Presiding – Brooke Hamstra

Attendance – 78

Invocation – Rick Swaim

Greeters – Joe Thallemer & Chris McCray

Honoring Dave Taylor – Member Dave Taylor was remembered by the Club

Birthdays – Gary Tanner, Harry Gigous & Rick Kerlin

● Announcements

• Spooktacular was on Friday 10/24/25 (display group picture)
• Fall Display Pickup Date – 11/15/25 (91 displays @ 83 locations, Start @ 9am)
• Santa House – Weekends in December 2025 (signup sheet coming soon)
  • Dec 5, 6, & 7
  • Dec 12, 13, & 14
  • Dec 19, 20, & 21
• Fundraisers:
  • Car Show (05/17/26)
  • Triathlon ( 06/27/26)
  • Fall Displays (sale starts 08/01/26)

Membership – 2nd reading for Steve Block

Sergeants – Abby Smith, Jeff Owens & Jim Smith harassed members and fined them for bogus reasons.

Program – Marc Andrews, Lily Center for Lakes and Streams, Education. The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams is a research and education center based at Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind. Our organization recommends lake-focused best-practices, based on thorough research, and helps local families and businesses adopt them.

We do that in three ways: conducting research, providing resources, engaging and educating residents, and collaborating with local organizations. Our goal? To make the freshwater lakes and streams of Kosciusko County clean, healthy, safe, and beautiful.

Optimistic Quote or Did You Know:

• QUOTE: Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see a shadow (Helen Keller)
• DID YOU KNOW: A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance”?

Next Week’s Program – Optimist Singers – Veterans Day Program