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 21 - Dave Edwards, Edwards Auto Center
• May 28 - Coach Scott Strohmeier, head football coach at IWCC
• Jun 4 - Jeff Schoening, Trip to Rose Parade with American Bandmasters
• Jun 11 - Carrie Currin, K-5 elementary counselor at Treynor
• Jun 18 - Joe Chapman, Treynor Girls Basketball

May 14 -  Byron Menke, Real Estate Market Kite flying at the "T" in Treynor, Saturday, May 7, at Noon.  Steve from the Omaha Kite Club will be demonstating.  The students from 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in Treynor received and decorated their kites in Art class.

See our Facebook Page

March 19, 2022 - Community Volunteer Recognition - pictures and organization information in this link

Flag Letter for 2022 To subscribe, print the Flag Letter and send $40 to Optimist Club of Treynor P.O. Box 354 Treynor, IA 51575 Check here to see if you have already paid Homes Paid in 2022  (updated 8 May 2022) 132 paid flags  on 8 May 2022

This year we put in an addtional 9 footings along Highway 92 in front of the High School.
The Treynor Optimist Club thanks you for your support of the Flag Project.   All funds go toward scholarships.

2022 Opitimist Club essay contest winners:

Caden Hill  3rd, Addy Schnepel  1st, and Nathen Petersen  2nd place.

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Past Speakers & Newsletters (for the last few months)

Oct 30 - Bob Keysor, Radar Operator at Missile Base
Nov 6 - Jeff Casey, Treynor HS Football Coach
Nov 13 - Tony Leick, Private Investigator with the Pott. Co. Sheriff Dept.
Nov 20 - Kara Huisman, Softball Coach
Nov 27 - Brad Bailey, PGA Pro
Dec 4 - Randy Fontaine, Hope-Net Ministries
Dec 11 - Tasha Jones with Connections Area Agency on Aging
Dec 18 - Duane King, Founder of Deaf Missions
Jan 8 - Kirk Vorthmann
Jan 15 - no meeting because of snow storm
Jan 22 - PACE – Hoff Family Cultural Center
Jan 29 - Three different unplanned speakers
Feb 5 - Tom Becka, news commentator for KPTV and Fox 42 TV
Feb 12 - Michelle Ausdemore, President of Junior Treynor Women (JTW)
Feb 19 - Tour of the former NIKE Fire Control portion of the Cold War Surface to Air Missile Base at Treynor Iowa
Feb 26 - Brandon Vorthmann and Keith Christensen, Treynor School Board members
Mar 5 - Susan Miller, the Dreamland Theater in Carson, Iowa
Mar 12 - Cody Forristall spoke today about PowerTech
Mar 19 - Dan Kinsella, Treynor Athletic Boosters
Mar 26 - Mike Holton, Treynor City Administrator
Apr 2 - Diane Hathaway, concern about nursing home care
Apr 9 - Tammy Sanfresco, Mosaic
Apr 16 - Matt Wilbur, County Attorney
Apr 23 - Gary Guttau, Earth Day
Apr 30 - Jim Carlin, Iowa Senator


For older speakers or newsletters, select "Speakers" to select a speaker or "Newsletter" to select by newsletter date from the menu at the top of this page

Monthly Speaker Coordinators
May - Dale Willenborg
June - Steve Irvin (first two Saturdays)
            Steve Chambers (third Saturday)
             Jeff Jorgensen (fourth Saturday)
July - Phil Waggoner (first two Saturdays)
        Mick & Judy Guttau (last three Saturdays)
August - Bill Vorthmann (first two Saturdays)
                Jim Clausen (last two Saturdays)
September - Jordan Campbell
October - GaryGuttau
November - Jerry Hempel
December - Linda Danker (first two Saturdays)
        Mick  & Judy Guttau (third Saturday)
    No meeting Dec 24 - Christmas Eve
    No Meeting Jan 1 - New Years Day

Organizations helping with flags

Flag Holidays for 2022	Put up flags, Assist	Take down flags, Assist
Put out Flyers - April 2, 9:00 a.m.	Put out flyerswith Scouts
Memorial Day - Monday, May 30	Sat, May 28	Tues,  May 31
Flag Day - Tues, June 14	Sat, June 11	Wed, June 15
Treynor Days - Friday- Saturday, June 24-25	Thurs, June 23
Independence Day - Monday, July 4		Tues, July 5
Labor Day - Monday, September 5	Sat, Sept 3
Patriot Day - Sunday September 11
Homecoming - Friday, September 16		Sat, Sept 17
Veterans Day - Friday, November 11	Thurs, Nov 10	Sat, Nov 12

Veterans Day-Flags only along school and cemetery if weather permits

Placed flags on Columbus Day in past years - Changed to Homecoming weekend  in 2020 because of bad weather often in mid-October

 

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Flags for Scholarships

The Optimist Club provided scholarship awards for $7000 for
graduating Seniors in 2022
The recipients of $500 in 2022 in alphabetical order are:

JOI Club Members (Selected by JOI Club)
Norah Beekhuizen
Payton Chapman
Rachael Kinsella

Optimist Club

Aalanah Buckingham
Tyler Christensen
Josie Davidson
Adley Drake
Michael Davis
Memphis Kylee Dunsdorf
Emma Flathers
Keelea Navara
Thomas Schwartz V
Brooklyn Sedlak
Ashlyn Vorthmann

Total of $69,100 since 2010
Full list of scholarship winners by year

Next Can Sorting
Wednesday, May 25, 2:30 p.m.
Boy Scout Troup 729

Can Kennel Proceeds

The redemption center collects cans every two weeks..  Each organization will receive revenues for two or  four weeksas follows:

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