04/06/2023
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
April Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair
April 6: Katarina Sharp – Water conservation and rain barrels
April 13: Jan Shannon for the Uganda project
April 20: Joy Sharp from OSU Extension for Pickaway County
April 27: Kevin T. Donahue – Abe Lincoln, part 2
April 28 & 29: District 6690 Conference – Columbus State / Veteran’s Memorial, Columbus
Upcoming Dates:
- June 1, 2023 – First Annual Euchre Tournament
- June 16, 2023 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club
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- Presiding: President David M. Crawford
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano Player: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: THE Jim Hooks “Better Than Ever This Year”! We are going to get it Jim!
- Attending: (Drexel has official list) 45 today! Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Spangler, Poling, Beavers, Mabe, Rawlins, B.Liggett, Ellis, Palm, Foster, Robinson, Montgomery, Hafey, Sneed, I.Webb, K.Neff, Young, Ankrom, J.Mullins, D.Webb, Canfield, Fouts, Elick, Wilson, McNemar, Duvall, Droste, McIlroy, Dean, Blanton, Fountain, Wolford, T.Tootle, Riegel, Kramer, McCrady, R.Wolfe, White, Hooks, Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Hedges, Reitano, B.Tootle
- Guests: David welcomed Katie Randolph again, who has been approved for membership and will be joining the club soon.
Board approved membership for John Lambert. John is sponsored by Gary Dean and is Regional Manager of Atomic Credit Union.
Announcements
- In 1944 our Rotary Club served as ushers for a community Good Friday service
- Service Above Self nominations have a deadline of Monday, April 10th. Check your email for the application or contact David. Deliver to Bill Stout by Monday, April 10th.
- Please check out the different activities at the District Conference – April 28/29. Rotary6690.org has a link to sign up. Friday afternoon is at Columbus State from noon-4 with focus on club activity for next fiscal year. Friday night is a reception on top of Veteran’s Memorial and Saturday will be back at Vet’s for the whole day. See Marie if you have problems registering. Fee increase starts April 14th, so sign up now!
- Club 125 push – it is an annual giving campaign for our District. Our website, circlevillerotary.org has a link or deliver a check to Drexel.
- Euchre tournament – Thank you Bob Sneed for donating cards
- Charlie Hedges reported Foundation giving for the end of third quarter – 53 current members are Paul Harris Fellows. $384,212 is our clubs all time giving to the foundation. This year $6,000 was foundation goal, currently at $9,540!! Add Polio Plus $2,240 and we have donated $11,980!!!
- Gary Montgomery receives his first Paul Harris Fellow Award!
SAA: Judy Wolford
- Thank you Bob Sneed for donating cards for Euchre – pass along a fine
- Jessica Mullins has a honor roll student
- National “Sorry Charlie” day!
- First Easter Eggs dyed: red
- Tradition of Easter Bunny started in Germany
- Easter Island is part of Chili
- What president hosted the first Easter Egg roll in 1878 – Hayes
Scholarship Drawing: Rob Radcliff was the winner of $28. The jackpot is $1,136 and it continues!
Program: Katarina Sharp – Educator/Outreach Specialist for Pickaway County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Rain barrel class is sold out, but we still have rain barrel kits available to $35
- For every one inch of rain – 620 gallons of water generated over 1,000 square feet
- Drainage issues? Erosion issues? – we can help answer questions http://www.pickawayswcd.org/
- Soil and Water Conservation officer in every county of Ohio
- New this summer – offering high school or college internships
- Also have job opening for a technician
- Three day camp or one day camp – Experience Earth. Last year was 84 kids registered. For grades 1-5, register early
- Also have Junior Conservation program for activities at home
- Pickawayswcd.org for all information
- Scholarships available for high school seniors
- Soil testing – we have probes and bags – Spectrum Analytics in Washington CH does the testing. $25 per sample.
- Rain barrel water can be used to rinse cars without water spots
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- In appreciation of this year’s speakers sharing their time & efforts, donations to Pickaway Pathways for Success will be made in their names.