Ohio JOOI Convention
at Town & Country Shopping Center
High school students who join Junior Optimist Octagon International will take part in their second annual convention.
Amber Mitchell, 16, a junior at Kettering Fairmont High School and a member of the school's yoouth Optimist Club, is JOOI governor of the Ohio District, which encompasses the state of Ohio.
She will be leading the convention which will include electing a new governor.
The agenda will include breakout sessions on fund-raising, community projects and social activities.
A resource officer from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Dept. will conduct a session about drugs and alcohol.
The president of Optimist International, Yves Berthiaume of Ontario, Canada, will attend the convention."
- excerpts from the Dayton Daily News, March 10, 2005
written by Joanne Clodfelter