1. Downtown Optimist Club
A periodic newsletter of the
A periodic newsletter of the
St. Petersburg --Optimist Creed Optimist Club
St. Petersburg Downtown Optimist Club
The Downtown
North Florida District, Zone 9, Club #60447
North Florida District, Zone 9, Club #60447
Promise Yourself -
October 5, 2010
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
Editor: Sharon Dennany, telephone 919-274-1311 or email: shar1558denn@yahoo.com
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 – President about your own.
Scott Kaplan as you are
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
Zone 9 Lt. Governor – Jean Rutan
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times District Governor – Daniel Rich meet a smile.
North Florida and give every living creature you
To give so much time to the improvement 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.
Today’
Today’s meeting at Tick Tock
Members at the meeting were Scott (Pres), Vi (VP), Lee (Secy/Treas),
Jean (Lt. Gov), Rick Rutan, Judy Warnock, Jim and Jane Ridings, Viki
Pena and Chuck Hayworth. Our guests for the evening were Josh
Cohen, President of the E3 JOOI Club, and his parents Victor and Lisa.
CLUB OFFICERS DIRECTORS
Presidentexplained .the..new. membership policy. Rutan (1) . . . . . . . .be .penalized
Scott Scott Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . 592-0243 Jean We will not . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
Vice Pres. Vi Hayworth . . . . . . . . .In .order to be an Rick Rutan (1) . . . we . must. increase
for dropping members. . . . . . 535-6939 Honor Club, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
Vice Pres. Vikki Pena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527-2656 Judy Warnock (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458-8278
Sec/Treas. Lee Warnock . . . . . . Right .now, we have 31 Dennany (2) . so .we .will . need
membership by 20%. . . . . . . . 577-7159 Sharon members . . . . . . . . . .919-274-1311
Sgt-At-Arms. members. . 392-2718
to add 6 . . . . . . . . . . by the end of the year.
Chaplain Rick Rutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522-6143
We had our first fundraiser, First Friday on October 1st. We made
a total of $812, $300 plus $512 in tips. All the
workers were thanked. We COMMITTEEfrom Kathy Seitz
had help CHAIRS
and her son Greg, Pat Mullen's. .daughter-in-law .Lee Warnock
Oratorical Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and
Essay Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Rutan
her friend, and Pam, Vi's hairdresser.. .Other .workers were
Programs/Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Rutan
Jean and Rick Rutan, . Vi .and .Chuck .Hayworth, Laura Pena
Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vi Hayworth/Viki
Morris and her husband CJ,. .Bob. ..and. ..Roseanna .Jane Ridings
Poster Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jean Rutan
O.I. Foundation Rep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Costa,
and Laura's art teacher friend. Julie. Smith.. . Gardner Harshman
Respect for Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Youth Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
New Community Dev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi Hayworth
Raffles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
Easter Egg Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Kaplan
Bell Ringing .life. that. are. never. certain. . . . . Vi Hayworth
things in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Warnock
Fortune
Success
Dreams

2. Zone Meeting!!!
What's your IQ? Thursday, October 7, 2010 at Gigi’s
See how you fare on these in South Pasadena Shopping
true/false questions? Center, 6:30 p.m.
The National Haunters
All Club presidents are strongly
Convention occurs once a urged to attend. Zone meetings are
year in Pennsylvania. open to ALL Optimists and you are
cordially invited.
Halloween is the fourth You can order off the menu and
largest commercial holiday
Early Bird specials available.
in the US.
See you there.
The first-ever illustration of
a witch on a broomstick Lt. Gov. Jean Rutan
appeared in a late medieval
manuscript dated 1440 A.D.
New Club Shirts
Pumpkins are vegetables. Lee and Judy brought the new
club shirts and passed them
When bobbing for apples,
out. If you weren't at this
whoever spears the first fruit meeting, they will hold the
will live the longest, shirts until they see you.
according to Celtic tradition.
Find the answers at the end of
newsletter. Source: Woman’s
Day Magazine 50/50
Rick Rutan won the 50/50
drawing and drew the Five of
Hearts. So the pot to the
winner at the next meeting will
be at $14.00.
Vi won the pot at the previous
meeting and won $49.50!

3. Vi is staying busy, Maxine’
Maxine’s
busy, busy! The Optimist Creed
Corner
Vi sent an email out to say
Promise Yourself -
that OI President Elect
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, Rich contacted her every person you meet.
Danny happiness and prosperity to
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
and asked if she would
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the the to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
serve on best, Credentials
To be just as enthusiastic about the next of others as you are about your own.
Committee for him success
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
year. She told him that
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time toA couple of of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
she would. the improvement
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the
presence of trouble. Past Int. Pres.
weeks ago,
Bill Teague and Judi
Smith asked her to go on
the OIF Philanthropy
Committee next year. She
agreed to do that too, so
she’ll have another busy
CLUB OFFICERS DIRECTORS
year. She says. .it.. will. keep. 592-0243
President Scott Kaplan . . ... ..... Jean Rutan (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
Vice her out of the Bingo. Halls! . 535-6939
Pres. Vi Hayworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Rutan (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
Vice Pres. Vikki Pena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527-2656 Judy Warnock (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458-8278
Sec/Treas. Lee Warnock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577-7159 Sharon Dennany (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .919-274-1311
Sgt-At-Arms. . . . . . . . . . . . . 392-2718
Chaplain Rick Rutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522-6143
COMMITTEE CHAIRS It’s
It s My
Oratorical Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
Anniversary!
Essay Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Rutan
It’sPrograms/Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Rutan
It’ My
Birthday! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vi Hayworth/Viki Pena
Fellowship
Poster Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee . . . . .Jean Rutan
. . . Warnock September 17
O.I. Foundation Rep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettie. Jane Ridings
. . . . . . Ralston September 27
October 23for Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner Harshman
Respect Vi Hayworth September 27
Sandy Youth Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine.Lee Warnock
Andorfer ......
Mullen September 28
New Community Dev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi Hayworth
Raffles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roseanne Warnock
. . . . . . .Lee Costa October 1
Easter Egg Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner Harshman
. . . . . . . .Scott Kaplan October 15
Bell Ringing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi Hayworth
Chuck Hayworth
First Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Warnock
October 26

