DMM District Dispatch · 2nd Qtr DMM Conf Call 7 PM CST February 19, 2016 Phone #: TBA 3rd Qtr DMM Gathering April 28-29, 2017 Marriott Hotel St Cloud, MN 99th OI Convention July

DMM District Dispatch Issue 16.17.02 November 2016

2016-2017 Officers

DMM Governor Terry Gorman

DMM Secretary/Treas.

Lori Cook

International President

Jim Kondrasuk

Great Plains Region VP

Sue Fix

DMM Governor Elect

Kevin Hammell

DMM Immediate Past Governor

Ken Schulz

What you’ll find in this issue….

2016-17 DDUYA program .... page 9

Carolyn Kruger .................... page 6

CCOF Results ..................... page 4

Club Anniversaries .............. page 3

Club / Lt Gov Honors ........... page 8

Club News ........................... page 3

Dallas Brass ........................ page 8

DMM Convention 2017 ........ page 4

DMM/OI Gatherings ............. page 2

Don’t Drop Until You Add..... page 9

Essay Contest ...................... page 6

Free Money! ......................... page 7

Gov Gorman’s Greetings ..... page 1

Growth / Membership ........... page 5

Optimist Creed ..................... page 3

Optimism Means .................. page 6

Oratorical Contest ................ page 4

Reminders............................ page 4

Save the Date! ..................... page 4

Seven Oaks Tree Sales ....... page 7

The Optimist News ............... page 4

Governor Gorman’s Greetings

Give me a , Give me an , Give me an ,

what does that spell?? – DMM! Yea!

The First Quarter meeting in Grand Forks was a great suc-cess. We had 74 members in attendance. Thanks to Curt Sandberg, Tim Goetz, Jim Holter and all the Grand Forks club members for making this meeting a great success. Friday evening’s Bunco Blast was a fun Ice Breaker where everyone had a chance to meet folks and sharpen their dice throwing skills. We had a number of committee presentations on Saturday and I would like to thank all the presenters for informing the attendee’s on timely information about the variety of important topics for upcom-ing year.

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DMM / OI Gatherings

2nd Qtr DMM Conf Call

7 PM CST

February 19, 2016

Phone #: TBA

3rd Qtr DMM Gathering

April 28-29, 2017

Marriott Hotel St Cloud, MN

99th OI Convention

July 6-8, 2017

Albuquerque, NM

4th Quarter DMM Conv. August 10-12, 2017 Canad Inn Winnipeg, MB 1st and 3rd Quarter DMM Gatherings for 2017-2018 TBA 100th OI Convention July 7-10, 2018 Ottawa, Ontario 4th Quarter DMM Conv. August xx-xx, 2018 Rochester, MN


Editor: Curt Sandberg

THANKS to everyone that submitted articles for this newsletter. For those who wish to submit articles for future

issues, please email them to me at [email protected] by the 27th of each month. Thank you!

Susan Fix, one of our own, from New Ulm is our OI Vice President for the Great Plains Region. She was our guest and did a fantastic job motivating us to do better, take care of ourselves, and be more optimistic. Saturday evening we cheered on the North Dakota Fighting Hawks men’s hock-ey team win over the Bemidji State Beavers. We have a good start to the Optimist year. The T Shot on October 27th shows 35 ads and 63 deletes, for a net minus 28. While we are not in positive figures yet, I am optimistic that all of you will work very hard with Gita Hendricks, Growth Chair, this year and we will end the year as a distinguished district. Jim Meyers is the New Club Building Chair and reported that Terry and Jeri Gorman are also working on a club in Roseville a suburb of St Paul. Arnie Odefey is working on a club in Lakeville, MN. Ken Schulz is working on a club in Carrington, ND; The Rochester, MN club is working on a club in Northfield, MN. If you know anyone in these areas that you think would be interested in becom-ing an Optimist, please contact, Arnie, Ken, Jim or me. There will be a lot of activity in the next few months for your clubs to get kids involved in the Essay, Oratorical and CCDHH contests. With the amount of scholarship money available to the kids, it is imperative that all students in the DMM District have the opportunity to participate. If your club is unable to give the students in your area this opportunity, please contact a neighboring club or the chair for the contest to enable these students to compete for a scholarship. The District Scholarships Chairpersons are; Jeri Gorman for the Essay, Ginny Bisek for the CCDHH and Dave Nichols for the Oratorical. I hope all of my Canadian friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving in October and all of my US friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving in November. Remember, also, our veterans and people currently in the military on November 11th. We owe them all our gratitude for their sacrifices that keep us safe. A reminder for all US citizens to Vote on Tuesday, November 8th, as every votes counts.

