12/04/2025
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Dec. 11 – Watt St. – Logan Elm Choir
Dec. 18 – LOCATION CHANGE: Rhoades Garden Center – New Hope Choir
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Invocation: Bob Sneed
Greeter: Betsy Weller
Piano: Ellery Elick
Song Leader: Tom Duvall has made his return to us standing tall!!! “Jingle Bells”, “Deck The Halls”
Attendees – Radcliff, Wilson, Elick, Saunders, Duvall, Foll, Horning, Lambert, D.Webb, I.Webb, Foster, McNemar, Doyle, G.Montgomery, Spangler, Robinson, Driesbach, Poling, D.Wolfe, Halley, Weller, Brown, McCrady, Riegel, Hedges, Sneed, Crawford, C.Chamberlain, Nemes-Crawford, Searls, B.Tootle, T.Tootle, Williams
Guests: of Kim Halley are Jill Sims and Greg Lahr
Club Announcements:
- Thank you to everyone who contributed to Toys For Tots. Donations will be going to PICAA’s efforts. 276 toys were collected. ($580 cash donated)
- Community Kitchen thank you’s: Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Betsy & Julia Weller, Warren Spangler, Alice Harker led the charge. 208 meals prepared.
- Turkey Trot t-shirt has our logo
- Sign up for Dec.18th meeting – at Rhoads
- Operation Full Plate – Zone 30 & 31 competition to help feed our neighbors – we are counting the work at the community kitchen so please mark Dec. 22nd on your calendar and bring a friend
- Board meeting – next week. Jan. 8th will be our election for new slate of officers
- Annual talk by Gary Montgomery: tire tread depth check it! State law is 2/32nd’s minimum. If you have an old penny – Lincoln’s head should be touching (2/32nd’s). Tire center’s will be telling you at 4/32nd’s to start ordering new ones. Please make sure your cars are prepared for being stuck during the winter, blankets, hand warmers, snacks, hats/gloves.
Community Events:
- December 11th – Haven House open house. Items for the shelter from cleaning supplies to personal items. 5:30-8:00pm – 18440 Woodhaven Lane
- Open Play Pickleball at Everts Center Dec. 13th 11:30-12:30
- Jingle Bell Party – Mount Oval-Sunday Dec. 14th; 2-4pm $10/child; $5 per parent. Contact historical society 740-474-1495 for reservations by Dec. 10th. Children in grades 1-4
- Genealogical Library is having a queen quilt raffle – Dec. 15th. Stop in and see Darlene for a ticket on her mother’s home made quilt”
- Diaper Drive at Atomic Credit Union for Bottoms Up organization (who will be speaking in January in case you would like to send our speaker home with some packages)
SAA: Tom Tootle
- Tim Williams in the paper for special ed program and passing income tax levy
- Dave Horning in the paper with picture
- Circleville Rotary started in 1922. (Remember the 103 cookies last February?!)
- District Governor’s from our club – Bill Stout, Meeker Terwilliger, Steve Stevenson, Bob Smith
- 75 years ago – “Snow Bowl” – score 9-3. OSU fired coach and hired Woody Hayes. Gene Lindsay was heading back to Portsmouth after the game and stayed in Circleville – an institution was born that night.
Scholarship Drawing: There was a drawing with Tom Duvall winning the day’s pot $24, but not the $1,303.
Program: Evan Callihan- CHS Class of 2011. Basketball coach at CHS
- Varsity 34-31 win last night for the first game of the season
- JV (we have two teams) also won
- 25 high school players and 25 middle school players
- Teams are going all the way to 4th grade
- 6 seniors
- Attitude is one thing they can control – no-one is perfect but they have to keep trying
- Toughness – handle adversity
- Togetherness – we work as a team
- Local competition Dec. 22nd at Teays Valley and Dec. 23rd CHS hosts
- Jan. 10th honoring 1983 CHS basketball team being honored
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women