01-29-2026

01/29/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Feb. 5th: Fred Kennedy from Pickaway Co. 100 Plus Men Who Care

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter:  Sr. Monica Justinger

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: RD Saunders

Song Leader: Carly Neff – “Jingle Bells”, “Sing Rotarians”

Attendees: Radcliff, Ankrom, Brown, C&T Chamberlain, Duvall, Elick, Foll, Fountain, B.Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Lanman, E.Liggett, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Neff, Poling, Reitano, Riegel, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, Saunders, B.Tootle, I&D Webb, Wilson, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Schobeloch from Gouge Roofing

Guests: Tom Duvall introduced new councilman Jake Davison

Club Announcements:  

  1. Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. Play as individual. Eventbrite for tickets.
  2. Winter Assembly, Feb. 28th, 9:00am-3:00pm at Newark – $25 fee will be reimbursed by club! Great for new members and members who want to reconnect about why they joined Rotary. Sign up on line: rotary6690.org. Topics: grants, how to get involved at the district level, service projects, DACdb help, membership, fundraising ideas and all the updates for the RYLA program.
  3. Community Kitchen – Was cancelled this past week because we were under level 3 

SAA: Jayme Fountain

  • Birthdays/anniversaries
  • National puzzle day; National Curmudgeon Day
  • National Corn Chip Day

Scholarship Drawing: Someone won $20, but did not find the bean for $1,387!

Program:  Jeremy Graves, Ohio Christian University

  • Director of Center for Executive Leadership; Dean of School of Business
  • Author of many books – “The Leader Paradox”, “Change Leadership”, “Leading Across Generations” 
  • How can we develop leaders in school systems is a new focus
  • OCU is planning for offering community professional development programs
  • Servant Leadership in Action – Feb. 12th. 9am-4pm
  • Discover your leadership DNA – Feb. 17th 9am-4pm
  • Making AI Work for You – March 19th 9am-4pm
  • March 18th – Chamber Coffee Chat to listen from speaker of AI chat workshop for free
  • Developing Leaders at the Intersection of Business & Belief
  • Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit April 13-14. Anyone wanting to work on a business plan and pitch event.  Kingdom Realty and Joy House Coffee both came through the incubator project.
  • Join mailing list so you can stay current ocubic.org/ocubic

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women