Presiding – Mitch Goon

Attendance – 71

Greeter – David Lee 

Announcements – 

Guests – Kevin Feldman, Betsy Voss, Griffin Carpenter

Birthdays – Roxanne Coffelt 8/29; Nick Deeter 9/1; Everett Nifong 9/2; Luke Becknell 9/2; Rich Haddad 9/4; Joel Wihebrink 9/4

Membership – 3rd Reading Tom Ray (David Haines/Joel Wihebrink, sponsor) 3rd Reading Jon Vida (Paul Finley sponsor)         

50/50 – $47 to Kevin McClamroch

Sergeant’s At Arms –

• Warsaw Education Foundation Community Quiz Bowl moved to March 15, 2022.
• Golf Outing September 14th – Stonehenge Golf Club – Todd Davis
• Fall Displays – Sign-up sheet for fall display committees. Reserve the weekends of 9/18-19 & 9/25-26 for fall display deliveries…ALL HANDS ON DECK!  Displays in place by October 2nd!                           
• Next event – Harvest/bundle corn stocks need 6-8 volunteers Sept 8th?
• Chairs for: Delivery crews, Staging (filling tubs for delivery)
• Invited to the Lafayette Noon Optimist Club 100 Year celebration on Saturday March 25th 2pm – 5pm
• Members that would like to have an advertisement in the Optimist Directory contact Mitch Goon.                       

Program – Road to the NFL Fish Bowl – NFL Line Judge Brian Bolinger. Brian shared his story of the path he took to become an NFL Line Judge.

Next Week’s Program –

• 9/8 – Kosciusko County 4-H – Andrew Ferrel
• 9/15 – The Noble Gnome Farm –
• 9/22 – Black Pine Animal Sanctuary – Trish Nichols
• 9/29 – Awards

Positive Message – “The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” –Vince Lombardi