02/12/2026
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Feb. 19: Bob Hines & James Barr – Snake Den Mounds
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: Ty Ankrom
Pianist: Ellery Elick
Invocation: Charlie Hedges
Song Leader: Judy Wolford: “Let me call you sweatheart”, a Rotary song that needs more practice 🙂
Attendees: Radcliff, Ankrom, Brown, C&T Chamberlain, Crawford, Driesbach, Droste, Duvall, Elick, Foster, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Lanman, E&B Liggett, Logan, Mabe, Maroscher, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Mullins, Poling, Searls, Sneed, Saunders, B&T Tootle, I&D Webb, White, Wilson, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Wolford, Young, Williams, Brooks
Visiting Rotarians: Catherine Farynowski, Orlando club
Students: representing Logan Elm is Danica, Isaac, Kelton and Ted Dille, assistant principal
Club Announcements:
- Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. $25 per ticket, see Carly
- 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 of district grants, service projects, getting more involved in the District, DACdb help, membership, fundraising ideas and all the updates for the RYLA program.
- Rural Urban Day – Thursday, February 26th at Presbyterian Church at 11:30am. Invite ag friends. Member meals are taken care of with dues – so come to the meeting! Club WILL pay for your guests, but please ensure everyone that you sign up attends.
- Autism summit donation of $250 was approved by the board
- RYLA applications in by mid March. Tim Williams and Rob leading the charge
SAA: “It’s Good to be King” Bob Sneed – It’s an honor to be recognized by the SAA
- Pitchers and catchers report in February – that’s the true sign of spring
- College basketball news and fines
- Logan Elm and Circleville grads or pay taxes to Logan Elm
- Blood Drive – next Thursday – Trinity Church. If you self identify, someone will pick up your fine
- Abraham Lincoln and Valentine’s trivia
Scholarship Drawing: Charlie Hedges won $24, but did not find the bean for $1,441!!
Program: Larry Logan, Furniture Salesman Extraordinaire
- 3.8 million miles of traveling as a furniture representative for 50 year career
- He survived on straight commission for his whole career
- People graduating in interior design are taught “pretty” but not function and construction of furniture
- NC; PA; NY; MI used to be all furniture craftsmen locations. 1970’s manufacturing went to China for cheap labor and quality went downhill
- Vietnamese are best craftsmen of furniture today – French taught them
- Prior to COVID – container of furniture (10,000 pieces of knocked down)- $3,000 to come from Vietnam to California. During COVID – 10 times more $30,000
- Check drawers – how are the drawers connected – dove tail or staples? Walk away from the staples unless you want to keep repairing
- Any upholstered furniture – springdown, not just foam so when you stand up, it bounces back. Always ask what is underneath the fabric – you want wood frame
- Performance fabric is the key to lasting a lot of years
- Leather – bonded leather which are pieces heated and glued together; painted leather covers up inexpensive leather; inside/outside leather which is leather on inside and vinyl on outside; you want the cow hide if you want the piece to last for years
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women