05/11/2023
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
May Calendar – Dave Webb, Program Chair
May 11: Arista Hartzler – Pickaway County Park District
May 18: Dr. Gregory Lam, Cardiologist
May 22: * Community Kitchen
May 25: Jarrod Burks, Ohio Valley Archeology, Inc.
June Calendar – Bob McCrady, Program Chair
June 1: Anthony Neff – County Engineer
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: Pathways For Success
June 26: * Community Kitchen
June 29: David Crawford – Year in review
*extra events
——
- Presiding: President David M. Crawford
- Prayer: Dan Fouts
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Dan Fouts: “Happy Mother’s Day”; “Rotary Will Go Around the World”
- Attending: (Drexel has official list) 43 today – Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Riegel, McCrady, Fouts, R.Wolfe, McNemar, Duvall, Wilson, Elick, Canfield, C.Chamberlain, McIlroy, Colburn, Young, T.Tootle, Beavers, D.Webb, Hedges, Robinson, Palm, Montgomery, Horning, Hafey, I.Webb, Wolford, T.Chamberlain, Sneed, D.Wolfe, K.Neff, Rawlins, Johnson, Dean, Weaver, Blanton, Brown, Hooks, White, B.Tottle, Ankrom, Radcliff, Maroscher
- Students: from New Hope were not available today. We thank Jonathan Davis for setting up this years schedule
- Guests: The Crawford’s introduced their friends John & Joan Stolarz; Earl Palm introduced his daughter Ellen
Welcome Darlene Weaver into membership today! We all know Darlene from her incredible work at the Genealogy Library for 32 years!
New member approved by the board: Dr. Gregory Lam has been approved by the board for membership.
Announcements
- Tony Chamberlain – Friday, June 16th is our golf tournament. Need teams, volunteers and donations. For more information, please contact Tony. All proceeds fund scholarships for high school students going to technical colleges.
- Please sign yourself or a friend up for the First Annual Euchre Tournament June 1st or offer to help! See Karlyn, Stacy or Carly if you need help. Remember, it’s a scholarship fundraiser. Also doing a 50/50 raffle. We still need decks of cards donated.
- Daryl thanked Warren, Rob, Bob McCrady, Gary Montgomery and Alice Harker. 80 meals were served this past Monday at the Bonus Community Kitchen.
- Ty announced an out-bound Group Study Exchange going to Romania this summer. (Sept. Maybe). See Ty if you are interested in being part of the team to go.
- Don McIlroy – 15th annual Mayor’s Breakfast was this morning. We honored Tim Colburn and OhioHealth Berger and raised over $10,000 for scouts.
- Dr. Gregory Lam, next week’s speaker, has applied for membership
SAA: Gary Montgomery
- Still going for Birthdays/Anniversaries
- Arctic – means Bear
- Vicking Cruise Ships travel to Arctic circle. When you jump in a pool of ice and make it out, you are called: Blue Nose
- Part of Arctic circle goes through 8 countries: how many people live year round within the Arctic circle? 4 million (With Russia having the most)
- US has land within the Arctic circle – number of national parks? 4
- Santa resides at the North Pole in the Arctic circle – Cartoonist had a little drawing with a North Pole sign and that has stuck
- Happy Dollars
Scholarship Drawing: Rob Radcliff was the winner of $33. The jackpot is $1,301 and it continues!
Program: Arista Hartzler, Pickaway County Parks
- Arista has been with the Parks for 5 years. A grad of Logan Elm, Bachelor’s from OU (Oh Yeah) in environmental sciences
- The community is welcome to the monthly meetings of the Park District – Cooks Creek Club House on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Currently from Noon-1:00pm.
- 33 parks in Pickaway County – newest is Cooks Creek. It is a partnership with Appalachian Ohio Alliance
- Cooks Creek – 325 acres total and the district owns 25 acres with Club House. There is 3.5 miles of walking trails using cart paths (starting next year)
- Canal Park – 16.7 acres, 2 zip lines, canoe/kayak access; four walking trails totaling 6 miles, playground is being completed now
- Metzger Preserve – 52 acres. Concretions towards south end of trail when water is low. Canoe/Kayak access. Little over 2 miles worth of trail. Also new StoryWalk Trail.
- Pickaway Trail – 16 mile rail-trail Circleville to New Holland
- Roundtown Trail – 1.5 miles YMCA to OCU
- Logan Elm Park – 4.6 acres. Picnic area, shelter house, historical monuments. May 20th, 1:00-2:30pm, Native Americans – History of Pickaway County event partnering with Ohio History Connection.
- Big Darby Creek Access on Scioto Darby Road. Next public takeout 18 miles downstream. Working with land owner in hopes to get another access point.
- In the past 8 years, 61 grants have been awarded, totaling over $424,000. Local parks have seen improvements because of the grants.
- Over 34 programs scheduled for the year – check website for information : Pickawaycountyparks.org. Volunteer opportunities also listed.
- Currently selling off Cooks Creek supplies in order to move the parks office to the clubhouse – see govdeals.com
- Construction completed for bridge over the Ohio-Erie Canal on Pickaway Trail at Canal Park this summer
- Thank you for passing the Park District Levy! Renewal is 2027.
**********
- In appreciation of this year’s speakers sharing their time & efforts, donations to Pickaway Pathways for Success will be made in their names.
 | ReplyForward |