11/3/2022 – Circleville Rotary

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Rotary Newsletter Editor; [email protected]

November Programs – Judy Wolford, Chair

3rd – Larry Logan, Ted Lewis Park

10th – Tim Colburn, OhioHealth Berger Hospital update

17th – Jeff Phillips, YMCA update

24th – Happy Thanksgiving – no meeting

December Programs – Heidi White, Chair

1st – Blanket Project – 39 blankets to tie for CASA

8th – District Governor, Price Finley

15th – Sounds of the Season

22nd – No Meeting – Merry Christmas

29th – No Meeting – Happy New Year

Upcoming Dates:

Song Leader: Carly Neff selected “If You’re Happy and You Know It” and “Rotary Will Go Around the World”

Attending: (Drexel has official list) Crawford, Poling, Nemes-Crawford, Spangler, T.Chamberlain, Robinson, Montgomery, Johnson, Rothe, Palm, Ellis, Schreiner, Canfield, Fouts, Wilson, Elick, McIlroy, Riegel, McCrady, Fullen, Hedges, Beavers, D.Wolfe, Dean, Rawlins, C.Chamberlain, Mabe, Radcliff, D.Webb, McNemar, White, I.Webb, Droste, Sneed, Simmons, Neff, Maroscher, Hooks

November Birthdays: 5th-Monica Justinger; 8th-Jonathan Davis; 25th-Dick Gerhardt;

Announcements

Gary Montgomery – Dec. 17th is Wreaths Across American at Fortest Cemetery. Sign-ups for a wreath, $15 per. Checks made out to SAR Camp Charlotte.
Nov. 17th after the meeting is Pumpkin Show booth wrap up meeting
Ty Ankrom – Please pick up your shirts and another order is being compiled
Remember as you leave town for the holidays – pick up a Circleville Rotary flag to take with you when you visit another Rotary club. See Marie if you need help finding a club.
Angie Beavers with the Sock-tober update – over 770 pairs collected for Corner Closet, here in Circleville. We thank New Hope Christian Acedemy, Creative Chaos, and Kingston National Bank for their efforts as well as all members
Jingle Bell Tea at Mt. Oval on December 11th. Contact Historical Society office for tickets
Sheriff Matthew Hafey has applied for membership and the board has approved

SAA: Don McIlroy

Happy Dollar – Tony Robinson, Trail Life troop in Athens, Wellston and another one local
Happy Dollar – Don McIlroy first hole in one!
Birthday/Anniversaries/Joined in November
Harry Canfield has been part of our club for 44 years!
Longest member of club – Ned Schreiner
Nov. 2, 1947 – Howard Hughes, $25 million flight – how far did it fly? 1 mile
Dewy defeats Truman headline for what paper? Chicago Tribune

Scholarship Drawing: Joe McNemar was the winner of the drawing $20. The jackpot is $712 and it continues!!

Program: Larry Logan, Ted Lewis Park update

Larry is the Chairman of Friends of Ted Lewis Park
1920, Ted Lewis was highest paid entertainer in the country
Ted Lewis and his wife donated the land to the city for a park
2015 City Council put together master plan for the park
$2.5 million loan, ADA playground and splash pad, restrooms
Brochures available, funding request to Rotary, individuals, and companies
Friends of Ted Lewis Park Mission: Rebuild Ted Lewis Park with the Vision, Access to Play For All
25.3% last census poverty level in Circleville. 45% of children (under 18 yrs.) live in poverty in the city.
Goal is to raise $2million to complete the park by 2024
Would like to have three season shelter house like Starkey Pavillion, upgrade baseball lights, benches, bandshell, paving roads, security
Since Ted Lewis is in a flood plain, everything needs lifted (shelter house)
Savings Bank has given us $25,000
Donations are made through Pickaway County Community Foundation. Friends of Ted Lewis Park is a 501(3)c entity.
Shelter House – first Priority is large donation for naming right. $595,000 is current estimated cost.
Donation cards are available if you are interested
Both entrances to the park will be redone, landscaped

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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.