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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Projects: Youth

SWIS District Optimists Sponsor Tri-Star Basketball Contest
March 21, 2009

Optimists from the Mukwonago Optimist Club set up a competition for over 150 kids between the ages of 8 and 13. These kids were winners
from 21 of the 61 clubs in Southern Wisconsin.

Kudos to Joe Mundwiler and his Committee for putting together a wonderful competition.

Here is a photo of Joe speaking to the contestants and parents.

Here is a photo of some of the volunteers.

The Mukwonago National Honor Society and Key Club provided escorts to take contestants to each station. Here is a photo of some of the High School volunteers.

Here is a photo of the volunteers getting everything ready.

Here is a photo of the registration stand with everything under control.

Here is a photo of Governor Barb Nelson talking to the competitors.

The kids competed in 3 different skills tests, passing, dribbling and shooting. Here are photos of the passing station.

The passing station has the contestant make 3 chest passes and 3 bounce passes into the target. The younger contestants pass from a closer line than the older ones.

Here is a photo of one of the volunteers showing the contestants the proper way to run the dribbling (Ball Handling) station.

Here are examples of contestants performing tasks at the dribbling (Ball Handling) station. The dribbling station is a set of obstacles and the contestant weaves in and out while dribbling a basketball. The faster you complete the course, the better the score.

The shooting skills station has each contestant make 4 Free Throw shots and 2 other shots from outside the "key". The contestant receives points for each basket made. The younger contestants use a smaller ball and are in front of the regulation free throw line for their shots.

At the District level, they recognize First, Second and Third places for boys and girls of each age. Photos of the winners and their sponsoring Clubs are as follows:

8 year old girls (l to r):
Amy Groshan - Janesville Tuesday - 2nd Place
Meghan Witt - Portage - 1st Place
Natalie Andersen - Mukwonago - 3rd Place

8 year old boys (l to r):
Chad Nolte - Janesville Tuesday - 2nd Place
Jake Ringelstetter - Portage - 1st Place
Alan Albrecht - Jefferson - 3rd Place

9 year old girls (l to r):
Taylor McCorkle - Oregon - 2nd Place
Maranda McCarthy - Platteville - 1st Place
Baylie Holum - Monona Grove - 3rd Place
Maranda is a returning champion. Last year she won the 8 year old Girls' competition.

9 year old boys (l to r):
Mandela Deawg - Monona Grove - 2nd Place
Miles Statz - Baraboo - 1st Place
Jacob Ruf - Darlington - 3rd Place

10 year old girls (l to r):
Megan Weise - Waukesha - 2nd Place
Christina Schauer - Middleton - 1st Place
Ashley Himmelman - Beloit - 3rd Place

10 year old boys (l to r):
Mitchell Bacon - Middleton - 2nd Place
Nick Zimmerman - Kenosha - 1st Place
Brady Wagner - Lake Mills - 3rd Place
Mitchell also took 2nd Place last year at the 9 Year old Boys' competition.

11 year old girls (l to r):
Elizabeth Poulson - Waukesha - 2nd Place
Brooke Nunn - Janesville Tuesday - 1st Place
Khija Rashada-Scott - Kenosha - 3rd Place

11 year old boys (l to r):
C.J. Grahn - Beloit- 2nd Place
Hayden Denson - Middleton - 1st Place
Tyler Torstenson-Harris - Darlington - 3rd Place

12 year old girls (l to r):
Lynnie Lindblom - Waukesha - 2nd Place
Cassie Hamer - Platteville - 1st Place
Bailey Wallace - Lake Mills - 3rd Place
Cassie is a returning champion. Last year she won the 11 year old Girls' competition.

12 year old boys (l to r):
Drew Fredrickson - Mount Horeb - 2nd Place
Owen Chady - Fort Atkinson - 1st Place
Jordan Walker - Portage - 3rd Place
Last year Jordan won 1st Place in the 11 Year Old Boys' Competition.

13 year old girls (l to r):
Lydia Harbach - Mukwonago - 2nd Place
Cassidy Chambers - Darlington - 1st Place
Lindsey Johnson - Portage - 3rd Place

13 year old boys (l to r):
Trent Gerlach - Brodhead - 2nd Place
Heath Renz - Jefferson - 1st Place (Not Pictured)
Carlos Coopwood - Kenosha - 3rd Place

Thanks again to all the families and fans for cheering on their contestants!

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 6, 2010
Cross Plains Optimist Club will hold a Texas Hold 'em Tournament March 6, 2010 at Cross Plains Legion Hall in Cross Plains, WI. Click Here for more information on the Cross Plains Texas Hold 'em Tournament.

March 20, 2010
SWIS District will hold its Tri-Star Basketball Competition March 20, 2010 at Mukwonago High School in Mukwonago, WI. Special guest: Bucky Badger! Click Here for more information on the Tri-Star Competition.

GENERAL INFORMATION

http://www.optimist.org/membership/incentives/2009-2010/ClubIncentive.pdf February 24, 2010
Optimist International Membership Program
Click Here for a letter from International President Shriver with incentives for recruiting new members.

February 24, 2010
OI Foundation Club Grant Program
Click Here for information about a grant from OI Foundation to clubs to help support new projects.

February 24, 2010
Executive Board & Conference Minutes
Click Here for a copy of the 2nd Quarter Executive Board Minutes from Whitewater on Feb 5. Click Here for a copy of the 2nd Quarter General Session Minutes from Whitewater on Feb 6.

January 5, 2010
Football Mania Information
Click Here for the Grand Prize Winners of $1,000 and $275! Congratulations to the winners and look for information about the 2010 season beginning in June.

January 4, 2010
Click here for the 2nd Quarter Newsletter for the months of January, February and March.

January 4, 2010
Football Mania Information
Click Here for winners from Week 17 of the Football season. Each ticket buyer can go online each week after the Monday nite football game and put their ticket number in the boxes on the www.charitymania.com website, and find out immediately if their card is a winner. For more information, Click Here.

November 27, 2009
Conference Round Table Notes
Click Here for a copy of the Round Table notes from the 1st Quarter 09-10 Conference Round Table Discussion on the Best Times you have had as an Optimist with children.
Click Here for a copy of the Round Table notes from the 1st Quarter 09-10 Conference Round Table Discussion on the successful strategies for holding a successful Oratorical or Essay Contest.

November 10, 2009
Executive Board Minutes
Click Here for a copy of the 1st Quarter Executive Board Minutes from Platteville on Oct 23. Click Here for a copy of the 1st Quarter General Session Minutes from Platteville on Oct 24. Click Here for a copy of the approved 2009 - 2010 SWIS District Budget.

August 12, 2009
Click here for Minutes of the General Session at the 2008 - 2009 4th Quarter Conference.
Click here for Minutes of the Executive Committee at the 2008 - 2009 4th Quarter Conference.

May 6, 2009
Click here for a wrap up of the 2009 SWIS District Oratorical Contest. Thanks to all competitors, parents, teachers, judges and contest chairpersons at the club, zone and District level!

April 8, 2009
Tri-Star SWIS District Basketball Event - March 21st, 2009. To see this year's event - click here.

January 11, 2009
Click here for information from OI Foundation regarding the OIF Club Grant Program. Applications may be submitted from January 1, 2009 through March 15, 2009.

January 31, 2008
Click here for information on how your Unrestricted Gift to the OI Foundation is used.

November 5, 2007
Visit the web site of www.courageofchildrenwithcancerbooks.org to learn more about the Childhood Cancer Campaign.

Consider the Dime-a-Day donation program for the OI Foundation- click for details.

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