The Weekly Bulletin of The Optimist Club of Knoxville, Tennessee
A Look At
"The Sunny Side"
Of Everything
Jim Kondrasuk - OI President
Robert H. Leonard - OI Past President 1967
Hal Sewell - Ol Vice President
Rudy Corn - GATEway Governor
David Harter- Lt. Governor
Club Chartered 21 December 1920
Volume 97, Number 24
"Kids grow up with or without Optimism . . . The Choice is Yours."©
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
DOROTHY JOHNNY MAUER Day.
JOHN W. MAUER (September 4, 1901 – December
20, 1978) was an American college basketball,
baseball and football coach and multi-sport college
athlete. During the course of his thirty-six-year
coaching career, MAUER was the head basketball
coach at the University of Kentucky, Miami
University, the University of Tennessee, the U.S.
Military Academy, and the University of Florida.
MAUER was named Outstanding Athlete and Scholar
in the Big Ten Conference as a senior, and graduated
from Illinois with a bachelor's degree in 1926. It
was this recognition after which our recognition of
excellence in academics and athletics was modeled.
JIM ADCOCK reminded all volunteers
Tri-Star Basketball is on this Thursday
27 April 2017 from 5-6:00 p.m. at the
Boys & Girls Club, 967 Irwin Street.
FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2017
Junior
Optimist
and
Essay
Winner
April 25, 2017
2016-2017 JOHNNY MAUER recipients are:
Berean Christian School
GRANT LITTLE
Carter High School
CARTER DUNLAP
Central high School
JAMES “TREY” MITCHELL
Christian Academy of Knoxville DAVIS SHORE
Farragut High School
ALEXIS PARKER
Fulton High School
DONOVAN FILER
Gibbs High School
CAILRY GRIFFIN
Grace Christian Academy
ALLISON DUNN
Halls High School
COLTON McMAHAN
Hardin Valley Academy
REBEKAH HAMPTON
Karns High School
ALEXIS MISIURA
Knoxville Catholic High School LUKE SMITH
Powell High School
BRITTNEY FRANSE
South-Doyle High School
MADISON CHANDLER
Tennessee School for the Deaf BRIANNA MOORE
Webb School
JACK NADAUD
THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2017
FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2017
Members of our Junior Optimist
Club at Holston Middle School and
their advisor MICHAEL CERMAK
will be joining us for lunch as April
comes to a close. Essay Chairman
MAC PREVOST announced that our
winning essayist will be with us to
present the winning essay. Invite a
friend to lunch at The Foundry.
NEXT WEEK
FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017
In July 1965, a discussion between
Past Optimist International
President CARL BOWEN and former
FBI Director J. EDGAR HOOVER
resulted in the birth of Optimist
International’s Respect for Law
program. This is the fourth most popular program with
more than 1,500 Clubs participating last year. Your
club has conducted an RFL program since it became
a program of Optimist International. We honor law
enforcement officers nominated by the leadership of
five agencies located in our community. BOB GIBSON
serves as our Chairman of the Day for our annual
Respect for Law Day.
Officers 2016-2017
President....................................................... Kathryn McCullough
President-Elect.......................................................... Beth O'Brien
Vice President.............................................................Will Brewer
Vice President........................................................Wayne Mulkey
Vice President.........................................................Brenda Staton
Secretary.................................................................David LaFratta
Treasurer................................................................... David Harter
Sergeant-At-Arms.................................... Deno Cole, John Temple
Past President...............................................................Erin Favier
Director.........................................................Donna Buswell 2017
Director.............................................................. Bob Gibson 2017
Director......................................................... Annie LaLonde 2017
Director...........................................................Darrin Rhines 2017
Director...............................................................Jim Adcock 2018
Director.......................................................... Melanie Hogg 2018
Director...........................................................John Kerrigan 2018
Director............................................................ Joe Peterson 2018
Henry Naff Trustees
Ricky Jackson 2017 • John Mays 2017
Annie LaLonde 2018 • John Temple 2018
Michael Cermak 2019
COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2016-2017
American Hero of the Year............... Michele Cox & Steve Fowler
Auction.......................................David LaFratta & Brenda Staton
Angel Tree...............................................................Sharon Pound
Boys & Girls Club Fitness Authority..............................................
Bulletin Editors.......................................... Buzz & Donna Buswell
Camp Eagle's Nest......................................................Allen Collier
Cheese Sales..........................................................Gwin Harshaw
Childhood Cancer (OI)...................................................................
Christmas Dinner and Haslam Center Party for Boys & Girls Club.....
Lisa Huber
Dessert Auction................................................................Jim Adcock
Dorothy Weber "YES" Award............................................Jim Adcock
Election........................................................................ Erin Favier
Essay Contest (OI)............................ Mac Prevost & Beth O'Brien
Finance Committee.................................................. Michael Cermak
Football Time in Tennessee..........................................................
Fountain City Christmas Parade.........................................Bill Gentry
Golf Tournament...........................................................................
Induction................................................................ Dan McGehee
Interclub Visitation....................................................David Harter
Johnny Mauer Day..................................................Bruce Duncan
Membership.................................................................................
OI Foundation......................................................... Essie Johnson
Oratorical Contest (OI)................................................. Erin Favier
Professional Development Program..................... Annie LaLonde
Photographer...........................................................Bob Freeman
Programs.....................Helen Hewitt, Don Lindsay, Sharon Pound
Public Relations - Marketing................................. Annie LaLonde
Respect For Law Day .....................................................Bob Gibson
Scrapbok...................................................................Beth O'Brien
Shoney's Kidcare ID............................................... Annie LaLonde
Sportsmanship Trophy............................................Melanie Hogg
Socials....................................................................... John Temple
TLC............................................................................... Erin Favier
Tri-Star Sports(OI)................................................. Frank Leuthold
Website Administrator...............................................Harry Bryan
Youth Appreciation Week (OI).................................. John Meade
The Sunny Side is published weekly for the members of the Optimist Club of Knoxville.
Your calls, letters and comments are welcome. Submit articles and photographs; their safe
return is guaranteed:
The Sunny Side • Editors Buzz & Donna Buswell
1101 Remington Road, Knoxville TN 37923
604-4443 • 603-0094 evenings & weekends
Email:
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Deadline:
5:00 pm Sunday prior to publication
the following Monday
Photos by:
Robert Freeman
Reporter:
Brenda Staton
Publisher:
Donna Buswell
Circulation:
Distribution to each member of the Optimist Club of Knoxville by First Class Mail on Monday of each week or electronically on Tuesday.
OI foundation 2016-17
ESSIE JOHNSON will serve as our Club Foundation Representative for the Optimist Year. Please support
the Optimist International Foundation “Our Charity”. For just a ‘dime-a-day’ ($36.50) you can join your
fellow optimists listed below as Dime-A-Day Donors. See ESSIE for details
291. DAVID C. HARTER
DIME A DAY
dennis mcbride
sharon pound
376. MIKE RAGSDALE
BUZZ BUSWELL
GLEN WEBER
SAVANNAH STATON
383. HARRY D. BRYAN
DONNA BUSWELL
GLEN WEBER
462. MELINDA BASLER
robert freeman
PRESIDENT'S CLUB
david witherspon
490. WILLIAM "Earl" White
GWIN HARSHAW
essie johnson
JACQUELINE ZURAF
506. Allen Collier
ricky jackson
dennis mcbride
528. JONIDA ROBINSON
essie johnson
2016-17 CENTURY CIRCLE
annie lalonde
cHRISTIAN D. LARSON pARTNERS 558. MARIE LEONARD
RALPH ALEXANDER
605. JOHN W. MONTGOMERY
FRANK LEITHOLD
BUZZ BUSWELL
110. BUZZ BUSWELL
628. ESTEL HAMILTON
john meade
DONNA BUSWELL
142. PAUL H. HARBIN
dennis mcbride
robert freeman
167. DONNA J. BUSWELL
Carolyn Monday
essie johnson
170. BOB LEONARD
BETH O'BRIEN
JOHN MAYS
197. ESSIE JOHNSON
SPONSOR A NEW OPTIMIST 2016-17
BRENDAN CLARKE sponsored by DAN McGEHEE
LAUREN DEVORE sponsored by DAVID HARTER
JACQUELINE ZURAF sponsored by BETH O'BRIEN
SARAH SCHULZE sponsored by ANNIE LALONDE
LANDON PYLE sponsored by DAN McGEHEE
ASHLEY BUTLER sponsored by KATHRYN MCCULLOUGH
BARBARA BOLTON-BUDLONG sponsored by KATHRYN MCCULLOUGH
PLAN AHEAD
FRIDAY 12 MAY 2017
JENNY NEWBY, Development Director for the East Tennessee Technology Access
Center joins us to present the services her organization provides to children with
disabilities.
FRIDAY 19 MAY 2017
The Associate Director of Student Conduct & Community Standards at the University
of Tennessee joins us for a look at hazing on campus. Please welcome AMANDA
SAMSEL to our microphone.
FRIDAY 26 MAY 2017
Tennessee State Senator BECKY DUNCAN MASSEY will bring us a report from
Nashville. Please invite a friend to join you and the senator for lunch at The Foundry.
FRIDAY 9JUNE 2017
Yes, you know all about the total solar eclipse eagerly anticipated across our country.
Yes, 21 August 2017 – but before you plan that marvelous Monday mingling, why
not come to our meeting June 9th and meet MARK LITTMAN? He is a professor
of journalism and electronic media, holder the JULIA G. and ALFRED G. HILL Chair
of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Medical Writing at the University of
Tennessee. We think he just might have a few interesting pointers to share.
FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2017
Co-chairmen MICHELE COX and STEVE FOWLER present our annual salute to
American heroes, first responders, EMT, fire fighters and dispatchers responsible for
bringing aid and comfort when everything goes wrong.
HERB HOWARD TO BE INDUCTED IN
TN RADIO HALL OF FAME
“School of Journalism and Electronic Media Professor
Emeritus Herb Howard will be inducted into the Tennessee
Radio Hall of Fame on May 6 in Nashville (see http://www.
The
ptimist Creed
PROMISE YOURSELF . . .
TO be so strong that
nothing can disturb
your peace of mind.
tennesseeradiohalloffame.wildapricot.org/).
Howard’s first job in radio was at WJHL in his
hometown of Johnson City. By the time he was a
college senior, he was the full-time manager of the
station. He went on to become a faculty member
at the University of Tennessee in 1959. Over the
next 40 years, he is estimated to have taught 6,000
undergrad students, 900 master’s degree students
and 250 doctoral students. His former students now
work at colleges, newsrooms, broadcast professions
and other positions around the world. Larry
Patrick (MS/C&I ’73), managing partner of Patrick
Communications, LLC, was one of those students
influenced by Howard who was the inspiration for
Patrick's gift of a distinguished professorship in
Howard’s name.
When first hired by UT, Howard spent 75 percent
of his time in radio services running a tape network
program and 25 percent teaching broadcast
news and management courses in the School of
Journalism. Howard quickly developed a reputation
as a great teacher and was asked to move from
radio services to a full-time teaching position as
an assistant professor. As part of becoming a full
time, tenure track faculty member, he completed a
doctoral degree at Ohio University in 1973.
Mulkey graduated from UT’s master’s program in
rehabilitation counseling in 1970. After earning
his PhD at Florida State University in 1980, he
returned to UT as a faculty member. In time, he
became director of the Regional Rehabilitation
Continuing Education program and head of the
former Department of Rehabilitation, Deafness, and
Human Services. In 2003, he received the National
Rehabilitation Association’s Yvonne Johnson National
Leadership Award, and in 2010, he was named
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by the Department
of Educational Psychology and Counseling. Mulkey
retired in 2008 after 28 years of service to UT. Six
years later, he returned to guide the Rehabilitation
Counseling program through accreditation. “His
dedication to the program in a time of need speaks
to his continuing value and worth as a leader that
can be called on when necessary,” a colleague said.
Mulkey is now preparing to retire—again. His last
day is May 31.” from www.utk.edu website
PICS
2016-2017 JOHNNY MAUER recipients are:
Berean Christian School
GRANT LITTLE
Carter High School
CARTER DUNLAP
Central high School
JAMES “TREY” MITCHELL
Howard retired from UT in June of 1999 after serving Christian Academy of Knoxville DAVIS SHORE
18 years as associate dean of graduate studies in
Farragut High School
ALEXIS PARKER
addition to his faculty role. “We owe an incredible
Fulton High School
DONOVAN FILER
debt of gratitude to Herb Howard for his dedicated
Gibbs High School
CAILRY GRIFFIN
service to this College and its students,” said CCI
Grace Christian Academy
ALLISON DUNN
Dean Mike Wirth. “He played a major role in building Halls High School
COLTON McMAHAN
the strong foundation for education and research
Hardin Valley Academy
REBEKAH HAMPTON
upon which the College of Communication and
Karns High School
ALEXIS MISIURA
Information stands, and we congratulate him on this Knoxville Catholic High School LUKE SMITH
well-deserved honor!”” from www.edu.utk website Powell High School
BRITTNEY FRANSE
South-Doyle High School
MADISON CHANDLER
Tennessee School for the Deaf BRIANNA MOORE
Webb School
JACK NADAUD
WAYNE MULKEY HONORED
FOR EXTRAORDINARY
SERVICE
“The Extraordinary Service to the
University award honors faculty
members, staff members, or friends
for noteworthy service to the university. Wayne
It was great to have
AL STIGLER and HERB
HOWARD back with
us after some health
issues interfered with
their attendance.
Our Website: www.knoxoptimist.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OptimistClubofKnoxville
TO talk health, happiness
and prosperity to every
person you meet.
TO make all your friends
feel that there is
something in them.
TO look at the sunny side
of everything and make
your optimism come
true.
TO think only of the best,
to work only for the
best and to expect only
the best.
TO be just as enthusiastic
about the success of
others as you are about
your own.
TO forget the mistakes
of the past and press
on to the greater
achievements of the
future.
TO wear a cheerful
countenance at all
times and give every
living creature you
meet a smile.
TO give so much time to
the improvement of
yourself that you have
no time to criticize
others.
TO be too large for worry,
too noble for anger, too
strong for fear, and too
happy to permit the
presence of trouble.
Christian D. Larson
Optimist Mission
Statement
By providing hope and
positive vision,
Optimists bring out the best
in youth, our communities
and ourselves.