Terry Gorman, DMM Governor

Governor Gorman’s Greetings (Continued from page 1)

mailto:[email protected]

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Club

News

from club bulletins

PRIOR LAKE SAVAGE — has an “Attendee of the Year” award which was won by Kristi Erickson for attending 23 of 24 General Meetings in 2015-16. The club recently expended $7,400 in sup-port of seven organizations / pro-jects. They have welcomed three new members to their club al-ready this year and are working hard on building a club in Lake-ville. Their annual Garage Mahal is coming November 19th. SOUTH WINNIPEG — is selling Grey Cup ticket books as a fund-raiser and has 100 mitts ready to give to Frontenac School even before their Mitt Making Bee. SIOUX VALLEY — held their ‘year in review,’ awards, and in-stallation event in early October. WEST ST PAUL — held their “Talk ’N Tacos” event with city political candidates on October 5. RICHFIELD — gathered at Arnie Odefey’s in early October to var-nish the wooden toys the club gives away at Breakfast with San-ta. Arnie supplied the varnish, brushes, rags, coffee and donuts — members provided the man-power. They are sponsoring a pasta feed on Nov 8, Election Night in the USA, as a fundraiser while folks gather to watch the returns come in. They also raise funds via a ‘can trailer’ that they take to various sites encouraging folks to contribute their cans for recycling. LUVERNE — sponsored a five course dinner with wine pairings as a fundraiser on October 21.



OI Pres. Kondrasuk’s Logo

The Optimist Creed

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can

disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and pros-

perity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that

there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of every-

thing and make your optimism

come true.

To think only of the best, to work

only for the best, and to expect

only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the

success of others as you are about

your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past

and press on to the greater

achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at

all times and give every living crea-

ture you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the im-

provement of yourself that you

have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble

for anger, too strong for fear, and

too happy to permit the presence of

trouble.

Club Anniversaries During November November 27, 2006 Deadwood Lead November 20, 2008 Brandon Valley November 13, 2014 St Paul East Side

THANKS to Tim Goetz / MARCO for printing many of the handouts for our quarterly gatherings. PLEASE consider MARCO for your technology needs.

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Reminders . . .

The Fall 2016 edition of The Opti-mist magazine recognized:

Wes Shewchuk for leading the DMM to 3rd place [as of 6/30/16] in Average Contribu-tion Per Member [$16.34] to the Canadian Children’s Opti-mist Foundation.

The Optimist Club of North Suburban for attaining Bronze Benefactor status with contri-butions totaling $15,000.

Cheryl Bergstrom, West St Paul, and Tim Goetz, Grand Forks, attained the Benefactor level with accumulated dona-tions totaling $1,000.

Nov 15 Lt Gov / Pres Complete Annual Club Planning Conference Reports

Dec 15 CPA Digital Entry Deadline

31 Sec/Treas US Clubs file needed Incorporation forms with State Attorney General

31 Sec/Treas Deadline to pay DMM dues annually

31 Sec/Treas END of 'grace period' to drop members without DMM awards penalty

31 Sec/Treas Complete roster additions before quarter end

2017 District Oratorical Contest Information

Date of District Contest: Friday and Saturday, April 28 & 29 Regional & World Competition: Friday and Saturday, June 15-16, 2017 Location of District Contest: 3rd Quarter District Meeting at St Cloud, MN Combined Gender Contest: This is the same format for Clubs, Zones, District, Regional, and World Competitions as the 2016 contests. The title of the Oratorical talk is: What the World Gains from Optimism Club Chairs, you want the: Club Planning Guide – Download at: http://optimist.org Scholarship Contest Club Planning Guide For questions contact: Dave Nichols: 612-209-2656 or [email protected]

DMM Convention 2017

August 10, 11, & 12, 2017 Canad Inns Destination Centre Club Regent Casino Hotel 1415 Regent Ave. W, Winnipeg, MB $109 CDN Double Room $119 CDN King Room $199 CDN Suites Rates honoured if you extend your stay Call 1-888-332-2623 or 204-667-5560 (hotel direct) Quote group 327601 block number for the Optimist Clubs of Winnipeg

CCOF benefitted in the amount

of $160 from tickets Donna Suggit sold at the 1st Qtr Conference for chances to win the quilt she made. Thanks, Donna!

