Cherokee Boys Club Report – week of Aug. 9

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CLUB SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, Aug. 15 – Board of Directors Meeting – 8:30a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 16 – Safety Committee Meeting – 11:30a.m. (at the School)

Monday, Aug. 20 – Club Audit Begins

Tuesday, Aug. 21 – Health Screen – 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 23 – Club Board of Directors Election

Thursday, Aug. 23 – Sequoyah Classic Golf Tournament

Friday, Aug.24 – Sequoyah Classic Golf Tournament

Friday, Aug. 31 – School Furlough Day

 

SCHOOL STARTS!

Cherokee Central Schools starts Wednesday, Aug. 8.  Welcome to Mr. Walt Swan, Superintendent of Cherokee Central Schools and welcome back to our students, teachers and staff with best wishes for the 2012-2013 school year.

 

Please be alert and mindful of the school buses and the children waiting for the school buses every morning and every afternoon when the children are getting off the buses. See the Bus Route information in this issue of the One Feather.

 

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

The Boys Club staff extends its sympathy to the friends and family of Beatrice Carver who passed away Monday, August 6.  Beatrice was the mother of Chad Carver who works in the Club’s Construction and Facilities Department and the aunt of Vickie McCoy of the Club’s Administration Department.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Maintenance Worker

Social Services Assistant (Dorm Staff) 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Shift

Recreation Assistant – 3:-00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Shift

Registered Nurse (RN)

Oconaluftee Job Corps (Boys Club Contract with USFS)

Opening Date:  Monday, July 30, 2012

Closing Date:  Friday, August 10, 2012

For Additional Information, see the Employment Section

 of this issue of the One Feather

 

CLUB SHOP DEPARTMENT MANUFACTURES BIODIESEL FUEL

The Boys Club’s Shop Department has begun processing used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel.  Donations of equipment and other assistance from the Tribe have made it possible for the Shop to manufacture this fuel on site.  If you or your business has used cooking oil that you would like to recycle for this purpose, call Donnie Owle at 497-9101.  Arrangements can be made to pick up the oil if it cannot be delivered to the Boys Club’s Shop, located behind the Club’s Administrative Building.

 

CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ ELECTION

Remember the Club is holding its election for Board Members to serve the two-year term beginning on Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2014.  The election will be held on Thursday, Aug.23 from 7a.m. to 4p.m. in the Club Lobby.  You do not have to be a Club employee to vote in this election.  Anyone who is a Club Member (must have attended Cherokee Middle or High School) is eligible to become a Board Member and to vote in the Club Election.  If you do not have a Club membership card, you can get one at the Club’s Information Desk.

 

The following people were nominated as candidates for the Board of Directors:  Albert Arch, Cory Blankenship, Terry Bradley, Albert Crowe, Sheila Davis, Eddie Huskey, Dwayne “Tuff” Jackson, Kevin Jackson, Lumpy Lambert, Tigger Lambert, Robert Lambert, Lawanda French-Myers, Tiffani Reed, Sean Ross, David Stamper, Pam Straughn, Nancy “Jim” Taylor, Monica Wildcatt and June Wolfe. Five Board members will be selected from the candidates listed above

 

For additional information or for a copy of the Election Rules, call Jeannie Arkansas, Cindi Squirrel or Martha Brindle at 497-9101.

 

SEQUOYAH CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT

The 7th Annual Sequoyah Classic Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, Aug. 23 and Friday, Aug. 24 at Sequoyah National Golf Club.  To become a tournament sponsor or to register to play in this tournament, please call Monica “Tigger” Lambert at 497-5009 for more information.

 

Proceeds from this tournament will benefit the Cherokee Children’s Home, Bill Taylor Scholarship Endowment and the Cherokee Youth Center (Boys and Girls Club of America).