05/01/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
May 8th – Red Crown Golf Academy at Crown Hill
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- Presiding: President Heidi White
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Warren (filling in for Jim Hooks!) “Home On The Range” (alittle slow, but with church type organ music?), “Sing Rotarians”
- Attendees: Crawford, C.Chamberlain, R.Wolfe, Riegel, Hedges, Wolford, B.Gibson, Wilson, Elick, Sneed, T.Chamberlain, Fountain, Lambert, Sneed, Nemes-Crawford, Robinson, Poling, Foster, Weaver, T.Gibson, McNemar, Halley, Dean, Dreisbach, D.Webb, Young, Kitchen, Foll, Reaves, Hafey, Lanman, C.Neff, Schreiner, Horning, Hooks
- Guests: Heather Foll introduced Jordan; Rick Rawlins’ guest – Kristin Wilson-Doyle, audiologist from Luebbe Hearing (May is better hearing month – get a free hearing screening!)
- Lunch: Fried chicken with sausage gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans; steak with onions salad
Club Announcements:
- Soup Kitchen April 28th – 232 meals served, which means 464 hot dogs with buns; tater tots; baked beans; oatmeal cookies – we ran out of everything but hot dogs/buns and had substitutes from the church. We were packing meals from 4:20pm-6pm. Thank you Rob, Warren, Jayme and her mother-in-law, Bob Mc, John Ellis, Julia Weller, David & Marie. Alice Harker kept us going! We need your help – fourth Monday of every month.
- Please pay your invoice by June 1st for (July 2025-June 2026 dues)
- Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members – nomination deadline June 5th. See Michele Lanman for application.
Community Events:
- May 4th – Musical Tribute for Mary Ruth Tolbert 2pm-4pm at Mount Oval. Free Admission with Reservations required – contact Historical Society.
- May 16th – YMCA fundraiser at Rhoadhouse 56: Bourbon & BBQ 6-9pm $50 pre-register, $60 at the door
- May 17th – 8am-noon Savings Bank Shred It Day at the Circleville Middle school
- June 6th – Special Olympics “Pieing for a purpose” – Pumpkin Show Park – see Matt Hafey if you want to get pied or help in any way
SAA: Michele Lanman
- Birthday’s Anniversary’s this month – please stand and have a neighbor pay
- May is mental health awareness month
- 1/5th of all adults have had a mental health condition (from anxiety, to bi-polar, depression, PTSD, postpartum, etc.)
- 1 in 20 Americans live with major mental health disorder
- 1 in 10 Ohio students have attempted suicide in a 12 month period
- Three main factors to mental health conditions: biological factors, life experiences, family history of mental health problems
- Ohio’s “Beat the Stigma” – marketing campaign addressing mental health and substance abuse
Scholarship Drawing: This weeks winner is Matt Hafey for $19 – Big Bean is holding at $697.
Program: Lindsay & Alicia – Alzheimers Association
- Alzheimer’s Walk – #endalz. It’s an awareness opportunity, not 5K
- MVCH Park, Sept. 6th – create teams and fundraisers
- Alzheimer’s Association provides education programs, 24/7 help line, support groups
- Flowers of their logo mean different support levels – caregiver, lost someone, monetary supporter
- 2025 facts
- 7 million American’s living with Dementia/Alzheimer’s is a subgroup
- Age, Family History and Genetics determine your risk
- Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s but are also the most caregivers
- It’s important to get diagnosed early because treatments are being developed
- Brain Health –
- Protect your head – wear a helmet
- Be smoke free
- Get moving
- Challenge your mind
- Control blood pressure
- Manage diabetes
- Sleep well
- Eat right
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Alz.org/centralohio or 800-272-3900
- Support – care consultations help get family connected to correct services for their needs
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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville