By Dr. Ferrell Miller
The JC Breakfast Optimist Club held their February 14 meeting at Jim Clark’s Chevrolet on Goldenbelt Boulevard. Meetings of the club will continue to be there until further notice. The normal meeting site of the club is the Hampton Inn where an extensive remodeling project is underway.
City Commissioner Richard Pinaire was the guest speaker at the JC Breakfast Optimist Club meeting. He shared that this is his third time to serve as a city commissioner. His message was that “with a vision, 10-15 people can make things happen.”
In previous terms, Commissioner Pinaire worked with others on preservation projects. Some of those included the C.L. Hoover Opera House; Bartell Square and Rathert Field/Stadium.
He told the Optimist Club members that some of his current goals are “to get curbs and sidewalks from 10th Street to Grant Avenue; repair a collapsing wall near the 5th Street Park; if lawful remove roundabouts on Jefferson and Jackson Streets and the one near the Dillon’s store; provide city water and sewage to any properties annexed by the city and if there still is a plan to expand the access to Taylor Road, that would only be done with a public vote.”
Richard also encouraged people to “talk to their commissioners, to vote and (do what is possible) to preserve our democracy.”
Next week’s JC Breakfast Optimist Club meeting will include representatives from the JCHS JROTC Battalion. That meeting will also be at Jim Clark’s Chevrolet. Clark’s is a business sponsor that supports Geary County youth and the Optimist Club.