04/24/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
May 1st – Sister Monica talking about the Alzheimer’s Walk
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- Presiding: President Heidi White
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Jayme Fountain “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover”, “We’re Rotary”
- Attendees: Ankrom, Blanton, Brown, C.& T.Chamberlain, Crawford, Dean, Droste, Duvall, Elick, Fountain, B&T Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Lambert, B.Liggett, Maroscher, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Reitano, Riegel, Spangler, Searls, B.Tootle, I.Webb, Weller, Wilson, D.Wolfe, Wolford
- Guests: not today
- Students: not today
- Lunch: it’s a picnic!
Club Announcements:
- 125 Club pin today was presented to Warner Searls
- Our Foundation Goals have been met for the year and it’s good to go over!
- Soup Kitchen April 28th – Need help – close to 200 meals being served now
- Please pay your invoice for July 2025-June 2026 dues.
- 2025-26 – Membership Survey please check how you would like to help our club. Return to Rob or Daryl.
Community Events:
- Mayor’s Breakfast: Thurs. May 1, 2025 7:30am at Emmett Chapel. Honoree’s this year are Jan Shannon and FORJACK. Sponsors are being requested as well as event admission tickets. See Joe for tickets or more information.
- May 4th – Musical Tribute for Mary Ruth Tolbert 2pm-4pm at Mount Oval. Free Admission with Reservations required – contact Historical Society.
- May 17th – 8am-noon Savings Bank Shred It Day at the Circleville Middle school
SAA: Warren Spangler filling in for Rob
- Tony Chamberlain is a baby (happy belated!)
- April 24th day – anyone take their child to work today? Ned Riegel’s son is spraying the fields right now (while he is eating lunch)
- First Rotary club formed? Chicago in 1905
- Who formed the first club? Paul Harris
- Number of clubs in the world? Over 35,000
- A Warren joke…
Scholarship Drawing: This weeks winner is Bob Liggett for $9 – Big Bean is holding at $678.
Program: Jim Stanley – Service Director
- City updates – $31 million dollars worth of grants have been received with $20 million federal grant being for the grade separation
- Some grants do need city match, which limits which grant applications
- Looking at multiple use path to Barthelmas park down Ohio St to Kingston Pike with flashing lights for crossings
- Two new parks being developed – 25 acres in middle of town off Pickaway St. and on North Court St
- Water, Sewer, Roadways have been under study for years and planning over the next 20 years is being done
- City has 80 miles of water and sewer lines to maintain as well as 180 miles of roadways
- Two paving projects for 2025
- South Court St and Walnut Street have water line work as well as pavement projects
- Water Plant Improvements planning ahead to remove the forever chemicals in water
- Water haul should be open in May with plant open in August
- Building Ted Lewis Park shelter house
- City will have curbside recycling from Rumpke – contact Rumpke to sign up
- The City of Circleville’s monthly newsletter “The Loop” – sign-up at Circlevilleoh.gov
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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville