edison House, "Gaining & Retaining Members. With his usual aplomb Michael talked about the proper way to greet guests with a positive warmth. He also suggested that we should have a list of 50 people that we want as members. Just like the 10 most wanted that the FBI uses. We need to develop a 15 word elevator speech promoting Optimism. JUNE 14, 2007 - Heather Carmona, Executive Director of the Woodward Avenue Action Assn explained the origin of their association and what they are doing to celebrate the 200th Year Anniversary of Woodward Avenue. There are 250 historic sites along Woodward including the Birth of the Automobile, the Assembly line and the first paved mile in the world. There are 150 annual events and 55 major attractions from Detroit to Pontiac. Learn more at www.woodwardavenue.org or 30947 Woodward Ave in Royal Oak, 248-288-2004. JUNE 7, 2007 - At today's Board Meeting we had reports on the Golf Outing, Heart of the Hills, Sand Castles, and the Dream Cruise. The Foundation and the Club treasury balances are in good shape. We discussed the need to trim our membership rolls of inactive members. Judy Vindici was installed as a new member. MAY 31, 2007 - R. Rocco Romano, the Michigan District JOOI (Junior Optimist) Club Chair spoke to us about organizing JOOI Clubs in our zone. Eight new clubs have been formed in Michigan this year. He provided us with a summarized outline of the procedures, forms, etc. needed to start a club. Mike Cowdry is following up with the kids in the school district. A complete source for everything anyone would need to know is available at www.optimist.org (Optimist International) under the "Youth Clubs" heading. Rocco can be reached at TMP Associates, Inc. (Architecture) at 248-338-0223 or rromano@tmp-architecture.com. MAY 24, 2007 Dr. Bob Lorenz, The Climate Project, Global Warming. An interesting synopsis of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" errors and all. The amount of carbon on the planet is the same as it was a million years ago with the exception of that which arrived via meteors. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere appears to increase as the temperature increases and not vice versa. For more info besides Al Gore, Watch ALL of the video (75 minutes). Paste the following link into your explorer . Covers science and politics. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4499562022478442170 MAY 21, 2007 - A tremendous turnout topped the Golf Outing where a good time was had by all. Even with fewer major sponsors, it appears our financial take was about the same as last year. The filet minion was excellent and enjoyed by all except the vegetarians. Registration and Continental breakfast began at 7:30 AM, and a 10:00 AM Shotgun start. Golf was $150.00. A Hole Sponsor was $150.00. Dinner was $65.00 following the completion of the golf. Contact was Leo Chartier, the program chair at 248-433-7742 or lchartier@bloomfieldtwp.org. We had another sell out. MAY 17, 2007 - Kathy Coe, Instructor Dale Cargenie "Dealing with people effectively" If you want to deal with people more effectively by getting out of your "comfort zone". Dale Carnegie can teach you how. www.41pounds.org - Tired of Junk Mail. 41 pounds will stop most of the junk mail you receive for up to 4 years. There is a one time charge of $41 of which $18 goes to the Bloomfield Optimist Club or other charity identified on their web site. Go to www.41pounds.org. MAY 10, 2007 - Jerry Seizert, CEO Seizert Capital Partners "New Global Economy". The world is changing and there are three main factors which are having an impact. 1) ISLAM is growing in population because of the imbalance in birth rates and 2) related to birth rates are things like Russia is imploding population wise, China in 10 years will have 70 Million more adult males than females and Siberia has the oil that China will need. Europe is also imploding in population. The US has a birth rate of 2.0 ( 2.1 is equilibrium) which is probably why Mexican immigration may be good. The third factor is OIL. MAY 1, 2007 - About 12 members of Bloomfield Hills Optimist Club made the trip to the Michigan Supreme Court for Respect for Law Day. We had the privilege and honor of spending more than 1/2 hour with Judge Owens of the Appellate Court and then most of an hour with Chief Justice Taylor of the Supreme Court. Both men were fascinating, we could have stayed another hour. The educational Law Center is a treat for adults and especially children where many school trips attend. The new Supreme Court Building is beautiful and worthy of a special trip for anyone. After the visit we all were invited to Barb Browne's home for a wonderful diner. Pictures. APRIL 26, 2007 - Molly MacDonald, The Pink Fund APRIL 19, 2007 - On April 19, the BHOC honored Beverly Hannet Price by giving her their Respect for Education Award for 2007. Ms. Price has been an English teacher at Detroit Country Day School since 1969 and has taught for 49 years. Additionally, Ms. Price has had her students participate in BHOC’s oratorical and essay contests for 15 years producing winners in every year. During the breakfast honoring Ms. Price current and former students along with the Head Master and Assistant Head Master of Detroit Country Day gave insights into Ms. Price wonderful tenure at the school. We received a wonderful note from Dan Gilbert (for those of you who don't know Dan - a long time member of the Optimists who we don't see very often!). Dan had Beverly as a teacher when he was DCDS (Detroit Country Day School) and he was entered in the oratorical and essay contests because of Beverly. Dan is now a successful financier at Fidelity Bank. Beverly's ripple effect is something to see .were given, judged by Norman Greenfield, an attorney from SIEGEL, GREENFIELD HAYES & GROSS P.L.C.; Ann Redner, from REDNER CREATIVE; and Henry Payne an Editorial Cartoonist from the Detroit News. APRIL 12, 2007 - Dale Dawkins, BH Mayor speaking on Eton Academy MARCH 29, 2007 - Gretchen Haughton, a Wellness Educator spoke about "Taking control of your health" and the need to balance our diet between alkaline and acidic foods. Interesting and too complex to elaborate on here. MARCH 22, 2007 - Kim Soncrainte, Liaison, Oakland Cty Parks played a video showing all of the "Oaks" parks and their facilities. We truly have some wonderful facilities available. We will be exploring the use of the golf courses for our future outings. Maybe we can have several small outings as fund raisers (30 people). MARCH 11, 2007 - The Tri Star Basketball event was held at 1 PM at the Bloomfield Hills Middle School on Quarton Road west of Telegraph. A good crowd was present with 12 Optimists volunteers assisting. A big thanks are due to Gordon Glidden and Mike Cowdrey for their efforts in organizing the event. We awarded trophies to the top three finishers in for the kids aged 8-13. All of them received a Certificate of Participation. The volunteers helped pull it all together. FEBRUARY 22, 2007 - We held our Essay Contest and honored 3 wonderful authors. The winner, Chloe Pedalino, took 3rd Place at State Level. FEBRUARY 15, 2007 - Judy Hauser, Media Consultant for Oakland Schools, Web Tools. She talked about using web tools such as Wikipedia and other items of interest.
FEBRUARY 8,
2007 -
Monty Clark, former Lion's coach,
reminisced about
his beginnings with the San Francisco 49er's. He came out of USC and
some of the famous players
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