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Happy Summer everyone! It finally hit Two Rivers the past few days
and looks like it will stick around.
Thank you recent guest speakers Lt Drew Raatz and Officer Briana
Propson from the Two Rivers Police Department who came to our May
night meeting and talked about the Police Explorer program. Hope you
were as enlightened and encouraged about our future youth as I was!
A big thank you is also extended to Deb Prokop and Kim Novak who
are stepping up to a leadership role next year. I am excited to announce
Deb as President-Elect for the 2017-2018 Optimist Year with Kim as her
secretary. Both are fairly new members with some great ideas and
outside perspective. I am looking forward to working with them on the
board next year. Please extend your congratulations to them next time
you see them.
Everyone should have received a personal invite to the Walk Against
Childhood Cancer event slated for June 20th. If you haven’t, please get
a hold of me immediately so we can make sure our roster reflects a
correct address for you. This is event will be our June night meeting
activity. Take a visible stand against this dreadful disease and meet us
in the Lighthouse Inn parking lot on June 20th at 6:00pm and support a
great cause. T-shirts will be available for a minimum $10 donation – but
are not required to walk. If you just want to walk in support– you are
very welcome to join us. Shirt orders are needed prior to the event so
watch the due date so you don’t miss out! All proceeds will be given to
the Manitowoc County Pink Heels Organization which help local children
battling cancer.
Lastly, the Bike Safety Rodeo will be held June 28th. This is one of
the oldest events we have, dating back to the first summer as a club in
1995! We used to run this at the Police Department parking lot. After
we outgrew their lot, we combined with the Recreation Department’s
Game Night to host it in a local park. Come and help out if you are free
that evening. It really is a great time to be around so many smiling kids.
Have a great summer everyone!
In Optimism,
Kelly Hilliker 2016-2017 President
KC
June 2017
Issue 9
Chartered 1995
Members meet:
Every 1st, 2nd
and 4thTuesday
Morning
at 6:30am
&
Every 3rd
Tuesday Evening
at 6:30pm
at the
Two Rivers Family
Restaurant
JOIN US!
Promise yourself…
Happy Birthday! June:
1st Sandy Greene
2nd Lisa Quistorf
4th Linda Kasper
5th Jennifer Yauger
7th Edward Plansky
8th Greg Goodchild
9th Katie Coenen
12th Guy Willman
15th Monty Greene
17th Sonya Wiegand
June 2nd
TRHS Variety Show – 7pm
Two Rivers High School Cafetorium
Local talent hamming it up for a GREAT cause!
Proceeds benefit the TRHS/Two Rivers
Optimist Club Assistance Fund. Support this
youth event! Tickets are $5 at the door /
children 7 and under are free.
June 16th
Camp Invention Showcase – 2:15pm
Two Rivers High School Cafetorium
As donors, all club members are invited to get an
up-close look at the creative inventions spawned
at this unique, local, science camp!
June 20th
Evening Meeting/Walk for Childhood Cancer
Meet in Lighthouse Inn parking lot – 6pm
Join in a Club Walk to bring awareness to
Childhood Cancer and those affected in our own
community! Remember to RSVP by June 11th for
the optional tee shirt order!!
June 28th
Annual Bike Safety Rodeo
Washington Park - set up 5pm/rodeo 6-8pm
Help is needed! Kids go thru a bicycle safety
check, learn riding rules & complete a skills
guided obstacle course. A great start for a safe
summer! Please plan to help at this well
attended event.
July 22nd
Annual Fish Parade & Great Bike Give Away!
Help will be needed to assist with lining up the
entries and walking the parade route (Zlatnik
Drive) to sell raffle tickets & distribute bike
entries… AND then in Walesh Field immediately
following the parade to unload bikes from the
parade trailers and assist winners select a bike
and then register it with the TRPD.
2016-2017 Two Rivers Optimist Club
Board of Directors President: Kelly Hilliker
Treasurer - Sandy Greene
Secretary – Ann Plansky
Directors: Terry Schneider, Colleen Sheahan,
Rachelle Berry, Linda Kasper,
Julie Schroeder, Bev Blaha,
Sonya Weigand, Becky Domnitz,
Jamie Glandt & Deb Prokop
WINUM Zone 8 Lt Governor:
Ann Sheahan, Two Rivers Optimist Club
WINUM Governor:
Sue Carlson, Chippewa Falls Optimist Club
Remember to join us for a
free breakfast or dessert at any meeting during your birthday
month!
2017 Bike Rodeo The 2017 Two Rivers Optimist Club Bike Safety Rodeo will be held on Wednesday, June 28th at Washington Park. Set-up help is needed at 5pm
and the rodeo will run from 6-8pm.
Please come help the kids get a safe start to summer! The kids will go through a bicycle safety check, learn riding rules & then complete a skills guided safety obstacle course. Help is needed at this popular event in many areas: registration, checking bikes and tire pressure, concession stand, and distributing door prizes to name a few!
As donors to Camp Invention,
an annual weeklong, science
enrichment experience led by
local educators, ALL MEMBERS
are invited to the 2017 Camp Invention
Inventors Showcase! The showcase is
slated for Friday, June 16th at 2:15pm in the
TRHS Cafetorium. Check out how Camp
Invention fosters creative thinking,
teamwork and problem-solving skills through
hands-on exploration and fun for youth in
our community in grades K – 6th!
FLOAT SPACE AVAILABLE!
Float spaces are still available for the upcoming
Two Rivers Optimist Club Fish Parade
to be held July 22nd! Contact Judy
Goodchild at 901-9284 for details and to
save your spot this year!!
Bike Donations Welcome!
Donations of bicycles of all sizes, types
and colors OR cash donations to purchase
bicycles are being sought for the 2017
Great Bike Give Away! Donations can be
dropped off at Domnitz Flowers located at
1714 – 11th Street during business hours or
by contacting Becky Domnitz at 920-323-
2542 for arrangements.
The Great Bike Give Away
allows our club to GIVE new
bicycles away to area youth,
ages 12 and under. How you
wonder?? Well, entry forms are handed out
along the parade route during the Optimist
Fish Parade scheduled for July 22nd and the
bikes are then distributed immediately
following the parade in Walsh Field. Entries
are randomly drawn until all the bikes are
given away!
Make someone’s summer special and
consider a donation this year to this
wonderful event!
TRHS / TR Optimist Assistance Fund!
For many years, TRHS has had a unique fund
available to them that was established by the Two
Rivers Optimist Octagon Club. This fund offers
assistance when student families experience a life
changing event such as fire, death, disability,
serious illness, etc. In the last five years,
$12,000.00 has passed through this fund to help
families in TR! Please support this much needed
fund by attending the TRHS Variety Show on June 2
at 7pm at TRHS! Local youth talent will amaze you!
Contact Chair Ed Plansky today at 920-374-0093 or
[email protected] to say you will help!
TRHS Club: Hard to believe another school year has flown by! We have 4 graduating Seniors;
Allison Horner, Marlon Rezach, Alex Johnson, & Mindy Glaser, we wish them the best of luck on
the future endeavors. Special recognition goes to Allison who received the Senior Service Award
from Two Rivers High School! This award is presented to a senior
that has demonstrated the value of service to the community
during their high school years. Congrats Allison! May was a
whirlwind of a month, not a lot of service projects but a lot of
money coming in and going out! We supported post prom and
Senior Lock In with a $100 donation to each. We recently
purchased two Fit-Bits for the annual Variety Show coming up on
June 2nd. We had an outstanding Electronics Drive with a lot of
helpers and a lot of stuff collected
with an amazing profit to help
support all our projects. We just
voted to give the Robotics Team
STEMPunk 4531 a $300 donation
for all their help with the
electronics drive. We would like
to thank club members Ed Plansky, Colleen
Sheahan, Greg Goodchild & of course Ann & Judy for their help at
the electronics drive too! We also want to say thank you to the
Two Rivers Optimist Club for
supporting our youth club and
treating us to breakfast at the
Law Enforcement Breakfast on
May 9th. In April, during spring
break, we had 2 of our students
help with reading to Preschool children at two different day cares
and then we went and painted with some of the elderly at
Meadow View Assisted Living: thanks Haley Vanne and Emily
Duvall! The club plans to support the Cancer Walk, Bike Rodeo,
Bike Parade, & of course Kites Over Lake Michigan. We hope you
all have a wonderful summer and stay safe!
Advisors to the Club are Judy Goodchild and Ann Sheahan
Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, more than 20,000 U.S. law
enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice. According to the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Webpage (www.nleomf.org), a total
of 1,512 law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty during the past 10
years, an average of one death every 63 hours! There were a total of 143 law enforcement officers
killed in the line of duty in 2016. Officers from Wisconsin recently honored in May at the Washington
DC National Memorial Service were:
ADAM JOHN HARTWIG: Ozaukee County S.O. End of Watch: 03/18/2016 MICHAEL JOSUA VENTURA: Salem Dept. of Public Safety End of Watch: 07/08/2016
CHARLES WILLIAM GUDGELL: Milwaukee P.D. End of Watch: 08/22/1916 DAN THOMAS GLAZE, JR: Rusk County S.O. End of Watch: 10/29/2016
On May 9th, we took time to recognize members of the Two Rivers Police
Department. Also in attendance as our special guests were be members of the
Two Rivers High School Octagon Club. We had a great turn out and feel
confident the TRPD knows they have our support! We awarded Assistant Chief
Brian Kohlmeier our Officer of the Year Award. AC Kohlmeier is the second in
command of the department and responsible for the day to day operations
including patrol, investigations and special programs. We also presented
the TRPD with a $200 donation in support of local youth programs.
