10/12/2023
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
October Calendar – Bob Foster, Program Chair
Oct 19: * No Meeting – Big Wheel Race at 1:00pm Pinckney St. Stage
Oct 23: * Community Kitchen. Presbyterian Church 4:00pm
Oct 26: Gerhard Maroscher – did you know he is recording his audio book?
November Calendar – Don McIlroy, Program Chair
Nov 2: TBD
Nov 9: Terry Rataiczak – District Rotary International Foundation Chair
Nov 13: * Bonus Soup Kitchen – 3:00pm cooking begins with Bob McCrady and his hat
Nov 16: July Baker -PATH a Health Organization in Circleville
Nov 23: Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 27: * Soup Kitchen
Nov 30: Pete Hardinger – UFO in Pickaway County
*extra event
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- Presiding: President Warren Spangler
- Prayer: Norm Wilson
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Bob Foster – No Books needed today? The Pumpkin Show Song! We sounded really good 🙂
- Attending: (Drexel has official list) 47 today – Spangler, Poling, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Fouts, Elick, Wilson, Duvall, Lambert, Canfield, Schreiner, McIlroy, D.Webb, Droste, Young, Foll, Fountain, Ford, R.Wolfe, McCrady, Riegel, Palm, Ellis, Rawlins, Robinson, Searls, Montgomery, Mavis, T.Chamberlian, Beavers, C.Chamberlain, Carder, Liddy, Androm, D.Wolfe, Brown, Justinger, E.Liggett, McNemar, White, C.Neff, Hooks, B.Tootle, Nikell, Koch, Marosher, Blanton
- Guests: Destiny Crago, Assist Mgr. for Atomic Credit Union was introduced by John Lambert
- Students: Pam Younkin from Teays Vaalley- Simon and Destiny were today’s showcased seniors.
Announcements
- Jayme Fountain – Paul Harris Fellow +1 pins were presented to Rob Radcliff and Warner Searls today!
- 125 Club new members include Bob Sneed, Jayme Fountain, Rob Radcliff, David Crawford
- Marie announced Sock-tober District competition has netted 517 pairs of socks to date. Last meeting of October is our last day! Please help us surpass last years total of 770!
- Rob reported Pumpkin Show Booth schedule is posted on the website: www.Circlevillerotary.org
- Jim Hooks announced Big Wheel Race is Thursday, of Pumpkin Show, 1pm. Race goes rain or shine. Meet at Jim’s office at noon with your lunch and get a briefing along with helping move items into place or meet 12:45pm at the track (Pinckney St)
- Disaster Aid USA’s trailer is going to be pulled through Pumpkin Show Friday 8pm parade. If you would like to ride in the pick-up, please contact Marie.
- Soup Kitchen – October 23rd 3:30pm – 5:15pm ‘ish. Come as you can.
- Joy Sharp sent a thank you for our help with local 4H Leadership banquet
- Mike Pelcic’s (former Rotarian) retirement party at Rhoades – Nov. 2nd 4pm-7pm
SAA: THE Fred Mavis
- Birthday/Annivesary
- Casey Liddy – new Urgent Care opened when he said it would
- Greg Lam was in the paper, Casey will pay that fine
- PMP BOB with the Pumpkin Show license plate on his white truck – that will cost you $1 McCrady
- 1933 was first PS with queens – Lucille Heise was first one
- 2014 still has record weight of winner pumpkin – 1,990
- Largest pie from Lindsey’s – 14 ft across!
- Mr. Pumpkin Show – the late Robert Colvin
- Heather Foll’s Happy Dollar was for DD achievement of adding a mobile adult changing station during Pumpkin Show – in front of Brown Memorial
Scholarship Drawing: Marie Crawford was the winner of $28! The jackpot is $168 it will continue to grow.
Program: Kim Lovenshimer Frericks – Pumpkin Show Announcer Trustee
- Kim was in the Little Miss parade in 1974 (and our Ned Schreiner was her photographer!)
- Kim started announcing parades in 1997 with her brother-in-law, Mike Logan
- 7 stages including the Information booth, but not including CGTV
- 31 volunteers comprise the committee
- What was the year of the first parade at the Circleville Pumpkin Show, and what was the name of the parade? 1908 & the Floral Parade
- Kim donated the quiz winnings for Sock-tober!
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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to the Foster Care Program of Pickaway County through Jobs and Family Services