05/14/2026
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
May 21st: Matt Mcollister: Montrose group: Economic development
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Presiding: President Rob Radcliff
Greeter: David Crawford
Pianist: Ellery Elick
Invocation: Tony Robinson
Song Leader: Warren Spangler: “Battle Hymn“, “Roll Rotary”
Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Elick, Hill, C&T Chamberlain, Driesbach, Droste, Duvall, Foster, Fountain, Hedges, McCrady, McNemar, Poling, Rawlins, Robinson, Sneed, Spangler, B.&T. Tootle, I&D Webb, Weller, R.Wolfe, Bull, Soboloc
Visiting Rotarian: Keith Summers from Sunrise
New Member Andy Bull initiated into our club today! Andy is the Pickaway County Health Commissioner. Andy spent three years in South Korea teaching English and looks forward to helping the local community in a different way than his job.
Club Announcements:
- Daryl Wolfe thanked bonus community kitchen volunteers: Rob Radcliff, Daryl Wolfe, David & Marie Crawford, Betsy & Julia Weller, Warren Spangler and Bob McCrady. Under Alice Harker’s direction, we served 151 meals.
- 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, they distribute to Pickaway Co.
- Board meeting: we will be sponsoring a Cub Scout pack to be the feeder group for our Boy Scout troop
SAA: Tom Duvall
- Japan’s contribution to build plant in Portsmouth: $33 million
- Construction will begin end of this year
- Something about ballot issues
- 250th celebration at A.W. Marion State Park: Marion was born in what township? Walnut
- National Bond with your dog day
- Seinfeld ended in 1998 – number of viewers: 76million
- Frank Sinatra died on this day in 1998
Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $22 is Joe McNemar – Big bean PULLED for $1,724!!
Program: Jamie Green – Planning NEXT : Future of Agriculture in Pickaway
- His firm serves communities across the country
- Unprecedented development on northern part of the county AND significant loss of agriculture across the county
- Agriculture is a way of life; stewardship of the land; drives the economy (still largest sector of the county and state)
- Pickaway county will grow by around 18,000 people by 2050, nearly 30%. Approximately 5,732 new households
- Farmland is selling far above the appraised value
- Average age of farmers is increasing – our county over 65 years old
- Environmental conditions are less certain today and in Ohio and much of the Midwest, water use for agriculture is expected to increase significantly
- County-wide land use study which is going to build on the planning work done; outlines future vision and sets goals; input from the community
- 500 sq miles of Pickaway County mapped
- Future work will be on shaping recommendations to manage growth and encourage prosperity
- Central Ohio is known in the country as Data Center hub
- Matt Mcollister: May 21st: Montrose group: Economic development
- David Frash: May 28th: Anduril Industries Inc.
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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women