The "Manhattan Optimist Club Bulletin": Vol. 2024 #45: 8-7-24
VOLUME 2024 AUGUST 7 NUMBER 45
President Bill Wisdom, welcomed everyone and Jerry Banaka gave us a fitting OI reflection, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
ACHES & PAINS: Be kind to one another, you never know what others may be going through. Keep the family of Melvin Hunt in your thoughts and prayers.
PROGRAM: Mike Fincham introduced our speaker this morning. “Every once in a while, a chance encounter results in something fun and exciting when you aren’t expecting it. One Saturday morning a while back, Sharon and I and another couple were in Clay Center to look at the many murals that they have around the city. While walking on the sidewalk around the city square, we crossed paths with a young lady. She struck up a conversation with us and asked us what we were up to that morning. We happened to be right in front of the REX Theatre which obviously had been newly renovated. I commented on how cool the theatre looked and she asked us if we’d like to take a tour of the theatre. As it turns out, this young lady was Renee Langvardt, the Manager/Director of the REX Theatre. She unlocked the lobby door, took us inside and showed us around. I thought to myself, this theatre renovation would make a great program for the Optimist Club. Then Renee mentioned that they have programs for the local school kids. Even better!! That is right up our alley and I invited Renee to present to our Optimist members.”
Countless hours of work and renovation have been poured into the theatre simply to return the Rex to its original glory. A visit to the Rex Theatre will leave you speechless. Regularly showing movies. In addition, The Rex Theatre provides a venue for a variety of arts and entertainment. These include live theatre productions, musical concerts and much more.
Clay Center High School Drama Department, Tiger Speech and Drama partner with the Theatre – Haunted Theatre.
Clay County Arts Council
1st Run Movies
Host of ACT Clay County
Clay Counts Coalition – Suicide, Courageous Conversations, Shatter Our Silence. 95% of this staff are High School Students
Host 2 Productions
We love kids at the REX, $5.00 early dismissal days for school kids and Free Movie Friday’s and a host of other events.
Visit the REX at 519 Court Street, Clay Center Kansas, call them at 785-777-2534 or email they at therexcc@hotmail.com Also, find them on Facebook: @rextheatrecc
CLUB STUFF/ANNOUNCEMENTS and UPCOMING EVENTS:
District 4Q Meeting will be in Wichita, August 16-18.
Fall Social Date is set for Sunday, September 8th! More information is coming soon!
SAVE THE DATE: September 28th-KSU Football Parking for the OSU game, October 19th – Aggieville Chili Crawl.
If you see Marlene Franke, be sure to congratulate her for her Hole in ONE on #8 at Colbert!
Many thanks to the Great Work Crew, trimming trees, and weeding at Optimist Park, Tuesday morning. Thank you, Jerry Banaka, Steve Boeckman, Mike Fincham, Larry Fox, Jim Franke, Brad Horchem, Doug Jardine, Bryan Joy, Ken Lewis, Mark Locke, Jim Morrison, Steve Springer and Bob Seymour.
GUESTS: No other guests were present this morning.
Meeting adjourned with the OPTIMIST CREED.
Coordinator: Heather Peterson
Coordinator: Bruce McMillan
Coordinator: Bruce McMillan