04/30/2026
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
May 7: Brian Hill with P3 updates
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: Ian Webb
Pianist: Ellery Elick
Invocation: Norm Wilson
Song Leader: Ian Webb; “In The Good Old Summertime”, “Sing Rotarians”
Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Brown, Driesbach, Droste, Duvall, Elick, Foll, Foster, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Logan, Maroscher, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Poling, Riegel, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, B.Tootle, I&D Webb, Wilson, Wolford
Guests: Warren Spangler invited Doug Culter (who has applied for membership) and Andy Bull (another friend of Warren’s has applied for membership!)
Students: Westfall High School Emily Smith introduced Caleb Lowe and Keirra Maynard
Club Announcements:
- Community Kitchen: Thank you to Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Marie Crawford, Bob McCrady, Bob Foster, Warren Spangler, new kid on the block, Jim Hooks! 151 meals this month.
- Applications for Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members- please see Michele Lanman for application. Due last week of May.
- May will be a diaper drive – please bring in child diapers – larger sizes are in more need. Bottoms Up out of Lancaster will be the recipient.
Community dates to remember:
- Law Day with Circleville Sunrise is May 5th – 7am-8am. Krista Bower taking reservations. Meeting is at Presbyterian Church.
- Scouting Mayor’s Breakfast – Thursday, May 7th, 7:30am, Emmett Chapel on Tarlton Rd. Honorees will be Randy Beach and Ohio Christian University. See Joe McNemar to sign up. $50 per person or sponsorships available.
- May 9th, Mt. Oval Pioneer Cabin Dedication Ceremony. RSVP by May 6th – 740-497-0612.
- Bill Stout Memorial Cinco de Mayo celebration: Jackie Rays – 5:00pm-8:00pm on May 11th. $20 buffett. Come join us to remember our Governor!
SAA: Dave Webb
- Today is anniversary of Mr. Potato Head (1952)
- Carly Neff received Business Person of the Year award and Dave recreated the picture in the paper (we’ll see it again since Carly’s not here)
- Roanoke Island is part of North Carolina
- What famous sailor captained the ship that landed on Roanoke Island? – Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587
- Name of first English child born on Roanoke Island, Virginia Dare
- Cape Hatteras is famous for tallest lighthouse
- Over 600 ships wrecked off the coast of the Outer Banks
- Which pirate lived in the vicinity and captained many ships – Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
- Wild Horses in the area where shipwrecked from Spain, 500 years ago
Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $25 is Daryl Wolfe – Big bean holding at $1,679!!
Program: Chris Matheney, Ohio State House Historian
- Ohio Rising: People Making Choices written with a grant from the America 250 committee by Chris Matheney
- It covers Ohio Country c1774-1803
- What does Ohio have to do with the American Revolution? We helped start the “Resolves” (we were part of the Virginia colonies at the time)
- Liberty is what all the Resolves had in common – protection of liberty and rights
- Suffolk Resolve – first resolution by Dr. Joseph Warren author – Paul Revere delivered to Philadelphia in 1774. Resolution to end trade with Britain, Ireland & West Indies, create militias to fight off British,
- Fort Gower Resolve – last one written by Frontier folk in Ohio. It was an expression of defiance to the crown as the American Revolution was about to begin
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women