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

August 15 - Gary Funkhouser - Iowa Quiz

August 22 - Cody Guidry - Manager of McAllisters, managing a business during/after COVID-19

August 29 - Tim Jacobs - Cancer survivor


The Treynor Can Kennel continues to be open for collection of redeemable cans and bottles.

Calendar

Flag Letter

To subscribe, print 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 2020

160 Paid flags as of 19 June 2020
The Treynor Optimist Club thanks you for your support of the Flag Project.   All funds go toward scholarships.
Past Speakers & Newsletters (for the last few months)

January 18 - Barb Vorthmann, Gold Star Moms
January 25 - Dennis Hopp, Hopp Physical Therapy
February 1 - Cheryl Clark, VP of Resource Development at Children’s Square
February 8 - Travis Castle, update on the Vision Treynor Group
February 15 - Mark Funkhouser, Nebraska State Patrol and investigator with National Indemnity Insurance Co
February 22 - Scott Wallace, new Treynor Baseball Coach
February 29 - Auston Schmidt, Shriners Hospital and the Pull-Tab Collection Program
March 7 - Phil Kennedy, Treynor Head Wrestling Coach
March 14 - Russ Maguire, 25-year Fire Chief and long-time Fireman
June 6 - Tom Becka, Fox 42 TV News Commentator
June 13 - Mark Hopkins, Treynor School Superintendent
June 20 - Cory Damgaard, owner of Valkyrie Arms engraving business
June 27 - Mike Holton, Treynor City Manager
July 4 - No meeting
July 11 - Doug Dillivan, Iowa Farm Business Consultant
July 18 - Rustic Cuts Butcher Shop
July 25 - Kirk Vorthmann History
August 1 - Nolan Hansen, 2018 Treynor Graduate
August 8 - Shelly Bailey, Treynor School Technology Specialist


For older speakers or newsletters, select "Speakers" or "Newsletter" at top of page
Monthly Speaker Coordinators
August - Dale Willenborg
September - Jordan Campbell
October - Bill Vorthmann
November - Jerry Hempel
December 5, 12 -Ken Graham
December 19 - _________
December 26 - _________

Organizations helping with flags
Flag Holidays for 2020 Put up flags Take down flags
Memorial Day - Monday, May 25 Saint Paul Youth Saint Paul Youth
Flag Day - Sunday, June 14 Boy Scout Troup 729 Boy Scout Troup 729
Independence Day - Saturday, July 4 Cub Scout Pack 729
Beginning of the School year - August 19
Labor Day - Monday, September 7 Boy Scout Troup 729
Patriot Day - Friday, September 11 Post Prom
Homecoming - Friday, September 11

In 2019, the Legion donated their flags to the Optimist club.  These included 25 good flags and 13 others that needed repairs.  The Optimist Club thanks the American Legion for these flags.  The Optimist Club puts five flags in front of the Community Center in recognition of the American Legion..

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.

 

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Flags for Scholarships

The Optimist Club provided scholarship awards for $5500 for
graduating Seniors in 2020
The recipients of $500 in 2020 in alphabetical order are:

JOI Club Members (Selected by JOI Club)

Tyler Pollock
Clarissa Weitzel

Selected by Optimist Club

Tori Castle
Cainan Davidson
Kennedy Elwood
William Halverson
Jacob Lang
Mitchell Lutz
Luke Mieske
Tyler Pollock
Clarissa Weitzel

Full list of scholarship winners by year

Can Kennel
Next Can Sorting
throough September 2
High School Football & Basketball Cheerleaders

Can Kennel contributions have recently been  very large.  Thanks for your support.  Since the redemption center is currently closed, cans are being sorted and stored until it reopens.

We had a great turnout Jan 8, 2020 with the Treynor Music Boosters.  It was the most cans ever sortted for a two week period

Music Boosters


Can Kennel Applications

Can Kennel Application Form (MS Word)

(pdf version of Can Kennel Application)
Past Proceeds

Total = $176,128
through 19 February 2020
Can redemption center closed after Feb 19, 2020.  Cans being stored until redemption continued.
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 
Dec 26- Jan 22, 2020 Treynor Music Boosters Jan 8 Jan 22 Jamie Poland
Jan 23 - Feb 5 2020 Studio 7 Feb 5
Feb 6 - Feb 19 2020 Dance Team Feb 19
Feb 20 - Mar 18 2020 Silver Keg Feeders 4H Mar 4 Mar 18
Mar 19 - Apr 15 2020 Optimist Club Apr 1 Apr 15
Apr 16 - May 13 2020 ZION Youth Apr 29 May 13
May 14 - Jun 10 2020 Saint Paul Youth May 27 Jun 10
Jun 11 - Jul 8 2020 Living Hope Youth Group
 Jun 24 Jul 8
Jul 9 - Aug 5 2020 Treynor Cub Scout Pack 729 Jul 22 Aug 5
Aug 6 - Sep 2 2020 High School Football & Basketball Cheerleaders Aug19 Sep 2
Sep 3 - Sep 16 2020 Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Sept 16
Sep 17 - Sep 30 2020 Impact Sep 30
Oct 1 - Oct 28 2020 Treynor Girl Scout Troup 408 Oct 14 Oct 28
Oct 29 - Nov 25 2020 Boy Scout Troup 729 Nov11 Nov 25
Nov 26 - Dec 23 2020 Silver Creek 4H Dec 9 Dec 23
Dec 24 - Jan 20 2021 Post Prom Jan 6 Jan 20

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