by Greg Hilliker | Feb 13, 2026 | Newsletters
Tom Yeager (on left in above photo with Club President Rich Lewis), Branch Manager of Huntington National Bank in Flushing, came as Cindy Sullivan’s guest today to speak with us about his family, career path, and local mission at his relatively new job in town a s...
by Greg Hilliker | Feb 11, 2026 | Newsletters
We had 17 folks gather for this morning’s breakfast and enjoy fellowship and celebrate the longevity of the collaboration between our Optimist Club and the CANUSA games. Chris “Rooster” Daly and Tony Sitko talked about the organizational history and changes over the...
by Greg Hilliker | Jan 29, 2026 | Newsletters
Fourteen members gathered this morning to hear our speaker Craig Dietrich, whom Phil Holmblade introduced as Mundy Township Economic & Community Development Director. (Left to right in above photo, see Craig, Phil, and Club President Rich Lewis.) Craig spoke...
by Greg Hilliker | Jan 23, 2026 | Newsletters
Breakfast for 13 included Guest and Speaker Jen Koester from Whaley Children’s Center, who told us about her role as Director of Independent Living and grant-writer for the organization. (Whaley is one of our favorite beneficiaries and supporters of our fund-raisers...
by Greg Hilliker | Jan 20, 2026 | Newsletters
Fifteen members and one guest gathered for breakfast this Thursday at our usual site, Liberty Family Dining. We missed our usual server but enjoyed our substitute server and our meal. We also missed our scheduled speaker, from Madison’s on Main and Renovation...
by Greg Hilliker | Jan 12, 2026 | Newsletters
For this first official breakfast gathering of 2026, “Yours truly” slept in until 7:07 a.m. after missing a whole night of sleep on Tuesday (prep for a videotaped and anesthetized “body invasion”) and was fined by Jeff Dennings for a late arrival at today’s breakfast....
