07/17/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
July 24th: Anne’s Smiles – IPP Heidi White’s charity
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- Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
- Greeter: Taylor Gibson
- Prayer: Roger Wolfe
- Piano: the piano (pressed by Ellery Elick)
- Song Leader: Warner Searls selected “God Bless America” (Irving Berlin wrote the an introductory verse see below), “Rotary Will Go Round the World”
- Attendees: Radcliff, Balallo, Doyle, Elick, Wilson, McNemar, Foll, Duvall, Brown, Sneed, I&D Webb, Lambert, Rawlins, Droste, Weller, G&S Montgomery, Mavis, Foster, Poling, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Spangler, Mabe, Lanman, B&T Gibson, C.Chamberlain, Reeves, White, McCrady, Hooks, Halley, Liddy, Nemes-Crawford, Searls, Crawford, Ankrom
- Guests: John & Sandy Edgar, Shirley Bowser with Berger, Tim Williams with Logan Elm; Kim introduced Jill Sims (Assist. Super. of Circleville City Schools)
- Visiting Rotarians: from Sunrise – Audrey Lukasak with Jean
- New Members installed today
- Dr. Kristen Wilson-Doyle is an audiologist with Luebee Hearing. She lives in Hilliard with her husband and is sponsored by Bob Mabe.
- Raymund Balallo is the owner of Crown Hill Golf course. He & his wife Natalie are very active in Westfall activities and Brenna Gibson is his sponsor.
Club Announcements:
- Bonus Community Kitchen served 145 meals. Daryl thanked Rob, Warren, Suzi, David & Marie, Bob Mc, Gary & Sandy, along with Brenna and Michele for desserts
- Rotary Board meeting is rescheduled for next week – 22nd at 11:30
- Blood Drive – Wednesday, July 23rd, 10am-4pm at Rhoadhouse 56
SAA: not this week
Scholarship Drawing: This weeks winner is John Lambert for $18 – Big Bean is holding at $877.
Program: Casey Liddy – the response to the evacuation of Berger Hospital
- One month ago yesterday – June 18th – Ohio Health leadership day in Columbus. Casey and his head nurse got the call.
- Failure of a pump – fan blade broke and overheated an engine and smoke filled the hospital
- Fire department ordered the evacuation of the hospital
- Leadership team of the hospital evacuated 70 patients and all staff under an hour.
- There was a field hospital in the parking lot when Casey arrived
- CHS was established as a med/surg unit for those about to be discharged – CHS created secure Wi-Fi for Epic coverage which was seamless care
- 7pm next night ED was open
- 900 sets of surgical instruments were sterilized by Monday thanks to other facilities opening their doors and equipment with staff working hard to get it done
- Recovery has gone very well – root cause analysis is being done currently
- Casey ended his presentation with this: “Neighbors came with water and tents and things I will never know. I am grateful.”
EXTRA SURPRISE TODAY:
The 2025 Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award to a Community Member is presented to John Edgar for his lifetime of service!
- A former educator, administrator and community leader
- Meritorious Service award from U.S.Air Force highlighting his exceptional leadership and dedication
- Served multiple schools as Assistant Superintendent or Superintendent prior to landing in Circleville to be Superintendent of Logan Elm Schools for 16 1/2 years
- United Way chairman, Chamber of Commerce President
- Continues to serve the community on the Pickaway Lease Oversight Board and OhioHealth Berger Governance Council as well as past Berger Hospital Board of Governors vice chair
- Active with the Presbyterian church outreach to the needy in our area
Irving Berlin’s intro to “God Bless America”:
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer…
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women