The OPTIBULLETTE

Established 1958

Meetings:
Wednesday Mornings at 7:00 am
Kosciusko County Fair Grounds / Shrine Building
1400 E Smith Street, Warsaw, IN 46580
Mailing Address:
PO Box 344, Warsaw IN 46581-0344

Warsaw Breakfast Optimist, June 24, 2026

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Presiding – Brooke Hamstra

Invocation – Daren Maierle

Our greeters were Rick Kerlin and
Shari Benhyousky

Greeters – Rick Kerlin & Shari Benyousky

Birthdays – Mitch Reinholt

A $3,000 grant was made to Combined Community Services to assist with their “Tools for School” project.

Check Presentation – Board Member – Ot Schroeder introduce Ami Pitt and Kirra Churchill/Combined Community Services Tools for School 2026 for the amount of $3,000.00 to help with their Tools for Schools project.

Announcements – Fundraisers Reminders & Updates

  • Triathlon, Jeff Owens & Adam Heckaman,
  • Fall Displays, Kris Williams
  • Golf Outing, Chris Hanson & Chris McCray
  • 4/18 Teams already registered online, sign up quickly

Mark your calendars for Kosciusko County 4H Fair – RELOCATION DATES (3):
○ 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 @ Grace College Alpha Dining

Membership – John Sloat had his 2nd reading

Mitch Goon was our 50/50 winner

50/50 – $30 to Mitch Goon

Bill Landrigan was interviewed for our “Member Moment”, many laughs were had by all!

Member Moment – Jim Smith & Brittany Lyon, Bill Landrigan was interviewed, he provided lots of laughs to the members. See below:

Members of the Club that are participating in the Triathlon were asked by the Sergeants
to raise a $1 from other members


Sergeants – Jim Smith, Jeff Owens, and Abby Smith

Bags of “goodies” were stuffed in preparation for the Triathlon


Program – Triathlon Bags were filled and Final Preparations were made for covering the various duties of the event. We currently have 276 contestants signed up.


Optimistic Quote/Did You Know – The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. ~ John Bingham

Next Week’s Program – Local exhibit/Andrea Granger and Dana McAfee