2017 Two Rivers Optimist Club
Officer of Year:
Assistant Chief Brian Kohlmeier
June is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
PUT YOUR WALKING SHOES ON AND COME OUT
AND WALK AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER!
TUESDAY JUNE 20th 2017, 6:00 PM
For our June night meeting we will get out and walk! Bring your families,
friends, coworkers… everyone who wants to join us to show how much we care about
the kids in our community that are fighting for their lives.
The club will meet at 6:00 pm in the far corner of the Lighthouse Inn parking lot.
We will walk approximately 1.5 miles – to the 2nd wayside. If you cannot walk with us,
meet us at the 2nd wayside! We will have drinks and snacks available there
with time to socialize before heading back.
** T-shirts will be available for a minimum donation of $10.00 ** Feel free to donate or collect additional dollars if you choose to.
Everything collected will be donated to Childhood Cancer Research.
If you would like T-shirts, (you can purchase them for all participants, not just Optimist
Members), please RSVP to Monty and Sandy Greene no later than Sunday, June 11th.
Email [email protected], or call 794-7115 and include # of shirts and sizes
*shirts will be unisex: adult, small – XXL for sizing
Shirts will be ordered June 12th, and available the night of the walk.
Even if you don’t RSVP or cannot donate, PLEASE COME JOIN US! We are hoping to have 100% participation from the club for awareness
of this worthwhile cause.
SEE YOU THERE!
In Optimism,
Monty and Sandy Greene, Co-chairs
Upcoming Night Meeting Activities:
June: Childhood Cancer Walk July: Miracle League Baseball game
August: Rogers St. Tour & Family Picnic
PLAN TO JOIN US!
MAY NIGHT MEETING SUMMARY Submitted by Kelly Hilliker
Lt. Drew Raatz and Officer
Briana Propson, Advisors of
the Two Rivers Police
Explorer Post, were our May
guest speakers.
Law Enforcement
Exploring also known as Police
Explorers, is a career-oriented program that
gives young adults the opportunity to
explore a career in law enforcement by
working with local enforcement agencies.
Founded in 1963, it is a non-Scouting
subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Two Rivers Police Explorer Post is
available to qualified young adults between
the ages of 14 to 21. Members get hands on
instruction in tactical training, traffic stops,
building searches, report
writing and more. They
interact regularly in our
community by providing an
additional uniformed
presence at special events
like parades, festivals and special events like
the fireworks. They also take time to
compete the skills they have learned at
state and national conferences. Officer
Propson shared her view as a former TRPD
Explorer who pursued her education and
ultimately was hired as a TRPD Officer!
I was impressed with the structure and
discipline needed to be included in this
unique group. What a great program that
allows those under 21 to get some hands on
training and experience to see if law
enforcement is a career for them.
ZONE MEETING WRAP UP Submitted by Lt Gov Ann Sheahan
Thank you to all who attended our 3rd Qtr
Zone Meeting on April 26th at Mr. Lucky’s in
Valders. We had 33 Optimist gather from 6
different clubs to hear about “Project Hope
for Haiti”. Amber LaChapelle gave a
presentation about her passion for the
people of Haiti. She was there in December
with her brother and Mom to help the people
of Haiti recover from Hurricane Matthew
which was preceded by an earthquake a few
years prior. The people were so grateful for
the food, shelter, and hope they
provided. They have another trip planned for
the end of May and are going to help them
with gardening skills and supplies. We had
raffle baskets available at the meeting and
the profit of $238.00 was given to Amber’s
project; little did we know that she needed
$200.00 for seeds for this trip by the end of
April and we were able to help her fulfill this
portion of her mission trip! We can take
pride in knowing that we made a difference
in the lives of the people of Haiti. We also
had Optimist Governor Elect Tony Yaggie &
his wife Kathy inspire us with words of
encouragement and hope for the future of
the WINUM Optimist. It was a great night of
sharing Optimism and fellowship. Thank you
again to all that attended.
Amber sharing her Haiti experience