4. John’
Papa John’s Pizza Stand
at the Trop… has produced
over $1,400 for the club this Million pounds
year! Lee will be working of chocolate are sold
Wednesday's game which during Halloween week
unfortunately is a daytime game – more than double the
making it hard for many of us to go amount sold on
because of jobs, etc. We will be Valentine’s Day.
doing this event again next year Source-Woman’s Day
as well. magazine
Ronald McDonald House
Our next meeting
on October 19th
will be at Ronald
McDonald House.
We will be serving
ham. Please bring
side dishes.
The Halloween Party… will be Saturday, October 30th from
2 pm to 4 pm at the Salvation Army Church on 9th Avenue North and
38th Street, by the main library. Kids from the Children's Village and
Sallie House will be there. Our JOOI club will be there as
well. Members are asked to bring candy to the next meeting which
will be at Ronald McDonald House. Lee gave an explanation of the
events. Pizzas will be provided from Papa John's due to the freebies
from the Rays' games. Viki will donate cupcakes for the cake walk
game. Toys and prizes have been purchased as well. Sharon made
a flyer for Lee to hand out to the Children’s Village, Sallie House and
JOOI club.

5. Guest of Honor are the
Children’
Children’s Village, Sallie
E-
House & E-3 J.O.O.I. Club
Saturday October 30th
2 to 4 p.m.
Games, Prizes, Candy,
Pizza, Crafts, Animal
Show, and Clown
Salvation Army Church
9th Ave. N. and
38th Street
St. Petersburg

6. 1st Quarter District
Conference… will be at
Cape Canaveral October
15th through the 17th. All
members are welcome to
attend. Several members
have already said they are
going.
Spooks by Sandra Liatsos
There's a goblin at my window,
A monster by my door.
The pumpkin at my table
Keeps on smiling more and more.
There's a ghost who haunts my bedroom,
A witch whose face is green.
They used to be my family,
Till they dressed for Halloween.
E3…
WD40, 409, E3 have you every wondered how these letters and
numbers came to be? According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
WD-40 stands for Water Displacement - 40th Attempt.
Also according to Wikipedia, urban legend has it that the product 409 is
named for the birthday of the inventor's wife or daughter, or
alternatively after a large, powerful engine found in Chevrolet cars at
the time (as sung by the Beach Boys in their hit song, “409"). However,
the product was actually named 409 because it took the inventors 409
tries to get the formula right.
And as Lee explained, the E3, in E3 JOOI Club, stands for Excellence,
Enthusiasm, and Encouragement.

7. Board Meeting
The Board meeting followed the regular meeting. At this meeting,
several decisions were made:
The budget for this year was approved.
The board voted to give the president $100 for each quarter
conference attended to help pay for expenses.
Registration for the quarter conferences will be paid for all club
members who attend the sessions at the conference.
We will have only 3 Ronald McDonald House events during this
year, skipping the summer event
The club will now pay for dinner for a guest who is attending as a
potential member to the club. This will be allowed for the 1st time the
guest attends the meeting.
We were informed that because we have donated $600 to the OI
Foundation, the club will receive a nicely framed print at the first
quarter conference. There was some discussion as to what to do with
the print but no firm decision was made.
What's your IQ answers:
1. True
2. False – Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in
America – only Christmas surpasses
3. True
4. False – Because of their seeds, pumpkins actually belong to the fruit
family. They are a type of gourd-the same as squash, cucumbers
and melons.
5. False – Celtic lore holds that the first to successfully bob for an apple
will wed first.
*Source: Woman’s Day magazine

8. The Optimist Creed
Promise Yourself -
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything 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 creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement 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 OFFICERS DIRECTORS
President Scott Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535-6939 Jean Rutan (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
1st Vice Pres. Vi Hayworth . . . . . . . . . . . . 527-2656 Rick Rutan (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522-6143
2nd Vice Pres. Viki Pena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421-3721 Judy Warnock (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458-8278
Sec/Treas. Lee Warnock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577-7159 Sharon Dennany (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..919-274-1311
Sgt-At-Arms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner Harshman (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592-0243
Chaplain Rick Rutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522-6143 Moonie Harshman (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592-0243
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Oratorical Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
Essay Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Rutan
Programs/Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Rutan
Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vi Hayworth/Viki Pena
Poster Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jean Rutan
O.I. Foundation Rep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Ridings
Respect for Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner Harshman
Youth Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
New Community Dev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi Hayworth
Raffles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Warnock
Easter Egg Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Kaplan
Bell Ringing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi Hayworth
First Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Warnock