Save the Date! Please put April 28 and 29, 2017, on your calendar so you don’t acci-dentally schedule something for that weekend and miss the 3rd Quarter DMM district meeting in St Cloud, MN. There will be a full agenda, but more importantly, we will have the Oratorical and CCDHH competitions and hear the winning Essay. These kids put everything into this competi-tion and deserve our support. The winners are rewarded with scholarships to the college of their choice, so it is a very big deal to them and their fami-lies. Hope to see you there. Terry Gorman, DMM Governor

http://optimist.org


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Growth / Membership The new Optimist year brings about some changes. This year’s DMM Growth Chair is Gita Hendricks. The format

and theme/s she will be using this year are different than what Dave Martin has used the last couple years. What

follows on this page is her table representing the Growth of children served within the DMM through your recruit-

ment efforts. Please be sure to refer to page 9 for additional Growth information from Gita.

It looks like we are once again off to a great start for our 2016-2017 Optimist Year!

A great big thank you to these Optimists for their efforts in helping Bring Out The Best in Kids because that is why

we do this!

How many Kids will YOU reach? Gita Hendricks – DMM Growth Chair Together We Can!

# Children

Club: 35042 - DICKINSON, ND (Zone: 2)

Steve P Hoerner 35

Jason Rodakowski 35

Club: 35014 - BISMARCK, ND (Zone: 3)

Leroy Vander-Linden 35

Club: 35065 - FARGO, ND (Zone: 4)

Susan Carlsrud 35

Club: 35116 - NOON-BLACK HILLS, SD (Zone: 5)

Gigi Lage 35

Club: 35127 - RAPID CITY-RUSHMORE, SD (Zone: 5)

Karen Finck 35

Club: 35151 - SIOUX FALLS-SIOUX VALLEY, SD (Zone: 7)

David C Martin 35

Marilyn Metzger 35

Club: 35018 - BENNIE-JOHNNIE, MN (Zone: 9)

Matty Mcgarvey - 22 770

Club: 35045 - DULUTH, MN (Zone: 9)

Charles Heinmuller 35

Club: 35130 - CENTRAL MINNESOTA NOON INC., MN (Zone: 9)

Deborah Fischer - 2 70

Club: 35124 - PRIOR LAKE-SAVAGE, MN (Zone: 10)

James Gruver 35

Club: 35157 - WEST ST PAUL, MN (Zone: 11)

Charles H Spavin 35

1225

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Optimist Means . . . This time I will tell you about com-ing events for the coming months. Chili will be served in November at a local church. Salvation Army bell ringing is starting after Thanksgiv-ing. All may volunteer, so what are you waiting for? Optimist means more. It means giving. It means a way of life. To serve, to give, to be honest to one's shelf. To believe in what we are saying. At Richfield Schools the staff is trying to show the students how to live with an Optimist state of mind. To be thankful is a part of Optimist way of life. Also on the other side, to be honest and to say what to you, is wrong and to be so strong that you will have a part in fixing it. Find a way every day. Mary Christenson Richfield Sec/Treas

CAROLYN JUNE KRUGER, age 57, of Worthington, died Friday, October 7, 2016 at her home in Worthington. She was born June 6, 1959 in Tracy, to Arthur and Hazel (Tilford) Kluevein. Carolyn attended school in Tracy; and then later in Bloomington. She moved to Worthington in 1996.

Carolyn was united in marriage to G.L (Snuffy) Kruger on August 3, 2001. The couple made their home in Worthington. Carolyn worked at Burger King for ten years and she also worked at Ecumen Meadows and enjoyed all the residents.

She was a life member of the Optimist Club and a life member of Tracy VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed play-ing pool, making homemade wine, canning and watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard.

Carolyn is survived by her spouse, Snuffy Kruger, Worthington; two step daughters, Melissa (Chad) Raverty, Heron Lake; and Wendy Kruger, Fargo, ND; two step grandchildren, Cody and Tyler; five siblings, Doug (Teresa) Kluevein, Cottonwood, AZ; Ken (Becky) Kluevein, Anniston, AL; Barbara (J.D) Grace, Burnsville; Shirley (Lyle) Fredericks, Mankato; and Marilyn Freidlund, Rosemount; mother-in-law, Lois Kruger, Lakefield; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, William; and an infant niece, Kelsey.

