02/19/2026
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Feb. 26: Rural Urban Day at Presbyterian Church 11:30am!!!
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: Ty Ankrom
Pianist: Ellery Elick
Invocation: Charlie Hedges
Song Leader: Judy Wolford: “Buckeye Battle Cry” (8 players on the Olympic Women’s Hockey team playing Canada today!); “Roll Rotary”
Attendees: nice crowd
Students: representing Westfall is Mrs. Smith with seniors Lilly and Ethan. Busy students making a difference in their communities already! Best of luck to you both.
Club Announcements:
- Charlie Hedges presented PHF+7 to Jayme Fountain
- Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. $25 per ticket, see Carly
- District 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.
- District Conference – April 24-25th at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris. Weekend with Rotarians across our district – connect to see if we can collaborate or can you bring back ideas to help our community? Early bird sign up by Feb. 28th to receive $25 off $250 price.
- Boy Scouts Troup 170 Water Softener Salt sale is now. Delivery to your basement. Fundraiser for their trips.
- P3 – Ag committee March 3rd: 5:30-7:00pm at Heritage Hall. Panelists talking about guiding the agricultural further of Pickaway County. Future dates are March 5th South Bloomfield or March 9, Westfall High School same time. See P3 site for more info.
- Feb. 23rd – Soup Kitchen at Presbyterian Church 4:00pm
SAA: “It’s Good to be King” Bob Sneed – It’s an honor to be recognized by the SAA
- National Chocolate Mint Day
- History – former VP Aaron Burr arrested for treason on this day
- 30,000 landed in 1945 on Iwo Jima
- Mr. Rogers started this day in 1968
- Soy Bean trivia which no one understood
- Presidents Day trivia – father of Bill of Rights – James Madison
- Youngest President elected – John F. Kennedy, Jr.
- President when British set fire to White House – James Madison
- Bill of Rights is in which Washington DC museum – National Archives (Smithsonian Complex)
- Which sitting presidents died during office – 6 of them
Scholarship Drawing: Rob Radcliff won $20, but did not find the bean for $1,461!!
Program: Bob Hines & James Barr – Snake Den Mounds in Ashville
- The linear pits at Snake Den predate the Adena and Hopewell cultures
- It may represent the first symbolic earthwork in Ohio
- Snake Den will be receiving a History Outreach Award from the Ohio Local HIstory Alliance because of the extensive elementary and high school programs
- PCCF awarded a grant to produce displays and animation of sites (check out website: www.snake-den-mounds.org)
- Sept.20th – fall hike – watch website for registration – it fills up quick
- See website for opportunities to help keep the history of Snake Den alive for generations to come
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women