04/20/2023
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
April Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair
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
May Calendar – Dave Webb, Program Chair
May 4: Melanoma Awareness Month – Berger OhioHealth
May 11: Tom Davis – Pickaway County Park District
May 18: Dr. Gregory Lam, Cardiologist
May 25: Jarrod Burks, Ohio Valley Archeology, Inc.
June Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair
June 1 – First Annual Euchre Tournament
June 8 – Ohio Dept of Transportation to talk about electric cars
June 15 – Blessings in a Backpack
June 16 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club
June 22 – Trent Patterson – Pathways school
June 29 – David Crawford – Year in review
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- Presiding: President David M. Crawford
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano Player: Esther Fouts is helping us keep it together 🙂
- Song Leader: Jim Hooks selected “Four-Way Test Song”, “America”
- Attending: (Drexel has official list) 44 today – Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Spangler, Poling, Schreiner, Colburn, Beavers, Dailey, C.Mullins, Horning, Wilson, Elick, Fouts, Canfield, T.Tootle, Radcliff, Robinson, White, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Riegel, Hedges, Dean, McCrady, Mavis, Duvall, Young, I.Webb, Whitten, D.Webb, Rothe, Sneed, McNemar, Rawlins, Halley, C.Neff, Ankrom, Ellis, Brown, Blanton, T.Chamberlain, B.Tootle, Hooks, Lambert
- Students: Amy Rhymer introduced us to Natalie Keaton and Erika Kluczynski – Seniors at Circleville. Good luck at Ohio University and Miami University ladies.
Welcome New Rotarian: John Lambert, Manager of Atomic Credit Union, OCU graduate and board member at OCU!
Board meeting snap-shot
- Welcomed Patty Rothe and Connie Chamberlain. Both are new directors beginning their two-year terms on July 1
- District conference on April 28-29. A few members are attending.
- Heidi, Ellery and Drexel to review the inventory of bank accounts, CDs, etc. and formulate a master list of accounts
- Warren discussed personal and club goals for his presidential year
- New member induction is pending for two candidates
- 18 new members inducted in the past 10 months. All are becoming active
- Service Above Self committee has three candidates. Discussion as to awarding one or more awards. Board prefers to stay with one awardee for 2023. Board may opt to award a “Rotarian of the Year” in the future
- Collection of womens products update, Noon Rotary collected the third highest total in the District. Paula Routt, a new member, chaired the drive.
- Connie is chairing the scholarship committee and said it received a large number of entries and will be interviewing six candidates next week. Five will be selected to receive $2,000 scholarships
- Board approved $1,000 donation to Dolly Parton Library and $1,000 to Miryante Community Center in Uganda. Both donations will be submitted to the District matching grant program
- Euchre Tournament is June 1. (Another project being led by a few of our newest members.) Proceeds will support the scholarship fund.
- Golf tournament is June 16. Proceeds support the scholarship fund
- Patty updated board on ongoing discussions about the return of Interact Club to Circleville High School. The dilemma at this time is that an additional service club may not attract many members. Discussions with school officials will continue.
Announcements
- Charlie congratulated Stacy Young as our newest Paul Harris Fellow!! Thank you for supporting the Rotary Foundation.
- Daryl – Food Kitchen is 4pm this coming Monday – Presbyterian Church on Mound Street
- Connie – Scholarship interviews are this coming Monday
- Carly – Rhoadhouse 56 official opening is April 28th – 6-9pm all are welcome
SAA: Tony Chamberlain in for Judy Wolford
- Mr.Mullins – roads are a mess in a certain township. That township trustee had the fine passed to him
- Carly has an honor roll student
- Rob Radcliff was appointed to OneRecovery Ohio Foundation Board
- What state has 10 cent tax on playing cards – Alabama
- What state has 8 cent tax on toasted/sliced bagel – New York
- What country has TV license tax for those under 75 yrs – UK
- What amendment established income tax – 16th
- What state’s law waives income tax for those over 100 yrs – NM
Scholarship Drawing: Daryl Wolfe was the winner of $33. The jackpot is $1,201 and it continues!
Program: Joy Sharp from OSU Extension for Pickaway County
- Tar Hallow has NO cell reception. That is a life skill some of her 4-H students learn every year. Technology “just stopped”.
- Joy has learned games/activities are how lessons are learned
- Kahoot.it game. Best way to teach Jr. Fair Board the rules of the fair (also a great way to engage Rotarian’s!!). Let’s all play.
- Pickaway 4-H Educator’s Name = Joy Sharp
- 4-H is more than 100 years old? = True
- The Four H’s stand for; head, heart, hands, health
- 4-H runs Pickaway County Junior Fair = False. 4-H is part of 7 organizations that can be a part of the fair.
- How many project choices does 4-H offer? = 208
- 4-H started in which Ohio County? = Clark
- How many community clubs does Pickaway 4-H have? = 33
- 4-H offers more than community clubs? = True
- Real Money Real World, partner with Pickaway Works to teach about financial planning to eighth graders in the county schools
- chick embryology with elementary school kids
- Where does Pickaway 4-H hold their camp? Tar Hollow (see first point)
- Joe, Heidi and Chris were the top three winners!
- 4-H part of the Land Grant Programs. Funding is through OSU, County commissioners and USDA.
- 800 4-H members in Pickaway County
- Always looking for community partners – if you can help, please see Joy
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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.