2017 DMM Essay News The topic for this year's essay contest is "Chasing Optimism in the Face of Challenges" I am the DMM District Essay chair, if you have any problems or questions please email or call me with them. My contact information is:

Jeri Gorman 1745 Lincoln Ave St Paul, MN 55105 Phone 651-690-4576. [email protected]

The district deadline when all information must be submitted is February 28,2017. Information that must be submitted: 1. Copy of student's passport or birth certificate 2. email copy of the Essay 3. District Essay Contest Entry Form completed by the student and the

club (this is found on page 12 in the Club Chair Planning Guide at Optimist.org)

4. Completed application of 2016-17 OI Essay Contest 5. $10 District fee made out to DMM. Getting information into the hands of teachers and parents, as early as possible, is very important. Develop a flyer with the important information and print the application on the back of the flyer. This contest has very specific and important rules that have to be followed in order for a contestant to win. Having the Appli-cation on the back of your flyers helps everyone to know what these rules are. I hope every club in the DMM will offer the Essay Contest in their town. Let's try for 100% participation in 2017!!

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[THANKS to the Worthington Club for the news about Luverne!]WORTHINGTON — contributed to three upcoming youth events put on by the Nobles County Historical Society and made plans to conduct a Tri-Star Volleyball event in early November at the YMCA. SIOUX VALLEY — is a VERY ac-tive club! Once Tri-Star Basket-ball’s date has been set they will begin planning Volleyball followed by Baseball and Football. They are working with New Tech High on a Video Essay Contest with the focus on Volunteerism. Hundreds of wooden toys will soon be distribut-ed, and Children’s Home Birthday Parties are scheduled every couple weeks. They recently assisted with a John Denver concert and are being prepped for a club Halloween Party that requires members to bring their “A” game to participate. Weekly emails from President Alex Hofkamp keeps everyone ‘in the loop’ and engaged. WATERTOWN — worked diligently every week the past month getting ready for their Winter Wonderland which opens in less than four weeks! They donated $1,500 to Watertown Senior High for their “Needy Student Fund.” Jodi Loeh-rer was elected First VP, i.e. Presi-dent Elect for 2017-2018. They are prepping for their Volleyball Tour-ney early in November as well. ROCHESTER — discussed host-ing the 2018 DMM Convention pri-or to sending Governor Elect Kevin Hammell to Grand Forks for the 1st Qtr Conference where he extended — and the DMM accepted! — their bid. This club will now meet the first Thursday evening of each month and Friday mornings each week the remainder of the month.

Club News (Continued from page 3)


Seven Oaks Optimist Club Fundraiser Christmas Tree Lot Location: West side of Sears Garden City Parking Lot (on McPhillips St.), Winnipeg, MB Dates: Wednesday, November 26th - Saturday, December 24th. Times: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunday - Friday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm Saturday


Free Money! Club Presidents: There is money for your local club from Optimist International ONE: http://www.optimist.org/Form/CCC_Matching_Grant_Application-US.pdf It is the decision of the Advisory Panel to grant either the full or a portion of the amount requested. Only the amount requested or a portion of that amount will be granted. 50% of the amount granted will be paid upon ap-proval with 50% being paid after all paperwork and final report have been received by Optimist International. Grant checks will be sent to the Club or District Treasurer. The minimum amount grant requested is $250 with a maximum grant being $1,000. or TWO: Do you have any of these in your city: Club Resources: Corporate founda-tions that offer community grants to civic and service organizations. · Walmart · Target · Sears Canada · State Farm · Fundsnet Services · Kohl's Cares · DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Sally Damm, Zone 6 Lt Gov www.sallydamm.com

http://www.optimist.org/Form/CCC_Matching_Grant_Application-US.pdf

http://www.sallydamm.com/

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Dallas Brass visits Rapid City

Thursday night, October 27th was incredible! 100+ students from Central, Douglas, St. Thomas More and Ste-vens High Schools joined the Dallas Brass for an outstanding performance. You just had to be there. Following their participation in a clinic with the 'Brass', the students rehearsed the "American Tableau", a medley of patriotic songs dating back to Civil War days. The clinic and the subsequent concert was sponsored in total by the Morn-ing, Noon and Rushmore clubs in Rapid City. What an AWESOME performance by the Rapid City students! Don Stover, Past Governor

