06/01/2023
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
June Calendar – Bob McCrady, Program Chair
June 1: Chris Mullins/Anthony Neff – County Engineer’s
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 M. Crawford – Year in review
July Calendar – David Crawford, Program Chair
July 6: District Governor, David Uhl plus Warren’s induction
July 10: * Bonus Community Kitchen
July 13: Jenny Rhoades, Visitor’s Bureau
July 20: Dave Roasa, Disaster Aid & Grove City Rotary
July 24: * Community Kitchen
July 27: MaKenzie Love – National Braille reading finalist & Teays Valley Student
*extra events
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- Presiding: President David M. Crawford
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Tony Robinson selected “Hey Look Me Over”, “Sing Rotarians”
- Attending: (Drexel has official list) 48 today – Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, McCrady, Fouts, R.Wolfe, Wilson, Elick, C.Chamberlain, Haffey, Schreiner, Montgomery, Palm, Ellis, Weaver, Robinson, B.Liggett, Riegel, T.Tootle, C.Mullins, K.Neff, Hedges, Duvall, Young, Rothe, Foster, D.Webb, I.Webb, Dailey, Colburn, Randolph, T.Chamberlain, Rawlins, White, Lambert, McNemar, Lam, Beavers, Wolford, Davis, Sneed, Lanman, Brown, Radcliff, Hooks, Fountain, C.Neff, Searls
- Guests: David introduced Julia’s grandparents – George & Alice Weller; John & Sandy Edgar; John Ellis introduced his son Andy; Ian Webb did have his son Oliver sitting with others for a while; Tim Colburn introduced his wife Amy; Jayme Fountain introduced her girls – Anna and Molly
4-Way Speech contest winner presented today – Julia Weller, daughter of Ryan & Betsy Weller. Julia won our club’s speech contest in March and also placed third in the District 6690 competition in April. She will be a junior at Logan Elm in the fall.
Scholarship Winner: Connie Chamberlain introduced Camryn Ross. Logan Elm graduate received her $1,000 scholarship today.
Announcements
- David is calling the month of June – “Build Better Friendships” month (thank you Ned Riegel). Today we thank Carly/Rhodes Garden Center and Drexel/Hummel and Plum for supporting our club
- Gary Montgomery – Pioneer camp at Mount Oval on July 12th, 8:15am for students entering 4th or 5th grades. Call historical society to register or contact Gary & Sandy Montgomery.
- First Annual Euchre Tournament is TONIGHT. Thank you Karlyn, Jamie, Carly and Stacy for putting this together!
- Ian Webb – directory being updated, please make sure it’s correct and contact him with corrections if you are not at the meeting.
- 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.
SAA: Rob Radcliff
- “Say Something Nice Day” – tomorrow is Tony Robinson’s 41st wedding anniversary…hint..hint..
- Historical Society Newsletter – three members listed – Tony Robinson, Darlene Weaver, Ellery Elick
- Congrats Tim Colburn on new job
- How much were annual dues at first Rotary club in Chicago? Zero. 50 cent fines paid everything.
Scholarship Drawing: Jim Hooks was the winner of $34. The jackpot is $1,417 and it continues!
Program: Chris Mullins and Anthony Neff – Pickaway County Engineer’s
- Auto License/Gas Tax is funding for $6.5 million budget
- 225 miles of road; 20 employees at highway department
- 5 bridges are being worked on with our own crew – that’s how we can leverage our budget
- $1 million of paving on Tarlton Rd
- Walnut Creek Pike and Bell Station closing for Roundabout installation – here are the details
- Safety Study was conducted in 2019. Total of 27 crashes occurred during 2001-2018, law enforcement reported
- People are running the stop signs – locals are admitting as much to law enforcement
- Because of state standards, this intersection does not warrant a traffic signal
- Roundabouts only have 8 potential conflict points vs 32 at traditional intersections
- Curve part of roundabouts will make people slow down and think
- 20 mph in roundabout – only one lane roundabout for this project
- Yield to cars in roundabout is rule
- Closure begins June 7th with 90 day closure expected
- Addition of roadway lighting
- Mountable curbs that allow vehicles to encroach on them without damaging tires and wheels
- Extra studies done for combines and developed for 12 feet wide lane
- 10 parcels for 3 acres to put this together
- Roundabout – $1.9 million. Grant money being used for $1.5 million of the project
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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.