West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 2/4/16

Lisa Cornell, from BLC Enterprises, spoke as this morning’s guest. She noted that she has played matchmaker for natural gas customers and natural gas deliverers, beating out the “Bigs” prices for the last 10 years by locking down contracts (usually annual) at...

West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 1/28/16

In the absence of a guest speaker this morning, we had an interesting discussion about a possible role in assisting our community in the context of the nationally publicized water crisis. Members generated and considered several options and Dave Crabill even brought...

West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/20/15

The Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney’s office was well represented this morning by David Leyton and John Potbury, who gave a detailed, enlightening, and disturbing presentation on the recent efforts to “save money” in the state by reducing prison populations....

West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/13/15

Ghassan Saab was our special guest speaker this morning, talking about the historical context, personal remembrances, and international (mis)perceptions of Lebanon and the Middle East, more generally. (Saab is associated with Sorenson Gross and is known to many of our...

West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 7/30/15

Vice President Jeff Dennings, flush from his winnings of the 50/50 drawing last week and his successful bid on a Wolverines football package, rang the bell to open this week’s meeting, had Steve Schlott lead in the Pledge and Ken Cullen give the invocation. Before...