2015-16 DMM Honor and Distinguished Clubs / Lt Govs

Bringing Out The Best Clubs Honor Clubs Distinguished Clubs

Brandon, MB Seven Oaks Jamestown

South Winnipeg Minot Grand Forks

Valley City Fargo Brandon Valley, SD

Brookings Noon-Black Hills Yankton-Morning

Watertown Mitchell Area Sioux Falls-Sioux Valley

Sioux Falls-Morning Worthington Central Minnesota Noon

North Suburban New Ulm Vermillion

Glen Lake St. Cloud

Bloomington - Breakfast Eden Prairie

Prior Lake-Savage

Rochester Distinguished Lt Govs

St. Paul Jack Dyvig

Sakakawea Area Jim Vandrovec

Bismarck

Question of the month: Why are there only two doors on a chicken coop? answer page 9

It’s been said that there is now

more fruit in a rich man’s sham-

poo than on a poor man’s plate!

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Don’t Drop Until You Add 2015-2016 Results Unfortunately, there were only 14 clubs that qualified - Seven Oaks, Jamestown, Fargo, Grand Forks, Wahpeton, Black Hills Noon, Brandon Valley, Yankton, Sioux Valley, Worthington, Central Minnesota, Eden Prairie, Rochester and St. Paul. And the cash prize winners — determined by random drawing — were: $250 / Brandon Valley; $150 / Yankton; $100 / Jamestown These monetary awards are to be used for a new or expanded youth pro-ject. Once used, clubs need to notify 2015-2016 Growth Chair, Dave Mar-tin, how the funds were used. He will then report back to the DMM at the 3rd Qtr Conference in St Cloud next April. Dave Martin [email protected] 605-951-6543

NORTHWEST SUBURBAN — is searching for a new location to meet and possibly a new locatin for their annual GALA, OR...a to-tally different club fundraiser. Meanwhile, they are gearing up for their annual nut sales effort. AND...they are exploring using DirectMail.com to recruit new members. DEVILS LAKE — is using a Mem-ber Interest Finder to determine club member’s priorities to be in-volved in club activities, is brain-storming for events that they can do during the upcoming Christmas season involving youth, and think-ing they might sponsor a golf tour-nament next summer as their ’signature’ fundraiser. BROOKINGS — listed their club’s contributions to ~28 different pro-jects / charities during the past year totaling nearly $50,000! That’s truly bringing out the best in youth, our community and our-selves. Please be sure your club’s news-

letter, whether distributed monthly,

weekly, or as needed, is sent to

[email protected] for pos-

sible inclusion in the monthly “Club

News” column.

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Answer of the month: If there were four doors it would be a chicken sedan!

Growth / Membership’s

2016-2017 Don’t Drop Until You Add The same program will be used again this year as we did for the past 2: 1. The 1st Quarter Grace Period allows clubs to clear rosters of necessary drops. The beautiful Fall season is so appropriate for our clubs to “clean up” our roster of those “wilted” members in the 1st quarter. 2. Starting January 1, 2017, drops cannot exceed adds in any month through September - be ready for NEW GROWTH. 3. At year’s end, the club must have at least a +3 over the October 1 start date. Don’t forget to replenish those that are being dropped during 1st quarter! In our first month of the year, we have dropped 78 “wilted” mem-bers – 26 of those were from the Bennie-Johnnie College Club. The good news is they have already added 22 new members to keep that club alive and energetic. 4. Any month in which drops exceeds adds after January 1, eliminates the club from the year-end monetary awards drawing. How many Kids will YOU reach? Gita Hendricks – DMM Growth Chair Together We Can! Gita will be using trees as her visual theme throughout the year. Hopefully you will be able to open the attached link merely by clicking on it: https://goo.gl/photos/megYnkfZjKqjx4dH6

This year’s DMM ‘Buffalo’ pin:



https://goo.gl/photos/megYnkfZjKqjx4dH6

Documents

DMM District Dispatch · 2nd Qtr DMM Conf Call 7 PM CST February 19, 2016 Phone #: TBA 3rd Qtr DMM Gathering April 28-29, 2017 Marriott Hotel St Cloud, MN 99th OI Convention July