Meetings

Weekly meetings are at the
Treynor Community Center
Starting time is 8:00 a.m.
Guests and prospective members are always welcome.

Speakers at Saturday Meetings

  • May 25- Western Iowa Development Agency - Erica Carley
Calendar
Past Newsletters & Speakers (for the last few months)
Jan 5 - Jeff Casey, HS Football Coach
Jan 12 - Judy & Mick Guttau, Henry Doorly Zoo
Jan 19 - Newsletter with no speaker
Jan 26 - Bill Wypyski, All Care Health Care
Feb 2 - Jordan Lowe, foreign exchange student to Paraguay
Feb 9 - Hadley Mikovek, Evidence Technician for Pott. County Cheriff's Department
Feb 16 - Newsletter with no speaker
Feb 23 - No meeting-snow day
Mar 2 - Dan Harbeke, Head of External Affairs and Public Policy for Google
Mar 9 - Kim Barents, head Volleyball coach for one year at the Treynor Community Schools
Mar 16 - Tony Tauke, Board of the Pottawattamie County Community Foundation (PCCF)
Mar 23 - Buckingham Palace Barn Tour
Mar 30 - Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
Apr 6 - Tom Becka, Fox 42 KPTM-TV News Commentator
Apr 13 - Travis Castle and Doug Wehring about Vision Treynor Group
Apr 20 - Kevin White, SWI Sports Writer for the Nonpareil and World Herald
Apr 27 - Paige Volkens, Education Director for East & West Pott. Soil and Water Conservation District
Newsletter also includes pictures from Mulch Madness with the Treyor 5th grade
May 4 - Noel James, Street Hockey Program in CB
May 4 - Rita Laughlin, Treynor High School Counselor
May 11 - Lou Howell, Interim Superintendent for Treynor Community High School
May 18 - Brendan Mass, 4-H and National 4-H Conference in Washington, DC.


Monthly Coordinators
May - Gary Funkhouser
June - Mick Guttau-first three weeks
June - _________ - last  two weeks
July - Dale Willenborg
August - Jordan Campbell
September - Gary Guttau - first two weeks
September - Jerry Hempel - last two weeks
October - Bill & Ann Vorthmann
November - Josh Guttau - first two weeks
November - Bib Mantell - last three weeks
December - Jim Clausen


Flag Holidays for 2019

Memorial Day - Monday, May 27
Flag Day - Friday, June 14
Treynor Days - Saturday, June 28
Independence Day - Thursday, July 4
Labor Day - Monday, September 2
Patriot Day - Wednesday, September 11
Columbus Day - Monday, October 14
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In 2018, Woodmen of the World donated 20 new flags, so we decided to put flags by the ZION cemetery and the High School in Treynor.  We will do so again this year.  If you would like to sponsor a flag by the ZION cemetery or the High School, please let us know.

Flag Letter

To subscribe, print Flag Letter and send $35 to

Optimist Club of Treynor
P.O. Box 354
 Treynor, IA 51575

Check here to see if you have already paid
Homes Paid in 2019

92 Paid flags as of 18 May 2019
The Treynor Optimist Club thanks you for your support of the Flag Project.   All funds go toward scholarships.
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Flags for Scholarships

The Optimist Club provided schlarship awards for $5500 for
graduating Seniors in May 2019
The recipients of $500 in May 2019 in alphabetical order are:

JOI Club Members (Selected by JOI Club)

Alora Nolan
Allison Green

Selected by Optimist Club

Kyle Christensen
Thomas Duysen
Allison Green
Molly Griffin
Faith Julesgaard
Jordan Lowe
Brendan Mass
Alora Nowlan
Jessica Vohs

Can Kennel
Next Can Sorting
Wednesday, 29 May, time TBD
St. Paul Youth



Can Kennel Application Form (MS Word)

(pdf version of Can Kennel Application)
Past Proceeds

Total =  $163,736.28
through 20 Feb 2019
Past Proceeds by month

Can Kennel Proceeds

The redemption center now collects cans every two weeks,  instead of twice a month as in previous years. This allows more organizations to benefit from the Can Kennel.  Each organization will receive revenues for  four weeks instead of a full month, as follows:

Dates Organization Sorting  Sorting  Contact 
Feb 21 - Mar 20, 2019 High School Baseball Mar 6 Mar 20 Bob Mantell, 712-487-3689 (h), 402-680-2896 (c), 712-487-0420 (w)
Mar 21 - Apr 17, 2019 JOI Club Apr 3 Apr 17 Gary Funkhouser, 712-487-3343
Apr 18 - May 15, 2019 Zion Youth May 1 May 15 Jordan Campbell, 712-487-3906 (h), 712-310-1835 (c), 712-487-3289 (w)
May 16 - Jun 12, 2019 St. Paul Youth May 29 Jun 12 Denise Wilson, 402-680-8172 (c), 402-487-3880 (w)
Jun 13 - Jul 10, 2019 Silver Creek 4-H Jun 26 Jul 10 Traci Black, 402-658-8449 (c), ttracib3@aol.com
Jul 11 - Aug 7, 2019 Treynor Girl Scout Troup 408 Jul 24 Aug 7 Karen Swalwell,  712-486-2606 (h), 402-651-8192 (c)
Aug 8 - Sep 4, 2019 Optimist Club Aug 21 Sep 4 Dale Willenborg, 402-651-1634 (c)
Sep 5 - Oct 2, 2019 High School Football & Basketball Cheerleaders Sep 18 Oct 2 Nicole Reed, 712-525-1181 (h), 402-290-9488 (c)
Oct 3 - Oct 30, 2019 Boy Scout Troup 729 Oct 16 Oct 30 Robert Engle, 712-482-3122 (h), 209-329-7369 (c)
Oct 31 - Nov 27, 2019 Treynor Cub Scout Pack 729 Nov 13 Nov 27 Cindy Biederman, 712-566-3020 (h), 712-326-5453 (c)
Nov 28 - Dec 25, 2019 After Prom Dec 11 Dec 25
Dec 26- Jan 22, 2020 Treynor Music Boosters Jan 8 Jan 22 Beverly Green, 712-310-0727
Other applications received
None
Other interesting and useful web sites

Treynor School
Treynor Schools Twitter Account
Treynor Schools Facebook Page

Optimist International

Iowa Optimist Organization

City of Treynor

Pottawattamie County

Pottawattamie County Assessor

City of Council Bluffs